F-5 Elite, a Primetime bas­ketball team located in Murphy, took home first place at the Na­tional Championships on Sun­day, July 25. The team, compromised of mostly 15-year-olds who go to McMillan High School in Mur­phy, have played together for the better part of the...

In her Olympic debut, Jour­dan Delacruz had high hopes for a medal at Tokyo 2020. However, the 23-year-old Wylie native came up just short, finishing seventh overall for the U.S. Weightlifting Team. Delacruz was the first partic­ipant to compete for the U.S. team,...

The Plano East Panthers football team is relying on an inexperienced group on the de­fensive line. That inexperience doesn’t equate to a lack of talent, how­ever, as Plano East head coach Joey McCullough thinks the talent on his defensive line can bring the Panthers’...

Returning as the no. 1 re­ceiver for the Plano East foot­ball team, Rushil Patel has made the strides this offseason. Gone are his teammates Jay­don Nava and Kaden Gardner, leaving inexperienced players at the depth positions for the Panthers offense. The change has...

The Wylie Lady Pirates vol­leyball team had one of its best seasons ever last season. They finished the season 21-5 overall, 13-1 in the dis­trict, on the way to a champi­onship and reached the UIL 6A Region II Finals before losing to Klein. That result put the Lady...

Collin College sophomore tennis player Rafal Bed­narczuk is an Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) National Junior College Athletic Association (NJ­CAA) All-American. The honor tops a strong season for Collin College’s men’s and women’s tennis teams, both of...

Not many teams are comfort­able starting a sophomore at the 6A level. After seeing Drew Devilli­er’s growth, maturity and skills development in the offseason, head coach Joey McCullough felt confident to give him the nod. The young quarterback takes over the position...