Baseball sweeps the Billies
Avenging their loss to Fredericksburg last year, the Texan baseball team came back this year to sweep the two game series with the Billies to put themselves ahead of the district standings.
Avenging their loss to Fredericksburg last year, the Texan baseball team came back this year to sweep the two game series with the Billies to put themselves ahead of the district standings.
After their second loss to Canyon Lake in the season, it was gut check time for the Wimberley Texan softball team, who needed wins over Bandera and Davenport on the road to clinch a playoff berth.
Both Wimberley boys’ doubles teams will advance to the UIL State Tournament for the second year in a row only this time they will be joined by Wimberley’s mixed doubles team as well.
After the two-day competition, the Wimberley boys’ track team brought home the district title and the girls’ squad finished second. WHS’s Junior Varsity teams also competed, both finishing in second place. The top-four finishers in each varsity event qualified to compete at the Area track championships, to be hosted at Cuero High School on Wednesday, April 20. In all, 35 event entries qualified for the Area meet from WHS. Leading the way for the girls’ squad was junior Emily Thames and sophomore Baylee Gold, who each qualified for the area meet in all five of their events. Senior Haley Hall and freshman Laney Hennessee qualified for area in three events each, and senior Grace Harney won both hurdles races, breaking her own school record in the 300-meter hurdles. For the boys, senior Landon Gary qualified for area in all five of his events. Seniors Canyun Staton and Juan Olmedo-Barraco, and junior Nathan Brooks each qualified in three events. The track teams are led by head coaches Lacey Lambert (girls) and Josh DeMarco (boys).
With their loss to Canyon Lake last Tuesday, the Wimberley softball team needed to win their two games against Bandera and Davenport to avoid a tiebreaker scenario.
After an emotional series against Canyon Lake, the Wimberley Texans baseball team needed to bounce back against the Bandera Bulldogs in order to stay in the playoff race in the competitive District 28.
The Wimberley girls’ soccer team finished the season with a 4-1 loss to Calallen in the UIL Region IV Semifinals. This was the second year in a row that Calallen knocked Wimberley out of the playoffs at the regional tournament.
The Battle of the Backbone ended in a split series as rivals Wimberley and Canyon Lake clashed to add another chapter in their short history with the Hawks winning Game 1 at 11-10 and the Texans taking Game 2 at 4-3.
A double-double is typically a basketball term, but it works well to explain the Wimberley Texan tennis team, whose doubles teams doubled up on district championships last week.
“It was probably the most exciting game I’ve ever been a part of in the six years I’ve been in Wimberley,” Wimberley Girls’ Soccer Coach Brinton Nute said.
It is hard to win a district championship. It’s even harder to win two. But Wimberley took that to an entirely new level when they crowned two back-to-back district champion golfers last weekend.
The Wimberley Texans softball team was able to round out the first round of district play this week including taking an important 14-3 win over the Davenport Wolves on Tuesday.
After a 13-1 loss to rival Canyon Lake, the Texans needed a big boost in order to get back into the playoff contention.
The Texas Relays are the second largest track meet in the United States and draw some of the best competition in the nation. While it is a collegiate competition at its heart, the top Texas high school athletes also compete with a stringent list of qualifying times required to enter. While it may not be the state championships, it isn’t too far off, and in some categories it can be even more difficult.
It can be hard to compete when your entire team isn’t available to take the field. That didn’t stop the Wimberley girls’ track team from winning the home track meet the Texan Relays last week.
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