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
45: Area athletes named All-State by the Texas Association of Soccer Coaches Organization.
Johnson’s Diego Robles (first team), New Braunfels’ Graham Taylor (second team), Brandeis’ Boston Babiarz (second team) and Noah Lopez (second team), Harlan’s Greydn Richards (second team) and Sam Allen (honorable mention) made the Class 6A team.

Pieper’s Joaquin Sanchez (first team), Blake Dildy (second team) and Jaxon Shaffer (honorable mention), Southwest’s John Soliz (first team), Ramiro Flores (first team), Caleb Barajas (first team) and Brayan Plascencia (honorable mention), Alamo Heights’ Ethan Davila Rodriguez (second team) and Cash Alvarado (second team), MacArthur’s Jared Garibay (second team) and Erik Delgado (honorable mention) earned spots on the 5A squad.

Boerne’s Ben Niedecken (first team), Hudson Vickery (first team) and Shae Gonzales (first team), La Vernia’s Nicolas Garza (second team) and Cameron Martinez (honorable mention), Floresville’s Mario Marino (second team), Maximiliano Campos (second team) and Ruben Portales (honorable mention) and Davenport’s Zayne Zeeff (honorable mention) landed on the 4A team.

On the girls side, Reagan’s Lauren Mueller (first team) and Emi Durante (honorable mention), Taft’s Jordan Matthews (first team), Madissyn Harris (second team), Layla Rangel (honorable mention) and Bella Galan (honorable mention), Johnson’s Mabry Williams (second team), LEE’s Kendall Jones (second team) and Clark’s Tatum Tommack (honorable mention) made it in 6A.

Alamo Heights’ Brooke Martinez (honorable mention) made it in 5A and Boerne’s Kinsley Sawyer (first team), Kailey Stringfellow (first team), Anna Darling (first team) and Isabella Pettet (second team), Canyon Lake’s Savanna Oberholtzer (first team) and Davenport’s Isabel Templeman (second team), Logan Strong (second team), Jocelyn Arreguin (second team) and Rylee Reisdorph (honorable mention) made it in 4A.

29: Area athletes selected to the TASCO Region IV team.
Reagan’s Braylon Jernigan, O’Connor’s Ethan Diaz, Johnson’s Tae Balogun and Imani Watkins, Harlan’s Joshua Olivares, Brandeis’ Daniel Sartorio and Jake Salas and Churchill’s Darwin Rodriguez earned spots in Class 6A.

In 5A, Medina Valley’s Dylan Rice, Smithson Valley’s Chase Hansen, Pieper’s Owen Harris, Veterans Memorial’s Rodrigo Lozano-Munoz and Harlandale’s Jared Garcia made it, and Bandera’s Connor Garrett, Pleasanton’s Wylee Tom and Keeton Diaz, Davenport’s Blake Townsley and Vicente Hernandez and Boerne’s Brett Hettie landed spots in 4A.

On the girls side, Reagan’s Isabella Hartofelis and LEE’s Addison Miller made the 6A squad, Jefferson’s Chandler Arredondo, Boerne Champion’s Ava Slay, Alamo Heights’ Maggie Hartnett and Jessica Mann are on the 5A team, and Pleasanton’s Madeline Brymer and Makenzie Richter and Canyon Lake’s Saige Childers and Kylee Morrow are on the 4A team.

16: Years since Alamo Heights last won an outright district championship in softball before accomplishing the feat this season. The Mules, led by Coach Jennifer Fox, have qualified for the UIL Class 5A playoffs in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 2010 and 2011.
Alamo Heights hosts Medina Valley at 7 p.m. Thursday in Game 1 of a best-of-three bidistrict series.

12: Years that have passed since Smithson Valley last captured a district championship in softball before doing so this season in Coach Amanda Wolf-Schramm’s fifth year at the helm.
In 2012, the Rangers defeated Montgomery 9-8 to claim the UIL Class 4A (now 5A) state crown behind such standout players as Kellen Robles (Incarnate Word), Katie Repole (Illinois/Louisiana-Lafayette), Celena Massey (Texas A&M), Regan Mergele (Butler Community College/Nebraska), Taylor Darilek and Megan Hill (LeTourneau). Repole is an assistant coach at South Carolina.
Smithson Valley plays at Leander Rouse at 7 p.m. Thursday in Game 1 of a 5A best-of-three bidistrict series.

Notebook
New leader: Lilly Rost has been hired as MacArthur’s new head volleyball coach. She replaced Megan Liverett, who left after seven seasons and Class 5A playoff berths in 2022 and 2023 to take over at Class 6A power O’Connor.
Rost (nee Chapa) is a Harlandale graduate, where she played for legendary Coach Sylvia Cardenas and was district MVP in volleyball in 2006 and 2007. She also played soccer for the Indians and was selected as the district’s defensive MVP in 2007.
During the past two seasons, Rost was head girls soccer coach and assistant volleyball coach at Harlandale.

Nation’s best: Reagan senior Audrey Choi was named to Volleyball magazine’s Fab 50 beach team. The list recognizes the country’s top high school beach players in the Class of 2024.
Choi is signed with Cal-Davis, which competes in the Big West Conference. She was one of two San Antonio-area athletes honored by the publication. Stockdale freshman Leann Wise was named one of the nation’s top underclassmen. The 6-foot Wise had 677 kills — including a season-best 37 vs. Johnson City — a .384 hitting percentage, 447 digs and 210 aces in the fall and helped Stockdale advance to the Region IV-2A semifinals.

Area signings/commitments
Shannon Best, New Braunfels Canyon soccer: Texas A&M-San Antonio

Caden Bryan, New Braunfels soccer: Schreiner University

Elizabeth Cleveland, Marshall volleyball: Juniata College (Pennsylvania)

Andres Gutierrez, Steele soccer: Mary Hardin-Baylor

Chloe Guzman, New Braunfels soccer: McPherson College (Kansas)

Jesse Haughton, New Braunfels soccer: Mendoza United FC (Argentina)

Riley McNamara, Harlan soccer: Schreiner University

Michaela Mitchell, Johnson track and field: Texas-Rio Grande Valley

Sam Renno, New Braunfels soccer: Austin College

Anabelle Rodriguez, Jay soccer: St. Mary’s

Emery Rosales, New Braunfels soccer: Schreiner University

Hannah Sanchez, New Braunfels soccer: Schreiner University

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