Believe it or not, there is a silver lining when it comes to disasters and global pandemics and Fredericksburg High School Assistant Tennis Coach Gilbert Renaud is proof positive of this proposition. He said these events have a way of bringing communities together.

A local athlete making a run at winter sports glory. Sliding head-first into Team USA, 2013 FHS graduate Kyler Sultemeier has secured his place on Team USA for the skeleton, a winter sliding sport where the participant lies face first on a sled and goes down a frozen track.

Summer baseball gave Hobbs Price the playing time he needed after the shortened spring season. The 2019 Fredericksburg High School graduate played for the Victoria Generals of the Texas Collegiate League.

Fredericksburg Independent School District has instituted new guidelines for ticket sales due to the UIL ruling that maximum seating capacity at venues should be no more than 50 percent. At FHS Stadium, which holds 2,057 people, 1,203 people can get tickets to games and 674 visitors will be able to purchase tickets.

Coach Cade Tatsch (photo at far left) explained the difference between explosive and sure tackles to the Longhorns secondary at Friday’s morning practice in Harper. — Standard-Radio Post/Christine Granados

Fredericksburg’s Jack Gallagher’s collegiate football career was put on hold when Tarleton State University delayed its football season until the spring semester due to safety and scheduling concerns surrounding the coronavirus pandemic.

One hundred and fifty-five golfers competed in the 111th Texas Amateur last weekend at Boot Ranch Golf Club. Trey Bosco, 18, won the tournament, which was rescheduled from its June date, after carding a final round 2-under-par 69 on Sunday.