Pushing into the end of the regular season, the Hays Rebels fell to the Lake Travis Cavaliers 66-55 Tuesday.  In the first quarter, the Rebels held their own offensively and took advantage of every opportunity they had.  The Cavs never let up their intensity and had several dunks from DJ Thorpe. Lak...

Plenty of distractions stood in front of Hays Rebel senior guard Dré Green when he approached the free throw line late in Saturday’s game against the Lehman Lobos at the Lobo Den. Facing a one-point deficit with four seconds left on the road, Green realized the magnitude his two free throws had on t...

Torrid shooting from the field carried the Bowie Bulldogs to a lopsided 61-45 win over the Hays Rebels Tuesday at Bales Gym. Three Bulldog players scored in double figures led by an 18-point performance from senior shooting guard Blaize Murray. Bowie’s Curtis Donahue contributed 16 points while Andr...

Hays (7-8) came out flat in a 64-56 home loss Monday against the Anderson Trojans (4-10) in a tough non-district affair. “They are a well coached basketball team,” Hays head coach Matthew Sandoval said. “They’ve been playing tough opponents all year and you know, I think it showed tonight.” The Rebe...

A young roster doesn’t stop Hays Rebel head boys basketball coach Matt Sandoval from believing his 2017 squad can compete in the rough and tumble 25-6A.  Sandoval understands how arduous the road will be against the likes of state-ranked Westlake and Lake Travis. But Sandoval also draws inspiration ...

The Hays Rebel boys basketball team kicked off its season Friday with a 70-53 win over KIPP Academy. The Rebels scored the win after being down 15-12 at the end of the first quarter. “It was a good team win,” Hays head coach Matthew Sandoval said. “A lot of guys contributed tonight. It was not our b...

On senior night, with his parents watching from the Bales Gym bleachers, senior guard Charles Bohannon kept shooting despite a mounting deficit. It was a microcosm for what has been another losing season for the Rebels, who trailed Vandegrift by 14 points entering the fourth quarter. Hays Rebel seni...

During Friday’s district game at Bales Gym, a 17-point effort by senior Charles Bohannon carried the Rebels to a 49-40 upset win over Leander, which is in the hunt for a playoff spot in 25-6A. Hays’ Matthew Rindahl scored 13 points, while Green had 11 points. Hays closes the season Friday against Va...

Even as his team faced a ten point fourth quarter deficit to the Hays Rebels Tuesday, Lehman head coach Michael Whitten never stopped asking his team to believe. Between every timeout in the final minutes of the game, Whitten said he kept smiling and kept telling his team to believe that “good thing...

Hays forward Dre Green spotted up on the perimeter, waiting for a pass from Charles Bohannon. Once his defender helped too much on Bohannon’s drive to the rim, Green was wide-open and converted a 3-pointer. The bucket cut the Vista Ridge Rangers’ lead to 11 points with less than two minutes remainin...