Sports

The Greyhound football program held its annual kickoff dinner Sunday night at the Dog & Pony Grill. Boerne continues to prepare for the upcoming season and scrimmages Kerrville Tivy on Friday. They have another scrimmage next week and then play at home against Flour Bluff on Aug. 25 to begin the regular season. 

Boerne ISD held its annual summer football camp and it turned out to be the largest camp of the summer with roughly 300 young men showing up to work on their football skills. Because of the size, the camp was broken down into three sessions.

The story in the Sports section of last Friday’s Boerne Star regarding the Agua Swift Aquatics team contained an error. It stated the team is sponsored by the city of Boerne. The city of Boerne supports the team but does not officially sponsor it. Aqua Swift Aquatics rents pool space from the city of Boerne.

The Greyhound football team began practice this week, as did the teams from Geneva School of Boerne and Comfort. The Champion football squad begins Monday since they held spring drills last May and have to wait a week. For more on the area football teams, be sure to look in the Boerne Star.

Boerne based Aqua Swift Aquatics, led by Coach Jason Schmeltzer, sent five age group swimmers to the Texas Age Group Swimming Championship Swim Meet (TAGS) in Dallas recently.

Boerne ISD held its annual summer baseball camp at Champion High School and 120 young men showed up at this year’s event to improve their baseball skills.

Comfort ISD recently held its annual football camp and close to 50 young men showed up to work on their football skills.

Boerne resident and TMI sophomore Carson Clark recorded an ace on the 11th hole at Tapatio Springs. Clark used a pitching iron from the white tees that measured 129 yards that day. The event was witnessed by friends Colton Shaver and Daniel Fernandez. Clark, 16, has been playing golf for about a year.

There aren’t too many waves to catch in and around Boerne but that hasn’t stopped a Boerne native from winning a world surfing title.

Recent Boerne High School graduate Rashawn Galloway was named to this year’s all-state baseball team by the Texas Sports Writers Association.

Fall sports got underway at local high schools on Monday as student athletes and coaches began preparations for the upcoming seasons. At Champion, there is a new sport this year as water polo kicked off its inaugural campaign with practice at the Boerne city pool. The Chargers will field both a boys and girls team under the direction of coach Alberto Escalante.

Boerne ISD held its annual summer volleyball camp at Champion High School and about 200 young ladies showed up at this year’s event to work on their volleyball skills.