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Volleyball Season Openers Deliver Sweeps, Five-Set Battles, and Milestone Moments Across West Texas

Jean Walters falls a double short of the first cycle in Sod Poodles history and Roman Angelo/Casey Anderson/Landon Sims keep it going in another Sod Poodles win

The sun was hot and the pads were starting to pop in New Home as the Leopards opened up fall camp this week, and while many things have changed since last year’s playoff run, one thing is clear: the Leopards are ready to write their next chapter.

The new faces for the Sod Poodles showed out as they picked up another win in the series opener on Tuesday night in Midland. Jose Fernandez with another big night soars in to RBI lead in the Texas League

Texas high school football is back and Region 1 features a loaded depth chart at the quarterback position. From veteran resume-builders to rising phenoms, here's a look at the signal-callers set to define the fall.

After 7 straight Amarillo victories and a borderline firesale at the trade deadline, the wheels are in motion throughout the rest of the system. Sod Poodles second baseman/centerfielder Tommy Troy and first baseman Ivan Melendez are headed to Reno to make their Triple-A debuts.

With the first serves of the season flying across Texas gyms today, there’s no better time to unveil our 2025 Sideline Sports Preseason...

The Sod Poodles after an explosive game one walk-off in their first matchup with the Wind Surge on Tuesday night, rain postponed Wednesday’s contest to set up a double header on Thursday and it did not disappoint in the slightest.

Hunter Cranton will join Amarillo after the Arizona Diamondbacks dealt Eugenio Suarez to the Mariners in the second trade between the clubs this season.

Last year, Parker and I had the privilege of calling one of the biggest games in the state: the 3A Division II Regional Semifinal between...

The first-place Amarillo Sod Poodles started out the homestand with a party late on Tuesday night. The Wichita Wind Surge entered Bomb City red hot, just like Amarillo, and it led to a showdown fitting of just that. 

Your Amarillo Sod Poodles didn't lose a single series in the month of July. Outside of a series split at Hodgetown against Frisco in arguably the craziest series of the season up to this point, the Soddies won every series, leading them to a 14-7 record (and counting) in the month. The Sod Poodles snatched a series in the Sparkling City by the Sea last week against the Hooks 4-2 after taking a series in San Antonio the weekend before. Let’s look at who is red hot coming home.

Georgia Lambert Commits to UTPB Softball Class of 2026 | Andrews High School

13 walks sink the Soddies in the their series opener at Whataburger Field

Frenship standout Chase Campbell, a four-star wide receiver with game-breaking speed and elite production, is set to announce his commitment on Tuesday, July 22, live on 247Sports’ YouTube channel. The 6-foot-1, 180-pound junior has narrowed his choices to three Big 12 contenders: Texas Tech, Baylor, and Kansas State.

With the 93rd Annual THSCA Coach School kicking off today it feels like the perfect opportunity to recap this years coaching changes here in West Texas. As of mid-July, there have been over 235 head coaching changes across UIL Class 6A through 2A schools statewide and many of those are right here in Region 1. With the first practices of the 2025 Texas high school football season just weeks away, let's look at the 21 programs in our area who will be under new leadership.

Wednesday night felt like a walk-off, but the Hodgetown crowd got the real deal on Thursday night.

After an extra innings heartbreaker on Tuesday night that slipped away, it looked like Frisco was about to cool off this hot Amarillo team. Down a run and sitting at 48 home runs wearing a Sod Poodles uniform, Ivan Melendez stepped to the plate and worked a 2-1 count before sending Hodgetown into a frenzy. Melendez tagged a Joshua Mollerus pitch just above the yellow line left of the triangle in right center for a three-run shot. That home run gave Melendez the Sod Poodles Al

Groover's Great Season is taking him home to Atlanta for the All-Star Futures Game

Coming into Thursday’s contest Sod Poodle pitching had only allowed three walks through the first two games of the series. They would allow 9 walks in game three.