Trophy Club Byron Nelson is off to a 14-3 start and is ranked 10th in the latest Texas High School Baseball Coach's Association's polls.

Maybe we should've seen this coming.

RELATED: New Frisco team enters 5A rankings; Collevyille Heritage and Argyle stay on top

A year ago, Byron Nelson finished with an overall losing record, but that doesn't tell the team's story. The Bobcats went three rounds in the playoffs, surviving game 3s against Allen and South Grand Prairie before falling to eventual state champion Southlake Carroll.

Byron Nelson found some magic last year, and it seems to have carried over.

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The Bobcats, led by four RBIs from Matthew Bailey and two runs from sophomore Hudson White -- the all-area Newcomer of the Year last year -- swept Keller Fossil Ridge last week to open district play. And in a district with two defending state champions -- Northwest Eaton moved up to 6A after winning last year's 5A title -- Byron Nelson looks like it could be an early favorite.

The Bobcats will hit the road and face Keller Central tonight, which is off to a 7-9 start.

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Frisco Wakeland impressively swept Frisco Reedy to open District 9-5A play last week. It seems the rest of the state took notice.

Wakeland (13-6) was ranked ninth in 5A in the latest Texas High School Baseball Coach's Association's polls a week after the Wolverines weren't ranked. Frisco Lone Star (16-3), after splitting with Centennial last week, dropped out of the rankings.

RELATED: Why Byron Nelson's fast start should come as no surprise

Colleyville Heritage (15-1) and Argyle (16-1), two of the most talented teams in the country, continue to dominate the state rankings, taking the top spots in 5A and 4A, respectively.

Undefeated Lake Travis (16-0) was ranked first in 6A for the second week in a row. Flower Mound Marcus (13-4) continued to be the top-ranked Dallas-area team in 6A, coming in sixth for the second consecutive week. Prosper also remained in the sixth spot (17-2). Byron Nelson (14-3) entered the fold in 6A.

Mansfield Legacy, after splitting with Burlseon, dropped from fifth to eighth. Midlothian Heritage (12-3), on the other-hand, jumped from ninth to sixth in the 4A rankings.

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You can see the full 6A-4A rankings below:

6A

1) Lake Travis - 16-0
2) Cy Ranch - 15-2
3) Flower Mound Marcus - 13-4
4) Houston Lamar - 14-2
5) The Woodlands - 15-3
6) Prosper - 17-2
7) SA Reagan - 15-4
8) Cinco Ranch - 12-1
9) Oakridge - 12-3
10) Byron Nelson - 14-3

5A

1) Colleyville Heritage - 15-1
2) Cleburne - 13-2
3) CC Calallen - 16-2
4) Georgetown - 16-2
5) Tomball - 12-1
6) Aledo - 12-2
7) CC Veterans - 17-3
8) Mansfield legacy - 13-2
9) Frisco Wakeland - 13-6
10) CC King - 15-4

4A

1) Argyle - 16-1
2) Canton - 16-0
3) Iowa Park - 14-2
4) Stephenville - 13-1
5) Lorena - 10-3
6) Midlothian Heritage - 12-3
7) Pleasant Grove - 11-4
8) Lufkin Hudson - 12-3
9) Decatur - 15-2
10) Caldwell - 14-3

Last week's rankings

You can view the full rankings of every classifications on the THSBCA website, which updates every week.

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Below are track and field leaders for Dallas-area schools. You can find results for girls and boys individuals and teams. Results are as of March 18. Compiled by Mike Sheaner.

Find last week's results here.

Girls leaders

Discus

Shot put

Long jump

Triple jump

High jump

Pole vault

100 meters

200 meters

400 meters

800 meters

1600 meters

3200 meters

100 hurdles

300 hurdles

4x100 relay

4x200 relay

4x400 relay

Boys leaders

Discus

Shot put

Long jump

Triple jump

High jump

Pole vault

100 meters

200 meters

400 meters

800 meters

1600 meters

3200 meters

110 hurdles

300 hurdles

4x100 relay

4x200 relay

4x400 relay

STAT SHEET

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Combined runs scored in the Rockwall-Heath vs. Mesquite Horn softball game, which Heath won 19-14. Tristin Court went 6 for 6 with a home run and four RBIs for Rockwall-Heath, and Abigail Renteria was 5 for 6 with four RBIs.

79-1

Amount by which defending Class 5A softball state champion Forney has outscored its opponents by in its first five district games after beating Kaufman 12-1. Sadie Hewitt had four RBIs for Forney (16-2 overall), and Texas A&M pledge Trinity Cannon was 2 for 3 with three runs and two RBIs.

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Combined RBIs for Laney Roos and Lauren Trott, who each had six RBIs as Aubrey, the state's third-ranked 4A softball team, beat Gainesville 25-0.

GAME OF THE DAY

Fossil Ridge beats state champ Eaton

Mike Pelosi's bunt single scored Austin Dixon with the winning run in the top of the eighth as the Keller Fossil Ridge baseball team beat defending 2018 Class 5A state champion Northwest Eaton 4-3.

Angelo Cabral pitched 6 1/3 innings for Fossil Ridge and struck out 11. Eaton forced extra innings when Cole Plowman's RBI single in the bottom of the seventh tied the score 3-3.

TUESDAY'S STANDOUTS

BASEBALL

Colin Ruby, Hurst L.D. Bell: Hit a walk-off RBI single with two outs and the bases loaded in the bottom of the eighth to give L.D. Bell a 2-1 win over Abilene. Ruby finished 3 for 3 with two RBIs. Micah Ford pitched seven innings and allowed one hit for L.D. Bell.

Johnny Follett and Drake Boggan, Hebron: Combined for a no-hitter and 10 strikeouts in a 1-0 win over Coppell. Follett pitched six innings, striking out eight and walking five.

Tate Van Poppel, Argyle: The son of former major league pitcher Todd Van Poppel allowed two hits and one run while striking out seven in five innings as defending 4A state champion Argyle beat Class 6A Richland 12-2.

Jaxon Osterberg, Southlake Carroll: Was 3 for 3 with four RBIs as defending 6A state champion Southlake Carroll beat Denton Guyer 9-2, improving to 11-9.

Blake Mayfield, Flower Mound Marcus: The Texas A&M signee triple twice and drove in three runs as the state's third-ranked Class 6A team beat Irving Nimitz 10-0 in five innings. Tyler Morgan pitched a two-hitter and struck out nine.

Adam Sheriff, Prosper: Doubled twice and had four RBIs as Prosper (18-2, 3-0 District 9-6A), ranked No. 6 in the state in 6A, beat Plano East 14-3. Prosper trailed 3-1 before scoring nine runs in the fifth.

Ricardo Rivera, W.T. White: He went 2 for 4 with a home run, two RBIs and three runs in a 10-1 rout of Molina. He also pitched 4 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing two hits and striking out six.

SOFTBALL

Brooke Lawson, Flower Mound Marcus: Hit a game-winning two-run home run with two outs in the bottom of the sixth to give Marcus an 8-7 win over rival Flower Mound. Bella Hernandez and Oklahoma State pledge Haidyn Sokoloski also homered for Marcus.

Karlie Charles, The Colony: The Iowa State signee pitched a one-hit shutout and struck out nine as The Colony beat Justin Northwest 10-0 in six innings and improved to 19-2. Oklahoma pledge Jayda Coleman and Texas Tech pledge Jacee Hamlin homered for The Colony.

Emilee Watkins, Mansfield: Pitched a five-inning no-hitter and struck out nine in an 18-0 rout of Cedar Hill. UT-Arlington signee Reagan Hukill had five RBIs, and Zoey Johnson homered and was 3 for 3 with three runs and three RBIs.

Ashley Minor, Rockwall: Pitched a four-inning no-hitter, homered and scored three runs in a 15-0 win over Tyler Lee. Arkansas soccer signee Reagan Swindall also homered for Rockwall (15-9, 4-1 District 11-6A).

Kennedy Crites, Northwest Eaton: Went 4 for 5 with three RBIs as Eaton beat Denton Guyer 6-3 and improved to 17-1. Chelsea Blankenship homered for Eaton.

Riley Love, Keller: The Texas Tech pledge went 3 for 4 and scored two runs as the state's second-ranked 6A team beat Trophy Club Byron Nelson 5-1. Keller (17-3-1, 5-0) remained unbeaten in District 5-6A.

Katie Shoemaker, Mansfield Legacy: Went 3 for 4 with a home run, two doubles and four RBIs in a 12-4 victory against Burleson Centennial.

SPOTLIGHT

State-ranked Legacy has huge first two innings

Two innings and nearly three trips through the batting order. The two markers shouldn't be on the same time frame, but that's what happens when you start off a game like Mansfield Legacy did on Tuesday.

The Broncos (14-2), ranked eighth in the state in Class 5A by the Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association, scored 12 runs in the first two innings, leading to a 16-0 win over Arlington Seguin in five innings. All nine starters reached base before Seguin could get out of the second.

Catcher Nate Rombach, a Texas Tech signee who's projected to be selected relatively early in the next Major League Baseball draft, had the biggest hit of the night. In front of multiple professional scouts, he sliced a liner into the right-center gap and raced to third for a stand-up triple.

Legacy starting pitcher Nathan Mohr had three strikeouts and didn't give up a hit in three innings pitched.

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Abilene Christian

Madi Miller
High school: Wylie
Notable: As a dual-sport athlete, also playing volleyball, Miller averaged 16 points and three assists per game as a senior at Wylie. As a sophomore in 2016, Miller was voted MVP of the Highland Park Tournament after Wylie won the event. Entering the NCAA Tournament, the freshman guard is averaging 3.8 points, 2 blocks and 1.3 rebounds per game for ACU.

Jazz Taylor
High school: Duncanville
Notable: Taylor was a four-year starter for the Lady Panthers and was ranked the No. 100 overall prospect by ESPN among the Class of 2015. ACU is her third collegiate stop, having spent two years at Rice before playing at Collin County Community College during the 2017-18 campaign. Taylor has averaged 1.2 points per game in her first season in Abilene.

Diamond Willcot
High school: South Grand Prairie
Notable: Willcot's playing career at South Grand Prairie was highlighted by multiple accolades, including Second team all-district and Academic all-district honors. Entering the tournament, the freshman forward is averaging 1.2 points and 2 assists per game.

Sara Williamson
High school: Rockwall
Notable: Williamson enjoyed a decorated career at Rockwall, leading the team to a 27-7 record and a district champion as a senior during the 2014-15 school year. Now a senior at ACU, Williamson is the winningest player in program history with a 88-36 personal record. Williamson played an integral role in ACU's run to a Southland Conference tournament championship, averaging 11.3 points per game in the event. She has averaged 12.2 points this season entering the team's first-ever trip to the Women's NCAA tournament.

Baylor

Lauren Cox
High school: Flower Mound
Notable: The McDonald's All-American, Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year and former Flower Mound Standout has played a big role all year in Baylor's journey to being the No. 1 overall seed in the Women's NCAA tournament. She exited Flower Mound as the No. 1 overall recruit in the nation within the Class of 2016 and as the 2016 Texas Girls Basketball Gatorade Player of the Year, winning a bi-district championship with the team all four seasons. Cox is averaging 12.6 points and 8.2 rebounds per game this season entering the tournament. She was also won the SportsDayHS 2015 and 2016 Player of the Year awards.

Trinity Oliver
High school: Euless Trinity
Notable: The Lady Bears' redshirt freshman enjoyed an illustrious career at Trinity before heading to Baylor, finishing her high school career with more than 2,300 points en route to being ranked the No. 30 Class of 2017 guard in the nation by ESPN.com. Oliver was named the District 7-6A MVP as a junior in 2016 after averaging a double-double per game (25.2 points, 4.2 steals) in addition to 1.3 blocks per game.

New Mexico State

Stabresa McDaniel
High school: Skyline
Notable: In her time at Skyline, McDaniel averaged 15.4 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game and was ranked as the 24th best player at her position in Texas. McDaniel played 49 games with Minnesota and UNT before transferring to New Mexico State. She's been a sharpshooter for the Aggies, averaging 8.1 points on 54 percent shooting from the floor and 48 percent from 3-point range.

Rice

Temi Alao
High school: Allen
Notable: In her senior season at Allen, Alao averaged 12.6 points, seven rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game and was named the SportsDayHS Defensive Player of the Year for District 6-6A. Alao missed her entire freshman season at Rice because of an injury. She has played in 18 games thus far in the 2018-19 season, averaging 2.4 points on 58 percent shooting from the floor.

Kendall Ellig
High school: Liberty Christian
Notable: Ellig won two 5A state championships at Argyle Liberty Christian and averaged 13points and 9.5 rebounds during her junior season, which was enough for her to make the SportsDayHS all-district girls basketball team. Ellig missed the entire 2017-18 season at Rice because of an injury, but has averaged 4.6 minutes in 18 games played this season. In her freshman season, Ellig played in 34 games and averaged 2.7 points and 2.4 rebounds in 12.2 minutes per game.

Tennessee

Zaay Green
High school: Duncanville
Notable: Green was a key cog on two 6A state championship teams at Duncanville. She averaged 17.8 points, 5.1 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game during her junior season and was named the SportsDayHS Player of the Year in 2017. In her freshman season at Tennessee, Green has already become a solid contributor for the Volunteers. She's averaging 9.8 points, 4.1 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game. On Feb. 14, she scored a career-best 25 points against Auburn.

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Texas

Joyner Holmes
High school: Cedar Hill
Notable: During her senior season at Cedar Hill, Holmes averaged 24.8 points, 8.1 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 2.6 steals per game and had 13 double-doubles. She won a silver medal at the 2017 FIBA U10 World Cup in Italy as a member of the USA basketball U19 team. During her freshman season at Texas, Holmes averaged 12.1 points, 8.2 rebounds and 1.1 blocks per game on her way to being crowned the Big 12's freshman of the year and earning a first-team All-Big 12 selection. Now in her junior season, Holmes is averaging 11.8 points and 6.5 rebounds.

Jada Underwood
High school: Mesquite Horn
Notable: As a freshman at Mesquite Horn, Underwood was the district newcomer of the year, averaging 9.6 points, 7.6 rebounds, three assists and 2.7 steals per game and was a part of two district championship teams during her freshman and sophomore seasons. She was the District 10-6A co-most valuable player in 2016, averaging 23 points, 14 rebounds and four assists per game.

Texas A&M

Chennedy Carter
High school: Mansfield Timberview
Notable: As a senior, Carter averaged 20.3 points per game to lead Mansfield Timberview to the 5A state championship game. She was a key cog that lead Team USA to a gold medal at the FIBA Americas U18 Championship in 2016. She set a USA basketball U19 record the following year with 31 points in the gold medal game loss to Russia. Carter has flourished in 62 career games with Texas A&M thus far, averaging 22.6 points, 4.3 assists and four rebounds per game.

Ciera Johnson
High school: Duncanville
Notable: Johnson averaged 14.9 points, 9.5 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 3.2 blocks per game during her junior season and led Duncanville to the 2016 6A state championship and a 39-0 season. She came out of high school as a five-star recruit and went to Louisville for her freshman season before transferring to Texas A&M. Now in her first full season with the Aggies, Johnson is averaging 12 points on 53 percent shooting and 8.2 rebounds.

Kayla Wells
High school: South Grand Prairie
Notable: Wells was named the 2015-16 District 8-6A offensive player of the year by SportsDayHS. As a freshman for the Aggies, Wells played in 33 games averaging 2.8 points per game. He production has drastically increased this season as she's averaging 15.1 points on 47 percent shooting from the floor, 37 percent from 3-point range and 81 percent at the free throw line.

Here are the boys soccer rankings with results through March 19. Click here to see last week's rankings.

Class 6A

Dropped out: None

Class 5A/Others

Dropped out: Argyle (10)

If any of these records need updating please contact joseph.hoyt@dallasnews.com

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The UIL soccer playoffs start next week, so here's a look at the final girls area rankings.

Coppell and Southlake Carroll are the top two area teams in the TopDrawerSoccer.com winter national rankings, with Coppell at No. 4 and Carroll at No. 5. They finished in the same order in our rankings, with Coppell No. 1 and Carroll No. 2.

Grapevine, the next area team in the national rankings at No. 36, finished No. 1 in SportsDay's final 5A-others rankings. Arlington in 6A and Forney in 5A joined the area rankings after winning district championships.

CLASS 6A

Dropped out: No. 9 Arlington Martin

CLASS 5A-OTHERS

Dropped out: No. 9 North Forney

Johnny Manziel officially signing this week with the Memphis Express of the Alliance of American Football marked his return to professional football in the U.S.

And it means a local Texas high school football coach is the next person who will try to revive the career of the former Texas A&M Heisman Trophy winner who’s NFL career as a first-round draft pick failed and who most recently was cut by the Montreal Alouettes and banned from the Canadian Football League.

Mike Singletary doubles as Trinity Christian-Addison and Express head coach, and now Manziel might be his next starting quarterback.

"I didn't know what I expected," Singletary said Tuesday at an Express press conference to introduce Manziel. "It’s amazing so many things that you hear beforehand and you try to keep away from forming opinions of what you think a person might be like, and you actually meet him and he’s very pleasant ... Just want to get back to being Johnny Manziel, whatever that was and whoever that was."

Singletary, a former NFL head coach and Hall of Fame linebacker, joined TC-Addison in late March 2018 with hopes of rejuvenating his coaching career at the grassroots level after spending the prior year out of the business.

Less than two months later, the AAF hired him as Express head coach, and he committed to making both roles work: Memphis’ season, which runs from February to April, doesn’t overlap with TC-Addison’s.

RELATED: Hall of Famer Mike Singletary almost gave up coaching -- then, two phones rang at the same time

While TCA-Addison finished 1-10 in Singletary’s first year, perhaps the coach’s biggest challenge lies with his new quarterback and a struggling offense in Memphis.

Manziel’s path to Memphis has been tumultuous -- as shown in this elaborate career timeline -- and comes a few weeks after the CFL banned him for being “unable to abide by the terms of his agreement."

He finished in Montreal with 1,290 yards, five touchdowns and seven interceptions, including four on Aug. 3 in the first half of his first start since playing for the Cleveland Browns. Prior to the CFL, Manziel, a Kerrville Tivy graduate, endured a three-year football hiatus when his NFL career ended in disarray from substance abuse, legal issues and poor performance.

"I guess I've just changed the way I lived life in the past," Manziel said at the press conference. "I've started focusing on things that I really care about: my family, my football and trying to better my life and have a routine that makes things work and not things break like they did a couple years ago."

Singletary could need to rely on Manziel’s contributions soon.

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Zach Mettenberger, the former LSU and NFL quarterback, started the past three games but left last weekend's game with an ankle injury. Singletary benched Christian Hackenberg, the team’s original starting quarterback and a former second-round NFL pick from Penn State, earlier this season.

According to the Memphis Commercial Appeal, Memphis general manager Will Lewis left open the possibility Manziel could play in the last-place Express’ next game: at 7 p.m. Sunday against the Birmingham Iron.

“I’ve talked to some of the coaches that he’s played for, and I know he can play. I know he’s still very talented," Singletary said. "It’s just a matter of all of the other things that are coming at him right now and to be able to get him on the field."

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Below are some names of Dallas-area athletes and teams to watch at upcoming track and field events. Read our insider about why many area football athletes participate -- and excel -- in track here.

Girls athletes to watch

Jasmine Moore, Mansfield Lake Ridge

The Georgia signee has already claimed a pair of national titles this year -- winning the long jump and triple jump at the New Balance Nationals Indoor meet. Moore set a state record and recorded the second-best jump in United States history for a high school girl in the indoor triple jump by jumping 44 feet, 2.5 inches at the New Balance meet. Outdoors, she will be trying to win her fourth consecutive Class 5A state championships in the long jump and triple jump and will be trying to break the triple jump high school national record of 44-11.75. She plans to compete in the triple jump for the first time this outdoor season at next week's Texas Relays.

RELATED: Moore cracks SportsDay's top 25 athlets 25-and-under list
RELATED: Moore breaks state record in indoor triple jump, posts second-best mark in U.S. history

Brynn Brown, Denton Guyer

The sophomore ranks No. 2 in the nation in the 3,200 at 10:29.60. She has also run a nation-leading time of 16:25.47 in the 5,000 meters -- an event that isn't run in UIL postseason meets. Brown was the 6A state runner-up in the 1,600 last year, running 4:54.36.

London Culbreath, McKinney North

The junior is trying to sweep the 5A state titles in cross country and the 1,600 and 3,200 meters for the third straight year. She ranks sixth nationally in the 1,600 with a time of 4:56.32, and she is No. 10 in the 3,200 at 10:41.64.

Nissi Kabongo, Frisco Liberty

The Stephen F. Austin signee finished fifth in the 5A high jump at state last year, clearing 5-4. This year, the senior has already cleared 5-10, which is tied for third-best in the nation.

Simone Watkins, Frisco

The Texas Tech signee is the defending 5A state champion in the 100 hurdles and 300 hurdles. She ranks No. 2 in the nation in the 300 hurdles with a time of 42.78 and is No. 7 in the 100 hurdles at 14.01. Both times are faster than what she ran at the state meet last year.

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Boys athletes to watch

Carter Cheeseman, Fort Worth Christian

After a 10th-place finish at the prestigious Foot Locker Cross Country National Championships in the fall, the Notre Dame signee won the 5,000 at this month's New Balance Nationals Indoor meet with a time of 14:40.01. He ran 4:11.27 in the mile at the same meet. Cheeseman won TAPPS 5A state titles in the 1,600 and 3,200 last year.

Alex Maier, Flower Mound

The Oklahoma State signee won the 6A cross country state title in the fall, and last week he won the 5,000 at the Texas Distance Festival by running 14:26.95 against a field loaded with the top distance runners in the state. Flower Mound teammate Jarrett Kirk owns the nation's fourth-best time in the 3,200, having run 9:07.56.

Will Muirhead, Lovejoy

He ranks No. 1 in Texas and No. 3 in the nation in the 1,600 with a time of 4:15.32. That time would have been good enough to win the 5A state title last year, and it's 11 seconds faster than Muirhead ran in finishing sixth in the 5A race at state.

Ismael Kone, Lake Highlands

The versatile senior ranks in the top 15 in the nation in three events. He is tied for fifth in the long jump (24-5), is sixth in the 200 (21.20) and tied for 14th in the 100 (10.55).

Cameron Miller, Bishop Dunne

The Florida signee is the defending TAPPS 6A state champion in the 200. But it's the 100 in which Miller ranks third in the nation, having run 10.35.

RELATED: Why many of Dallas-area's elite football players participate -- and excel -- in track

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Teams to watch

DeSoto girls

The Class 6A powerhouse has won a team state championship three years in a row and six times in the last eight years -- and now might have one of its best teams ever. Jayla Hollis and Jalaysi'ya Smith rank first and second in the nation in the 100-meter hurdles with times of 13.68 and 13.69, DeSoto has the nation's fastest times in the 4x100 relay (45.37) and 4x200 relay (1:36.56), and it's ranked No. 2 nationally in the 4x400 relay at 3:43.66. The national rankings from DyeStat.com also show that Arkansas signee Rosaline Effiong is fourth in the 400 at 54.65, Ja'Era Griffin is tied for fourth in the 100 (11.66) and Hollis ranks seventh in the 200 (23.95). It should be an entertaining district meet, as the UIL's realignment placed DeSoto in 7-6A along with Mansfield Lake Ridge, last year's 5A girls team state champion.

Flower Mound Marcus girls

After finishing as the 6A team state runner-up a year ago, Marcus returns a pair of nationally ranked field-event athletes. Baylor signee Mackenzie Hayward is the defending state champion in the pole vault, and she is tied for No. 3 in the nation, having cleared 13-0. Senior Taryn Hankins ranks fourth in the long jump with a leap of 20-2.75.

DeSoto boys

After finishing seventh as a team at last year's state meet, DeSoto added 2018 TAPPS 6A 100-meter state champion Jalen Drayden, an Arizona State signee who transferred from Bishop Dunne. Drayden, Demarco Moon, Kennedy Harrison and Bryan Hanspard ran 40.77 in the 4x100 relay, which ranks third nationally. DeSoto has the nation's best time in the 4x400 relay -- 3:12.34 -- and ranks ninth nationally in the 4x200 relay at 1:26.95. Harrison is No. 9 in the nation in the 200 at 21.27 after finishing third at state in that event last year.

Plano East senior Tyler Owens turned down the opportunity to start college this spring so he could chase a 100-meter state championship in track.

To claim the title of fastest man in Texas, he will have to be the fastest football player in the state.

Owens, a football All-American who has signed Texas, is ranked No. 2 in the nation in the 100 meters with a time of 10.29 seconds. Joining him in the top 15 are a pair of Illinois football signees -- Plano running back Kyron Cumby at No. 5 with a time of 10.42 and Duncanville All-America wide receiver/defensive back Marquez Beason, who is tied for 14th at 10.55.

"I like that I'm not the only fast football player," said the 6-2, 205-pound Owens, who is rated the ninth-best safety in America in the Class of 2019 by 247Sports.com. "The toughness of football practice really prepared me for the hard track practices."

It's not hard to find Dallas-area football stars in the DyeStat.com national rankings for track. They are everywhere.

Lancaster's Ketron Jackson is No. 3 in the long jump with a leap of 24 feet, 7.5 inches, and he runs on a 4x200 relay team that ranks second in the nation with a time of 1:24.95. He's also a lightning-fast wide receiver who as a sophomore already has an offer from national runner-up Alabama for football.

Denton Guyer's Eli Stowers is considered one of the nation's premier quarterbacks in the Class of 2021. Don't be surprised if you see the 6-4, 205-pound Stowers hurdle a defender or leap over a pile of players to score a touchdown next fall, as he's tied for No. 3 in the nation in the high jump with a mark of 6-10.

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Three players from Duncanville's 14-1 Class 6A Division I state runner-up football team -- Beason, running back Ja'Von Fountain and wide receiver Marquelan Crowell -- join freshman football player Pierre Goree on a 4x100 relay team that is No. 6 in the nation with a time of 41.00. Beason won the TAPPS 6A 100-meter state championship as a sophomore at Bishop Dunne before transferring to Duncanville for his senior year, and both he and Fountain, an Eastern New Mexico signee, plan to run track and play football in college.

"The conditioning we got in football, it helped a lot. We ran a lot," Beason said. "Some [track] teams are just now getting in shape. We've already been in tip-top shape."

Football players are required to run track at Plano East. Owens, wide receivers Braylon Henderson and Josh Allison and running back Trevion Jones-Scott helped Plano East to an 8-3 season in the fall and now run on a 4x200 relay team that is No. 10 in the nation with a time of 1:27.02.

"Track speed is completely different than football running," said Plano East boys track coach Jerry Gardner, who is also the wide receivers coach for the football team. "But [football] does play a role in understanding that you have to put the work in to be successful, because workouts are pretty difficult, and they have to fight through them. Just like [football] practices are a grind."

Boys track coach Maurice Bynum runs the offseason workouts for Plano football players, but those don't begin until January. That allows the athletes' bodies to recover from the pounding they took in football, and Cumby can see a difference, having already surpassed the time of 10.55 that he ran in finishing fifth in the 6A 100 meters at state last year.

"I feel stronger, so I think I can get low 10.2s if we get some warm weather," said Cumby, who plans to run track as a freshman at Illinois, in addition to playing football.

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Duncanville quarterback Ja'Quinden Jackson and safety Chris Thompson Jr. are among the top junior football players in the nation, and both have committed to play in the Under Armour All-American Game next season. But rather than spend the spring sorting through their many college football offers -- they have about 60 between the two of them -- they are running track and competing in the 100 meters and on relays.

"All the guys that want to get better at football, we tell them that you need to come out to track, so we can teach you how to run," said Leon Paul, who is Duncanville's head track coach and also the wide receivers coach. "If we teach you how to run, you can run way faster with the ball in your hand."

That is scary news for the rest of the state, considering Duncanville's football team outscored its opponents 754-136.

"I kept getting caught from behind, so I had to get faster," said Jackson, who will be impossible to stop next fall if he improves what is already a strength of his game -- he ran for 1,497 yards and 23 touchdowns in 2018.

"It's definitely helping my form," said Thompson, who was named a first-team junior All-American by MaxPreps.com. "It's going to turn me into a monster."

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Here are the first high school baseball rankings of the year. The results are through March 19.

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Arlington Lamar junior Jasub Flores decided before this season started that it would be his last as a high school soccer player.

He plans to graduate a semester early next year, enroll at Midwestern State and play with his older brother, Carlos, once again.

Jasub, however, had to accomplish one thing before re-joining his brother.

On Tuesday's senior night, in front of his older brother and family, Jasub broke Lamar's records for most career goals and most goals in a single season - two honors that Carlos, a 2017 graduate, previously held.

The two goals in Lamar's 11-0 win over Fort Worth's Young Men's Leadership Academy brought Jasub's season total to 35 and career total to 61.

To celebrate, Carlos gave his younger brother a signed ball, commemorating the record-breaking moment.

"I've been learning from him throughout all the year," Jasub said of his older brother, "since we were little. He was always the best player on the field."

Jasub would know. He spent his freshman year on the same field as Carlos, watching his older brother set two major school records. Back then, Jasub said, Carlos shouldered the team's scoring load. Once he graduated it was time for Jasub to take over.

He scored enough his sophomore season to make breaking his brother's record a definite - nearly likely -- possibility with two more seasons left. Then he decided he'd be graduating early, making the pursuit of his brother's records a race against time.

Throughout the season Jasub said he doubted himself. Scoring 35 goals wouldn't be easy, so he started overthinking himself.

Eventually he got to Tuesday night, one goal away from breaking both records with his older brother watching. After about 10 minutes one of his teammates was fouled in the box, leading to a penalty kick for Jasub.

"This is yours," Jasub remembers a teammate telling him, reinforcing the significance of the moment.

Once again, he started overthinking himself. The referee took forever to give him the signal, he said, forcing his mind to ask the question: "what if I miss?"

He got rid of any doubt shortly after, chipping the ball past the goalie for two records.

"Now there's no more pressure," he said.

"It was exciting. Couldn't have asked for anything better."

Lamar head coach Saroeurn "Sunny" Soeun started at the school six years ago. Carlos was a freshman at the time. He's seen both of the Flores brothers grow and go through his soccer program. It's been a special time with two special talents, he said.

"I think it's very rare where two brothers who have impacted a program that much and at the same time (have had) soccer lead to higher education," Soeun said.

Jasub isn't finished at Lamar yet. The Vikings have one more regular season game left before they head to the playoffs for the program's seventh-straight year.

But what would've happened if Jasub stayed for a fourth year?

"He might've got 100," Soeun said.

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NOTE TO COACHES: The stat leaders below are based on overall season stats submitted by area coaches. To have your players included, please email their season stats to stats@dallasnews.com by noon each Wednesday. If you have questions, email Greg Riddle at griddle@dallasnews.com

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NOTE TO COACHES: The stat leaders below are based on overall season stats submitted by area coaches. To have your players included, please email their season stats to stats@dallasnews.com by noon each Wednesday. If you have questions, email Greg Riddle at griddle@dallasnews.com

The UIL state track and field meet isn't until May 10-11, but this weekend's 55th Jesuit-Sheaner Relays will provide a preview of the scintillating matchups that will end up deciding state titles.

There are 105 athletes entered in the Jesuit-Sheaner Relays who competed in last year's UIL state meet, and 12 teams from Oklahoma are scheduled to compete. Twelve athletes who combined to win 19 individual state championships in Texas or Oklahoma are among the entrants for a meet that starts Friday night at Jesuit with the 3,200-meter run and concludes Saturday with all other events.

As an added bonus, on Saturday afternoon there is an exhibition 150-meter race between 1988 Olympian Roy "Robot" Martin and 1992 Olympian McClinton Neal.

The boys 4x100 relay will look like a race at a national championship event. Five teams scheduled to compete in that race are ranked among the top 12 in America, with Tyler John Tyler -- tied for first with a time of 40.66 -- joined by No. 3 DeSoto (40.77), No. 4 Lancaster (40.91), No. 6 Duncanville (41.00), No. 11 Plano East (41.30) and No. 12 Bishop Dunne (41.37).

Arguably the top individual head-to-head race will be the boys 100. Plano East's Tyler Owens -- ranked No. 2 in the nation with a time of 10.29 -- is scheduled to go head-to-head with third-ranked Cameron Miller, a Florida signee from Bishop Dunne who has run 10.35. Eighth-ranked Caleb McMiller from John Tyler, who has run 10.47, is also in that race.

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In the girls 100, defending 5A state champion Kenondra Davis of Fort Worth Trimble Tech, ranked No. 2 in the nation with a time of 11.59, will race fourth-ranked Ja'Era Griffin from DeSoto, who has run 11.66. Davis, ranked No. 1 in the nation in the 200 at 23.54, will face DeSoto's Jayla Hollis (No. 6 at 23.95) in that event.

The girls 100 hurdles will feature four athletes ranked in the top 10 in the nation -- DeSoto's Hollis (No. 1 at 13.68), No. 2 Jalaysi'ya Smith (13.69) of DeSoto, defending 5A state champion Simone Watkins (No. 7 at 14.01) of Frisco and No. 10 Justice Coutee-McCullum (14.08) of Hockaday.

Perhaps the top distance race will be the girls 1,600. The start list includes 2018 6A state runner-up Brynn Brown of Denton Guyer, defending 5A state champion London Culbreath of McKinney North and Florida State signee Ava Peeples of Lake Highlands.

To see the complete schedule for the Jesuit-Sheaner Relays, go here.

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Check out awards for every Dallas-area district following the 2018 basketball season. Some other content you might enjoy:

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Coach and Newcomer of the Year
See first, second and third all-area teams
All-district teams: MVPs, other award winners

Class 6A

DISTRICT 3-6A

MVP: Andre Nunley, Eul. Trinity, Sr.
Offensive Player of the Year: Deng Alier, Hurst LD Bell, Jr.
Defensive Player of the Year: Augustine Sherman, Haltom, Sr.
Newcomer of the Year: Nazir Brown, Hurst LD Bell, Fr.
Coach of the Year: Mark Villines, Eul. Trinity

FIRST TEAM

Gabe Sanchez, Haltom, Sr.

Marcus Ervin, Eul. Trinity, Jr.

Dev Minix, San Ang. Central, Sr.

Jaden Wells, Hurst LD Bell, Jr.

Landon Burrin, Richland, Sr.

DISTRICT 4-6A

MVP: Isaiah Crawford, North Crowley, Sr.
Offensive Player of the Year: Jaedaun Slack, Arlington, Jr.
Defensive Player of the Year: Jay Gates, North Crowley, Sr.
Newcomer of the Year: Monterrio Golightly, FW YMLA, So.
Sophomore of the Year: Donta Coady, Arl. Bowie, So.
Coach of the Year: Tommy Brakel

FIRST TEAM

Trey Glenn, Arl. Martin, Jr.

Wesley Hayes, Arl. Sam Houston, Jr.

Billy Hill, FW Paschal, Sr.

Malcolm Mayes, Arl. Bowie, Sr.

Shannon Robinson, Arl. Lamar, Jr.

Isaiah Wyatt, North Crowley, Sr.

Davion Younger, FW YMLA, Sr.

DISTRICT 5-6A

Co-MVP: De'Vion Harmon, Den. Guyer, Sr.; Jalen Wilson, Den. Guyer, Sr.
Co-Offensive Player of the Year: JaKobe Coles, Den. Guyer, Jr.; Brandon Haddock, SL Carroll, Sr.
Defensive Player of the Year: Zach Novitske, TC Byron Nelson, Sr.
Newcomer of the Year: Jesse Iweze, TC Byron Nelson, So.
Coach of the Year: Grant Long, Den. Guyer

FIRST TEAM

Tyler Mcghie, Den. Guyer, Jr.

Latrell Jossell, Kel. Central, Jr.

Jonathan Zapinkski, SL Carroll, Sr.

Preston Hannah, Keller, Sr.

Jordyn Vicente, Kel. Timber Creek, Jr.

Nico Matheus, TC Byron Nelson, Sr.

Jason Makayabo, TC Byron Nelson, Sr.

Austin Garner, TC Byron Nelson, Jr.

DISTRICT 6-6A

MVP: Tariq Aman, Coppell, Sr.
Offensive Player of the Year: Keyonte George, Lewisville, Fr.
Co-Defensive Player of the Year: KJ Pruitt, Lewisville, Jr.; Isaiah Gardner, Irv. Nimitz, Jr.
Newcomer of the Year: Devion Daily, Irv. MacArthur, So.
Coach of the Year: Clint Schnell, Coppell

FIRST TEAM

Carter Kryzak, Coppell, Sr.

Jeff Mills, Flower Mound, Jr.

Logan McLaughlin, Hebron, Jr.

Evan Anderson, Hebron, Sr.

Kylin Green, Lewisville, So.

Carius Key, Irv. MacArthur, Sr.

Zach Meyer, FM Marcus, Sr.

DISTRICT 7-6A

Player of the Year: Jarius Hicklen, DeSoto
Offensive Player of the Year: Tahlik Chavez, Mans. Lake Ridge
Defensive Player of the Year: Claven Wilson, DeSoto
Newcomer of the Year: B.J. Francis, Waxahachie
Sophomore of the Year: C.J. Noland, Waxahachie
Freshman of the Year: Brandon Walker, Cedar Hill
Coaching Staff: DeSoto

FIRST TEAM

Karlyn Kenner, South Grand Prairie

Donald Ghostone, Grand Prairie

Chris Pryor, DeSoto