Caroline Cleveland, a former standout at Abilene High, takes over as the new head volleyball coach at her alma mater. She inherits a team with eight returning starters that went 4-13 overall and 2-10 in District 2-6A a year ago. “Compared to last year, this team will be mentally tough,” Cleveland emphasized. “The culture will be different along with the leadership academy ... Read More
Clyde Bulldogs
Former Abilene High and Howard Payne football player Danny Dudgeon, who spent the last six years as the offensive coordinator at Abilene Cooper, landed his first head coaching position when he was named the new head coach at Clyde. “It's been a goal since I got into the profession,” Dudgeon said of becoming a head coach when he was hired in March. “It means a whole lot. It's ... Read More
Football & Volleyball First Look
Welcome to Varsity Preview, a new magazine from Zachry Publications that will provide a preseason look at area high school football and volleyball teams. This will be three-times-a-year publication with a preview of the Big Country high school boys and girls basketball teams later this year and a preview of area baseball and softball teams next spring. It is our hope that ... Read More
Baird Bears
Baird went 5-6 and made the Class 1A Division I playoffs last year in the Bears’ first season as a UIL six-man team and their first season under coach Derek Schlieve. Baird played an outlaw schedule (not in an UIL district) in its first six-man football season in 2019 after switching from 11-man football. Junior running back/linebacker Cedar Cauble is a do-everything ... Read More
Abilene Christian Football
Daren Miller takes over as the new head football coach at Abilene Christian Schools this fall. The Panthers return seven lettermen, including three starters on both offense and defense, from a team that went 7-2 overall and 5-1 in its Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools’ six-man district last year. ACS reached the regional round of the TAPPS six-man Division III ... Read More