Playing and beating the same opponent more than once during the same season is supposed to be a tough chore. But playing and beating the same team a third time? In a contest with the weight of season-long expectations and aspirations riding on it? In the same facility in which a year earlier the hopes […]
H.S. football: UIL and TAPPS playoff results, pairings
UIL bidistrict playoffsClass 6ADivision IJohnson 36, New Braunfels 31Brennan 37, Laredo United South 0Reagan 55, East Central 21Laredo United 35, Taft 28 Second roundJohnson vs. Austin Lake Travis, 7 p.m. Friday at Texas State’s Bobcat Stadium Brennan at Pharr-San Juan-Alamo, 6 p.m. Friday Reagan vs. Austin Westlake, 7:30 p.m. Friday at Seguin HS Division IISteele […]
H.S. volleyball: Saturday’s UIL and TAPPS playoff results
UILRegion IV-6A tournamentFriday’s semifinalsAt SAISD’s Alamo Convocation CenterDripping Springs def. O’Connor 3-1Harlan def. Austin Lake Travis 29-27, 25-20, 24-26, 19-25, 15-13 Saturday’s finalHarlan def. Dripping Springs 25-20, 25-19, 26-24 Region IV-5A tournamentFriday’s semifinalsAt Northside Sports GymLeander Rouse def. McAllen Memorial 25-12, 25-20, 25-14Liberty Hill def. Corpus Christi Flour Bluff 25-14, 25-21, 25-16 Saturday’s finalLiberty Hill […]
H.S. football: Friday’s UIL and TAPPS playoffs results, Saturday’s schedule
UIL bidistrict playoffsClass 6ADivision IJohnson 36, New Braunfels 31Brennan 37, Laredo United South 0Reagan 55, East Central 21Laredo United 35, Taft 28 Division IISteele 42, Brandeis 14Harlan 27, Eagle Pass 20Judson 27, Clark 7Jay at Laredo Alexander, 3 p.m. Saturday Class 5ADivision ICedar Park 20, New Braunfels Canyon 16A&M Consolidated 45, Wagner 17College Station 51, […]
H.S. volleyball: Friday’s UIL and TAPPS playoff results, Saturday’s schedule
UILRegion IV-6A tournamentFriday’s semifinalsAt SAISD’s Alamo Convocation CenterDripping Springs def. O’Connor 3-1Harlan def. Austin Lake Travis 29-27, 25-20, 24-26, 19-25, 15-13Saturday’s finalNoon — Harlan vs. Dripping Springs Region IV-5A tournamentFriday’s semifinalsAt Northside Sports GymLeander Rouse def. McAllen Memorial 3-0Liberty Hill def. Corpus Christi Flour Bluff 25-14, 25-21, 25-16Saturday’s finalNoon — Liberty Hill vs. Leander Rouse […]
H.S. volleyball: Antonian hopes full-circle moment concludes with a TAPPS title
The smaller of the two courts at Antonian College Prep’s Recko Gym is a throwback. A portable drum fan is the main source of air conditioning — something players take advantage of whenever there are breaks during practice, which on this day consists of a steady diet of skill and conditioning drills. And yet, this […]
H.S. volleyball: O’Connor, Harlan embrace paths that led them to regional tournament
During the quarter-century she has been at the helm of the O’Connor High School volleyball program, Coach Yami Garcia has constantly and consistently preached to her teams that they were underdogs. The narrative has been fueled equally by the fact the Panthers often doesn’t have a roster stocked with Division I prospects or height — […]
H.S. football: Thursday’s playoff results, Friday’s schedule
UIL bidistrict playoffsClass 6ADivision IJohnson vs. New Braunfels, 7:30 p.m. Friday at Heroes Stadium Brennan vs. Laredo United South, 7 p.m. Friday at Gustafson Stadium Reagan vs. East Central, 7:30 p.m. Friday at Comalander Stadium Taft at Laredo United, 7 p.m. Friday Division IISteele 42, Brandeis 14 Harlan 27, Eagle Pass 20 Clark vs. Judson, […]
H.S. mailbag: News and notes from around San Antonio area sports landscape
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 numbers2,500: Career assists for Antonian senior setter Gabby Reeves, who reached the milestone during the Apaches’ TAPPS 6A regional final win vs. Dallas Bishop Lynch on Nov. 3. Reeves, who signed […]
H.S. volleyball: Thursday’s results, Friday’s schedule
UILRegion IV-6A tournamentFriday’s semifinalsAt SAISD’s Alamo Convocation Center5 p.m. — O’Connor vs. Dripping Springs7 p.m. — Harlan vs. Austin Lake TravisSaturday’s finalNoon — Semifinal winners Region IV-5A tournamentFriday’s semifinalsAt Northside Sports Gym5 p.m. –Leander Rouse vs. McAllen Memorial7 p.m. — Liberty Hill vs. Corpus Christi Flour BluffSaturday’s finalNoon — Semifinal winners Region IV-4A tournamentFriday’s semifinalsAt […]