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Cedar Park trio set to play college baseball

Three Cedar Park students will sign with a collegiate baseball program on Tuesday. Second baseman Matthew De La Rosa will sign with Cisco Junior College while Luke Kress, a third baseman, and Hunter Roberts, an outfielder, will sign with Weatherford Ju... »

Basketball tournament to help pay for heart screenings

Various gyms throughout the Hays Consolidated Independent School District are set to host a basketball tournament that will help pay for heart screenings. The Hays Heart Classic Basketball Tournament will be played on May 5 at Hays and Lehman High Scho... »

Luling loses head football coach to Jacksonville

Add Luling to the list of schools that will have a new football coach next season. Michael Waldie announced this week that he is leaving Luling to become the defensive coordinator at Class 4A Jacksonville. At Jacksonville, Waldie will join a staff that... »

Bowie lacrosse team gets ready for postseason play

The softball and baseball players aren’t the only ones at Bowie who are getting ready for the playoffs. The Bowie girls lacrosse team went 9-2 this season and the club team will meet St. Andrew’s on Friday in a first round playoff game. St. Andrew’s wi... »

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Round Rock's Cote signs vb letter

Round Rock senior Lauren Cote has signed a letter of intent to play volleyball at Adams (Colo.) State College, coach Diane Watson said. Cote was born in Denver and lived in Colorado for 10 years before moving to Texas. She plans to pursue a science deg... »

IFAF World Championship tournament to be held in Austin

The International Federation of American Football will be in Austin in the summer for an eight-team football tournament. Teams from America Samoa, Austria, Canada, France, Japan, Panama, Sweden and the United States will compete in the Burger Center-ho... »

Taylor hires new football coach

Taylor has found its next football coach. The Taylor Daily Press reported on Monday that the city’s school district has approved the hiring of Rusty Purser to be its next football coach. Purser will replace Rick Cobia, who left for Cypress Springs High... »

Playoff spots on the line as regular season reaches its end

Central Texas baseball players will have the night off on Tuesday but things will get interesting once play resumes this weekend. Six Central Texas districts still have playoff spots available as the calendar reaches the final week of the regular seaso... »

No-hitter trivia

Philip Humber of the Chicago White Sox threw the 21st perfect game in Major League Baseball history on Saturday against the Seattle Mariners. Did you know …. Humber was the winning pitcher for Carthage in a 2001 UIL state tournament semifinal game agai... »

Westwood and Georgetown to play for final playoff spot

A trip to the postseason will be on the line tonight when Westwood’s softball team heads to Georgetown for a playoff play-in game. Westwood and Georgetown finished the regular season with identical 6-6 district records. The tie was created on Friday wh... »

Central Texas soccer quartet makes all-tournament team

Four Central Texas soccer players were honored for their play at this past weekend’s state soccer tournament. Cedar Park senior defender Alex Deitrick and teammate Kassi Hormuth, a sophomore forward, were placed on the Class 4A girls all-tournament tea... »

Cedar Park and Westlake fall short in state championship bids

The University Interscholastic League will not be awarding a state championship trophy to a Central Texas team in Georgetown today. Both of the Central Texas area’s representatives in the state soccer tournament were eliminated in their semifinal match... »

Cedar Park semifinal match delayed by weather

UPDATE: The most recent delay is not scheduled to end until around 2:15 p.m. The start of Cedar Park’s state semifinal soccer match against Northwest Nelson has been delayed. The game, which was scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. at the Georgetown ISD Athlet... »

Central Texas baseball players to play at collegiate level

One of the area’s top pitchers and a Westwood third baseman have announced their collegiate plans. Anderson senior Justin Holder has given a verbal commitment to the Texas A&M baseball program. The six-foot-four-inch right-hander is among the area lead... »

Local football players to play in THSCA all-star game

Six Central Texas football players have been invited to play in the Texas High School Coaches Association’s annual all-star football game. Leander offensive lineman Jacob Dunning and Westlake linebacker Lance Duran will play for the North team. Facing ... »

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