If you ever doubted how big football is in Texas, all you had to do was look on Twitter.
Glenn Hartrick loves to compete and test his body to the limits.
The Bayou Bowl committee decided not to dissolve itself Thursday, and preparations are underway to host 2015 game despite financial losses in 2013.
In support of youth baseball, Topline Baseball will host its second anniversary celebration at 120 S. Alexander Drive 12 p.m. on Saturday.
Sterling takes second at 7-on-7 tournament
New youth baseball teams looking for players
After 54 years of providing opportunities for Baytown area youth, organizers of the Baytown Youth Fair are stepping things up a notch.
Make-A-Wish Dodge Charger R/T Funny Car driver Tommy Johnson Jr. has an accomplished history in the sport of drag racing.
BAYTOWN – It’s taken just five races during the 2014 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series for Steve Torrence to realize his season is not like last year. And for the Top Fuel standout, that’s a good thing.
Sign ups for Optimist Football start April 27
Sign ups for Optimist Football start April 27
Sign ups for Optimist Football start April 27
Cougars 7
Knapp sinks hole in one at Evergreen
Davis 1
Makenzi May (Barbers Hill) played in 31 games and made two starts for University of Texas-Tyler this year.
• NORTH SABINE: Trout are fair to good on the Louisiana shoreline on topwaters and Corkies. Flounder are fair on jigs tipped with shrimp around marsh drains.
Lady Eagles 6
BAYTOWN – With many exciting storylines ongoing in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series in 2014, one of the most prominent has been the girl power theme as the world’s fastest motorsport heads to the Lone Star State for the 27th annual O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA SpringNationals, April 25-27…
There was a time when one of the best wide receivers to arguably ever come out of the Robert E. Lee Ganders’ football program didn’t don a jersey with a number in the teens, not even in the single digits.
The Baytown Sun is looking for sports writers to help with the remainder of basketball season and the upcoming baseball/softball seasons.
The Bayou City Select Bulls Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) basketball team will be holding its second round of tryouts Sunday from 2 p.m.-5 p.m. at the Lee College gym in Baytown.
Before I begin, I just have to say thank you. All of your cheers and congratulations and your prayers during and before this event just mean the world to me. I feel so loved. And a huge thank you to my immediate family that allowed me the time to train for this event. Tony, Bree and Damon, I…
Rain or sun, hot or cold, Sebastian Pacheco plays his favorite sport of soccer literally all year long in his hometown of Houston.
The Bayou City Select Bulls Amatuer Athletic Union (AAU) basketball team will be holding its first tryout session of the year today from 2 p.m.- 5 p.m. at Eagle Point Recreation Center in Mont Belvieu.
What a shot.
Barbers Hill Sports Hall of Honor will induct two former athletes during its 14th annual ceremony this week.
The 2014 NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series is making a pit stop in Baytown for the annual O’Reilly Spring Nationals April 25-27 at Royal Purple Raceway.
La Porte native and former Baytown George Washington Carver High School graduate, Gene Washington recently informed me that on Nov. 27, the Big Ten Conference announced that he, a former Michigan State University student-athlete, was named the recipient of the Ford-Kinnick Leadership Award.
The first of six City of Baytown toy drives will take place during the senior softball tournament at the Wayne Gray complex Dec. 3 at 6:30 p.m.
None of the Goose Creek CISD teams are playing now that the fourth round of the UIL football playoffs will be played this weekend, but for one local referee, the work has just begun.
While attending an Offense-Defense Football Camp this summer, Anthony Garcia, 10, son of Willie and Raquel Estrada Garcia, and grandson of Rudy and Sandra Estrada and Irma Garcia of Baytown was named an Offense-Defense All-American.
With just a shade under three weeks left to go, baseball and softball teams are hoping to either make the expected playoff pushes or try to continue to learn in the name of program progress.
I have been pretty up front for my disappointment in most modern American sports – especially failing basketball – and to some degree football.
This week’s column will report changes in hunting regulations. There’s a full game bag of them.
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GCM senior earns top player honor
A total of 26 track and field events will have 22 Goose Creek athletes compete in them at Thursday’s area meet at Barbers Hill.
MONT BELVIEU – The Barbers Hill track teams made the District 21-5A meet into their own playground over the last two days in route to two championships.
Soph, teammates pace record season for Barbers Hill
It was a game that the baseball doctors ordered.
The Goose Creek Memorial Lady Patriots dropped a 12-1 decision at Friendswood Tuesday. Morgan Faubian had both hits for the Lady Patriots (3-15).
The Angelo State University Rams Clay Target Team was able to return to the range after a year lost a spring ago due to the COVID-19 pandemic and celebrate with quite the accomplishment.
It has been a minute since my last column and with so many things winding down and starting up, I found it applicable to do what I like to call a ‘popcorn column.’
If the title arouses expectations of a SPICY column, this might be a little disappointing. It’s about fishing. The first title was too long; it had to be shortened. I hope you’ll continue reading, regardless.
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Girls golf wins district, boys 2nd, both on to Region
MONT BELVIEU — After a couple easy outings, the Barbers Hill baseball team needed a better challenge and got it and dealt just fine this week.
The Barbers Hill softball team continued its dominant ways as it moved to 26-2 overall and remained undefeated in District 21-5A play with a 17-0 win at Galena Park Thursday.
Foster breaks away from scoreless tie; Crosby boys eliminated
The Barbers Hill softball team found a way to keep the big bats from Crosby in check in the teams’ second matchup of the season.
The La Porte Bulldogs exploded for six runs in their first at-bats and used that momentum to roll to a 12-0 win over visiting Goose Creek Memorial Tuesday. GCM (7-14) managed only four hits and committed four errors in the five-inning contest.
After a season spent playing in empty stadiums, the Houston Astros know the return of fans this year could mean a hostile reception on the road from people still angry about their sign-stealing scam.
It certainly was a welcome return to the track for the Baytown high schools Friday as once again the Rockhold Relays finally got back into the spotlight after a year missed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Lady Gander wins singles flight
RSS softball rolls past REL
An old song goes, “Don’t sit under the apple tree with anyone else but me.”
The Sterling Rangers baseball team used a four-run fourth inning to break open a tight contest with rivals Robert E. Lee in a 6-2 win Friday in District 22-5A action.
Thursday,
Four-goal explosion late sends Barbers Hill girls to first ever soccer playoff win
HOUSTON – Two teams hoping to renew their fortunes in the playoffs met in the first opportunity to prove a postseason point in two seasons.
GCM boys take on Crosby tonight
A three-run first inning set the tone and allowed the visiting Manvel Mavericks pull away for a 13-2 win over the Robert E. Lee Ganders in Baytown Tuesday. REL (7-9) was hurt by four errors.
The Sterling Lady Rangers were hit by a six-run top of the second inning by visiting Friendswood and fell 11-1 Tuesday night in a District 22-5A contest.
One team came in rolling and the other was playing inconsistently and wouldn’t one know it, the latter one found the way to win.
The Goose Creek Memorial softball team dropped a 17-1 home decision Friday against Santa Fe to move to 3-7 this season.
Everyone knows about the Big Chill that beset Texas in mid- February. But not everybody understands the severity of fish loss on the coast. Most bay fish cannot survive the frigid temperatures Texas endured. And dead fish can’t talk.
The playoff clash between the Goose Creek Memorial and Crosby boys soccer teams has officially been set.
Manvel boys 3, RSS 1
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The challenges for modern prep athletes in regards to finding a collegiate home are more difficult than for most.
The golf postseason inches closer and the prospects for area programs continue to take shape.
There is plenty of time left in the individual tennis season this spring, but some paths are being shaped as the area programs continue to battle the opposition, inclement weather and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cory Roper will make his third NASCAR Camping World Truck Series start at Atlanta Motor Speedway at the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500.
An early strike and a late finisher were enough for the Robert E. Lee girls soccer team to get a big win as the season moves to a finish.
Harris County, Baytown and Houston Raceway Park are teaming up to do their part in curbing street racing in the area.
The track and field season has gotten off to a strong start for many local athletes as the sport navigates through the pandemic and threatening weather.
Sterling used three-run bursts in the first and fourth innings to cruise to an 8-1 home win Tuesday in District 22-5A against Galveston Ball.
Baytown Sun 2021 Select Basketball Team
The host Sterling Rangers (10-1-1) finished off tournament play with a 2-2 tie against Clear Creek on Saturday.
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