Comfort run ruled the Panthers Tuesday at home to tie them for first in the 5-3A standings, but Blanco returned the favor and beat the Bobcats on Friday 7-2.

Blanco moves back into sole possession of first place at 7-1, while Comfort (19-41) and Llano are both sitting at 6-2 and are scheduled to play this week. Game 1 has been moved back a day to Wednesday in Llano.

The Panthers had a strong start last Friday and recorded 4 runs in the bottom of the first for the quick 4-0 lead. Comfort loaded the bases in the second and Mason Matt singled to get the ’Cats on the board and make it 4-1 but couldn’t bring in anymore runs at that point.

Blanco added 3 more runs in the fourth to push the lead to 7-1 before CHS scored its other run in the sixth.

Matt came through with a two-out double and scored on a Gunner Carpenter single to trim the lead to 7-2, but it stayed there the rest of the way.

Comfort had 5 hits after Matt doubled and singled, drove in a run and scored once. Carpenter recorded an RBI single and walked twice, while Owen Schulze and Cade Woerner both singled and Marcus Zarate plated a run.

Mason Matter started on the hill and went 3.2 innings, while giving up 3 hits, 6 earned runs, 3 walks and striking out 1.

Zach Jones tossed 1.2 innings and yielded 2 hits, no runs, 2 walks and fanned 1, while Schulze came in and induced a double play in the sixth.

Two of those contests were district games and the Eagles went 1-1, while picking up a non-district win as well.

Geneva tangled with Corpus Christi Incarnate Word on Monday at home and dropped that contest, 8-3, but defeated the Texas Crusaders in a non-district game on Tuesday, 13-0.

Also last week, the Eagles visited New Braunfels Christian Academy and won that contest last Friday, 11-8.

Geneva is 3-6 in district (5-7 overall) and still has CC John Paul II on the schedule.

Vs. CC Incarnate Word

Geneva outhit Incarnate Word, 8-5, but was outscored, 8-3. IWA scored a run in first, added 3 in the fourth and pushed in 4 more runs in the fifth for the 8-0 lead.

To the Eagles’ credit, they finished strong and scored runs in the final three innings to avoid the run rule.

Reese Smith hit 3 singles and scored once, Carlyle Harden singled, scored and picked up an RBI, while Gracyn Miller, Sydney Schaefer, Megan Egli and Ruby Svendsen all singled, while Schaefer picked up an RBI and Lilly Jones scored a run.

Lila Fleming went all 7 innings in the circle and scattered 5 hits, gave up 3 earned runs, 6 walks and struck out 5.

Vs. Texas Crusaders

Geneva recorded 17 hits in their 13-0 win in 4.5 innings.

The Eagles knocked out 5 triples in the game, 2 from the bat of Gracyn Miller, who also singled, drove in 3 runs and scored twice.

Carlyle Harden tripled, singled, drove in 2 runs and scored 3 runs, Kendall Sehlke tripled, picked up an RBI and scored a run and Lila Fleming tripled and singled and had 2 RBI.

Carolyn Lutz knocked out 3 singles, Sydney Schaefer had 2 hits and collected 3 RBI and Ruby Svendsen plated 2 runs.

Fleming gave up 3 hits, no runs, 3 walks and struck out 9 batters.

Vs. NB Christian

Friday’s game was tied 4-4 and both teams had big innings in the sixth, but Geneva’s was bigger after they tallied 7 runs and the Wildcats only scored 4.

Sydney Schaefer had a big hit in the sixth and cleared the bases with a double to bring in 3 of their 7 runs. Schafer also hit 2 singles, finished with 5 RBI and a run scored.

Gracyn Miller had 2 hits and scored twice, Maya Thomson also knocked out 2 singles and Carlyle Harden doubled and singled, drove in 4 runs and scored twice, while Reese Smith plated 2 runs.

Thomson went all 7 innings in the circle to pick up the win and gave up 7 hits, only 1 earned run, 7 walks and she struck out 2.

Comfort ends its 2026 season at 2-8 in district (1318 overall), while Blanco snagged the last spot available in 5-3A at 4-6 after they swept the Deer last week.

CHS scored the first run of the game with a single run in the top of the first but were kept off the board in the final four frames.

Blanco answered with 2 runs in the first, 2 in the second, 4 in the third, followed by another run in the fourth and 2 more in the fifth.

CHS finished with 4 hits and Ella Thiele recorded 2 of them after hitting a double and a single and scoring the team’s only run.

Moorea Davis doubled and Mariah McCullough both singled as well.

Thiele pitched 4 innings and only gave up 2 earned runs and 7 walks to go with 4 strikeouts.

The Eagles also picked up a district win Friday at New Braunfels Christian, 12-3, to win its last three district games.

Geneva is 6-3 in league play (14-8 overall) and scheduled to play Corpus Christi John Paul II this week. The Eagles will play the Centurions Wednesday in Robstown, 2 p.m.

Geneva 12, IWA 2

The Eagles tallied 6 runs in the first inning and 5 in the second for the 11-0 lead before the Angels got on the board with 2 runs in the second to make it 11-2.

After keeping Incarnate Word off the board in the top of the fifth, the Eagles pushed in a run in the bottom of the fifth to end it.

Geneva knocked out 5 hits and took advantage of nine Angels errors.

Levi McPherson tripled, drove in 2 runs and scored 2 runs, Robert Jons singled and scored twice, TJ Cross picked up 3 RBI, singled and scored a run, Brady Chandler hit 2 singles, picked up an RBI and scored 2 runs, while Gray Bruner and Harris Priesmeyer both walked and scored and Josh Patteson walked twice.

Chase Doran picked up the win from the mound and threw 4 innings. He didn’t give up a hit, walked 3 and fanned 7. McPherson tossed the final frame and yielded a hit and no runs.

Geneva 16, IWA 1

The Eagles were leading Game 2, 6-1, but busted the game open with a 10-run fourth inning to end it.

Robert Jons doubled and singled, drove in 3 runs and scored 2 runs, Bryce Hanover hit 2 singles and scored 2 runs, Levi McPherson walked 4 times and plated 3 runs, Chase Doran singled, had 2 RBI and scored twice, Gray Bruner drove in 2 runs and scored once, Josh Patteson plated a run and Cole Davis walked 3 times and scored a run.

Hanover went 1.1 innings on the hill to pick up the win. He gave up no hits, 1 run, 5 walks and struck out 3, while Davis went the final 2.2 innings and yielded 1 hit, no runs, 1 walk and struck out a batter.

Geneva 12, NBCA 3

Chase Doran fanned 12 batters in 6.2 innings of work and only gave up 1 earned run, 8 hits and 2 walks.

Robert Jons closed it out on the mound and struck out a batter.

Geneva racked up a dozen hits and 4 of those were doubles after Bryce Hanover hit 2 doubles, scored 2 runs and picked up an RBI, while Brady Chandler doubled, walked twice, scored 2 runs and drove in 2 runs and Jons doubled, scored and pushed in a run and Josh Patteson walked and knocked out 2 hits.

The Chargers followed that up with a 14-1 win over Wagner Friday in Boerne and moved closer to a district title.

Champion improved 12-2 in district (26-3-1 overall) and stayed in first place in the 26-5A standings.

One more win by the Chargers this week and they’ll wrap up their second straight district title. They have at least a share of the 26-5A crown but want to win it outright.

Champion is scheduled to play two games with Kerrville Tivy this coming week. The Chargers game with Tivy on Tuesday was called off and they are looking at other options.

Champion 19, Wagner 2 

Champion blew open Tuesday’s contest by scoring 11 runs in the second to make it 14-0 after scoring 3 in the first frame.

The Chargers added another run in the third and were leading 15-0 before Wagner got on the board with 2 runs in the bottom of the third.

Champion pushed in 2 more runs in the fourth and fifth frames for the final of 19-2.

Brody Bendele had the hit of the game after knocking a grand slam out of the park in the second inning to collect 4 RBI on one swing.

Owen Kuhl hit 2 singles, drove in 2 runs and scored 2 runs, Cal Isley plated 2 runs after walking twice, Austin Garritano and Brody Eisert scored 2 runs each, Zak Al-Arashi doubled and singled, picked up 3 RBI and scored 2 runs, Lyndon Austin scored twice, while Ethan Jensen, Caiden Cruz and Patrick Hall all doubled in the game.

Ethan Coleman only threw a couple of innings but picked up the win and didn’t give up a hit, walk or run, while striking out 4 on just 33 pitches.

Parker Davis, Caleb Brown and Eisert all tossed in the game as well and went one inning each and they all struck out at least one batter after Davis fanned 3, Brown 1 and Eisert 2.

Champion14, Wagner 1 

The Chargers were up 3-1 going into the bottom of the third and then blew it open with 11 runs in the bottom half of the inning.

Champion knocked out 10 hits and was led by Garland Whitehead, who legged out two triples, scored 3 runs and tallied 4 RBI, while Austin Garritano tripled and singled, picked up an RBI and scored 3 runs.

Brody Eisert hit 2 singles, walked once, drove in a run and scored a run as at least 10 players scored a run.

Eisert started on the hill and went 4 innings, giving up 2 hits, no walks or earned runs and striking out 5.

Parker Davis closed it out and threw in the fifth and didn’t yield a hit or run, gave up 2 walks and fanned 3.

The Hounds split with Pieper last week and lost the first game 3-0, but bounced back to beat them Friday, 3-2 in extra innings. On Saturday, BHS whipped Wagner, 13-3.

Boerne improved to 9-5 in district (16-11 overall) and is fighting for a playoff spot with New Braunfels (9-4), Pieper (9-6) and Kerrville Tivy (8-5) going into the final week of district. Unfortunately, two of those teams will get left behind and out of the playoffs.

BHS plays Wednesday at New Braunfels and the Hounds will host Friday’s game, 4:30 p.m.

BHS 13, Wagner 3

After taking a 3-0 lead in the first, Boerne scored 6 runs in the second to secure the win on Saturday. The Hounds added 3 in the third and another in the fourth.

BHS had 10 hits, all singles. Ronnie Scarbrough had a big game at the plate and hit 2 singles, collected 5 RBI and scored twice.

Cale Francis plated 2 runs and Colton Shaver walked twice, singled and scored 3 runs, while Jackson Grimes took 2 walks, drove in 2 runs and scored once and Josh Kory singled and picked up 2 RBI.

Scarbrough tossed 3 innings and picked up the win, while giving up 2 hits, 2 runs and 1 walk to go with 1 strikeout. Braden Ramirez threw 2 frames and struck out 3 and didn’t give up a hit.

BHS 3, Pieper 2

The Greyhounds needed to win Friday’s game to split their series with the Warriors, and they came through in crunch time. Boerne scored the winning run in the bottom of the eighth with a walk-off single.

With two outs and a runner at third, Eli Srp singled up the middle to bring in Colton Shaver to end it.

Shaver singled to start the inning and moved to second on a sac bunt by Jackson Grimes. Shaver then advanced to third on a fielder’s choice ground out to put the winning run at third.

Srp took a ball on the first pitch and then hit the second offering back up the middle to end it.

Both teams scored 2 runs in the third after the Warriors hit a 2-run bomb for the 2-0 lead.

In the bottom of the third, the Hounds loaded the bases. A walk to Jake Perez brought in a run and then Shaver hit a sac fly to left to score EJ Goolsby from third after the tag and it was 2-2 with runners at first and second, but the Pieper defense held tough and didn’t allow another run in the frame.

It stayed there until the eighth inning when the Greyhounds won it.

Grimes started on the hill and went 5.1 before leaving with 98 pitches. He gave up a hit, 2 runs, 5 walks and struck out 7.

Kepa Kanae entered in the sixth and retired the two batters he faced. Shaver closed it out by throwing the final two frames and picked up the win after he struck out 4 and walked 2 and didn’t give up a run.

Pieper 3, BHS 0

Runs were hard to come by Tuesday when the Pieper baseball team hosted the Hounds.

In fact, there were only 3 runs scored and they all came in the third inning by Pieper and that was the difference in the game.

Not only were runs hard to come by, but hits were also elusive for the Greyhounds after they only recorded 2 base knocks and were shutout for the first time in district play.

Josh Kory doubled and Ronnie Scarbrough singled to account for their two hits, while Otis Skubal walked twice and Jackson Grimes also took a walk to account for their base runners.

Warriors’ pitcher Aiden Shreve fanned 13 BHS batters, while reliever Gibson Palombo struck out 3 as the two combined for 16 strikeouts.

Eli Srp started on the hill for Boerne and went 3.1 innings and gave up 5 hits, 2 earned runs, 4 walks and struck out 4.

Kepa Kanae and Colton Shaver both went 1.1 innings in relief and didn’t give up a hit or run. Kanae fanned 1 and Shaver struck out 3.

*Champion's game with Kerrville Tivy will be played Thursday in New Braunfels, 7 p.m. The Antlers will host Friday's contest.

*Boerne High will play at New Braunfels on Wednesday, 7 p.m., and then host Friday's game with the Unicorns at 4:30 p.m.

*Comfort's game at Llano has been moved to Thursday in Llano, 7 p.m.

*Geneva's game with Corpus Christi John Paul II was played Wednesday in Robstown.

The top two at last week’s District 26-5A tourney advanced to Corpus where state berths are up for grabs. The 5A state tourney is May 7-8 in San Antonio.

Aidan Cebe won the boys singles event to advance to Corpus Christi, while Nick Dube and Gavin Cebe claimed first in boys doubles and Paytin Johndrow and Justin Barraza topped the field in mixed doubles.

Aidan Cebe defeated Champion’s Ethan Wolf to wrap up the title, while Wolf ended up in third in boys singles and can serve as an alternate.

Gavin Cebe and Nick Dube beat Santiago Castelazo and Brandon Tragord of Alamo Heights in the finals, 6-3, 6-2, to wrap up the title.

Another BHS boys doubles team, Rylan Bratz and Caleb Norman fell to Castelazo and Tragord in the semis, 6-2, 6-3, and ended up third to serve as alternates.

In mixed doubles, Barraza and Johndrow beat Michelle Cardenas and Cooper Fordham of Alamo Heights for the district title, 6-4, 6-4.

Champion’s Alexandra Morris finished second at district to advance to regionals and is the team’s lone representative. Morris fell in the finals to Allison Crane of Alamo Heights, 6-0, 6-0.

Also for the Chargers, Ainsley Day and Zara Khan lost in the girls doubles semifinals match to Ellie Rose and Hallie Ziegler of AH, 6-1, 6-4.

Day and Khan also fell to another Lady Mules team of Graciela Salaburu and Madison Shaffer in the playback match, 6-1, 7-5, to finish third and will serve as alternates.

After falling to Aidan Cebe, Wolf lost to Wagner’s Frediani Matteo in the playback match, 6-0, 6-0, to finish third.

Even though BHS outhit the Warriors (10-7), Pieper scored more runs and won Tuesday’s contest, 11-4.

The Lady Greyhounds slipped to 6-9 in district (14-9 overall) and closed out the season Friday at New Braunfels.

Smithson Valley (14-1), Veterans Memorial (13-2) and Pieper (12-4) have the top three spots locked up, while New Braunfels (8-7) and Kerrville Tivy (8-7) are tied for fourth. With only one game left, there’s no way the Lady Greyhounds can catch either Tivy or NB since they are two games ahead of BHS in the standings.

Pieper had a strong start and scored 4 runs in its first at bat and added 4 more in the third for the 8-1 lead after the Greyhounds plated a run in the first frame.

The Warriors pushed in 3 more runs in the fourth for the 11-1 lead and were on the verge of a run rule, but Boerne kept that from happening with a single run on a Riley Partin sac fly in the fifth to make it 11-2.

The Lady Hounds added 2 more runs in the sixth and it was 11-4, but neither team scored in the seventh.

BHS had 10 players record hits, with each getting one base knock in the game. Brooklynn Thomason and Tessa Murphy doubled, while Bre Krause, Partin, Addison Reidy, Kenley Thomason, Lizzy Thornton, Leni Caldwell, Maddie Vasquez and Cerissa Nasis singled.

Murphy scored 3 runs and Partin drove in 2 runs.

Micah Bellamy threw all seven innings and gave up 7 hits, 4 walks and struck out 7.

Senior Mylie Parker had a great night at the plate and in the circle and finished her career at Charger Field with two home runs, a triple and a double, 6 RBI and 4 runs scored, while tossing a one-hit shutout.

Brylyn Thornburgh knocked one out of the park and tripled, scored 2 runs and drove in 2 runs, Teagan Rogers legged out 2 triples and a single, picked up 2 RBI and scored 3 runs, while Aidan Kavanagh doubled as nine of their hits went for extra bases.

Torin Tucker slapped out 3 singles, had an RBI and scored 3 runs, Reese Rogers singled and scored, Anna Hurst knocked out 3 singles, drove in a run and scored once, Tatum Cruz plated a run and Emily Thomas singled and picked up an RBI.

Parker went all four innings in the circle and tossed a one hitter, while not giving up a walk and striking out 8 in her shutout performance on just 54 pitches.

The Chargers improved to 5-10 in district (10-12 overall) and closed out the regular season Friday at Kerrville Tivy.

Smithson Valley (14-1), Veterans Memorial (13-2) and Pieper (12-4) have the top three playoffs spots locked up, while New Braunfels (8-7) and Kerrville Tivy (8-7) were tied for fourth going into Friday.

In the final tally, the Champion boys were third with 89 points and the Lady Chargers placed 4th with 90 points.

The top four from district advanced to Friday’s area meet at New Braunfels Canyon, while the top six at district earned team points.

Varsity Boys

Shawn Edwards won the 3200 (9:39), while Sebastian Carvallo (2:02.91) and Mason Nelson (2:02.99) went 4-5 in the 800.

Edwards also came in 2nd in the 1600 (4:27) and Brandon Martinez took 6th (4:33).

In the 4x100, Cal Isley, Hayden Fridley, Zachary Garcia and Brogan Dempsey combined for 3rd (42.10), while the 4x200 of Fridley, Garcia, Ryan McDonald and Dempsey came in 2nd (1:28) and the 4x400 of Jaxon Harbuck, Zach Smith, Hector Canales and Fridley finished 5th (3:26).

Brogan Dempsey placed 2nd in the 100 (10.57) and Zach Smith was 4th in the 400 (50.99), In field events, Korbin Buchanan (6-4) and Jaxon Barnes (6-2) went 3-4 in the high jump, while Ryder Flugence finished 4th in the long jump (21-1.25) and came in 3rd in the triple jump (45-5.25).

Varsity Girls

In field events, Maelee Mares won the high jump (5-2), Cassidy Breuer placed 3rd in the long jump (17-7.50) and Breuer was 3rd in the triple jump (35-9), while Lorena Barreiro- Bidot was 6th in the shot put (31-9.25).

Rebecca Bezerra finished 3rd in the 3200 (11:16) and Abigail Clark came in 6th (11:32) in the race, while Emma Radtke placed 5th in the 800 (2:19).

Payton Kidder was 3rd in the 1600 (5:00), Bezerra finished 5th (5:06) and Radtke took 6th (5:13).

Kinsley Graff (16.26) and Addison Davis (16.60) went 4-5 in the 100 hurdles, while Davis came in 3rd in the 300 hurdles (47.38).

Juliana Syroney won the 200 (24.92) and Syroney took 3rd in the 100 dash (12.23), while Michelle Cerna placed 6th in the 400 (1:00).

Lindsay Tompkins, Kinsley Graff, Mikayla Green and Juliana Syroney combined for 3rd in the 4x100 (48.89), while Thompkins, Graff, Michelle Cerna and Green placed 5th in the 4x200 (1:45).

Also, in the 4x400, Green, Ellis Conroy, Addison Davis and Michelle Cerna posted a 5th-place finish (4:07).

The Lady Hounds finished second at district with 113 points and the Boerne boys were seventh with 44 points. The top four finishers in each event advanced to this week’s Area meet at New Braunfels Canyon held Friday.

Varsity Girls

Smithson Valley edged the Lady Hounds by two points to win the district title, 115-113.

Boerne helped its cause by winning two relays after the 4x200 consisting of Maddie Freeman, Bella Pettet, Bethanee Lozano and Victoria Varga captured 1st (1:45), while the 4x400 of Penelope Kirk, Sutton Amerman, Averley Bruce and Presley Merkens topped the field as well (3:59).

Also in relay events, the 4x100 of Varga, Pettet, Ocean Valenciano and Prisca Igbo teamed up for 4th (49.30).

Presley Merkens came in 2nd in the 800 (2:14) and Sutton Amerman was 4th (2:15), while Merkens won the 400 (57.44) and Amerman was 3rd (58.05).

Prisca Igbo (15.46) and Averley Bruce (15.66) went 2-3 in the 100 hurdles, while Brei Johnson finished 4th in the 300 hurdles (47.41) and Bruce was 5th (47.56).

Bella Pettet came in 4th in the 200 dash (25.83), In field events, Mallory Miles finished 4th in the high jump (5-2) and Maci Wells came in 6th (5-0), while Isabella Pettet came in 2nd in the long jump (17-11).

Varsity Boys

In field events, Noah Blomqvist finished 4th in the discus (141-1), while Ryan Naylor (487), Cash Gatlin (47-5) and Blomqvist (47-3.5) went 3-4-5 in the shot put.

Aaron Garcia placed 2nd in the 3200 (9:41) and Brayden Scott took 4th (9:44) in the race, while Garcia won the 1600 (4:26) and Scott was 3rd (4:28).

Arielle Williams Wagner Junior

Offensive MVP

Nia McBride Wagner Junior

Defensive MVP

Alison Naylor Pieper Junior

Newcomer of the Year

Sutherlin Menn Boerne Fresh

FIRST TEAM

Kyzarriah Fox Wagner Junior Shaniyah Fox Wagner Senior Berkley Hart Alamo Heights Senior Ryler Wilson New Braunfels Senior Kayla James Pieper Junior Leilah Rodriguez Kerrville Tivy Senior Syrie Nicolas Kerrville Tivy Senior Cyanna Cavazos Smithson Valley Senior Olivia Lindner Smithson Valley Soph Aleena Mungia Veterans Memorial Soph Addison Saur Boerne Soph Addison Palluch Boerne Junior

SECOND TEAM

Nahilah Bell Wagner Junior Leah Mitchell Wagner Senior Sofia Wolf New Braunfels Fresh Riley Lundegreen New Braunfels Junior Mia Sims Pieper Senior Rosa Martinez Pieper Junior Desire Alvarado Kerrville Tivy Senior Antonella Brown Kerrville Tivy Junior Julissa Vargas Smithson Valley Senior Teighan Davis Veterans Memorial Senior Sage Ramsey Champion Senior Brielle Burdick Champion Soph Hartlee Menn Boerne Junior Melia Gonzalez Boerne Soph

HONORABLE MENTION (BISD only)

Jenna Koepke Champion Senior Lorena Barreiro-Bidot Champion Senior Shaylee Allen Boerne Soph Addison Neal Boerne Fresh Oleyvia Ramos Boerne Senior

Blanco won Tuesday’s contest in Comfort, 6-2, and has a one-game advantage in the standings at 3-6. Comfort is 2-7 in district (13-17 overall) and needs to win Friday in Blanco to tie for fourth and force a tiebreaker.

The Lady Panthers took the early lead and never looked back. Blanco scored a run in the first frame and added 3 more in the third for the 4-0 lead.

Comfort pushed in a run in the fifth inning but left runners on base and it was 4-1. Blanco answered with 2 runs in the top of the sixth to pull ahead 6-1.

The Deer still had two innings to try and make up the difference but only scored a run in the bottom of the seventh before it ended with Blanco on top.

Comfort had 7 hits and were led by Ella Thiele, who tripled and scored both their runs, while Mariah McCullough knocked out 2 singles and brought in both runs.

Taygan Rust doubled, Jordan Judkins singled and Paige Werner knocked out 2 hits.

Thiele went all 7 innings in the circle and gave up 8 hits, 4 earned runs, 6 walks and struck out 7.

A total of 12 Boerne ISD girls basketball players – 8 from Boerne High and 4 from Champion – were named to one of the 26-5A All-District teams after their performances in the 2025-26 season.

Boerne High’s Sutherlin Menn was the only BISD athlete to earn a superlative after the freshman was named the 26-5A Newcomer of the Year.

Greyhound sophomore Addison Saur and junior Addison Palluch were firstteam selections, while junior Hartlee Menn and sophomore Melia Gonzaez were second- team picks. Sophomore Shaylee Allen, freshman Addison Neal and senior Oleyvia Ramos were named honorable mention.

Champion senior Sage Ramsey and sophomore Brielle Burdick were named to the 26-5A second team, while senior Jenna Koepke and senior Lorena Barreiro-Bidot both landed on the honorable mention team.

BHS finished second in the 26-5A standings and went 14-2 in 26-5A (26-8 overall) under coach Amy Ruede. The Lady Hounds faced Cedar Park in the opening round and were defeated for the second year in a row by the Timberwolves.

Champion ended the year at 4-12 in district (12-23) and the district is expected to announce a new coach at Monday’s schoolboard meeting.

Former Chargers coach Jason Sanders has 299 career wins under his belt.

The Geneva girls won the TAPPS 4A state title, while the boys finished second in the final team standings.

Mary Simpson and Siena Svendsen were girls doubles finalists, Audrey Lapacka was a quarterfinalist in girls singles, while Rebekah Burkhart and Audrey Garcia were state qualifiers in girls doubles.

Allison Gerch and Jared Bass placed fourth in mixed doubles.

On the boys side, Teagan Fikes and Alex Malouf were finalists in boys doubles, while Grant Dillinger and Walker West placed third in boys doubles and Ray Reynolds was a state qualifier.

This year’s District 5-3A tourney took place at the Lady Bird Golf Course in Fredericksburg, while the second round was held in the Bobcats’ and Deer’s backyard at the Buckhorn course in Comfort.

Since Comfort is in Region I in most sports, they had to travel far to take part in the regional golf tourney. The boys tourney was April 13-14 at Live Oak Golf Club in Abilene, and the girls tourney was April 15-16 at Shady Oaks Golf Course in Baird.

Butch Godinez, Elizabeth Mulliniks and Matthias Toca all played at regionals for Comfort after Godinez shot a 161 (85-76) at district, while Toca was one shot back at 160 (80-80) on the boys side.

Mulliniks qualified on the girls side after she posted a 198 with rounds of 100-98 and was the third best individual at the District 5-3A Golf Tournament.

Comfort and Blanco are tied for first at 6-1 in the district standings and met Friday. The Bobcats (19-3-1) control their own destiny and if they win Friday and take care of business this coming week against Llano, they would clinch their first district title since 2019.

The Bobcats scored in three of four innings and held a 2-0 lead at the end of the first frame. They added 4 runs in the second for the 6-0 edge.

Blanco pushed in its only run of the game in the top of the fourth and it was 6-1, but Comfort fired back with 6 runs in the bottom half of the inning for the 12-1 lead.

The Panthers batted in the top of the fifth and put runners at second and third with one out, but a pop up to the catcher Travis Gwaltney made it two outs and then outfielder Owen Schulze snagged a line drive in right field to end it.

Gunner Carpenter picked up the win on 87 pitches. He scattered 5 hits, gave up 1 run and 1 walk, while striking out 6.

Comfort only had 4 hits but took advantage of 10 walks issued by Blanco’s first two hurlers. A third Panthers pitcher didn’t walk a batter as Blanco used three different arms in the game.

Augie Diaz de Villegas doubled, took 2 walks, drove in 2 runs and scored twice, Mason Matt singled, walked twice, picked up an RBI and scored twice, Mason Matter singled, drove in a run and scored 2 runs, Schulze walked 3 times and scored, Gwaltney picked up an RBI, Cade Woerner drove in a run and scored and Dax Stehling singled.

The Chargers rallied past New Braunfels last Thursday and then defeated Veterans Memorial on Saturday at home to stand at 10-2 in 26-5A.

Champion (24-3-1 overall) started the week ranked No. 7 in the 5A Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association released on Monday.

The Chargers play two with Wagner this week and visited the Thunderbirds Tuesday before hosting them Friday, 7 p.m.

Vs. New Braunfels

The Chargers were down 3-0 in the first frame thanks to a 3-run home run, but Champion scored the last 4 runs of the game to top the Unicorns, 4-3.

Champion tallied a run in the fifth and added another in the sixth to make it 3-2. In the seventh, Brody Bendele singled to start the inning and moved to second on a sacrifice.

With two outs, Blake Ott singled to bring in Bendele from second to tie it, and the Chargers weren’t done. Zak Al-Arashi singled to move pinch runner Ethan Jensen to second. Lyndon Austin singled to push in Jensen for their first lead of the game at 4-3.

In the bottom half of the seventh inning, Champion starting pitcher Owen Kuhl was lifted and was replaced by reliever Cal Isley.

After a ground out, Isley issued two walks to put the tying and winning runs on the bag. Isley induced the next batter to line out to Charger third baseman Austin Garritano.

After that, Garritano fielded the next grounder hit at him and stepped on the bag to end the game.

Isley picked up the save and gave up 2 walks, no hits or runs on 22 pitches, while Kuhl earned the victory in his six innings of work. Kuhl yielded 6 hits, 3 runs, 3 walks and struck out 3 on 86 pitches.

Vs. Veterans Memorial

The Patriots have only won one baseball game in 26-5A, but they put up a good fight against Champion early on in Saturday afternoon’s contest before the Chargers tamed the Patriots 9-3.

Champion was up 3-0 thanks to single runs through the first 3 innings, with their run in the third frame coming via a Brody Bendele solo homer, but the Patriots tied it with 3 runs in the top of the fourth.

The Chargers buckled down after that and answered with 2 runs in the bottom of the fourth for the 5-3 lead. Owen Kuhl had a big game at the plate and hit two triples. One of those 3-baggers came in the fifth to bring in 2 more runs before Kuhl scored on an error on the play to put the Chargers up 8-3.

Brody Eisert tripled in the sixth and the lead ballooned to 9-3 to basically put it out of reach.

Champion finished with 10 hits, including the two triples from Kuhl, who also doubled, scored 3 runs and collected 4 RBI, while Eisert had the RBI-triple.

Garland Whitehead knocked out 2 singles, Bendele homered, Al-Arashi singled and scored, Lyndon Austin plated 2 runs, Ethan Jensen scored once and Jaedyn Yamaguchi singled.

Blake Ott went 4 innings on the hill and picked up the win on 72 pitches. Ott gave up 4 hits, no earned runs, walked 2 and struck out 3.

Eisert tossed 2 innings and didn’t give up a hit or run and struck out a batter, while Parker Davis threw an inning and also fanned a batter and didn’t yield a hit or a run.

It was a game that was moved up a day to avoid the bad weather that was expected Friday night in the Boerne area.

With the loss, the Chargers slipped to 4-10 in district (9-12 overall) and close out their 2026 season this week. Champion hosted Wagner on Tuesday and visits Kerrville Tivy on Friday.

New Braunfels scratched for 3 runs in the first frame after putting its first four runners on base. The Unicorns added 3 runs in the fourth inning for the 6-0 lead and pushed in 2 more runs in the sixth.

The Unicorns tallied 10 hits, while the Chargers recorded 5 hits, two from the bat of Aidan Kavanagh. Torin Tucker, Anna Hurst and Emily Thomas also knocked out singles for the Chargers.

Mylie Parker went the distance for Champion in the circle and gave up 10 hits, but only one earned run and two walks, while striking out 4.

Two New Braunfels pitchers combined for a shutout as neither hurler, Cecilia De Los Santos nor Addison Barbosa, gave up a walk while combining for 6 strikeouts.

The Deer beat Brady last Tuesday, 11-5, and improved to 2-6 in district (13-16 overall).

Comfort was off Friday and plays Blanco in a key series this week. The Deer hosted the game on Tuesday, and they’ll visit the Lady Panthers Friday to close out the regular season.

CHS and Blanco are tied for fourth in district at 2-6, so a playoff spot is on the line this week for both teams.

In last week’s game, the Deer scored 3 in the first and never trailed on Tuesday, but it was tied 3-3 after Brady brought in 3 runs in the top of the third. Comfort answered with 5 runs in the bottom of the third frame for the 8-3 lead.

CHS added 3 more runs in the fifth and was up 11-3 before the Bulldogs tried to rally in the seventh, but the rally came up short and they only scored 2 runs.

Both teams finished with 6 hits in the game, and Paige Werner and Mariah McCollough both collected 2 hits for the Deer, while Werner picked up 2 RBI and McCollough drove in a run.

Moorea Davis singled and pushed in 2 runs, Taygan Rust singled, while Ella Thiele and Jordan Judkins drove in one run each.

McCollough and Rust scored twice, while Allison Gomez, Bella Hernandez, Thiele, Davis, Judkins, McKenzie Pankratz and Werner all plated single runs.

Thiele went all 7 innings in the circle and gave up 6 hits, 3 earned runs, 3 walks and struck out 6 batters.

Geneva is 3-3 in district (11-8 overall) and hosted Corpus Christi Incarnate Word in a doubleheader Monday in Boerne. The Eagles still need to make up a game with CC John Paul II that rained out last week.

Vs. Holy Cross

After getting run ruled by the Knights in the first round of district, the Eagles played much better in their second meeting but came up a run short, 9-8.

Both teams had a good start and scored 3 runs in the first, while the Knights pushed in a run in the third and were up 4-3. Holy Cross tallied 5 runs in the top of the fourth, but the Eagles almost matched them and scored 4 runs to trail 9-7.

Geneva pulled within a run in the fifth to make it 9-8, but both defenses didn’t allow a run the rest of the way and Holy Cross held on for the win.

Robert Jons hit 2 doubles, picked up 3 RBI and scored a run, Bryce Hanover doubled and singled, drove in 3 runs and scored once, Eli Arnold doubled, Chase Doran hit 2 singles and scored 2 runs and Gray Bruner smacked 2 singles and scored 2 runs.

Hanover threw 3 innings and Cole Davis tossed 4 frames and they gave up a combined 11 hits, while both struck out one batter each.

Vs. JP II

Geneva scored 13 runs in last Monday’s win, with more than half of those runs – seven – coming in the second frame, and the Eagles tallied six of them with two outs.

The Eagles were up 8-4 after two innings and didn’t allow a run after that. Geneva added 2 runs in the fourth, had another in the fifth and then scored 2 more in the sixth.

Geneva finished with 10 hits and was led by Eli Arnold after he tripled and singled, scored 2 runs and drove in 2 runs, while Levi McPherson hit 2 singles, scored 3 runs and picked up an RBI.

Chase Doran banged out 2 singles and scored once, Gray Bruner doubled and picked up an RBI, Robert Jons singled, scored and knocked in a run, Bryce Hanover doubled, collected 3 RBI and scored a run, TJ Cross plated a run, Brady Chandler doubled and picked up 3 RBI, while Harris Priesmeyer scored a run.

Doran went 4.1 innings on the hill and gave up 3 hits, 1 earned run, 3 walks and struck out 3, while McPherson tossed the final 2.2 innings and yielded 2 hits, no runs, 1 walk and sat down a batter.

CHS hosted Brady Tuesday at Bobcat Field and run ruled the visiting Bulldogs, 11-0. On Friday, the Cats were on the road and beat the Bulldogs, 12-4.

Comfort bounced back from its only district loss to Ingram and improved to 5-1 in league play (18-3-1 overall). The Cats will play a series with Blanco this week and host the Panthers Tuesday and visit them on Friday.

Comfort 12, Brady 4

Both teams started fast, and it was 4-3 in favor of the Bobcats at the end of the first inning, with 3 of Comfort’s runs coming on a 3-run dinger from Augie Diaz de Villegas.

Comfort kept scoring after that, while the Bulldogs only managed one more run over the next six innings.

The Cats pushed in 2 runs in the second and pulled ahead 6-3, but Brady plated a run in the fifth and cut the lead to 6-4 after five innings.

Comfort blew it open from there and tallied 6 runs in its last two at bats, with 4 in the sixth and 2 in the seventh.

Diaz de Villegas homered and singled, drove in 6 runs, Gunner Carpenter doubled, hit 2 singles and scored 3 runs, Mason Matt singled and scored twice, Matt Kemp hit 2 singles, drove in 2 runs and scored 2 runs, while Mason Matter singled and scored.

Travis Gwaltney singled and drove in a run, Cade Woerner singled and Rhyder George walked and scored 2 runs.

Matter went 6.1 innings on the hill and gave up 4 hits, 1 earned run, 3 walks and struck out 11.

Zach Jones closed it out and recorded the last two outs on nine pitches.

Comfort 11, Brady 0

Comfort’s Gunner Carpenter pitched well and only gave up 2 hits in Tuesday’s win, while walking 3 and striking out 9 on 84 pitches.

The ’Cats scored 3 in the first, 3 in the second, 2 in the third and 3 in the fourth to get 10 runs on 5 hits, 3 of them doubles.

Cade Woerner doubled and singled, picked up 3 RBI and scored a run, Mason Matt doubled, scored 3 runs and drove in a run, Mason Matter doubled, collected 2 RBI and scored once, while Matt Kemp singled and plated a run.

The Eagles hosted Corpus Christi Incarnate Word on Monday. Geneva slips to 2-5 in district (3-6 overall).

Vs. Holy Cross

Geneva took the Knights to seven innings before falling 10-0. Holy Cross tallied 3 in the third inning, 2 in the fourth, 2 in the sixth and 3 in the seventh.

The Eagles finished with 4 hits, including a double from Gracyn Miller, while Reese Smith, Caroline Lutz and Carlyle Harden all singled against pitcher Genesis Medrano, who didn’t walk a batter.

Lila Fleming threw all 7 innings for the Eagles, gave up 12 hits and struck out 6 batters on 134 pitches.

Vs. John Paul II

The Guardians played well and defeated the Eagles, 20-5 in four innings to sweep Geneva this year.

The Eagles hung with the Guardians for a bit and were down 6-3 after two innings. JP II extended its lead with 4 runs in the third to make it 10-3, but Geneva fought back and plated 2 runs in the fourth inning to cut the lead in half, 10-5.

From there, the Guardians answered with 10 runs in the bottom of the fourth to blow it open and kicked in the mercy rule with two outs.

Geneva finished with 7 hits, all singles. Lila Fleming knocked out 2 of those hits and tallied 3 RBI, while Reese Smith, Carolyn Lutz, Carlyle Harden, Sydney Schaefer and Landry Smith all recorded 1 hit apiece.

Fleming, Schaefer, Smith, Hayes Harden and Katelyn Lindquist accounted for Geneva’s five runs.

Fleming also pitched for the Eagles and struck out 6 batters and threw 144 pitches.

Both the Lady Rangers and Pieper boys came from District 26-5A, which contains the two Boerne ISD schools.

Last Friday also became known as “Adkins Family Appreciation Day” because the Smitson Valley girls coach won a title and then watched his twin sons, Cooper and Parker, who play at Pieper, win state on the boys side.

In the girls match, Alondra Sanchez scored in the 85th minute as the Rangers won the 5A girls soccer state title over Prosper Walnut Grove 1-0, and then later, Jack Blische scored in the 73rd minute in a driving rainstorm as Pieper shocked state power Frisco Wakeland 1-0 for their first team state title in anything.

It was the first time in 19 semifinal/ final matches that Wakeland was shutout.

The Rangers became the eighth SA-area UIL team to go unbeaten, with no losses or draws, and win a title in any sport and the first since the 1995 Roosevelt football team.

The Rangers were only the third girls team to do that and first since 1985. They joined the 1991 and 1993 Madison squads as the only area girls soccer state champions.

Jason Adkins had the wildest day of anyone. The Smithson Valley coach won the girls title, while sons Cooper and Parker were preparing to play in Pieper’s title match back home. The sons watched dad win his title on a computer before the team headed up to Georgetown to play.

While that was going on, Jason drove the Smithson Valley team bus back to Bulverde, dropped the players off, then got in his car and drove back to Georgetown to watch his sons play.

The Rangers match had 11 cards handed out that led to one Walnut Grove player being disqualified in the 45th minute, which gave the Rangers a man advantage the rest of the way.

But it took 40 minutes to score, until Sanchez got past a falling defender, dribbled bled and shot it past the keeper. She was keeper named match MVP.

Pieper was a massive underdog in the rain against Wakeland, which had more state titles – 5 – than Pieper had years open as a school.

Goalkeeper Nolan Masker, who made 2 saves in PKs in the semis vs. Austin LASA, became the first GK to shut out the Wolverines in a semi or final with 10 saves before Blische took a cross pass and booted it upstairs past the falling keeper for the win. Masker was named MVP.

Smithson Valley became the first non-Dallas – Fort Worth school to win football and girls soccer titles in the same athletic season.

For all-district soccer awards, be sure to look in the Boerne Star.

Smithson Valley girls soccer coach Jason Adkins, poses with his sons, Cooper and Parker, who play at Pieper. Coach Adkins led the Lady Rangers to the soccer title, while Cooper and Parker were on the Pieper team that won gold that same day.

Submitted photo by Jason Adkins

It was a huge meet and had 61 schools with athletes attending.

At the event, Brady Chandler cleared 15-6 in the pole vault to finish second and he also set a new school record in the 200 with a time of 23.03. Chandler also raced in the 100 and clocked in at 11.35.

Walter Teague ran in the 200 and recorded a 26.34 and Teague also cleared 5-8 in the high jump.

On the girls side, Maebry Caulfield competed in the 100 and 200 and turned in times of 14.32 in the 100 and 29.73 in the 200. Caulfield was also entered in the triple jump and finished with a leap of 29-9.

Madilyn Detterick raced in the 400 and 800 and finished the 400 in 1:08 and posted a 2:49 in the 800.

Peyton Eiland was entered in two distance events, the 1600 and the 3200, and ran 6:08 in the mile and 13:18 in the twomile race.

After falling behind 4-0 and not scoring through the first four frames, the Lady Hounds came on strong late and outscored the Mules over the final three innings 6-1 to win the contest, 6-5.

Boerne improved to 6-8 in district (15-8 overall) and kept its playoff chances alive. The Greyhounds are off until Tuesday when they host Pieper.

Cerissa Nasis started things off for BHS in the fifth inning last Tuesday. Nasis walked, and then with two outs, Boerne put four straight runners on base. Brooklynn Thomason and Kenley Thomason both doubled, while Riley Partin singled and Addison Reidy reached on an error and it was tied 4-4.

In the sixth, Leni Caldwell doubled to start the inning and later scored on a Tessa Murphy RBI single for Boerne’s first lead of the game, 5-4.

Reidy added to the lead with a leadoff home run in the top of the seventh and it was 6-4, but the Mules still had to bat in the bottom half of the inning.

A single, walk and an RBI ground out pushed in one run for the Mules and made it 6-5 with two outs. Alamo Heights had the tying run at second and the winning run at first, but BHS pitcher Micah Bellamy ended it by catching a line drive hit up the middle. BHS was led at the plate by Reidy, who homered and scored twice, while the Thomason girls both doubled. Caldwell recorded a double and 2 singles and scored once, while Maddie Vasquez knocked out 2 singles.

Bellamy went the distance in the circle and gave up 8 hits, only 1 earned run, 5 walks and sat down 3 batters on 121 pitches.

Tuesday’s contest was tied 4-4 through four innings, but Pieper’s 11 runs in three innings blew it open and gave the Warriors a 15-4 win in seven innings.

Champion played New Braunfels Thursday after the game was moved up a day because of the expected bad weather on Friday and lost 8-0.

The Chargers are 4-10 in district and 9-12 overall. For more on Thursday’s game, see the Wednesday online edition of the Boerne Star.

Pieper had a fast start on Tuesday and tallied 4 runs in the top of the first inning. It stayed there until the second when the Chargers tied it up.

Brylyn Thornburgh singled and scored after Emily Thomas hit a ball that was misplayed to make it 4-1. Cora Cude and Torin Tucker then singled to load the bases with two outs.

From there, Teagan Rogers cleared the bases with a line drive to right field that bounced off the fielder’s glove and brought in 3 runs to tie it up at 4-4.

But the Chargers didn’t score after that and came up empty in the last five innings, while the Warriors were just getting warmed up. Pieper tallied 3 in the fifth, 3 in the sixth and 5 more in the seventh to pull away.

Champion recorded 7 hits, 3 from the bat of Torin Tucker, while Rogers, Mylie Parker, Thornburgh and Cude had 1 hit each. Tucker, Thornburgh, Thomas and Cude all scored once.

Parker threw 5.1 innings and gave up 7 hits, 4 earned runs, 4 walks and struck out 4, while Anna Hurst tossed the final 1.1 innings and yielded 2 hits, 4 runs and 4 walks.