1. Boys and Girls Track Teams sweep 5A Titles, first time ever both 5A from same school

DeSoto, TX - For the first time ever, both the Boys and Girls 5A State Track Titles were won by the same school – DeSoto High School! This is the second consecutive State Title for the Lady Eagles...

Tuesday, 15 May 2012 | Print | Read more

2. DeSoto boxer readies for final push toward his Olympic dream

DeSoto, TX - DeSoto’s Errol Spence grew up watching boxing with his father. Being part Jamaican, he especially loved cheering for former heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis, also of Jamaican...

Monday, 25 July 2011 | Print | Read more

3. USA Boxing National Championships Second Day Action Concludes with a Jam-Packed Evening of Bouts

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. - Two-time national champion Errol Spence (Desoto, Texas) enjoyed a successful event debut on Tuesday night. His 10-3 win over Darwin Price, Jr. (Grambling, La.) advances...

Wednesday, 22 June 2011 | Print | Read more

4. CB class has serious size, attitude

Bryson Echols (DeSoto, Texas) 5-9, 165 College: Texas When first watching Echols on tape earlier this spring, Greg Reid (FSU), the No. 2 rated corner in the 2009 class, came to mind. They have...

Wednesday, 06 July 2011 | Print | Read more

5. The USA Boxing National Championships Conclude with the Coronation of Eighteen National Champions

Welterweight Errol Spence (Desoto, Texas) returned to the top spot for the third straight year, winning his bout with Luis Olivares (Glendale, Ariz.), 13-7 to complete the three-peat. 

Sunday, 26 June 2011 | Print | Read more

6. DeSoto churns out Division I talent

DeSOTO, Texas -- When Claude Mathis took over as coach at DeSoto in 2008, an assistant there told him he wouldn't have time to coach many drills during spring football.  "I was like 'Yeah I will,'"...

Wednesday, 06 July 2011 | Print | Read more

7. Errol Spencer rocks Amir Imam

Mobile, AL - Errol Spencer, of Desoto, Texas rocks Amir Imam of Albany, N.Y. with a left hand in their welterweight bout Friday Aug. 5, 2011 during the finals of the Olympic Boxing Trials at the...

Saturday, 06 August 2011 | Print | Read more

8. DeSoto Errol Spence is focusing on world boxing title

DALLAS - Maple Avenue Boxing Gym is home to DeSoto's Errol Spence. He is one step away from making the 2012 Olympic team, and that's a goal he's had for a long time. "Oh, I’ve thought about it...

Sunday, 14 August 2011 | Print | Read more

9. DeSoto track stars donate personal medals to Special Olympians

Brianna Mills has won dozens of track medals during her time at DeSoto High School, but she knew she could part with a few of them to bring smiles to the faces of a few very special Olympians. ...

Sunday, 22 May 2011 | Print | Read more

10. DeSoto girls win 5A state championship ...cont.

Austin, TX - As the DeSoto girls expanded their lead with each leg of the 4x400-meter relay Saturday night, they didn’t just look focused, or intense, or driven. They actually looked angry as...

Tuesday, 17 May 2011 | Print | Read more