The 2021-22 Super Centex Athletes of the Year share longevity in common. In fact, the changing rhythms of sports serve to highlight those athletes who come to play year after year in the same uniform.
Our picks for the best of Central Texas high school athletes, dating back to 1967.
If the aliens ever arrive and say, “take me to your leader,” Central Texas has a couple of young people who would fit the bill. Jordan Forns and Colby Tolbert are the Scholar-Athletes of the Year on the Tribune-Herald’s 2022 Super Centex All-Academic Team.
Tennis is nobody’s little brother. Or little sister, as the case may be.
Every June, a few high school baseball teams in the state of Texas have the privilege to continue working after the last bell has rung.
You’ve heard the term “student of the game?” It perfectly applies to Crawford junior Kenzie Jones. She didn’t get to where she is today — state champ, MVP and, now, Super Centex Player of the Year — by coasting on her considerable talent.
When everyone on the field and everyone in the stands knows exactly what’s coming — and yet everyone is powerless to stop it — that speaks to the genius of the strategy.
Super Centex Soccer Team: Lake Belton sophomore soccer star Ella Wheeless isn’t much of a talker. She’s a doer. The evidence is plain, simple and significant — Wheeless has scored 93 goals in her first two seasons of high school soccer. In the most recent campaign, Wheeless found the back of the net 50 times as she led the Lady Broncos to the fourth round of the playoffs.
It’s not just the lack of gravitational pull that separated Jelani McDonald from his Central Texas rivals and made him this year’s choice as Super Centex Boys Basketball Player of the Year. It’s the way he also elevated his leadership skills in spurring the proud Cadets to a school-record win total and another appearance in the regional tournament.
If your last name is Brackens in Fairfield, Texas, then you will forever carry the weight of expectation.
Marlin struggled for a long time.
This squad is always greater than the sum of its parts.
If your quarterback is willing to lower his shoulder and ram it into the path of an oncoming tackler, you’re likely to follow him anywhere.
After winning a hotly contested district match against Troy this season, Lorena’s star volleyball senior Abbie Tuyo entered the stands to greet some of her well-wishers.
Former Midway star Jaxon Player can’t wait to put on his Baylor game jersey for the first time against Albany on Sept. 3.
The only Waco-born NBA player in history will be back in town this week to help with a University High School basketball camp.
After nine years as an 11-man football team, Texas Wind is trying its hand as a six-man squad this fall.
On ESPN’s SportsCenter, anchor Scott Van Pelt has a segment he calls the “Best Thing I Saw Today.”
While Tom Izzo has been busy on the recruiting trail, he was also working on a new contract with Michigan State.
Michelle Lenard said she wanted offense and the Bears were listening.
Former Midway star Jaxon Player can’t wait to put on his Baylor game jersey for the first time against Albany on Sept. 3.
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Trey Lance flashed his big arm in a brief preseason stint for San Francisco with a 76-yard TD pass to speedy rookie Danny Gray that helped the 49ers beat the Green Bay Packers 28-21. Lance played just two series in the game but that was enough to show why the Niners made the decision to transition from Jimmy Garoppolo to Lance at quarterback. Lance finished 4 for 5 for 92 yards, a TD and a perfect 158.3 rating. Jordan Love threw three interceptions to go along with two TD passes in one half for Green Bay with starter Aaron Rodgers resting.
Deshaun Watson apologized before his preseason debut with the Cleveland Browns and then got an earful from opposing fans.
Jonathan Ward ran for two touchdowns and the Cardinals beat the Cincinnati Bengals 36-23 in a sloppy preseason opener that included few starters for either team. Ward plunged in for a pair of 1-yard touchdowns in the second quarter. Trace McSorley and Jarrett Guarantano, in competition to be the third-string quarterback, shared the snaps for the Cardinals. The Bengals suffered a loss early in the game when Brandon Allen, who backed up Joe Burrow last season, went out with a concussion after the first series.
Deshaun Watson’s apologized before his preseason debut with the Cleveland Browns and then got an earful from opposing fans. Watson apologized “to all the women I have impacted” after being accused by two dozen women of sexual misconduct during massage therapy sessions. He spoke before the team’s exhibition opener, a 24-13 victory against the Jaguars in which Watson was roundly booed during three series of work. Fans in one end zone could be heard chanting vulgarities at Watson during his first drive. The three-time Pro Bowler completed 1 of 5 passes for 7 yards in his first game action since Jan. 3, 2021, with Houston.