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Inside Ellis County Sports

Quarterback gets day in the limelight, ready for more

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Waxahachie guard Taylor Hill takes leadership role in stride

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Keenan Sherman signs letter of intent

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Future Waxahachie athletes hit the camp scene

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The road ends here...

Back home in Omaha

Curry enjoys perfect stretchThere’s luck. There’s good fortune. And then,

there’s the stretch TCU first baseman Matt Curry is having.

Somewhere between hearing his name called in the Major League Baseball draft and taking the trip to Omaha for the College World Series, Curry has found a way to contain his sheer gid-diness. It hasn’t been easy but it has been fun.

The list of good happenings is long but none of them are by chance. Curry has earned the right to be excited about everything that is going on in his life.

“I got drafted, that’s one of my top goals, go-ing to Omaha has always been a dream since I was about 8 years old watching TV and watch-ing those guys play. Now I get the opportunity to play there myself, it’s pretty awesome,” Curry said.

All the good news started when the former Red Oak standout heard his name called in the 16th round of the MLB First Year Player Draft on June 8. He was selected by the Minnesota Twins. That was a 21-round change from last season when Curry was selected by Pittsburgh in the 37th round.

His stats bear out the rise in his stock – a .346 batting average (fifth best on the team) and team highs in walks (54) and home runs

(17) make him one of the most vaunted weap-ons the Horned Frogs have. His 26 doubles and 544 putouts are both single season records in the program and the 54 walks tie the single season record. He has also accumulated 60 RBI and scored 62 runs.

All those numbers added up to Curry being selected as a Mountain West first-team all-con-ference player.

But the personal success takes a backseat to the run TCU is currently on.

After being part of the team that set the record for most wins last season, Curry and his team-mates came back with an even better 2010 with a 51-12 record, a seventh-straight Mountain West Conference title and more importantly the program’s first trip to the College World Series

Red Oak alum living a dream scenario to the finish

Photo courtesy of TCU Media Relations

Red Oak alum Matt Curry helped TCU earn its first College World Series berth with the best season in school history.

2010 College World Series

Game 1Saturday 1 p.mTCU vs. Florida St

Game 6 or 5Monday 4:30 or 9 p.m.TCU vs. TBA

See CURRY, Page 4B

By ALEX RILEY Daily Light sports writer

Graphic Illustration by Alex Riley/The Daily Light

Harrison opens career with trip to Omaha

The fact that Oklahoma advanced to the College World Series really doesn’t surprise Drew Harrison. The Sooners were a good team all season with tal-ented players who posted a 49-16 re-cord.

Going to Omaha might not be sur-prising but the situation Waxahachie native has been put in is a little dif-ferent. This season, Omaha’s famed Rosenblatt Stadium will host its final championship tournament after 60 years of memories. The cathedral to college baseball has served as the site for memorable games, standout play-

ers and amazing moments. Harrison is just happy to add his name to the list of people to get the opportunity to add another memory.

“The cool thing is that it’s the last

year that it’s being played in that sta-dium. I’m pretty lucky to get to go my freshman year,” Harrison said.

More importantly, the standard for the Sooner baseball program has been set. And for Harrison it has been set early.

With the program’s first appearance in Omaha since 1995, Harrison knows the level of play has been raised for his next three years. The freshman has no problem with high expectations from the outside world. In fact, he and the team set those same standards within.

Former Waxahachie standout ready for run at college baseball’s top prizeBy ALEX RILEY Daily Light sports writer

See HARRISON, Page 3B

Photo by Chad Wilson/The Daily Light

Former Waxahachie star Drew Harrison will take part in the College World Series during his freshman season.

2010 College World Series

Game 3Sunday 1 p.mOklahoma vs. South Caroilna

Game 8 or 7Tuesday 4:30 or 9 p.m.Oklahoma vs. TBA