Past Articles (HIDDEN BLOG)
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Austin Falls to Stockton on MLK Day
January 16, 2023
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The Stockton Kings (8-1) shutdown the Austin Spurs (2-6), winning by a score of 112-to-98 on a day honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. The Kings led from tip-off to final buzzer, leading by as many as 20 points.
The margin of victory was second chance points. Stockton dominated, converting 11…
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Stars Sweep Admirals
January 15, 2023
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Coming off a thrilling come-from-behind victory, the Texas Stars (22-8-4-2) throttled the Milwaukee Admirals (21-13-0-2), 5-to-0, to sweep the two-game series. The Stars scored nine consecutive goals against the Admirals between the two games.
“I thought the guys played a good game, start to finish. Obviously, it was a good…
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Texas Stars Treat Fans to Renaissance Faire
January 15, 2023
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The Texas Stars currently sit atop the AHL Central Division with a record of 22 win, 8 losses, 4 overtime losses, and 2 shoot-out losses. A key aspect of the Stars’ success derives from the support of their fans. The Texas Stars hosted its first Renaissance Faire in a showing…
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Guards Lifts Texas over #23 Kansas
January 10, 2023
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The University of Texas Longhorn (12-5, 3-1 Big 12) women’s basketball team handily defeated the #23 Kansas University Jayhawks (12-3, 2-2 Big 12) by a final score of 72-to-59. The Longhorns never trailed and led by as many as 15 points.
Both teams entered the contest hungry, each coming off…
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Kings Hit Second Half Thrusters to Blast Past Spurs
January 1, 2023
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The Stockton Kings took a one-point advance against the Austin Spurs at halftime, and blew it apart in the second half, out-scoring the Spurs 57-to-44, and winning 108-to 94.
Stockton’s Jordan Ford had a seemingly unquenchable hunger for the hoop, putting up 14 of his team-high 19 points in the…
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Texas Stars Dominate Tucson Roadrunners
December 30, 2022
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The Texas Stars (18-7-3-2) spotted the Tucson Roadrunners (14-11-4-0) an early goal and responded with six consecutive goals, ultimately winning 7-to-3. The Star extended their point streak to 10 games and remain atop the AHL Central Division.
Tucson’s Cameron Hebig put the Roadrunners on top with a goal at 2:39…
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Spurs Win in Dramatic Comeback
December 29, 2022
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In the most exciting game this season, the Austin Spurs overcame a 22-point deficit to defeat the Oklahoma City Blue by a score of 108-to-105. The game was Austin’s first of the Conference portion of the season, with the league Showcase concluding last week in Las Vegas.
Both teams, and…
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Texas Women Win 6th Straight, Top A&M Commerce
December 28, 2022
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The University of Texas Longhorns women’s basketball team (9-4) walloped the Texas A&M Commerce University (TAMUC) Lions (2-9) by a score of 96-to-53.
Texas were led by Rori Harmon who posted a season high 15 points with 10 assists and six rebounds in just 26 minutes on the court. Five…
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Stars Winning Streak Snapped in OT Loss
December 21, 2022
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All good things must come to an end, including the Texas Stars eight-game winning streak. The Stars fell to the Rockford IceHogs by a final score of 3-to-2 in overtime.
Texas Stars head coach Neil Graham put the defeat in perspective, saying, “A point got away from us there at…
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Stars Wallop IceHogs, Extend Win-Streak to Eight
December 20, 2022
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The H-E-B Center could have been channeling Oprah Winfred (“You get a goal, you get a goal, everyone gets a goal”) as the Texas Stars (17-7-3-2) crushed the Rockford IceHogs (15-10-1-2) by a score of 6-to-1. Texas extends its win streak to eight games with the victory.
The Stars looked…
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Stars Top Wolves in Intense Contest
December 9, 2022
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The Texas Stars (12-7-2-2) defeated the Chicago Wolves (6-11-2-0) by a score of 5-to-2 in one of the most intense hockey games seen this season at the H-E-B Center.
In a sport normally punctuated with stoppages due to penalties, offsides, held pucks, icing and pucks out of play, little of…
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Texas Women Smothers Southern
December 4, 2022
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The No. 22 / 18 University of Texas Longhorns (4-4) handily defeated the Southern University Jaguars (2-5) by a score of 92-to-43. Graduate tranfer Shaylee Gonzales led all players with 22 points.
“I’m feeling more like myself,” Gonzales said. “Getting comfortable with the system and knowing my role.”
Gonzales has…
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Hustle Out-Last Spurs in OT
December 2, 2022
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The Memphis Hustle (5-5) held on to defeat the Austin Spurs(4-7), 117-to-116. The Hustle overcame a 15-point Austin lead to force the overtime.
Both teams played an evenly matched, and surprisingly effective, first period. Memphis shot 61% from the floor and 57% beyond the arc, very similar to Austin’s 57%…
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Fast Start, No Finish, Spurs Fall to Vipers
December 1, 2022
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The Rio Grande Vipers (7-3) spotted the Austin Spurs (4-6) 22 points in the first period, then got serious. The Viper bit the Spurs, 113-to-98, in a lopsided contest.
The Vipers anemic first period play allowed the Spurs to jump to a 34-to-18 lead in the opening frame. RGV shot…
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2022 Austin Media Cup: Verde FC v Listos United
November 28, 2022
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Monday brough the second annual Austin FC Media Cup, the only match the pits the best of the Austin area sports media against the best of the Austin FC front office.
The match was played at Q2 Stadium on a shorten pitch, and consisted of two, 30-minute halves.
Thirty-five players…
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Texas State Falls to Louisiana in Finale
November 26, 2022
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A disappointing season ended in a disappointing Senior Day send-off as the Texas State Bobcats (4-8, 2-6) fell to the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns (6-6, 4-4) by a score of 41-to-13. The only unanswered question to the season was would Texas State head coach Jake Spavital return for the final year…
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Stars over Moose: Unbelievable Come-from-Behind, OT Win
November 18, 2022
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The Texas Star (7-5-2-1) scored two goals in the final 62 seconds to force overtime and then defeat the Manitoba Moose (7-3-2-0) by a final score of 6-to-5. Jacob Peterson scored the game-winning goal at 3:49 into the overtime period.
Texas was down 4-to-2 with 5 minutes remaining in the…
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Spurs Overcome Slow Start, Win in OT
November 15, 2022
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The Austin Spurs turned-around a weak start to defeat the Memphis Hustle in an exhilarating come-from-behind victory. A clutch free-throw by Jordan Goldwire gave Austin a 102-to-99 victory in overtime.
The Hustle jumped to a 21-point lead in the opening period, led by Kenneth Lofton Jr. with 12 points. The…
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Late Power Play Goal Dims Stars
November 13, 2022
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The Rockford IceHogs (5-5-0-1) defeated the Texas Stars (6-4-2-1) by a score of 5-to-4 in a back-and-forth contest that turned on a power play goal late in the contest. The IceHogs were led by David Gust with two goals and an assist.
Both of Gust’s goals came in the opening…
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#3 Texas Drops Louisiana in a Game to be Forgotten
November 11, 2022
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Rough. Not a diamond in a rough. Just rough.
That’s the best way to describe the #3 University of Texas Longhorns (1-0) women’s basketball team as the defeat University of Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns (1-1), 68-to-45.
This is not the team that I expected to see after two, 100-point plus exhibition…
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Austin Fights Back, Tops Texas
November 5, 2022
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Game #2 of the Austin Spurs series against the Texas Legends looked to be an accelerated version of Game #1: Austin started white-hot and faded. Instead, the Spurs (1-1) clawed back to reclaim the lead with three minutes remaining to defeat the Legends (1-1).
The Spurs took command in the…
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Spurs Drop Home Opener
November 4, 2022
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The Austin Spurs owned the first half in their season opening game against the Texas Legends. But like many early-season teams, they forgot there are two halves to a game. Austin fell to Texas, 120-to-113.
Austin’s strong first half performance may have been weighted more by how marginally the Legends…
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Mountaineers Top Longhorns in Championship Semi’s
November 3, 2022
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The University of Texas Longhorns, the Big 12 regular season women’s soccer champion, failed to advance in the conference championship, falling to the West Virginia Mountaineers 1-0. The loss was Texas’ first 18 matches.
The match’s only goal came in the 42nd minute of play off the foot of West…
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Texas Opens Big 12 Tourney with Clean Sheet
October 30, 2022
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The University of Texas Longhorn women’s soccer team netted three goals in under nine minutes to soundly defeat the Kansas State Wildcats in the quarterfinal match of the Big 12 Championship. The final score was 4-0.
Holly Ward opened the scoring in the 26th minute, after Texas two goals called…
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Griffins Edge Stars in Series Finale
October 30, 2022
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The game between the Texas Stars (4-3-0-1) and the Grand Rapids Griffins (4-3-0-0) was one of power plays. Four the game’s seven goals came on power plays, albeit one was a short-handed score. The Stars ultimately fell to the Griffins, 4-3.
Curtis McKenzie opened the scoring for the Stars on…
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