In the News 05.21.2018

FOOTBALL AT&T Stadium to once again host state title games in 2018

All 12championship foocball gamcs for 1he 201aand a1 RcUan1 s1a<11um In 11ous1on. games will be played 2019 seasons will be pbycd at •weare pleased 10 bring the AT&'r Stadium. UIL fooLbalJ state champion· Dec.19-22. The schedule wtll place all ships back 10 AT&T Stadium 12 tttle games In both 11-man for another rwo years.· said eyThOfflasJones and six-man foo1baD In a four• UIL execui Ive dlreclor Charles t~one$@statesmJl'l oom day span. Breithaupt Ill a press release. The 2018 championship "The UIL ls excllcd to show For the truly optimist!< foot· games w1IJ lake place Dec. 19-22. case the best high school foot· baJJ fans In CentraJTexas, go •rflc UIL has nor )'Cf announced ball In Texasdurtng this unJque ahe.:id and book a hotel room the schedules for the 2019 ode championship experience ... In Arllng1on 1n 1he nex, Lwo games. Decembers. Sbtce 2011. AT&TSladlum has contact re()()(t«Tnomas.Jones The Unlverslly lnterscholas· hosted all 11 -man slate lilies by l8l8Ph(ln0 at 512 -445-3527. ttc League announced Wednes· games every year except ror You can 1eachhimon Twitter The L.u..e T!' .....-,~Cav aJiers run out fnto the footbaO field. JOHNOUTIS!llU day 1haran sta1echamp10nshtp 201s, when the ~neswcn, held @ThomwonesAAS /f<)Q/IMf.fAIC.AN-ST.tttf'SMAN Cavs spring into season

Lake Travis Cavaliers head coach Hank Carter recaps the game with both teams after the spring varsity football game Friday at cavalier Stadium. After coming within two points of wlMlng their second consecutive state championship last year against the Allen Eagles, the cavs are In quest of their seventh state title. Seethe spring football game story and more photos on Page A6. JOHNCUTIERQEZtFOA AMERICA" STATESMAN Lake Travis Cavallers White wide receiver Garrett WIison (5) hurdles over Lake Travis Cavallers Black defensive back Darrell Pantalone (38) In a run for a touchdown during the lake Travis Cavaliers' spring varsity football game at Lake Travis High School on Friday. .JOHNCtmERIIEZtFOIHAKE TRAVISvtEW Card, Wilson connection clicks Lake Travis spring day night at cavalier Stadium. And like predecessors Char· New offensive coordinator wm game shows how pair After being sacked on his first lie Brewer (Baylor) and Matthew Sleln said Lile offense Is Sllll find· play and misfiring on his first Ba ldwin (Ohio State), card's ing its way with a new sc_heme, work well together. pass, Card settled in. He con· already very adept at getting but behind Card and Wilson, nected on 12 ofhis next 13 passes, the ball Into WIison's hands. they are on I he right Lrack. By Jay Plotkln including touchdown passes Lo The S·slar receiver committed ·They're bolh really good play· Contributing writer Wilson covering 64, 22 and 56 to Ohio State finished with 199 ers, • Stein said. "They are still yards. Card finished with 276 yards on eight catches wilh one learning whal we're trying lo Hudson card connec1ed wilh passing yards. acrobatic hurdle. do on offense, so !his Is Just !he Garrett Wilson for a Oiooftouch· •we have things to work on "We're clicking every day in beginning." down passes to highlight Lake for sure, bu1 it was a good day,· practice," Card said. "ll's pretty Travis' spring football game Fri· Card sa id. easy 10 ge1 him !he ball.· Football continued on A8 SPORTS

Lake Travis Cavaliers Whltewlde receiver Garrett Wilson (5) makes a touchdown against the Black team ror the Lake Travis Cavaliers spring varsity football game at Lake Travis High School on Friday. PHOTOS BY JOHNCUTIERREZ/FOIILAKE TRAVIS VIEW Football contlnued from A6 Despite playing without receivers Grayson Sandlin (injured) and Kyle Eaves (baseball), seven d ifferent l'l'Celvers caught passes from card, including Counland Denisio, Reid Donegan, Sal· vador Alanis and Sterling Hupp. "I'm really liked the way we caught the foot· ball tonight,• Stein said. "We had some guys miss tonight. but the ones who played really stepped up and caught the ball, guys like Sterli ng Hupp, Sal Alanis stepped In, Jack• son Scruggs as well. They all did a really nice job." The Cavaliers· start• ing defense, despite play· ing without a handful of expected starters - sur rendered just 47 yards on 39 plays working against the second-team offense. "Defensively, we want to play hard, play tough and play with leverage and we did some good things tonight,· said head coach Hank Caner. Led by Simo Hunter and Aurelius Sofia, the defense sacked quanerbacks Pey· ton Janecek and Nate Yar nell five times and came away with thre,e intercep tions, two by safety Reece Anderson and another by Copeland Gothard. ....,.,,..,.__ .. ~ ...... __._...... "Simo and Sofia are both long, lengthy guys and they were active,• carter said. "They're going to have 10 be because they don't weigh 230 poumds. They're going to have to play with great leverage and great effort.· Projected defensive start ers Kaleb Wenson, Hunter Henry and Mau.hew Peter man were among those who sat out Friday night, as did offensive lineman Chad Wolf, among others. "We had probably 15 players who dldn"l play.• Can er said. •1r they were even a little bit banged up and we fell we didn't need 10 see anything more from them this spring, we held them out." LEFT:L.ake Travis cavaliers quarterback Hudson card (1) throws a pass against the Black team for the Lake Travis Cavaliers spring varsity football game at Lake Travis High School on Fflday.

RIG HT: Lake Travis cavaliers White wide receiver Garrett WIison (5) Is brought down by Lake Travis cavaliers Black linebacker Matthew Ramos (46) duringthe spring varsity football game on Fflday. Llili:e ['i:a\ds drops baseball series opener

By Thomas Jones t(IOOOS@Stal8:St'nal\.COt'I) PlAYOFF SCHEDULE Area baseball teams and the Elp, softball ■ CLASS SA The 1.al:e Travis base· team are competa,glntheUlt.s~te ball 1eam faced a m11sr-w1n playoff>tnis~ -. Game1:~l,MagJ,QOa0 game Friday night In Drip RoUnCI RodtanCIStonYPolnt l)lekedUP GameZ:M.18t)Olla4,Geol88lewtn O ping Springs after San ,lnlo wins t0-os:,en1.helrr8$i(nll'Qwtter'flnal Gaine3:ff'ldayatNutr.mott.Stadli.m. --llcyM,late nlo Reagan's 6-4 "1n In the b.1Seb.11SOl'leS. Th00r,18<)<1Slle.llKleln first game ora best-of-three Colins 3-2 and the T'9E"rsknod(edoff ■ CLASS4A Class 6A lhlrd•round SN'IC'S KJein 2-0.8othserM!::$reSl,JlTledF'fiday. Wlmber'Myvs.Avdw blq at san AnlOTIIO'S WollTSfa· Here'sa1ootc~tthl$weekend'sSClleOule$; Onepne.:kldayatSt. Ma,y'sUrvversn:;y, SASEBAU sanAntonto.Ll.te ..., dl~~~Ulebases Se-wint>aseballteamsrmmtheA&.$li'l.-e.1 ____■ CLASS 3A loaded In both the W\h and haw1eachedthere;siona!QU.artef1'1nals: S1xth Innings as Reai:;u, held ■ CLASS6A Came1:Gearae,._,7,Marianl onfor1tx-"1n. 1'hctWOSlalC Round Aocltvs.Kleln COlln9 Game 2.: Fridayat~ MartQsHS,late ranked 1eams - Reagan lS Game t:Roun,H>ock3,•181ColllnS2 Came3(dneec1e<1J:Saruroayot~ NO. 2 Ill d>e latest Texas Higll Game 2:Fll(layat Fteman P;m.Bremam, s,,tlnSSHS, I J)Jll, School Baseball Coaches late ■ CLASS2A Assodallon poll. whflet:.t.e Game3(ttneeded):Satt.sda¥atFhman TraVISIS No. 5-resumed Ille Park,Brenham, time T84 Came 1: Fridayat Sam Houston State ''"""la 1e 1'1'1d.!y at or1pp1ng StonyPDlntvs.KleM \.Klhlerstty, Hll1t$V9e, late Spring:; lllgh school. Game l:StonyPol,t 2, ....,0 ---Gamet: $atll'day at SamHoUstonS~e Reagan meed out to a 5·0 Game2: RIC&a)'atNutr.lbOltSt.:dUm, IXll...-sltY,2PJ!l. lead by the end of the sec· Bry.nlate Came 3 (ffneeded):Arl«Game 2 ond Inning Thursday. but e.,,,.,3 (~-d): Saturday al Fireman SOl'TIIALL Lake Tm1s trimmed l1sdefi. Parl<,lkenham,noon Onesoftba.lteam from theAust.In area has c,110 H 1n 1he fllih. ~Tt-·•i, vs.S...Ant:GNOAeae,an feac:ned the regional semtmals Game 1:$¥1Antonk>Rea&,11'1'16, ■ CLASSSA P1~~~l~~~ci ~~~1::1: Llk&Tr.lVIS4 ...... _, PIIChlngcarrledCeorge101la 'West HS. late to a 1-0 wtn over Magnolia came 3 (tt needed).SatLWday at New Game 2: saturday>t Mail,lOlaWest.4 pm. 1n me firS1 game ofa heS1-of- Braunfels Canyon liS, 4 pm. Came3(rfneeded):Aft«G.ame 2 1h"" C~'lSS SA lhlrd round series Thursday In Bryan. Grayson Smith gave up Just one hit for the Eagles In a become executive director The GJO Academy. In the complete-game w1n. STATESMAH.COM of the CIO Academy FC. a CUemavac.a neighborhood On Frtday afternoon the Get late soores and new soccer club 1n Austtn. In the Eanes school district, r;;igles dropped came 2 or otlleSC,_SQOe young athlell'S who desire ~ me tV.'O·hltter 1ogtve Mag· ~ 2017Cl.tss6AsGttechatnpl· a higher level of athleUc noUa the vtctory. The series onshlp, her lirsl Slate Utle In de\-elopment year-round.· finale was being played late acconllng ID 1he academy'< l'rlday at Nmraboll Stadium ~!~f=~~:;kg~~~fi: wcbsne. In Bryan. T11le-wlnnlng coach 10 state mle rn any 1eam spon. rnmanl)lfocusroonsp('<.'(I In a Cl.tss 3A third-round leave Heod1ickson: A year Her career has also Included and strength training. the ser1es opener. Georgetown after reaching the prep pin· Slops at Franklln High School academy's new soccer club Cateway Prep rolled to a nacle ofher profession. Hen· ln her ootlve fJ Paso as well ts lls lirslforaylntoaspecttic 7·1 wtn over Ma.non In san drtckson girts soccer coach asSlonyl'lltnt, unmbie KJng· ream spon. Marros. The tl.'alllS ,CSI.Dl>ed Rennie Rcl,e win resign l>er wood and Wc~ .Shehas their series Friday night a, posll1on at the Pffugervllle an overall lt'l'Ottl of:183-95-35 contact TtK>c"rla.S Jone$ at San Marc0< Hlgl1School. school dJslrlct campus to and has won 14 dl5lr1ct Utles. 512.«5-3527. UIL STATE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS LBJ duo makes history Boys doubles team wins high school's first state title in tennis. ByJohn Harris AIOOIICan-Statesm.:in Cotresp,onoortl

COLLEGE STATION - HISIOTY was made and a repuiauon was enhanced ar the UIL boys and glrlssiate tennis championships •'rlday ., Tex;is A&M's MltcheU Tennis Center. ••~~~~:~~~~&"~~~: uuve Class SA gtrls singles 1111<>. And In winning lhe SA boys dooblescrown. Uij's Challanya Aduru and Vlshwa Aduru dellv· ered the school's firsrstatc cham plOnshlp In tennis. 11ome-co v.'(•111 lo Illar SU sA&M· bound senior rolled to a 6-3, «. 6-1V1crory over corpus Chrtstl Flour Blulf'll Femke TjOll-A-)Oe. ·1t-s very excaung; said Gold· smlU1. who wore a while Aggies visor dur1ng her match. "'My (Texas A&M) coaches are here watching me. I reclcomforrab&c here. rve played many Junior 1◊urnamems here. It'sgo ing lO be my future home." Goldsmith sur,1ved agruellng three·plus hour match In Thurs· day·s semifinal ag;11ns1 connal· ly'S F.sther LOvmo. "'Thal last ll13lCh, It was SO ho1. I wa.s gelling dizzy. I wa.s ~rtlng lee every changeover. I knew I had to push through, and I was able 10 puU II off, .. Goldsmllh said. "Today I was hydraUng • kn more because I was scared the same t.h1ng was going 10 happen.· After tal1ng the first se1 G-4, 1.1\J'cooch Rym.m Bames. "Coach was celling us just take deep breaths,· Chaltmya Aduru sakl. ·YoudonlwanuoplaydJf fcrem when you·re lo,;lng. s,ay '"'""•keeled and push u,toogh. •

Temis.oonliruedon C6 eye on the blll as sne wtns her second consecuttve c11ss 5A girls singles trtle Fl'lda.Y at nxasA&M'sMitc:hell Tennis Center. IWl'HtwMc.AA/AMI-JIICN, Sl'Aft:SMAH Tennis cont~fromCl The Jaguars regrouped and won four consccuttve ~mes,oclooeoma6-1.&J v1(1ory over the Lubbock Hlb"1 team of Cody Baker and Kody Kothmann. ~They were klnd of stressed," names said. -u was on their mlnds: -wc·ve g<>110 Win 1he s1a1e u,ie. • "We're really proud to br1ng It home to Austin." Barnes said. tnanothcr ch.1mp10nShlp doubles lllalCh, Westlake"s Roger Chou collec1ed his second gold medal al tJ1e state tournament when he and Cynts Sabhanval ~~•:~d ~:r;i{:~~~'J caner Crookston 7-5. 2·6, 6·2 In 6A. Chou won lhe smgles tltle Jas1 year. ~ Winning singles wa.s grcai - 10 add doubles IS really cool.· said Chou. who wlll contluue his 1en· nls career at Brown next LBJ HiQh'sCha.ltar,ya Aduru (loeft) andVl&hwaAdurucona,a. t uJate each other durinaa year. 6-4. 6-3 victory Fridayowr the Lubbock High team of Cody Baker and Kody Kothmann tn the GA mixed doubles to win the Class 5A boysdoublesc;rown.CIAI.PHBMllllRA/ AMEmCA.H.$lAlESMAH fln::il. Lake TraVls' ~mall KhoJe and Jesse Wik.so woo aSl'<.'Olld·S<.'l tiebreaker but 'Coach was telling us Just take deep breaths. You don't fell behind 2-0 In Lile lhlrd setand loslG-0,6-7(4),6-2to want to play different when you're loslng. Stay even Hru;roo Memonal~Andrew keeled and push through.' F..s.<:CS and Drew Morns. ...Thelr goal was Lo win cna1canya Muru thestttemle. but you can't ClaSs5AOOt.tlleSCNl,r-,.on, a,ong w1tn lltothet' \11:ShWa be dlsappolnled when you worted as hard as they have, H Lake ·rraV1s coach 6-0 ro san AntonID Alamo make the finals at state, and Mason's Crace Chapman to carol croclsald. "l\\oymrs I !eights' Ao,.. c:rawlcy and 1hcy!l)1tha1. We'Vc.'J11Stp collect her first State mle. tn a row Lhey·vegone to 1.he Brianna Wilbur. 10 take Itone step fun.her.· •1 u-,lned a lOL harder for &ate LOllnlallK'Ul. Colngfor * We had a great over• In otJ1er championship this season.· Laywell said. three In a row next year. .. all season. The gjrls really matches. Thorndale's Thrall~ Dyl'1n Ging, who In the SA girls doubles su-.pped 11 up," Maroons Landry taywell achieved had won his last four sets final~ Aus.tin Hlgh's dream coach Leslte Oduwole sak1 her goal of avenging las1 co advance to lhe boys 2A season ended wnh sopho• or Ihe Iw1ns ....our goal was yeat~clcfca, 1n 1hcg1rls2A final, saw hL< nm end \\1th 111ore 1wlns A111iabel and log,et lOSlille, iuld tl1eygol final wltl1a dominating 6-0, a 6·1, 6·0 loss 10 Mason's Ainsley Merr1u losing 6·1, tliere. The nextgool was lO 6·3 performance against calebHome. HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL PLAYOFFS

ByThomasJones leam. and I knew I had to t®nes@statesmal\com gel II together; u,v.1s said abo\11 his pllthl,ig after the DRIPPING SPRINGS - Los· first Inning. •1 didn't wa11L Ing In the third round of the It to be the last game. We playoffs ror the thtrd con· knew this would be a big· sccuuve season was pain· nmescncscorntng1n.1t JUSI ful enough for a Lake Tra• didn't pan out the way we VIS baseball team w1tl1 state wanted." championship asplraUoas. The Cavs couldn't gel But the manner of a sea· many key bits throughou< son·endlng 3·2 setback: to Josh Killeen tries to tag Cartos Contreras at second in Lake the series. 1'hey left the bases S:m AnIon10 Reagan tn the Travis'3-21ossFridaytoSanAntonioReaganintheClass6A loaded lnthefifthandSlxth second game ofa best-of. p1ayo1Tser1esatOrt:Wf~SDl'lr\8,SHigh. TI'leQIVSeouktn't 1nn1ngs 111 the SCfk'S OjX'lier three Class 6A playoff senes get mal'IYktY l'lftstnrouShOvt tne sene.s.Pt,1JL l¥1'1CKIFOQKH and stranded mnoc-rs lnroch added a heavy dash of salt I~ II total In ftlday's to a wound that probably game. worn heaJ for a long time. r1ght (0 lhe baseball, bUl he In the Texas High School BUl ~•s pttchlqg had Wllh rhe score r~d 2·21n d1dn·1 sre II that way. It was Baseball coaches Assocta· plentytodoWlth the lack oC tile Lop ofthe seventh lnnbig a tough ('111, but he had LO uon. who had Reagan (32• production. Reag;Lll siarter Friday al onpptng springs mall, a sme finalm las1 Sl)a· JOSh llu::ke gill~ up foor hlu; flilhSd1oot. Re~'sDalton Afler a sacrifice bunl son. ranked No. 2 la their and fanned nine before llrlfger lald a bunt down the pushed both runners up a latest Class GA state poll. the p1tch count forced him firs:1. base line w1th the lntent bag. Zach Morrow chopped The c:avs (31·4) were No. S from the game after the fifth oC pushmg Alce °'""" IO SCC· a hit over 1hc head or take In ,11a1 same poll, and bo1h rnntng, and 1hc Ranier bun~ ood oosc. Brieger •Pf<"•red Travis nm baseman Kyle 1ea1ns have been ranked 111 1)('11 did Its Job. ~klom-used IOStumble before I.. ' 'Im· Doyer, wbo l\1d LOplay closer the top IO v1r1ually Oieenure reill'Ver John Fr:W1 1ossed a vis catcher Aldan Babinski lo home Lo guard agalnsl season. scoreless Inning for the sec4 picked up the bollandt-1 another bunt Ina gamewtth 4'har~ theway Lhe bracl'.l.'I ond consecutt\·e game, and Bnei,,r, bunheumptre ruled onJy etght combined hits, \\.LS drawn up for us, .. Rog· 1'ravts Sthe&e, a sophomore llw R.1b1nslcl lnrerforcd With 1ha1 final mn was the dtf· ors said. ·Th« game prob· pletlged 10 the 1Jnl\'crs1cy or Brl~r. causing him IO foll feren...-. ably should have been 111 Texas. earned his second 10 the ground. TheCavallC..-s•ha\,wgreat Round Rock (tlie sue of the sa\'e In as 01,1ny days. Lake Travis coach Mike Leam,aodYlt'were(ortwlale state tournament to June), "ln these l)'pes ofgames. Rogers, one of the more to come out on 1op, ~ said buttt wasn"l." you Just have to get that ntlld·mannered sl'lppers In ReaJ!;lll roach Chans t'llap· Lake Travis junior pitcher one hlt, and we just didn't ccmralnx:is.argi~ \Mf· man, whose team beat I.akc Jimmy 1.cwts shook off a gel 11; said Rogers, whoso ~ for a ~w nllnUte,,, but Travis 6◄ bl 0_, first br.ttne shaky firs, Inning In whlth team didn't swrer Its Orst tile ruling Sloo unul la1e In Oie season had two on wllh no outs In Amonto. "'It was two tough hltsand t"" rtllSand pbched while cllmblng Lo the top the most cruc1al 1nntng of games; it's unforrunate that a gem. Morrow"s seventh·tn· of se\·eral nanonal polls. -1 the game. someone h.1s 10 come out a ntng chopper was the only guess It's time co regroup lol;er, hecaUS<' thosc gu)S arc h111qmh.'ldthcrellowed same 2.late Ull state tournament a.ASS6A Filills Bo,sSingtes Arisll Smketh. KatvTorrcuisdet KMl Zhu. Pearland Dawscn. T-6 (l). H . 6-3 Bo,sOoubles

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The University Interscho Class 6A team to advance lastic League baseball and after sweeping Klein Col softball playoffs continued lins in a best-of-three series. this past weekend with .-1~ 11...-.&andStonyPoint, regional semifinals in soft the other two 6A teams still ball and regional quarterfi alive, were eliminated. The nals in baseball. Cavaliers, who were once Elgin, the lone area soft the top team in the nation baJI team still alive, advanced in Max.Preps' national pol1, to this weekend's Class SA, were swept by San Antonio Region mfinal with a chance Reagan while Klein defeated to advance to the state soft Stony Point in back-to-back ball tournament for the first games after the Tigers took time since 2005. The Wild Came l with a 2-0 victory. cats rebounded after drop In Class SA, Georgetown ping the first game of their advanced after winning its best-of-three series with Day series against Magnolia while ton, 4-3, by taking the final Gateway Prep swept its Class twogames8-7and 1&4. Elgin 3A series with Marion. will face Mont Belvieu Bar Thorndale also advanced bers Hill in the regional final. in the Class 2A playoffs. Four baseball teams stayed Here's complete results alive after winning their from this past weekend's regional quarterfinal series. area games: Round Rock was the only SOFTBAU.; REGIONAL CLASS SA SEMIRNALS Geolla (Geof98tOYK1WlnSbeSt..Of CLASS5A three series 2-1) El&Jnvs.Dayton Game 1:Geo

BASEBALL: REGIONAL CLASS4A QUARTERFINALS Wlml:>er1eyvs. CLASS6A Fr-rldtsl>urg Round Rockvs.Kkm OM same: Fteder1CfOCkwlnS beSt-of three series 2-0) CLASSJA came l :RouidRock3.Kletn G.ateway Pnlpw...M.w'kxl Olllins2 (G.atewayPrepwlns~t-of Game2:RouidRock4, Kleln tnree series 2-0) COfllnS2 Game 1:Gateway Pree 7, Stony Point vs.Klein Mati<>nl {Klelnwsnsbest--of-tJYee Game 2:GatewayF\'eo4, series2-1 ) Matlon3 Game l:Sto,1yPolnt2,Kte11 0 CLASS2A Game2:Kte11S,Sto,1yPo11t Thornda.Je vs. Evaclate 0 (Thorndalewinsbest~f Game 3: Kte113,StonvPoait tnree series 2- 1) 1 Game 1: Thorndale 14, UkoTr.:i.... l#vs.SAnAntonto IEVadale6 Reagan Game 2:Evadafe 1S,

WestJake's Cyrus SabharwaJ, left, and Roger Chou, right, teamed up In the boys Class 6A doubles nnal against League City Clear Creek dt.rlng the UIL Texas tennis state championships on Friday afternoon ln College Station at the George P. M ltchell Tennis Center on the TexasA&M University campus.RALPH BARRERA / LAKETRAVISVtE.W Austin-area players win three titles State tournament brings historic victory.

By John HarTls American-States.man Correspondent

COLLEGE STATION - History was made and a reputation was enhanced at the UIL boys and girls state tennis championships Friday at Texas A&M's Mitchell Tennis cemer. Dripping Springs' Jayci Gold· smith won her second consec utive Class SA girls singles title. In winning the SA boys doubles crown, LBJ's Chaitanya Adurn and Vishwa Aduru delivered the school's first state championship in tennis. Westlake's Roger Chou WOil his second consecutive s1ate Litle by claiming the Class 6A boys dou bles title with Cyrus Sabharwal. Chou won the 6A boys singles championship in 2017. Playing in familiar surround !~ the Texas MM-bound senior rolled to a 6-3, 4-6, 6-t victory over Corpus Christi Flour BluJf's Femke Tjon-A·Joe. "It's very exciting,· said Gold· smith, who wor e a white Aggies visor during lter match. " My (Texas A&M) coaches are here watching me. I feel comfonable here. I've played many junior tournaments here. It's going 10 be my future home.· LI\;: tli) IUJ..LU\;: IIUIUt,,;:. Goldsmith surm'l'd a grueling Lhrce•plus hour march In Thurs day's semifinal against Connally's Esther Lovato, 6-7 (4), 6·3, 6·3, in stifling heat to advance to the championship match. Goldsmith overcame thec:ondi· tions, once requiringa IO-minute break as a resulL ofthe heat. The players were also given 10-min· ute breaks between sets. "That lasl mat.ch, It was so hot, I was getting dizzy. 1was gerting ice every changeover. I knew I had to push through, and I was able to pull it off,• Goldsmith said. "Today I was hydrating a lot more because I was scared the samethingwasgolngtohappen." In GA boys singles semifinals, Westwood's Guarav Singh lost to Katy Tompldns' Anish Srlnlk· eth 6-1, 6·1. After taking the first set 6·4

Tennis continued on A7 Dripping Springs High School's Jayd Goldsmith survived a three-set match against Corpus Christi Flour Bluff's Femke T)on- A-Joe to wtn the Girls Class 5A state title at the UIL Texas Tennis State Championships on Friday afternoon In College Stat ion at the George P. Mitchell Tennis Center on the TexasA&M University campus. RALPH BARRERA/ LAKE TRAVIS VIEW stressed," Barnes said. "It the state title, but you can't Tennis was on Ih eir minds: 'We've be disappointed when you continued from A6 got to win lhe state title.' worked as hard as they "We're really proud to have," ~~ coach in the SA boys doubles title bring 11 home 10 Austin:· carol creel said. "Two match, LQl'S brother tandem Barnes saicl years In a row they"ve gone fell behind 3-2 in !hesecond In another championship to the state tournament. set before conferring with doubles match, Chou and Going for three in a row coach Ryman Barnes. sabharwal defeated League next year." "Coach was telling us jUSl Ciiy Clear Creek's Michael In the SA girls doubles take deep breaths," Chait Raji and Carter Crookston final, Austin High's dream anya Aduru satd. "You don't 7·5, 2-6, 6-2 In 6A. Chou won season ended with soph wam to play different wben tbe singles title last year. omore twins Annabel and you're losing. Stay even "Winningsif®es was great Ainsley Merritt losing 6-1, keeled and push through." - 10 add doubles Is really 6·0 10 San Antonio Alamo Aduru lost in last year's cool,· said Chou, who will Heights' Fiona Crawley and doubles final with a differ continue his tennis career Brianna Wilbur. ent partner and will play ren at Brown next year. ·we had a great over nis at case Western in Ohio In the 6A mixed doubles all season. The girls really next year. final, Lake Travis' Mitali stepped it up," Maroons The Jaguars regrouped Khoje and Jesse Wikso won coach Leslie Oduwole said and won four consecutive a second-set tiebreaker but ofthe twins. •our goal was games tocloseouta6-4, 6-3 fell behind 2-0 in the third to get to state, and they got victory over the Lubbock set and lost6-0. 6-7 (4),6-2 lo there. The next goal was to High team of Cody Baker IIOUSlon Memorlal'sAndn>w make the finals al state, and and Kody Kothmann. F.sses and Drew Morris. theygorthaL we·vejustgot "They were kind of "Their goal was to win 10 take it one step further.• GOLF Chaps win ninth title, roll to victory at 6A state tournament

Westlake junior Denton a 1·2 state finish. shot a second-round 67 ''We expected LO win it, but you stillhavetog:ioutanddoit,• said on par-72 course. Westlakejwiior Matthew Denton, who shol a second-round 67 on ByRlek«:antu the par-72 course. [email protected] Westlake shot 290 as a team to finish the tournament at 573. GEORGETOWN - Anything less Vandegrift shot 2fY - the day's than a state championship would best overall team score - and have been a major disappoint· finished eight shots back with ment for the boys g:ilf team from an overall score of 581. Westlake. "This championship is just as The Chaparrals captured their special as all the others,.. West second consecutive Class 6A title lake coach Callan Nokes said. - and the school's ninth overall "I'm really happy for this group - by outlasting a familiar oppo- because they really worked hard nent at the UIL stale golf tour all year to get here." nament Tuesday at Legacy Hills Houston Stratford junior Mat· 'Westlake's Matthew Denton, left, and J. Holland Humphries speak Golf Club. thew Riedel was the individual before starting hole No. 4durlng the final round ofthe boysClass 6A vandegrlfl rallied 10 finish In UIL golftournament at Legacy HUis In Georgetown on M ay 15. SlU'HEN second place.giving Disoict~ Golf continued on A7 -sPILLMAH/ FOR LAKE TRAVIS VIEW Golf LEADERBOARD continued from A6 Here's a look at the top five teams and indlviduals from champ, shooting a 5-under· the Class 6A.boyS states<>lftournament at Lesac:Y Hills par 67 on Tuesday, 135 for GolfClub In Georgetown: the tournament. Team RI R2 Total Westlake's Matthew Den· I.Westlake 283 290 573(-3) ton also shol a 6710 lead the 2. vandegrlft 294 287 581( ♦ 5) Chaps on Tuesday. Overall, 3.Hooston Memorial 293 289 582(-t6) be finished second after a 4. Plano West 296 293 589( ♦ 13) playorr with Plano·s Tommy 5.HoustonClearSl)(lnss 293 299 592(+16) Boone to det:enninesecond and third. Denton·s 27-foot lndlvlduals eagle on the 18th hole gave ~ .-- RI RZ TotAI him a silver medal and drew 1. Matthew Riedel, HouStratford 68 67 135 (-9) loud applause from the gal· T2. Matthew Denton, Westlake 70 67 137(-7) lery. T2. TommyBoone,Plano 70 67 137(-7) wesllake's Jackson Dav· T 4. Plerceson Coody, Plano West 69 70 139(-5) enport complemented Den· T 4.Anclre Jacobs, Hou. Clear Springs 69 70 139(-5) ton's day with a 73.J. Holland Humphries, the leader after Monday's first ro11Dd, shot a 75 to finish lied for ninth. to lire a one-under par 71. whose grandfather Charles Thomas Bockholt had a 75 As for his teamma1es. COie Coody won 15 PGA tour and Reid Davenport an 80 Sherwood also shot a 71. Wke events, including the 1971 for the Chaps. Dossey 72, Colin Slater 72 Masters. Coody, who shot Vandegrtrt coach Matt and Jack Wehman 74. a 69 on Monday, finished Wernecke said he is proud Lake Travis sophomore with a 70 on Tuesday. that bis district went 1·2 at Trey Bo5co shot a four-under A Texassignee, COOdysaid Slate, adding that Lake Tra· 68 to finish with a two-day his only regret was failing to vis would have been a con· score of 141. Committed to win an individual title dur· tender for state honors if Baylor, he said a "different ing his four years at state. the cavaliers had qualified attitude" on Tuesday helped Yet he already is looking for as a team only the top two him with a live-birdie, one• ward to enrollment at UT In teams from district are eli· bogey round. August and playing for the gible to compete in the state "Today I played with more Longhorns. golf playoffs. joy, more happiness," said "MyNo. lgoalforlhenexl •1 really feel our disnict Bosco, who competed with four years will be winning could have finished 1·2·3 if his cavaliers teanunates at the NCAAs,., Coody said. Lake Travis were here," Wer• s1a1e last spring. neckesaid. Among the most impres· Contact Rick cantu at Vandegrift senior Brandon sive golfers atstate was Plano 512-445-3953. Twitter.@ Hoff shook off Monday's 80 West seniorl>iert:eson COOdy, Rlckyprep UILSTATEGOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS CLASS 6A Englemann ends with 45-foot birdie

Remarbble round sparks Westlake teammates. CLASS 6A GtALS l.EADERBOAllD Here'salOOkatthetOQte.:.rn.sandlndMdualsf'fom Moocla.Y'snrstrOl.llStlakecmch Chuck T3. $outhL,lke Carroll 303 pull on tlle 181h hole capped a Nowland 11~,s blS chances E Westlake1sSadie Englemann tees off during 6A TS. TiffanyNguyer\Houston Memorial 71 a rour-srroke l<';id O\'Cf 1lOur.aon >t Rockdale sentOf aims tor sec UIL Girl$ Golf Chaml)«>nshlp at LegacyHIIISGotf TS.8"'rleYCotton, WOS1la.. 7 1 Memor131 heodlng Into Tuesday~ ona stateso1e1meoa1. ca Club, ..ICHI GUTICRRCZ trOA AMt'.RICAH ·SOOU,MAN T5.Kam.18eOaVIOOS,TlleWoodl.llm 71 Cooperwould llketodupll sakl... We'll be more com· Tournament cate the 1ndlvtdual state fortable and should play a contnied from Cl champions.hip she earned lot bener (Tuesda)'). • as a freshn'1n 1n 2015. she 1 good lndlcauon of the w-J)' smiled broaclly after Engle 74 1~~~•:;,:,t-.::if~f~ the whole Leam played n1311n birdied Ute final hole. lt"dl11D13ll' M;ocy F'Ox finished today ... Nowland said. '°She does that all the wtlll a 75. H;iWe Kuhns shot --rough mtndser. Stayed tlme, .. cooper satd. a 'rJ whtle 1e.ammares Aven 1og,-1hcr. They believe In wcsllalcc ts anntng 10 Win GoC'ds and !'Selic llCdc each eacho1her.· Stale ror 111<> 1h1rd lime, the carded an 81. Defendlag Stile champion fir>t since ll1e Chaps earned Also from Centrnl Texas. Lake'l'ra\lls had a rougti,un. bad:·lo-bad< lilies In 2010 Hmdr1cksonjunlor Madison linlsh.ing with a team score and 20lL Sliver. an lndlvldual qua!fier. of 309, 19 shots off west· -we learned a 101about carded a 4·0\U·par76. V.m· lake-space. compcllog a1 s1a1e on 1h1s dcgrtfi JunI Or I L'11cy Derrick· wes1lakc's oenllcy COi· course 1hepas11 ~-0 yc.irs: son. ano1her QUalificr, fin· ton complemented Engle· Nowland said. The coach !shed wllha 77. mann's perfonnance wtlh noted thal the Chaparrals For Westlake to w1n. lhe a 71 on the par·72 course. finished Strong on Monday. Chaps.,1D113\-etoliglu olfan Madelyn }Ones finished \11th As ror Lake TrnVts, coach tmpressl\ietea.m from nous· a74.Jacl

Westlal{e roinps to TNm RI R2 Total 1. - 200 200 580 T2.Lal:.e'l\avi.s 300 205 604 n.The-• 303 301 604 first title 7 years 4,HoustonM8fl'IOflal 294 3 14 608 in 6 10 s.souu-....carr01 303 307 6.MonlS<)me(I 317 3 14 631 ByRtckcantu !.'Old medals and an bupresslve daysooreof589,1Sstrokl'sahead 10.Allen 313 3 19 632 a plaque at the Class GA UIL state o( I. 1.t s and The Wood· 11. Fort BenclctemooU 320 318 638 girls tournament Tuesday at ug lands. t -..t? u...i.i..lS won a one· 12.SanAnt"""8,ln 322 319 641 GEORGETOWN- Before the sea· acy HIiis Coif Club, the players -son, 1he WCSfi:llccfl')lfloam dcu:r• were relieved hm hardly sur, lndMduals ho~~~h~~~~~'.~'1°~~nd mined 11\.11 anything less 1han a prised. t_.aJccTraVISg>lf~g1llhcrcd Ill a Pla)ller,sehOOI Rl R2 TOW state champk>nshlp would be a -we knew we had a btgsllOI of 1,Ul)l)yWhanS.PIJnoEJ.st 69 6() 135 disappointment. w1nnlng (state) but we still had St.rtesotf<::onU~ onC10 2.AnoleOlen,FortBeodClemens 69 69 138 After coa1tn,g 1n second place to play our besr,"' said sopho· 3. Jennie Park, lewisvile Hebron 72 68 140 the past two years, the Chapar· more Bemley conon, who shoe ALSOINStM T4. Sadie~Westlal

ByThornasJones [email protected] While Westra;;e beat out district rival 1...tl.l!+w·• .s ror the Class 6A girls golf sme championship, and Lago Vista gave a strong show• Ing at the Class 3A tourna ment, several other Austin area schools also participated In the state tournaments. The Uberty Hill quinte{ of Cheryl Gauthier, Mackenzy TUrner, Arrlanna Rocha, Sarah Baker and Jena Pina finished fifth at the Class 4A state tournament with a 1eam score of 700 a1 che Slick Rock Golf Course in Marble Falls. In individual play, Faith Kilgore ofWim· berleysbot a 157 to finish 'Sf!V· enth, and LeeAnn Parker of Lampasas shoe a 171. No area reams competed in the aass SA tournamem a1 White Wing Golf Club In George1own, but individual competitor Hannah Choi of Austin I ligh tied for lllh with a 151, eight strokes behind gold-meda list Halle Whit· ney of Magnolia. Mattingly Palmer ofGeorgetown shot a 157. Members of Westlake's girls g o lfteam embrace In celebration after w inning t he Contact Thomas.Jones Class 6A state championship Tuesday at Legacy Hills Golf Club ln Georgetow n. at 512-445-3527. CONTRIBUTED BY JOHN GUTIERREZ UIL state tournament ClmUGirls T-

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Contributed report mentaiy schools, as well as from the Creek word 'kar· campuses in the Lake 'lr.!vis Barton creek Elementary dla' and means ·11ean• or 'Seat school district and at Bar More than 300 girls from from the Eanes school dis of emotions,' is a nonprofit ton Creek Elementary in the the Kardivas clubs at Bee trict, recently gathered for character dub for fifth-grade Eanes district. Cave, IA-ike Pol111e, Lake 'Ir.I· an end-of-year celebration girls. Slude111s meet. on cam The celebration included vis, Lakeway, Serene Hills at Lake Travis High School. pus after school each Thurs an awards ceremony, games and West Cypress Hills ele- Kardivas, wh ich comes day at all elementary school and a lip sync battle. Mendez Middle School in Austin ranks last on the annual Children at Risk list of Central Texas schools.. JAY JANNUt/AMa!ICAN SfAIESMAN

CENTRAL TEXAS SCHOOLS Few blacks, Latinos in city's best schools

Austin isn·1 serving • INSIM: See the anooal Chil low-income students dren at Rl:Sk ratings, AlO well. study says. or -~[~~e!~~~st~! 5~~teuer By Melissa B. Taboada Job of serving black and Lanno chlldren, but especially chlldrcn who are poor,· said noosanbom, Only 10 percem of black and president of Children at Risk. Latino sLudents 1n AusUn are The fmdlngs of Cl1fldren ar Risk auendlng the school district's quantify a ~romplalnl highest-rated schools. mnpared about the Ausun school dlstrtct, wnh one·thtrd ofw hHe srudents 0 and sopcrcenr ofAsian S11Jdents, ;.',;~!~\~~~l~~~;g ~~3m~ a srudy being rdca.scd Monday and upper-class. largely white says. neighborhoods. but has strug Llkewlse. Ausdn Is doing a tact gled to reprcxluce that success lusterJob In educaUng Us low-In· In neighborhoods where the res· come srudents, according to the mos, rccem Ondtngs from the ~t~~~eJ;;~~n:i~~ 11ous1on nonprofi1 Children ar v.10 hold a ne.,.,sronferel'K't> Mon· Rlsk. whldl pulSOUt alll"IJal rnnk day to d1.s<11ss tlte results. lngs o(Texas schools. There are The maJol1ly ofAusUn charter only a handful or Austin schools schools - public schools that are ,vtth mostly k>V;. Jnrornestudent poputauons 1ha1 snn earned an A SChoOtscontlnuedonAl O Schools conmued from Al pfll,att'lymanagl'd rec-.tved C's or D's In the Chlldren at Rlsk rattngs, undcrperform· Ing In reachmg low·tncomc sn1dcntsranparedwttl11hclr peer.; across the Slate. 1IOW· ever. no Austln·area charter school received an F. -in Austin, you·re bkely - more ltkcly 10 be In a bad chanerschool 1fyou·re In one.· Sanborn said. •ch:ir• tersdloolslnAuslln. In com parison to Houston. the Rio Grande Valley and Dallas, arc nndcrperrorm1ng. There are some 1nrrcchblech.1ncr sdlOOls that haVI' done~ WOO( with the ioY."51-lncome Ele,hlh--s,aders a.t Mende2: MkJdle School in Austin l.tke kids, We're Jusl not seeing pa.rt lnauienceclass in January. Mendez has been at risk that In Austla.• ofbeingclosed.JAY-We111R/~.s1.uESMAN 111hl'ln ,._,.. """''~" ,..,....,...,.1 Whllc 1hc AusHn school ~~~:;~~:f':ir: or Houston. "ll 's because there Is proportJonally more affluence and fewer children In J)O\'CMY lhan 1ho,c Olhcr areas ... sanbom said. Only a handful or AosUn elememary schools (com· pored with dazens In lhe Dal· las and Houston areas) per· fonncd wen enOllg)l 1oeam !he G()id Ribbon dlSllnetlOO, campuses lhaL earned Nsor B's and serve high percent· :,gesofstuden lS fTOlll low·ln come famlJtes. Odemy(LASA),Austln (hial>-,,erfurmins ISD,M etement.vyo.,,,,.,...... Annlllclwo,Scnoolfor with at leaSt 75 percent """1gWQmen - IOW-lnCOme stuoont (g.-s9 • 12),AustlnlSD, populaUon) A+ Grahatn,/w$l.illSO O'l,apafralStarACadf):my, Ban-cn,Pftlge,vilelSD charwsd>ool,A HiVt,AustlnlSD westk1lU"8___,Lea<>ers Rorence.,Fk>rence ISO.F (-so-8),AUSttl ISO, lW. AUstln ISO, F A+ Eastskle M8ffl0flal,Aosti"I Hl8h- ISD, F Ll>efal Arts and Science LAKE TRAVIS SCHOOLS Mandatory drug tests ,0l('d for certain students Policy will take effect in fall 2018.

By Luz Moreno-1.ouno [email protected] The Lake Travis school board approved a mandatory drug tesl• ingpolicy May 16 for certain mid· die and high school students. Random drug tests would be mandatory for students in grades seven to 12 who participate in school-sponsored competitive exrracurrlcular acttvilles and stu· dents in grades nine to 12 who request a parking permit, contin-

Tests contlnued on AS help kids make good deci Tests sions," school boord Pres!· continued from A 1 dent Kim Flasch said. •we want to send a strong mes gent upon parental consent. sage so (kids) have an oppor School-sponsoredcompet runl1yand a way iosay, 'NO.'" itive extracurricular activi· Superintendent Brad Lan· ties include University Inter caster said that he felt the scholastic League-sponsored con,;equences es1ablished In athletic, fine arts and aca lhe volunteer program were demic programs, such as effective and would work color guard, power lifting, well for the manda1ory pro speech and debate. gram. But, he said, the pro If parents don't con visions could be adjusted at sent to I he random drug any poilll if lhe board fell ii tests, their children won't necessary. be allowed to participate The amended policy is in those school-sponsored part of the district's Lead· acllvllles or receive a park erforUfe program, a previ ing permit. ously voluntary drug test Parents ofmiddle and high ing program launched Feb. school studems may volun I, 2016. almed al Sll'C'llgthen· teer their children for the ing lhe districrs substance random drug tests. abuse-prevention elfort5. lncen Llves, such as dis As ofMarch, it iscs1imated counted prom tickets and rhat 939 students volun exemption from exams, are reered to participate in the available ror student panic program, according to dis lpants. lrict ofliclals. Under the new Penalties for students who policy, an estimated 4,993 test positive include: students would be subject ■ Substance-abusecoun lO testing. seling. Deputy Superintendent ■ SU5pension from extra· Mary Patin said the new curricular compcllllons. policy requires four sets ol ■ The loss of parking priv rests a }-ear and that no less ileges on campus. than 5 percent of students ■ Completion ofcommu be randomly drug tested In nity service. each wave. School board mem The program is expected bers debated Wednes to cost the district up to day whether lhe support S84 ,000 a year and will take and consequences for stu· effect in the fall for the 2018· dents who show posilive 19 school year. test results were sending a strong enough message to Contact Luz Moreno-Lozano prevent subsequent offenses. at 512-«5-3809. Twitter: "This lsanopponunlly 10 @LuzMorenoLozano LAKE TRAVIS SCHOOLS Salary raises considered for LTISD employees

Compensation ranks among mid-percentile for region districts.