Past Articles (HIDDEN BLOG)
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Legends Top a Depleted Spurs
March 3, 2020
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The beauty of the NBA G-League is you regularly see first and second year NBA players on the court, preferring playing time in the G-League versus bench-time in the big league. The downside is sometimes those players get called up.
Missing from the Austin Spurs (22-17) roster in their game…
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Stars Implode, Fall to Marlies
March 2, 2020
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The Texas Stars (24-27-2-4) squandered a 2-1 lead with seven minutes remaining the game to give the Toronto Marlies (28-24-3-2) a 3-to-2 victory. Two careless penalties by the Stars, that produce two power play goals, cost Texas the game.
“We put ourselves in a position to get 2 points (a…
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Stars Fall Badly to IceHogs
February 28, 2020
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The Texas Stars (23-26-2-4) played pathetically for first two periods of their game against the Rockford IceHogs (28-28-1-2). Most teams would have thrown in the towel and conceded the game. But the Stars reached deep, played hard in the final 20 minutes, and nearly came back. Ultimately the Stars fell…
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Stars Fail in OT Shoot-Out, Again
February 26, 2020
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The Texas Stars played the Rockford IceHogs with an intensity that is often reserved for a playoff game. In some regards, this was a playoff game. Or at least a race to make the playoffs.
If the result of Wednesday’s game is any indication, it might be a while before…
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KSU Surprises Texas
February 22, 2020
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The Kansas State University Wildcats (13-12) dominated the final minutes of their games against the University of Texas Longhorns (16-10) to win by a score of 60-to-54. The Wildcats trailed by two points entering into the final frame and out-scored the Longhorn 15-7 to secure the win.
The teams play…
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Tennessee Remains Perfect with Win in RR Classic Day Two
February 22, 2020
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The University of Tennessee Volunteers withstood a middle-inning rally to defeat the University of Houston Cougars by a score of 8-to-4 in the second game of the Round Rock Classic. The win extended the Vols perfect season with a 6-and-0 record.
Tennessee took a 3-0 lead on an RBIs by…
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Houston Tops Stanford in RR Classic Inaugural
February 21, 2020
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The Round Rock Classic brought together four of the nation’s top NCAA Division 1 baseball teams to compete in a three round robin format. This featured Stanford, Houston, Tennessee and Texas Tech. Event organizers marketed the series as a prequel to the College World Series held annually in Omaha, Nebraska.…
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Stars Upset Wild in Thriller
February 21, 2020
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The second place Iowa Wild (33-16-3-3) were upset by the sixth place Texas Stars (23-24-2-3) in a frenzied contest. The final score was 4-to-3. The Stars, one of the worst teams in the league in power play conversions, score on both man-advantage opportunities and on an Iowa power play.
Texas’…
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Spurs Come from Behind to Top Lakers
February 20, 2020
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The Austin Spurs (21-14) overcame a 16-point deficient and withstood a serious come-back attempt to defeat the South Bay Lakers (14-22) by a score of 128-to-124.
Statistically, the game should have been a tilted to Austin’s advantage. Austin was third in the conference while South Bay was sitting at eleventh.…
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Texas Defense Smothers West Virginia
February 17, 2020
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The University of Texas Longhorns women’s (16-9) basketball team soundly defeating the West Virginia Mountaineers (15-9), winning by a score of 50-to-44. Texas led from the opening tip-off and their defense dominated West Virginia for most of the game.
The Longhorn defense squeezed the Mountaineers on field goals (20-60, 33%)…
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Weariness Shows as Stars Fall to Rampage
February 14, 2020
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The Texas Stars (23-24-2-3) looked very tired as they took on the San Antonio Rampage (18-20-7-5) after just completing a disappointing two-week road trip. The Stars dropped 4 of 6 games while wearing their visitor’s jerseys.
And the losing didn’t stop on home ice as the Rampage defeated the Stars…
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Spurs Defeat a Depleted Skyforce
February 14, 2020
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The Austin Spurs (21-14) rebounded from an embarrassing loss on Sunday to defeat the Sioux Falls Skyforce (17-20) by a score of 116-to-106. Sioux Falls was working with a bench of only two players.
Both teams played a very competitive first period, exchanging the lead seven times with neither team…
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Iowa State Embarrasses Texas at Home
February 12, 2020
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Iowa State Cyclones (15-8) averted a season series sweep by soundly defeating the Texas Longhorns (15-8) by a score of 69-to-51 before a nationally televised audience.
The Cyclones build a 12-point lead in the second quarter by holding the Longhorns scoreless for six minutes. Iowa State led 30-to-21 going into…
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Spurs Comeback Falls Short
February 9, 2020
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I can always tell when the Austin Spurs will lose. A member of the Cedar Park Police Department was witness to this game’s prediction.
Excessive slam-dunks and trick plays in the warm-ups seems to reveal the team isn’t taking the opponent seriously. And it showed as the Austin Spurs (19-14)…
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Major League Rugby Returns but by a Different Name
February 9, 2020
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Since the end of last season the Austin Elite underwent two name changes and a change of ownership. Some things have changed, but much appears to have stayed the same.
The 2019 Austin Elite went 0-16 on the season. The 2020 Austin Gilgronis extended that winless record in their season-opening…
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Spurs’ Bench Delivers over Clippers
February 4, 2020
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The Austin Spurs (18-13) overcame a weak-kneed first quarter to defeat the Agua Caliente Clippers (16-16) by a score of 114 to 103.
The Clipper jumped to a 14-point lead with three minutes remaining in the open frame when Spurs head coach Blake Ahearn sent all his starters to the…
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Wolves Squeeze by Stars
January 24, 2020
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The visiting Chicago Wolves (21-18-3-2) won a tight, hard-fought game against the Texas Stars by a score of 2-1. Defenses were tight on both sides of the ice. Texas managed only 20 shots-on-goal in the game and Chicago produced just 23.
Gavin Bayreuther gave the Stars the early lead with…
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OKC Blue Surprises Austin Spurs
January 21, 2020
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The game between the third place Austin Spurs and the tenth place Oklahoma City (OKC) Blue should have been a ho-hummer.
Austin was five games above 0.500 while OKC was five games below 0.500. Austin had their full complement of San Antonio assignees and two-way players, while OKC was without…
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Stars Best Penguins in Shootout Thriller
January 17, 2020
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Shootout goals by Jason Robertson and Nick Caamano, and masterful goaltending by Jake Oettinger gave the Texas Stars (19-17-2-2) a 4-3 overtime victory against the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins (18-17-3-4). The win extends Texas’ streak to six games and have a perfect 6-0-0-0 record in 2020.
Texas Stars wept this…
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Kero’s Hat Trick Thrusts Stars Over Penguins
January 15, 2020
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Tanner Kero tallied his second career hat trick to lead the Texas Stars (18-17-2-2) over the Wilke-Barre/Scranton Penguins (18-16-3-3) by a final score of 5-2. The Stars extend their win-stream to five games and are undefeated in 2020.
Additional scoring for the Stars came from Anthony Louis with a goal…
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Marlies Coach Stricken, Team Forfeits
January 10, 2020
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Toronto Marlies (20-12-2-2) assistant coach Rob Davison suffered a grand mal seizure in the locker room 90 minutes before the start of their game against the Texas Stars (15-17-2-2). The game would have been the first meeting in Cedar Park since the 2018 Calder Cup Finals.
Davison, 39, has been…
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Austin Spurs Rally in Fourth Quarter
January 9, 2020
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The Northern Arizona (NAZ) Suns (5-17) played a surprising competitive game, but ultimately fell to the Austin Spurs (14-9) by a final score of 109-102.
The Suns played an extremely tight game through the first three frames, exchanging lead with the Spurs 13 times and tying 9 times.
NAZ was…
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Spurs Fend Vipers’ Surge in OT
January 5, 2020
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The Austin Spurs (12-9) held off a comeback by the Rio Grande Valley (RGV) Vipers (6-18) to claim their second consecutive overtime victory. The win extended their streak to three games.
Keldon Johnson led the Spurs with 24 points in 28 minutes of play. Luka Samanic recorded a double-double with…
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Spurs Come-From-Behind, Top Swarm in OT
January 3, 2020
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The Austin Spurs (11-9) came from behind in overtime to defeat the Greensboro Swarm (4-17) by a final score of 126-123. The victory could be a turning point for Austin, but was it a turn for the better or worse?
The Spurs entered the game as the clear favorite.
The…
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#25 Texas Women Rout Northwestern State
December 29, 2019
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The #25 University of Texas Longhorns’ (8-4) womens basketball team obliterated the Northwestern State University Demons (3-8) by a final score of 91-49. The game was Texas’ final game before starting Big 12 match-ups.
For Texas, Charli Collier produced her ninth double-double of the season with 16 points and 12…
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