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Westlake To 6A State Finals With A 59-27 Victory Over Cypress Falls
Texas 6A Basketball State Semi-Final-Mumford High School, Bryan, Texas, Tuesday March 10th 2026. Westlake led for good with 7:39 remaining in the first quarter against Cypress Falls. Score by Quarter Westlake 15-7, 29-14, 49-24, 59-27. Westlake will face Little Elm in the 6A Division II Finals. See selected snapshots below. Above #5 Bo Odgen puts Westlake ahead for good with a three for a 3-2 score at 7:39 in the first quarter. #23 Alex Allen boxing out. #1 Powell Fri

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Westlake 37 Lancaster 51
Texas Girls High School 6A Division II Championship-Alamodome-Saturday March 7th 2026. Above #15 Tamia King controlled the Jump Ball and #1 Texas-Ranked Westlake jumped out to a 6-0 lead but fell behind for good to #2 Texas-Ranked Lancaster with 8.8 seconds remaining in the first quarter 11-12. Score by Quarter Westlake 11-13, 18-31, 23-38, 37-51. Westlake battled back 5-7 and 14-13 in the third and fourth quarter respectively. The 2025-2026 Lady Chap team demonstrated gr

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Westlake 49 Judson 46 Chaps to Final Four
Texas 6A High School Basketball-Hays High School, Bales Gym, Buda, Texas, Friday evening March 6th 2026. Above Westlake #5 Bo Ogden controls the opening tip from Judson #23 Franklin Ihama. Westlake jumped out early 12-4 which narrowed to 12-7 after the first quarter. Score by Quarter Westlake 12-7, 24-19, 38-32 and 49-46 for the final. Westlake by virtue of the Regional victory advances to the State "Final Four." See more images below. Westlake's #24 Mack Martin with the

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Regional Champions Westlake 61 Judson 38
39-0 Lady Chaparral's Advance to the 6A Division II State Semifinal against Shadow Creek Texas Girls High School Basketball-Hays High School Gym-Saturday afternoon February 28th 2026-Westlake (38-0) and Judson (31-6) faced off for the UIL-6A Division II Regional Final. Westlake jumped out quickly 9-2 prompting a timeout at the 6:15 mark of the first quarter. After that Westlake went on a 14-4 run prompting another timeout at the 2:19 mark with the score being 23-6. Scoring

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Area Champs Westlake 66 Harlan 46
Texas 6A Basketball-Area Playoff-New Braunfels Texas-NB Long Creek High School, Friday Evening February 27th 2026. Westlake took an early lead on a three from #24 Mack Martin, then fouled on a three Mack completed three Free Throws for a 6-0 Westlake lead. End of Q1 Westlake 13 Harlan 12. Westlake then outscored Harlan 13-7 in Q2 to lead by 7, 26-19 at the intermission. Westlake widened the margin to 15 with a 17-9 Q3 for the 43-28 lead. In control and with the clock bec

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Feb 271 min read


Iconic LA Venues
Travel-Iconic Los Angeles Venues-Background left "The Forum" and center SOFI Stadium-the venue for the 2027 NFL Superbowl. Image Wednesday February 4th 2026. The Getty Villa, Pacific Palisades. Nearly 1500 trees were lost at the Villa in the Palisades Fire January 7th 2025.

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UCLA
Travel-UCLA Campus-Above the Janss Steps, Left Royce Hall and Right Powell Library. Saturday afternoon February 7th 2026. See more below. 42 Jackie Robinson John R. Wooden John Wooden Center for student recreation John Wooden Center for student recreation John Wooden Center for student recreation. Not much pickup basketball on Saturday evening. Pauley Pavillion-UCLA defeated visting Washington 77-73. Above #0 Trent Perry scoring in the second half. Joesphine with young fa

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Oksana Selekhmeteva ATX Open
Around Austin-ATX Open-WTA-250 Women's Professional Tennis at Westwood Country Club Monday morning February 23rd 2026. Above, from the deuce court, left-hander Oksana Selekhmeteva serves to Alycia Parks in their match. Oksana won nearly seventy percent of her first serve points to defeat Alycia Parks 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. See another image below. From the ad court.

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Alycia Parks ATX Open
Around Austin-ATX Open-Women's WTA-250 at Westwood Country Club-Monday Morning February 23rd 2026. Above Alycia Parks serves to left-hander Oksana Selekhmeteva in their match. Oksana prevailed 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 to advance. See more images of Alycia below. Alycia served with speeds up to 113 MPH Watching a lob return from Oksana Backhand. The tournament continues through Sunday March 1st 2026. Details at https://wwwatxopen.com

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Anna Bondar (6) ATX Open
Around Austin-ATX Open, WTA-250 Professional Women's Tennis at the Westwood Country Club, Monday morning February 23rd 2026. Above Anna Bondar with a forehand return to Kamilla Rakhimova. Kamilla prevailed 6-3, 7-5. See another image below. Anna Bondar with a backhand return against Kamilla Rakhimova. The ATX Open continues with the finale on Sunday March 1st 2026. See https://atxopen.com for details.

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"One Shot"
Around Austin-Westlake Girl's High School Basketball-Area Championship New Braunfels Texas, Friday evening February 20th 2026. With the 3rd quarter running down and leading 32-12, Coach Vickie Benson calls for one shot. See the perfect result below. In the waning seconds #30 Geralynn Byers-Veal heads to the hoop being fouled on the successful shot. Geralynn, who hit all her free throws in the game, made the "1" leaving 0.8 seconds for Sotomayor. Looking on for Sotomayor i

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Westlake 53 Vista Ridge 38
Texas 6A Girl's High School Basketball-Burger Gym-Tuesday evening February 17th 2026. Vista Ridge, second in their district matched up for the Bi-District Championship with Westlake-first in their district and 35-0 overall. Back on November 21st 2025, visting Westlake captured a 55-38 win in Cedar Park. Tonight's game by final score seems similar, 53-38, but scoring by Quarter suggests a closer game early on. It was a slow start initially for both teams but then Westlake

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That's What Friends Are For
Around Austin-Sunday morning February 15th 2026. "That's What Friends Are For" gathering on the Ann Richards Bridge before sunrise readying for the Austin Marathon, Half Marathon and 5K event.

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My Dad Is My Hero!
Around Austin-Sunday morning February 15th 2026-Spectators cheer on their runner. The vibe touches the soul. The humanity of the Austin Maraton cannot be understated. See another image below. Supporting those that invest themselves in distance running at all levels.

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Wheelchair Division
Around Austin-Sunday morning February 15th 2026-Two of the three Wheelchair racers made the starting line on time. Another under his own power joined just a bit later. The elite corral behind: #88 Kellyn Taylor went on to win the Women's division shaving nearly two minutes off the course record. #12 Joey Whelan went on to win overall with a course record pace of 5:06 per mile.

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Austin Marathon-The Start
Around Austin-Sunday morning February 15th 2026-The start of the Elite Marathon corral. On the far left, in a blurry image, Joey Whelan starts what would be a recording-breaking 5:06 per mile pace for this hilly course.

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Satisfaction
Around Austin-Sunday morning February 15th 2026-Griffin Neal wins the Half Marathon with at a blistering 5:03 pace for a 1:06:04 time. For the complete statistics see the RunFAR APP. See more images below of The Joy, The Reflection, The Gratitude of distance running by individuals at all levels. Tatum Smith reflects on her second place finish in the Women's Half Marathon ran at a 6:16 per mile pace. Emma Lopez finished fourth in the Women's Half Marathon at a 6:16 pace. Eli

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It Don't Come Easy
Around Austin-Sunday morning February 26th 2026-Austin Marathon-"It don't come easy!" Above second place winner Elisha Barno reflects on finishing 1:08.3 behind Joey Whelan. See more images below. An accomplished finish but not without trials and tribulations Giving it all through the finish

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Austin Marathon
Around Austin-Sunday morning February 15th 2026-The Austin Marathon Champion, with a record-breaking time of 2:13:18, is American Joesph Whelan. His average pace was 5:06 over this hilly course. See more images of Joey below. Under perfect weather and a 0700 start this 35th Austin Marathon was an amazing event. With 30,000 runners in the three distances the event also had more than 2,500 volunteers, 26 miles of live music and 100,000 spectators along the course. For more

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Austin Marathon
Around Austin-Sunday morning February 15th 2026. Austin Marathon Women's Champion Kellyn Taylor crossing the finish line. Kellyn's time at 2:33:29 shaved nearly two minutes off the record with an average pace of 5:52 per mile over this hilly course. Under perfect weather and a 0700 start this was an amazing event. Running enrollment for the three distances was capped at 30,000. This celebration of distance running also had 2,500 volunteers, 26 miles of live music and 100

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