Athletics
With the threat of severe weather in the forecast for this evening, the Arlington ISD is canceling all after-school activities scheduled for Thursday, March 2. That includes all extracurricular activities, after-school childcare and our scheduled Board of Trustees meeting. Please stay safe and well.
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Swimmer is only a sophomore Seguin High School sophomore Paul Nguyen is making his way to the state swim meet this weekend in Austin. He is the only swimmer in the entire district advancing to the state competition. Nguyen will be competing in his favorite race, the 50-yard freestyle, for a chance at a state…
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Former teammates now on opposing Super Bowl teams Lamar High School will be the home of a Super Bowl champ for the second-straight year. Only this year, it’s guaranteed. Last year, former Lamar student Bobby Brown collected a Super Bowl ring as a member of the Los Angeles Rams. This year, Lamar is covered on…
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Only Arlington ISD runner to qualify for state Sam Houston High School senior Jeremiah Barrera is off to the races – literally. Barrera left Arlington Thursday morning for Round Rock, where he’ll compete in the Class 6A cross country state championship tomorrow. Barrera, who received a school clap-out before the trip, is the only student…
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Football is back Arlington ISD football teams will once again play football games at Choctaw Stadium this season, with all eyes literally on Thursday night’s season opener between Martin and Lake Travis. That’s because the 7 p.m. game will be the opener for the Geico ESPN High School Football Kickoff and will be shown live…
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Way to go Sam Houston Seniors! It was a beautiful start to the morning at Sam Houston High School as seven seniors paraded through a flood of cheering staff and purple and white décor. The students weren’t just walking down any hallway. They were walking into a hopeful future – one where their next steps…
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Shortly before Sam Houston High School’s varsity baseball players took the field for their first district game of the season last week, they shared a few laughs inside their school’s multipurpose activity center. The teenagers’ time together was perfect and gave them an opportunity to shake their nerves. The Texans talked about their difficult opponent…
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If you’re watching the Winter Olympics and you hear a familiar name during the bobsledding competition, don’t be surprised. That’s because Sylvia Hoffman, who played on Bowie High School’s state basketball championship team in 2005 and graduated in 2007, is competing on the U.S. bobsled team in Beijing. Hoffman is part of a two-woman team…
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Super Bowl Sunday There are Texans all over the Los Angeles Rams roster as they prepare for the Super Bowl Sunday. Quarterback Matthew Stafford played at Highland Park. Linebacker Von Miller hails from DeSoto. Defensive lineman A’Shawn Robinson is from Fort Worth. But the Arlington ISD has two players hoping to win a championship in…
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It will be status quo for Arlington ISD’s five largest high schools in the wake of the UIL releasing its realignment details for the 2022-2024 cycle. That’s because Arlington, Bowie, Lamar, Martin and Sam Houston are all remaining in District 8-6A along with Grand Prairie and South Grand Prairie. Those seven teams make up the…
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