HOUSTON – Long-heated rivals, the Hays and Del Valle girls basketball teams spent the better part of the past three weeks becoming fast friends. The Lady Rebels and Lady Cardinals even went so far as to form pre-game human, arm-stretched tunnels for each other to run through in support as the two played postseason doubleheaders [...]
Telling kids to use condoms is like giving them kneepads to jump off a cliff. Having sex makes kids commit suicide. And abstinence until marriage is God’s only policy. That’s the message about sex that many Texas students are learning in public school classrooms, according to a report released last week by two Texas State [...]
Telling kids to use condoms is like giving them kneepads to jump off a cliff. Having sex makes kids commit suicide. And abstinence until marriage is God’s only policy. That’s the message about sex that many Texas students are learning in public school classrooms, according to a report released last week by two Texas State [...]
HOUSTON – The Hays girls basketball team won its Class 4A-Region III game against Angleton not on pretty jump shots from the outside or a strong post presence inside, but on guts and determination. When it looked like Angleton had finally worn the Lady Rebs down after a strong third-quarter run, Hays found just enough [...]
The Hays CISD Board of Trustees on Monday unanimously approved the calendar for the 2009-10 school year that reflects a start date of Aug. 24, one full week off for students during Thanksgiving and the last day of school as June 3. Christmas Break begins Dec. 21. Teachers and staff return on Jan. 4, 2010, [...]
As the afternoon sun sinks slowly in the west, and at a later hour these past few weeks, we start to think of spring in Central Texas. If we were up north, it would be April or May, not late February. Here in Texas we are outside looking in the yard for signs of spring. [...]
Colorectal cancer (commonly referred to as colon cancer) can be easily prevented; yet in the state of Texas alone, an estimated 9,000 individuals will be diagnosed with colon cancer this year, and 3,250 will die from the disease. Mary Miller of Dripping Springs was shocked to be diagnosed with colorectal cancer in December 2004. Miller [...]
The Hays CISD School Board approved the architectural designs of elementary schools No. 12 and No. 13 at last Monday’s school Board meeting. The elementary schools are expected to open for the 2010-11 school year. Elementary school No. 12 is located off FM 967, west of Dahlstrom Middle School on land the district is in [...]
The Lehman girls soccer team continues to leave numerous team and individual school records in their wake by extending their current winning streak to three games with an exciting 3-1 win over San Marcos Friday night at Lobo Field. With her team clinging to a slim 2-1 lead midway through the second half, Lehman’s leading [...]
The Hays boys soccer team took out some of its frustrations on Canyon Lake High Friday night. After suffering a 3-0 loss to Canyon High on Tuesday, the Rebels unleashed a furious attack on Canyon Lake High in a 10-0 win. The victory leaves Hays in solid position to secure one of District 51-4A’s four [...]
