UIL bidistrict results, pairingsThursday’s matchesClass 6ADivision IReagan def. Steele 25-22, 25-17, 25-23 Brennan def. Laredo United 25-21, 25-22, 25-9 Division IIO’Connor def. Southwest Legacy 25-17, 25-14, 26-24 Brandeis def. Pieper 25-17, 25-18, 26-24 Laredo Alexander def. Warren 25-17, 25-22, 25-18 Class 5ADivision ISmithson Valley def. Alamo Heights 25-20, 25-20, 23-25, 25-12 Laredo Nixon def. Highlands […]
The beckoning came in a different form or fashion for each of them. A few knew long ago that they would answer the call. Others were either hesitant or deliberate with their responses. Davenport High School volleyball coach Taylour Toso wrestled over which potential career to pursue, either one requiring her to wear a whistle […]
UIL bidistrict pairingsThursday’s matchesClass 6ADivision IReagan vs. Steele, 6:30 p.m. at SA Veterans Memorial HS Brennan vs. Laredo United, 7 p.m. at Corpus Christi Carroll HS Division IINew Braunfels Canyon vs. Clark, 6:30 p.m. at Davenport HS O’Connor vs. Southwest Legacy, 6:30 p.m. at South San HS Brandeis vs. Pieper, 5:30 p.m. at Littleton Gym […]
UTSA sophomore defender Sofia Peters had a cotton ball lodged in her right nostril to stop a bloody nose. Sadie Paul had a walking boot on her right foot as she navigated around on crutches after appearing to twist her ankle on an awkward fall only 14 minutes into the game. With at least six […]
NEW BRAUNFELS — The concept was born at the start of the year, formulated and expanded over months by Canyon High School volleyball coach Heather Sanders and Leroy Hardy, son of an iconic coach and administrator, to make sure it was a proper celebration. “Forever Red” was the theme settled on. It was a hip-sounding, […]
The University Interscholastic League’s volleyball regular season is down to its final weeks, with district championships and playoff berths still on the line. Here is how the San Antonio-area postseason landscape is shaping up: District 27-6AWho is in: New Braunfels Canyon (10-2 in district play), Pieper (10-2), Clemens (10-2), Steele (9-3) The breakdown: With two […]
UTSA redshirt sophomore midfielder Bri Carrigan picked herself up and dusted herself off. The bruises and fouls seemed to be accumulating at an equal rate in a physical American Athletic Conference soccer match on Thursday night at Park West Complex. With each foul, tumble and scrape — and with the frustration rising because of an […]
UTSA redshirt sophomore forward Sadie Paul wasn’t quite sure about the exact day that her team’s fortunes began to turn around. Maybe, as she searched her memory bank, it was on a recent Monday. Or on a Tuesday. Or perhaps even on a Wednesday. In the grand scheme, the date wasn’t all that important. What […]
The bus pulled into the near-downtown college campus nearly 12 months ago. A season that began with its share of aspirations had concluded on the Texas coast with another loss defined by missed opportunities and critical miscues. Somewhere between the final horn of the regular-season finale and a roughly two-hour drive from Corpus Christi to […]
When the moment arrived last winter revealing Pieper High School’s future volleyball district, the occasion was more about the Comal ISD school’s newest opponents and less about whether it could compete against them. During the University Interscholastic League’s biennial realignment and reclassification in February, Pieper was elevated from Class 5A to Class 6A and into […]