Rockhounds (AA) with the Oakland A’s, and El Paso Chihuahuas (AAA) and San Antonio Missions (AA) with the San Diego Padres. T ere are three American Asso- ciation of Independent Professional Base- ball teams: Amarillo T underheads; Grand Prairie Airhogs; and Laredo Lemurs; and there is one Atlantic League team—the Sugar Land Skeeters. Check with the stadiums for information about tours. Fans of the other “football” will fi nd a
following for soccer in the state with FC Dallas and Houston Dynamo. T e teams play 34 games in a season that runs from March to October. T e National Women’s Soccer League Houston Dash competes in 20 games in an April to September season. FC Dallas plays in the Toyota Stadium in Frisco and both the Houston Dynamo and Houston Dash play at the BBVA Compass Stadium (tours available) in Houston.
MORE SPORTS While this state is known for football,
basketball and baseball, one type of sport that might not immediately come to mind is ice hockey. However, the state has plenty of ice action with nine teams playing in four leagues. Devotees can take in the National Hockey League Dallas Stars; they play 40 home games between October and April. T e state also has two American Hockey League development teams with NHL affi liations: San Antonio Rampage with the Colorado Avalanche and Texas Stars in Cedar Park with the Dallas Stars. And the love of hockey is shared with teams in Allen, Amarillo, Corpus Christi, Euless, North Richland Hills, Odessa, Sugar Land and Wichita Falls. Texas also feeds the need for speed with
exhilarating car races. One of the most re- cently built tracks is the Circuit of the Amer- icas in Austin. It is the fi rst purpose-built Grand Prix facility in the United States and hosts the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix and Lone Star Le Mans. NASCAR fans will love Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, which hosts races like the O’Reilly Auto Parts Challenge, AAA Texas500 and Duck Commander 500. People who pre- fer the accelerated excitement of drag rac- ing will fi nd major NHRA events at Royal Purple Raceway in Baytown and Texas Mo- torplex in Ennis, with some other NHRA events held at strips such as Paris Drag Strip in Paris and Texas Raceway in Kennendale. If the other sports don’t provide the right action, the state also has PGA golf events. PHOTO: J. GRIFFIS SMITH/TXDOT
National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) races can be found in Baytown and Ennis.
Golf fans can see how the pros do it at the Crowne Plaza Invitational in Fort Worth (May), Valero Texas Open in San Anto- nio (April), Shell Houston Open in Hum- ble (March-April) and AT&T Byron Nelson Championship in Las Colinas (May). Trav- elers who prefer playing their own round will fi nd hundreds of greens from public courses to golf resorts, including ones de- signed by Jack Nicklaus and Tom Fazio. Options include the oldest public course in Texas, Brackenridge Golf Course in San Antonio; Tour 18 in Humble, which repro- duced the most renowned holes in golf; and T e Tribute at the Colony, which off ers a Scottish links-style experience.
EQUESTRIAN SPORTS T ere are even sports venues for people
who prefer to watch four-legged competi- tors. Live racing occurs at diff erent times at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Retama Park in Selma, Sam Houston Park in Hous- ton, Gillespie County Fair Grounds. When the weather is right, there also is
polo. Scheduled play is subject to weather for the safety of the horses, but it has the added benefi t of ensuring a beautiful day to sit back and watch the players swing their mallets, smack the ball and race their horses down the fi eld to the ball. Prestonwood Polo and Country Club in Oak Point hosts
matches most Saturday aſt ernoons in the fall and spring. Houston Polo Club has Sunday matches in the fall and spring on the Farish Field. T e Dallas Polo Club plays at the Bear Creek Polo ranch, off ering scheduled public matches about once a month. T ese are just a few of the chances to catch a match. T ose in the mood to watch someone go
eight seconds on a bull or see a roper give chase to a calf will enjoy the rodeo options in Texas. For guaranteed rodeo action, Stockyards Rodeo in Fort Worth opens every Friday and Saturday night. Rio Roundup in Edinburg hosts rodeo events every Saturday throughout the year. Mesquite Championship Rodeo presents action every Friday and Saturday night from June through August. BR Lightning Ranch Rodeo in Pipe Creek runs May 30 through August. In Bandera, Cross P Rodeo has a summer Buckle/Saddle Series every Friday May through July, and Twin Elm Guest Ranch holds theirs every Saturday in Ju- ly-August. T ere also are big stock shows and rodeos like the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo (January-February), San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo (February), Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo (March), and Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show and Rodeo (March). No matter what team or sport you root for, Texas is ready to play. ★
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