Navigating through the 5,000-meter UIL 6A state cross country course Saturday was practically a blur for Hays High sophomore Abby Parra. “It just went by really fast,” Parra said. “One second I was starting and the next second, I was finishing.” What happened between that time mattered most for Parr...

From the moment she participated in her first cross country practice this summer, Johnson High freshman Kyra Gaddy knew it was the right fit for her. A lifelong distance track runner and soccer player, Gaddy instantly fell in love with the sport, specifically the camaraderie forged among teammates. ...

The Hays Rebels (8-2) capped off the regular season Friday with a thrilling 56-42 win over the Del Valle Cardinals (5-5) on senior night at Bob Shelton Stadium. The Rebel offense scored on their opening possession of the game with a 2-yard run by senior running back Xavier Green. However, Del Valle ...

AUSTIN – Fourteen unanswered third quarter points gave the Akins Eagles enough separation to edge the Lehman Lobos in a 40-28 season-ending slugfest Thursday at Burger Stadium. Lehman (1-9, 0-8) couldn’t corral Eagles running back Nate Davis who accrued 245 rushing yards on 26 carries and a career-h...

Five total touchdowns from senior quarterback Cooper McCollum Friday, along with three turnovers by the Texan defense, anchored a 48-27 Wimberley home win over the Llano Yellowjackets. The Texans took a 14-0 lead in the first quarter thanks to lengthy touchdown runs from Wimberley’s stable of runnin...

For the fourth straight year, the Dripping Springs Tigers football team is the district champion.  By virtue of a lopsided 42-8 win over the Austin Northeast Raiders Nov. 1, Dripping Springs (8-1, 6-0) secured the outright 12-5A, Division I title and the district’s top seed heading into Friday’s reg...

A bittersweet feeling lingered in the mind of Hays Rebel senior Ryann Torres Monday long after the Schertz Clemens Buffaloes brought her team's 2019 campaign to a heartbreaking end. On the one hand was a Rebel effort that pushed Clemens, ranked 4th in Class 6A and winners of 30-plus straight matches...

Despite a hard fought effort, the Lehman Lobos volleyball team’s season ended Oct. 29 with a 25-13, 25-13, 25-7 home loss to the Westlake Chaparrals.  “I saw a lot of emotion,” Lehman head coach Karen Young said. “It was very difficult for them because they knew it was their last game. But they brou...

by Amanda Lattimer A pair of second half touchdowns wasn’t enough for the Lehman Lobos Friday as they fell to the Bowie Bulldogs 42-14 at Shelton Stadium. The game started with a rude awakening for the Lobos as the Bulldogs tallied a 50-yard touchdown pass within the first 15 seconds of the game. La...

For 17 short-lived seconds Friday, the Hays Rebels held out hope they could finally get the better of the state ranked Lake Travis Cavaliers. The inability to suppress a potent Lake Travis offense, however, quickly rendered Hays’ dreams moot as the Cavaliers powered ahead for a 59-27 win and sole po...