The Tuesday, Jan. 26, Garland ISD board of trustees meeting brought a long-awaited change to the district and to South Garland High School. A unanimous vote was taken to change the SGHS mascot from the Colonels to the Titans. The change will take effect in August...
GISD HS basketball update, standings
The Garland ISD high school boys’ basketball standings currently feature the undefeated Garland Owls at the top of the list. District 9-6A standings as of Jan. 18: Boys District Season Garland Owls 4-0 9-0 South Garland Colonels 1-0 8-3 Wylie Pirates 3-1 11-5 Sachse...
Football recap: Dec. 3-4
Results for the last games of the regular season played Dec. 3 and 4, are below, along with information on which football teams advanced to the bi-district playoff round and game details. Rangers get 28-7 win over Mustangs Ja’Hari Lee scored a rushing touchdown and...
HS football recap: Nov. 27-28
The Naaman Forest HS Rangers (5-2, 5-2) got a 51-0 win over the North Garland Raiders (1-5, 0-5) and earned a playoff spot, Friday, Nov. 27. Naaman Forest quarterback Austin Valdez threw for 235 yards with four touchdowns and ended the game at 13-18. Brison Huey and...
Rangers, Pirates get wins
The Naaman Forest Rangers (4-2, 4-1) got a 30-7 win over the Rowlett Eagles (3-2, 3-2) Thursday, Nov. 19. Rangers’ quarterback Austin Valdez connected with Devean Deal and Kingsley Bennett for touchdowns and also...
HS football playoffs in a year like 2020
As if 2020 hasn’t been strange enough already, wait until you hear how the playoffs for Garland ISD high school football – District 9-6A – will shake out. Because of COVID-19, several of the teams had to cancel/postpone multiple games this season and these...
District 9-6A football recap: Oct. 22-23
The Mustangs, Eagles, Colonels and Rangers enjoyed wins this week. Both the Wylie Pirates and Rowlett Eagles got to play their first 9-6A district games after delays caused by the pandemic. Mustangs get win over Owls The Sachse Mustangs defeated the...
Owls, Patriots, Mustangs get wins
This week Garland HS, Sachse HS and Lakeview Centennial HS all got wins. The Rowlett Eagles and Wylie Pirates did not have games. Owls squeak by Rangers for 14-7 win There was a close game at Williams Stadium Thursday, Oct. 15, when the Garland Owls...
Football recap: Owls, Rangers get wins
Thursday, Oct. 8, contests included games that pitted the Garland Owls against the North Garland Raiders as well as the Naaman Forest Rangers against the South Garland Colonels. Garland Owls get win over North Garland Raiders The Garland Owls got a 42-0...
High school week one football recap
The Garland ISD high school football season began this week with games played Thursday, Oct. 1, and Friday, Oct. 2. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, this game was the first, and only, non-district game of the season for each team. Next week will be the first game of...
GISD HS basketball: February 4, 7
The Garland ISD high school girls’ and boys’ basketball team scores for Tuesday, Feb. 4 and Friday, Feb. 7 are below. Girls – Tuesday, Feb. 4 Rowlett Lady Eagles 53 – Garland Lady Owls 48 High scorers: RHS – Reagan Warren – 14 GHS – Xylize Harrison – 18...
HS football Week 11: Last week of regular season
In this last week of the regular high school football season, Sachse HS, Wylie HS, Naaman Forest HS and Lakeview Centennial HS earned playoff spots. Raiders get 50-23 win over Owls The North Garland Raiders (6-4, 3-4) defeated the Garland Owls (3-7, 1-6)...