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Smithville's Chabot transfers to Houston to train under nine-time Olympic gold medalist
By Jim Irish Courtesy photos Brice Chabot has transferred to the University of Houston, the mecca of collegiate sprinting. The Smithville...
Aug 20, 20243 min read
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Eric Liddell: Olympic champion, Chariots of Fire protagonist, missionary to China
By Jim Irish Getty Images, Alpha Historica/Alamy, Hutton-Deutsch Collection, PA archive On a sweltering July afternoon in 1924, Eric...
Jul 14, 20247 min read
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Chabot scratched from 200 at Olympic trials after entering transfer portal
By Jim Irish Courtesy photo Brice Chabot did not step to the starting line of the 200-meter dash heat at the Olympic trials last...
Jun 30, 20242 min read
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Maxwell departs Cedar Creek after building solid program
By Jim Irish Photos by Justyn Werner and Jim Irish Valentino Maxwell will no longer be striding in front of the Cedar Creek bench with...
Jun 26, 20243 min read
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Chabot set for race of his life in 200 dash at U.S. Olympic trials
By Jim Irish Courtesy photos from UTSA Brice Chabot suffered a concussion playing football at 16 years old for Smithville High School....
Jun 23, 20243 min read
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Adams soars to silver medal in Class 5A state track meet
By Jim Irish Track fans had their final glimpse of Bastrop High School’s Ramonz Adams, at the state track meet last Friday. Ramonz said...
May 7, 20242 min read
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Look, up in the sky; it's a bird; it's a plane; it's Bastrop's Ramonz Adams
By Jim Irish Courtesy photos Bastrop High School’s Ramonz Adams’s primary focus is football, but he is displaying elite form in track and...
Apr 25, 20242 min read
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Bastrop's Sherman captures third consecutive district crown
By Jim Irish Courtesy photo Carly Sherman has a lock on District 23-5A golf. The Bastrop High School junior last week captured her third...
Apr 4, 20242 min read
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Cedar Creek football program requires a complete reset
By Jim Irish Photo by Mike Valiska, Jim Irish The Cedar Creek football program is in dire straits, a ship adrift in the ocean without a...
Mar 15, 20245 min read
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Cedar Creek's Conrad impresses District 23-5A coaches, selected MVP
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...
Feb 28, 20243 min read
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Cedar Creek's dream season ends in area round against Killeen Shoemaker
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...
Feb 24, 20244 min read
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Cedar Creek's dream season ends in area round against Killeen Shoemaker
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...
Feb 24, 20244 min read
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Conrad catches fire, leads Cedar Creek to first-ever state playoff victory over McCallum
By Jim Irish Photos by Jim Irish Robert Conrad had practiced too hard and spent untold hours honing his game during his four varsity...
Feb 21, 20242 min read
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Cedar Creek reaches playoffs with aid from Hendrickson
By Jim Irish Photos by Dustyn Werner Cedar Creek has advanced to the state basketball playoffs, only the second time in the school’s...
Feb 8, 20243 min read
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Cedar Creel stumbles against Connally's trap defense
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...
Feb 3, 20243 min read
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Harbour, former 3:50 miler, Baylor track coach, returns to Texas high school alma mater
By Jim Irish Courtesy photos Todd Harbour is thriving in Port Isabel, the small community on the Texas Gulf Coast where he spent his...
Feb 1, 20246 min read
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This is one that Cedar Creek will likely remember; Eagles win after trailing by 16 in the fourth
By Jim Irish Photos by Dustyn Werner Cedar Creek basketball players and coaches will remember this win — perhaps for the rest of their...
Jan 25, 20243 min read
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Cedar Creek wallops Bastrop by 34 in crosstown rivalry game
By Jim Irish Photos by Dustyn Werner Cedar Creek’s big three put the big hurt on Bastrop. Robert Conrad and Kenji Franklin scored 24 and...
Jan 18, 20242 min read
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Franklin earns double-double in district rout over East View
By Jim Irish Photos by John Gutierrez, Austin American-Statesman Robert Conrad, Cedar Creek’s four-year starter at point guard, missed...
Jan 5, 20242 min read
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Cedar Creek drops district opener against Hendrickson on turnovers in fourth quarter
By Jim Irish Photos by John Gutierrez, Austin American-Statesman Cedar Creek couldn’t close it out in a District 23-5A opener against...
Dec 24, 20232 min read
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