UIL second-round pairingsClass 6ADivision IJohnson vs. Austin Lake Travis, 7:30 p.m. Friday at San Marcos HS East Central vs. Weslaco, 7:30 p.m. Friday at Laredo’s Shirley Field Brennan vs. Austin Westlake, 7 p.m. Friday at Austin’s Burger Stadium Division IISotomayor vs. Austin Vandegrift, 7 p.m. Thursday at Alamodome Steele vs. Pharr-San Juan-Alamo, 7 p.m. Thursday […]
H.S. mailbag: News and notes from around the 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 numbers3,000: Career assists for Floresville junior setter Maddie Harden, who accomplished the feat during the Jaguars’ win vs. Corpus Christi Calallen in a Class 4A Division I regional semifinals match on […]
H.S. volleyball: Saturday’s TAPPS results, UIL state semifinal schedule
TAPPSSaturday’s scheduleState finalClass 6APlano Prestonwood def. Antonian 25-16, 25-19, 25-15 Class 4ALubbock Christian def. Boerne Geneva 25-20, 25-18, 26-24 UIL playoffsState semifinalsClass 4ADivision IDavenport vs. Bellville, 6 p.m. Tuesday at Burger Center in Austin Division IIWimberley vs. Salado, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at St. Edward’s University in Austin Class 3ADivision IIStockdale vs. West, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday […]
Volleyball: Davenport rallies past Floresville, makes return trip to Class 4A state semifinals
The weight of expectations can be crushing. The pressure and scrutiny to fulfill them can become overbearing. Don’t tell the Davenport High School volleyball team that. It doesn’t seem to have any issues with the heavy-is-the-head-that-wears-the-crown idiom. The Wolves moved a step closer to defending their Class 4A state championship by rallying past Floresville 22-25, […]
H.S. football: Friday’s UIL bidistrict results, Saturday’s schedule
UIL bidistrict playoffsClass 6ADivision IJohnson 49, Taft 7 East Central 49, Laredo United South 28 Brennan 28, Reagan 7 Division IISotomayor 23, Churchill 19 Steele 56, Laredo Alexander 14 Harlan 41, Clark 23 New Braunfels Canyon 31, Medina Valley 14 Class 5ADivision IPieper 63, Southwest Legacy 0 Southwest 33, Seguin 26 Jay vs. New Braunfels, […]
H.S. volleyball: Friday’s UIL and TAPPS playoff results, Saturday’s schedule
UIL playoffsRegional finalClass 6ADivision IAustin Westlake def. Buda Johnson 25-22, 17-25, 23-25, 25-12, 15-12 Division IIAustin Vandegrift def. Harlan 3-2 Class 5ADivision ICorpus Christi Flour Bluff def. New Braunfels 25-23, 25-19, 21-25, 17-25, 15-12 Division IICedar Park def. Liberty Hill 25-19, 23-25, 25-16, 25-23 Class 4ADivision IDavenport def. Floresville 22-25, 25-17, 25-12, 25-13 Division IIWimberley […]
Volleyball: Antonian overcomes heavy losses to graduation, heads to TAPPS state tournament
The Antonian volleyball team has seen iterations of itself during Coach Samantha McLure’s nearly two decades at the helm. In some years, the Apaches have relied on their experience. In other seasons, they were young but talented. During other campaigns, they overcome a lack of height to find success. But a lack of confidence or […]
H.S. football: Thursday’s UIL bidistrict results, Friday’s schedule
UIL bidistrict playoffsClass 6ADivision IJohnson 49, Taft 7 Laredo United South at East Central, 7:30 p.m. Friday Brennan vs. Reagan, 7:30 p.m. Friday at Farris Stadium Division IIChurchill vs. Sotomayor, 7:30 p.m. Friday at Gustafson Stadium Steele 56, Laredo Alexander 14 Harlan 41, Clark 23 New Braunfels Canyon 31, Medina Valley 14 Class 5ADivision ISouthwest […]
H.S. volleyball: Thursday’s playoff results, Friday’s schedule
UIL playoffsRegional finalClass 6ADivision IAustin Westlake def. Buda Johnson 25-22, 17-25, 23-25, 25-12, 15-12 Division IIHarlan vs. Austin Vandegrift, 7:30 p.m. Friday at New Braunfels Canyon HS Class 5ADivision INew Braunfels vs. Corpus Christi Flour Bluff, 6 p.m. Friday at Cuero HS Division IILiberty Hill vs. Cedar Park, 6 p.m. Friday at Austin’s Burger Center […]
H.S. volleyball: All eight seniors on Cornerstone’s nationally-ranked squad sign with D-I schools
When this voyage began about a half-decade ago, it started with a handful of middle-school volleyball players building a bond through a shared love for a sport. As the friends turned into teammates, grew taller, became stronger, jumped higher and hit the ball harder, it was then that a vision was conceptualized. Even then, though, […]