Reaching new heights in pole vault is the status quo for Hays High alumna Meagan Gray. Entering her fifth year at the University of Oklahoma, Gray, despite her relatively short stature, envisions herself hitting those new heights in her final collegiate competition. “Pole vaulting is honestly really...

noisy warehouse filled with hundreds of aspiring gymnasts learning the fundamentals of the sport is music to the ears of Lauren Guerin and Mackenzie Vance. Once upon a time, the duo was just like many of those young girls and boys, eager to be able to flip, jump, leap and hop. Little did the duo rea...

DeAndre Carson – Lehman A phenomenal four-year collegiate career at Texas A&M Commerce came to a close this spring for DeAndre Carson. Over the course of four seasons, Carson played in 111 games and made 50 starts for the Lions, according to the Commerce athletics website. Carson, who set the Lehman...

Meagan Gray won the Class 6A girls pole vault state title in May. The senior made her fourth trip to the state competition on a wild card, almost missing her chance at a medal. Gray made sure to claim gold by clearing a height of 13-feet, 6-inches. Gray also received a scholarship to vault in Oklaho...

By Moses Leos III Click here to browse and buy photos. Finishing in third place at the Region II pole vault competition two weeks ago was a devastating moment for Hays High senior pole vaulter Meagan Gray.  Having only cleared 12-feet, 6-inches, Gray was seemingly out of the running for the UIL trac...

  By Moses Leos III For the third straight year, Hays High pole vaulter Meagan Gray exits Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin with a UIL track and field state meet medal. This time, the senior's medal has a gold tint to it.    After winning silver and bronze medals in Class 4A over the last two years re...

Hays High pole vaulter Meagan Gray clears the bar during an attempt at the 2013 UIL 4A Girls Track and Field state meet at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin. By virtue of clearing the highest mark of all third place finishers at region two weeks ago, Gray earned a wild card spot to compete at the 2015...

Click here to see more photos. By Moses Leos III Not even a new classification could keep Lehman High senior discus thrower Cheyenne Morgan from punching a third straight ticket to a regional meet.  After besting the field last year in Class 4A, Morgan did the same Thursday by claiming the 13 and 14...

By Cyndy Slovak-Barton Hays High’s three athletes competing at the Texas Relays put on a good show for the school. Hays’ 1600 meter runner Esmi Fuentes took second place in heat six at the Relays, but it was not fast enough to place her on the medal stand for the event. Fuentes took 20th overall out...

By Moses Leos III Three top five finishes highlighted the afternoon for a trio of Hays High track athletes at the UIL State Track and Field meet in Austin on Friday.  Senior distance runner Esteban Villalpando, along with junior pole vaulters Meagan Gray and Rebekah Pogue, took on the state’s best a...