Fifteen local players have been named to the 2014 5A Baseball All-Houston Area team this week, including four first-team honors from Goose Creek Memorial and Dayton.
The Ross S. Sterling Ranger softball team enjoyed plenty of success this past season.
New Ross S. Sterling football coach Pete Gareri said he wasn’t shocked to see the Rangers picked dead last in Dave Campbell’s Texas Football magazine.
Seven area football players and a former Baytown star will take part in the annual Lone Star Bowl at 7 p.m. Saturday at Thorne Stadium in Aldine ISD.
Preseason hype and high expectations are nothing new for the Dayton Broncos. It comes with the territory when you have reached the playoffs in 21 consecutive seasons.
Former Ross S. Sterling pitcher Rachel Smith said she plans to “reinvent” herself during the offseason.
Former Buda Hays softball coach Aaron Fuller told the American-Statesman on Thursday that he has accepted the head coaching position at Barbers Hill High School.
Jermel Adams is no stranger to the spotlight.
It doesn’t take a Rice education to realize that the Walter twins are special. And now the state is starting to take notice.
Believe it or not, sometimes sports writers mess up. I know, I know, it’s a crazy thought, but this past weekend I got called out. Not literally, but figuratively. And it only took five minutes into the Bayou Bowl to realize it.
Time is running out to submit your ideas for the inaugural ‘Baytown Cup,’ a traveling trophy that will be handed out to the football team that wins the battle of Baytown between Ross S. Sterling, Robert E. Lee and Goose Creek Memorial.
Awards are nothing new for Barbers Hill senior pitcher Randi Rupp.
To say that Lee Holts Jr. has a chip on his shoulder would be the understatement of the year.
Charles Thames is no longer the head baseball coach at Goose Creek Memorial.
Goose Creek CISD Athletic Director Bernie Mulvaney said he wanted to inject some enthusiasm into the Baytown football scene this fall.
Baytown Christian Academy catcher Cade Welch earned a TAPPS All-State Honorable Mention after leading the Bulldogs in hitting during his junior campaign.
When you crunch the numbers, add the impact a player had on his squad, plus intangibles such as team leadership, grit and character, the inaugural All-Baytown Sun Super 25 Player of the Year was a no-brainer.
The awards just keep rolling in for Barbers Hill ace Randi Rupp.
CHICAGO – In its 29th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with USA TODAY High School Sports, today announced Randi Rupp of Barbers Hill High School as its 2013-14 Gatorade Texas Softball Player of the Year.
Goose Creek Memorial sophomore pitcher Kelsey Stewart was named 24-4A first-team All-District, joining two of her teammates and a pair of Lady Ganders on the prestigious list.
Erin Houthoofd never imagined that it would end like this.
While sitting in the office of water polo coach Allie Hill at Sterling S. Ross High School with a young woman by the name of Callie Woodruff sitting across from me, I notice a timid and soft-spoken individual; traits that are far from her demeanor whenever she gets in the pool.
The top-ranked Barbers Hill Lady Eagle softball team fell short of its season-long goal in Austin last Friday with an 8-7 loss to the Ennis Lady Lions.
8:19 a.m. Lady Eagles fans are stretching around the block outside of Red and Charline McCombs Field on the campus of the University of Texas in Austin. The entire Third-base line is blue today for the opening game of the state tournament between No. 1 Barbers Hill and Ennis. First pitch is …
To say that Sharlene Barnett is confident in her team’s ability would be an understatement.
Goose Creek Memorial sophomore pitcher Mario Moralez was named the District 24-4A MVP last week after leading the Patriots to the third round of the playoffs.
Sara and Randi Rupp aren’t always on the same page. Although they are identical twins and staggering softball statistics say otherwise, they don’t always see eye to eye – especially when it comes to pitch selection.
In light of the rainfall that has hit Texas this week, precautions are in place for the University Interscholastic League playoffs Friday May 30 at Red and Charline McCombs Field at the University of Texas in Austin.
FOX Sports Southwest will provide live webcasts of all UIL softball state tournament semifinal and championship games from the University of Texas’ McCombs Field this week.
The top-ranked Barbers Hill Lady Eagles will open the 2014 UIL 4A state softball tournament against Ennis at 9 a.m. Friday morning at Red & Charline McCombs Field on the campus of the University of Texas in Austin.
Through 30 games, senior pitcher Randi Rupp has carried her teammates. On Thursday night, the top-ranked Lady Eagles returned the favor.
Ross S. Sterling senior Gabby Gonzalez has been named defensive player of the year in District 21-5A, joining four Lady Ranger teammates on the All-District list.
BH heads to Dayton; Crosby close to crown
The Goose Creek Memorial boys basketball ran into a buzzsaw Tuesday afternoon.
The Barbers Hill basketball teams completed a sweep of Robert E. Lee this past weekend.
Crosby creeps closer to district title
Nicole Price of Robert E. Lee softball signed her National Letter of Intent to continue her career at Rogers State University in Oklahoma. Price, who’s parents are Margarita and Dylan Price, has been playing softball since she was six-years-old. “I feel extremely blessed to have finally been…
The Barbers Hill volleyball team, coming off an unbeaten District 21-5A title and led by a mostly underclassmen roster opened up the Region 3 bi-district playoff round Thursday at Pasadena High School and couldn’t overcome a stellar defensive effort by Texas City.
Robert E. Lee football is heading to the playoffs for the first time in a long while.
The Barbers Hill volleyball team, coming off an unbeaten District 21-5A title and led by a mostly underclassmen roster opened up the Region 3 bi-district playoff round Thursday at Pasadena High School and couldn’t overcome a stellar defensive effort by Texas City.
Update 10 a.m., Nov. 19:
Michael Williams has resigned his post as the head volleyball coach at Goose Creek Memorial High School, Goose Creek CISD officials confirmed Tuesday.
For the Goose Creek Memorial and Robert E. Lee football teams, it’s quite simple: Win and they are in the playoffs.
The Barbers Hill Eagles are back in the District 12-5A II title hunt and 7:30 p.m. Friday it could be something to be definitely considered after Nederland comes to Mont Belvieu.
This time the Goose Creek Memorial boys basketball team wasn’t going to make things interesting for the other team.
The Goose Creek Memorial girls volleyball team moved into the postseason on the heels of a nice run of play following another win Friday.
When hard times hit the Goose Creek Memorial football team’s defense early in the season, senior Brice Lane stepped up and made the selfless move of lending a hand.
Much is written about hunting gear. Off-road trucks and four-wheelers get plenty of ink – maybe even more than rifles.
GCM rallies from early deficit to increase postseason chances
A historical season usually means a team has some really good players on it and that was more than the case with the Sterling High School tennis team.
The Goose Creek Memorial volleyball team secured its place in the Region 3 bi-district playoff round Tuesday with a 3-1 (23-25, 25-20, 25-16, 25-20) win over Texas City in Baytown.
A season removed from seeing all three of the Baytown high school fails to make the postseason, all of the programs are now in the same district with hopes of claiming one of four prized bi-district playoff spots.
Goose Creek Memorial is still in the playoff hunt and now they need to take their game to another level.
It was the best version of a Jekyll and Hyde, week-to-week performance that Barbers Hill football could ever want,
For two years in a row, the Anahuac Panthers wrapped up a season with a 5-5 record, are heading to the Class 3A I playoffs and once again will face off against Crocket in the Bi-District round of the playoffs.
Edwin Egans enters his 21st year coaching at Crosby and this year his boys basketball team could be one of the better ones he’s put out on the hardwood.
By Alan Dale
Volleyball, Girls hoops roundup
All it took was a little bit of room and Mason Duke saw the opportunity the Goose Creek Memorial Patriots had waited for almost all of Friday night.
A year ago, a revamped basketball roster for the Barbers Hill boys went into battle with just one senior and the results were pleasantly surprising.
The Goose Creek Memorial is on the doorstep to qualify for the Class 5A Region 3 bi-district playoffs.
The Sterling Rangers tennis team saw its historic season come to an end Friday when it was defeated 10-1 by hosts A&M Consolidated in College Station during the Class 5A Region 3 semifinals. Sterling, the region’s No. 4 team, fell to the top-ranked squad but not before the mixed doubles …
All three Goose Creek CISD girls basketball teams took a loss on opening night Friday.
GCM wins late, ends 2-game skid at expense of city rivals
The Goose Creek CISD girls basketball programs are looking to new eyes and vision behind the minds of three young coaches.
Sam Houston State University will be the scene Monday when the Class 5A Region 3 cross country championships take place with plenty of high hopes on the line.
Barbers Hill sophomore girls basketball guard Dalanna Carter has transferred from the school. Barbers Hill head girls coach Bryan Harris confirmed Thursday Carter, the reigning District 21-5A Most Valuable Player, had left school Monday.
REL wins behind late, frenzied rally; Crosby unbeaten in district
When it looked like the Goose Creek Memorial volleyball team was down and out and rivals Sterling were inching closer to a tie in the season series and a bi-district playoff spot, things changed in a hurry.
The second chapter of the battle of Baytown football is ready to kick off 7 p.m. Friday at Stallworth Stadium with the Goose Creek Memorial Patriots ready to even their ledger while the Sterling Rangers hope to make a fine introduction.
When the Sterling Rangers tennis team hits the courts at College Station Friday, it will be a swing into history.
Crosby coming off a big win a week ago while the Barbers Hill Eagles aim to bounce back from a tough defeat.
Two new coaches step into the sideline spotlight
A win in Kirbyville was enough to clinch Anahuac’s second straight Class 3A-I playoff spot in the same number of years under head coach Greg Neece.
The girls basketball season is once again ready to tip off and hope for a COVID-19 free season.
Weekend volleyball wrap
Quail season opened October 31 and runs until February 28. But good luck on finding birds, according to TPWD’s annual quail forecast issued in late October.
A young Barbers Hill tennis team was able to find its way past Galveston Ball in the bi-district round, 11-8, early in the week to catapult itself into the area round at home Thursday against Lamar Fulshear.
The Sterling Rangers may not have secured one man for the head basketball coaching position but they may have ultimately found the best man for the position.
When the Region 3 meet takes place Nov. 9 at Sam Houston State there will be a small and proud contingent of local runners there representing their teams.
Cougars force six turnovers, make seven sacks in win over Eagles
The process of building the Anahuac Lady Panthers into a legitimate and consistent volleyball threat continues under head coach Lauren Brandon.
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