by JASON GORDON Hays hired Danny Preuss (right) away from Lehman to take over its girls basketball program from recently retired Donny McDonald (left). McDonald guided Hays to the state tournament in 2001 and 2009, and Preuss, a former Lady Rebel assistant coach, led Lehman to its first playoff bert...

by JASON GORDON Hays senior receiver Michael Romero leaps between two defenders to grab a pass last season. Rebel head coach Bob Shelton is pleased with the progress his team made this spring. (Photo by Joel San Miguel) Despite the fact the competition level will certainly be difficult in Hays’ new ...

by JASON GORDON Hays junior Mason Cervenka (18) and the rest of his Hays 7-on-7 teammates will look to hone their skills in the passing league in preparation for the upcoming fall season. (Photo by Joel San Miguel) Playing with very few athletes that have seen varsity football action, coach Ryan She...

by MARK CAUL Lehman junior quarterback Matt Angiuano will help lead a Lobos team that has plenty of returning players during the 7-on-7 summer passing league. (Photo by Judy Cooper) Many of the core group of players who began the 7-on-7 tradition at Lehman have now departed, but Lobo summer-league c...

STAFF REPORTS Fusion soccer players include (left to right, front row) Riley Scarborough, Anissa Garcia, Kat Salmeron, Victoria Ratliff; (second row) Taylor Cruz, Tabitha Rodriguez, Alex Nieto, Juliet Sillers, Mercedes Gilmore-Castillo; (top row) Team Manager Cary Ratliff, Mary Fowler, Amy Simmons, ...

EDITORIAL U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin) met with senior citizens and other concerned residents at the Onion Creek Senior Citizens Center in Buda last week, giving information and taking questions about changes in Medicare and health coverage. What a breath of fresh air! Speaking to almos...

Hip Czech by CYNDY SLOVAK-BARTON The movie “Charlie Wilson’s War” ended with Congressman Charlie Wilson, from Texas’ Second Congressional District, begging the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee for funds to rebuild hospitals, roads and schools in Afghanistan. The movie centers around the congressm...

Young-at-Large by JOHN YOUNG The Internet thread contained that familiar aroma of pasture patties. Did you know, it said, that a mosque was going up at the very spot of the 9/11 attacks? Well, not exactly. This was just the first of a string of anti-Muslim, anti-Barack (Hussein) Obama fallacies, or ...

Squeezin’ the Juice by SVEA SAUER I think we need a Queen. The only service people seem to require of their government is for the president to show up in times of trouble and make comforting remarks. He is also useful as a scapegoat. As for his relation to government, no one wants government – or so...

Capital Highlights by ED STERLING Texas will not apply for the second round of federal Race to the Top education funds that could total around $700 million, Gov. Rick Perry said June 1. Race to the Top money comes through a competitive granting program that requires states to adopt national curricul...