Hill Country sports news in brief. - Kerrville Daily Times (Kerrville, TX)

Sep. 23--TIVY STILL A FEW SPOTS SHY OF TOP 10: Despite being idle this past week, the Tivy High School football team received a little more love as the Antlers gained a single vote in The Associated Press prep poll released Monday.

But even with four votes, the Antlers remained at No. 17 in Class 4A, a few votes behind District 27 rivals Schertz Clemens (No. 14) and Schertz Steele (No. 11) and trailing No. 1 Lake Travis, still the undisputed top team in 4A with 190 votes including all 19 first place votes.

Leading the way in Class 5A with 189 votes and 18 of the 19 possible first place votes is Euless Trinity, which is followed closely by No. 2 Plano, which earned the only other first-place vote in 5A.

Liberty Hill is leading the Class 3A standings, Cisco is ahead in Class 2A, and Canadian is the top team in Class 1A.

ANTLERS BEAT NEW BRAUNFELS CANYON IN TENNIS: The Tivy High School tennis team beat District 27 opponent New Braunfels Canyon 10-5 on Friday for its first district victory of the season.

Behind more strong performances from the Lady Antlers, who saw singles victories from Kolbie Kiefer (6-0, 6-2), Hayden Henderson (6-2, 6-3), Alex Moos (6-3, 6-4) and Andi Underwood (6-4, 6-3), Tivy improved its record to 6-5 overall and 1-1 in district play.

Kiefer and Henderson (6-2, 6-0) also won their doubles match along with the teams of Underwood and Elizabeth Allen (6-7, 6-2, 10-4) and Clarke Henderson and Moos (6-3, 6-1).

In mixed doubles, Jordan Hamilton and Jack Porter won their match (6-1, 7-6) while the team of Collin Dill and Ian Lemmon (6-2, 6-0) won their doubles match for the boys. Jacob Woods had the Antlers' only singles victory (6-4, 6-4).

LADYHORNS WIN AGAINST SA BROOKS ACADEMY: With a team-high 11 kills from junior Amelia Herring and 17 assists from her twin sister, Amanda, the Harper High School volleyball team rolled to a 25-12, 25-14, 25-12 victory over district opponent San Antonio Brooks Academy on Saturday.

Leading the Ladyhorns (13-11, 3-0) through their District 27-2A competition, Amanda also added seven digs the effort while Autumn Davis had five kills, five digs and went 12-of-12 in service opportunities.

KERRVILLE RACER WINS MODIFIED RACE: After competing in the IMCA Super Nationals in Iowa, Kerrville's own Greg Dinsmore added to his season win total by taking the main modified race at the I-37 Raceway on Friday in Pleasanton.

Moe VanKirk, also from Kerrville, took first place in the Super Stock feature race.

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