Elizabeth Buffo Berry
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Elizabeth Buffo Berry was born May 31, 1966. She was a volleyball and basketball star at LD Bell High school from 1981 to 1984. In her Sophomore year in Volleyball her accomplishments were All District First Team; All-Tournament Team: HEB, Birdville; All Greater Dallas Honorable Mention; Dallas Sophomore of the Year. In Basketball: All District Honorable Mention and All Area Honorable Mention.
Elizabeth’s Junior year in Volleyball: All District First Team; All-Tournament Team: Berkner, Birdville; Honorable Mention: All greater Dallas. In Basketball: All District First Team; All Area First Team; All Region 2nd Team; All Tarrant County First Team; All-Tournament Team: HEB; All N.E. Tarrant County First Team. Senior year, she was voted Miss Bell High School. Her accomplishments in Volleyball that year: All District First Team; All Greater Dallas 2nd Team; All-Tournament Team: Arlington, MVP HEB, Best Hitter Birdville; Texas Coaches’ North-South All-Star Team; Who’s Who in Volleyball. In Basketball: First Team All-District, District MVP; All Tarrant County First Team; All-Tournament Team: Birdville; Texas Coaches’ East-West All-Star Team; Texas Junior Olympic Basketball Team, National Championship Tournament; Who’s Who in Basketball. Following high school, Elizabeth received a full scholarship to Texas A&M for Basketball where she played for two years. As a freshman, she was on the starting team. Elizabeth passed away on December 23, 2013. August 9, 2014, she was inducted into the LD Bell High School Athletic Hall of Fame and her Volleyball jersey #33 was retired. |
Andy Cargile
Andy Cargile was born on September 18, 1946 in New Haven, CT. He graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1965. Later he went to Lon Morris Junior College on a basketball scholarship. Andy describes himself as the “tallest slow starter” when he played basketball at Thomas Jefferson High School. He had one offer out coming out of high school but more than 60 offers when he came out of junior college. He graduated from East Texas State University (now Texas A&M Commerce) and got his Master’s Degree in 1971.
Andy was hired in HEB ISD as a World History teacher and Assistant Basketball Coach straight out of college in 1971. In 1975, he started teaching at Dallas ISD and was head coach at Jefferson High School (1976-1982). In 1982, he moved on to South Grand Prairie High School where he coached baseball and basketball. He returned to HEB ISD in 1984 to finish out the remaining 23 years of his career. His final position in the district was principal at Trinity High School from 1998 to 2007. This time, the AP and IB scores skyrocketed. They were up 10 points in every category on every test. Such an accomplishment supports Andy’s favorite saying, “If you take good care of the machine, it will turn out a better product.” He believed in everything they did at Trinity, the first thing was to consider if it was good for the kids. In 2007, the year he retired, he was named Principal of the Year by Just for Kids. He was up against 1200 principals. Other honors include induction into the Thomas Jefferson High School Athletic Hall of Fame as well as Distinguished Alumni Hall Of Fame. Andy joined the HEB ISD Board of Trustees in May 2008. He continues to serve on the board, while also enjoying time with his wife, Karen, daughters Kristen and Kourtney and five grandchildren, Preston, Kennedy, Olivia, Andrew and Eli. |
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Kyle Cobern
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Kyle Cobern was born on January 17, 1967 in Brenham, TX and is a lifelong resident of HEB. He attended Hurst Hills Elementary, Hurst Junior High and graduated from L.D. Bell High School in 1985. Throughout his scholastic career, Kyle was a multi-sport athlete, participating in football, basketball, track, and lettered all 3 years in baseball at Bell. He was active socially in high school as a member of Student Council, Class Council and Senior Class President.
Kyle began his coaching career at the age of 16, as an assistant coach with the Giants of MidCities PeeWee Football. Over the next thirty-one years, he expanded his coaching activities to include baseball, basketball, various youth camps and mentorship programs. In that span, he coached over 40 youth football teams, 50 baseball teams, and 10 youth basketball teams, at all levels ranging from t-ball and flag football all the way to the high school and collegiate levels. While winning was never his primary focus, Coach Kyle’s emphasis to his players about fundamentals, giving maximum effort, competing at the highest level and the importance of doing the very best they can with the talents that they were given, on and off the field, led to numerous championships, a handful of professional sports careers, and more importantly, thousands of successful young men and women living in, working in and positively impacting the HEB community today. Coach Kyle served in various capacities on the Boards of Tri-Cities Baseball, Mid Cities Basketball, Mid Cities Youth Activities Council and Mid Cities Pee Wee Football & Cheer. He has also been able to serve the community through his BACKJAM Sports organization which runs various sports camps including the BACKJAM Basketball Camp and the HEB30 Football Camp for kids in the HEB and surrounding areas. Kyle is a graduate of the University of Texas at Arlington and Texas A&M University in College Station. He’s married to his wife Trasa, and after a successful twenty-year career in the financial industry, recently joined her as a teacher in HEBISD. Together they have four sons: Brady, Caden, Jaxon and McCrae. Kyle still remains very active as a youth advocate in the local community. |
Ryan Roberts
Ryan Alan Roberts was born September 19, 1980, in Fort Worth, Texas. He attended Donna Park Elementary, Bedford Junior High and graduated from LD Bell High School in 1999. While at BHS, his baseball highlights included: 1997.1998.1999 All District, All Northeast Tarrant County by the Fort Worth Star Telegram; 1999 District 6-5A MVP; 1999 Texas All-State.
He attended Eastfield College and won the NJCAA Division III World Series. He was named MAC All-American short stop and All-Conference and also awarded All- American honors with a .475 avg., 17 homeruns, and 73 RBI’s. Went to University of Texas Arlington for the 2002-2003 seasons. In 2002, Ryan was awarded SLC Newcomer of the Year. He was also 2002-2003 Player and Hitter of the year where he led in 8 offensive categories. Before drafted in 2003, Ryan was awarded 1st Team SLC, and several All-Americans. John Manual described him as the best player on UTA’s squad which also included Hunter Pence. He was drafted in the 18th round with the Toronto Blue Jays. In 2003, he made the Single A All-Star team in the SAL League. In 2004, he made the single A all Star team in the Florida State League and in 2005, made the AA All Star team in the Eastern League. Ryan made first big league appearance August 3, 2006. His first major league hit was a home run in Yankee Stadium. Ryan was awarded the Heart and Hustle award for the national league in 2011 with the Arizona Diamondbacks. He joined Babe Ruth and Jason Giambi with a walk off grand slam in extra innings. He won the NL West in 2011. His professional career included time with Toronto Blue Jays, Texas Rangers, Arizona Diamondbacks, Tamp Bay Rays, Chicago Cubs, Kansas City Royals, Boston Red Sox and the Oakland Athletics. Ryan retired in 2015 after a 13 years. |
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Tony Tommasi
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Tony Tommasi was born in Nashville TN, on December 11, 1975. Later his family moved to Bedford,TX where he attended Spring Garden Elementary School. He advanced to Cistercian Preparatory then Trinity High School. He began swimming at an early age. By the time he was eight years old , his stroke had him passing all of the others in the pool that were his age. After a few more year of becoming more precise and fit, he knew this was perfect sport for him. However, everything came together in his high school years.
It was coach Larry Ridge who asked if he wanted to still swim “distance” events or “sprint”. He chose sprint. After 12 years of swimming, his 50 yard freestyle and 100 yard freestyle took off and he set two new records benchmarked on the fastest times board. Some of his other accomplishments were as follows:
Tony made use of his business degree and enjoyed success in Internet Marketing in Hermosa Beach, CA. At the age of 28, he had a grand mal seizure. An MRI was done which revealed a tennis ball size tumor (Oligodendroglioma) on the left frontal lobe of his brain. He attributes his survival to God and his wife, Heather who have walked beside him on this journey. He and Heather have three wonderful children, Gabriella, Maximillian, and Angelica. He considers himself blessed by his family and the life he has been given. |