Sports stories scoring in the Top 10 in The Tribune
THE LADY HORNET SOCCER team advancing to the UIL Class 4A Girls Soccer Playoffs for the first time in school history earned the team a spot on the Top 10 list of sports stories for 2024.
THE SOMERVILLE YEGUA football team’s historic season tops The Tribune’s Top 10 sports stories for 2024.
BARRETT HOWE won the individual District 26-2a boys golf championship, representing Somerville. All three area school golfers were district champs in 2024.
LONGTIME CALDWELL softball coach Wendy Weiss retired after the 2024 season -- which was a season when the Lady Hornets went undefeated in district play. She is pictured on “Wendy Weiss Day” with Marcus Escalante giving a speech, praising Weiss for her service to Caldwell.
CALDWELL’S PHILLIP JUNGMAN once again made The Tribune’s Top 10 sports stories because he was named as an alternate to the Paris Olympics in Men’s Skeet in 2024.
SNOOK SOFTBALL HAD SEVERAL milestones reached during the 2024 season, including Head Coach Ashley Currington reaching the coaching milestone of 100 career wins.
CALDWELL HORNET BASKETBALL had several reasons to celebrate in 2024. The team earned a spot in the UIL Class 4A Boys Basketball Playoffs and Hornet basketball player Harrison Novak scoring his 1,000th point.
Last year, we saw the emergence of women’s sports taking the headlines nation-wide.
We saw Team USA Women’s Gymnastics help lead TV audiences to viewing the Paris Olympic Games, increasing viewship by 82% over the Tokyo Games in 2020 -- with Simone Biles leading the way by winning the all-around gold medal.
We also saw Caitlin Clark help bring the WNBA into record ticket sales and viewship on TV.
