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These results are for the Dripping Springs JV teams as they competed in the Hays meet. The girls placed second and the boys third.

The Tigers baseball team hit a bump in the road to their title aspirations when Alamo Heights scored big early and held off late to put a 7-6 loss on the tab. In the next game with Veterans Memorial DS was able to walk their way to an 11-2 win.

Each year all the Dripping Springs track members that qualify for events are entered at the Texas Relays. This is to give them added experience of what it will be like when they earn a spot at the state meet a month later. Dripping Springs took some of their best and got to compete with the best. It was one of the last steps to be taken before competing in the District 26- 5A district meet on April 12-13. Tomorrow all the track teams will be competing in the Unicorn Relays at New Braunfels.

The Dripping Springs soccer fans got to see both their teams in action at the same time. Under UIL rules the district champs get to play the bi-district games at their home field. With both being district champs they got to host the fourth place teams from District 25-5A. This meant the Lady Tigers were matched with Rouse and moved on with a 4-1 victory. The Tigers played Glenn and blew them away 8-0. Unfortunately by press time, there were no stats from our teams to report.

The Hays-Caldwell Women’s Center marked the grand opening of a project more than 20 years in the making with a ceremony Friday.

Much of the state remains at considerable risk for wildfires through this week, largely because of higher-than-usual temperatures and drought conditions. More than 40% of the state is suffering extreme drought conditions, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. Nearly the entire state is in some form of drought, with much of the Panhandle, High Plains and west central Texas most at risk.

I met Betty N. Adams, Dean of Prairie View A&M University College of Nursing - Houston, right after she took the helm of Prairie View’s College of Nursing in Houston. Hard to believe, but that was the summer of 2000. Later this year, she’ll step back from steering that great ship through 22 years of daily challenges and extraordinary achievements. But something about this woman told me she’d reach the summit of the mountain of challenge with the grace and poise I came to admire — no covet — over the years

The Hays County Commissioners Court declared April 4 - 10, 2022 as National Public Health Week in Hays County during their Tuesday meeting.

The Hill Country Alliance has announced its first annual Spring Water Revival: a month-long, springtime celebration of water in the Hill Country.

The Hays County Commissioners Court has passed two agenda items related to ongoing projects, one regarding the county’s Mental Health Task Force, the other involving the county’s shortage of animal shelters.

Featuring local furry friends eligible for adoption & looking for loving homes!

April 1