The student news site of Smithson Valley High School in Spring Branch, Texas

Valley Ventana

The student news site of Smithson Valley High School in Spring Branch, Texas

Valley Ventana

The student news site of Smithson Valley High School in Spring Branch, Texas

Valley Ventana

Hudson Woods throws his arms out after a play before getting into position
Hudson Woods climbs to new heights after standout sophomore season
Jonathan Jones, Sports Writer • May 18, 2024
Joshua Velasquez committed to serving his country in the U.S. Army.
Beyond basic
Margaret Edmonson, Adviser • May 17, 2024
Sydney Rakowitz will study education and training and music at the University of Incarnate Word.
Seniors sign to continue athletic, non-athletic careers
Valley Ventana, Staff • May 16, 2024
Boy Scouts of America announced on May 7 the organizations name will change to Scouting America on the organizations 115th birthday Feb. 8, 2025. Photo by JV via unsplash.com
Boy Scouts changing name after 115 years
Grayson Cook, Staff writer • May 15, 2024
The top 15 students in the senior class receive special recognition at graduation on May 22 due to their hard work throughout high school. 
Graphic by Alex Whelchel via Canva
Profile: Top 15 seniors
Alex Whelchel, Managing Editor • May 13, 2024

Ranger Roundup

Check out this week’s results in sports
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Danny Grant
Texas State commit, senior Zach Gingrich at bat in a scrimmage against Boerne.

Boys Soccer

The boys soccer team won against Seguin 3-0.​​ They now have an overall record of 7-6-3 and a district record of 4-3-2. They will play Wagner this Friday at 7:00 p.m. at Rutledge Stadium.

 

Girls Soccer

Yesterday the girls soccer team had a big win against Seguin, winning 8-0. With that being said Coach Adkins received his 350 career win. The team now has an overall record of 11-4-1 and a District record of 7-1-1. Here are the stats from the game.

 

Goals 

Raelyn Hinojosa 4

Izzy Sutherland 2

Jordan Todd 1

Callaghan McGuire 1

 

Assists 

Addie Briscoe 2

Raelyn Hinojosa 1

Jordan Todd 1

Emma Perez 1

Avery Pipes 1

Callaghan McGuire 1

Madi Comrie 1

 

Gk

Kaitlyn Watters 80 minutes 0 saves 0 goals against 

 

Wrestling

The Boys wrestling team recently competed at State and placed 4th overall as a team. Here were the results.

165 Efren Arizmendez Jr. – State Champion

132 Tristan Luna – State Runner-Up

190 Nicholas Dudzikowski – State Runner-Up

138 Bryce Palmer – State 5th Place

 

To read about them from their Regional results click here.

 

Swim 

Swim is looking to compete at State this weekend. 

 

Baseball 

The rangers will start their season against the 0-1 judson rockets where they will play at home this Frida at 11:30 a.m.

 

Softball

Recently the softball team took a tough loss losing to Georgetown 10-0. At the beginning of the game no one scored in the first and second innings until Georgetown scored in the third. Georgetown had a total of 32 at bats, 10 Runs, 11 Hits, 7 RBI, 0 BB, and 3 strikeouts. The rangers had a total of 20 at bats, 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 RBI, 2 BB, and 10 strikeouts. 

Today they played at Frenship at 11 a.m. and loss 3-1. Frenship had a total of 28 at bats, 3 Runs, 6 Hits, 3 RBI, 1 BB, and 2 SO. The Rangers had a total of 25 at bats, 1 Run, 4 Hits, 0 RBI, 4 BB, and 14 SO. Though the team did lose, in the first inning they were the fist to score.

They also played a second game today against Fredricksburg and won 8-0. The team had a great start in the first inning scoring 2 runs, 3 runs in the second inning, and 1 in the third inning.

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