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Boerne High won its first fives games at the Comal Classic Baseball Tournament before suffering its first loss of the season in the tourney finale to finish 5-1 at the event.

After a tough loss to Alamo Heights last Tuesday, the Champion boys soccer team bounced back to beat Veterans Memorial on Friday.

After five straight shutouts in district, the Boerne High boys soccer team finally gave up one goal Friday against Davenport but that didn’t stop the Greyhounds from winning the match.

After playing in the shortened NEISD Tournament, the Boerne Champion softball resumed district play last Tuesday when they visited Dripping Springs last week.

LAW ENFORCEMENT

The Cana Ballroom was abuzz with more than 250 educators, administrators, local and San Antonio officials and guests as the Greater Boerne Chamber of Commerce hosted the annual Boerne Independent School District State of the District luncheon Thursday.

The ever-changing and complicated development on the 344-acre lot at 418 Ammann Road has changed names yet again, but the newest owner is making some efforts to work with Fair Oaks Ranch city officials and residents to get the property built out.

A 33-year-old Comfort resident, Andres Cervantes, was found not guilty by a jury of his peers last week for the charge of continuous sexual abuse of a child under 14 years of age.

The Boerne Concert Band performed “Musica de Primavera” Sunday night in the Boerne High School Auditorium under the direction of Larry Schmidt, above right. The 60-or-so-member band played various selections, including “West Side Story Mambo,” “Blue Tango,” “Fiesta Tropical” and “The Legend of Zorro.” RIGHT: Bill Hathaway, Gary Joiner and Jan Knudson (front row, from near to far) and Vicki Wilkinson and Ethan Ratliff (back row, from near to far) play their clarinets with the rest of the band during a number. Star photos by Tenley Jackson

The Patrick Heath Public Library played host to a teen event late last month as youngsters participated in various activities. Above, Mauricio Mendoza, a seventh-grader at Boerne Middle School North, tosses the ball down the makeshift alley toward the pins. Star photo by Zachary-Taylor Wright

The Boerne Independent School District Communications Department and the Boerne Education Foundation won 14 statewide awards from the Texas School Public Relations Association. The awards were presented at the 2022 TSPRA Conference at the end of February.

A number of statewide races are headed for a May 24 runoff after the votes were tallied in the March 1 primary.