KYLE – The Hays Hawks softball team squared off against the East Central Hornets this weekend, culminating in a tense three-game series before the Hawks won, crowning them as area champions. The games were played on May 6 at San Marcos High School and May 7 at Marion High School. On Friday, the team...

A trio of Hays Hawks softball players on Nov. 19 put pen to paper and signed on to continue their academic and athletic careers at the next level. In front of family, friends, administrators, teammates and coaches, Hays Hawks (left to right) catcher Megan Kelnar, pitcher Katie Noble and infielder Em...

Dominance across the board helped the Hays High softball team score a critical 12-3 win over Westlake April 13 that kept the team in the running for a possible district championship. Spearheading that effort was pitcher Katie Noble who collected nine strikeouts over seven innings of work. Meanwhile ...

Smiles were plentiful for Hays High’s Mia Liscano (left) and Katie Noble (13) as they celebrated a run scored in the team’s 11-0 run-rule March 23 win over Austin High. Despite dropping its first district game of the season in a 6-3 loss to state-ranked Bowie March 30, the Hays High softball team re...

A four-run third frame March 4 provided more than enough firepower for the Hays High softball team as it cruised past Smithson Valley 9-2. The four-inning contest was the final game of Day 1 competition in the inaugural Hays/Johnson softball tournament. Highlighting the night was a two-run RBI singl...

Six unanswered Austin Maroons runs tallied in the final five frames Tuesday spoiled the Hays Rebel softball team’s home opener in a 6-1 loss.  Austin’s ability to exact damage with limited outs played a primary role in Rebel struggles. All six Maroon runs were scored with two outs in a frame. Inexpe...

It took only one inning Saturday for Hays Rebel softball head coach Lisa Cone to discover the mettle of her young program.  With her team facing an 11-6 deficit against Pflugerville Hendrickson, Hays galvanized itself and outscored the Hawks 8-1 down the stretch to take a 14-12 come-from-behind vict...

Since as long as she can remember, Hays High sophomore Katie Noble has been passionate about softball. Baseball bloodlines run deep in Noble’s family as Katie’s grandfather, Gene Noble, played for the Houston Astros’ farm system in the 1960s. The Noble family’s affection for the diamond jump started...

All Hays Free Press, News-Dispatch Softball Team Player of the YearCamille Corona, Dripping Springs Camille Corona didn’t just break records during her standout four year tenure at Dripping Springs High. She shattered them into a million pieces. Sporting a career batting average of .522 and an on-ba...

WIMBERLEY – When the Hays Rebel softball team needed to exact a counter-punch Saturday, New Braunfels Canyon Cougarette pitcher Aliyah Pritchett prevented it from doing so. The inability to generate offense at critical junctures ultimately ended Hays’ 2019 campaign in a 7-2 Game 3 loss to Canyon, cl...