Hays High School Rebel Baseball standout Cole Irby, a three-year varsity starter for the Rebs as catcher, signed his collegiate Letter of Intent to play ball for Texas Lutheran University. Flanked by his mom, Allison Irby, and his dad, Bill Irby, Cole inked his letter to the applause of his friends,...

When the Hays Rebels needed a stopper on the mound Saturday, Jacob Trujillo answered the call. A stellar 4.2 inning outing in relief from Trujillo, along with timely offense, helped Hays power past the Vista Ridge Rangers in a critical 9-8 come-from-behind win at home. Hays’ win helped the Rebels av...

For eight innings Tuesday, the Hays Rebels and Lake Travis Cavaliers stared each other down in a scoreless pitching duel. But a leadoff solo home run in the ninth inning gave Lake Travis the momentum to roll away with a 4-1 win to open the best-of-3 series. Lake Travis, which struggled to find consi...

By Moses Leos III Courage is an emotion that can be found during the most trying of times.  But perhaps no group of people was as courageous as the Hays Rebel baseball team, which saw a season filled with adversity come to a close Saturday in Round Rock. Rebel errors, mixed with timely Round Rock Dr...

By Moses Leos III A furious three run rally in the sixth inning couldn’t keep the Hays Rebels’ comeback effort afloat as they fell to the Bowie Bulldogs 4-3 in Monday’s regular season finale.  With the defeat, Hays finishes the regular season 12-13-1 and 10-6 in 14-6A play. Monday’s game, which was ...

By Moses Leos III Let the record show that a nine run fifth inning Tuesday helped the Hays Rebels secure a 13-3 district opening run-rule win over the Del Valle Cardinals.  But for the Hays Rebel faithful, Tuesday’s game was somewhat of an afterthought following a single pitch thrown before the cont...

By Moses Leos III and Spencer Spilman For nine innings Saturday, the Hays Rebels and Pflugerville Panthers were deadlocked in the baseball equivalent of a staring match. The Rebels were the first to blink.  An RBI single from Panther Stephen Pena in the tenth inning broke a scoreless pitching duel a...

By Spencer Spilman The Hays Rebels were in a battle against the Akins Eagles Tuesday as the game came down to the final at bats.  But the Rebels came up short after the Eagles strung together a four-run seventh inning to take the victory, 9-5. David Riojas was on the mound for the Rebels and fell in...

By Moses Leos III Situational awareness in key moments helped the Hays Rebels navigate past the Austin Maroons 6-5 last Wednesday at Hays High.  For sophomore Cole Irby, who walloped a game-defining three-run RBI double, Hays’ win places the Rebels in good standing heading into the midpoint of distr...