Congratulations to the Varsity Boys Team for winning the District Championships by 3 points over Clear Falls. Receiving medals for the Mustangs were Tyler Melebeck – 1st Sam Thomas – 5th Garrett McGregor – 6th Andrew Camp – 8th Congrats to the Varsity Girls for placing 2nd, 6 points behind Clear Lake. Receiving medals for the
The University Interscholastic League Legislative Council met Sunday and Monday in Round Rock to decide on a few proposals that will alter Texas high school sports. The council approved an amendment to award home field advantage in the first round of the Class 6A football playoffs to the team with the higher district finish and
Tyler Page, Friendswood – The senior quarterback, who is pledged to SMU, ran 25 times for 387 yards and five touchdowns (39, 4, 71, 8 and 18 yards) in a 52-34 shootout win over Clear Falls. What coach Robert Koopmann said: “He got almost 500 yards of total offense (456) and we were ho-hum about it,
LEAGUE CITY — Add Clear Brook to the growing number of teams who would like to take one Page out of Friendswood’s playbook. That, of course, would be Tyler Page. The Friendswood senior quarterback was his usual elusive and versatile self Friday night, rushing for 202 yards, passing for 265 more and accounting for five
An item reportedly on the agenda of next week’s UIL legislative council meeting should be particularly interesting to local schools that have long been the little guys in athletic competition. This proposal concerns the creation of a “Super 6A” division for high schools with enrollments of 3,500 or more students. Currently, there are 38 programs
The Friendswood Lady Mustangs willed their way to gutsy rallies in the fourth and fifth sets to come away with a 20-25, 25-21, 13-25, 27-25, 17-15 win in a key District 24-6A match against crosstown rival Clear Brook on Tuesday. After starting off their season 0-3 in five-set matches (including 0-2 in 24-6A play), the
Often overlooked, usually seen but not heard from, offensive linemen don’t usually get to have much of an identity in the game of football. The Friendswood’s offensive linemen, though, wanted to change that. They needed something to keep their spirits lifted, strengthen their unique camaraderie and give them a sense of belonging. To paraphrase the
On a team that has a quarterback on seemingly every Houston-area preseason football magazine cover and watch list, it may be easy to overlook the other pieces that complete a team’s puzzle. One of those key cogs for Friendswood is as important as the headline-grabbing Mustangs signal-caller in his own way — by having the
