By Jim Irish Photos by Jim Irish When Bastrop High School sprinter Jaden Carter requires tweaking her form, she turns for advice to her...

By Jim Irish Courtesy photos The Bastrop girls soccer team’s advance to the state playoffs this season included a bi-district victory...

By Jim Irish Photos by Jim Irish The Bastrop girls soccer team didn’t bother knocking on the door. They broke through it. Failing to...

By Jim Irish Still photo by Jim Irish, courtesy photos Bastrop girls bi-district soccer opponent, Richards School for Young Women...

By Jim Irish Cedar Creek boys basketball was snake bitten this past season by injuries to its top players. Sophomore Kenji Franklin and...

Manhattan College's Mike Keogh (left) on the starting line against the late, great Steve Prefontaine of Oregon in the three-mile run at the NCAA outdoor track championships in 1972. Prefontaine won, while Keogh took fifth By Jim Irish Courtesy photos Eight-year-old Mike Keogh stood at the railing on the deck of the 1,550-passenger MV Britannic as it steamed into New York Harbor and its horn bellowed in May 1958. He observed the Statue of Liberty in the distance, but what had

By Jim Irish Photos courtesy of Manhattan College Newly minted Manhattan College head track and cross country coach Fred Dwyer never...

By Jim Irish Photo By Mike Valiska The Cedar Creek boys basketball season has been punctuated with the highest of highs and the lowest of...

By Jim Irish Photo by Mike Valiska Despite being 6-foot-6, Cedar Creek’s Kenji Franklin will transfer to point guard for the remainder of...

By Jim Irish Photos by Mike Valiska Cedar Creek High School boys soccer has established the gold standard for all sports in BISD for more...

By Jim Irish Photos by Mike Valiska Bastrop boys soccer team was ever so close to advancing to the state playoffs last season. In its...

By Jim Irish Bastrop quarterback Seth Mouser received a full-scholarship offer from Division I University of Texas at El Paso during...

By Jim Irish Super sophomore Kenji Franklin has missed Cedar Creek’s last three games — all losses — because of an injured lower leg....

By Jim Irish Photos by Matthew Brooks Bastrop High School graduate Sarah Ghormley has credited “time management” for her ability to...

By Jim Irish Former Cedar Creek volleyball star Brooke Townsend has had a successful run as a student-athlete, but she encompasses much...

By Jim Irish Keyaira Washington is the future of Cedar Creek girls basketball. Washington, a nearly 6-foot freshman with a wingspan of...

By Jim Irish The Bastrop Tribe football team strove for excellence and achieved perfection. The Warriors defeated Gloria Deo Academy, of...

By Jim Irish The wins are piling up for Cedar Creek. The Eagles boys basketball team won its second tournament of the season — and only...

By Jim Irish Cedar Creek’s unbeaten streak ended against Akins 75-68 in a non-district boys basketball game on the road on Nov. 22. The...