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
1,000: Career points for Jefferson senior Joseph Rincon, who accomplished the feat during the Mustangs’ 63-41 win vs. Edison on Jan. 14.
300: Total wins for Boerne girls basketball coach Amy Ruede. She reached the milestone during the Greyhounds’ 75-14 triumph vs. Canyon Lake on Jan. 14. Ruede is in her 13th season at Boerne and led the Greyhounds to the UIL Class 4A state semifinals a year ago and the regional final in 2015-16, 2013-14 and 2012-13.
300: Career wins for La Vernia boys basketball coach John Ince. He reached the mark with the Bears’ 49-40 victory vs. Gonzales on Jan. 14. Ince previously coached at Clemens, Brandeis, Randolph and Fort Worth Southwest.
150: Wins for Clark girls soccer coach Diana Driggers. She reached the standard during the Cougars’ 4-0 decision vs. Marshall at the San Antonio ISD tournament on Jan. 14. Driggers is in her 12th season with the Cougars.
2: Area girls teams in Prep Soccer’s Fab 50 national rankings. Reagan (7-1) is No. 17 and Boerne Champion (4-0-2) is No. 42. Champion, which moved up six spots from a week ago, has defeated Southlake Carroll and tied Flower Mound and Plano West, all either nationally ranked or longtime national power. Reagan fell one spot from last week after a shootout loss to Southlake Carroll. The Rattlers rallied from a 2-0 deficit in the final 11 1/2 minutes of regulation to tie the contest at 2-2 and force penalty kicks, with Carroll prevailing 10-9.
Notebook
Time to make a splash: San Antonio will be an epicenter for swimming over the next three weeks.
District competition starts this weekend, with the District 28-6A meet at 10 a.m. Friday at Northside ISD Natatorium and the 26-5A event at 10 a.m. at North East ISD’s Walker Pool. District 26-6A and 27-6A events are at 11:15 a.m. and 10 a.m. Saturday at Walker Pool and Northside Natatorium, respectively. The 26-6A championships are 11:15 a.m. Saturday at Walker Pool
The TAPPS Central regional meet is 10 a.m. on Jan. 25 at Walker Pool. The 28-5A event is 6 p.m. on Jan. 26 at the San Antonio Natatorium, the 18-5A meet is 10 a.m. on Jan. 28 at Walker Pool, the 25-6A competition is 10 a.m. on Jan. 29 at Walker Pool and the 29-5A meet is 10 a.m. on Jan. 29 at Northside Natatorium.
The Region VII-5A and Region VII-6A meets are Feb. 4-5 at Walker Pool and Davis and Alamo Heights natatoriums. The TAPPS state meet is Feb. 7-9 at Walker Pool.
The UIL state meet in Feb. 18-19 at University of Texas’ Jamail Center in Austin
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