Senior volleyball players Christi Corkran, Carly Hicks, Paige Kopetsky and Mattie DeWitt and junior volleyball player Haley Slocum walk through a cheering crowd as they prepare to leave for the state volleyball tournament. A&M Consolidated will play Dripping Springs at 5:00 p.m. on Nov. 20 in Garland.
Author: Mike Williams
Tigers lose to Temple, get knocked out of playoffs
by Austin Coats, sports editor A&M Consolidated met the Temple Wildcats at Bobcat Stadium in San Marcos for their first round playoff game. The Tigers could not control turnovers and the Temple running game, and fell 58-14. Play in the first half was sloppy for both teams as they collectively […]
Gallery: Volleyball team wins rivalry match in regional quarterfinals, advances
A&M Consolidated and College Station played each other twice in district play, and each team won its away match. This rivalry needed to break its stalemate, and in a crazy turn of events, the two local teams got to settle their score in the most fitting of ways: a playoff game.
‘Interstellar’ overpowers with scope, demands rewatch
Immense hype surrounded Christopher Nolan’s “Interstellar” in the weeks before its release: critics hailed it as (potentially) the first great space-travel epic since Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey.” Nolan even hired theoretical physicist Kip Thorne as a consultant to make every detail as scientifically accurate as possible. Certainly, the research shows, but the science of “Interstellar,” while impressively mind-boggling, is second to Nolan’s exploration of the most selfless (and selfish) aspects of humanity.
After scoring mishap, robotics team begins preparation for state competition
After over a decade of winning regionals, the Consol robotics team received third place at the contest this year — or so they thought.
A&M Consolidated wins handily in final district game
A&M Consolidated finished their district schedule with a win at home over the Livingston Lions 63-7. With this coming after a 57-7 win over Rudder the week before, the Tigers will go into the playoffs with plenty of momentum. The Tigers scored 49 unanswered points through the third quarter, and were […]
Photo of the Day: Physics I AP students experience laws of physics in action through catapult construction
Physics I AP students got to see the Newton’s Laws in action when shooting catapults today.
Consol falls to College Station
by Austin Coats, sports editor After “keeping it classy” all week after a 41-0 win over Caney Creek, the A&M Consolidated Tigers faced College Station High School; it was the matchup that the town had awaited for the past three years. Tigerland Stadium was packed with Tiger and Cougar fans alike, […]
Gallery: Tigers fall 31-34 to Cougars in final minute
On Oct. 24, A&M Consolidated played its first varsity football game against rival College Station. Consol had a strong start and led 17-10 at the half, but the Cougars clawed their way up to a score of 31-31 in the fourth quarter and subsequently kicked a field goal with 25 seconds remaining in the game, making the final score 34-31 CSHS.
A&M Consolidated volleyball loses 3-2 to CSHS
In the penultimate game of the season, the Consol volleyball team was defeated by the CSHS Cougars in a close 3-2 loss. The Tigers fought valiantly in front of a packed gymnasium, keeping the score close and the mood tense until the final point.
