By Moses Leos III One step forward, two steps back went the Hays Rebels Friday at Shelton Stadium. That’s how Hays head coach Neal LaHue described the team’s struggles with consistency in their 27-14 loss to the San Antonio Reagan Rattlers in the Rebels’  final non-district contest. But as Lake Trav...

By Moses Leos III There was a time when high school football coaches convened in parking lots late after Friday games to exchange film to study their opposition.  Gone are the halcyon days of trading film reels and videocassettes. As technology has continued to advance, the art of football scouting ...

By Moses Leos III Perhaps it was fitting that a matchup 37 years in the making had the backdrop of a setting sun Friday at Tiger Stadium. For the first time since 1979, the Hays Rebels and Dripping Springs Tigers locked horns in a duel reminiscent of a pair of Wild West gunslingers. But Dripping Spr...

Welcome back to the win column, Lehman. After a 720-day sabbatical, the Lehman Lobos Friday earned their first win in a while and did so in a big, big way. Kudos to the Lobos, who have the potential to go on a two-game winning streak when they play San Antonio Jay, which is currently winless. Provid...

FOOTBALL   Westlake 1-1 Vista Ridge 1-1  Hays 1-1  Lake Travis 1-1  Vandegrift 0-2  Lehman 0-2  Leander 0-2    Schedule of games Westlake vs. Pflugerville, 7:30 p.m. Friday  Vista Ridge vs. Bowie,   7:30 p.m. Friday Hays @ Dripping Springs, 7:30 p.m. Friday  Lake Travis @ Dallas Jesuit, 7:30 p.m. Fr...

Hays head football coach Neal La Hue wanted to test his team in the non-district slate. Even if that meant taking a loss in the standings, La Hue is playing the long game in the hopes that the elevated competition results in better execution down the road. La Hue’s wishes – and more – were granted a...

District 25-6A standings  • Standings gathered via Max Preps  Vista Ridge: 1-0  Hays: 1-0  Westlake: 1-0  Vandegrift: 0-1  Lake Travis: 0-1  Lehman: 0-1  Leander: 0-1    District 25-6 schedule    Vista Ridge at Dripping Springs  Hays vs. Georgetown  Westlake vs. Liberty (Henderson, NV)  Vandegrift a...

Hays vs. Georgetown East View When: Friday, 7:30 p.m.  Where: Georgetown ISD Athletic Complex  (2275 N Austin Avenue, Georgetown, TX)    Lehman vs. Westwood  When: Friday, 7:30 p.m.  Where: Bob Shelton Stadium    Other action in 25-6A  • Lake Travis at Converse Judson – 7:30 p.m.  • Westlake vs Katy...

By Moses Leos III Guiding and instructing players who are new to the varsity experience has become the norm for Hays High head football coach Neal LaHue.  Going into his fourth year, LaHue has seen a trio of large, talented graduating classes leave, with a crop of new players moving up to take their...

By Moses Leos III After a week of squaring off against fellow teammates, a relatively young Hays High football team Friday got its first chance to see another jersey as the team took on the San Antonio East Central Hornets at Shelton Stadium.  While the official timed scrimmage had the Hornets winni...