David Gbenda is Cincos Next Star
Caleb Tise, Staff Writer
September 5, 2018
Filed under Football, Sports, Top Stories
David Gbenda isn’t your average high school linebacker, before the season even started David is winning awards. At the start of school David was recognized for being on the UIL Preseason High School Team. David was honored with this award on August 16th by his coaches and Mr.Cross...
Varsity Cross Country performs strong at first seasonal meet
Sarah Sheikh, Editor
September 4, 2018
Filed under Cross Country, Sports
Their day starts at 6 in the morning: aching legs, shortness of breath, an adrenaline high, and satisfaction. You probably see them at school completely casual about their morning, but just a few hours earlier they were running past roads, neighborhoods, schools, shopping plazas ...
Set for Success
Celeste Hoover, Staff Writer
August 31, 2018
Filed under Sports, Top Stories, Volleyball
Don’t aspire to be the best in the team. Aspire to be the best for the team. The Lady Cougars volleyball team has a new mantra for their 2018-2019 season. A summer after the program’s Regional Semifinalist title, the JV girls have one shared goal: become District Champions. Their coach Jenna Allaman alre...
Varsity VB starts strong in early season tournament
August 10, 2018
Filed under Sports, Top Stories, Volleyball
Cinco Ranch Varsity Volleyball cruised in Friday's three pool play matches of the Katy ISD/Cy-Fair tournament. With wins over Magnolia and Klein Forest in the division 3 pool, the Lady Cougs controlled the net to move past a talented Magnolia Tomball squad and advance to the semi-final match. Cinco op...
Bowling team finishes 19th at State UIL
Caleb Tise, Staff Writer
April 16, 2018
Filed under Sports
On Saturday, April 7, the Cinco Ranch Bowling team went to the state competition as the only school in the Katy ISD to do so and placed 19th. “Overall the season went pretty well,” Junior Justin Hartojo said. “We tied for second place in the district and we were the only guys bowling team fr...
Five Cougar Wrestlers State-bound
Brynne Herzfeld, Co-Editor-in-Chief
February 22, 2018
Filed under News, Sports, Top Stories
The Cougar wrestling teams returned from regionals at Paetow High School on Feb. 17 and 18 with five state qualifying wrestlers and a third place trophy for the boys’ team. Seniors Kayla De Leon and Zyire Ardoin secured their places at state by taking Regional Champion titles in their weight classes,...
Varsity Girls Basketball faces Tompkins for playoffs spot
Brynne Herzfeld, Co-Editor-in-Chief
February 5, 2018
Filed under Sports
The Varsity Girls Basketball team will face Tompkins at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 6. The team must win to secure a spot in the playoffs. Girls Basketball is turning this game into a White Out, and shirts are being sold by Assistant Coach Rachel Caldarera for $10, but they will also be sold at the door...
Freshman finishes 4th at UIL State Cross Country Meet
Joe Powell & County Line staff, Staff Writer
November 5, 2017
Filed under Sports, Top Stories
Freshman Heidi Nielson followed her District championship by grabbing first place at the Cross Country Regional Meet in Huntsville, then went on to finish 4th in State at the UIL CC Championships at Settlers Park in Round Rock Nov. 4. Neilson's time of 18:44.90 in the girls 5,000 meter run at ...
Going the extra mile
Angelica Arinze, Features editor
October 10, 2017
Filed under Sports, Top Stories
It’s an early July morning. While most of her family is fast asleep until the late afternoon, she pushes herself awake, throws on her shoes, leggings and tank top and is out the door for her regular morning run. She repeats the routine later in the day, except this time her coach is on the side of th...
Tigers Prevail in Wild Cat Tussle
Caleb Tise, Staff Writer
September 26, 2017
Filed under Football, Sports, Top Stories
Last Friday night Cinco and Katy High School had the school annual Friday Night Lights showdown. Cinco was never able to produce any points through out the first half but the defense stayed strong and stopped the Tigers to 14 points. In the second half it was all Katy with a final score of 30-0 Katy. &nbs...
Girls Soccer in Playoffs, Boys to Play Cy-Lakes
Brynne Herzfeld, Voice Editor
March 28, 2017
Filed under Soccer, Sports, Top Stories
Both the girls and boys varsity soccer teams won their games on Friday, March 24 against Fort Bend Austin High School and Clements High School, respectively. The Lady Cougars, ranked sixth in state, secured a Bi-District championship and move on to play Langham Creek High School at home for the Are...
Cougars advance to Round 3 of playoffs
Roba Abousaway and Meherina Khan, Co-Editors-in-Chief
February 25, 2017
Filed under Boys Basketball, Sports, Top Stories
The boys varsity basketball team clinched a victory in the area playoffs after beating Bellaire 66-63 in an overtime thriller last night, Feb. 24. The Cougars’ current standing is 28-5, and they are the first boys basketball team in Cinco’s history to make it to the quarterfinals. “We’re back...