The girls basketball team at Hays High School used its usual defensive effort for an easy 56-24 win at Lehman Friday night to go 2-0 in District 17-4A, while Lehman fell to 1-1. San Marcos lost it’s district opener Friday night to Del Valle.

As the girls high school basketball teams in District 17-4A open district play this week, including a meeting tonight between Hays and Lehman, the boys teams still have a week of tuning up.

Following the predictable Hays trouncing of Lehman Friday night at Bob Shelton Stadium, the future is actually fairly bright for Lehman, a young team that improved this year and looks forward to incorporating its winning freshman class. For Hays, the future is more immediate, starting with a home playoff game next Friday night against Magnolia.

The Hays Rebels clinched a district high school football championship for the first time in ten years Friday night with a 30-22 win against Del Valle.

The Lehman Lobos suffered their worst loss of the season Friday night, 63-7 at Lockhart, as the Lions put themselves in position to make the playoffs with a win next week.

The Hays Rebels could clinch their first outright district title in ten years with a win tonight against Del Valle at Bob Shelton Stadium. Just as important, the Rebels appear to be rounding into shape as they approach the playoffs.

Three years into varsity football, the Lehman Lobos still haven’t won a district game as the program continues to fight against the foundational defects of a young operation in a growing school district that doesn’t produce numerous athletes.

The Hays Rebels asserted themselves with a 51-13 win at Manor Friday night, taking over first place in District 17-4A and clinching a playoff berth behind 170 rushing yards and four touchdowns from sophomore running back Torrance Smith.

The Hays Rebels celebrated another moment of their peculiar, proud aura Friday night, lifting head coach Bob Shelton to his 300th career victory with late-game heroics that have characterized most of their wins in recent years.

Through all the changes in Hays County for the last five decades, Hays High School football coach Bob Shelton is one of the very few constants. Tonight, the old ball coach will go for his 300th career victory as the Hays Rebels take on Lockhart at the aptly-named Bob Shelton Stadium.