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Vandegrift has strong showing in playoff loss to Cy Ranch

The Vandegrift lines up against an indirect freekick inside the penalty box, but the Vipers lost to Mustangs 2-1 in the bi-district round of the playoffs on
Friday night.

By ZACH SMITH, Hill Country News Sports

Saying a team gave it everything they had but came up short is a cliché used far too much in sports. But, simply put, there is no other way to describe the Vandegrift boys’ soccer team on March 29.

The Vipers were presented a difficult task in the first round of the playoffs, state-ranked No. 11 and District 14-6A champions Cy Ranch. Vandegrift scored the opening goal in the first half but battled the wind and few other factors in the second half to fall 2-1 to the Mustangs.

“I think that was the best game we played all season,” Vandegrift head coach Cody Brown said. “We battled all the way through and had chances to win the game. It kind of got stolen from us in my opinion. I’m a coach and I want to win games, but to lose games like that, I can live with because these guys played with so much heart.”

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Vandegrift girls soccer wins area championship

The Vandegrift Lady Vipers defeated Klein High School 3-2 in an area playoff game on April 2 in College Sation, earning them the title of Area Champs.

By LORI MEIER, Contributor

The Vandegrift Lady Viper are the Area soccer champions after defeating Klein High School 3-2 in a playoff nailbiter on Tuesday, April 2 at College Station HS.

Vandegrift moves onto Round 3 of the UIL State Playoffs against Cypress Woods High School on Friday, April 5 at 8 p.m. at Bastrop Memorial Stadium.

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VHS wind ensemble wows crowd at TMEA

By KRISTEN HILL, Contributor , MEGAN MESSER, Vandegrift Voice

Before a standing-room-only audience of over 2,500 music educators, the Vandegrift wind ensemble performed their TMEA 6A Honor Band concert on Feb. 15 at the Lila Cockrell Theatre in San Antonio as part of the Texas Music Educators Association annual convention.

The highlight of the Honor Band program was “Symphony No. 4” by David Maslanka, a 27 minute piece that the students worked on for months in preparation.  This preparation included a special clinic with University of Texas Professor and Conductor Jerry Junkin. This is a collegiate level work of music that is difficult for most high school bands to master.

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