Adams soars to silver medal in Class 5A state track meet
By Jim Irish Track fans had their final glimpse of Bastrop High School’s Ramonz Adams, at the state track meet last Friday. Ramonz said...
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Apr 252 min read
Look, up in the sky; it's a bird; it's a plane; it's Bastrop's Ramonz Adams
By Jim Irish Courtesy photos Bastrop High School’s Ramonz Adams’s primary focus is football, but he is displaying elite form in track and...
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Apr 42 min read
Bastrop's Sherman captures third consecutive district crown
By Jim Irish Courtesy photo Carly Sherman has a lock on District 23-5A golf. The Bastrop High School junior last week captured her third...
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Mar 155 min read
Cedar Creek football program requires a complete reset
By Jim Irish Photo by Mike Valiska, Jim Irish The Cedar Creek football program is in dire straits, a ship adrift in the ocean without a...
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Feb 283 min read
Cedar Creek's Conrad impresses District 23-5A coaches, selected MVP
By Jim Irish Photos by Justyn Werner and Mike Valiska Despite a height of only 5-foot-10, Robert Conrad stood much taller in the eyes of...
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Feb 244 min read
Cedar Creek's dream season ends in area round against Killeen Shoemaker
By Jim Irish Photos by Dustyn Werner Nine times from the end of the first half until one minute remaining in the fourth quarter Cedar...
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Feb 212 min read
Conrad catches fire, leads Cedar Creek to first-ever state playoff victory over McCallum
By Jim Irish Photos by Jim Irish Robert Conrad had practiced too hard and spent untold hours honing his game during his four varsity...
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Feb 83 min read
Cedar Creek reaches playoffs with aid from Hendrickson
By Jim Irish Photos by Dustyn Werner Cedar Creek has advanced to the state basketball playoffs, only the second time in the school’s...
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Feb 33 min read
Cedar Creel stumbles against Connally's trap defense
By Jim Irish Photos by Dustyn Werner Cedar Creek was dazed by Connally’s half-court trap defense in a 48-42 District 23-5A loss at the...
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Feb 16 min read
Harbour, former 3:50 miler, Baylor track coach, returns to Texas high school alma mater
By Jim Irish Courtesy photos Todd Harbour is thriving in Port Isabel, the small community on the Texas Gulf Coast where he spent his...
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Jan 253 min read
This is one that Cedar Creek will likely remember; Eagles win after trailing by 16 in the fourth
By Jim Irish Photos by Dustyn Werner Cedar Creek basketball players and coaches will remember this win — perhaps for the rest of their...
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Jan 182 min read
Cedar Creek wallops Bastrop by 34 in crosstown rivalry game
By Jim Irish Photos by Dustyn Werner Cedar Creek’s big three put the big hurt on Bastrop. Robert Conrad and Kenji Franklin scored 24 and...
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Jan 52 min read
Franklin earns double-double in district rout over East View
By Jim Irish Photos by John Gutierrez, Austin American-Statesman Robert Conrad, Cedar Creek’s four-year starter at point guard, missed...
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Dec 24, 20232 min read
Cedar Creek drops district opener against Hendrickson on turnovers in fourth quarter
By Jim Irish Photos by John Gutierrez, Austin American-Statesman Cedar Creek couldn’t close it out in a District 23-5A opener against...
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Dec 16, 20232 min read
Franklin hits 1,000 career points in Cedar Creek's rout of Travis
By Jim Irish When Cedar Creek’s Kenji Franklin reached 997 career points against Austin Travis, head coach Valentino Maxwell called a...
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Dec 2, 20232 min read
Cedar Creek up to 10-3 after taking second in own tourney
By Jim Irish Photos by Dustyn Werner Round Rock Westwood prevented Cedar Creek from defending its Eagle Shootout basketball tournament....
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Nov 23, 20233 min read
Cedar Creek's Maxwell looking to shift from 'Good to great'
By Jim Irish Photos by Dustyn Werner Cedar Creek boys basketball team downed Class 6A Akins 66-49 at home on Tuesday for its fifth...
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Nov 22, 20232 min read
Conrad, Cedar Creek's flashy guard, commits to DIII Trinity
By Jim Irish After an unfortunate injury last season in which Cedar Creek’s Robert Conrad played only part of one District 23-5A...
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Nov 6, 20234 min read
Sky's the limit if Cedar Creek boys starters remain healthy
By Jim Irish Cedar Creek boys top three players suffered serious injuries last season, but basketball coach Valentino Maxwell is not...
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Oct 31, 20232 min read
Cedar Creek falls to McCallum in 4 sets in bi-district volleyball
By Jim Irish Cedar Creek started hot, but McCallum’s outside hitters, Greta Carlson and Rylee Hissey, had too much firepower in a...
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