ver since she first hit the links, Hays High alumna Lindsey McCurdy dreamed she would have a chance at one day qualifying for the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA). During her early days on the Southern Methodist University Mustang Women’s golf team, however, McCurdy wasn’t quite sure if s...

The 2016-17 Tiger season at a glance Success on the field wasn’t hard to find for Dripping Springs athletics in 2016-2017, as all team sports finished at or above the .500 mark during the season. The season began with the Tiger volleyball team’s undefeated district championship and ended with the so...

(photo by Moses Leos III) Hundreds of area students hit the court this week for various Hays CISD boys and girls basketball camps held at Hays and Lehman high schools. The annual Hays girls basketball camp, run by Rebel varsity head coach Danny Preuss, taught prospective players fundamentals of the ...

Hays CISD didn’t have to look far to find the next varsity head girls soccer coach for Lehman High. Last week, Hays CISD officially named Michael Banning, current assistant football and girls soccer coach, as the school’s next head coach for the girls varsity soccer team. But as one person was hired...

f you’ve watched a sports movie at any point in the last two decades, chances are you’ve experienced the ol’ rousing, rah-rah coach speech. More often than not, such speeches are filled with fluorescent yellow, nacho-cheesy sports clichés meant to rouse the team (and sometimes the audience). “Win on...

Several Lehman High athletes help members of the coaching staff unfurl rolls of field turf near Lobo FIeld on the campus of Lehman High Tuesday. Large rolls of turf are stacked up in piles near the now barren Lobo field at Lehman High. The process of replacing the field turf at Lobo Field and Shelto...

Calvin Coker, Hays  An appearance on the mound in an NCAA Division 1 Regional capped a 3-3 season for Hays High alumnus and Auburn Tiger junior pitcher Calvin Coker. In his first season at Auburn, Coker finished with a 4.18 earned run average in 47.1 innings pitched. Coker had 29 appearances and had...

Dripping Springs’ senior Kiele Miller delivers a pitch against Willis in the 5A semifinals at the State Tournament. Miller finished this season with a 23-5 record, striking out 278 batters in 178.0 innings and a minuscule .98 ERA. (photo by Wayland D. Clark, wfotos.com) gainst Willis on Friday after...

t took one inning Friday for the Willis Wildkats to place the Dripping Springs Tigers’ state title hopes out of reach. Three first inning Wildkat runs, along with dominant pitching from Willis’ Casey Dixon, sunk Dripping Springs (35-9) in a 5-0 loss at the UIL Class 5A state semifinal at McCombs Fie...

ripping Springs Tiger senior Lexi Poehl couldn’t help but crack a smile with teammates during a post-game ceremony following Friday’s state semifinal loss to the Willis Wildkats. Yes, Poehl and the Tigers shed bittersweet tears as they received medals that signified the end of a season that finished...