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.
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Barbers Hill girls track and field senior Alyssa Thomas recorded second and third-place finishes in the discus and shot put Friday at the Class 5A state track & field championships in Austin.
The Xcel Volleyball Club 15U squad out of Mont Belvieu is heading to the national tournament in Las Vegas.
The Baytown Christian Academy baseball team captured a Division V TAPPS area round title with an 8-7 win over Marble Falls Christian. The Bulldogs secured the win at Sterling High School and advance to the regionals against a still-to-be-determined opponent on Saturday. In back rom left are …
Lady Eagles set for 2019 rematch
A year removed from having the entire second half of their season wiped out, prep baseball teams have gotten back to normal as best as possible with the playoffs set to begin this weekend.
The Ross S. Sterling High School Rangers baseball team announced the college destinations of five players from this year’s squad. From left are Dalton Mullins (Angelina Junior College), Ryan Flores (San Jacinto North Junior College), Jayden Wright (Frontier Community College), Logan Tadlock …
The Barbers Hill, Crosby and Anahuac baseball teams have secured their tickets to the baseball postseason.
The Barbers Hill softball team clinched a 2-0 series sweep of Manvel with a dominant 9-0 victory over Manvel Friday night in a Class 5A Region 3 bi-district playoff series.
The Barbers Hill softball team clinched a 2-0 series sweep of Manvel with a dominant 9-0 victory over Manvel Friday night in a Class 5A Region 3 bi-district playoff series.
The Goose Creek CISD athletic department has been busy of late having recently announced the official hiring of three coaches, one at each high school.
The Sterling Rangers tennis team wrapped up its season Thursday, but not before finishing with one of the better postseason results in program history.
Full slate of games expected for season
Strong Barbers Hill, Crosby teams begin playoff journeys
Even almost two months after the basketball season ended, Goose Creek Memorial boys basketball coach Jamaal Haymon continues to score big.
Despite breaking out to a three-run lead after their third at bat, the Sterling Rangers fell in the season finale, 10-4 to visiting Manvel Tuesday night.
The Barbers Hill girls track team did what he expected to do and that was to send multiple athletes to the Class 5A state meet.
The Sterling Rangers baseball team opened the campaign hoping to recapture the same mojo it had prior to the 2020 COVID-19 shutdown to spring sports.
Hello, Baytown … it’s great to be back on the pages of The Baytown Sun.
Blake Bezdek is the first Anahuac Panther to qualify for the state track meet since 2010. Bezdek, a senior, threw the shot put 48-11.75 at the 3A Region 3 meet in Waco to finish second and advance to the state meet on May 6 at the University of Texas.
A man I knew, now passed, recorded a hit song entitled “The Snakes Crawl at Night.”
Sterling head football coach Robert Toomer, right, and the Rangers kicked off the first day of 18 spring football days Wednesday. The Rangers and most of the area programs will be full on into their spring programs by next week as they all have 30 days to get the allowed 18 sessions in befor…
Lee College men’s basketball coach Roy Champagne has officially ended his over-quarter century of involvement with the Rebels program.
Sophomore is third Eagle to advance to final weekend
Region 3 meet set to start Friday in Humble
The Sterling Rangers baseball hopes are now on a thin thread after dropping a 5-1 decision against unbeaten Friendswood Tuesday.
Barbers Hill records rout to wrap district title
A return normal is something everyone has been seeking for the past year-and-change and just maybe the one thing that could really mark that possibility is in on the doorstep:
The Sterling Rangers playoff hopes took a hit Saturday with a 3-2 defeat at La Porte.
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A lot is written about bass fishing. You’ve even seen some here. If you turn on a “fishing” show on TV, that’s what you usually get.
Former Lady Longhorn picked by Dallas
Over three-dozen athletes advance to regional meet
5A district soccer teams announced
The Sterling Rangers tennis team finished second in both the boys and girls District 22-5A meet in Galveston Thursday and four players are on to the Region 3 meet in Willis April 28-29.
The Anahuac Panthers boys track team has made it two-for-two in postseason competition and is now heading to the Class 3A Region 3 meet with a full head of steam.
Lady Rangers pull away late to complete sweep of rivals
Goose Creek to be represented by 22 entrants
Victory keeps RSS playoff hopes alive
Two doubles teams head to regional tourney
Most state, Class 5A softball teams are heading into the final three to four games of the current campaign with many holding hope of a postseason run.
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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