The senior was named to the All-USA Texas team as a first-team defensive back.
Trinity Cedar Hill’s Lewis, Haltom’s Keyon Shannon and Bishop Dunne’s Brian Williams joined him.
In earlier honors, Brooks was picked the Texas Associated Press Sports Editor Class 6A Defensive Player of the Year and first-team corner back. In District 10-6A, he was named the Defensive Player of the Year, first-team cornerback and second-team punt returner.
“For him to be named the top defensive player in all of (Class) 6A is really impressive,” Sachse head coach Mark Behrens said. “Even more impressive is what he does off the field. He’s a 4.0 GPA student and exemplifies what is means to be a student-athlete.”
The Texas High School Coaches Association picked Brooks second-team academic all-state.
Brooks brought the fire in 2018 by breaking the Garland ISD interceptions record with 11 picks in 12 games.
Of that total, five went for touchdowns. He also recorded 12 pass break ups, 31 tackles and returned a punt for a touchdown.
“He has great hands and runs to the ball instead of away from it,” Behrens said.
Garland’s Bobby Boyd held the previous record of 10 picks set in 1955.
Brooks helped lead the Mustangs to a third district title and an appearance in the second round of the 6A Div. I playoffs.
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]]>The Mustangs won the silver bracket in the Kaufman Holiday Tournament after knocking off Wylie East 67-58. They opened with a 57-35 win over Forney and lost 63-59 against Tyler John Tyler in pool action.
Bracket competition opened with a 62-42 trouncing of Bishop Dunne.
The Lady Mustangs went 2-2 in the 68th annual Sandra Meadows Classic at Duncanville. They started with a forfeit win over Brentwood Academy and McEachern 53-49.
They then fell 38-28 to Desoto and Frisco Lone Star 46-35 to end the weekend.
Cedar Hill beat Conway 65-47 for the championship, Ridge Point brought home the consolation title in a 54-45 win over Colleyville, Duncanville picked up fifth in a 65-47 victory against Lone Star and Desoto held off Bishop Lynch 47-41 for third place.
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]]>Sachse’s Braylen Brooks did just that after a successful 2018 season.
The senior was named the Texas Associated Press Sports Editors Class 6A Defensive Player of the Year and first-team at cornerback.
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Sachse High School head varsity girls basketball coach Donna McCullough guided the Lady Mustangs to the Class 6A tournament at the Alamodome in San Antonio. (Ronald Cortes/The Sachse News)
Donna McCullough has been coaching student athletes for 25 years, the last 14 as the girls head basketball coach at Sachse High School.
All of McCullough’s hard work in Garland ISD was recognized with an induction into the Garland Sports Hall of Fame. The 32nd annual banquet was held Wednesday, April 25 at the Curtis Cullwell Center in Garland.
“I am honored and it is such a privilege to be included with such an exclusive group of coaches and athletes that have made an impact on the athletic programs of Garland ISD,” McCullough said.
Other inductees included Brianna Love, George Lyons and Matthew Schubzada.
She is the only girls basketball coach in Sachse High history and before that spent 11 years at Garland High School.
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SAN ANTONIO – The most successful girls basketball season in school history came to a close on Friday night at the Alamodome.
Sachse fell 71-66 against Converse Judson in the Class 6A semifinals.
Judson advances to face Plano at 8:30 p.m. Saturday in the finals at the same location. Plano beat Cypress Creek 64-53 in the other semifinal contest earlier in the day.
Sachse jumped out a 20-16 lead at the end of the first quarter, but gave up 19 in the second and score just seven for a 35-27 deficit at halftime.
The Lady Mustangs took control in the third quarter and managed 21 points, while limiting the Lady Rockets to 10.
Judson came back in the fourth quarter to score 26 and give up 18 in a five-point win.
Sachse’s Adhel Tac finished with 18 points, Jayla Brooks scored 17, Kayla Demus added 13 and Tia Harvey netted 12. Followed by Avery Crouse with four and Brea Bradley recorded two.
The Lady Mustangs finished the season 30-8 overall and were the District 10-6A champions.
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Things pretty much stayed the same for Sachse High School athletics after the Thursday, Feb. 1 UIL realignment.
Football, basketball and volleyball remained with Lakeview Centennial, Naaman Forest, Rowlett, South Garland and North Garland in 10-6A.
Wylie moved over from 6-6A to join the Garland ISD schools.
“It’s kind of what we expected. Picking up Wylie was a good addition,” Sachse head football coach Mark Behrens said.
Wylie was previously in 6-6A with Allen, Plano, Plano East, Plano West, McKinney, Denton Guyer, McKinney Boyd.
The new 10-6A will be used for the 2018-’19 and 2019-’20 school years.
Due to it being an eight-team football district, Sachse will get three non-district games.
Those contests are against Coppell (week one), Euless Trinity (week two as part of the Cotton Bowl Classic) and Plano East (week three).
“We are going to be a young team and we scheduled some tough games to get us ready for district,” Behrens said.
Sachse opens the district slate versus Wylie. Followed by Garland, Lakeview Centennial, Rowlett, Naaman Forest, North Garland and South Garland.
They have the final week of the season off.
“Having that last week off is good if we have some injuries. It’s nice to have that week off at the end so if we get in a groove we don’t have time off to stop the momentum” Behrens said.
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Lady Mustangs basketball continued its dominance of District 10-6A competition.
They steamrolled over host Naaman Forest 60-39 and visiting South Garland 57-16.
In the opener, Sachse led 25-21 at halftime. They went off for 21 points in the third quarter and 13 more in the fourth.
The defense limited the Lady Rangers to 13 in the third and five in the final quarter.
Sachse scored 18 points off of turnovers and recorded 12 second chance points.
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This week is going to be a busy one for the Sachse girls varsity soccer squad.
The Lady Mustangs (2-0-1 overall as of Monday, Jan. 8) traveled Tuesday, Jan. 9 to McKinney and compete Jan. 11-13 in the sixth annual Lady Rabbit Invitational at Forney and North Forney High School.
“We get the chance to play a lot of games and it’s going to be hard on the girls. The good thing is we will have time to get girls some time on the field at a variety of positions,” SHS head coach Kristen Campbell said.
Sachse is set to battle Mesquite John Horn (4:55 p.m. Jan. 11 at Forney), Frisco Lone Star (8:05 p.m. Jan. 11 at North Forney), Carrollton Creekview (3:20 p.m. Jan. 12 at North Forney) and North Forney (6:30 p.m. Jan. 12 at North Forney).
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Staff Writer
A number of Pleasant Valley Road residents have a long-term desire; no more trucks along that thoroughfare.
Specifically, these folks live along a portion, which they say trucks headed to and from C.M. Hinton landfill in Rowlett and elsewhere, use on a regular basis. It is both disruptive from a noise standpoint and dangerous because, according to the residents, the road isn’t designed to handle such large vehicles.
“I’ve gotten pictures of overturned trucks in the last three or four years,” said resident Christie Benator, who lives along the 3600 block of Pleasant Valley with her husband David. “There is no room for error, at all. If they look away, they’re off the road.”
In the short term, this group wants Sachse to pass an ordinance prohibiting trucks from driving along past them on the way back from the landfill. Over the long term, these residents look to build enough community support to force the city into enforcing a “no truck” rule along Pleasant Valley.
“It’s a simple asphalt road with steep sides, and when they do a complete overlay (of asphalt), it doesn’t take more than six months before they have to patch it,” David Benator said.
The trucks that use the 15-year-old regional landfill, which is accessed off Elm Grove Road — vehicles must turn right off Pleasant Valley — come from various locales, including Garland, Sachse and Rowlett, residents said. Also, they say 18-wheelers are now traversing the road as a quicker route, rather than driving on Hwy 78.
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The city of Sachse approved its comprehensive plan earlier this year. Now, officials are working on achieving its goals.
One area of attention is Old Town, which runs from about Salmon Road to Ben Davis Road north and south along Hwy 78, with development on the east and west side of the highway. The Economic Development Committee owns the property bordered by Fifth Street down to Sachse Road, and back up Sachse Road to Billingsley, city manager Gina Nash noted.
“The EDC is currently in the process of identifying and interviewing developers that have expressed interest in Old Town,” said Dusty McAfee, the development services director for Sachse. “Although a definitive timeline is not yet known, the goal is to see commercial development sometime soon.”
The Sachse Planning and Zoning Commission was scheduled to consider the rezoning and conduct a public hearing regarding the matter during it meet this past Monday. It’s possible that will be discussed at the Dec. 4 Sachse City Council meeting.
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