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Recently the Highland Lakes middle school district held their district track meet. The schools in this district are Bee Cave, Dripping Springs, Hill Country, Hudson Bend, Lake Travis, Sycamore Springs and West Ridge representing Dripping Springs, Lake Travis and Westlake.

After missing out on their own meet, the Dripping Springs track teams moved into a very tough level when they joined 14 other schools in the Round Rock Invitational. It had some of the better track schools in the area. When you get in a meet like this points are difficult to come by and split among the top individuals. Depth does not help unless they are really good. Mostly one is pushed to their limit producing personal bests and allows one to compare where they are out in their training.

The Lady Tigers softball team went to Brenham to get in their final tourney of the year before giving their complete attention to district foes. They got in some very good competition while going 4-2 in the tourney. A regular game with Lake Belton was rescheduled for April 23.

A suspect in a Dripping Springs gas station robbery was recently arrested.

Ledgestone Senior Living is flexing its creative muscles with a new drama club for its residents.

The 10th Amplify Austin Day raised $12.6 million for over 700 nonprofit organizations throughout Central Texas this year.

Three Dripping Springs High School choirs earned Overall Superior ratings (Sweepstakes) at the UIL Concert and Sight-reading Evaluation.

The Dripping Springs High School Theater took home the gold this past week, winning the District 26-5A One-Act Play competition.

Two Dripping Springs High School students have qualified for the state Visual Arts Scholastic Event competition after earning all-area recognition at the regional meet.

Nine employees at a Bastrop County facility that cares for young victims of sex trafficking have been accused of trafficking those same girls, according to the Austin American-Statesman.

Ask any UT freshman. Those first few weeks on the Forty Acres are eye openers, to say the least. There’s also much to be learned, which isn’t listed in any class syllabus and isn’t charged for in the tuition.

Dripping Springs attorney, Carly Barton, has been elected as the Hays County Bar Association’s president for 2022.