Posted: 02:05 AM CST on Wednesday, December 6, 2007
By ERIC AASEN / The Dallas Morning News

People couldn't help but like Richie Herskowitz.

He was social, a sports nut and a friend to everyone he met. He battled cystic fibrosis and never complained.

Richie, 17, wanted to attend Southern Methodist University and go into sports marketing.

He died in October.

"He wanted to live so badly," said his mother, Barbie. "But the part that keeps me going is that I know that Richie did more in 17 years than most adults do in a lifetime."
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Posted: Dec 1 - Saturday - 7:55 PM CST

The Plano JV Boys Basketball team emerged as overall Champions of the Invitational JV Tournament over the Nov 29-Dec 1 period.

Posted: Nov 30 - Friday - 5:00 PM

Plano (2-3) defeated Grace Prep 55-51 Thursday. This puts Plano into the Winner's bracket matched up with the Western Hills Cougars (3-1) on Friday at 8:30 PM. The Cougars, who finished third in the Classic last year, find themselves with a shortened bench with three starters who were ruled ineligible. Plano also continues to play with a shortened bench as six strong reserves represent Plano in Round Rock this week in their quest for a State Football Championship Title. All games are at Arlington Sequin H.S. - Mapit!

By Daniel Fermaint - PlanoSI.com - Nov 20, 2007

During the JV game, a FTW Dunbar fan uttered the following: "They've got 7 players, we've got 20 and they're giving us a whoopin'! I hope the big varsity guys can can pull this one out! Stay by your phone!"

Although misleading (i.e. Plano had 9 JV players and FTW Dunbar had 16), JV dealt a whoopin' and FTW Dunbar's Varsity were up to the task.

Plano's JV had their way with Dunbar in a 75-61 win over a well played game at FTW's Wilkerson Field House, which houses the Robert Hughes Court. A court dedicated to the most winningest coach in Texas High School history [ read story ]. At right, Coach Hughes pauses for a moment to strike a pose with Coach Inman.

The Plano Varsity game told a different story altogether. Plano and Dunbar played pretty evenly for the first 8 minutes of the game. Midway through the second quarter, Dunbar outscored Plano by 15 points and the second quarter is where the damage was done. The halftime score had Dunbar ahead by 16 points. Although down, Plano kept Dunbar in check as Dunbar outscored Plano by only a single point in the entire second half. Plano dropped this one by 17 points, 62-79.

Plano's own John Roberson was named "Player of The Game" in round one of the Great Alaskan Shootout between Texas Tech and University of Alaska (ranked 16th). John-John scored 22 points, which included SIX 3-pointers.  [ Read Story ]

Familiar faces in the house!

By Daniel Fermaint
PlanoSI.com - Nov 20, 2007

It's great to be home for Thanksgiving and in the game leading into the holiday, we found some Plano-Alumni who made it back for the home game.

Pictured left-to-right are members of the 2006 State Championship Team: Cody Jones, Raahul Ramakrishnan, Landon Skinner and Tyler Roof.

Plano drops tough one to FM Marcus

By Daniel Fermaint - PlanoSI.com - Nov 20, 2007

For three quarters of the game against FM Marcus, Plano (1-2) was out-scored, out-hustled and just out-played in a 38-55 loss on Tuesday night. Using the entire bench, Coach Inman gave each player an opportunity to make an impact and gain some experience in this losing battle.

Playing without some starters, Plano hit bottom when it trailed 17-50 early in the fourth quarter, but that's also when Plano's defense showed its muscle. Led by some traps in the backcourt, fullcourt presses and interrupting passes in the passing lanes, Plano showed some defensive brilliance.

On the offensive side, a reverse layup by Danny Hahn and a cutter by Eric Hall caused an outbreak of "PLAAAANO!" from the Plano Faithful. Although, Plano stepped it up in the fourth quarter, the deficit was too much to overcome. - PHOTOS

Fulce Signs With Marquette

By Daniel Fermaint - PlanoSI.com - Nov 17, 2007

Plano 2006 graduate, Joseph Fulce, has signed on to play with Marquette next season.  [ Read Story ]

By Daniel Fermaint - PlanoSI.com - Nov 17, 2007

Plano's own John Roberson made the starting lineup with the Texas Tech Raiders in Lubbock at Point Guard earlier today. Roberson scored 6 points, grabbed four rebounds, had two assists and played for 28 minutes while directing the offense in a 60-44 win over Stephen F. Austin on Saturday.

    Other Plano Graduates in the College Ranks:
      - Eric Zastoupil-2006 - US Army - Website
      - Mark Foster-2005 - Austin College - Website

Plano wins Season Opener

By Daniel Fermaint - PlanoSI.com - Nov 13, 2007

Plano plowed through Naaman Forest in Plano's Season Opener at the Plano Student Activity Center on Tuesday night. Plano's JV set the pace early with a win over Naaman Forest JV by a score of 73-53 with some stellar play from the starting line and bench led by Juniors Dalton Sullivan and Nick Whaley.

Plano's Varsity team was shorthanded as five football playoff bound athletes did not suit up. Plano's supporting cast, led by Seniors Reggie Britton and Anil Pillai, played tough defense and although Plano's offense was lacking, Naaman Forest was kept within striking distance after the half with a score of 11-17.

After resetting the offense, Plano made up the difference and led 34-29 with 1:43 left in the game. Naaman came back strong to force an overtime even at 34.

Naaman led the first couple of possessions, but could only manage two points as Plano scored eight unanswered points in overtime. With just nine seconds left and leading by six points (42-36), Plano applied great full-court pressure and forced Naaman to take a long-range shot at the buzzer, which rattled in the rim and fell through the net. Although good for three points, it wasn't enough as Plano would be victorious by a score of 42-39. [ Boxscore ]