Before Boerne had traffic circles, turf fields, and Starbucks, and before it became one of the fastest-growing towns in Texas, it was a quiet Hill Country town rooted in limestone, family names, and Sundays. For the ranching and farming families who lived outside of town, out toward Sisterdale, Waring, Welfare, and Bergheim, getting to church … Read more
In the fall of 1986, the home side of Greyhound Stadium was what is now the visitor side. It was simple back then. No video board, no seven-room press box, no instant replay. Just Friday night lights, wooden bleachers, and a community that loved its Greyhounds. There was also a wooden press box that had … Read more
Golf gave the world a gracious word: Mulligan. Like a lot of good stories, there are several versions of how the word came to be. Golf historians still debate the true origin. My favorite traces back to a golfer named David Mulligan in Montreal during the 1920’s. The story goes that after hitting a poor … Read more
“Though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again…” – Proverbs 24:16 In 2009, Boerne High School reopened its doors, and with it, the heartbeat of a small-town tradition came back to life. We had closed the school for a calendar year while it was remodeled. And with that return came the need for a … Read more