A team of Howard Payne University alumni won the Inaugural Sports Hall of Fame Golf Tournament held on May 4th at the Hideout Golf Club on Lake Brownwood.

The four-man scramble team of Will Carrier '89, C. Norman Tinkler '75, Andy Gill '91 and David McCullough '76 won the Inaugural Sports Hall of Fame Golf Tournament. They shot a tournament best 53 pacing the rest of the field by five strokes.

HPU students Joey Carmack, Kyle Hamlin and Klay Cunningham paired with Joey Kirk to take second place with a 58.

Brownwood High School Athletic Department has announced its sports camp schedule for the summer of 2013.  All camp brochures may be picked up at the Athletic Office.  Registrations may be dropped off at the Athletic Office or mailed to PO Box 816, Brownwood, Texas 76804.

Football Camp - June 4-6 @ Gordon Wood Stadium

Baseball Camp - June 11-13 @ Southall Field

Girls Basketball Camp - June 11-13 @ Brownwood Middle School

Track Camp - June 12-July 11 @ BHS Track

Boys Basketball Camp - June 18-20 @ Brownwood Middle School

Volleyball Camp - July 29-Aug 1@ Warren Gym

Brownwood High School’s Cherita George has committed to play softball for Howard Payne University and was celebrated by her coaches, teammates, family and friends on Monday afternoon in a mock signing ceremony.

According to her coaches, George has exemplified leadership, dedication and skill throughout her time as a Brownwood Lady Lion.

Several local high school athletes made a good showing over the weekend at the UIL state track and field meet held in Austin.

Brownwood took home two 3A medals thanks to a 2nd place state finish for Victoria Henry in the shot put and 3rd place for Lexie Lewis in the 200 meter.

Blanket’s Rowdy Johnson secured the state 1A division II 1st place finish in the boys 200 meter, and the Blanket 4x100 relay team brought home silver.

Zephyr’s Haven Rogers was 3rd in the Girls 1600.

Santa Anna’s Hannah Hartman brought home two medals; silver in the pole vault and bronze in the 100 meter hurdles.

See local results from the state meet below.

Registration is now open to join Brownwood Soccer Club’s Extreme 3v3 Summer League.

The league will start and run through July according to organizers.  Cost to join is $55.  Registration forms are available at Weakley-Watson and checks should be made payable to BSC Extreme.  Registration deadline is May 17th.

Games will be held during the week and on weekends to work around everyone’s schedule, according to Michael Lancaster club organizer.

Area students are invited to Brownwood High School on Saturday, May 11th where free student physicals will be offered in the Warren Gym.

Girls should arrive between 8-9 am and boys from 9-10 am.  A parent or guardian's signature is required on the physical form.

The Cen-Tex Bluejets U-11 soccer team played in the Abilene Spring Fling soccer tournament the weekend of May 4-5.  The Bluejets took home the first place trophy after winning in the finals.

Carlton Brown	Sam Dollahite
Houston Holmes	Jake Sadler

Howard Payne senior outfielder Carlton Brown was named West Division Player of the Year after hitting .341 with two home runs, six triples, 12 doubles and 30 RBIs. The 6-1, 190-pound senior also went 5-2 on the mound with three saves and struck out 24 over 23 2/3 innings. Brown finished fifth in the ASC in slugging percentage at .571.

Sam Dollahite earned First Team All-West Division honors recording a team high 47 hits and batting .336 from the plate. Dollahite had 11 doubles and one triple in 140 (team high) at bats. He also had the highest fielding percentage among Howard Payne starters at .984.

Houston Holmes was honored on Second Team All-West Division team after hitting .264 and driving in 17 runs. This semester, he received Howard Payne's award for Outstanding Exercise and Sports Science male student and was HPU's ASC Scholar-Athlete Medal of Honor winner.

The American Southwest Conference today announced the 2013 American Southwest Conference women's tennis awards as voted on by the league's head coaches and Howard Payne's Samantha Guerrero was recognized.

Samantha Guerrero was named Honorable Mention All-West Division.

Guerrero, a junior, was 4-2 in ASC singles play and 5-7 overall on the year.

The Howard Payne University athletic department now has registration and ticket sales open for the 2013 Sports Hall of Fame Induction Banquet on Friday May 3rd, 2013 at the Mabee University Center.

Family, friends, alumni and Yellow Jacket fans wanting to attend the 2013 HPU Sports Hall of Fame Induction Banquet can now register and pay online for tickets. Howard Payne will be inducting HM All-American golfer Tim Pavlas and long-time faculty athletic representative Hal Lane Jr.

Link to SHOF Banquet Tickets