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AUSTIN – A total of 12 Champion athletes qualified for last weekend’s 5A state track and field meet in Austin and one of the Chargers earned a gold medal after freshman Elizabeth Leachman won the 1600.

Boerne Greyhounds Girls Basketball Coach Amy Ruede was named the 2023 Texas High School Coaches Association (THSCA) Girls Basketball Coach of the Year presented by Texas Farm Bureau Insurance. Ruede was presented the award in a surprise ceremony at Greyhound Gym with her family and team in attendance on Tuesday morning.

Geneva School of Boerne’s Athletic Director Eric Boerboom is stepping down to take another role at a school in Houston. He served at Geneva for nine years.

Alyse Zingelmann has been hired as the new Boerne Champion girls soccer coach. Zingelmann replaces Kara Walters, who is stepping away from coaching.

The rescheduled Tapatio Springs Men’s Golf Association Cowboys & Cowgirls Golf Tournament dodged some rain but was played to completion recently.

A total of 10 Boerne High boys basketball players, along with their coach, were honored by the District 27-4A coaches.

The prosecution has rested in the intoxication-manslaughter trial of Kendall Batchelor, who testified she was drunk the night she got behind the wheel of a truck that officials say plowed into a man’s car and killed him.

Charitable donations more than quadrupled the nonprofit’s goal.

The Boerne Independent School District is proud to announce the Valedictorian and Salutatorian, as well as the Top 10 students for the Boerne High School and Champion High School Class of 2023.

May 17, 2023

AUSTIN– Governor Greg Abbott last night commemorated the 75th anniversary of Israel’s independence at a celebration hosted by the Consulate General of Israel to the Southwest in Houston. Delivering the celebration’s keynote address to more than 300 attendees, the Governor highlighted the strong connection between Texas and Israel and ways the State of Texas continues to stand with the people of Israel.

This year, Pedernales Electric Cooperative (PEC) is proudly joining its members and communities in celebrating its 85th anniversary and the electrification of the Texas Hill Country. Before PEC was founded, most Central Texans living in cities like Austin and San Antonio had electricity, but more than 90% of rural families did not. City homes were typically equipped with lights, appliances, and running water, while country life was still rather rustic, with gas lamps and wood burning stoves.