FWISD Athletics
Highlights and What's Ahead!!
(2.12.21) What's Happening around FWISD Athletics?
Final District Standings Basketball: 4A & 5A
- 8-4A BOYS Playoff Teams: 1st YMLA, 2nd Dunbar, Tied 3rd: Benbrook, Eastern Hills, Western Hills,
- 8-4A GIRLS Playoff Teams: 1st Dunbar, Tied 2nd: Benbrook/Eastern Hills, 4th Carter-Riverside
- 7-5A BOYS: Wyatt, Southwest, Trimble Tech, Arlington Heights, South Hills, Saginaw, Poly, North Side
- 7-5A GIRLS Playoff Teams: 1st Wyatt, 2nd Trimble Tech, 3rd Arlington Heights
Basketball Senior Nights
OD Wyatt Men's Basketball: Class of 2021

District 8-4 Champions: YMLA Basketball
Senior Forward, Monterrio Golightly, went over 1000 career points last week as they wrapped up district play!!

Swimming
Paschal HS Freshman, Grant Chapa competes at Region I 6A Championships!!!! | Western Hills HS MacKenzie Dudley, Western Hills HS, swam in the prelims of 200 FS & 500 FS. | Paschal HS Freshman, Grant Chapa competes at Region I 6A Championships!!!! |
Arlington Heights HS Anthony Robacker swam in the prelims of 50 FS & 500 FS. | Arlington Heights HS David Robacker swam in the prelims of 200 FS & 100 Back. | Arlington Heights HS Elizabeth Walters swam in the prelims of 200 IM & 200 FS Relay |
Arlington Heights HS Ethan | Western Hills HS MacKenzie Dudley swam in the prelims of 200 FS & 500 FS. | Trimble Tech HS Jade Tijerina swam in the prelims of 100 Back Stroke. |
District Standings Soccer: 5A, 6A
- 7-5A BOYS: North Side, Heights, Wyatt, South Hills, Saginaw, Tech, Poly, Southwest
- 7-5A GIRLS: Tech, Wyatt, South Hills, Heights, Saginaw, North Side, Poly, Southwest
- 3-6A BOYS: Tied for 1st with LD Bell and Trinity
- 3-6A GIRLS: Tied for 1st with LD Bell and Trinity
Softball
Benbrook HS

Campus Coordinator Highlight
Southwest Boys' Athletic Coordinator: Daron Franklin
Daron Franklin is the Head Football Coach and Athletic Coordinator of Fort Worth Southwest High School. He is the proud husband of Verlene Franklin for 14 years. They have two children: Myles and Madison. Coach Franklin looking forward to coaching Myles next year as a 9th grader at Southwest. His college football years were experienced at Langston University as a four-year starter and Academic All-American. He earned his Masters of Educational Leadership from Xavier University of New Orleans Louisiana. Finally, Coach Franklin was blessed to play arena football after his collegiate career with the Houma Bayou Bucks in the National Indoor Football League and the Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz in the Arena 2 Football League.
Coach has been a football coach for 15 years. The majority of his coaching experience was in Louisiana, particularly in the city of New Orleans. He has been blessed to be a part of two-state finalist staffs in Louisiana: O.P. Walker High School(2002) and John Ehret High School(2015). He has also been blessed to be a part of many football staffs who coached numerous high school players that have played in the N.F.L. Most recently, Coach Franklin was Leonard Fournette’s Freshmen Head Coach during his 8th-grade year at St. Augustine High School. He was the safeties coach during Tyrann Mathieu's senior year at St. Augustine High School. This is Coach Franklin's second stint as a football coach at Southwest High School. His first stint as an Algebra 1 teacher, safeties coach, and special teams coordinator for two seasons 2016-2018. He returned to Southwest after one season as the safeties coach, recruiting coordinator, and academic coordinator at Little Elm High School. He and his staff are looking forward to building young men who demonstrate Sacrifice, Effort, and Commitment on a daily basis as they represent the Southwest Community.


South Hills HS
South Hills Silver Dancers Drill Team Assembling new crates at the Humane Society of North Texas, | South Hills Silver Dancers Drill Team Community Service as a Team at the Humane Society of North Texas. | South Hills Silver Dancers Drill Team Meet Marley!!!! |