House fire: A firefighter sprays down hot spots in the smoldering remains of a house fire Monday afternoon.
Charred walls, burned baseball cards and the brick façade is all that’s left of a vacant house destroyed by a fire Monday afternoon.
Firefighters from the Benbrook Fire Department arrived on the scene to find flames shooting out of the back of the house.
“A lot of the contents of the floor was burning from the floor all the way up,” Benbrook Fire Chief Tommy Davis said. “How it started, that’s all under investigation.”
George and Mary Ward who live behind the property along Linkmeadow Drive, near the border of Parker and Tarrant counties, called 9-1-1 after hearing popping on the site.
Aledo senior pitcher Ryan Conn threw an eight-inning no-hitter to lift the Bearcats to a 1-0 victory over North Crowley Saturday in non-district action at Bearcat Field.
The win lifts the state-ranked No. 8 Bearcats overall mark to 16-6. Aledo will jump back into District 6-4A play at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 30, at home against Mineral Wells.
Aledo scored the game's only run in the bottom of the eighth when sophomore second baseman Matt Bishop drove in Brendan Snyder on a squeeze bunt.
In a rematch of last year's fourth-round soccer playoff contest, the Aledo Bearcats will face Midlothian at 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 30, at Northwest ISD Stadium in a Class 4A regional quarterfinal match.
The winner of the contest will advance to the regional tournament in Wichita Falls. Regional semifinals will be Friday, April 2, and the regional final will be Saturday, April 3.
All games in the Region I tournament will be played at Wichita Falls ISD Memorial Stadium.
Bearcats advance in playoffs after 2-1 win over Birdville
Aledo senior goalkeeper Justen Woody turned back three late Birdville shots from close range, including a breakaway with two and a half minutes remaining in the match, to help the Bearcats to a 2-1 victory over Birdville Friday night in a Class 4A sectional match at Brewer High School.
Birdville had cut the AHS lead to 2-1 with 5:56 left in the match on a goal by forward Anthony Bardon. The Hawks, using a strong win at their backs in the second half, continued to put on pressure in the Bearcats' defensive end.
Rinker, Scott hit homers in Bearcats' 20-6 victory
Aledo pitchers Kacie Brann and Sarah Simpson combined to hold Springtown to one run as the pair led the Ladycats to a 7-1 victory over the Lady Porcupines Friday night in District 6-4A action at Springtown.
The win raises the Ladycats district mark to 4-2. Aledo will continue district play at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 30, at home against Mineral Wells.
Aledo ripped 13 hits in the contest, as five Ladycats recorded at least a pair of hits, including Shelby Stockard, whose 2-RBI double in the first inning proved to be the game-winning hit. Stockard also registered a single in the game.
Lauren Durham led Aledo at the plate with a double and a pair of singles.
Also collecting a pair of base hits were Kendall Kizer, Aubri Jordan and Jordan Simons, who has been hot at the plate with six hits in the Ladycats last two games.
Brann earned the win and pitched the first three innings, with Simpson in the circle for the last four frames.
Aledo goalkeeper Woody turns back late Hawks' charge to preserve win
Aledo senior goalkeeper Justen Woody turned back three late Birdville shots from close range, including a breakaway with two and a half minutes remaining in the match, to help the Bearcats to a 2-1 victory over Birdville Friday night in a Class 4A sectional match at Brewer High School.
The win advances the Bearcats (23-1-1) to the regional quarterfinals where they will face the winner of the Midlothian/Crowley sectional match.
Birdville had cut the AHS lead to 2-1 with 5:56 left in the match on a goal by forward Anthony Bardon. The Hawks, using a strong win at their backs in the second half, continued to put on pressure in the Bearcats' defensive end.
With 2:36 remaining, a Birdville attacker was free on a breakaway in the middle, and when he cut to his left the forward tried to poke the ball inside the left post to Woody's right, but Woody made a diving effort to come up with the save.
"I knew I had the angle played right," Woody said. "I just dove and stretched my arms out as far as I could and I deflected the ball out of bounds."
Tanner Linn, normally the varsity baseball manager at Aledo High, got to suit up and play for the team's game at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington against Midlothian.
Tony Eierdam/The Community News: Aledo hurdler Anna Stockdale flies over a hurdle at a recent meet. Aledo High School will host the Bearcat Relays on Friday, March 26, at Bearcat Stadium.
Aledo High School will host the annual Bearcat Relays on Friday, March 26, at Bearcat Stadium.
Field events will begin at noon, with the 3200-meter run scheduled to begin at 12:15 p.m. The meet is a “finals only" event, with running finals beginning at 3:30 p.m.
Below is a list of the scheduled events:
Event schedule
11:15 - scratch meeting in field house
12:00 - field events
12:15 - 3200M
3:30 - running finals
Field event order
Shot put ring #1 VG, VB
Shot put ring #2 JVB, JVG
Discus ring #1 VB, VG
Discus ring #2 JVG, JVB
Long jump pit #1 VG, VB
Triple jump pit #2 VB, VG, JVG
Long Jump pit #3 JVG, JVB / Triple Jump JV Boys
High Jump pit #1 VB, VG
High Jump pit #2 JVG, JVB
Pole Vault VB, JVB, VG, JVG combine if 12 or less
Running Finals JVG, VG, JVB, VB
12:15 3200
3:30 400M RELAY
800M
100/110 M HURLDLES
100 M
400M WEIGHT MAN RELAY
800M RELAY
400M
300M HURDLES
200M
1600M
Matt Nickell scores pair of goals in area championship win
Matt Nickell scored two goals and Yusef Marwan and Thomas Davis each tallied a goal and two assists to lift the Aledo Bearcats to a 4-1 victory over Wichita Falls High School Tuesday night in a Class 4A area championship match at Memorial Stadium in Wichita Falls.
The Bearcats will advance to the sectional (third) round where they will face Birdville at 7 p.m. Friday, March 26, at Brewer High School.
Aledo led 2-0 after the first half. Nickell got the Bearcats on the board when he scored after a feed from Marwan.
The Bearcats' lead grew to two goals when Marwan found the back of the net after receiving a pass from Davis.
Old High cut the lead in half, 2-1, with a goal a minute and a half into the second half.
But Aledo got the score back on a Davis goal with Marwan earning the assist that extended the Bearcats' lead to 3-1.
The Bearcats closed the scoring later in the second half on a goal from Nickell with Davis recording the assist.
