The class 3A all-state football team it includes three Eagles who had outstanding seasons.
Quarterback JJ Harp was selected on the second team in recognition of his record-breaking season where he threw for more than 3500 yards and 35 touchdowns.
Junior receiver Brady Brown was also selected as a 2nd team all-state receiver as he caught nearly 100 balls for more than 20 touchdowns.
Senior receiver Matt Handler earned honorable mention honors for his outstanding season and ability to make the clutch catches that helped the Eagles in their playoff run.
The class 3A academic all-state football team includes six Eagles. Congratulations to the following young men for their outstanding accomplishment in the classroom this year:
Elite team - Robbie Ehlers
Second team - Gavin Pucciarello and Ross Slough
Honorable Mention - Trevor Cantrell, Justin McGuffey, and Ben Parks
Excellence starts in the classroom and extends to the playing field and these Eagles certainly demonstrated that!
Blake Woolums wins first at State.
The Argyle Boys Cross Country team has returned from the state cross country meet in Round Rock on Saturday as state champions. Blake Woolums paced the Eagles with the state's best time in 3A. Stephen Curry and Thomas Dagg finished in the top ten. Other team members include Alex Alderson, Jake Roberts, Connor Hughey, and Austin Lyles.
Lady Eagles Girls Cross Country has two top five finishers in state
Kristie Krueger and Colbea Harris competed in the state cross country meet on Saturday with Krueger taking second and Harris fifth.
Texas Girls Coaches Association
2007 Cross Country 1A-2A-3A Athlete of the Year
Kristie Krueger
2007 All State 3A Team
Kristie Krueger
Colbea Harris
2007 All Academic Team
Kristie Krueger
Cross Country Coaches Association
2007 All State Team
Blake Woolums
Stephen Curry
Thomas Dagg
Kristie Krueger
Colbea Harris
Jessica Bonfield, junior, setter, was named to the TGCA All State Volleyball team.
Only the second student/athlete in school history to recieve that honor.
Argyle High School Sr's Ben Parks, Kristie Krueger, J.J. Harp and Matt Handler signed Letters of Committment during the National Signing Day February 6, 2008.
Click the links below to see what their new schools are saying about our Athletes:
http://www.georgiadogs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=8800&ATCLID=1384573
http://baylorbears.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/020608aab.html
http://www.enmusports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=8200&ATCLID=1383346
See slide show of Signing Day in "Photo" section of this web-site.
The following Argyle Lady Eagles were selected to the District 8-3A All District Team by the District's Coaches.
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
JESSICA BONFIELD
FIRST TEAM ALL DISTRICT
EMMA FORRER
COLBEA HARRIS
HONORABLE MENTION
BRITTANY O'BRIEN
AMY BEECHER
SALLY SMITH
Most Valuable Player - Caden Dickerson
Offensive Most Valuable Player - Josh Drake
First team - Cory Dixon, Billy Bruce Carroll, Erik Katzen
Honorable Mention - Brandon Peck, Zach Pearson
Caden Dickerson, a junior point guard for the Argyle Eagles has been named as a member of the 3A All-State basketball team for the 07-08 season.
Dickerson, a two year starter was also named as an All-Region player as well as the District 8-3A Most Valuable Player.
Other accolades for Caden this season include being named the MVP at the Bagg Insurance Tournament and all-tournament at the Whataburger Tournament and the Collin County Roundball Classic.
The Eagles have had made two consecutive trips to the Regional tournment and have been undefeated in district for the past two years.
Congratulations to Caden on a great season.
Emma Forrer, a junior for the Lady Eagles basketball team has been named to the All-Region team for 07-08. She was also named first team all-district for 8-3A.
This is Emma's second year to be named to the All-Region team.
Emma has been on the varsity for three years and was a member of the Lady Eagles State Champions team in 05-06.
Josh Drake has been named to the All-Region team for 07-08. Josh was also voted the Offensive Most Valuable Player for District 8-3A.
Drake, a Senior is a 3 year letterman for the Eagles.
Jessica Bonfield, a junior on the Lady Eagles basketball team was selected to the 07-08 All Region team.
Jessica was selected as the Defensive MVP for District 8-3A and was selected as the team's MVP for this year.
Taylor Petrick, an Argyle junior, was named to the Texas Girls Coaches Association All-State team for the 2008 softball season. It has been three years since Argyle's last All-State player. Alyssa Oberle received the honor in 2005.
Taylor was also named the Lady Eagles MVP, District 8-3A Offensive MVP and to the All-Academic team.
TGCA All-State Volleyball team: Jessica Bonfield - setter Jessica is only the second Argyle player in school history to receive this honor. The Denton Record-Chronicle has named its All-Area volleyball team for 2007 and three Lady Eagles have been honored. Bailey O'Brien was named newcomer of the year. Jessica Bonfield is a first team selection and Bradleigh Lowry was named to the second team. http://www.dentonrc.com/s/dws/img/drc/12-07/2007allareavb.pdf 2007 District 8-3A All- District Honors Most Valuable Player - Jessica Bonfield Libero of the Year - Bradleigh Lowry Coach of the Year - Clark Oberle First Team: Bailey O'Brien, Kirstie Wady Second Team: Jojo Fletcher, Leah Woodson
Seniors Blake Woolums and Kristie Krueger win their events at the State Track meet in Austin on Saturday, May 10th.
Blake won the 3,200 with a time of 9:23.00.
Kristie won the 800 with a time of 2:14.92
Kyle Frizzell signed a letter of intent today to play football on scholarship for Western New Mexico University in Silver City, New Mexico, as part of a special signing ceremony at Argyle High School.
Wide Receiver signs with Vanderbilt.
Muliti-sport athlete will pole vault for the Aggies.
From the Denton Record Chronicle:
Argyle offensive lineman Chas Eads has signed with Western New Mexico, joining Eagles running back Kyle Frizzell, who signed in February with the Division II school in Silver City, N.M.
Eads (6-3, 255), a first-team all-district lineman each of the past two years, was named the District 9-3A offensive lineman of the year in 2008. He was recently selected for the Texas High School Coaches Association all-star game, which will be played in July in Austin.
Several Argyle athletes will be signing National Letters of Intent with colleges in a ceremony on Wednesday, February 3rd at 10:45 in the foyer of the auditorium. All are invited.
Those signing will be:
Colbea Harris - Texas A&M University - track
Brandyn Hinnrichs - Texas A&M - Commerce - football
Tyler Sweatt - Sam Houston State University - football
Blake Dunham - University of North Texas - football
Sam Retzloff - University of Indiana - track
Congratulations to these student athletes for their successes and we wish them the very best in their college education and athletics.
Colbea Harris was named Female Athlete of the Year and was awarded a $1,000 scholarship at the ninth annual Great Denton Sports Commission banquet held at the Gateway Center at North Texas.
Colbea was a three-sport athlete for Argyle, excelling on the Cross Country, Basketball and Track teams.
Jake Sizelove was awarded a $300 scholarship after winning third place in the Male Athlete of the Year competition.
Argyle Athletic Director and Head Football Coach Todd Rodgers received the Chairman's Award for career achievements in the building of the Argyle athletic programs into perennial powerhouses.
Link to article in the Denton Record-Chronicle
Senior Molly Hennesy Signs Letter of Intent