Twenty-one Hays CISD track and field athletes look to punch their tickets to the UIL state meet this weekend when they compete at the Region IV, 6A championships at Alamo Stadium in San Antonio. Leading the way is Hays High senior Dillon Baker, who claimed the area title in long jump and is a compon...

Following a successful regular season campaign, the 17-7 Hays Rebel softball team heads into postseason play and is expecting a deep run. Hays officially capped off its district season with a loss Monday to the Vista Ridge Rangers in a tiebreaker game for second place in 25-6A. As a result of the lo...

Campus safety was a primary argument for close to 100 Hays High students Friday who chose to walk out of class in protest of gun violence. The event, held near the main office, coincided with similar walkouts across the country that were held on the 19th anniversary of the 1999 Columbine, Colo. mass...

The Affiliate (State) Destination Imagination competition was held earlier this month in Mansfield. Hays CISD had students on two teams that qualified to advance to this tournament. These teams included students representing Negley Elementary and Hays High. The Duct Tape Maniacs from Negley placed 1...

Four Hays High students who are now finishing their junior year are part of a select national group of students who scored 212 or higher on their Pre-SAT and National Merit Scholar Qualifying Test (NMSQT). That high score means the four will be in the running this summer to be named either National ...

The Hays High and Lehman High wind ensembles both took straight first division honors at the UIL Concert and Sightreading competition at the Hays CISD Performing Arts Center. Both bands earned sweepstakes by virtue of a six-judge panel. The Hays High band (below) is directed by Tony Leflet and the L...

Hays High seniors (L-R) Hector Fuentes, Sam Guzman and Gentry Brawith signed letters of intent to play at Texas Lutheran University in Seguin. Hays Rebel Dominic Johnson (far right) is headed out of state for Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, Illinois.

An early outburst of offense from the Vista Ridge Rangers hurt the Hays Rebels in a 9-3 loss Friday at home. The loss places Hays (14-9, 6-7) in a three-way tie with Westlake and Vandegrift for the final two playoff spots with a week left in the regular season. Aidan Martinez took the mound for the ...

Hays CISD 25-6A district champions Girls Pole vault Lauren Sikoski – Hays* Shotput CeCe Watson – Lehman* Long jump Nikayla Fitzgerald – Lehman* 4x100m Lehman – Nikayla Fitzgerald, Bria Arrant, Brianna Arrant, Briana Garcia* 800m Gabby Bosquez – Hays* 100m dash Bria Arrant – Lehman* 4x200m Lehman – N...

A career-high 17 strikeouts from starting pitcher Maxine Valdez was the catalyst for the Hays Rebels’ 1-0 win over the rival Lehman Lobos Friday at Lehman High. “I think I came out strong tonight,” Valdez said. “My rise ball was better than it was before and I threw a couple of curves in there that ...