Past Articles (HIDDEN BLOG)
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Express Win on Walk-Off Wild Pitch
April 18, 2017
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The Round Rock Express (7-6) and Omaha Storm Chasers (6-6) went back-and-forth for 11 innings, but it was the Express that collected a win after a bases-loaded wild pitch by the Storm Chasers.
Offensively, the Express produce 10 hits to generate five runs. Drew Robinson, Doug Bernier, and
Preston Beck…
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Stars close disappointing season with a loss
April 16, 2017
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Fans ruled Saturday night as the Texas Stars closed out the 2016 / 2017 season with Fan Appreciation Night. The Stars played their IH 35 rivals, the San Antonio Rampage. The teams played 12 prior times this season with Texas leading the series eight games to four.
San Antonio controlled…
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Stars remain dominant in IH35 rivalry
April 13, 2017
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Wednesday’s game was the twelfth meeting this season between the Texas Stars and the San Antonio Rampage. The games are usually exciting, owning both to the short distances separating the cities and the comparable, albeit sub-0.500, level of play. Texas leads the series seven games to four.
San Antonio started…
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Middlebrooks’ grand slam leads Express over Sounds
April 10, 2017
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Sunday afternoons in the Spring are made for baseball. This past Sunday afternoon the Round Rock Express played the Nashville sounds, which made for pleasant entertainment.
The Express jumped out in the bottom of the third inning. Preston Beck singled on a soft pop up to shortstop. Will Middlebrows followed…
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Round Rock Express best Nashville Sounds in season opener
April 7, 2017
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The astronomical start of Spring was March 20th, but true Spring in Central Texas does not begin until the first pitch is thrown in a Round Rock Express game. Spring was sprung on April 6 as the Express took on the Nashville Sound at the Dell Diamond.
Only five Express…
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Spurs close season with loss to Skyforce
April 2, 2017
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The Austin Spurs played their final game of the 2016 / 2017 season against the Sioux Falls Skyforce. Expectations were high for a crowd of 5965 fans. Unfortunately, the game, as well as the season, was a disappointment for the Spurs’ fans.
The Skyforce controlled the game from the opening…
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2017 90th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays at Mike A. Myers Stadium
April 2, 2017
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Greater than 7700 athletes competed in the 2017 Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays, presented by Spectrum, at Mike A. Myers Stadium. Some 40,000 fans saw 14 meeting records broken over the four-day event. Some of the record-breaking action included:
- Texas A&M’s Lindon Victor won the decathlon with score of 8,472…
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Late surge puts Heat over the Stars
March 29, 2017
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Stockton Heat goalkeeper Jon Gillies put in another strong performance to shutdown the Texas Stars. The Heat offense added two third period goals to insure the win.
Both teams were held scoreless in the first period. Hunter Shinkaruk of the Heat open the scoring at 4:06 of the second period…
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Underdog Spurs give OKC Blues the blues
March 27, 2017
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Expectations were low for the Austin Spurs (23-24) as they took on the Oklahoma City Blues (32-15) at the HEB Center at Cedar Park. Not only were the Spurs the underdog, they were also tired, having arrived late the previous night from a road game against the Texas Legends. Austin…
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Payback: Stars put out the Heat in OT thriller
March 26, 2017
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Something was different tonight. The previously night the Texas Stars blew a 4-1 lead and ultimately lost to the Stockton Heat 5-4. Tonight the Stars didn’t play their normal soccer ball knock-around. The trainer didn’t come out to the ice for the pre-game warm-up. And the coaches left the locker…
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Stars lose heartbreaker to Stockton Heat
March 25, 2017
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The struggling Texas Stars showed a glimpse of their former selves Friday night against the Stockton Heat. Texas got an early jump on the night, when Jason Dickinson scored on a power play at 2:35 in the first period. Dillon Heatherington added another Star’s goal at 15:02, and Texas led…
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Warrior Edge Past Spurs
March 23, 2017
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The Santa Cruz Warriors (28-19) edged out the Austin Spurs (19-22), winning 106-103. The Spurs entered the fourth period with a five-point lead, but the Warriors out-shot the Spurs 31-to-23 in the final frame. Santa Cruz put up eight unanswered points in the final 1:27 of the game.
Orlando Johnson…
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UT faces new reality as Big 12 play starts
March 19, 2017
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The University of Texas Longhorn baseball team had high hopes this weekend as they began Big 12 Conference play against the #6 ranked Texas Tech University Red Raiders. The Longhorns entered the weekend with a 13-6 record and momentum they hoped would reclaim former glory days.
Texas dropped the Friday…
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Old rivals, UT, Texas A&M, meet again on the baseball diamond
March 15, 2017
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Tuesday was a perfect evening for baseball as it brought two long time rivals together. The Aggies of Texas A&M University came to UFCU Disch Falk Field to compete with the Longhorns of the University of Texas.
The Aggies led the scoring with one run in fourth inning by Braden…
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Race to the bottom? Stars fall to Rampage
March 14, 2017
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Has the long-standing IH-35 American Hockey League rivalry become a race to the bottom? The San Antonio Rampage and the Texas Stars are currently last and second-to-last, respectively, in the Western Conference of the American Hockey League’s Pacific Division. The teams met for the eleventh of 14 total matchups this…
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Stars played hearts out, come up short
March 12, 2017
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The Texas Stars played with intensity in their final home game of the season against the Iowa Wild. The action was so intense that than the first 20 minutes felt like the final two minutes of tight game.
Iowa jumped to an early lead with a goal by Alex Tuch.…
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Iowa Wild go wild against Texas Stars
March 11, 2017
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The Iowa Wild beat the Texas Star with the first three shots on goal. But the beating did not end there.
Those three shots by the Wild resulted in goals by Sam Anas and Alex Tuch in the first 14 minutes of play. Anas and Tuch repeated the feat in…
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Livo Jean-Charles posts career game
March 10, 2017
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There’s something about playing in your big brother’s room that makes you act like your big brother. That was the case Thursday night when the Austin Spurs played in the AT&T Center, home of their parent team, the San Antonio Spurs.
The Austin Spurs took on the Deleware 87ers and…
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Payback: Stars top Griffins in second meeting
March 9, 2017
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The Grand Rapid Griffins manhandled the Texas Stars when they played four days ago and the Stars had but one thing on their mind: payback.
Travis Morin of Texas started the scoring mid-way through the first period. However, the second period, and most of the third, looked like a repeat…
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Spurs fall short in last minute push against Salt Lake City Stars
March 6, 2017
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The Austin Spurs has a nucleus of a solid NBA-D team. But like a physics experiment gone awry, the results could be devastatingly bad if you insert foreign objects into its core. Such was the case Sunday afternoon when Bryn Forbes, Davis Bertans and Dejounte Murray made the short trip…
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Tale of two halves: Griffins out do Star 5-2
March 5, 2017
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The Texas Stars were the more aggressive team in the first 30 minutes of their game with the Grand Rapids Griffins. Texas jumped to an early lead on a goal by Cole Ully at 6:15 in the first period. Grand Rapids quickly followed suit on a power play goal by…
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Cory Jefferson leads Austin Spurs over Long Island Nets
March 4, 2017
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Cory Jefferson recorded his 16th double-double of the season with 19 points and 16 rebounds in 32 minutes. Bryn Forbes, On assignment from San Antonio, led Austin with 21 points and 2 rebounds in 30 minutes. And Charles Garcia also recorded a double-double off the bench with 13 points and…
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Lowly Iowa upsets Austin at home
February 27, 2017
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The last place Iowa Energy surprised the Austin Spurs by taking a lead in the first two minutes of the game. They never looked back.
Iowa led by as much as 12 points in the first quarter, and increased that lead to as much to 13 points in the second…
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Spurs out-shine the Suns
February 25, 2017
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The Austin Spurs notched an impressive win in Friday’s game against the Northern Arizona Suns before 5561 fans at the HEB Center in Cedar Park. The Spurs have been underperforming in their three-point shooting. The Spurs made 57% three-point attempts, sinking 12 of the long balls.
Cory Jefferson continued to…
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Nothing stops Spurs against Sioux Falls Skyforce
February 24, 2017
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It took a minute and a half for the Spurs to put their first points on the board. But once they did, they never looked a back. In fact, the Spurs had their second best offensive performance in the history of the team. Key indicators like the three-point conversion rate…
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