UILState semifinalsSaturday’s scheduleClass 6ADivision IAustin Lake Travis vs. Cypress Ranch, 4:30 p.m. at Houston’s Delmar Fieldhouse Division IIAustin Westlake vs. Katy Tompkins, 1 p.m. at Delmar Fieldhouse Class 5ADivision ICorpus Christi Flour Bluff vs. Georgetown, 4 p.m. at Katy’s Merrell Center Division IINew Braunfels vs. Montgomery Lake Creek, 1 p.m. at Katy’s Merrell Center Class […]

The vision of volleyball success on the largest stage has come vicariously through their older siblings’ exploits. The images were constructed from all of those moments of cheering from the bleachers of different gymnasiums. One day, though, witnessing someone else’s achievements spurred aspirations of chasing and attaining their own glory. Hoisting a trophy and having […]

A full-circle moment it wasn’t. If anything, it was a huge step toward a validation of what a shared vision, determination and hard work can produce. A year ago, against the same opponent, in a college gymnasium east of Dallas, and with much higher stakes, the University of Incarnate Word volleyball team walked away wondering […]

Trinity University senior setter Kendall DeRivel stood behind the service line and waited for the start of the second set. Her team had just captured the opening frame of a quarterfinal match on Thursday at the Southern Athletic Association tournament at Calgaard Gym. The Tigers had the momentum in a contest with plenty of ramifications, […]

UIL bidistrict playoff pairingsThursday’s scheduleClass 6ADivision ISteele 44, Reagan 24 Brennan 66, Laredo LBJ 14 Division IIPieper 21, Churchill 9 Sotomayor 25, Eagle Pass 0 Class 5ADivision ISmithson Valley 77, Laredo Nixon 15 Division IIBoerne 56, Brackenridge 14 Alamo Heights 66, McCollum 0 Class 4ADivision IIKingsville 36, Bandera 35 Cuero 42, Ingleside 14 Wimberley 70, […]

UIL bidistrict playoff pairingsThursday’s scheduleClass 6ADivision IReagan vs. Steele, 7 p.m. at Lehnhoff Stadium Brennan vs. Laredo LBJ, 7 p.m. at Farris Stadium Division IIChurchill at Pieper, 7 p.m. Sotomayor vs. Eagle Pass, 7 p.m. at Gustafson Stadium Class 5ADivision ILaredo Nixon at Smithson Valley, 7 p.m. Division IIBrackenridge at Boerne, 7 p.m. McCollum at […]

UILRegional finalsTuesday’s matchesClass 6ADivision IAustin Lake Travis def. Round Rock 25-22, 25-14, 17-25, 22-25, 15-6 Division IIAustin Westlake def. Brandeis 25-12, 25-22, 28-26 Class 5ADivision ICorpus Christi Flour Bluff def. Mission Sharyland 25-10, 25-13, 25-15 Division IINew Braunfels def. Mission Sharyland Pioneer 27-25, 25-20, 25-23 Class 4ADivision IDavenport def. Kerrville Tivy 25-18, 25-21, 25-19 Division […]

UTSA volleyball coach Carol Price-Torok has talked about trusting a process and for players being willing to rise to the occasion in a match’s key moments. She did so during the ups and downs of a season, such as when an eight-match winning streak turned into a six-match losing streak. The message continued through injuries […]

UILRegional finalMonday’s matchesClass 2ADivision IIFlatonia def. Shiner 19-25, 20-25, 25-15, 25-22, 15-7 Tuesday’s matchesClass 6ADivision IAustin Lake Travis vs. Round Rock, 6:30 p.m. at Austin’s Burger Center Division IIBrandeis vs. Austin Westlake, 7 p.m. at New Braunfels Canyon HS Class 5ADivision ICorpus Christi Flour Bluff vs. Mission Sharyland, 6:30 p.m. at Alice HS Division IINew […]

The UTSA women’s soccer team is back in a fast-growing community in southwest Florida. And so much about the return trip is familiar to the previous one. For starters, the Roadrunners are the No. 5 seed in the American Conference postseason tournament, which starts on Sunday in Lakewood Ranch, Florida. They were the same seed […]