Sports

After many, many hours of practice, Jesuit’s bowling team has been preparing for the state tournament after a very successful run in their new district this season. Playing MacArthur, Trinity, LD Bell, Skyline, Lake Highlands, Winston, and Grapevine, Jesuit dominated the bowling alley as they surged past all of their district competitors. Jesuit Bowling coach [...]

Ahh, after a long twelve months, March Madness has finally returned.  The four days where you research, flip coins and do other wacky and superstitious things to pick your teams.  Whether you take ten minutes or two hours, you always need some background information to fill out your bracket and win within your group. Here [...]

Jesuit baseball is firing back up again with the season now under way. In order to be prepared for this season, many preparations and a lot of training have taken place. Although they are not a varsity team, the JV baseball team is no exception. In the offseason, all players attended a boot camp all [...]

The Jesuit tennis team recently began their spring season, playing a few matches and trying to get back in the swing of things as they look to compete in district play at the district 9-5A tournament March 26-27th.   As Coach Paul McDaniel puts it, “There isn’t much to tell at this point in the [...]

The weekend of February 21-23, the Jesuit Ranger Wrestling Team, led by Coaches Ryan Menard, Tony Brown, and Andrew Fleming, ended their season at the UIL State Wrestling Tournament 5A division in Austin, Texas at the Austin ISD Burger Center and the Austin ISD Delco Center. The competitors from the Jesuit team included Nick Barker [...]

Once a Ranger, always a Ranger as they say.  One former Ranger has reached the pinnacle of professional sports, being named a Super Bowl Champion on February 3rd, 2013 as a member of the Baltimore Ravens.  A name recognized by many around the Jesuit community, Reggie Stephens ’05 has set a new standard for Jesuit [...]

In recent years, Jesuit baseball has soared into the ranks of Texas high school baseball’s elite. Since the hiring of Coach Brian Jones three years ago, Jesuit baseball has seen a surge into unchartered waters. In the 2010 season, Coach Jones led Jesuit to the third round of the state playoffs, after beating traditional powerhouse [...]

Just into their new season, the Ranger Lacrosse team is already looking ahead to a great year. In their off season, the Rangers conducted a rigorous weight training program and several team practices to work on their skills. Last week, the team had a game against Hillcrest, a former Division II champion. Jesuit smoked the [...]

The buzzer beater shots.  The winning Hail Mary catches. The walk-off homeruns.  All these and many, many more are moments athletes, regardless of the sport, live for.  Being an athlete is more than the workouts, the game, the fame, or the success; it’s much more.  Being an athlete calls for one to give his entire [...]