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Dripping Springs athletes sign with collegiate programs
With graduation set for next Friday, three Dripping Springs athletes have announced their collegiate plans.
Aidan Fumagalli has decided that he will swim at West Virginia University. Classmate Joey Herrick will play football at Kilgore Junior College while Demi Tatsch will join the girls basketball program at Texas Lutheran Univeristy.
A wide receiver, Herrick had over 900 receiving yards this past season for a Dripping Springs football team that reached the third round of the playoffs for the first time. Fumagalli won a bronze medal in the 100-yard breaststroke at the Class 4A swimming meet in February and the six-foot Tatsch was a three-year starter in Dripping Springs.
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Regional semifinals to feature six Central Texas teams
Six Central Texas baseball teams will enter the regional semifinal round of the University Interscholastic League playoffs this weekend. At least one will make it out.
McNeil, Lake Travis and La Grange are among the local teams that are still standing in the fourth round of the playoffs. Three Class 2A teams from the Central Texas area have also reached the regional semifinals and two of those teams - Jarrell and Luling - will play each other this weekend.
Here is the schedule for the area’s regional semifinalists:
Class 5A
- McNeil v. Bryan: Thursday at 7 p.m. at Mumford HS; Friday at 7 p.m. at Dell Diamond; Saturday at 12 p.m. at Dell Diamond (if necessary)
Class 4A
- Lake Travis v. Corpus Christi Moody: Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at Victoria’s Riverside Park; Friday at 7:30 p.m. at San Antonio’s Hardin Athletic Complex; Saturday at 1 p.m. at Victoria’s Riverside Park (if necessary)
Class 3A
- La Grange v. China Spring: Thursday at 7 p.m. at Eastview HS; Friday at 7 p.m. at Eastview HS; Saturday at 5 p.m. at Eastview HS (if necessary)
Class 2A
- Jarrell v. Luling: Friday at 7 p.m. at Cedar Creek HS; Saturday at 4 p.m. at Cedar Creek HS; Saturday at 7 p.m. at Cedar Creek HS (if necessary)
- Blanco v. Bushland: Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Snyder HS; Saturday at 12 p.m. at Snyder HS; Saturday at 3 p.m. at Snyder HS (if necessary)
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Brothers named academic All-American
Will Brothers, recently named to an academic All-America team, will play college lacrosse and football at Amherst College.
Brothers was given the academic honor by U.S. Lacrosse, the sport’s governing body.
The award is given to about 200 high school players nationwide. Brothers played close defense for the Spartans and was an all-conference selection in the Southwest Preparatory Conference. He was also a two-way starter for the football team as a running back and defensive back.
Brothers has been on honor roll every term at St. Stephen’s, and is the recipient of a number of academic awards.
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Bartlett’s Luna signs scholarship
Bubba Luna, a pitcher and second baseman at Bartlett High, recently committed to play baseball at Mary Hardin-Baylor.
Luna played his first three seasons at Salado High, earning All-District honors each year. This year he was named co-MVP of District 27-1A. He was 7-2 as a pitcher this season.
He will participate in an All-Star game of top Central Texas players June 17 at Dell Diamond.
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Round Rock’s Aiple on U.S. training roster
Stephanie Aiple, a sophomore setter at Round Rock High School, is among 24 players who have been selected to the 2012 U.S. Girls Youth National Volleyball training team roster.
The players will train May 31-June 3 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. The final team of 12 will represent the U.S. in the NORCECA Girls Youth Continental Championships June 24-July 2 in the Dominican Republic.
The tournament serves as the qualification event for the 2013 FIVB Volleyball Girls Youth World Championship.
Aiple also plays for the Austin Lone Stars volleyball club.
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Westlake’s Gaddis on Fox telecast
Westlake coach Haley Gaddis returns as a color commentator for Fox Sports Southwest during the UIL state softball tournament next week at McCombs Field.
The tournament runs May 30 through June 2.
FOX Sports Southwest will televise the 4A and 5A title games. Time Warner Cable’s Texas Channel will broadcast 1A, 2A and 3A championship games and all semifinal contests.
The Texas Channel is available to Time Warner Cable digital cable customers in Austin (Channel 888).
Gaddis joins Lincoln Rose and Nicole Neuerburg as TV commentators.
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Lake Travis ISD releases 2012 football schedule
Lake Travis will begin its quest for a Class 5A championship in Judson.
Lake Travis ISD officially released the 2012 schedule for a football team that just became the first-ever Texas team to win five state championships in a row. Lake Travis, which won its five state championships at the Class 4A level but will be a Class 5A team in the fall, will play its first six games this season against teams that reached the playoffs in 2011.
The Cavaliers will scrimmage former District 26-4A rival Vandegrift on August 24 before opening the 2012 season at Converse Judson on Aug. 31. Lake Travis will host New Braunfels Canyon on Sept. 7, play at Westwood on Sept. 14 and close out its non-district schedule with a Sept. 21 home game against A&M Consolidated.
Lake Travis will make its District 15-5A debut with a Sept. 28 home game against Austin High and the Cavaliers will travel to Burger Stadium on Oct. 5 to play Bowie. The only two non-playoff qualifiers on Lake Travis’ schedule - Akins and Anderson - are next up on the schedule as the Cavaliers will host Akins on Oct. 12 and travel to House Park on Oct. 19.
Lake Travis faces Del Valle at home on Oct. 26 before traveling to Westlake on Nov. 2. The Cavaliers then have their bye week scheduled for the final week of the regular season.
All of Lake Travis’ regular season games are scheduled to kick off at 7:30 p.m.
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Lady Cougars and Panthers set for regional championship round
Two Central Texas teams will be playing this week for a spot in next week’s state softball tournament.
New Braunfels Canyon and Liberty Hill have both reached the regional championship round of the University Interscholastic League playoffs. Canyon will play Smithson Valley in a Class 4A regional championship game while Liberty Hill will face Columbia in a Class 3A showdown.
New Braunfels Canyon (30-6) and Smithson Valley (26-5) will meet on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in a one-game series at the NEISD Softball Complex in San Antonio. The District 27-4A adversaries have played twice this season and Smithson Valley collected a 3-1 win on Feb. 28 and a 13-3 victory on March 30.
Liberty Hill, which last reached the regional championship round in 2010, will play a best-of-three series against a Columbia team that was a regional finalist in 2011. The Lady Panthers will play Columbia on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. and the teams will return to La Grange High School on Saturday at 5 p.m.
If necessary, Liberty Hill and Columbia will play a winner-takes-all third game after the second game on Saturday.
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Johnson City loss paves way for new Class A champion
There will be a new Class A champion this summer.
Johnson City’s baseball team surrendered a run in the top of the ninth inning in a 1-0 loss to D’Hanis on Saturday. The loss in the one-game regional quarterfinal series ended the 2012 season for Johnson City, which won the Class A championship last season.
The loss also came two weeks after Cameron Yoe, the reigning Class 2A champion, was eliminated from the playoffs. Of the five classifications, Class 4A Wichita Falls Rider is the only reigning champion that is still playing baseball.
The Woodlands, a Class 5A team, and Class 2A Danbury are the only defending champions left in a softball playoff that will host its regional championship games this week.
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Vista Ridge athletes to sign
Four athletes from Vista Ridge High School will sign national letters of intent Wednesday.
Cross country runners Adam Waldum (Northern Arizona), Josh Williams (Texas Tech), Daniel Wedell (Texas) and volleyball player Carlie Childres (Texas Lutheran) will sign on campus.
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McNeil’s Mitchell to pitch for U.S. Coast Guard Academy
Tyler Mitchell’s baseball career will extend past the end of McNeil’s 2012 season.
Mitchell’s family announced last week that Tyler has accepted an appointment to the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. Mitchell will also play baseball with a Bear team that also features junior pitcher Riley Beecher (Manor Class of 2009), junior catcher Jed Daleiden (Georgetown Class of 2009) and freshman infielder Blake Thompson (Liberty Hill Class of 2011).
A pitcher, Mitchell will suit up this week for a McNeil baseball team that has reached the regional semifinal round of the University Interscholastic League playoffs. McNeil and Bryan will open their best-of-three series on Thursday in Mumford but Friday’s game, and possibly a third game on Saturday, will be played at Dell Diamond.
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Five St. Dominic Savio softball players on all-state team
After ruling the TAPPS softball scene this spring, St. Dominic Savio’s state champion softball team has also earned some all-state accolades.
Five Lady Eagles have been honored on the TAPPS Class 3A softball team. Junior Liz Sanchez, junior Kat Rivera, freshman Victoria Rivera and freshman Jordan Brannam were honored on the first team while junior Anna Carter was a second team honoree.
Sophomore Ashley Keeley and junior Emily Kee also earned honorable mention status.
St. Michael’s senior Vanessa Carrizales earned a spot on the Class 5A first team while Hyde Park Baptist’s Brooke Chambers and Chancery Glasgow were honored on the first and second teams of the Class 4A all-state team.
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