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The Champion baseball team rallied against Seguin Friday night at home and kept its playoff hopes alive.

With two games left in the baseball regular season, the 28-4A district title is still up for grabs but the good news for the Greyhounds is that they control their own destiny.

Even though Hyde Park was outhit by the Geneva School of Boerne softball team in Friday’s game, 15-5, the Panthers played the Eagles close and made it interesting, however Geneva was still able to pick up the 8-5 win.

The halls of the Clubs at Cordillera Ranch were lined with dozens of family members, friends and Boerne Independent School District staff, board members and alumni to honor the 2022 Boerne’s Distinguished Alumni Class of 2022 Friday afternoon.

After an unorthodox two-week back and forth period with the courts, 451st District Court Judge Kirsten Cohoon employed some creative solutions to sentence an 81-year-old Comfort resident on hospice, Joseph Allen Nezat, to 60 years in state prison.

In an extremely quiet 2022 general election season, local residents only have one actual race in which to cast ballots. And that race is in the Boerne Independent School District as incumbent Place 4 Trustee Maritza Gonzalez-Cooper is being challenged by Armando Trevino Jr.

Ezra Kriefels takes the wheel of an antique fire truck during the Boerne Fire Department’s open house Saturday morning. Families filled the fire station where children sprayed hoses at wooden fire cutouts and snapped photos with the department mascot, Sparky. The event was used to educate residents about fire safety in the community. Star photo by Zachary-Taylor Wright

The Genealogical Society of Kendall County, the Kerrville Genealogical Society and the Comfort Heritage Foundation have joined to sponsor “May Fest, A Celebration of Family History” at Comfort Park, 446 Broadway in Comfort from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 30.

The Senior Thesis is the capstone to a Geneva School of Boerne education. The program begins with seniors researching issues around a controversial topic. They then write a formal academic paper to focus on crafting strong arguments and finally shift that content into an engaging and persuasive presentation.

The AARP Tax Aide Foundation volunteers have provided free tax service at the Patrick Heath Public LIbrary for 14 years. This year, the Boerne location sent 1,002 e-filed returns – more than any other site in Texas, including Dallas and Houston. Pictured, from left, are seven of the 15 counselors who assisted taxpayers: Paul Roberts, Brad Mitchell, Gaylia Kelley, Vernon Markworth (facilitator), Lyndon Peters, Diana Drenner and Karen McKee. Submitted photo

2022 Boerne High School Boys Soccer Roster