In support of youth baseball, Topline Baseball will host its second anniversary celebration at 120 S. Alexander Drive 12 p.m. on Saturday.
After 54 years of providing opportunities for Baytown area youth, organizers of the Baytown Youth Fair are stepping things up a notch.
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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 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.
Ganders football camp set to begin Aug. 5 in Baytown
The eight and under Houston-area Texas Chaos ’04 softball team won the World Series which was held in Panama City Beach, Fla. The win was the first Texas title since 2008. Coaches are Sal Garcia (Houston), (back row, from left), Justin Wood (Mont Belvieu), Mike Cleland (Alvin), Terry Spencer…
Catherine Strickland is able to move away from two defenders to get a clear shot at the basket during a Lee College girls’ basketball camp Tuesday.
Judy DuBose said the reasoning behind her latest quest is a simple one - kids.
Summer basketball and T-Ball are kicking off June 14-15 at the Baytown YMCA and plenty of spots are still available.
Baytown Little League photos
Baytown Little League photos
State 4A track meet qualifiers
The Rock Stars were among more than a dozen teams introduced to hundreds of spectators last week at the Wayne Gray Sports Complex during Girls Fastpitch Softball Association’s opening day ceremonies.
MIAMI, Fla. – Gentry Junior School student Derrick Cherry (of 12u Team Mizuno) will be heading here this week to compete against some of the most highly ranked baseball teams in the country.
The Baytown Sun is releasing its final power rankings for the 2012-2013 boys’ basketball season. Crosby, without a doubt, is the best boys’ team in the area. But any of the next four could beat one another on any given night.
The third annual Jail Break half-marathon and 5K run will be held on Feb. 16 at the Baytown Police Department, 3200 N. Main.
The TR Youth Sports Foundation will hold AAU basketball tryouts for fourth- and fifth-grade boys and girls, and ninth-through-12 grade boys and girls from 2-5 p.m. Saturday at Lee College.
VYPE Houston Magazine recently recognized outstanding Barbers Hill baseball and softball players Sunday during a photo shoot for their upcoming baseball and softball season preview magazine.
While attending an Offense-Defense Football Camp this summer, An thony Garcia, 9, of Bay town, was named an offense-defense all-Ameri can and invited to participate in the seventh annual Offense-Defense Bowl Week festivities taking place at Reliant Stadium in Houston.
The 2013 youth sports kickoff will be held from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Jan. 5 and 1-5 p.m. Jan. 6 at the Baytown Community Cen ter, 2407 Market St.
Jamar Gibson, who played his sophomore and junior seasons at Ross S. Sterling and part of his senior year at Goose Creek Memorial, has committed to play football for the Houston Cougars, multiple sources report.
Jamar Gibson, who played his sophomore and junior seasons at Ross S. Sterling and part of his senior year at Goose Creek Memorial, has committed to play football for the Houston Cougars, multiple sources report.
The Baytown Blaze defeated a team from the South Belt United Soccer Club 5-4 to win the U10 silver bracket championship. The match was tied at 1-1 at the end of regulation and overtime before the Blaze outscored United 4-3 in penalty kicks. Front row, left to right, Ethan Rangel, Anthony Cal…
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Mackenzie Carroll pitched a no-hitter over Channelview to lead Huffman to the 11-year-old Little League softball Texas East state championship. Front row, left to right, are Mackenzie Collins, Allie Humphries, Allyse Martin, Savannah Smith, Gabbie Forlini, Mackenzie Carroll, Bethany Sousa, K…
The Dirty Bay Banditz 12U won the 2012 Nations “Premier” Ultimate World Series. The Banditz went 7-1 and hit six home runs during the tournament. During the 2012 season, the team finished 78-23-6 and won 12 of 21 tournaments. They were second in state in the USSSA tournament. Front row, from…
MONT BELVIEU – The Barbers Hill Lady Eagles and Ross S. Sterling Lady Rangers went toe-to-toe for more than an hour before the Lady Eagles were able to walk off the floor with a thrilling 25-22, 25-18 victory in the Barbers Hill round robin volleyball tournament on Saturday afternoon.
The fourth-annual Robert E. Lee Gander football camp for seventh-through-ninth graders will be held from 5-7 p.m. Aug. 6-8 at Lee High School.
Zayan Linzy shoots the basketball past a camper on Tuesday during a boys’ camp at Lee College in Baytown. The other camper shown is Hayden Bryant.
Brandon Ybarra has been selected to play in the Baseball Factory’s National World Series in Florida. Here, he receives a $300 donation check from Dr. Yvonne Thomas on behalf of Baytown Gentle Dental to help pay for his expenses. Ybarra was one of the stars for Baytown Little League during th…
It all comes down to two local rivals playing it out for a shot at the Class 5A sweet 16 in boys basketball.
The Barbers Hill softball team stands unbeaten after four games following a 4-0 win over Kingwood Friday afternoon.
It was quite the Barbers Hill High School way to open up a collegiate softball season.
By Alan Dale
Clutch free throws send GCM to Saturday matchup against Crosby
In a season where the Goose Creek Memorial boys basketball team recorded its first ever playoff win, could it be that it may go hand-in-hand with its inaugural postseason run?
In a matchup between the two top teams in District 22-5A boys soccer, the host Goose Creek Memorial Patriots fell behind early and couldn’t recover in a 4-1 loss to first-place Friendswood.
Check off chapter one in the new Baytown softball championship battle for the Sterling Lady Rangers.
Second straight year Crosby on to Region 3 hoops quarterfinals
GCM's first boys playoff win, Crosby moves on, Eagles are eliminated
The baseball season is upon Goose Creek CISD high school fans as it saw its first pitch Monday as Robert E. Lee played host to Dayton.
Lady Eagles bounced in area
The first live ocelot I ever saw was in a cage outside a furniture store in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico in the ‘60s. It was the most beautiful cat I had ever seen.
Barbers Hill graduate and University of Texas women’s basketball standout Charli Collier teamed up with Roppolo’s Pizzeria owner Marc Roppolo to give back to the Austin community in the wake of the winter storm.
As anticipated, the boys and girls basketball playoff schedule was sent scurrying following the winter storm and its aftermath this week.
Big time potential was in store for the Barbers Hill baseball team a year ago before it had to shut everything down in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Things were going so well last spring for the Anahuac Panthers baseball team.
Updated times, dates, locations of games as announced
It’s hard to talk about Barbers Hill basketball without mentioning Gaven Barber.
The Baytown high school softball programs were all hoping to make notable progress last spring and it appeared that objective could be met.
The Barbers Hill Lady Eagles basketball team will face No. 1 Richmond Foster 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Shadow Creek High School in a Class 5A area round playoff.
Maybe l should stick my hat around the door on a stick to see if anybody is going to take a shot at it since I’ve been saying Texas has the best winters in America. The forecast is now calling for a low temp of one degree above zero, Fahrenheit! Broken limbs and sometime entire trees litter …
Advance to play No. 1 Foster on Wednesday
First trip to postseason since 2015 could set tone for future
It’s playback time.
GCM wraps record-breaking regular season with win
Woody Raymond Walker, the first boys basketball coach at Sterling High School, passed away at the age of 90 Tuesday.
Three area girls basketball teams will begin their playoff journey this week and it starts tonight in Port Arthur when the Sterling Lady Rangers – making their first playoff appearance in six years – tip off against undefeated Beaumont United.
The Manvel Mavericks scored in the first minute of the match, added some insurance before halftime and used that start to gain pole position in a 3-0 victory against Robert E. Lee in Baytown Tuesday night.
With a chance to potentially improve its District 22-5A standing, the Sterling Lady Rangers basketball team dropped a 55-45 home decision against La Porte Saturday.
The Friendswood Mustangs used a 13-3 run to end the first quarter and used that momentum to hold on for a 55-42 victory Saturday in Baytown.
Every year about this time, some men and women go into something akin to mild depression. And please don’t think I’m belittling the post combat malady known as PTSD when I call it “After Hunting Season Downer”, or “AHSD”.
Barbers Hill drops contentious battle with unbeatens
Baytown schools stumble
It was a good day to be a senior and former prep football player in the Baytown-area.
The Super Bowl means something to a lot of people, but it doesn’t necessarily impact everyone equally.
The Goose Creek Memorial girls basketball team battled district heavyweights Manvel to a tight ballgame through the first half to see the Lady Mavericks pull away for a 54-40 win Thursday night.
Sterling splits two road games
Improved play, even during a pandemic, paid off for Goose Creek Memorial’s Taylor Kotlarz.
The Goose Creek Patriots are playoff-bound and clinched the postseason trip in dramatic fashion, winning 66-61 at La Porte Tuesday night.
Patriots ride big lead to rivalry win
Two big strikes before half pushes Lady Patriots past RSS
Crosby, Eagles win to jockey for playoff positions
The Goose Creek Memorial boys basketball team inched into a playoff spot and wrapped up the season sweep of district and city rivals Sterling with an 82-48 home win Saturday.
RSS in first playoff in six seasons
The Goose Creek Memorial Patriots used goals by Darwin Velasquez and Carlos Gonzalez to pull of the important, 2-1 road win against one of the challengers for the District 22-5A title.
In a match Goose Creek Memorial girls soccer coach Roman Huizar called a “good game,” the Lady Patriots still fell short in a 2-0 home defeat Friday against the Manvel Lady Mavericks.
The Sterling Rangers tennis team is off to a blazing start to the spring campaign after placing in nine of the 10 divisions at the Kim Enocksen Varsity Invitational in Humble on Friday.
I’ve never met Brandon Butler – at least, not that I recall. But we’ve travelled some of the same trails, including Missouri’s Current River. We’re brothers in a bond that comes from treasuring the outdoors and the precious memories of time spent there with family and friends. Or alone.
It appears the Goose Creek Memorial boys basketball team is embracing the concept of becoming a playoff team.
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