New leadership will guide Hays High tennis in 2020-21 after the school hired the program’s fifth head coach in the past six seasons earlier this month. On June 19, Hays CISD officials announced Julia Lizcano as the next person to lead Hays High's tennis program. Lizcano takes over for Jeff McKinley,...

Hays’ Koryn Siddiqui focuses on keeping the ball in play For the first time in five years, Hays High scored a win over the crosstown rival Lehman Lobos on the tennis court. The Rebels accomplished the feat by virtue of an 12-4 win over the Lobos during their district match played at Lehman. Both tea...

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Joined by (L-R) Bob Shelton, Sarah Ashworth, Debbie Cook and Mark Winter, Hays High secretary Laura Drew (second from right) poses for a photo during her retirement party held in the Hays High cafeteria last week. Drew, a longtime fixture in the Hays High athletic department front office, retired af...

By Moses Leos III H aving played and coached tennis at what was Southwest Texas State 30 years ago, Debbie Cook was used to a high level program.   She realized very quickly how different the situation was when she first stepped on the campus of Hays High School.  “I went from a high level program t...

By Kim Hilsenbeck Wimberley and San Marcos dominated the news from the recent flooding in Hays County. With preliminary damage estimated to be as high as $32.7 million by some reports, Hays County has been declared a Disaster Area by the state and by President Barack Obama. But the effects of the Me...

By Moses Leos III I n her 31 years as a teacher and coach at Hays High, Debbie Cook has seen how much tennis has grown both in complexity and popularity.  But through all the changes and growth she’s seen, Cook has maintained her stance of building character athletes on and off the court.  As she pr...

Submitted report The Hays Rebel tennis team took on the strength of 14-6A, the Westlake Chaparrals, in a pair of matches to finish out the regular season.  But Bowie proved to be too much for the Rebels, who lost their first ever meeting with the Chaps.   The Rebels were scheduled to take on the Dri...

SUBMITTED REPORT The Hays Rebel Tennis Team is looking forward to its new district, joining tennis power houses Westlake and Lake Travis.   “This is probably one of the toughest districts in Central Texas, but we are ready to work hard and meet the challenge head-on,” head coach Debbie Cook said.   ...