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 numbers1,500: Career digs for O’Connor senior libero Bryshanna Brown. Brown, who is committed to the University of Houston, reached the milestone with 23 digs in a non-district volleyball victory vs. Brandeis […]

For two years, O’Connor High School junior MacKenzie Mahr sat and watched. All she could do was be a cheerleader for her teammates and ponder what might have been if her body hadn’t betrayed her. Mahr missed her freshman season in 2018 with a fractured left arm, suffered during a college volleyball camp when another […]

From the moment the UIL gave the go-ahead this summer to first begin preseason workouts and then start the regular season, both under the veil of a coronavirus pandemic, coaches and players knew they might be on borrowed time.With positive tests still prevalent, and games being postponed or canceled seemingly daily, the sense of urgency […]

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: Triple-doubles recorded last week by New Braunfels Canyon senior setter/outside hitter Erin Jones. Jones, who earlier this season notched 3,000 career assists, had 16 assists, 12 digs and 10 kills […]

Schools in classes 4A through 1A hit the midway point of their seasons, while many 6A and 5A teams — save for the San Antonio ISD — are launching their campaigns this weekend.Here’s a rundown of what to look for: Spotlight gameBrandeis vs. Harlan, 7 p.m. Saturday at Farris Stadium: Welcome to Class 6A football, […]

  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 numbers 2: Area volleyball teams who recently had long district winning streaks snapped. Harlan had a 35-match streak ended with Saturday’s loss to O’Connor, while La Vernia had a 24-match mark […]

Jessica Kuster was with friends at a Turkish restaurant in London nearly two years ago. Her Bible was in front of her. So, too, was an impending crossroad. A former Reagan High School basketball standout, Kuster had found success playing professionally in Italy, Hungary, Romania and Czech Republic. But for all the accolades earned and […]

For six months, Emma Halstead feared the worst. As the number of deaths and positive cases from a deadly novel virus climbed in the United States — and the previous way of life was altered — Halstead and her Brandeis High School volleyball teammates worried they wouldn’t experience the moment that transpired on Saturday. “We […]

Madisyn Jones put on her volleyball uniform, the first step on a day that could provide a blueprint of how the landscape of high school athletics in Texas might forever be altered. Jones then ate two tacos, grabbed a canister with water and left her home for the Boerne High School gymnasium. It was around […]

On a Friday in late March, the National Women’s Soccer League — like several other professional sports associations in the United States before it — announced an indefinite suspension to the start of its season over safety concerns surrounding a coronavirus pandemic. NWSL, looking to build off a wave of momentum sparked by the U.S. […]