Of the 26 men who entered the Pro Football Hall of Fame as Packers and preceded Bobby Dillon into the shrine, nearly all won an NFL championship with Green Bay. Dillon never got the chance.

Indeed, during his eight superb seasons with the storied franchise, Dillon was one of the best defensive players in the league. But the Packers were an NFL weakling at the time, going 33-61-2 while Dillon played safety so well he made four All-Pro teams and intercepted 52 passes — second overall when he retired to Emlen Tunnell.

And he did it with one eye.

BELTON — The sixth annual Fellowship of Christian Athletes Super Centex Victory Bowl baseball game featured plenty of scoring, which came early and often Friday night. While both squads found themselves with the lead at various points in the contest, it was the Red team that left Mary Hardin-Baylor’s Red Murff Field with a 12-10 win over the Blue team in a game that concluded a week filled with fellowship and good times for the 35 players from 27 Central Texas high schools.

BELTON — After playing without spectators at last year’s Fellowship of Christian Athletes Super Centex Victory Bowl softball game, Friday night’s fans — especially those of Academy’s Molly VandenBout — had plenty to cheer during the sixth annual game that allowed 30 seniors from 25 Central T…

BELTON — Less than an hour into the first practice of the Heart of Texas Fellowship of Christian Athletes Super Centex Victory Bowl baseball and softball teams Wednesday, all signs indicated that player chemistry would not be a problem for either squad. While the Red and Blue teams’ rosters consisted of familiar faces and new acquaintances, it was not hard to see that former district rivals and those needing introductions ultimately ended up as teammates with strong bonds.

It was eerily quiet around Wildcat Stadium this time last year. That certainly wasn’t the case on a warm Thursday night when pads popped and fans let out their ohs and ahs — and a pickup football game between a dozen or so youths broke out in the grass behind the east end zone — during the return of Temple’s annual Blue-White showcase.

A storm rolled through town mid-afternoon Tuesday. It was the kind of weather that could ruin a golfer’s day.

The bright side, though, was Daniel Moon got in front of the rain by carving out a morning session at the familiar confines of Sammons Golf Links.

“As long as the range isn’t closed, I’m OK,” the Temple junior chuckled.

AUSTIN — Temple recorded its best time of the year but didn’t reach the podium, finishing sixth at Mike A. Myers Stadium on a Saturday night when the top three teams were separated by 17 hundredths of a second.

There were a couple items in particular that head coach Justin Pierce felt were of the utmost importance with regard to Temple’s boys track and field team as he took charge of the Wildcats program this season.

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SALADO — As the rain turned from shower to downpour, the Copperas Cove Bulldawgs went into a celebratory slide on the slick turf behind third base at Salado’s increasingly soggy sports complex.

Along the other baseline, the Temple Wildcats consoled one another with emotional embraces from one teammate to the next.

Former Temple defensive standout Ta’Quon Graham on Saturday had his professional dreams come to fruition when he was selected in the fifth round — 148th overall — of the NFL draft by the Atlanta Falcons.

One important win sat in front of two teams Tuesday night.

That’ll again be the case when Temple and Copperas Cove meet for the second time later this week because the Wildcats kept their playoff hopes afloat with an 8-4 regular-season finale win over the Bulldawgs at Hallford Field.

HEWITT — There was the performance of a technician (Academy’s Chris Preddie), some perseverance that paid big dividends (Temple Wildcats), two freshman phenoms (Cameron Yoe’s Yierra Flemings and Troy’s Josie Peters), and the emergence of a rising standout who surprised even himself (Belton’s…