Nine Hays CISD softball athletes earned honors as they were selected to the 25-6A All-District team, according to results released earlier this week. Heading the list was Hays Rebel pitcher Maxine Valdez, whose success in the circle led her to be named the district’s pitcher of the year. Joining Val...

A 15-plus hour weather delay was worth the wait for the Hays Rebel softball team to shake its extra inning demons Saturday. “Considering the extra inning games before, where we lost, this one was really big for all of us,” said Rebel senior Illyana Cisneros. “It (the game) was fun, but we needed tha...

Consistency at the plate, mixed with key defensive contributions helped the Hays Rebel softball team cruise to 14-4 run-rule win in five innings Friday over the rival Lehman Lobos. But it was the role of team leadership that provided Hays its footing, said Lisa Cone, Rebel head softball coach. That ...

Buda approves first east side park In April 2017, Buda city leaders earmarked $360,000 in monies from Proposition 5 of the 2014 bond for creation of a proposed splash pad in Green Meadows Park on the east side of Buda. The park is expected to be finished by summer of 2018. “It will be a different ty...

Hays High School Lady Reb softball standout Illyana Cisneros was Hays CISD’s first athlete of the school year to sign a college letter of intent. Flanked by her parents, Donald and Tami Benavides, at the Bales Gym Trophy Room, the soon-to-be four-year letterman infielder signed with the Odessa Colle...

Rising to the occasion last week helped the Hays Rebel softball team power its way into the second round of the playoffs. An aggressive approach at the plate, mixed with strong pitching, allowed Hays to eliminate the San Antonio Madison Mavericks 10-5 and 13-3 in a two-game sweep. With the wins, Hay...

From Dripping Springs to Leander and across Central Texas last week, the motto of “Play for Brynn” became a call of solidarity. Whether that meant using eye black to scribble the number 13 on faces, arms or ball caps, many used the motto as a way to help the Hays High softball team mourn the loss of...

The Hays Rebels needed half an inning Tuesday to validate the hardball axiom that hitting is contagious. A 10 run, six hit bottom of the fourth inning catapulted Hays to a 12-9 come-from-behind district opening win over the Lake Travis Cavaliers at the Rebel Softball Field. Key adjustments at the pl...