Above, Hays Rebel senior outside hitter Reagan Casey (right) talks strategy with head volleyball coach Ashley Davis during a timeout. After excelling in two sports during her high school athletic career, Hays High senior Reagan Casey will attempt the same feat at the next level. In March, Casey sign...

Superlatives District MVP Ryann Torres, Hays First team Trista Strasser, Hays Joselyn Roberson, Hays Ryann Torres, Hays Sydney Collins, Hays Second team Brooke Sheeley, Hays Reagan Casey, Hays Maddie Krafka, Hays Honorable Mention Isabella Mantilla, Lehman Arianna Sanchez, Lehman Leah Lara, Lehman E...

Trying to separate what made Ryann Torres and Avery Kalsu such phenomenal players during the 2019 campaign was practically splitting hairs. Both athletes, who are continuing their careers at the Division I level next fall, were instrumental cogs on the court in their respective teams’ playoff runs t...

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...

Hays High’s volleyball team kept its playoff hopes alive with a three-set sweep over the crosstown rival Lehman Lobos Friday at the Lobos Den. The Rebels dominated the first set in a 25-7 win, then worked to claim the next two sets 25-16 and 25-12 over the Lobos. “It was a pretty big win, it helped ...

Eight kills from senior Ryann Torres propelled the Hays Rebels to a 25-3, 25-17, 25-13 sweep of the Lehman Lobos Tuesday at Bales Gym. With the result, Hays (20-16, 6-0) increases its win streak to seven straight matches as the midpoint of the district slate nears. It also marks the first time since...

Total domination across the board led the Hays Rebel volleyball team to sweep the Akins Eagles in a 25-7, 25-4, 25-11 on parent night Tuesday at Bales Gym. The win improves Hays to 16-16 on the year and 2-0 in district play. “It’s all about defending home court, and giving your opponent your best ga...

Lehman High sophomore Nikayla Fitzgerald plunges into the long jump pit at the 2019 Texas Relays held at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin in late March. Fitzgerald will join two other Hays CISD athletes who will compete at the 2019 UIL state track and field meet in Austin this next week. Fitzgerald, ...

Staff members from the Hays Free Press were exubilant this week as it was announced that the newspaper had been named the best in Texas for newspapers of similar size. The newspaper has been named best in class, winning sweepstakes, seven of the past 8 years, only missing 2011. The Hays Free Press w...

In his one and only opportunity to go up against the best in Texas, Hays High senior long jumper Dillon Baker made sure to make the most of it. With a personal best 23-feet, 6-inch jump, Baker secured the bronze medal at Saturday’s UIL 6A boys long jump competition held at Mike A. Myers Stadium. “I ...