Harrison Walters knelt at the third-base line during a pitching change. He tied a 9-year-old’s shoes while talking strategy with another. Walters, who began coaching the 9-year-old Giants in the East...

When it comes to the senior starting lineup of the varsity girls basketball team, there are three possible origin stories. “We were on the same team in seventh grade,” senior center Sam Cowles...

One of the great things about track and field is even if you don't come in first place, you can still reach a personal goal at any competition by beating your best time. Track athletes call it a personal...

Almost. It may be a simple word, but it’s the perfect way to describe the season for boys’ tennis. Almost triumphing over third-place Carlmont High School and nearly beating fourth-place Menlo-Atherton...

A bamboo sword jabs an opponent’s breastplate, as they lean back to avoid it. The swish of the sword slices through the air, as a player uses elaborate footwork to retaliate. These are experiences that...

Since he was in the second grade, Parker Bolden has loved and played the game of basketball. He started playing sports at a young age, where he found success with basketball and soccer. As he continued...

For the first time in college basketball history, this year's March Madness women's championship drew more viewers than the men's. The final, where South Carolina defeated Iowa for the title, was the most-watched...

Track star Farah Tawfik poses alongside teammates Josce Jelinek and Annabella Murad in their uniforms, with game faces on. Volleyball players Annaya Santos and Moriah Eaddy smile for the camera, dressed...

This article contains discussion of suicide and mental health. Please be cautious if you are struggling with any of the above. In 2020, after the tragic passing of a lacrosse player, Morgan Rodger,...

This story contains an alternate format that can only be viewed on the original site. View this story on The Globe. It was originally published on April 7, 2024.

Four years ago, the SBHS Boys Soccer team lost the state championship in a grueling overtime match against the nationally-ranked Niceville Eagles. It was the first time in school history that the team...

The field. The team. Each other. Sisters Stella Sturgill and Haley Sturgill have always played sports. Soccer was the one that stuck. In lower school they both played on a club team, Southside Fire,...

A skateboarder effortlessly glides across a concrete canvas; a rhythmic gymnast twirls her ribbon with precision and grace; a diver breaks the surface after a sequence of carefully crafted twists and turns....

Sydney Sonn, senior, inhales and exhales, releasing her final arrow. It whistles past her cheek and onto the target, earning the final points she needs to place first for her age group at the 2023...

Wake up at 7, go to the morning team run at 7:45, quickly shower, eat, get some last-minute work in, get ready for class from noon to 2, get more work in, eat lunch before visiting the athletic trainer...

In a dimly lit room, under the glow of purple stage lights, senior Daisy Coleman spins in the air, wrapped up in silks and suspended in the air by what seems like magic. She twirls slowly above the stage,...

After the seventh goal of the night, junior Nicholas Miles watches his teammates swarm the scorer, and those remaining on the bench leap up to cheer. Miles, however, remains on the bench and tallies another...

As an active 4-year-old kid, Sawyer Bartelt needed an outlet to burn off some energy. After going through both soccer and gymnastics, his mom decided to put him in wrestling after an old friend from high...

The Hallsville Bobcats jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first 13 minutes, but no one on the Kingwood Park boys soccer team panicked. “I knew we had it,” junior Grant Jimerson said. “I knew...

While most coaches specialize in one sport, former dance teacher, physical education teacher, head girls’ lacrosse coach, head girls’ flag football coach and JV girls’ basketball coach Julie Primero...

Whether it’s during practice or at the starting line of a race, freezing temperatures and heavy rain have never stopped us and our team from rowing. On Jan. 25, Assistant Superintendent and Director...

“I scored a takedown and then I just sat there while the time ran out and held him down. I watched the clock run down and then it finally hit me when it hit zero that I won. As I went over to talk to...

The Olympics is one of the biggest sporting events in the world, so the selection process to ensure the best athletes are selected for it is one of the harshest and most selective of any...

Anticipating the gunshot, ready to take off in her lane, Coppell sophomore Sophia Williams repeats the Philippians 4:13 verse, “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me,” prepared...

For many high school seniors, spending their free time working on college applications and scholarships has appeared to be at the top of their never-ending to-do list. For senior Aedan Romero, however,...

Imagine a person who, in three to five minutes, can evaluate an injury, expertly tape up ankles or shins, and provide comfort and encouragement to thirty or more high school athletes a day.  Sounds...

Junior Owen Langdon is waiting at the turn. His hands sweating, heart pounding, waiting for the baton to enter his grasp before he can take off. He feels the baton hit his hand and runs like the wind passing...

After missing the Marin County Athletic League (MCAL) playoffs in their 2022-23 season, the rising boys varsity soccer seniors led the 2023-24 Bleach Boys on a remarkable postseason run. The team achieved...

The lights are bright, and the atmosphere is buzzing as Grey Davis prepares to take to the water on the biggest stage of her life. She never thought she would be in this position in her 9th grade year—participating...

Unified Sports is defined by the Special Olympics as sports that join people with and without intellectual disabilities on the same team. However, there have been evident limitations to the Unified criteria,...

While many who step onto the Midwest Sport Hockey rink on game night on Feb. 17 don their well-worn skates and flashy outfits, the Head Non- Skating Official (NSO) Steve Brown does not. Instead,...

Cold metal plates clang on the floor as the gym rumbles under the impact. Coppell junior powerlifter Caden Golden has just finished deadlifting for the day. Golden is able to handle much more weight...

In March 2022, Jaecee Hall, a rower at the University of Iowa, “just wanted a t-shirt.” She never expected the business that came with her designs. Realizing there was space in a growing market, Hall...

Junior Courtney Daniel currently ranks seventh in the nation in the shot put. But she didn’t start out that way. “I started track because it was the only sport you could do at the time, and I knew...

Only seven percent of all high school student-athletes go on to play at the collegiate level whether that be Division I, Division II, Division III, or NAIA. Being able to play a sport after high school...

As the starting pistol sounds, ringing across the water and echoing throughout the arena, freshman Kate Alexander explodes through the air, cutting the surface tension of the water like a knife. Swimming...