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The Playbook
From Staff Reports
Varsity Scoreboard
Friday's Results
Boys Basketball
Plano East defeats McKinney, 82-53
McKinney Boyd defeats Plano Senior, 58-51
Girls Basketball
Plano West defeats Allen, 63-40
Plano East defeats McKinney, 55-53
Plano Senior defeats McKinney Boyd, 54-33
Prestonwood Christian Academy defeats Ursuline, 41-34
Trinity Christian Academy defeats John Paul II, 32-29
Varsity Schedule
Tuesday's Games
Boys Basketball
Plano Senior at Plano East, 7:30 p.m.
Plano West at McKinney, 7:30 p.m.
Argyle Liberty Christian at Prestonwood Christian Academy, 8 p.m.
Fort Worth Nolan at John Paul II, 8 p.m.
Girls Basketball
Plano West at McKinney, 6 p.m.
Argyle Liberty Christian at Prestonwood Christian Academy, 6:30 p.m.
Fort Worth Nolan at John Paul II, 6:30 p.m.
Plano East at Plano Senior, 7:30 p.m.
Wodka's recruiting trail
Plano West senior middle linebacker Jake Wodka's recruiting journey may run right up until National Signing Day on Feb. 6.
And it's not for lack of options.
Quite the opposite in fact as Wodka already holds offers from the University of Pennsylvania, Eastern Kentucky, Harvard and Princeton. He is continuing to visit schools though, going to Sioux Falls and Iowa State this weekend as well as planning on Sam Houston State next weekend. Wodka is also hoping to visit Abilene Christian, Stephen F. Austin and Midwestern State.
Wodka's performance justifies the interest.
Wodka was West's Defensive MVP as the Wolves put together their best playoff run in program history. He also led the team in tackles, forced fumbles and recovered fumbles en route to being a unanimous first team all-district pick.
Wodka is stout in the classroom as well with a 3.56 GPA.
East at No. 2 in state softball poll
Expectations are high for Plano East softball again in 2013.
After advancing to the Class 5A State Semifinals for the second time in four seasons last year, the Lady Panthers are ranked No. 2 in the Texas Girls Coaches Association preseason poll.
Defending state champions Deer Park lead the Class 5A rankings.
East opens the season Feb. 12 against Rockwall.
Ringo heads up masters clinic
Plano East head football coach Johnny Ringo will be the clinic coordinator Feb. 20-21 when the Texas Football Masters Clinic comes to the DoubleTree Galleria.
Ringo is also president of the Texas High School Coaches Association.
The clinic, which runs 4-6 p.m. both days, will focus on advanced schemes and techniques from top coaches across the state.
For more info, go to: fbmasters.com.
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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.
Figueroa returns to cage
For the second straight year, West Plano Crossfit-trained mixed martial artist Edwin Figueroa will be on the UFC's Super Bowl weekend card.
Figueroa returns to action for the first time in a year on Feb. 2 when he meets Francisco Rivera at UFC 156 from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.
A McKinney native, Figueroa competed just once in 2012 - a split-decision victory over Alex Caceres at UFC 143 during which Caceres was penalized two points for kicks to the groin. The points proved decisive in the decision, with the win upping Figueroa to 2-1 in the UFC and 9-1 overall.
Figueroa was scheduled to fight in June at UFC on FX 4 against Ken Stone but was forced out due to injury.
Jones ranked No. 1 in North America
Plano native Seth Jones' march to become the first defenseman taken No. 1 in the NHL Entry Draft in seven years took another step Tuesday as he was named the No. 1 skater in North America in the 2013 midterm rankings by NHL Central Scouting.
Jones would be the first American-born player chosen No. 1 since Patrick Kane in 2007.
Jones plays for the Portland Winterhawks of the Western Hockey League.
Jones is fifth among first-year WHL players with 28 points in 33 games. He also has a plus-29 rating. Jones has piled up the points in the past month as the 6-foot-3, 208-pounder tallied six assists and a goal in helping the United States win gold at the 2013 IIHF World Junior Championship.
The race for No. 1 is between Jones and Nathan MacKinnon (Quebec Major Junior Hockey League).
Nike Hoop Summit selects Randle
Prestonwood Christian Academy senior Julius Randle has been selected for the Nike Hoop Summit on Apr. 20 in Portland, Ore.
"Julius was obviously selected based on his ability to play basketball, but more importantly based on his character," said Chris Mayberry, Prestonwood head coach. "He has kept such a positive attitude dealing with the adversity of his injury and will continue to be selected for honors and awards because of his character."
The Nike Hoop Summit is one of the premier high school basketball showcases, pitting the country's top seniors against a World Select Team.
Randle is no stranger to such competition, capturing a gold medal on Team USA at the 2012 FIBA Americas U18 Championship last summer.
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