Sports

The Dripping Springs cross country teams had a banner day as they competed in the St. Andrews Episcopal Invitational. All of the teams competed hard and well, with many of the runners having personal best times. Three of the teams won their division and the other was second. Coach Morris made a statement that was the reason I appreciated the sport of track so much. She said all of her team participants competed regardless of position on the course and that is what I stressed to my runners. You can learn to compete at any level. Competing is not just between the top runners. A runner can make it a competition with the runner next to them even if it is for 30th place. The object is to give the effort to win that battle and not give up without a fight.

The Lady Tigers volleyball team has begun to put district victories together as they play toward a rematch with Canyon. After losing to Canyon, they downed Boerne Champion in three and took district off to defeat Hays 3-0 as well. In a hard-fought battle with Alamo Heights, the Lady Tigers took a big step by defeating the Lady Mules.

It is one of those things that a program does when it is one of the best in the state. They head out and find the best meets to compete in. On this day it was the Lucas Lovejoy Crosscountry Fall Festival. Dripping Springs headed up that way with twenty runners to take on competition that included nine of last year's top ten teams. They would enter the boys and girls elite 5K division and both came away with fourth place finishes. Medals were given to the top 20 finishers in each division with Karsten Bobb and Brant Melton earning one. There were 147 racers in the girls division and 196 boys. Below is the result of those races.