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Last Friday’s game between the Wimberley Texans and the Jarrell Cougars started off with a bang. The Cougars struck first on a huge touchdown play just seconds into the ball game to go up 7-0. They also scored the last touchdown of the ball game. Everything in between was Texan football at its finest.

Sports around the Wimberley Valley

In the start of the second round of district play, the Wimberley Lady Texans swept the rival Fredericksburg Lady Billies 3-0 (25-21, 25-16, 25-19).

As a part of the upcoming Hill Country Heritage Gathering weekend, the leaders of Wimberley Story-Fest and Wimberley Institute of Cultures have teamed up to offer a special outing for the public.

An annular solar eclipse will visit Texas this week, six months before the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024.

The Hays County Fire Marshal’s office notified the community that the county-wide burn ban in the unincorporated areas of the county was lifted, effective at 11 a.m. on Oct. 5.

The Hays County Sheriff’s Office is investigating as a possible fentanyl overdose the death on Monday, Oct. 2, of a 15-year-old female student enrolled in the Hays Consolidated Independent School District.

Four new pickleball courts opened for play last month on the grounds of the Unity of Wimberley church.

Gov. Greg Abbott issued a letter to legislative leaders indicating a special session will begin on Oct. 9 dealing with what he has called “school choice” but is more widely known as vouchers.

Several years ago, a professor of geoscience — known as the “Climate Detective” — came to Wimberley to spend a day in the Hill Country studying the old trees along the Blanco River. He found an ancient bald cypress that he believes dates back to 1426.