Please join me in congratulating OUR Varsity HAWK Basketball Team on an outstanding season. Coach Foster, Coach Bowen, Coach Boyd, and OUR student athletes did an outstanding job all season and in particular in the regional semi-finals.

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Even though they got behind they continued to fight back and they almost succeeded. We can be very proud of the way they played and represented Red Oak this season. We wish them all the best in the future.

The End: Tonight is the final home Soccer Game for OUR HAWKS and Lady HAWKS. It is also OUR Charity Game. All admission fees ($4 and $3), and all proceeds from tonight’s raffle will be donated to the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation.

Both of OUR Soccer teams are undefeated in District 7-0-1, and play off bound. Tonight they face very good Corsicana teams. Wins tonight will guarantee District Championships for both teams. The Lady HAWKS play at 5:30 and The HAWKS play at 7:30.

Please come out and support OUR HAWKS and Lady HAWKS this evening in the sport of your choice. 

WE ARE RED OAK!!!
Mike Burns, CAA
Athletic Director
Red Oak ISD
GO HAWKS!!!

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There are 246 4A High Schools in Texas; 16 of them are still playing basketball, and Red Oak is one of them!!!
I have included a playoff bracket so you can trace the path the HAWKS have taken to get to this point.

Click here to view the 4-A Boys UIL Bracket

The Region II Semi Finals are Friday, March 5, at the Garland Special Events Center. Red Oak vs. Pinkston is at 6:00 and Lancaster vs. Kimball is at 7:30, your ticket is good for admission to both games.

Tickets are $6 for students and $8 for adults NO PASSES ARE ACCEPTED. There is a $5 charge to park. You may purchase tickets on line by going to www.garlandisd.net  on the front page you see: 4A Regional Basketball Tournament there you will see a link to buy tickets, click that link and follow the instructions. Please be sure you are purchasing tickets to the Boys Regional Tournament.  Tickets may also be purchased at the game.

Some Special Events Center Rules are:

No outside food or drinks
Signs will NOT be permitted within the S.E.C. – signs will not be permitted in the stands or hanging on the railing.
Official personnel only allowed on the floor before, during and after the game
 
Directions to the Special Events Center!

Thank you again for your support, I look forward to seeing all of you Friday.

WE ARE RED OAK!!!
Mike Burns, CAA
Athletic Director
Red Oak ISD
GO HAWKS!!!

Five Hawks powerlifters will be making the trip to east Texas to compete in the Region 3 meet. 

Most lifters Red Oak has ever sent to a regional meet:
123 Class – Blake Mirowitz – Ranked 1st by 130 pounds
123 Class – Dave McGee – Ranked 8th
132 Class – Charles Crosby – Ranked 7th
165 Class – Jeremi Lewis – Ranked 7th
220 Class – Eric Ray – ranked 10th

Four girls qualified for the State meet in Corpus Christi: 
148 Class – Olivia Slaughter – 3rd trip to state in 3 years
181 Class – Noelle Giron – 3rd trip to state in 3 years
220 Class – Ke’yauna Jones – 1st trip to state
220+ Class – Shaina McDowell – 1st trip to state
 

The Varsitry Boys Basketball warm -up game tomorrow will now be at 5:00 and our opponent will be the  Lorena Leopards the 15th ranked 3A team in the state. This game will be played at Glen Rose High School.
 
I would also like to congratulate OUR HAWK and Lady HAWK Track teams for their performance in last night’s Ritter-Carter Relays. The JV Boys took first; the Varsity Boys took second; the JV Girls took third, and the Varsity Girls took fifth. Thank you to Coach Hollywood, Coach Porter, and all of the coaches and workers who made this meet a success.
 
Soccer has a huge District Match tonight; Varsity is at Corsicana and the JV are here at 5:30 and 7:00.
 
Softball is in the Waxahachie Tournament this weekend.
 
Girls Golf is at Bridlewood GC today, and the Boys will be at Waxahachie CC Monday.
 
Baseball Home Opener is Monday, February 22, at 7:00 against Mesquite Horn.
 
Girls’ Power lifting Regional Meet will be next Saturday, February 27, at Forney.
 
Our next Varsity Tennis match will be March 5, in Ennis.
 
Thank you again for your continued support. Directions to games are posted on the Red Oak ISD website, click the athletics tab.  

WE ARE RED OAK!!!
Mike Burns, CAA
Athletic Director
Red Oak ISD
GO HAWKS!!!

Please join me in congratulating OUR Lady HAWK Basketball team on a fine season. They lost a tough Bi-District game last night to Cleburne, 61-69. This was the first play off appearance for OUR Lady HAWKS in five years. We wish our seniors well in the future and we look forward to an even better year next year.

OUR HAWKS will represent District 15 4A as the number two seed. We will play the Waco High Lions Tuesday, February 23, at 6:00 pm at Navarro College in Corsicana. Tentatively, we will be the first game of a doubleheader, with the second game being West Mesquite vs. Waco University.

Ticket prices are $5 for adults and $3 for students. THSCA, TGCA, TABC, District 15 and 16 passes will be accepted. Faculty passes will not be accepted. Please come out and support OUR HAWKS as begin OUR play off run. OUR HAWKS will also play a warm up game this Saturday at 3:30 at Glen Rose High School. OUR opponent will be perennial 3A power Seminole.

I would also like to congratulate OUR HAWK and Lady HAWK Soccer Teams on an outstanding beginning to the season. Both teams are currently undefeated in District and are in the Area Leaders in Team Offense and Team Defense. 

WE ARE RED OAK!!!
Mike Burns, CAA
Athletic Director
Red Oak ISD
GO HAWKS!!!

In Powerlifting news OUR Lady HAWK team took second and OUR HAWK power lifting took 5th at Kennedale Meet. At press time the teams competed in the Cedar Hill meet and the Lady HAWKS took 3rd place.

Noelle Giron took first in her division and was named Best Overall Lifter of the Meet! We hope to have more on the Powerlifting teams next month.

OUR Lady HAWK Varsity Basketball team will play the Cleburne Yellow jackets in the Bi-District round of the play offs Tuesday, February 16, 2010, at 7:00 pm at Mansfield Timber view High School.

Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for students. District 15 4A, 16 4A, THSCA and TGCA passes will be accepted. Faculty passes will not be accepted. RED OAK is the home team.  Please come out and support OUR Lady HAWKS as we begin our first play off run in five years.

OUR HAWK Varsity Basketball team is guaranteed a play off spot after a convincing 66-36 victory over Mesquite Poteet last Saturday. The HAWKS play their final regular season game Tuesday, at Forney at 7:30.

Congratulations to OUR Swim teams on the best showing in school history at the Regional meet this past weekend. OUR HAWKS finished 5th out of 16 teams and OUR Lady HAWKS finished tied for 6th out of 17 teams. Hunter Gnoza finished second in the 200 IM and third in the 500 freestyle.

Freshman, Hannah Gnoza qualified for the state meet in the 50 free and 100 free. Hannah also set a Regional Meet record in the 100 freestyle with a time of 53:98! Good Luck at the State Meet.

OUR Power lifting teams competed in the Cedar Hill meet last Saturday. OUR Lady HAWKS took 3rd place and Noelle Giron took first in her division and was named Best Overall Lifter of the Meet! Other Place finishers were Amy Prince – 3rd, Naomi Giron – 4th, Brianna Massey – 2nd, Taylor Anderson -3rd, Shaina McDowell – 4th, Blake Mirowitz – 3rd, Eric Ray – 3rd.

We are hosting the Second Annual Ritter-Carter Relays this Thursday. Field events are scheduled to begin at 3:00, the 3200 meter run at 3:30 and all other running events will begin at 5:30. Admission is $4 for adults and $3 for students.

Our outdoor sports have been affected by 12.5” of snow. We have tentatively rescheduled the Softball home opener to Wednesday evening. We are working on rescheduling last Friday’s soccer matches with Waxahachie. We will keep you informed.

WE ARE RED OAK!!!
Mike Burns, CAA
Athletic Director - Red Oak ISD

Our Lady HAWK Varsity Basketball team tied Mesquite Poteet for second place in District 154A.  Both teams are the district runner up, but to determine play off seating we will have a (seeding) game against Poteet at Ferris HS Gym this Friday at 7:00 pm. Admission is $4 for Adults and $3 for students.

District 15 4A passes are accepted; faculty passes will not be accepted. Please join me in congratulating Coach Fullmer, her staff and OUR Lady HAWKS on making the play offs for the first time in 5 years!

We also have our final home Boys Basketball game Friday at 8:00, it is senior night and Eastridge Night. OUR HAWKS are also play off bound and this game will go a long way to determining OUR final place in district.

WE ARE RED OAK!!!
Mike Burns, CAA
Athletic Director, Red Oak ISD

Our New District (154A) for the 2010-11 and 2011-12 seasons is as follows:

This is a big week in Red Oak Athletics:

Swimming:
The District 15 4A Swim Meet is this Saturday, January 30, at the new Rockwall ISD Aquatic Center. Red Oak is the defending District Champion in both boys and girls swimming. The meet begins at 9:00 am and it is expected to be very competitive. Please come out and support OUR Swim Teams and help us defend our titles.  Directions to the Rockwall ISD Aquatic Center: Take I-30 to Rockwall; Turn right on Townsend and the Aquatic center is one block down: 1205 T.L. Townsend Drive.

Basketball:
Our Varsity HAWK Basketball team won a big game last Friday against Forney to bring OUR District record to 3-3. The HAWKS next home game is Tuesday, against the number one ranked 4A team in the area, Lancaster. It is Junior High Boys Basketball Night and Our Junior High boys’ teams will be introduced. Game times are: freshmen at 5:00; JV at 6:30 and Varsity at 8:00. We are beginning the second round of District play and are making a push for a play off spot.

OUR Lady HAWKS are currently 6-2 and in second place in District. Our next home game is Friday, against the area’s 5th ranked team, West Mesquite.  It will be Red Oak Elementary Night. Our Lady HAWKS have shown tremendous improvement this year, and they are gearing up for the play offs.

Soccer:
OUR HAWK and Lady HAWK Soccer Teams finished third in the Aledo Tournament this past weekend. OUR HAWKS are currently 7-1 and play their first home match this Tuesday, against Woodrow Wilson. The JV game is at 5:30 and the Varsity game is at 7:30. OUR 5-1 Lady HAWKS play at Cedar Hill Tuesday, and at home against Denton Guyer Friday. JV at 5:30 and Varsity at 7:30. 

Power Lifting:
OUR HAWK and Lady HAWK Power lifting teams travel to Kennedale Saturday.  We currently have 4 boys and 7 girls who have qualified for the Regional meet. We will be attempting to increase that number at this meet.

Tennis:
Red Oak is hosting a tournament this Saturday, with Waxahachie, Grand Prairie and De Soto.

Thank you for your continued support of OUR Student Athletes and OUR Teams. With that support we look forward to a great week.

WE ARE RED OAK!!!
Mike Burns, CAA
Athletic Director
Red Oak ISD