Three local high school football players were recently selected by USA Football to attend a 2 day training camp and work to earn a position on the 2014 U.S. Under-19 National Team.  The development camp was held on February 9th and 10th in Austin, and featured two days of competition, including individual drills, 1-on-1 training and 7-on-7 situations. This included the opportunity to train with and learn from former NFL players and coaches. Dylan Lewis, Braxton Kilgo and Kaimon Ontiveros, all juniors at Brownwood High School, participated in the camp and have strong resumes which have attracted interest from several different colleges nationwide.

In the 2012 Brownwood Lion football season, Lewis, a 6’, 200 lb linebacker, collected 95 tackles with 2 sacks.   Kilgo, a 6’, 205 lb running back, finished the season with 654 yards, seven touchdowns on the ground and caught nine passes for 167 yards and a touchdown.  Ontiveros, a 5’11, 170 lb Safety, chalked up 68 tackles with two interceptions, two caused fumbles, 10 pass break-ups and returned the ball 5 times for a total of 210 yards.

Six Howard Payne University players and head coach were recognized on the 2013 American Southwest Conference Women's Basketball All-Conference and All-Division selections, the ASC office announced on Wednesday, following a vote of the league's head coaches.

WEST DIVISION PLAYER OF THE YEAR/ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM/WEST DIVISION FIRST TEAM
Tresta Donahoo earned the title of ASC West Division Player of the Year after averaging 16.3 points, a league-high 5.1 assists, 4.5 rebounds and 2.6 steals per game. She also shot 75.7 percent from the free throw line and connected on 33 three-pointers. Donahoo led the Lady Jackets to a division championship. She was named the ASC West Division Player of the Week four times and to D3hoops.com Team of the Week twice this season. Donahoo who was selected to the West-Division first team, was also named to the prestigious five-player ASC All-Conference Team.

Brandon Gould	Christian Davis	Donovan Ford

The Howard Payne men's basketball team landed three players on the 2013 American Southwest Conference Men's Basketball All-Conference and All-Division selections, the ASC office announced on Tuesday (Feb. 26), following a vote of the league's head coaches.

ASC SECOND TEAM WEST DIVISION
Brandon Gould averaged a team high 16.0 points per game (3rd in the ASC). He was also third in the ASC in assists with 3.8 per game. He scored a career high 31 points at Mary Hardin-Baylor and dished out eight assists in a game twice this season.

The Brownwood High School Lion powerlifting team won 5th place team over-all at the Strawn Invitational Powerlifting Meet on Friday, February 22nd.

According to Coach Jim Taylor, this was the team’s last invitational meet and each team member competed very well all year.  Coach Taylor stated that most individual totals increased every time they lifted, demonstrating all the hard work they have done throughout the year.

The Lady Lions took third place in the Bluebonnet Invitational golf tournament at the Brownwood Country Club on Monday.

The weather did not cooperate at tee time as winds were 25 mph and about an hour, and a half into the tournament, gusts were steady at 44 mph.  This made a difficult day for most of the golfers.

The Early Horns 5th and 6th grade tournament basketball team took first place in the Brownwood tournament on February 16th.  The Horns played back to back games against Comanche to secure first place in the double elimination tournament.

Morgan Kilgore scored 23 points for University of Texas-Dallas as the Comets defeated Howard Payne University 60-54 in game six of the 2013 American Southwest Conference women's basketball tournament at the Brownwood Coliseum Saturday.

In the first half, HPU started out outscoring the Comets 10-6 with 14:38 on the clock. UTD then went on an 11-0 run to lead 17-10 with 9:05 remaining.  The Lady Jackets would answer with an 11-1 run to lead 21-18 with 5:08 to play. Both teams then ended the half trading baskets as Howard Payne led 29-25 at intermission.

The Comets started out the second half on a 14-5 run to lead 39-34 with 16:51 left in the game.  HPU would answer with an 11-6 run to tie the game at 45-45 with 11:02 remaining.  The teams would be tied up three more times over the next five minutes resulting in a 50-50 tie with 6:31 on the clock.  UTD outscore the Lady Jackets 10-4 from that point on to end the game in front 60-54.

The Comets shot 40% from the field while holding Howard Payne to 27%.

Tresta Donahoo scored 19 points for Howard Payne as the Lady Jackets defeated East Texas Baptist University 88-72 in game four of the 2013 American Southwest Conference women's basketball tournament at the Brownwood Coliseum on Friday night.

In the first half, both teams came out trading baskets as the score would be tied 10-10 with 13:44 on the clock. ETBU would later lead 21-20 with 7:03 remaining. Howard Payne then went on a 16-5 run to lead 36-26 with 2:39 left to play. The Lady Jackets led 40-30 as the first half ended.

The Tigers started the out the second half outscoring HPU 12-9 to trail 42-49 with 14:38 remaining. The Lady Jackets then answered, outscoring ETBU 21-13 to improve their lead 70-53 at the seven minute mark. Howard Payne would later lead 84-70 with 1:53 on the clock and finished ahead 88-72 at the final buzzer.

Brownwood High School Lady Lions golf battled the winds Thursday as they competed at the Llano Invitational Golf Tournament and one member of the team took second place.  The tournament was held at the Llano River Golf Course.

Sydney Roberts shot a 76 which had her tied for first place with Gatesville's senior golfer Katy Colson.  They played two holes of sudden death playing number ten and then number eighteen.  Katy Colson won the second hole to win the tournament.

“I am so proud of Sydney she had a great round and she's only a freshman,” said BHS Head Coach Laura Martin.

Fourteen schools were represented in the tournament by fifteen teams.

According to their coach, the Lady Lions played much better and finished in a tie for seventh.  Along with Sydney's 76, the team had other members finished with other good scores including Audrey McKillip in with a 106, Krista Fragua a 110, Jessica Barrerra a 120 and Sierra Mendez a 125 for a team total of 412.  

Brownwood Project Graduation announces that the Little Dribblers Tournament which was to be held on February 25 – March 2 at Brownwood High School is being cancelled.

According to Mitch Moore of Brownwood High School, because there were not enough teams registered, the event is cancelled.  Any teams who registered and paid to enter the tournament will receive a refund.