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. […]
H.S. football: Second-round playoff pairings, bidistrict results
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 […]
H.S. volleyball: UIL and TAPPS regional final results
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 […]
H.S. football: Second-round playoff pairings, bidistrict results
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 […]
H.S. volleyball: Friday’s UIL and TAPPS results, Saturday’s schedule
UIL volleyball playoffsSaturday’s matchesRegion IV-6A tournamentAt Alamo Convocation Center11:30 a.m. — Brandeis vs. Austin Vandegrift Region IV-5A tournamentAt Northside Sports GymNoon — New Braunfels Canyon vs. Dripping Springs Region IV-4A tournamentAt Littleton Gym1:30 p.m. — Wimberley vs. Needville Region IV-3A finalAt Littleton Gym11 a.m. — Columbus vs. Goliad Region IV-2A tournamentAt Brenham HS1 p.m. — […]
Trinity’s senior outside hitters form 1-2 punch on, off the court
It’s 3 p.m. on a Tuesday and Trinity University volleyball player Annie Rose Leggett made her way into Webster Gymnasium in the school’s Bell Athletic Center. Teammate Avery Tuggle would usually been with her, but on this day was still at work. With earbuds on, Leggett seemed oblivious to anything outside of diligently setting up […]
O’Connor’s road was different, yet it still ended up reaching the same destination
Throughout the early part of a high school volleyball career that was curtailed by injuries, O’Connor senior outside hitter Mackenzie Mahr still experienced the joys of success. Mahr was a freshman in 2018 when the Panthers made the second of back-to-back trips to the UIL Class 6A state tournament. In 2019, a bid for a […]
H.S. football: Breaking down this week’s top area games, key matchups and tidbits
Marquee gameBrandeis vs. Steele, 7 p.m. Friday at Lehnhoff Stadium: These schools arrived on the local landscape around the same time — Steele in 2005 and Brandeis in 2008 — and found success quickly.As such, their paths have often crossed. The next encounter will be the sixth meeting. The previous five also were in the […]
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 numbers2,000: Career assists for Boerne junior setter Madisyn Jones, who reached the milestone during the Greyhounds’ Class 4A bidistrict match vs. Pleasanton on Nov. 2. Jones had 38 assists, seven digs, […]
H.S. volleyball: UIL and TAPPS playoff pairings, results
UIL volleyball playoffsRegion IV-6A tournamentAt Alamo Convocation CenterFriday’s semifinals5 p.m. — Brandeis vs. Harlan7 p.m. — O’Connor vs. Austin Vandegrift Region IV-5A tournamentAt Northside Sports GymFriday’s semifinals5 p.m. — Dripping Springs vs. Corpus Christi Flour Bluff7 p.m. — New Braunfels Canyon vs. Gregory-Portland Region IV-4A tournamentAt Littleton GymFriday’s semifinals5 p.m. — Wimberley vs. Corpus Christi […]