It started as so many tales in sports do, with a buzz that easily could be too-good-to-be true. The hype usually comes with a proclamation about how a certain athlete is so gifted and talented, or will lead a team to great heights, that it seems, well, too good to be true. A year ago, […]
From the hardwood to the gridiron and beyond, taking a look back and ahead at the San Antonio-area high school sports landscape: By the numbers60: Points scored by Lytle junior Jordan Balderaz during the Pirates’ 123-40 win Tuesday vs. Stockdale. Balderaz’s career-high outing is believed to be only the fourth time an area boys player […]
UIL football playoffsSecond-round pairingsClass 6A Division ISmithson Valley vs. Austin Bowie, 7 p.m. Friday at Texas State University, San MarcosBrennan vs. Los Fresnos, 2 p.m. Saturday at Farris StadiumEast Central vs. Austin Lake Travis, 7 p.m. Friday at Dripping Springs Class 6A Division IISteele vs. Austin Vandegrift, 7 p.m. Friday at Lehnhoff StadiumTaft at Edinburg […]
UIL volleyball state tournamentAt Garland’s Culwell CenterWednesday’s scheduleClass 1A semifinalsFayetteville def. Sulphur Bluff 25-13, 25-16, 25-10Blum def. Veribest 25-13, 25-14, 25-10 Class 2A semifinalsBeckville def. Crawford 25-20, 25-12, 26-24Thrall def. Wink 25-19, 25-21, 25-20 Thursday’s scheduleClass 3A semifinalsGunter def. Lorena 25-17, 25-17, 25-13Bushland def. Columbus 25-16, 25-11, 25-17 Class 1A finalFayetteville def. Blum 25-15, 25-23, […]
Bethany Clapp’s right shoulder hurts. It’s the byproduct, she said, from years of wear and tear. Then again, the bumps, bruises and pain could very well be from the seasons in which Clapp carried the load and vision of a program that came into her life when both were at a pivotal crossroad. A week […]
UIL volleyball state tournamentAt Garland’s Culwell CenterWednesday’s scheduleClass 1A semifinals11 a.m. – Fayetteville (44-2) vs. Sulphur Bluff (26-9)1 p.m. – Veribest (34-5) vs. Blum (35-12) Class 2A semifinals3 p.m. – Beckville (45-3) vs. Crawford (43-7)5 p.m. – Wink (42-4) vs. Thrall (37-8) Thursday’s scheduleClass 3A semifinals11 a.m. – Lorena (38-4) vs. Gunter (36-7)1 p.m. – […]
The New Braunfels Canyon volleyball team walked away from the Northside ISD Sports Gym on Friday night, pleased with the outcome but not as much with the manner in which it was achieved. The Cougarettes understood their intensity to rise and their level of play had to be more efficient. The stakes were too high. […]
UIL football playoffsSecond-round pairingsClass 6A Division ISmithson Valley vs. Austin Bowie, 7 p.m. Friday at Texas State University, San MarcosBrennan vs. Los Fresnos, 2 p.m. Saturday at Farris StadiumEast Central vs. Austin Lake Travis, 7 p.m. Friday at Dripping Springs Class 6A Division IISteele vs. Austin Vandegrift, 7 p.m. Friday at Lehnhoff StadiumTaft at Edinburg […]
UIL volleyball playoffsSaturday’s matchesRegion IV-6A tournamentAt Alamo Convocation CenterBrandeis def. Austin Vandegrift 25-23, 25-18, 25-17 Region IV-5A tournamentAt Northside Sports GymNew Braunfels Canyon def. Dripping Springs 25-15, 25-22, 25-18 Region IV-4A tournamentAt Littleton GymNeedville def. Wimberley 28-30, 25-18, 25-21, 22-25, 15-12 Region IV-3A finalAt Littleton GymColumbus def. Goliad 21-25, 25-19, 25-13, 23-25, 16-14 Region IV-2A […]
UIL football playoffsSecond-round pairingsClass 6A Division ISmithson Valley vs. Austin Bowie, TBABrennan vs. Los Fresnos, TBAEast Central vs. Austin Lake Travis, TBA Class 6A Division IISteele vs. Austin Vandegrift, TBATaft vs. Edinburg Vela, TBANew Braunfels vs. Austin Westlake, TBA Class 5A Division ISouthwest Legacy vs. Gregory-Portland, TBASouthwest vs. Corpus Christi Veterans Memorial, 7:30 p.m. Friday […]