By Vi Burgess, assistant editor On Friday, Jan. 9, the boys basketball team played the College Station High School Cougars at CSHS. The score was close throughout the game, with each team taking turns in the lead, but CSHS won 63-58. [Show as slideshow]
On Dec. 19, after the semester’s final day of school, Consol’s girls basketball team faced crosstown rivals Bryan at home. The Lady Tigers jumped out to a lead in the first quarter and held it throughout, winning comfortably, 69-48. Check out a gallery below: [Show as slideshow]
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.
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.
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.
Consol fell 44-56 to Bryan in this year’s Crosstown Showdown, ending its own nine-year winning streak in the series — but there was no shortage of heart from the players and those who supported them.
On Oct. 3, Consol made up for the homecoming heartbreaks of years past in a 35-11 win over the Willis Wildcats.
by Austin Coats, sports editor After shutting out Bryan and Livingston the previous week, the volleyball team started off the week with another shutout. This time the victim was Caney Creek, as the Tigers won the first game 25-11 and the final two games 25-15, strengthening their overall record to 24-12. […]
#495174877 / gettyimages.com by Austin Coats, sports editor If the popular adage that “history repeats itself” is indeed true, expect a win from the United States in today’s match against Germany. As it turns out, multiple aspects of this match are comparable to aspects of both World Wars. In both, Germany made itself a world […]
by Austin Coats, sports editor Brazil has won soccer’s biggest tournament, the World Cup, five times–that’s more championships than any other country. Naturally, Brazil ought to cherish the opportunity to host the World Cup, right? For many Brazilians, though, that is not the case. Many organized protests against the World Cup have taken […]
