Star Local Media kicks off its entry into the upcoming football season by discussing what’s ahead for a few local private school programs on the gridiron.

Matt Welch, Devin Hasson and Kendrick E. Johnson discuss the TAPPS transfer landscape, the upcoming seasons for Prestonwood Christian (5:15), Argyle Liberty Christian (9:00), John Paul II (10:50), McKinney Christian (15:32) and Dallas Christian (18:20), as well as all Division II roads running through Trinity Christian-Cedar Hill and some notable games to watch on the TAPPS gridiron.

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Star Local Media pulls two more entries from its ongoing summer “Questions” series to discuss various storylines leading up to the 2019-20 athletics year.

Matt Welch, Bryan Murphy and Taylor Raglin discuss things they're looking forward to about the upcoming high school sports year (1:05) and then issue a few bold predictions for the 2019-20 school year (12:17).

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With the dog days of summer in session, Star Local Media offers up some ideas on things they would change within high school sports.

From rule changes to specific sports to alternating state championship venues and splitting up the UIL’s largest classification, the sports staff discusses a myriad of changes to the high school sports landscape – from those somewhat plausible to others either ridiculous or impossible.

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Star Local Media pulls another entry from its ongoing summer “Questions” series to discuss various storylines leading up to the 2019-20 athletics year.

Matt Welch, Bryan Murphy and Taylor Raglin discuss some of the first-year head coaches hired within the area and their situations heading into the upcoming school year. Teams discussed include Plano West football (2:30), McKinney Boyd football (7:00), Prosper baseball (9:40), Coppell baseball (12:35), Lewisville volleyball (16:45), Plano East volleyball (18:55), Frisco football (20:35), Frisco Lone Star girls basketball (22:40), Lake Dallas volleyball and girls basketball (24:05), Little Elm boys basketball (28:00), Lovejoy volleyball (30:25), McKinney North volleyball (32:50) and John Paul II boys basketball (35:20).

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Star Local Media is publishing its seventh annual edition of The Varsitys, its high school sports award series, this month and deliberates on its various choices for Best Team across several markets.

In Part One of the episode (1:20), Matt Welch, Taylor Raglin and Devin Hasson break down their picks for the tops teams in their respective markets, touching on the year's top teams in Plano, Rowlett, Allen and Mesquite.

In Part Two (18:50), Bryan Murphy joins the roundtable, as he, Matt and Taylor discuss their Best Team selections in Frisco, McKinney, Lake Cities, Little Elm, The Colony, Flower Mound and Celina/Prosper.

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Star Local Media pulls two entries from its ongoing summer “Questions” series to discuss various storylines leading up to the 2019-20 athletics year.

In Part One, the staff looks at the impact changes in the regional landscape had on its various athletic districts, plus how they were impacted by the newly aligned bi-district matchups (1:05).

In Part Two, the staff says goodbye to longtime Denton County sports editor Justin Thomas, looking back on his decade-plus covering Star Local Media's Denton County markets (22:05).

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Star Local Media is publishing its seventh annual edition of The Varsitys, its high school sports award series, this month and deliberates on its various choices for Coach of the Year across several markets.

In Part One of the episode (1:30), Matt Welch, Taylor Raglin and Devin Hasson break down their picks for the tops coaches in their respective markets, touching on the year's top coaching performances in Mesquite, Allen, Rowlett and Plano.

In Part Two (23:10), Bryan Murphy joins the roundtable, as he, Matt and Taylor discuss their Coach of the Year selections in Little Elm, Flower Mound, Lake Cities, Frisco, McKinney and Celina.

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Star Local Media is publishing its seventh annual edition of The Varsitys, its high school sports award series, this month and deliberates on its various choices for Game of the Year across several markets.

In Part One of the episode (2:20), Matt Welch, Taylor Raglin and Devin Hasson break down their picks for the tops games in their respective markets, touching on the year's top contests in Mesquite, Lake Cities, Allen, Rowlett and Plano.

In Part Two (29:45), Kendrick E. Johnson and Bryan Murphy join the roundtable to discuss their Game of the Year selections in Celina, McKinney and Frisco.

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Star Local Media pulls two entries from its ongoing summer “Questions” series to discuss various storylines leading up to the 2019-20 athletics year.

*Which teams that missed the playoffs in 2018-19 will make the playoffs in 2019-20? (1:45)
*Which sports, regardless of district, in 2019-20 is likely to produce the biggest difference in results from 2018-19? (15:10)

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With 128 high school football teams descending on College Station this week for the 7-on-7 state tournament, Star Local Media takes stock in the local programs making the trip south.

Topics include a team-by-team look at the roads to state for Flower Mound Marcus (1:45), Frisco (4:30), Lovejoy (8:00), Hebron (9:50), Frisco Lone Star (11:15), Coppell (12:40) and Mesquite Horn (14:45), followed by pool selections for all 7 teams and then a look at what's in store for Celina (19:45) and Sunnyvale (22:40) in the Division II bracket.

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