Category Archives: River Place

Baseball does good with “Ham it up”

Vandegrift baseball players, under the direction of head coach Allen McGee, who helped deliver 76 hams/meals to the Boys and Girls Clubs of Austin: Joey Hatch, Timothy Wolter, Clayton Noles, Robert Brackenridge, Connor Logeman, Kyle Maysonave, Josh Upp, Andres Arana, Chad Herrera, Garrett Moore and Ethan Gross.

Baseball does good with “Ham it up”

By LAURIE MOORE, VHS Baseball

This fall the Vandegrift baseball team held a combined fundraiser/charity event with the Honey Baked Ham Co. called “Ham It Up”.

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Third generation pecan grower brings retail shop to 620

Mark Hall is a third generation pecan farmer, continuing the family tradition in Austin.

By MADISON PHARIS, Four Points News

Mark Hall may not have had the best welcome when he and his family moved to Steiner Ranch in September of 2011 but his dedication to the family business of growing pecans and his vision to open the 38 Pecans shop kept him thriving despite the wildfires of Labor Day weekend.

The third-generation pecan grower and his wife, Brooke, and three children, Cree, Kiersten, and Britlyn, made Steiner their home. But despite being evacuated from their home right after moving in, and hearing of more than 20 homes lost to the fires, the shaky start didn’t deter Hall in the slightest.

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VHS Football Preview

Vandegrift vs Cibolo Steele

Area Round Playoff

Canyon High School, New Braunfels

Friday, Nov. 24, 2 p.m.

Xavier Martin completed 15 of 19 pass attempts, Brenden Brady ran for 160 yards on 21 carries and the Cibolo Steele Knights beat Vandegrift 17-0 in the second round of the playoffs.

That was last year.

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Community speaks at 3rd Steiner HOA town hall

A dozen Steiner Ranch residents spoke at the third town hall meeting hosted by the SR Master Association on Nov. 7.

By LYNETTE HAALAND, Four Points News

The Steiner Ranch Master Association board hosted its third town hall meeting on Nov. 7 at Towne Square Community Center where a dozen members of the community took the floor to give their thoughts on the HOA board’s consideration of moving the community from in-house management to third-party, for-profit management. 

The purpose of the meeting was to update homeowners on independent consultant community management evaluations and next steps regarding for-profit, third party management request for proposals. The HOA board posted documents for review on the HOA website at the end October. They had some copies to pass around at the town hall meeting.   

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