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The Cornerstone Christian Academy Lady Crusaders won some payback Tuesday at home, beating Newman-Cedar Hill 28-25. Cedar Hill had beaten CCA in the finals of the Newman Arlington Tournament over

The North Central Texas Academy Pioneers won the consolation bracket at the Abilene Key City Classic. NCTA beat McKinney Boyd 45-28 in the final. The Pioneers were led by 6-11

Granbury football and volleyball athletes were honored for their academic achievements by the Texas High School Coaches Association. The Lady Pirates had Payton Bell make First Team Academic All-State honors

The Tolar Lady Rattlers went 2-2 over the course of the Dublin Tournament last weekend. Tolar began the tournament by beating Hamilton 33-27. The Lady Rattlers held Hamilton to just

12/12: Granbury boys basketball at Glen Rose Tournament (all day); Granbury girls basketball at Fredericksburg Tournament (all day); Tolar boys basketball at Poolville Tournament (all day); Tolar girls basketball at

The Tolar Rattlers had to stage a fourth-quarter comeback to beat Poolville 56-53 at home Friday. Tolar trailed by four or five points for most of the game and started

The Lipan Indians were eight minutes away from beating the defending Class 1A state champion Slidell Greyhounds Friday. Instead, Lipan lost to Slidell 49-46 in the semifinals of the H.D.

Saturday’s Van Griffith Kia Invitational third-place girls game pitted Granbury head coach Alan Thorpe against his old team, the Stephen-ville Honeybees. “I was hoping to avoid that,” Thorpe said with

The Granbury Pirates finished as runners-up in the 2019 Granbury Van Griffith Kia Invitational this weekend. Granbury lost 49-35 to Class 6A Keller Timber Creek in the championship game Saturday.

The Lipan Lady Indians claimed the H.D. Howard Tournament title Saturday night. As always for the Lady Indians, it was not an easy road. Lipan faced a Class 4A team

The Granbury Pirates and the North Central Texas Academy Pioneers both won in overtime Tuesday.

The Granbury Van Griffith Kia Invitational and the Lipan H.D. Howard Classic both ended Saturday.

The one thing that is sure when it comes to the outdoors is that you never know what to expect. I always talk about keeping your mind open. Don’t get

Several Lipan Lady Indians were named to All-State and All-Region cross country teams for the 2019 season. Juniors Kaylee Little, Marti Seymour and Maggie Peacock, along with freshman Lynsey Little,

The University Interscholastic League (UIL) released its enrollment cutoffs for classification for the 2020-21 and 2021-22 competition seasons this week. Class 6A consists of 249 schools with 2,220 students and

Granbury Lady Pirate senior Payton Bell was named to the Texas Girls Coaches Association Class 5A All-State team for the 2019 season. Bell was a versatile player for Granbury for

Cornerstone Christian Academy’s Katie Agster didn’t have the size advantage Tuesday against Trinity Valley, but the senior known as “Mighty Mouse” held her ground and helped the Lady Crusaders win

The Tolar Rattlers kept it close for the first three quarters at Glen Rose Tuesday but couldn’t hang with the Tigers late in a 75-31 loss. Tolar trailed 29-23 at

The Granbury Pirates and Lady Pirates both won their opening round games of the Van Griffith Kia Invitational Thursday and played in the semifinals Friday. BOYS BEAT CHISHOLM TRAIL The

The Lipan Indians started their H.D. Howard Classic run with wins in the first two rounds Thursday. Lipan beat Keene in the opener and Timpson in the second round, and

The Granbury boys and girls and Lipan boys and girls basketball teams are all hosting tournaments this weekend. Championship games are set for Saturday afternoon. See Pages 6-8A.

The Granbury Van Griffith Kia Invitational and Lipan H.D. Howard Classic will both have their championship games Saturday.

The Granbury Pirates and Lady Pirates are both in the winner's brackets of the Van Griffith Kia Invitational.