For Immediate Release
Re: Hill Country Athletics
June 3, 2009
AUSTIN – The 2008-2009 school year turned out to be tremendously successful for the athletics teams at Hill Country Christian School of Austin. All but one of the school’s varsity teams made its division’s TAPPS state playoff tournament, and the one that didn’t – boys’ basketball – still had a winning record.
The highlight of the year, though, was a record-setting individual performance from junior distance runner Caroline Janssen, who won three individual state championships, including the TAPPS 2A cross country title in the fall, as well as the 2A 1600 and 3200 meter races in the spring State Track Meet.
The varsity 6-man football Knights posted a 7-5 record, were district champs, and made it to the TAPPS regional finals before falling to Greenville Christian. Varsity volleyball and girls varsity basketball each made it to the bi-district round of the playoffs, and the girls basketball team won a school record 23 games.
In the spring, the varsity baseball team also won a school record 17 games, was bi-district champion, and came with one run of advancing to the regional finals.
Middle school sports also tasted great success this past school year, with the middle school football team playing its first season of 11-man ball, and posting an impressive 7-1 record. The middle school “A” volleyball team – the younger of the two middle school teams – advanced all the way to the finals of the post-season Austin Christian Athletic Association tournament. Both the boys and girls middle school basketball teams experienced wining records and strong finishes, and the middle school track team won the ACAA meet.
The stage is set with many returning student athletes for another strong run in 2009-2010.
Pete Craycroft
Athletic Director
