For the last several years, Tivy has possessed one of the best baseball programs in Texas. Other coaches in the state are starting to notice.
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SPRING HILL— Tivy’s football team experienced a brief scare during 7-on-7 games at Smithson Valley High School on Tuesday morning.
Before the 2018-19 school year began, Tivy athletic director David Jones was confident that every single one of his teams would make the playoffs.
Sometime in August of 2017, Tivy assistant coach Ty Taylor approached Jared Zirkel inside the Antlers’ weight room, needing to share some important news with the rising sophomore.
The lights inside the Tivy field house flicker around 4:55 a.m. on Tuesday morning, slowly stirring to life.
It happens every off-season.
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As soon as the competition was over, Jared Zirkel beamed while he snapped a selfie in his Georgia kicking camp shirt and sent it to Brent Grablachoff.
Coach David Jones gathered his Tivy football players inside the field house on May 24, informing them that one of his assistants, defensive line coach Ty Taylor, had some news he needed to share with them.
Young basketball fanatics will have an opportunity to polish their skills during the summer.
Peterson track coach Grant Palmer leads his Spike cross country team in warmups before a meet. Palmer has continued to influence Tivy alumni’s lives during his 38 years of coaching in Kerrville.
Every morning around 6:45 a.m., Grant Palmer begins his workday with the same routine. He parks his car outside of Hal Peterson’s gym, walks across the gym’s old floor, taking a moment to appreciate the mural of the ferocious, charging buck, and enters his office inside the Spikes’ locker room.
It wasn’t difficult for coach Reece Zunker to detect a difference in his Tivy soccer workouts once the 2019 season ended.
After the Tivy baseball team had lost to Sharyland, 4-3, in Game 3 of the Regional Semifinals, after he had played his final game with the Antlers, Brady Delgado searched for positives inside the dugout at Cabaniss Field.
CORPUS CHRISTI— Brady Delgado slowly removed his batting helmet while Sharlyand’s players rushed out of their dugout to celebrate, and trudged toward the left-field line to greet his Tivy teammates.
VICTORIA— Cole Miears slowly descended from the mound as soon as Sharyland’s Saul Soto skied a fly ball toward the middle infield. He coolly pumped his fist when the ball sailed into Tivy shortstop Walker Grimes’ glove for the game’s final out.
Stoney Rhodes frequently retreated to the batting cage in his backyard after Tivy baseball games this season, searching for a solution to his predicament.
Tivy Athletic director David Jones continued what has become his favorite signing-day tradition: Sharing a story about the signee.
Jeremy Hickman felt a rush of excitement as he strolled toward the podium during the Kerrville Independent School District board meeting on Monday.
Jeremy Hickman felt a rush of excitement as he strolled toward the podium during the Kerrville Independent School District board meeting on Monday.
When Rody Barker shared his decision with his mother, telling her that he was going to continue his baseball career at Texas A&M, Angie Barker could sense his joy.
Before Tivy senior Cameron Poole could sign her letter of intent, athletic director David Jones interrupted Monday’s ceremony at Tivy High School to share a brief story.
Brady Delgado didn’t reveal a single emotion while operating on the mound Friday night. Never once did the Tivy senior flash anything resembling a grin as he mowed down the Tigers’ lineup; never once did he venture to celebrate. He just simply maintained the same solemn expression and calmly…
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…
DRIPPING SPRINGS— Coleson Abel’s throw from centerfield in the bottom of the seventh arrived a hair too late. By the time the ball sailed into sophomore catcher Travis White’s glove, Dripping Springs’ Ty Kaatz had already touched home plate. The umpire signaled safe, and the Tigers stormed o…
Chris Russ’s natural inclination is to smile whenever he drives the team bus after road games, quietly laughing at all the shenanigans occurring behind him.
During the bus ride back to Kerrville, Tivy senior Braden Jaeger made an usual request to sophomore Travis White.
JOURDANTON — After driving in the go-ahead run in the eighth, senior right fielder Braden Jaeger planted both feet on second base, beamed at the cheering Tivy fans behind home plate and executed two fist pumps.
AUSTIN — After he was finished jumping, Tivy junior Andrew Stieler trudged toward the stands at Mike A. Myers Stadium and greeted the members of his fan club, thanking each of them for their support on Friday.
AUSTIN— Tivy junior Brooks McCoy entered Mike A. Myers stadium Friday morning with a sling wrapped around his shoulder. A few hours later, he grimaced after every leap during the Triple Jump at the Class 5A State Meet.
Moments after the Tivy softball team’s 15-9 loss to Dripping Spring in Fredericksburg on Friday, after the Lady Antlers’ historic season had finally ended in the regional quarterfinals, Tivy coach Jeremy Hickman made sure to thank each one of his six seniors.
Brady Delgado didn’t deliver his best stuff on Friday night. That might make his performance on the mound Friday night even more impressive.
During the preseason, Travis White and a couple of his Tivy baseball teammates hatched the perfect plan to attain international fame. They were going to be music’s next great rock band.
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Campbell Grona furrowed her brows before Monday’s practice, trying her best to give an answer.
For a moment on Saturday evening, senior Kaitlyn Secor remained frozen on the infield dirt, quietly staring at her equally shocked Tivy softball teammates.
GEORGETOWN— Cole Miears was the first player to greet Colten Drake, lifting his Tivy teammate off the ground as soon as the latter reached second base. After returning to his feet, Drake continued to receive hugs from his teammates.
Coach Jeremy Hickman didn’t say anything profound to his Tivy softball players before Saturday’s rubber match against Uvalde. He simply reminded them that they were a good softball team, better than the team they were going to face on Saturday.
Tivy’s baseball players watched in stunned silence as Austin LBJ’s pitcher Jacob Greendyk flexed both arms after recording the game’s final out.
Before Thursday, the Tivy softball team was rolling, having won eight out of its last nine. The Lady Antlers also hadn’t lost once at home this season.
UVALDE — With a giant smile spreading across her face, Hannah Delgado slammed the softball to the grass turf and sprinted toward her Tivy teammates to begin the celebration.
Tivy High School buzzed with excitement on Tuesday around noon.
As soon as Tivy coach David Jones blew his whistle at 7:25 a.m. Monday, and safeties coach Austin Galifaro blasted music over the stereo in the Antler field house — signaling the start of Antler Week — the Tivy football players rushed into the weight room, ready to undergo a litany of exercises.
LLANO — Coach Jeremy Hickman didn’t give a rousing speech to his Tivy softball team before the third inning. There wasn’t a magical fix, or an “eureka” moment, either.
Believe or not, Tivy baseball lost to Harlandale during the first meeting on March 26. It’s true.
Andrew Stieler doesn’t know. His father never told him about the discovery he made during Andrew’s freshman year.
Moments after propelling Tivy to a 10-1 win over Harlandale on senior night, moments after she had helped her teammates unfurl the golden District 26-5A championship banner, Alyssa Hickman began collecting her softball gear, preparing to move the postgame celebration to Chili’s. The Tivy sen…
While munching on a soft pretzel at Pint and Plow, Sam Snelgrove struggles to give an explanation for the phenomenon.
As soon as the ball sailed into centerfielder Campbell Grona’s glove for the game’s final out, Tivy pitcher Kaitlyn Secor dashed into centerfield and embraced her senior teammate. Senior shortstop Marissa Medina immediately hugged third baseman Liz Twiss after the final out before meeting wi…
At one point this season, the Tivy baseball team struggled at the plate, resulting in a three-game losing streak.
As they walked toward the Tivy field house after the District 26-5A track meet, Paige Butler made an innocent confession to her younger sister, Meg Butler.
