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B I R D V I L L E I S D 2 0 1 4

……….a note from the Athletic Director

As we close this school year out and take a look back, it is amazing to recall all the great things that our student-athletes, coaches, and programs have achieved in 2013-14. BISD teams were a force to be reckoned with from Middle School/Big 12 play through the High School Playoffs and even State Meets and Tournaments.

What a great year it has been for Athletics in our District. I am so proud of all that wasaccomplished throughout the course of this year. Some recuperation time for us all this summer is definitely well deserved!

Have a great summer! I look forward to seeing you all when August rolls back around to see what is in store for us and how we can continue to build on all the success that the past year has given us!

Chris

SPECIAL POINTS OF INTEREST:

*PLAYOFF MANIA *MIDDLE SCHOOL

ACTION *COMMUNITY SERVICE

*SIGNINGS

Birdville ISD Athletic

Spring Newsletter

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Playoffs!!

BASKETBALL

Richland High School boys advanced to UIL Area

Richland High School girls advanced to UIL Bi-District

Birdville High School boys advanced to UIL Area

Birdville High School girls advanced to UIL Bi-District

SWIMMING

Birdville High School advanced to UIL Regionals

Haltom High School advanced to UIL Regionals

Richland High School advanced to UIL Regionals

SOCCER

Birdville High School girls advanced as UIL Area Champs

Birdville High School boys advanced to UIL Bi-District

Birdville High School player, Tiffany Dang was named to UIL All State

Richland High School boys were District Champs and advanced to UIL Bi-District

2014 Bi-District & Area Champions

Birdville High School Girl’s Soccer Coach Eddie Brown

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SOFTBALL

Richland Softball advanced to UIL Regional Semi Finals

Birdville High School advanced to UIL Bi-District

Hayley Freyman

Fort Worth Star Telegram’s Player

of the week 4/21/14

BASEBALL

Birdville High School advanced to UIL

Regional Quarter Finals

Richland High School advanced to UIL

Area

Riley Reeves

Richland High School UIL State

Runner-Up

TRACK

Birdville High School advanced to UIL Regionals

Birdville High School player, Nina Flores advanced to UIL State

Haltom High School advanced to UIL Regionals

Richland High School advanced to UIL Regionals

GOLF

Birdville High School advanced

to UIL Regionals

Birdville High School student,

Leah Hudson advanced to UIL

State

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WRESTLING

Haltom High School students Austyn Lake, Marc Aguilar and Mark Garza

each advanced to UIL State

Haltom High School girls were UIL District Runner-Up

Richland High School had one wrestler advance to UIL Regionals

Birdville High School students Michael Shippee, Russell Latiolais, Dylan

Franks, and Joshua Mason (alternate) advanced to UIL Regionals

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Haltom boys wrestling advanced to the State Tournament for the 2nd year in a row. Austyn Lake placed 2nd in the region, Marc Aguilar 3rd, Mark Garza 5th, and Quinton Starks 6th. Other regional qualifiers were; Garret Dealva, 4th in district and Kalib Ringwald, 2nd in the district. In addition to a fantastic district and regional tournament, the boys also placed 2nd at Trinity this year. The Haltom girls team placed 2nd in the district, making Coach Hale the Girls Coach of the Year in the district. Eight girls qualified for the regional tournament: Allison Lemmons district Champion, Ariel Soto, Jocelyn Mabery, Autumn Martinez, Roslynn Pin, Elke Apomolia, Jackie Dominguez, an Makayla Cano. Congratulations to all the hard work the Haltom Wrestlers put into this very successful year!

Richland High School student, Big Sammy Zeqiraj achieved the following in only his second powerlifting meet ever. The meet was held at Oakridge School in Arlington and had over 200 lifters representing multiple schools from the metroplex area. Sammy lifted the following weight amounts: Squat – 605lbs. Bench Press – 460lbs. – New School Record and Oakridge Powerlifting Meet Record-Deadlift – 555lbs. Total – 1620lb. – Oakridge Powerlifting Meet Record and State Qualifying total! 1st Place Finish

Sammy is currently the number one ranked lifter in Region Six in his weight class.

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GYMNASTICS

Haltom, Richland and Birdville High Schools

advanced to Regionals

Birdville High School student, Brittany Patch

advanced to Nationals

Birdville High School student, Shyanne Holland

advanced to State

NORTH RICHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL

8th grade boy’s basketball are the Silver Bracket

Champions

8th grade girls placed 2nd in the Silver Bracket

7th grade girls placed 2nd in the Silver Bracket

MIDDLE SCHOOL BASKETBALL

SMITHFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL

7th grade girl’s basketball are the Gold Bracket Champions

8th grade boy’s basketball are the Gold Bracket Champions

7th grade boy’s basketball placed 3rd in the Gold Bracket

NORTH RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL

8th grade girl’s basketball placed 2nd place in the

Gold Bracket

7th grade boy’s basketball placed 3rd in the Gold

Bracket

7th grade girl’s basketball placed 2nd in the Gold

Bracket WATAUGA MIDDLE SCHOOL

7th grade girl’s basketball placed 3rd in the Silver Bracket

8th grade boy’s basketball placed 2nd in the Gold Bracket

8th grade girl’s basketball placed 3rd in the Gold Bracket

NORTH OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL

8th grade girl’s basketball placed 3rd in the

Silver Bracket

7th grade girl’s basketball are the Silver

Bracket Champions

RICHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL

8th grade boy’s basketball placed 3rd in the

Silver Bracket

HALTOM MIDDLE SCHOOL

8th grade boy’s basketball placed 2nd in the Silver

Bracket

7th grade girl’s basketball are the Silver Bracket

Champions

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MIDDLE SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD

Smithfield Middle School boys 7th grade track placed 2nd in the Big 12 District Meet Smithfield Middle School girls 7th grade track placed 3rd in the Big 12 District Meet Smithfield Middle School girls 8th grade track placed 3rd in the Big 12 District Meet Watauga Middle School girls 8th grade track placed 3rd in the Big 12 District Meet

More Track and Field news on page 12

Varsity Boys - 3rd Place Overall Team

4x100m Relay - 3rd, set new school record (Donovan Franklin, James Evans, Hayden Davidson, Kyle Itoka)

Adrien Itoka - 1st Long Jump, 5th Triple Jump

Zac Graves - 1st High Jump

Kyle Itoka - 2nd 300m Hurdles, 2nd Long Jump, 2nd Triple Jump

Chris Robinson - 3rd High Jump

Jacob Freyman - 4th 110m Hurdles

Donovan Franklin - 6th 100m

Jonathan Okello - 6th Discus

Justin Clark - 6th Pole Vault

Varsity Girls Aminata Ka - 5th 800m, 6th 400m Mariah Waites - 5th Shot Put

JV Boys - 3rd Place Overall Team 4x100m Relay - 3rd (Colton Curtis, Darrion Bell, Ryan Dixon, Aveion Shanklin) 4x200m Relay - 5th (Colton Curtis, Darrion Bell, Ryan Dixon, Aveion Shanklin) Christian Johnson - 1st 110m Hurdles, 2nd 300m Hurdles Matthew Montelongo - 1st High Jump Cason Clark - 3rd Shot Put Christopher Spence - 5th Discus Logan Jenkins - 5th Long Jump Ryan Dixon - 5th 200 David Lantroop - 6th Triple Jump

JV Girls Leila Stracener - 2nd JV Girls Pole Vault, 3rd JV Girls 300m Hurdles, 4th JV Girls 100m Hurdles Hannah Johnson - 3rd JV Girls Triple Jump Julie Collins - 4th JV Girls Shot Put Lauren Stracener - 5th(Tie) JV Girls Pole Vault Katherine Durham - 5th(Tie) JV Girls Pole Vault

Richland High School

North Richland Middle School 7th grade Big 12 Champion

4x4 Relay Team (pictured)

Watauga Middle School Track and Field: 8th Grade Boys - 2nd in BISD Zone Meet, 3rd in BIG 12 Meet of Champions

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COLLEGE SIGNINGS

Richland High School

Tim Priller in his signing to play basketball at the University of Indiana. Pictured with Tim are his mother, Kelly Howard; sister Olivia Howard, grandparents, Loren and Pat Berkshire; Richland basketball coach Richard Bacon, and Richland principal, Carla Rix.

Richland High School is very proud of senior Haley Freyman

who will play softball next year at Tarleton State University.

Pictured with Haley are her parents, John and Jamey Freyman,

and brothers, Jake and Jeremy.

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COLLEGE SIGNINGS

Richland High School

Richland High School is very proud of Ryan Ward as he has

signed to play baseball next year at Oklahoma Christian

University in Edmond, Oklahoma.

Richland High School is very proud of senior football player

Tanner Moss who recently signed to play next year at Ouachita

Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas.

Pictured with Tanner are his parents, Tracy Moss and Amy

Moss and his grandparents, Charlsey and Jerry Waugh.

Cody Muenzberg – Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar,

Missouri

Samir Zeqiraj - Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, Missouri

Ivan Maysonett – Southern Nazarene University in Bethany,

Oklahoma

Other Signings

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Richland High School is very proud of senior Brandon Maine on signing his letter of intent to play baseball at Howard College. Pictured with Brandon are: Sister - McKenna, Mom - Angela, Brandon, Great Grandma - Dottie, Coach Wells, Aunt Mel, Mamaw - Cindy, and Pops - David.

Richland High School is very proud of senior Shelby Watson who signed to play softball at North Central Texas College. Pictured with Shelby are Assistant Coach Karen Hauser, Head Coach Brenda Jacobson, her parents Phil and Karen Watson, and Assistant Coach Jay Jones.

Go Rebels!

Haltom High School

1. Dimas Ojeda - Baseball, Athletic Scholarship to McLennan Junior College

2. Davis Fletcher - Baseball, Academic Scholarship to Univ. of Texas at Dallas

3. Shilo Barrett - Girls Wrestling to Oklahoma City University

Go

Buffs!

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Go Hawks!!!!

From left to right......Tiffany Dang - Angelo State University, Meredith Gebo - University of Texas Permian Basin, Sami Moore - Texas Womens University, Baylee Smithson - Idaho State University, and Ati Mercado - West Texas A&M.

COLLEGE SIGNINGS

Birdville High School

Two BHS volleyball students signed to continue their athletic

career...Tatiana Ferrari with Austin College and Shelby Mench with

Central State University in Oklahoma.

Xavier Turner

Sam Gooch

Congratulations!!

Quan Walker

Fernando Rodriquez Sam Northey

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Sydney Brock and Jordan Whitfield...2 athletes from Richland High were named outstanding citizens.

More Soccer News from Birdville High…

Meredith Gebo

Honorable Mention All-District / All District Academic Team

Melody Hagen 2nd Team All District

Meagan Kurosky

2nd Team All District / All District Academic Team

Tiffany Dang

District Midfielder of the Year / All District Academic Team

Samantha Moore 1st Team All District

Cami Durko

1st Team All District / All District Academic Team

BayleeSmithson 2nd Team All District

Jaiden Brown 1st Team All District

Jade Wear Honorable Mention All-District

Hannah Larson

Honorable Mention All-District / All District Academic Team

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BISD Track and field Records broken this year:

7th Girls Shot Put 6lb: Joy Johnson - Smithfield 33' 7.5"

7th Boys 400M: Shamar Johnson - North Richland 56.39

8th Girls Triple Jump: Amari Williams - Smithfield 35' 6"

Benta Ka - Medaled in four events

Big 12 Champion - 2400M

Big 12 Champion - 800M

Runner-up - High Jump

3rd place - Triple Jump

Shamar Johnson - Medaled in four events

Big 12 Champion - 400M

Big 12 Champion - 4x400 Team

Runner-up - Long Jump

3rd place - 4x100 Team

The following are our 2014 BIG 12 Champions:

Shamar Johnson - 7th grade 400M Champion

Benta Ka - 8th grade 2400M

Benta Ka - 8th grade 800M

4x400 7th Relay Team - Jason Dobbins, Jahari Williams, Alan Olvey, and Shamar Johnson

Middle School Track and Field

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Community Service

Cancer Awareness

Haltom High School

TEAM: Baseball

COACH: Jason Blevins

DATE OF ACTIVITY: 1. Jan 12th, Jan 19th and Jan 26th 2. April 5th

DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY:

1. Haltom Recreation Center Baseball Camps

2. Haltom HS “Gives Back” Liter Pick-up and Spreading Mulch

Haltom High School—Parade of Lights

Football Chain Crew and Buffs Give Back

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Haltom High School

WATAUGA MIDDLE SCHOOL - BOYS 8th GRADE BASKETBALL – BIG 12 DISTRICT

CHAMPIONS

Smithfield Girls 7th grade basketball Big 12 and tournament champions

Smithfield Boys 8th grade basketball big 12 tournament champions

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Highlights from the Birdville Lady Hawks

1st Team All District Rebounder - Gabby Nelson

1st Team All District - Harley Ness

1st Team All District - Halee Brady

2nd Team All District - Brittany Perraut

2nd Team All District - Lorena Estrada

Honorable Mention - Nina Flores

TGCA Academic All-State: Noor Mahmood, Harley Ness, Kristan Marquez

Highlights - Back to back playoff appearances 13,14, Record 20-9 overall (best record in Lady Hawk BB History) 2nd Place District 6-4A

Birdville Boys Basketball 2013/14 from Coach Fitch

The 2013-14 boys basketball team had a successful and exciting

season. They finished second place in district 6-AAAA with an

outstanding 14-2 record and beat Brewer to win the Bi-District

championship.

This year’s varsity consisted of:

Support staff:

Zhayvon Newsome (Sr)

Selim Ozdemir (Soph)

Sophomore:

Malik Grinage

Juniors:

Andrew Sorrells

B.J. Gomez

D.J. Draper

Seniors:

Samuel Northey

Jared Zhang

Hayden Hooker

Austin Mitchell

Jeremy Holmes

Josh Tabb

Cameron Loyd

Jeremy Crane

Kendall Johnson

District 6-4A Honorable Mention

Samuel Northey, Hayden Hooker, Cameron Loyd

District 6-4A Second Team

Jeremy Crane

District 6-4A First Team

Andrew Sorrells

Kendall Johnson

District 6-4A Newcomer of the Year

D.J. Draper

District 6-4A Outstanding Defensive Player

Josh Tabb

Class 4A Region 1 All Region

Kendall Johnson

Birdville High School

Senior Night

Here are pictures from this year and from our service project-our free basketball clinic in January. The first is our Varsity team, 2nd is our team going to TCU vs. Texas game and 3rd is from our free basketball clinic we had in January.

Our record this year was 20-9 finished 2nd in district and made the Playoffs. Honors and Awards: Consolation Champions of Brewer Tourney. 1st Team All District Rebounder of the year Gabby Nelson, 1st Team All District Halle Brady and Harley Ness, 2nd Team All District Lorena Estrada and Brittany Perraut. Honorable Mention-Nina Flores. Academic All-State: Noor Mahmood, Kristan Marquez, and Harley Ness.

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Haltom High School

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Former Haltom Athletes

Colten Dickerman - Northwestern Okla. Univ.– 4th year - Baseball

Dalton Brown - St. Edwards Univ.– 3rd year - Baseball

Colton Brown - Howard Payne– 3rd year - Baseball

Wes Harris- Frank Phillips - 2nd year - Baseball

Jacob Blevins - Midland JC– 1st year - Baseball

Casey Dickerman - NETCC– 1st year - Baseball

Dalton Algiene - NETCC– 1st year - Baseball

Alonso Varela - NETCC– 1st year - Baseball

Corey Hale- Northlake - 1st year - Baseball

Brenden Keany- Northlake - 1st year - Baseball

Vale Canada- Weatherford JC - 1st year - Baseball

Travis Danford- ETBU - 1st year - Football

Josie Medina - Plays club tennis at UT - Arlington

Sukhpreet Singh—plays club tennis at UNT

The Haltom Tennis team had a long, crazy weather-filled season! JV Tennis: JV also had a long toughseason with injuries and otheruncontrollable factors. CourtneyNovak won the Consolation bracketin a tournament, Ariel Palos won aConsolation bracket, and MelanieJones also won a Consolation bracket! Varsity Tennis: Our Varsity seasonwas a good season, and we had a few champions: Mary Nguyen/Chelsea Flemming: Consolation champions twice!! Keung Inthachak, Kenny Nguyen, and Aliyah Starnes hadmultiple 4th place finishes. Stewart Cao/Anh Nguyen placed 4th twice in boys doubles.

Congratulations

to

BISD

Athletes

as they

continue to

excel!!

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BISD Athletics Department

Celebrates

2013 - 2014

Congratulations

to all our

Coaches and Athletes!