Sports

It was a successful outing for the Wimberley Texan tennis team as three different duos were able to bring home medals including two golds.

Wimberley is sending golfers Jaxon Donaldson and Hallie Adare to the State Championship tournament after a pair of strong rounds from both athletes in the UIL Region IV tournament last week.

Despite trailing the Davenport Wolves 8-5 to start the bottom of the fifth inning, the Wimberley baseball team was unfazed by the score as the Texans responded by scoring 13 unanswered runs to runrule Davenport in a 18-8 win.

After dropping the regular season finale against Boerne 19-4, the Wimberley Texan softball team will look to keep their season going in the playoffs.

The Wimberley High School boys and girls track and field teams each won overall team titles at the District 27/28 Area meet on April 20th in Cuero. (See full results here.) The top-four finishers in each event qualified to compete at the Region IV track meet, to be hosted at Texas A&M-Kingsville on April 29-30. In all, 24 event entries qualified for the Regional meet from WHS. Leading the way for the girls’ squad was junior Emily Thames, who qualified for the regional meet in four events, including setting a personal best in the long jump. Seniors Haley Hall and Grace Harney and sophomore Baylee Gold qualified for regionals in three events each. For the boys, senior Landon Gary qualified for regionals in four events. Seniors Canyun Staton and Juan Olmedo-Barraco, and junior Nathan Brooks each qualified in three events. Junior Gabe Wray won both the long jump and triple jump, setting school records in each. The track teams are led by head coaches Lacey Lambert (girls) and Josh DeMarco (boys).

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).

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 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.

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.