It’s pretty simple for the Boerne High baseball team – win Friday’s home game against Wimberley and the Greyhounds will claim this year’s District 28-4A championship.
Baseball can sometimes be a cruel game and that proved to be the case Tuesday for the Boerne Champion team that traveled to Kerrville Tivy for a key district contest.
Editor’s note: This is a reprinted column from Jack Purcell’s “On the Journey” archives. It originally appeared in The Star in 2013.
Good morning, fellow travelers. This month is mostly going to be devoted to one object, the giant globular in the far southern constellation of Centaurus in these May late evenings.
The Boerne Star said it best earlier this month: “Boerne chamber’s growth explosion continues.”
What started as a simple conversation about parking led to a commissioners court coup Monday morning as a couple of commissioners and the county judge decided a new administrative building would be a better addition to the county jail property rather than the year-long plan for a justice center.
The Patrick Heath Public Library played host to its annual bike-trike race at Main Plaza on Wednesday morning as dozens of children showed up with their favorite mode of transportation. Included in the festivities was Children’s Librarian Constance Keremes reading a story, “Duck on a Bike” by David Shannon, to those in attendance. Star photos by Keith E. Domke
Boerne High School sophomore Justin Koth won the Class 4A State Tennis Championship in boys singles on Wednesday. Koth defeated Longview High School’s Zach Couch in straight sets to win the title match. Three girls on the BHS tennis team also medaled at the state meet while one Champion duo did the same.
A statement repeated to a jury and sternly directed at the defendant rang true Wednesday afternoon: “I’m going to be in so much trouble,” bringing a decade-long criminal case to a close.
The Boerne Independent School District believes there is nothing more important than getting an education after high school, whether it’s at a professional training program, a community college, a four-year college or university or in the military.
Anna Werner, of Anna’s Creations, flips through the pages of young Sawyer’s new fabric-sewn book her family purchased for her at the Kendall County Fair Association’s first Spring Craft Fair last Sunday at the Kendall County Fairgrounds. Star photo by Zachary-Taylor Wright
The Old Jail Museum, 208 E. San Antonio Ave. in Boerne, will host its second annual Rock the Jail history day on Saturday, May 7, with a community celebration from 2 to 9 p.m.
