Brazoswood Continues to Build on Success
from Houston Chronicle
Postseason baseball success is nothing new to Brazoswood. While Bellaire, the team the Buccaneers just knocked off in the Class 5A Region III semifinals, is known as the premier program in Greater Houston , the Buccaneers have a rich winning tradition of their own. But it has been awhile since the Bucs have been this far. More

Think Fast: Athletes Face Choice of Graduation or State Meet
from Dallas Morning News HS Game Time
The state track meet has been a grand stage for DeSoto's Skylar White, who won Class 5A titles in the shot put and discus the last two years. But instead of attempting a three-peat Saturday, the senior has chosen a different stage. She'll be at the Dallas Convention Center, receiving her diploma with the DeSoto Class of 2009. So will teammate Roshunda Pierson, who won the 5A Region II 300-meter hurdles and is skipping the state meet. More

Smithson Valley, Canyon Prove Stately
from San Antonio Express-News
They hail from the same school district, boast similarly gaudy winning streaks and just seem to ooze supremacy whenever they're on the diamond. And now Smithson Valley and New Braunfels Canyon will be taking their acts to the UIL state tournament after wrapping up regional-final sweeps. More

Lake Travis' Holt Looks to Finish Senior Year in Style
from Austin American-Statesman
Underneath the brim of his baseball cap, Andy Holt has written words of encouragement. The message isn't repeatable in print, but they serve as a calming reminder for Holt to just keep things simple, the philosophy that the starting shortstop for Lake Travis High School should view the game as he did when he was 12. Those words have come in handy for Holt, who has had a busy senior year. More

Three Christoval Coaches Leaving for Other Schools
from San Angelo Standard Times
Students aren’t the only ones that start scattering at the end of the school year. This is the time of year that coaches often start moving on as well, and Christoval High School is as busy as any with three of its coaches recently accepting offers at new schools, including head football coach and athletic director Bryan Green, who is headed to Seagraves to take over as its offensive coordinator after six years at Christoval. More

Fort Worth Arlington Heights’ Star System Gives Way to Team of Interchangeable Parts
from Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Fort Worth Arlington Heights is right to think every season it has a chance to go a long way in the baseball playoffs. The Yellow Jackets won a state title in 1996, went back to Austin in 2006 and are rarely finished before the swimming pools open. But usually, the Yellow Jackets get it done behind a big bat or an ace arm. Not this season. John Biggs made a splash with a five-homer game in the regular season, and David Shipman leads the team in victories. But they’re not Walker Kelly or Jeff Jones or Kyle Livingstone, some of the names that have led previous Heights teams to the region round and beyond. More

Encouragement, Belief Among Nederland Baseball's Finer Qualities
from Beaumont Enterprise
Nederland baseball player Cody Laird returned to his team's first-base side dugout angry about striking out for a third straight time. That's when teammate Stephen Schlett made Laird a promise. "He told me I would get the winning hit," Laird recalled. One inning later, Laird did just that. His two-out, two-run double down the left-field line gave Nederland the lead it needed in a 7-6 victory that completed a best-of-three series sweep of Friendswood in a Class 4A regional semifinal series. More

No Seeds of Doubt from Plano East Softball
from Dallas Morning News HS Game Time
When Alvin won the Class 5A state championship last season, it became the first UIL softball team to win a state title after being the No. 4 seed from its district. Plano East has a chance to be No. 2. More