By Moses Leos III It didn’t take long for teammates Mike Gonzales and Tyler Wilson to begin tossing the ball around on the well-manicured outfield Sunday at the Dell Diamond in Round Rock. Both players began their warm-up with short-range throws, which quickly progressed to long tosses. While their ...

By Moses Leos III Courage is an emotion that can be found during the most trying of times.  But perhaps no group of people was as courageous as the Hays Rebel baseball team, which saw a season filled with adversity come to a close Saturday in Round Rock. Rebel errors, mixed with timely Round Rock Dr...

By Moses Leos III and Spencer Spilman For nine innings Saturday, the Hays Rebels and Pflugerville Panthers were deadlocked in the baseball equivalent of a staring match. The Rebels were the first to blink.  An RBI single from Panther Stephen Pena in the tenth inning broke a scoreless pitching duel a...

By Spencer Spilman A complete game shutout performance from David Riojas Tuesday lifted the Hays Rebels to a 2-0 win over the Westlake Chaparrals.   Riojas went the distance and allowed just three hits en route to earning the victory. The game, in Rebel head coach David Null’s words, was ugly. Thank...

By Spencer Spilman The Hays Rebels fell down early Friday night to the Bowie Bulldogs and were never able to battle back as they got blown out 11-4. The Bulldogs came out fast in the first inning of the game. After a leadoff single and a four pitch walk, Joe Davis hit a towering homerun to left cent...

By Moses Leos III Situational awareness in key moments helped the Hays Rebels navigate past the Austin Maroons 6-5 last Wednesday at Hays High.  For sophomore Cole Irby, who walloped a game-defining three-run RBI double, Hays’ win places the Rebels in good standing heading into the midpoint of distr...