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Dripping Springs volleyball underway
Dripping Springs volleyball underway
Carl Waits 08/18/2022 12:00 AM
Summer league softball concludes in Drip
Summer league softball concludes in Drip
Summer league softball concludes in Drip 08/18/2022 12:00 AM
Dripping Springs High School begins its 6A era
Dripping Springs High School begins its 6A era
The growth of Dripping Springs ISD has steadily pushed the district to the 6A in competition. It is, of course, the largest classification in the state. There are many good 6A teams in the area and Dripping Springs will be battling in one of the best as it includes consistently two of the best, Lake Travis and Westlake. Once again Dripping Springs will begin as one of the smallest schools in 6A. The numbers game is always in play because the more numbers the more people to chose from and more good depth and better chances to find top talent. Except for the move from 6-man to 11-man in 1951, I have been witness to the change in classifications. When I first came to DSHS, the UIL had a little different way of doing classifications. In those days they would take the enrollments in the first year of the 2-year assignments. In 1968, the first time 11-man championship, DS learned they would be moving to Class A in 1970. That meant we were a Class A enrollment in 1968 and we had time to move into the middle of enrollment by 1970. 08/11/2022 12:00 AM
Musings on the sports world through the decades
Musings on the sports world through the decades
After turning 80 in January, a thought arose. With the major changes that have taken place in the sports world in the past 30 years, I mused as to whether I would trade the life I had lived in the sports world for a new start in today's atmosphere. The answer took less than a nanosecond: no way. 08/04/2022 12:00 AM
Fields of Dreams: a look at school baseball stadiums
Fields of Dreams: a look at school baseball stadiums
In today's sports world when one talks about a Field of Dreams, they are referring to baseball fields as made famous by the movie of the same name. Dripping Springs has long had a field of dreams in their history beginning back in the 1880's. Every small town or community seemed to have a baseball team and they were also very strong rivalries, not to mention any big celebration was climaxed with a baseball game. I read about how the community treated a non-popular politician at a political rally. They assigned each politician to a spot on the stage to make their speech. He was last. As it was nearing his time, various people mingled through the crowd letting them know the game was about to start. By the time his speech was to be made there were very few people left in the crowd. He complained this was not the first time it had happened. Also, Syd Hall, a life-long Driftwood native and DS graduate, could remember starting out early in the morning and walking to Dripping Springs to watch or play in a baseball game. 07/27/2022 04:00 AM
Fields of Dreams: a look at school football stadiums
Fields of Dreams: a look at school football stadiums
In today's world of high school sports and especially in the larger school districts, tax payers money in the form of big bond issues are used to build Taj Mahal edifices for the few players that are fortunate to make the squads. In the smaller classifications, not so much. In the early years little preparation for a field. Find a field large enough to carve out a football field. Mow the grass, dig up the non-useful plants like sunflowers and grass burs, etc. Maybe blade it off, put up the goal posts, line the field off and “viola” you were set to go. Might add bleachers later but mostly people either brought their own chairs, parked their cars around the field or stood outside the fences to watch the games. 07/21/2022 12:00 AM
Drip girls help to bring home national championship
Drip girls help to bring home national championship
It’s not everyday you can call yourself a national champion but here in Dripping Springs, four local volleyball players will have that distinct honor. 07/13/2022 04:00 AM
DSHS student athletes named All-Americans
DSHS student athletes named All-Americans
Recent Dripping Springs High School graduate Adam Knutson and rising senior Caroline Dill were named 2021-22 High School All-Americans by the United Soccer Coaches organization. The All-America teams recognize student-athletes who compete in the sport during the winter or spring. Knutson and Dill were 07/13/2022 04:00 AM
Tiger baseball all-district selections
Tiger baseball all-district selections
For the Tigers baseball team, the season came and went all too soon — but the awards from that season continue to show up. The team had its usual ups and downs, but when it was all said and done, the Tigers would finish with an 18-13 season with a tie for second place. The Tigers playoff run was short-circuited quickly. That did not keep the quality of the players from being recognized in the district honors being passed around to those who deserved it. The coaches meet just after the district schedule has concluded and vote on the individuals honored. Even though players are selected for a position, the truth is many of the players are called upon to play several positions as the situation calls for. Below are the Dripping Springs players selected for their skills and academics. 06/09/2022 12:00 AM
Looking back at the "Glory Days"
Looking back at the "Glory Days"
As many former athletes are prone to do, they get together and relive the days when they played sports in high school. Bruce Springsteen's “Glory Days” alludes to this very phenomenon in his song. Of course, it is not uncommon to have those days stretched in greatness as remembrances do not match the stats or reduced due to the modesty of the individual. Well, Dripping Springs is one of the few schools in the state that has complete stats for most varsity sports for athletes or anyone else to peruse for recall information. DSHS has been involved in sports since around 1915 but most of the information starts in the 1950's. It provides scores, season individual stats, school sport records, season/career Hall of Honor categories, coaching records, championship teams, history and much, much more. Despite the information provided, there are still gaps. It is expected individuals probably kept scrapbooks and can help make the information more complete. If that is you, then please contact us and we can fill in. 06/09/2022 12:00 AM
Tony Salazar ascends to the summit
Tony Salazar ascends to the summit
Every decade or so, a special athlete makes their mark in the sports world. In the 90s, Dripping Springs' Tony Salazar was that person for Tiger athletics. He would make his impact on Tiger football in his freshman year of 1996. 06/02/2022 12:00 AM
Softball All-District 26-5A Selections
Softball All-District 26-5A Selections
The week after the regular season concludes, the coaches always get together to select all the special honors that comes with a sports season. This, of course, includes the all-district and allacademic teams. The alldistrict honors the athletic skills of the individual while the all-academic reinforces the fact a player can juggle the time required to be on the field and the classroom. 05/26/2022 12:00 AM
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