Athletes utilizing resources to stay fit without school practice
Sally Parampottil, Executive Sports Editor
March 20, 2020
Following UIL direction, all school practices and use of school facilities (including open gym and open weight room) outside of school hours have been suspended due to concerns about spreading the coronavirus. As Coppell ISD has canceled school through April 3, this leaves athletes without a class pe...
Jeon hits it out of the ballpark: from Texas Rangers fan to Rice commit
Victoria Hertel, Staff Writer
February 26, 2020
David Jeon, Coppell junior baseball, Dulins Dodgers club team and future Rice University pitcher and catcher, was only a third grader when the Texas Rangers went to the World Series for the first time in October 2010. This event would mark the first time Jeon found his admiration for baseball. â€...
Cowboys set the stage in first home scrimmage
Joanne Kim, Staff Writer
February 19, 2020
Eager to prove themselves and secure a spot in this season’s lineup, the Coppell baseball team competed against Birdville on Saturday at the Coppell ISD Baseball Complex. This scrimmage was the first time the Cowboys competed on their own turf this season, and their performance showed the player...
Baseball meets community in service program
Anjali Krishna, Staff Writer
October 31, 2019
In preparing athletes for life after baseball, Coppell baseball coach Ryan Howard implemented a program he hopes will grow the team into young men who understand the value of service. During the offseason, the nearly 50 boys in the program participate in the baseball service program. Boys in group...
Baseball program under new leadership with hiring of Howard
Sally Parampottil, Executive Sports Editor
July 7, 2019
Coppell High School baseball players and parents were able to meet their new head coach, Ryan Howard, for the first time on Monday at the CHS fieldhouse. Howard, who was assistant varsity coach at MacArthur High School and L.D. Bell High School and most recently head coach at Lake Dallas High School for ...
From home to baseball diamond: Polk brothers catch opportunity to bond, play baseball together
Sofia Guerrero, Co-Student Life Editor
May 7, 2019
Playing catch with their dad, Chad Polk, as children turned into a lifelong love for brothers CHS9 freshman Walker Polk and Coppell High School junior Hudson Polk. Both made the varsity baseball team as freshmen and feel they have become closer because of it. This news meant the boys’ work ...
Cowboys finish sweep of Farmers to extend win streak
Sofia Guerrero, Co-Student Life Editor
April 1, 2019
After six and a half innings and an early lead in the bottom of the first, the Cowboys beat Lewisville, 10-3, on Friday at the Coppell ISD Baseball/Softball Complex. The Farmers scored in the top of the first, to which the Cowboys answered by scoring four in the bottom of the inning. Freshman third b...
Cowboys to play Farmers at Coppell Baseball Association Night
Sofia Guerrero, Co-Student Life Editor
March 28, 2019
Tonight, the Coppell baseball team plays Lewisville at the Coppell ISD Baseball/Softball Complex at 7 p.m. It is also Coppell Baseball Association Night, in which youth league players wearing their uniform get in for free. The Cowboys won, 11-3, on Tuesday against the Farmers, earning t...
Behind fifth inning rally, Cowboys come back to defeat Hebron, 5-4
Nolan Sanders, Staff Writer
March 28, 2019
The Cowboys beat the Hebron Hawks on Friday 5-4 thanks to an RBI single to right-centerfield hit by senior second baseman Carter Bacci in the bottom of the sixth inning at Coppell ISD Baseball/Softball Complex. “I’m glad we could come back at the end there because for the majority [of ...
District play resumes tonight as Cowboys look to rebound against Hawks
Nolan Sanders, Staff Writer
March 22, 2019
Tonight, the Coppell baseball team will play its third district game of the 2019 season against the Hebron Hawks. Coppell (10-7, 1-1 in District 6-6A) has been heavily supported defensively by a seasoned pitching staff led by seniors Dylan Nichols, Porter Hardcastle and John Cashimere. ...
Montgomery overtakes Cowboys in area series to end Coppell’s title dreams
Nolan Sanders, Staff Writer
May 14, 2018
In the seventh inning of Friday evening’s second baseball game against the Montgomery Bears at the Coppell ISD Baseball/Softball Complex,  the Cowboys began to rally from a three run deficit. Coppell senior left fielder Anthony Villalobos led off with a well-hit home run amd junior center fielder B...
Cowboys shutout Rangers in first round, Gunter throws no-hitter
Nolan Sanders, Staff Writer
May 8, 2018
McKINNEY - The Coppell baseball team was victorious over the Naaman Forest Rangers on Friday at McKinney North in an 11-0 win in the Class 6A bi-district playoffs. In the bottom of the final inning, senior pitcher Rye Gunter struck out the final hitter swinging on three fastballs, endin...
