St. Edward's Robert Conrad (4) leaps high close to the basket against the outstretched arm of an opponent By Jim Irish St. Edward's courtesy photos and by Jim Irish In a sport that places a premium on height, Robert Conrad is an outlier. A mere 5-foot-11, Conrad, a member of Austin's St. Edward's University basketball team, plies his trade against competitors who are up to 10 inches taller. Not to worry. What Conrad, a 2024 Cedar Creek High School alumnus, lacks in height, he

Bastrop's Navaeh Jones (24), shooting against Anderson, was selected co-MVP of District 24-5A By Jim Irish Photos by Dustyn Werner...

Kenji Franklin (21) soars for the dunk in a district game against McCallum By Jim Irish Photos by Dustyn Werner Kenji Franklin has the...

Bastrop's Paytin Greene (3) and Alaysia Williams trap Rudder's Alaina Hill at Rockdale on Tuesday By Jim Irish Photos by Meredith...

Cedar Creek's Phineas Koplin (10) discovers the long arm of Weiss' 6-foot-7 Blake Wilson By Jim Irish Photos by Dustyn Werner Kenji...

Bastrop's Navaeh Jones (24) leaps for a short jump shot against Fort Bend Marshall on Thursday By Jim Irish Photos by Robert Washington ...

Kenji Franklin swoops in for the dunk against Bastrop in a game in which he set a career scoring record By Jim Irish Photos by Dustyn...

Bastrop girls pose after their first bi-district basketball victory in nearly 30 years By Jim Irish Photos by Jim Irish and Dustyn Werner...

Bastrop post Navaeh Jones (24) was the difference in team's victory over Weiss with 27 points and 27 rebounds By Jim Irish Photos by...

Bastrop's Keyaira Limuel (11) scores underneath surrounded by a trio of Anderson defenders. By Jim Irish Photos by Dustyn Werner The...

Cedar Creek's Kenji Franklin soars above the rim for a two-handed dunk against Bastrop By Jim Irish Photos by Dustyn Werner In his...

Cedar Creek's Kenji Franklin soars for the dunk against McCallum on Friday at the Eagles gym By Jim Irish Photos by Robert Washington  As...

Cedar Creek's Kenji Franklin (21) drives past Anderson player to the basket By Jim Irish Photos by Dustyn Werner Anderson boys basketball...

At 6-foot-1, Bastrop center Navaeh Jones towers over teammate Zo'Nai Cook, the 5-1 starting point guard By Jim Irish Two talented...

Valentino Maxwell built a successful program over seven seasons at Cedar Creek By Jim Irish Photos by Dustyn Werner and Jim Irish Valentino Maxwell will no longer be striding in front of the Cedar Creek bench with his calm demeanor during nail-biting boys basketball games. After building a successful program at Cedar Creek, Valentino Maxwell has departed for Class 6A Round Rock McNeil. He resigned on June 6 and started at McNeil on June 13. "You don't know when these opportun

By Jim Irish Photos by Justyn Werner and Mike Valiska Despite a height of only 5-foot-10, Robert Conrad stood much taller in the eyes of...

By Jim Irish Photos by Dustyn Werner Nine times from the end of the first half until one minute remaining in the fourth quarter Cedar...

By Jim Irish Photos by Jim Irish Robert Conrad had practiced too hard and spent untold hours honing his game during his four varsity...

By Jim Irish Photos by Dustyn Werner Cedar Creek has advanced to the state basketball playoffs, only the second time in the school’s...

By Jim Irish Photos by Dustyn Werner Cedar Creek was dazed by Connally’s half-court trap defense in a 48-42 District 23-5A loss at the...