By halftime, Vista Ridge’s Nikki Cardano-Hillary had seen enough. It took Vista Ridge nearly six minutes to score its first points of the basketball game, after missing 10 consecutive shots. Hays, the third-seeded team in the district, took advantage of a rare offensive funk from Cardano-Hillary to ...

Hays girls basketball coach Danny Preuss tried his best to emulate the typically terse Gregg Popovich following the Rebels’ 48-31 victory Tuesday night against rival Lehman. The Rebels clinched a playoff berth with the win, but were outscored 12-4 in the final quarter. By that time, Preuss emptied h...

It took less than two quarters Tuesday for the Hays Rebels to serve up some old-fashioned revenge. A 17-2 second quarter blitz provided momentum for Hays to cruise past the Lake Travis Cavaliers in a 54-31 rout at Bales Gym. While the win pushes Hays a step closer to possibly securing a playoff bert...

The Hays Lady Rebels needed a break to help erase a nine-point deficit with three minutes left in the fourth quarter of Tuesday’s game against the Vandegrift Vipers. Vandegrift, which entered Tuesday night’s matchup with an undefeated district record, offered a helping hand by failing to score a poi...

A slow start didn’t keep the Hays Rebels from overpowering the Lehman Lobos to claim a 48-20 win Friday. The way both teams began the game, which featured a strange back and forth pattern, provided a slight surprise at the Lobo Den. Hays and Lehman trudged through the opening eight minutes as the Lo...

The Hays Lady Rebels secured their first win in district play after a double-double from senior forward Jada Finister led to a 19-point win over the Westlake Chaparrals Tuesday night in Bales Gym. A dominant first quarter by the Lady Rebels on both the offensive and defensive sides of the ball set t...

A frenetic second half comeback spurred by junior guard Gabby Bosquez helped the Hays Rebels surge past the Akins Eagles in a tight 59-52 win Tuesday at Bales Gym. Bosquez led the way by scoring 11 of her team high 24 points in the final 16 minutes of the game. Bosquez’s play, along with key buckets...

Monday’s non-district matchup between the Hays Rebels and state-ranked Pflugerville Panthers took on the feel of a wild roller coaster ride. But a gritty effort in the final seconds, along with a late Pflugerville miscue, helped Hays escape with a key 52-50 win. Hays High senior Gabby Bosquez, who t...

Hays High senior guard Choon Hee Chae lives for hitting critical shots in the clutch. When the Rebels needed a bucket to send a Hays CISD Classic Tournament winners’ bracket game into overtime, Chae delivered. Her bucket, a three-pointer from the right wing at the buzzer, catapulted the Rebels to a ...

When practice began at Bales Gym Monday, Hays High girls basketball coach Danny Preuss informed his team the 2016 season was, in essence, starting over. Hays, which has started the season 2-5, battled illness, injury and the absence of key players due to other sports and school obligations. But Preu...