wimberley wildcats rule!
growing up in wimberley was a wonderful thing. some things that made it so, were: rope swings, low-water bridges, pioneer town, the lodge, the spa, and the pro shop pools, the square, even market days was cool...when i was a kid.
we always had a competitive relationship with the two other elementary schools (and towns) in our school district - kyle, and buda. it first became apparent during baseball season, as our little league was made up of teams from the three towns. i'm not sure how accurate my memory is ; but, i remember getting smoked alot. the only reason we didn't get 10-run-ruled a few times was because in those days no such rule existed.
each campus organized a team of 5th and 6th graders to compete against the other two schools throughout the school year. wimberley hosted a basketball tournament right after the christmas holiday ended. the tournament followed a round-robin-style regular season wherein each school played the other two teams twice. in the spring, kyle would host a track meet; and, just before school ended in june, buda would be host to a softball tournament. as i think about it, i think the softball tournament was co-ed and only 6th graders participated. conversely, the track teams consisted of students from younger grades. i know the 4th grade was included; but, i don't remember how young participation descended.
i don't remember the results of any of the competition other than the year i was in 6th grade:
we lost all four of our basketball games. i couldn't have been more disappointed; but, over the holiday break, mr. farris taught us how to play a zone defense and we went into the tournament with renewed confidence. i don't remember any of the scores; but, we won all 3 of our games and put the trophy in mr. shand's office. 6 years later, the buda kids still said we cheated.
the only two things i remember about the track meet were that the buda kids were awesome at pull-ups (they swung alot) and we won more points than either other school to take the track title.
the softball games were held in the baseball fields that used to be where the buda elementary school lower campus is now located. maybe the 5th grade did play, because i can remember being at the tournament when i was in 5th grade and meeting charles attal, michael grizzle, and karen cervenka for the first time. doesn't matter. we killed both of the other schools. i remember one at-bat where i crushed the ball. i think i was rounding third when the right fielder caught up to the ball. i had crossed the plate by the time he raised his hands to signal that the ball had come to rest in the creek. i thought it so unfair, that mr. shand had a difficult time getting me back on the field when the umpire rule "ground rule double."
it was during those tournaments that we got to know some of the kids who would be our friends and teammates in middle school and high school. we got to meet new girls to talk about and call. i became friends with tim host during these competitions and we stayed close all the way through college. it's too bad the area is so large now that it isn't possible to continue these old traditions. it was fun.
i wonder how many people in hays county remember the wimberley wildcats, buda bulldogs, and kyle panthers.
we always had a competitive relationship with the two other elementary schools (and towns) in our school district - kyle, and buda. it first became apparent during baseball season, as our little league was made up of teams from the three towns. i'm not sure how accurate my memory is ; but, i remember getting smoked alot. the only reason we didn't get 10-run-ruled a few times was because in those days no such rule existed.
each campus organized a team of 5th and 6th graders to compete against the other two schools throughout the school year. wimberley hosted a basketball tournament right after the christmas holiday ended. the tournament followed a round-robin-style regular season wherein each school played the other two teams twice. in the spring, kyle would host a track meet; and, just before school ended in june, buda would be host to a softball tournament. as i think about it, i think the softball tournament was co-ed and only 6th graders participated. conversely, the track teams consisted of students from younger grades. i know the 4th grade was included; but, i don't remember how young participation descended.
i don't remember the results of any of the competition other than the year i was in 6th grade:
we lost all four of our basketball games. i couldn't have been more disappointed; but, over the holiday break, mr. farris taught us how to play a zone defense and we went into the tournament with renewed confidence. i don't remember any of the scores; but, we won all 3 of our games and put the trophy in mr. shand's office. 6 years later, the buda kids still said we cheated.
the only two things i remember about the track meet were that the buda kids were awesome at pull-ups (they swung alot) and we won more points than either other school to take the track title.
the softball games were held in the baseball fields that used to be where the buda elementary school lower campus is now located. maybe the 5th grade did play, because i can remember being at the tournament when i was in 5th grade and meeting charles attal, michael grizzle, and karen cervenka for the first time. doesn't matter. we killed both of the other schools. i remember one at-bat where i crushed the ball. i think i was rounding third when the right fielder caught up to the ball. i had crossed the plate by the time he raised his hands to signal that the ball had come to rest in the creek. i thought it so unfair, that mr. shand had a difficult time getting me back on the field when the umpire rule "ground rule double."
it was during those tournaments that we got to know some of the kids who would be our friends and teammates in middle school and high school. we got to meet new girls to talk about and call. i became friends with tim host during these competitions and we stayed close all the way through college. it's too bad the area is so large now that it isn't possible to continue these old traditions. it was fun.
i wonder how many people in hays county remember the wimberley wildcats, buda bulldogs, and kyle panthers.
posted by cm at 8/29/2006
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