No Hurdle Too High

By Jim Irish Courtesy photos Brice Chabot has transferred to the University of Houston, the mecca of collegiate sprinting. The Smithville...

By Jim Irish Getty Images, Alpha Historica/Alamy, Hutton-Deutsch Collection, PA archive On a sweltering July afternoon in 1924, Eric...

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...

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 Courtesy photos from UTSA Brice Chabot suffered a concussion playing football at 16 years old for Smithville High School....

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...

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...

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...

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 rudder. Here are the stark facts: Under head coach Josh Thomas, the Eagles have a 1-29 record in the past three seasons; Cedar Creek has lost 25 consecutive games; The Cedar Creek freshmen, junior varsity, and varsity teams had a combined record of 0-38 last season. Cedar Creek program has plummeted How has Cedar Creek toppled so far? Four ye

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...

By Jim Irish Courtesy photos Todd Harbour is thriving in Port Isabel, the small community on the Texas Gulf Coast where he spent his...

By Jim Irish Photos by Dustyn Werner Cedar Creek basketball players and coaches will remember this win — perhaps for the rest of their...

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...

By Jim Irish Photos by John Gutierrez, Austin American-Statesman Robert Conrad, Cedar Creek’s four-year starter at point guard, missed...

By Jim Irish Photos by John Gutierrez, Austin American-Statesman Cedar Creek couldn’t close it out in a District 23-5A opener against...

By Jim Irish When Cedar Creek’s Kenji Franklin reached 997 career points against Austin Travis, head coach Valentino Maxwell called a...