Staff Report Jaedin Williams and (30) Nathanael Gonzalez won’t stop Hays sophomore Zach Obara from scoring on this 41-yard touchdown run to take a 21-20 lead early in the second quarter. BUDA – Christmas came just a few hours early for the Hays High football team Dec. 24. A 28-point second half blit...

By Sean Allen BUDA – For the first time in its 52 year history, Hays High football will get to experience the second week of the postseason at the 6A level. A steady dose of quarterback Durand Hill, to the tune of 301 all-purpose yards, helped Hays cruise to a 38-7 bi-district playoff win over the V...

Staff Report Not even a five touchdown outburst from quarterback Durand Hill Friday was enough for the Hays football team to keep pace with the seventh-ranked team in 6A. Twenty-one unanswered points scored in the first and fourth frames gave the Lake Travis Cavaliers more than enough firepower to s...

The Hays football team rolled past the Tigers Friday night at Bob Shelton Stadium, beating them 45-28. Above, Dripping Springs’ Liam Dahl never gave up the chase but didn’t catch Hays’ Bryant Lewis before he ran 48 yards to cross the goal line with 8:19 in the second quarter to give Hays a 21-7 lead...

by Sean Allen BUDA – Coming off a 14-point shutout win against Kerrville Tivy, the Dripping Springs Tigers were unable to match up well against Coach Les Goad’s Hays squad, resulting in a 45-28 loss at Bob Shelton Stadium. The first half was almost perfect as Hays scored a touchdown on all but one d...

Most Valuable Player Caden Doyle and Luke Watson As seniors, both Caden Doyle and Luke Watson had hoped to make their final season at Hays High memorable. By sharing the spotlight in 2020, both athletes, who are the Hays Free Press/ News-Dispatch most valuable players, helped to take a Rebel boys ho...

Wimberley quarterback Cooper McCullom was chosen as the 2020 Most Valuable Player Numbers never lie in sports but they sometimes don’t tell the whole story. Yes, the stat line for Wimberley Texan senior quarterback Cooper McCollum is as impressive as one will find among any elite signal caller. More...

As far as emotions go, normally stoic Hays Rebel head coach Matt Sandoval let loose a wild ear-to-ear grin Tuesday as the final buzzer sounded at Bales Gym. After four-plus years of waiting, Sandoval finally watched his Rebels lock a playoff berth via a 65-53 win over the Del Valle Cardinals. It mar...

For the better part of two-plus quarters Tuesday, the Hays Rebels boys basketball team had the state-ranked Westlake Chaparrals on the ropes. But an intermittent second half Rebel offense, paired with 26 points from Chaparral KJ Adams, kept Hays from delivering the knockout blow in a 62-55 loss to N...

In a disappointing performance at home Tuesday night Hays basketball lost its second game of the season to the Bowie Bulldogs by a score of 63-41, dropping the Rebels to a 4-5 record in 6A District-25. Everything seemed to go wrong for the Rebels after they started the game up 9-2 on the Bulldogs in...