Texas Prep Track Star Wins Second Team Title Alone
from AP
The best small high school track team in Texas is once again a freckle-faced girl named Bonnie Richardson. Valedictorian of her 14-student senior class in the tiny farming town of Rochelle, Richardson won the Class A girls team state title by herself for the second consecutive year Saturday by single-handedly beating 56 other schools. More

Smithson Valley, Canyon Share Piece of History
from San Antonio Express-News
As New Braunfels Canyon's celebration of a state championship got under way Saturday, three Smithson Valley players could be seen peering from just beyond Canyon's dugout to catch a glimpse of the scene. About 3 1/2 hours later, they and the rest of the Rangers were enjoying their own celebration in the infield of Texas' McCombs Field in Austin — a sight many of the Cougarettes stayed around to watch for themselves. More

Whitney Pole Vaulter Shows Off at State, Breaks Meet Record
from Waco Tribune
Whitney sophomore Wren Bonner experienced moments of frustration this season when she considered walking away from the pole vault. This past Saturday, she walked off the track at the UIL state meet as the gold medalist and new record holder in Class 3A. Bonner left the competition behind in the pole vault, clearing 12 feet to win the event title, then raising the bar to 12-7 and finally clearing 13-0 to set the new 3A state meet and Central Texas record. More

Texas’ Coppell Could Land Tree in Major League Draft
from MaxPreps
Graduation ceremonies at Coppell High School are less than a week old and while most graduates at the Texas school have not even begun to figure out what they want to do with the rest of their lives, three former Cowboy baseball players could have their fate decided by the end of today. More

Southlake Carroll Runner Wins 1,600 Meters at 5A State Meet
from Fort Worth Star-Telegram
This is the feeling Southlake Carroll miler C.J. Brown was expecting last year. He stood on the medal stand Saturday night at the UIL state track championships and accepted a gold medal. Last year, he had to watch after a disappointing fifth-place finish. More

Timberview, Lancaster Girls on Track to Battle Again
from Dallas Morning News HS Game Time
Mansfield Timberview girls track coach Cinda Baer was still smiling Saturday, a day after her team won the Class 4A state title that ended Lancaster's record run of eight in a row. More

UIL Provides Graduation Ceremony for Athletes at State
from Houston Chronicle
Just as it did last Friday, the University Interscholastic League held a graduation ceremony this past Saturday for athletes participating in the state meet that missed their own commencement ceremonies in order to compete. More

'Friday Night Lights' Coach Gaines Rehired to Lead Permian
from USA TODAY
Nearly two decades after he left Odessa Permian, the coach at the center of the Friday Night Lights book and film is back on the sidelines for the famous high school team. Gary Gaines moved into college coaching just after leading the school to a state title in 1989, and then worked in athletics administration. Now he's returned to help turn around a storied prep football program that has fallen far from the days he first led the team. The school board voted to rehire Gaines, who had been helping with search for a new coach, in March. More