Lovejoy Boys and Girls Cross Country teams are set to compete at the Southlake Invitational on Saturday 8.26.23. The meet will be held at Bob Jones Park in Southlake, TX. Races will begin with a very early start at 6:40 AM to combat the extreme heat Texas is facing this summer. Schedule of races are below: 6:40 AM - Elite Varsity Boys 6:42 AM - Elite Varsity Girls Varsity Open Boys Varsity Open Girls JV Boys JV Girls The Southlake Invitational will face some of the states top ranked teams across all divisions. Come out and support your Leopards! Spectators are encouraged to arrive early due to road closures near the park. ...

Lovejoy Girls and Boys Cross Country teams are pre-season ranked #1 for 5A in the state of Texas according to the CCCAT. The Girls team won the 5A State Championship in 2021 and 2022. They are looking to win a third straight Championship in 2023. The Boys team placed 3rd at the 5A State Championship in 2021 and 2nd in 2022. The boys team is striving to climb the podium this season and capture the State Championship this year. Both teams won the state championship in the same year in 2010. ...

Lovejoy beat Whitehouse 3-1 on Friday to even the series at one game apiece. Senior Brett Lanman was lights out on the mound striking out FIFTEEN Wildcats in a complete game 2 hitter. Lanman was perfect through 6, then gave up a leadoff double in the 7th. Offensively, Freshman Logan Corley's 2-run homer in the 5th gave Lanman all the cushion he needed. Corley also had a double. Garrett Hutchins drove in the other run in the 4th on a sac fly. The Leopards will square off at Forney today at 3 in a win or go home situation....

Lovejoy lost game 1 of their 3 game series 2-1 against Whitehouse in front of a sold out crowd. Whitehouse pitcher Michael Dudolski stifled the Leopards with the only run coming off of an error. Freshman Logan Corley gave a valiant effort pitching 6 innings allowing 2 runs while striking out 6. Corley also collected 2 of the Leopards 3 hits with Garrett Hutchins getting the third hit. Lovejoy will host Whitehouse tonight at 7 in a win or go home game....

Lovejoy went on the road and beat Texas High 11-3 on Thursday to take game 1 of the 3 game set. The Leopards came out of the gates strong, as they scored 4 runs in the top half of the first inning, but were stifled after that until the sixth inning where they exploded for 4 runs followed by another 3 in the 7th. The Lovejoy attack was fueled by Freshman Logan Corley who collected 4 hits and drove in two runs. Kyle Branch, Garrett Hutchins and Jack Terwege each had two hits. Corley also had one of his better outings on the mound in recent memory against a good Texas high group of hitters. He pitched a complete game allowing 3 runs that all came in the first two innings. He struck out 3. The Leopards will try to sweep the series tonight at 7 at Leopard Field. ...

Lovejoy walked off Crandall in the bottom of the 5th to advance to round 2 of the 5A playoffs. The final score was 14-4. Brett Lanman was his usual dominant self as the big lefty allowed only 1 hit and struck out 6 in his 4 innings of work. Offensively, Lovejoy did some serious damage via the long ball as 3 Leopards homered (Aidan Smith, Owen Stevenson and Garrett Hutchins). Matt Mainord drove in the 2 winning runs on a sharp line drive to left center. The Leopards will face Texas High (Texarkana) in round 2....