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Published: Thursday, February 28, 2013 4:00 PM CST
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Final Playoff Results

Girls Basketball

West Mesquite beats Centennial, 54-46

Madison beats Lone Star, 58-54

Liberty beats Heritage, 30-29

Lincoln beats Liberty, 56-43

Final Playoff Results

Boys Basketball

West Mesquite beats Wakeland, 68-66

Lincoln beats Frisco, 64-51

Woodrow Wilson beats Little Elm, 74-71 (2OT)

Wilmer-Hutchins beats Lone Star, 58-45

Briefs

Lady Lobos drop two straight

After a successful host tournament that saw the Little Elm softball team win five consecutive games, the Lady Lobos have hit a two-game skid with Tuesday’s 10-1 loss to Grapevine.

Little Elm ended its tournament with a 7-5 loss to Denton that featured a home run from Destiny Crumpley. Starting pitcher Riley Scudder was then tagged for the loss during Tuesday’s action after getting just one run of support from the team’s offense.

The Lady Lobos will be back in action with a 7 p.m. road contest against Ferris tonight before beginning district action against Centennial on Tuesday.

Lone Star recap

For more postseason basketball coverage, including a full game recap of Lone Star’s regional quarterfinals loss to Wilmer-Hutchins, go online at: scntx.com

FOX Sports broadcasting state bball

FOX Sports Southwest will stream or broadcast all games at the UIL Girls and Boys State Basketball Tournaments the next two weekends from the Erwin Center in Austin.

All semifinals and the Class 1-4A Finals for the girls (today through Saturday) and boys (March 7-9) can be streamed at: FoxSportsSouthwest.com. Live telecasts are set for the Class 5A Girls and Boys Championships, March 2 and 9, respectively, on Fox Sports Southwest.

Both finals are set to tip at 8:30 p.m.

Craig Way and Neal Raphael will call the girls finals while Way teams with former Baylor head coach Jim Haller for the boys game.

Title game remains in Frisco through 2016

The NCAA recently announced that it has agreed to a three-year extension with the city of Frisco to keep the Division I Football Championship title game at FC Dallas Stadium.

The venue has hosted the previous two FCS championship games and will do so until at least 2016.

This year’s game featured a rematch of the 2011-12 title game between North Dakota State and Sam Houston State and marked the second consecutive time the game sold out FC Dallas Stadium, which holds more than 20,500 spectators.

At the end of the extension, Frisco will have hosted the title game six time, which is more than any other city other than Chattanooga, Tenn., which hosted the event during a 13-year span from 1997-2009.

Hawkins commits to Bowling Green

The Texas Tornado, members of the 24-team North American Hockey League, recently announced forward Brandon Hawkins’ commitment to play hockey at Bowling Green State University in Ohio.

The 18-year-old still has two years of junior hockey eligibility following the 2012-13 season but has taken the league by storm in his rookie year.

The forward currently leads the league in goals scored with 29 and is tied for third with 43 points.

“I liked the idea of Bowling Green more than I did a lot of other schools,” Hawkins said. “It’s a small-town school and I’m really comfortable with that type of feel.”

Hawkins joins CJ Reuschlein, who will play his college hockey at Army, as the only two Tornado players to make NCAA Division I commitments this season. Forward Brett Heikkila commited to Northern Michigan University before ever playing a game in a Tornado uniform.

Buechele returns for fourth season

The Texas Rangers recently announced that former Rangers third baseman Steve Buechele will return for his fourth season as manager of the Double-A affiliate Frisco RoughRiders.

Buechele headlines a 2013 coaching staff that will remain completely intact from the previous season, with Jeff Andrews back as the team’s pitching coach and Jason Hart resuming his duties as hitting coach.

It will mark Buechele’s fifth as a Minor League manager after starting his coaching career in 2009 with the California League’s Bakersfield Blaze. Last year, the RoughRiders finished with an 80-60 record (second-best mark in the league) and an appearance in the Texas League Championship Series.

Buechele’s teams have made the playoffs in every season he has been a manager, while the former Ranger has tallied a 306-253 mark. On April 16 last year, Buechele passed Tim Ireland to become Frisco’s all-time winningest skipper with his 155th victory.

The RoughRiders begin the new season April 4 when Frisco visits the Arkansas Travelers. The team opens up its home slate April 11 when the Travelers come to Dr Pepper Ballpark for a 7 p.m. contest.

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THSCEF Leadership Summit

The Texas High School Coaches Education Foundation is teaming with Game Changers for its leadership summit on Feb. 18, 2013.

The event will take place at the AAC.

Tickets are $99 for Texas High School Coaches Association members and $250 for non members. Payment can be sent to: THSCEF, P.O. Drawer 1138, San Marcos, Tx. 78667.

For more info, call: 512-392-3741.

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