Putts, pars and first place
October 22, 2018
Filed under Golf, Sports, Top Stories
The varsity boys golf team opened their season with an impressive team win while sophomore James Chong paced the Cougar squad with a four-stroke individual tournament victory this past weekend at Ravens Nest golf club. Junior Hayden Roup lost a tiebreaker for 2nd place while shooting 5 over, and sophomore...
David Gbenda recognized for prestigious Under Armour All-America Football Game selection
Sarah Sheikh, Features Editor
October 19, 2018
Filed under Football, Sports, Top Stories
Senior linebacker David Gbenda was selected to be one of the top 100 recruits in the nation for Under Armour’s All America football game to take place on January 3rd at the Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida. Gbenda is a recognized recruit by ESPN, and one of the top prospects in Texas. Th...
Cross Country squads shine brightly at Districts
Nick Swanson, Staff Writer
October 12, 2018
Filed under Sports, Top Stories
The girls varsity Cross Country team will send two runners and the varsity boys squad will advance as a team to the UIL Region 3 Cross Country meet in Huntsville Oct. 22. Sophomores Heidi Nielson and Sophie Atkinson finished one-two earning gold and silver medals at the UIL 19-6A District meet Friday...
David Gbenda earns Houston TD Club award
Caleb Tise, Staff Writer
September 5, 2018
Filed under Football, Sports, Top Stories
Senior David Gbenda isn’t your average high school football linebacker. Before the season even started, David was winning awards. At the start of school, Gbenda was named to the Houston Touchdown Club high school preseason Greater All-Houston Team. Gbenda was honored with this award August 16th by the HTC with h...
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...