Alvarado High School Overcoming Challenges As Football Season Opens This Friday
In Alvarado, you don't have to ask them more than once if they are ready for the high school football season to start.
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In Alvarado, you don't have to ask them more than once if they are ready for the high school football season to start.
"It's been a long time since we've had sports," Lake Worth quarterback Caleb Welch explained. "It brings the community back together."
Texas and dozens of other states are pressing on amid questions about safety and COVID-19's long-term health impact on young athletes.
Forney ISD has decided students can still take part in extra curricular activities even if they do learning online.
With COVID-19 having cut the 2020 high school baseball season short, four players from Skyline High School are determined to make up for lost time.
The coaches report 278 of the more than 65,000 athletes tested positive for COVID-19. That is .426 percent of the players.
All three Cedar Hill players made their commitments without an in-person visit.
Hand sanitizing, safe distancing and constant cleaning of equipment are the top priority during the workouts.
More than 50 schools in Dallas County are affected by the public health order, which means organized practices cannot begin before September 8.
"We can do online school, but we cannot do online football," said Highland Park High football captain Sam Morse.
The UIL, which is the governing body for public school athletics in Texas, announced Tuesday that the beginning of the football season for larger schools is being pushed back nearly a month.
With a little more than a month to go before the start of the school year, the University Interscholastic League has released guidelines to help teams navigate practices during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The University Interscholastic League is recommending schools cease all workouts and practices starting Friday, July 3 until Monday, July 13.
There's no passing, no defense and no scrimmages, but it's a start.
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Maddy Siegrist tied a career high with 22 points in her first start since June 6.
UFC CEO Dana White confirmed plans for a July 4, 2026 fight at the White House to mark America's 250th birthday.
Burger lined a 99.4 mph pitch from Andrew Saalfrank (0-1) off the left-field wall to end the game.
FIFA needs more than 6,000 volunteers for the events in the Dallas area.
Paramount will become the new home to all UFC events in the U.S., while UFC's CEO says the White House may host a July 4 event broadcast on CBS.
Social media had a field day with the incident overnight and well into Sunday.
Shigetoshi Kotari and Hiromasa Urakawa, both 28, died after sustaining brain injuries during separate bouts on the same card at Tokyo's Korakuen Hall.
Jen Pawol has made history as the first female umpire to work a regular-season game in the major leagues.
Republican leaders said that if they can't reach a quorum again at 10 a.m., this special session will wrap up.
CBS News will have live coverage as President Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin hold a rare meeting Friday at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska.
The head of the Texas Education Agency is visiting Dallas Friday morning as 2024-2025 A-F ratings for Texas schools were released.
President Trump visits Alaska Friday for what the White House has called a "listening exercise" with Russia's President Vladimir Putin.
The Texas-born grocery chain expands across DFW, drawing crowds and praise for its culture, community impact, and customer loyalty.
Even though the project was first proposed 57 years ago, construction hasn't started on the Marvin Nichols Reservoir.
The VA in North Texas is using a new algorithm to calculate the hours of in-home care that veterans receive.
The nonprofit employs men and women who have had past run-ins with the law to work as mentors for at-risk teens and young men.
Sidhartha "Sammy" Mukherjee and his wife Sunita became known for their Bollywood-style performances, became local celebrities, hosting parties and headlining music and cultural events.
On Thursday, the Texas House and Senate announced the creation of committees on disaster preparedness and flooding.
CBS News will have live coverage as President Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin hold a rare meeting Friday at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska.
Republican leaders said that if they can't reach a quorum again at 10 a.m., both the House and Senate will wrap up the special session.
President Trump visits Alaska Friday for what the White House has called a "listening exercise" with Russia's President Vladimir Putin.
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Texas Republican Rep. Nate Schatzline of Fort Worth responds to Texas House Democrats' demands for their return to the state to meet quorum. He tells Jack Fink that they need to return to Texas and show up in Austin. He says Republicans should approve up to ten new GOP majority Congressional districts in Texas, and he wants to see Governor Abbott place redistricting of the Texas House and Senate on the agenda for the second special session, which will start Friday if there's no quorum in the TX House.
At Fort Worth ISD's North Side High School, the sounds of an American sport on the field meet mariachi music in the stands.
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Texas Agricultural Commissioner Sid Miller is calling for a statewide ban on non-water additives, such as fluoride, in the public water system.
Last year, over 16 million vehicles drove on North Texas toll roads without paying, accumulating more than $69 million in unpaid tolls.
Activists are calling for a nationwide boycott of Target stores following the company's decision to roll back its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
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Head Colorado Buffaloes football Coach Deion "Coach Prime" Sanders revealed his bladder cancer diagnosis for the first time on Monday morning.
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Many Southeast, Southern and West Coast states are likely seeing an increase in COVID cases.
A truck had smashed through the front of Bruno's Place, destroying much of the inside.
Kroger said it intentionally decreased prices, but some customers said the financial drop at the register went in a different direction.
Could the solution to school shootings be drone first responders? An Austin-based tech company thinks so and is testing them at a private high school in Aurora.
Located off the Guadalupe River in Historic Old Ingram Loop, the shop was once filled floor to with lighting, decor and trinkets.
They were already concerned about tariffs, but construction businesses in North Texas said they have new fears with the president's immigration crackdown.
The Rangers, held to four hits, led 2-1 after three innings on sacrifice flies by Adolis García and Marcus Semien.
Maddy Siegrist tied a career high with 22 points in her first start since June 6.
UFC CEO Dana White confirmed plans for a July 4, 2026 fight at the White House to mark America's 250th birthday.
Burger lined a 99.4 mph pitch from Andrew Saalfrank (0-1) off the left-field wall to end the game.
FIFA needs more than 6,000 volunteers for the events in the Dallas area.
Taylor Swift shared several details about her new album, "The Life of a Showgirl," on a special episode of "New Heights," the podcast hosted by her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, and his brother, Jason Kelce.
The 450,000-square-foot facility will support large-scale productions, job training, and boost the local economy.
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President Trump announced this year's "truly exceptional class" of Kennedy Center Honorees and said he will host the annual ceremony himself.
Known for her role as Dee Thomas on the 1970s sitcom "What's Happening," Danielle Spencer has died at the age of 60.
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