After leading Lehman High’s boys basketball team to a historic 16-win campaign in 2019, head coach Steven Pinchback will take his talents south next season. On July 12, Pinchback announced he had been hired to helm the San Marcos High boys basketball program. Pinchback takes over for Thomas Acker, a...

After more than a decade patrolling the sidelines at Lehman High, Michael Banning will soon be heading across the highway. In April, Hays CISD tabbed Banning as the inaugural girls head soccer coach at Johnson High. When the school opens in August, Banning, who has worked as the Lehman Lady Lobos so...

For the first time in three seasons, the Lehman Lady Lobos soccer team bested its rival from across the highway. By virtue of a clutch late second-half goal by Abby Jaramillo, mixed with strong team defense, Lehman (8-9-1, 7-7-1) defeated Hays (9-8-2, 6-7-2) 1-0 and kept its slim playoff hopes afloa...

It was a cold Tuesday night battle on the pitch between cross-town rivals (3-6-1) Hays and (2-6-1) Lehman where both defenses showed up to win, but it was the Lady Rebels and their second half goal scored by striker Kayli Wagner that gave them the 1-0 win over the Lady Lobos at Lobo Field. “In the f...

In their last home soccer game of the regular season, the Lehman Lady Lobos were shut out Friday by the Westlake Chaparrals 4-0. Lehman fell to 0-10-1 in district with one final game played against Leander Tuesday, with Westlake still at the top of their division. The Chaparrals took full advantage ...

Fast and fluid action featuring several dramatic shots on goal highlighted a thrilling 0-0 draw between the Hays Lady Rebels and Lehman Lady Lobos soccer teams Tuesday at Shelton Stadium. But it was the play of the defenses that ruled the roost as neither program’s back line or goalkeepers budged an...

A 1-3 mark over a two-day span was how the Lehman Lady Lobos soccer closed its annual run in the San Marcos Rattler tournament held Jan. 11-13. Despite the finish, Lady Lobo head coach Michael Banning believes taking on top-tier competition at the tournament could pay dividends once district play be...

Kirkland takes over as Lobo athletic leader While making his way to the 2014 UIL state basketball tournament, Joshua Kirkland never forgot how “gorgeous” the Kyle and Buda area were to him. “I told my wife, ‘If I get the opportunity to come here to work, I’ll take it,’” Kirkland said. “It has everyt...

With winter break approaching, it can only mean the 2018 soccer season is looming on the horizon. At Lehman High, first year head coach Michael Banning will serve as the new Lehman girls soccer head coach. Banning was the assistant coach in the previous season, and has taken over for the upcoming 20...

Hays CISD didn’t have to look far to find the next varsity head girls soccer coach for Lehman High. Last week, Hays CISD officially named Michael Banning, current assistant football and girls soccer coach, as the school’s next head coach for the girls varsity soccer team. But as one person was hired...