Months of training paid off for Hays Rebel senior Gabby Bosquez Saturday at Old Settlers Park in Round Rock. In only her second year of competing in cross country, Bosquez completed her second straight run at the UIL state meet.  Following a mantra of “no regrets,” Bosquez felt she left everything o...

A third place finish was how the Hays Rebel boys and girls cross country teams closed the district season at the 25-6A championships at Old Settlers Park in Round Rock Tuesday. Lehman High cross country runner Jose Cano (349) and Hays Rebel Daniel Garraway race down the final leg of the St. Edwards ...

Lehman High’s Stephanie Quistian (right) runs past a competitor from Austin LBJ. (photo by Moses Leos III) Five athletes finishing 16th or better Saturday helped the Hays Rebel girls cross country team dominate the St. Edwards High School cross country meet at Lake Kyle. Hays claimed the top spot wi...

A podium finish by senior Gabby Bosquez led the Hays Rebel girls varsity cross country team to capture third place overall Saturday at the Texas Lutheran University Bulldog invitational in Seguin. Bosquez, who won the girls event with a time of 19:47, was one of three Rebel girls cross country runne...

A slight difference in time on the course allowed the Dripping Springs Tigers girls cross country team to narrowly edge the Hays Rebels for first place at the Dripping Springs Invitational Saturday. Both Dripping Springs and Hays finished the day with 68 points. But the Tigers, who hosted the event,...

Sports and the culinary arts are two topics that rarely intertwine. For Hays High head cross country coach Traci Hightower, baking a cake is the analogy she uses to describe what makes a strong athlete in the sport. “There are those small ingredients that you don’t taste that are key in the baking p...

By Moses Leos III During her tenure as a coach at Dahlstrom Middle School, Traci Hightower always knew Gabby Bosquez’s raw ability and work ethic made her an athlete to beat at a track meet. Several years later, Hightower, who is now the head cross country coach at Hays High, helped guide Bosquez to...

A top ten finish at the UIL Class 6A, Region IV cross country championship last weekend allowed Hays High junior Gabby Bosquez to punch her ticket to the state meet Nov. 12. Bosquez advanced to state after finishing in 7th place in the Girls 5,000 meter run at the regional meet at Texas A&M Corpus C...

Members of the Hays High cross country team pose after the District 26-5A Championships at Old Settlers Park in Round Rock. The UIL cross country state meet is within reach for Hays High junior Gabby Bosquez after finishing third in the Girls 5,000 meter run at the District 25-6A Championships Oct. ...

See more photos from the state cross country meet here.   By Moses Leos III Intermittent rain and muddy conditions did little to stop Hays High’s Esmi Fuentes from successfully seeing a goal come to fruition Saturday.  Overcoming a stout field, along with a deteriorating course, allowed Fuentes to p...