The Boerne Star is making some exciting changes to the newspaper starting in mid-August, and it will directly affect the paper’s sports coverage.
Cole Phillips has been signed, sealed and delivered to the Atlanta Braves after they selected him with the 57th pick in the second round of this year’s Major League Baseball draft on July 17.
Douglas Hodo flew to Baltimore last weekend and inked his deal with the Orioles, the team that selected him on July 18 in this year’s Major League Baseball Draft.
The Hill Country Comets are still blazing the track and smashing the field as they head down the homestretch of their season.
Cole Phillips (left) and Douglas Hodo (right) pose for a picture with Boerne High baseball coach Bill Merrell at last week’s MLB watch party at the Dog & Pony Grill in Boerne. Both Phillips and Hodo were drafted and went within the first six rounds with Phillips drafted in the second round to the Braves and Hodo in the sixth to the Orioles.
Cole Phillips, along with family and friends, were at the Dog & Pony Grill on Sunday night to watch the Major League Baseball draft.
Douglas Hodo had quite a baseball career at Boerne High and then at the University of Texas and now Hodo hopes to continue that success at the next level.
Recent Boerne Champion graduate Maximus Cavazos played in the fourth annual National High School Golf Association Invitational last week in Pinehurst, North Carolina.
Boerne resident Brackston Pitts played at the Optimist International Junior Golf Championship at Trump National Doral in Miami.
The annual Texas High School Coaches Association convention was held this week in San Antonio.
Boerne High School graduates Cole Phillips and Douglas Hodo were both selected in this year’s Major League Baseball draft.
