BELTON — After 24 years, 17 conference titles and two national championships, the man who built Mary Hardin-Baylor football from scratch and turned it into the country’s premier NCAA Division

BELTON — It took 13 years and six tries, but Mary Hardin-Baylor finally got the Warhawk off its back.

ST. GEORGE, Utah — The sixth time was a charm, and now the Temple College Lady Leopards are national champions.

BELTON — Anthony Brown has plenty of accomplishments to look back on when Belton’s football season comes to a close. With at least one game remaining, the senior receiver’s output

BELTON — Patrick Frazho has his sights set on attending Texas Tech to study engineering, following in the footsteps of his father, an engineer for the last two decades. If

TROY — If a coach can reach one student, then it’s all worth it.

BELTON — It could be in the car, maybe while gathered around the dinner table, or, perhaps, on the way to the car after a meal. Inevitably, somebody in the

BELTON — As the safeties on a Mary Hardin-Baylor defense that ranks No. 1 in NCAA Division III against the pass, senior Raylon Hickey and sophomore Jefferson Fritz have had

BELTON — Crusader Stadium opened in 2013 after Pete Fredenburg spent the previous 15 years building the Mary Hardin-Baylor football program from scratch into a perennial title contender. Nine years

BELTON — He’s little. He’s not strong. He’s not fast. Marques Aguilar has heard it all before from doubters, and his response is the same every time.

AUSTIN -- Pancakes and ice cream. One of the most decorated high school running careers in Central Texas history was set to be celebrated late Friday night with breakfast food

BELTON — Pete Fredenburg is comfortable in his own skin. Perhaps even more so than the common man.Whether he’s on the football field, at a civic function or in some

HOLLAND — With a program built by athletic director Brad Talbert that allows students to maximize their training time, a group of athletes that believes hard work pays off, and

HOLLAND — Caleb Cearley and a handful of his Holland Hornets teammates made a pact last summer in preparation for their highly anticipated 2019 season. With most of the willing

BELTON — Time is of the essence for Aubrie Elliott. As a senior in the Sweet 16 of the women’s NCAA Division III Tournament, the Mary Hardin-Baylor forward knows each

SALADO — Relay teams, or the good ones anyway, are conventionally built over months, with hour after hour of practice and meet after meet of competition used to form the

BELTON — Colton Hall has been through the highs and the lows and just about everything in between during his four years on the Mary Hardin-Baylor offensive line.

Temple’s football coaches thought defense was the best side for Tyson Magana during his first two years of high school. He played linebacker on sub-varsity teams and was a backup

BELTON — Unassuming and easy to talk to, Joey Longoria often uses the phrase “I’m not going to lie” — as in, “I’m not going to lie. I’ve been looking

BELTON — The advice wasn’t groundbreaking and didn’t spawn a life-altering epiphany. But what then-senior Chandler Vela conveyed to fellow Belton wide receiver Jose Perez on Tiger Field nearly a

BELTON — It sounds like a series of painful memories. For Mary Hardin-Baylor defensive tackle Isaiah Johnson, it’s just life.

BELTON — A group of Mary Hardin-Baylor players has a plan for its own kind of Thanksgiving.Well, as of Tuesday afternoon, it wasn’t so much a plan as it was

BELTON — Facing their most daunting test yet in District 12-6A play, the Belton Tigers relied on one of their senior leaders Tuesday night.

BELTON — Connor Carothers put in the work during fall camp last year, studied schemes and playbooks beyond the required, and his diligence created a bit of a quarterback battle.

With 20 receptions for 213 yards and zero touchdowns this season, Temple senior Nathan Garcia fits the mold of a possession receiver. However, Garcia didn’t even touch the football on

With the Temple Wildcats returning only one defensive starter this season, a popular opinion is that their experienced offense must do the heavy lifting while a new-look defense of mostly

ST. GEORGE, Utah — Temple College stayed on track Friday in its bid to win the national title, and now the Lady Leopards are one victory away from the crown.

BELTON — Mary Hardin-Baylor is the reigning national champion, a moniker it celebrated throughout the offseason but one the Crusaders know will mean little when foot meets leather to kick

BELTON — When Mary Hardin-Baylor takes the field for its season opener tonight, there won’t be a single wide receiver in uniform who has ever caught a pass in a

ROGERS — It was news that Kylia Huhman never expected to receive. She always thought something like this could never happen to someone she knew — let alone her mom.

BELTON — What was a 1,000-mile trek for Mary Hardin-Baylor players and fans to reach the NCAA Division III national championship game in the past has become a short 2½-hour

BELTON — Anthony Fairbanks doesn’t hide his emotions Friday nights on the field. Belton’s speedy wide receiver is excitable, entertaining and has proven to be rather electric with the ball

If Temple junior wide receiver Quentin Johnston wanted to beat his chest or toot his own horn, he would have plenty of valid reasons for doing so.

BELTON — Aaron Sims had gone three years without playing in a football game before stepping on the field for Mary Hardin-Baylor’s season opener last month. Not that it was

WHITEWATER, Wis. — Almost 1,000 miles from its campus in uncomfortable weather conditions, Mary Hardin-Baylor turned into the unwanted relative at the holiday party — making itself right at home,

BELTON — When a player moves from one side of the ball to the other in the middle of a season, it’s typically because injuries have created a depth issue

BELTON — Carson Harris speaks candidly and truthfully about the frustrations he faced after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee during spring football practice at the tail

In his first and only season as Temple’s starting quarterback, Jared Wiley had an opportunity to help lead the Wildcats to their first district championship since 2015 in his final

Bruce Onchweri has dealt with his share of labels on a football field.

CAMERON — Numbers are important at Cameron Yoe, mostly because they illustrate a rich history.

Kelsie Murie laid down a bunt and ended up hitting into her first career double play at the college level.An inning later, Temple College’s sophomore second baseman hit just her

HOLLAND — Zane Spinn is a successful young man and student-athlete.

BELTON — D’Ashiah Williams has yet to start a game for Mary Hardin-Baylor, but the 6-foot-6 junior transfer came off the bench Friday night to produce the biggest plays of

BELTON — It took 13 years and six tries, but Mary Hardin-Baylor finally got the Warhawk off its back.

BELTON — Compared to most college football players, Keith Gipson has a different perspective on things, or at least different priorities.

CAMERON — If Davion Bynaum and Za’Kara Bryson had grown up in the same neighborhood, the ticket to see that playground showdown would have been in high demand.

CANTON, Ohio — The golden boys from Texas withstood the cold Ohio weather and a confident opponent to hoist the walnut and bronze trophy once again. For the second time

There is a video posted to Challen Maileoi’s page on Hudl, which is a sort of social media website utilized by some teams and players to showcase their latest highlights

Two years into its existence as an athletic program, Lake Belton is steadily building up postseason equity across all sports, and track and field is no exception.

With the rest of the area’s Class 3A contingent producing shockingly distant finishes all around them, it was a contrasting pair — the youngest of the bunch and the most

LITTLE-RIVER ACADEMY — Just leave it to an offensive lineman to redirect the praise.

AUSTIN — Lake Belton’s Kendrick Jones wasn’t sure what was in store in his debut at the UIL track and field state championships, but the freshman sprinter certainly didn’t expect