06/05/2009Friday Softball Scores - Vista Ridge loses New Braunfels Canyon beats Mesquite Poteet Stephanie Peace hit an RBI double with two outs in the sixth inning to score Many Ogle, lifting New Braunfels Canyon to a 1-0 win over Mesquite Poteet in the UIL Class 4A softball state semifinal. Angleton defeats Azle 1-0 in Class 4A Madisyn Ward hit a game-winning sacrifice bunt and pitched a complete-game shutout to lift Angleton to a 1-0 win over Azle in a Class 4A softball playoff semifinal. Celina defeats Spring Hill 4-1 in Class 3A Kylie Roos pitched a two-hit complete game as Celina defeated Longview Spring Hill 4-1 in UIL Class 3A state softball tournament semifinal action. Click below for more on Friday's games.06/04/2009UIL Softball Needville beats Gatesville 2-1 in Class 3A Shauni Prihoda hit an inside the park home run to give Needville a 2-1 win over Gatesville in the UIL Class 3A state softball semifinals. Hallettsville beats Early 3-0 in Class 2A Cherise Klekar pitched a no-hitter to lead Hallettsville past Early 3-0 in a UIL Class 2A state semfinal. Brock defeats Elysian Fields 1-0 in Class 2A Linsey Hays allowed just four hits and Dana Jones got a key infield hit to help Brock defeat Elysian Fields 1-0 in a UIL Class 2A semifinal. Forsan beats Iola in 1A semis Amanda Longorio struck out 10 batters and got three hits at the plate to lead to lead Forsan past Iola 2-1 in UIL Class 1A semifinal action. Alto beats Lindsay in 1A semis Heaven Liles pitched a complete game to lead Alto to a 3-2 win over Lindsay in UIL Class 1A state softball semifinal action. 06/01/2009Vista Ridge to play in Softball Final Four The High School Softball State Tournament is in Austin this week, and Vista Ridge will be playing in the 5A semi-finals on Friday. They play Pearland at 5pm in the first of two 5A games. Click below for a complete schedule.05/19/2009Looking for officials The Austin football officials chapter is recruiting for the 2009 training class, and as some local high schools are completing spring practice, this is a great time to inform your viewers of this opportunity to become involved with high school sports.05/12/2009UIL Tennis Championships Several Austin area high school athletes won state championships in the UIL Tennis competition. Click below for a look at UIL results.05/11/2009Local tennis players advance to finals The UIL Tennis tournament is being played in Austin this week. Westlake doubles team of Alex Durham and Russell Bader advanced to the 5A finals. Millie Nichols of Lake Travis advanced to the 4A Finals. Click below for a full list of results.05/06/2009All American Bowl invitations are sent out Over 400 of the nation’s top prep athletes have been nominated for consideration to play in the 10th anniversary of the U.S. Army All-American Bowl. Featuring the nation’s top prep football stars, the 2010 U.S. Army All-American Bowl will be played on Saturday, January 9, 2010. The list includes several players from the Austin area, including Kurt Killens, Dominic Espinosa, Desmond Martin, Tyrus Thompson, and Holmes Onwukaife. Click below for more.04/29/2009UIL halts sports due to Swine Flu On the recommendation of Dr. David Lakey, Commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services, and in consultation with Texas Education Agency Commissioner Robert Scott, the University Interscholastic League is altering its schedule of events due to the outbreak of the swine flu in Texas. Effective immediately, all UIL interscholastic competition is suspended until May 11. Click below for more on this story.04/23/2009State Baseball Rankings Some central Texas teams are being recognized in the latest state baseball rankings. Hays and Lake Travis are in the top ten in 4A. Taylor makes the list in 3A and Granger and Flatonia in 1A. For a look at all classes, click below.04/09/2009Soccer Final Four is Underway The UIL soccer state tournament is underway in Georgetown. Boys: Hidalgo Early College 3, Brenham 2 Mesquite Poteet defeats Mansfield Legacy 1-0 Girls: Richardson Pearce 2, Boerne Champion 1 Friendswood 3, WF Rider 2 Click below for more on the games.04/06/2009Soccer Final Four teams headed to Georgetown The UIL soccer Final Four for Class 4A and Class 5A will be played at the Georgetown High School stadium this week. No Austin area teams made it, with teams from Connally, Bowie, and Dripping Springs make it to Regional Play, but none got any further. Play begins with 4A on Thursday and 5A on Friday. Championship games on Saturday. Click below for the full schedule. 04/02/2009Hockey playoffs are underway The Central Texas High School Hockey League playoffs are underway. Games from Wednesday had wins by Leander ISD and Round Rock. LISD 6 - RRISD2(McNeil) 3 RRISD1(Round Rock) 9 - Austin 1 The next playoff games will be Friday, April 3rd. At 7pm McNeil plays Austin. At 8:45pm Round Rock plays LISD. Click below for game summaries.04/01/2009Soccer teams headed to Regional Play The Soccer State Championships are approaching and a handful of Austin area teams are headed to Regional action. The Connally boys will play LaJoya in 5A action in San Antonio. The Bowie girls play Harlingen South, while Dripping Springs plays Boerne Champion. 03/26/2009State baseball rankings Stony Point, Hays, Taylor and Granger are among the best high school baseball teams in the state. Early state rankings are out with some traditional powers like Houston Bellaire and Corpus Christi Moody at the top of the rankings. Click below for a look at every class.03/25/2009Several area soccer teams advance Several area soccer teams won playoff games this week to advance to the next round, including both the boys and girls teams from McNeil, Lake Travis, Hendrickson, Dripping Spring and Manor. This weekend's match-ups will pit 5A schools against more teams from the Houston and San Antonio areas. The 4A teams will play each other. Click below for a look at the schedules.03/24/2009Soccer playoffs are underway UIL Soccer playoffs are underway with several Austin area teams in the hunt for state championships. In Soccer, there are 5A and 4A classes for boys and girls. Click below for a look at some local teams that are playing this week.03/13/2009Friday at the Boys State Tournament Cedar Hill wins 61-58 on Milson's 3-pointer in 5A DeSoto 48, Houston Strake Jesuit 44 Nazareth beats Leggett, 63-46, in 1A D-II semis New Waverly runs by Shallowater 69-59 in 2A semis Defending 2A champ Ponder routs Santa Rosa, 77-54 Click below for details on the games. 03/12/2009Thursday's UIL Boys State Tournament Dallas Kimball beats LBJ 66-54 < Houston Yates rolls past Mansfield Timberview 76-51 Madison cruises past Stafford in 3A semis, 68-58 Lubbock Estacado 77, Sour Lake Hardin-Jefferson 73, OT Roscoe pulls away from Tenaha for 64-50 1A win Plains rallies past SA Stacey for 43-41 1A win Click below for game recaps.03/09/2009Jags get ready for the Final Four LBJ is in the boys basketball Final Four for the fourth time in school history. The Jaguars will play Dallas Kimball in the 4A Semi-Finals on Thursday night. Click below for a look at all classes in the State Tournament.03/06/2009Friday's State Tournament Scores Roby beats Vega 43-39 Brock 46, Bowie 42 Woodville beats Salado, 61-50 Click below for more info on the games03/05/2009Girls State Tournament Update Mansfield Timberview wins against Cibolo Steele 67-46 Robinson beats Estacado 51-35 Argyle 58-43 over Hidalgo in 3A. Sudan gets 62-53 OT win over Normangee Roscoe beats Martin's Mill 37-31 Click below for info on the games.03/04/2009Dunking high school girl is coming to Austin A Houston high school senior -- can really dunk. Brittney Griner (GRY'-ner), at 6-foot-8, has a rim-rattling, backboard shaking, two-handed slam. Griner, who signed with Baylor, is the top player in the country according to Rivals.com and ESPN's HoopGurlz. She'll be in Austin -- beginning Friday -- to lead Aldine Nimitz (36-1) to its first state tournament appearance.03/03/2009Hays and Pflugerville among the teams to play for a title Pflugerville and Hays will play in the State Tournament at the Erwin Center this week. Hays plays in 4A action on Thursday night. Pflugerville takes on Houston Nimitz on Friday night. Click below to see all 24 teams that will play for titles this weekend.02/27/2009Swimming State Championships are underway
The UIL State Swimming Championships are underway in Austin. Several swimmers from the Austin area in 5A have qualified for Saturday's final. Click below for a look at the top eight finishers in each event.02/25/2009Westlake hires Allman as new coachLocal girls' teams with chance at State Several Austin area girls' basketball teams are still alive in the playoffs as they head to Regional Tournaments. Pflugerville plays Harlingen South in 5A action in San Antonio. Del Valle plays Houston Washington in 4A action, while Hays takes on Angleton and Marble Falls will play Corpus Christi Ray. Burnet will play Lubbock Ecstacado in 3A play, while Thorndale plays Falls Center in 1A.02/09/2009Lake Travis slips in latest rankings The Lake Travis boys basketball team lost to Hendrickson over the weekend and fell to 5th in the latest state rankings. Pflugerville, Leander, Del Valle, and Liberty Hill are amongst the other boys teams in the state rankings. Pflugerville, Hays, Westlake, and Thorndale are some of the girls teams in the latest polls. Click below for a look at this week's rankings.01/30/2009Farney to retire Dr. Bill Farney, University Interscholastic League (UIL) executive director, will retire on Jan. 30, following 31 years of service. Dr. Farney has been UIL executive director since 1995, and was UIL assistant director and athletic director prior to that. But UIL had been part of Farney's life long before he began working for the university. He first competed in UIL's Declamation competition as an elementary school student and as a coach and principal worked to increase the number of girls' athletic programs. He was instrumental in getting girls' track added to UIL sports. Click below for more on the retirement of Bill Farney. 01/29/2009Preseason Baseball Rankings It's not too early to talk about baseball! The preseason state rankings are out and Taylor and Giddings are #2 and #3 in 3A. Lake Travis and Flatonia also make some noise in the top ten rankings. Click below for a full list of all classes.01/27/2009Weather info Weather on Tuesday, January 27th is affecting area high school games. Click below for more info.01/22/2009Gilbert is Parade's Player of the Year Quarterback Garrett Gilbert of Lake Travis High School in Austin, has been named Player of the Year on PARADE’s 46th annual All-America High School Football Team. The 6-foot-4, 205-pound Gilbert has been around football his entire life. When he was just 3, his father, Gale, became the only player in history to be a member of five consecutive Super Bowl teams (the Buffalo Bills, 1991-94, and the San Diego Chargers, 1995). Now Garrett is making his own mark. “I wanted to be like my father—a quarterback,” says Gilbert. “It was natural to me. I learned so much from him about how to play the position.”01/13/2009Leander and Pflugerville in 5A state rankings Pflugerville has maintained its hold on a top-10 spot in the boys high school basketball rankings, and they are joined in the top-20 by Leander. Pflugerville's girls are also still ranked in the top-20, as are the Westlake Chaparrals. Lake Travis is at the top of the rankings in 4A on the boys side. Click below for a look at the latest rankings.01/08/2009High School basketball is in high gear High school basketball takes center stage the next couple of months with several area teams in the thick of the race for state titles. Pflugerville, Lake Travis, Manor, Liberty Hill, Bartlett, St Stephens, St Michaels, and Regents are state-ranked on the boys side. On the girls' side, Pflugerville, Marble Falls, Thorndale , Marble Falls Faith and Hill Country Christian are among the state's top teams. Click below for the latest state rankings in high school basketball.01/05/2009Gilbert plays in Under Armour game
Garrett Gilbert played in the Under Armour All America Game in Orlando Sunday night. Gilbert finished up completing 11 of 22 passes for 161 yards. His team lost 27-16 in a game filled with blue-chippers. Click below for more on the game.12/21/2008Gilbert and Lake Travis win another State Title
Garrett Gilbert threw for five touchdowns, ran for two more and set a Texas passing record in leading Lake Travis past Longview, 48-23, in the Class 4A Division I state championship game Saturday. Gilbert completed 26 of 37 passes for 356 yards to finish his high school career with 12,534 yards, surpassing by two yards current Texas Tech quarterback Graham Harrell, who threw for 12,532 yards from 2000-03 at Ennis High School. Click below for more on the game.12/18/2008Alex Okafor is all-state in 5A Pflugerville Defensive Lineman Alex Okafor has been selected to the all-state team in 5A. The senior had 59 tackles, including 17 for a loss this season. Nine sacks and two fumble recoveries added to his great stats with the Panthers. For a complete look at the all-state teams in Class 5A, click below.12/17/20084A All State team is headlined by Garrett Gilbert Lake Travis quarterback Garrett Gilbert is the 4A Offensive player of the year in high school football. The first team, all-state quarterback is leading his Cavaliers into the state title game this weekend. Receiver Cade McCrary, Offensive Lineman Paden Kelly, and Linebackers Quinton Crow and Harry Hatch, join Gilbert on the first team. Defensive Lineman Chris Maldonado from Hays also made first team all-state. Click below for a complete look at the 4A All-State team.12/16/20083A All-State team dominated by Liberty Hill and Giddings Two time defending 3A State Champion Liberty Hill had two players voted onto the 1st team all state team. Justin Bates and Brandon Terry, offensive linemen, made the 1st team with a combined 59 pancake blocks on the year. Giddings linebacker Xavier Daniels made 1st team on defense and was also voted defensive player of the year in 3A. For a complete look at the 3A All-State teams, click below. 12/15/2008Lexington has 1st team All-State in 2A Lexington offensive lineman Michael Brown has been voted 1st team all-state in Class 2A. Brown was credited with 78 pancake blocks this year, making all-state for the 2nd time. Click below for a full list of the 2A All-State team.12/08/2008Several area teams still alive Liberty Hill and Giddings could be on a collision course in Class 3A. The two Central Texas powerhouses will play in the state semi-finals this week, and wins by each team would pit them against each other for the State Title next week. Stony Point, Lake Travis, and Blanco are also still going strong in the high school football playoffs. Click below to see the full schedule for this 5th week of action.11/30/20084th round schedule Giddings vs Bellville Brahmas Fri 7:30 Woodlands Stony Point vs Skyline Raiders Sat 2pm Waco Lake Travis vs Killeen Kangaroos Sat 2pm Austin Hendrickson vs Tivy Antlers Sat 2pm Hays Westlake vs SA Clark Cougars Sat 4pm Alamodome Liberty Hill vs Bridgeport Bulls Sat 7:30 Waco Blanco vs Refugio Bobcats Sat 8pm Alamodome Regents vs Carrolton Christian Sat 12pm Temple For a full state list of results and upcoming games, click below:11/28/2008Lake Travis and Giddings win Lake Travis beat the Alice Coyotes in San Antonio Friday night to advance to the 4th round of the high school football playoffs. The Cavaliers were down early but a 102 yard kickoff return turned things around. They also had two rushing touchdowns by Quarterback Garrett Gilbert. Lake Travis will play Killeen or Gregory-Portland in the next round. Giddings had a close game with Rio Hondo until they stopped the Bobcats on a 4th and one from the one and then drove 99 yards in three plays to take command of the game, winning 42-28. Giddings will play Bellville in the next round. Click below to see more scores from Friday from around the state.11/24/2008This week's playoff schedule Friday games: Rockdale vs Carthage Bulldogs Giddings vs Rio Hondo Bobcats Shiner vs Juction Eagles Lake Travis vs Alice Coyotes Saturday Games: Stony Point vs Garland Owls Westlake vs Harlingen Cardinals Liberty Hill vs Sweetwater Mustangs Blanco vs Vanderbilt Industrial Cobras Hendrickson vs PL Calhoun Sand Crabs
