Sports

Lake Travis High School got the jump on the Dripping Springs High School Lady Tigers in their first district meeting and came away with a 3-1 advantage.

A sluggish first half that included big penalties and a couple of interceptions that saw Dripping Springs High School going into halftime with a slim 14-12 halftime lead was saved by another top notch defensive effort this past weekend.

With one meet to go before district, the Dripping Springs High School cross country teams entered the toughest meet of the year.

As the Dripping Springs High School cross country team heads for the district meet in several weeks, they continue to improve their standings in competition.

The Dripping Springs High School volleyball team raised their record to 36-2, 6-0 with two tough wins over Westlake and Austin High Schools.

Dripping Springs High School showed an improvement of strength in all phases of the game as they notched their first shutout of the season — 56-0 — over Austin High School.

Fifty years ago, there was another Tiger football team that had in mind a district championship. A large contingency of returning starters were vowing to get the job done after suffering through one of the most snakebit seasons a team could endure. They had the great misfortune of losing four games in the final 20 seconds. This certainly gave them the resolve to take the 29A crown and they did.

After making a trip to Denton to run in a meet, the Dripping Springs crosscountry teams stayed a little closer to home. They entered the St. Andrews Invitational in Austin with all four teams having good success in their divisions. The Lady Tigers took first in both their divisions while the Tigers placed fourth in varsity and seventh in JV.

The Lady Tigers Volleyball team have stretched their season record to 24-2 with wins over Austin Akins and New Braunfels. Akins was a district game while New Braunfels was non-district. Dripping Springs will be facing their first round of battles with the other top teams in the district, Westlake and Lake Travis. They will have to face the same pair again later in the schedule.

Since the Dripping Springs High School cross country program spends part of their time at the state tournament, they like to get acquainted with possible opponents.

Tigers airmail the Thunderbirds, 25-14

The #2, state-ranked Dripping Springs High School volleyball team moved their district record to 3-0 and their season record to 32-2 with wins over Johnson and Anderson High Schools in 3-0 matches. Anderson proved to be very competitive, which helps the Lady Tigers stay sharp.