After experiencing a tender Tennessee Christmas (see what I did there?), I have returned to Texas just in time to write a year-in-review column.
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Coach Chris Ramirez still has high expectations for his Our Lady of the Hills boys basketball team. At the same time, though, he also knows his players are going to experience some growing pains this season.
During the offseason, Steve Marbach began entertaining ambitious goals for his Ingram Tom Moore girls basketball program.
Senior running back Zachary Villo rushed for 303 yards and scored three touchdowns to lead Comfort to a 43-6 rout over host Ingram Tom Moore on Friday night.
Ingram Tom Moore enjoyed one of the best volleyball seasons in school history this fall, as the Lady Warriors continued to achieve one milestone after another.
LLANO — With Ingram Tom Moore two points away from advancing to the area round, coach Tony Vela sprinted onto the court during a timeout, dishing high fives to each of his players.
COMFORT— The Ingram volleyball players heard the chant directed at them as they trudged off Schreiner’s court on Oct. 12
With two weeks remaining in the regular season, we now have a clearer idea of the 2019 playoff picture.
For several days, the Center Point volleyball team has known the identity of its first-round playoff opponent.
Karlie Bonam wasn’t happy on Saturday, and she didn’t hesitate to let her Ingram Tom Moore volleyball teammates know about it.
The Tivy tennis team definitely played like one of the best squads in the state on Tuesday.
After Ingram Tom Moore’s volleyball match with Fredericksburg on Aug. 30, junior middle blocker Anna Crittenden visited with her friend from Boerne who had attended the match.
For the first three games of the season, Ingram Tom Moore quarterback Tim Leatherman has propelled the Warriors with his legs, but Friday night he did it with his arm.
Midway through the fourth set, after flicking the ball across the net for another kill, Makenna Gelsone turned toward her coach Tony Vela, flashed a smile and gave him the “thumbs up.”
After suffering a heart-breaking loss to Junction in their season opener, the Warriors immediately had to turn around and play a solid Class 2A D’Hanis team in a hostile environment. In other words, it was clear Saturday’s game against the Cowboys was going to test their character.
Junction High needed just three big plays from running back Isaiah Gonzales — all in the first quarter — to hold on to a 27-24 victory over host Ingram Tom Moore in a non-district game Friday night.
Coach Tony Vela believes that his Ingram volleyball team still has room for improvement. That’s a scary thought for the opposing teams in the Lady Warriors’ district.
After Friday’s scrimmages, it’s still completely rational to believe that every Kerr County high school football team is going to be great this season.
The Ingram Tom Moore volleyball team didn’t leave San Angelo with a championship this weekend, but that didn’t stop the Lady Warriors from continuing to prove that they will be a championship-caliber team this fall.
The Tom Moore Ingram football team entered fall camp with high expectations after returning 13 starters from last season’s playoff team. In June, Dave Campbell’s Texas Football predicted Ingram to make the playoffs again in 2019.
HARPER — When the Ingram volleyball team bus rolled into Ingram at about 10 p.m. last Friday, the Ingram Fire Department greeted the Lady Warriors with a champion’s reception.
Even with temperatures eclipsing 100 degrees, summer is basically over.
Coach Tony Vela intentionally made his Ingram volleyball team’s non-district schedule as difficult as possible. He knew his players had the mettle to handle high-level competition.
Ever since off-season workouts began in February, coach Tony Vela has been looking forward to the upcoming Ingram Tom Moore volleyball season.
On March 2, Tony Vela began decorating his kitchen table.
After his Ingram Tom Moore football players had finished running their sprints on Monday morning, coach Duane Kroeker delivered a pep talk to them on the Warriors’ football field.
Chris Moralez went through a cavalcade of emotions on Friday. The Ingram tennis coach was exhausted after spending three days at the tennis state tournament in college station. He was elated that five of his players medaled, and he was a little sad that he watched his seniors play their fina…
Before Kylie Chapa teed off at Scott Schreiner Golf Course on April 22, before she cemented her legacy as one of the best golfers in Ingram Tom Moore History, she pulled into the Garden of Memories cemetery. Before she could compete in the Class 3A Region IV golf tournament, she had to visit…
Moments before his match, Austin Fairchild approached Greg Macias, shook his hand and wished him luck. The two Ingram seniors have been long-time friends, but during the District 26-3A mixed doubles championship on April 1, they temporarily became adversaries.
INGRAM— On one Tuesday morning, the Ingram Tom Moore principal stormed into Chris Moralez’s classroom holding a letter in his left hand. With feigned solemnity, Justin Crittenden gave Moralez some advice.
On Nov. 10, 2017, Ingram football coach Duane Kroeker challenged his players.
It’s an undisputed fact: this is the most wonderful time of the year.
INGRAM — It was to be a battle of the district undefeateds for sole possession of first place. Only it wasn’t much of a battle.
On Oct. 9, at around 8:30 p.m., the entire Ingram Tom Moore volleyball team was celebrating.
The Tivy coaches found themselves in a strange position last Friday night against Memorial. Late in the second half, they were almost trying not to score.
It should have been a barnburner right? Nope.
TR Varnado was what one might call a football prodigy.
Duane Kroeker’s speech is still fresh in Sam Carpenter’s mind.
INGRAM — Late in the third quarter, Sam Carpenter felt exhausted.
INGRAM — Every morning during the summer, senior Chris Slaughter and his Ingram teammates filtered into the Warriors’ field house for 8 a.m. workouts.
INGRAM — Ingram volleyball coach Tony Vela tried to avoid Alison Sheriff before the Lady Warriors’ home contest against Our Lady of the Hills.
Unless a team are riding a championship, every year is a building year. But, when you combine a disappointing 2017 season with the graduation of a core group of skill players, rebuilding takes on a new level of urgency.
Tony Vela doesn’t want to fantasize too much about the future. He’s been coaching long enough to know that the most effective way to win a championship is through a constant fixation on the present.
The first thing to understand about Tony Vela is that he loves working with kids. Almost all his endeavors stem from this passion.
INGRAM — Braden Fairchild was one of the first people to congratulate his younger brother after his performance in the regional tennis tournament in San Marcos on April 20.
INGRAM — The Ingram Tom More High School was in control against Comfort High School through the first six innings on Friday night.
Friday night’s District 3A-13 game played under the bright lights at Ingram Tom Moore field was a tale of two halves. Two very distinct halves.
The Comfort High School volleyball team registered a three-set — 25-22, 25-21, 25-22 — home victory over Ingram Tom Moore High School on Tuesday.
Ian Crittenden didn’t even have time to settle into his dorm at the University of Texas when he was ushered into a room of 500 kids. Texas Boys State was officially underway.
The final score doesn’t always tell the tale. That axiom was never truer than Friday evening when Ingram Tom Moore went up against the potent Hyde Park Panthers under the lights at Warrior Field.
