The Rumble 1/20

With hopes of moving into second place in district 15-5A before starting the second round of district play, the boys basketball team (11-7, 4-2) looks to defeat West Mesquite (14-7, 4-1) tonight at home at 7 p.m. “West Mesquite is an outstanding transition team and puts up about 70 points a game,” head coach Kyle Herrema said. “We need to make sure we get back [on defense] and make them p...

The girls basketball team will take on the West Mesquite Wranglers on Friday, Jan. 20, as the team looks to rebound from a 6-point loss to Highland Park on Tuesday. The team hosted the Wranglers earlier in the season and beat them easily, 67-36. Mesquite currently ranks last in the District 15-5A standings with only one divisional win on the season, a total of 16 losses, and a four-game losin...

With district starting next week, the girls soccer team will face Highland Park at home next Tuesday, Jan. 24 at 7:15 pm. Last weekend, the girls soccer team prepared for future opponents by entering the Hebron Tournament. “Our coach put us against harder schools to test out how we would do,” senior Carolyn Murad said. “We learned that these schools were scoring off of our mistakes.”...

The boys soccer team looks to get its first win of the season in the Ice Bowl tournament this weekend after tying twice and losing twice in the Allen tournament. “Going into the tournament we have been really focused on improving our defensive shape as a team as well as finishing scoring opportunities that we are given and overall our team chemistry,” junior Bretton Laboret said. “As far ...

The 2017 swimming season pits the Leopards against a myriad of new competition in District 12, swimming against Highland Park, Royse City, Celina, Paris, Paris North Lamar, Gunter, and Pottsboro. The team will have an opportunity to challenge these teams on Friday at the district championship in The Colony. “This meet is limited to only district 12-5A,” junior swimmer Grant Stout said. “The top...