Registration for Taylor’s Gift Tennis Tournament begins
By Caroline Carter Staff Writer Taylor’s Gift Foundation is once again hosting a Ladies Doubles Tennis Tournament. Registration began today. Although the tournament isn’t until April 27, it is important to register early to reserve a spot to play as it is expected to be a full event. The tournament will be held at the Las Colinas Country Club and costs $120 for the two players per team. Other upcoming events for Taylor’s Gift includes Taylor’s Gift Night with the Dallas Stars which will be held on March 16. Tickets are already on sale, and it is expected to be a big event as the Stars play the Chicago Blackhawks. For more information on events,…
Tennis team sets sights on spring season
By Thomas Hair Online Copy Editor Though their demaning fall season ended months ago, the Coppell Tennis Team has continued practicing hard every day. Why? Unlike most sports programs at Coppell, tennis has two seasons, one in the fall and one in the spring. In the 2011 fall season, the Coppell tennis team had one of its most successful years of late, including domianting performances in district and a trip to Abilene for the State Playoffs. While the fall season is oriented more towards team success, the spring season focuses on individual achievements. Months have passed since the Cowboys’ exit from the state playoffs in late October, and these months of preparation will come to…
Coppell tennis corrals the Indians
By Lance McCaskey Staff Writer The Coppell High School Tennis team continued its success this season with a 15 to 4 win over Keller. The Cowboys and Cowgirls made the trip to Keller to take on the Indians. They came in with a stunning 9 and 2 record, and a win streak of 7 matches. With two wins in the girl’s doubles, Coppell started off with a 2-1 league. The boys swept doubles, and increased the lead to 5-1. The girl’s began singles action, and split the six matches, bringing the total to 8-4. With the pressure of the Indians riding on the boys, they pulled out a stellar performance and swept the singles matches, bringing…
CHS Tennis Team shines at Kemah Boardwalk Invitational
Thomas Hair Staff Writer Every weekend, hundreds of people flock to the Galveston area to enjoy the surf and sun and last weekend, the Coppell High School Tennis Team joined them. But the Cowboys were not there for a vacation- they competed in the Kemah Boardwalk Invitational on Friday, March 25 and Saturday, March 26. The Kemah Boardwalk Invitational is a tournament which features some of the best 4A and 5A tennis schools in the state, in preparation for district play in the coming weeks. The fourth edition of the tournament was hosted by League City’s Clear Creek High School, a Galveston area school. On both days of competition, matches began at 8 a.m. and held boys…
Coppell Tennis concludes great season at regionals
By Thomas Hair Staff Writer In recent years, the Coppell High School Varsity Tennis Team has enjoyed tremendous success in post season play. Last season, the Cowboys and Cowgirls of the tennis team earned the title of 6-5A District Champions. The tennis team is coached by Jane Jackson and Rich Foster, who have been working with the team for months to ensure that this season would be as prosperous as past seasons. With excellent players such as Tyler Stayer, it would be hard to imagine anything but a deep playoff run. Indeed, on October 19 the Cowboys ventured to the district playoffs in hope of qualifying for Regionals. The tennis teamed fared very well at…
Tennis advances three to regional tourney
by Blake Seitz Sports Editor The District 6-5A Tournament was a bitter-sweet experience for some members of the Coppell tennis program. In many ways, the tournament exemplified the adage ‘out with the old, in with the new’—it was the last hurrah for many of the team’s seniors, and an exciting opportunity for a select few underclassmen. Three Coppell players—a doubles pair and a singles player—will advance to the regional tournament. The girls team exceeded expectations, placing second overall and advancing a doubles pair, comprised of second-seeded Rajashekar and sophomore Tammy Bell, to the regional tournament. Rajashekar and Bell won first place in the tournament over a first-seeded team from Flower Mound Marcus. Freshman Abbey White…
Coppell tennis teams serve up $7,500 for Jack’s Closet 
by Ashley Attanucci Staff Writer Video by Liz Meyer and Chloe Lanier “We’ve got Jack’s back” read the Styrofoam cups in the fence of the tennis courts, advertising the CHS tennis team’s Serve-A-Thon fundraiser. The Serve-A-Thon took place Wednesday, Jan. 27 throughout the day in honor of Jack’s Closet and its founder, CMSW 7th grader and tennis player Jack Barker. JV, varsity and middle school tennis teams united to earn pledges or flat donations from the community. Each player received a pledged amount of money for every one out of 100 serves they made, earning a total of over $7,500 for Jack’s Closet, a foundation dedicated to collecting Snuggies for cancer patients. Jack’s Closet was…
CMS West student gifts Snuggies to patients
by Ashley Attanucci Staff Writer Twelve year old Jack Barker is a cancer patient. He is also a student, son, brother, athlete, friend and an inspiration to the 1,000- plus lives he has recently touched. Days before his birthday in September, Barker was diagnosed with T-cell acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), a disease which overproduces bad T-cells instead of the good ones needed to fight infections. He has since been in and out of the hospital for countless hours of chemotherapy treatment which makes him too sick and weak to attend school at Coppell Middle School West. However, the very thing that is making Barker physically weak is making him stronger as his battle against cancer…
Bad weather causes cancellations in tennis, soccer
By Travis Bremner Staff Writer Due to the raining and inclement weather all over the Dallas/Fort Worth area, there have been some cancellations of Coppell outdoor sporting events this weekend. The varsity tennis team had a tournament scheduled in Denton Guyer today but the down pour has prevented the matches from taking place. The squad has played fairly well thus far this season, and was looking to continue that, it is unclear when the tournament will be rescheduled. The girls’ varsity soccer was set to face McKinney tonight at McKinney and Saturday’s match with Austin St. Stevens may also be cancelled. The team is 8-2-4 on the season, riding on a two game winning streaking…
A look into the playoffs
By Nathan Reck Assistant Sports Editor Football: At 8-1 the Cowboys clinched a playoff berth with their third district win of the year in a 48 point blowout of Lewisville. Now all that remains for Coppell before the playoffs kick off is their final district game against Flower Mound on Friday night. While the game can’t keep the cowboys out of the playoffs a loss could pit the team against a much tougher first round matchup in Euless Trinity as opposed to playing a team with a worse record such as Keller in the opening round. More on who the football team will face in the first round of the playoffs will come following the…