Birdville High School’s Lady Hawks soccer team will play the Aledo Ladycats in the Region 1-5A Area playoffs at 7 p.m. Friday, April 3 at Aledo High School Stadium. Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for students. Passes accepted are: 8-5A, 6-5A, district administrator passes, TGCA and THSCA.
At their regular February meeting, the Birdville ISD Board of Trustees approved the appointment of Lon J. Holbrook to the position of head football coach/athletic coordinator for Birdville High School.
Holbrook has been the offensive coordinator and a science teacher at Birdville High School since 2000. He brings with him 17 years of coaching experience. Prior to Birdville High, he was an assistant coach at Smithfield Middle School from 1998-2000.
He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of North Texas in 1998.
Birdville and Richland high schools’ bowling teams have advanced to regional play in Amarillo on March 1. Clayton Heinold, Richland High bowler, rolled a perfect 300 game in competition recently. He finished the season leading the district with a 229 average. Heinold is the only BISD bowler to advance in singles to regionals. Richland’s team members are: Katie Weiss, Nolan Johnson, Chase Shortt, Matt Haas, Parker McDonald, Mitchell Heinold, Travis Guynn and Clayton Heinold. Richland’s bowling coach is David Bowman. Birdville’s team members are: Jaden Sims, Larry Holland, Sarah Young, Christian Miller, Sean Crazier, Logan Perrin and Austin Perrin. Birdville’s bowling coach is Mike Miller.
Congratulations to the BISD high school artists who recently competed in the regional level of the Visual Art Scholastic Event (VASE). Besides numerous superior ratings, a number of students’ artworks have been selected to compete at the state-level competition at the end of April. These students are:
Birdville High – Emerson Brakeley, Macy Brown (two artworks), Katelyn Carlson, Valentin Correa, Haley Evans (two artworks), Hannah Fitch, Salma Garcia, Jennifer Houtchens, Macy Koontz, Dao Nhan (two artworks), Emperetriz Petit, Miranda Shaw (two artworks) and Meagan Watkins;
Richland High – Helen Le, Patricia Moreno, Nayzak Najm, Kacey Quiroz-Contreras and Oscar Valenzuela (two artworks); and
Haltom High – Colton Arellano (two artworks), Justin Bishop (two artworks), Paige Cabra, Brandy Isarraras, Jaden Jensen (two artworks), Kierrany Johnson, Lasamy Sarawichitr, Phimvaly Sarawichitr, Yamilette Soto and Arnaud Yubahwe.
Congratulations to the Birdville High School Dance Department for their recent success in the North Texas Regional Dance Competition at Grapevine High School. The JV Belles Drill Team, Golden Motion Drill Team (GMDT), and GMDT officers received the following honors:
Golden Motion Drill Team
JV Belles
GMDT Officers
Congratulations to the student athletes from BISD who have signed letters of intent to continue their education and athletic participation at the collegiate level. They are:
Birdville High
Football
Brandon Wilson – Midwestern State University
Baseball
Jordan Martinson – Dallas Baptist University
Robert Salazar – Navarro Junior College
Girls Basketball
Brittany Perraut – University of Texas at Tyler
Gabby Nelson – Yale University
Girls Soccer
Jaiden Brown – Delta State University
Meagan Kurosky – Abilene Christian University
Melody Hagen – John Brown University
Victoria Martinez – Bethel College
Richland High
Baseball
Trent Clark – Texas Tech University
Riley Pittman – Arkansas Little Rock University
Football
CJ Hicks – Lyon College
Adrien Itoka – Oklahoma Panhandle State University
Girls Soccer
Morgan Pendleton – Colorado Mesa University
Softball
Lauren Oatman – Texas A&M University at Kingsville
Destiny Deaton – University of Texas of the Permian Basin
