The last name Jones has echoed through the halls at Cinco Ranch for a long time.
From the early 2000’s on, many Jones family members have helped lead the Cougars program to big heights as each of the brothers of Charlton, Charlie Christopher and Christian each came through and played for the program and Coach Neil King.
20 years later, that name still is said on campus, but with a twist. Now when the name Jones is said, its spoken about a new pair of brothers from the same family. Prince and Dyl...

Illustrious would be underselling Kalum Haack’s career.
Over 850 wins, two state championships and countless district titles and playoff appearances are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to one of Texas’ most all-time winning softball head coaches’ accomplishments.
But after 26 years as the head softball coach at Katy High School and more awards, accomplishments and decorations than most can imagine getting into a career of coaching, Haack is hanging it up. He announced his retirement af...

Aidan Morrison walked three steps back, paused, took a deep breath and looked through the wall at his target 30 yards out.
It’s something Morrison had done hundreds of times, that he had spent hours practicing and honing his craft on, but this was the biggest moment he had ever taken a free kick in.
Nothing phased Morrison in that moment, not the crowd noise, not the opposing team, not the significance of the chance.
Morrison released his breath, ran up to the ball and bang. It sailed through th...

The moment was never too big for Paetow on Friday.
Whether it was facing an early punch in the mouth from College Station, whether it was needing a stop with time running down in the first half, whether it was having their backs against the wall and needing a fourth-and-one conversion in overtime, the Panthers never flinched.
Paetow was ready for the moment.
“It’s completely a credit to coach (B.J.) Gotte,” said senior safety Kentrell Webb. “After practice we do this thing called situational and...

When Kevin Rankin, Omar Posada and La’Trell Barfield walked off the court following Saturday’s Class 5A regional quarterfinal win over McAllen Nikki Rowe, there wasn’t much celebrating from the three.Despite this being the furthest any of the trio has gone in their playoff careers, they expected to have success.“It feels great, what we’ve done, what we’ve accomplished,” said Rankin, a senior guard. “But at the end of the day we all know the job’s not done. We’ve made it so far, we might as well...

Blake Payne was a coach’s dream.“Blake was everyone’s favorite kid to coach,” said Victoria West coach Manuel Alvarado, who coached Payne at Victoria Memorial High School. “He carried himself with great values, and he was one person you never had to worry about on or off the field. Blake just competed in everything he did.”Payne, who also played for the Victoria Generals, died in a car wreck July 20 alongside his fiancée in Little Rock, Ark.The Victoria native played college baseball for Seminol...