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Local MLB players speak to fans, Vipers

Combined players won five World Series titles

By ZACH SMITH,  LYNETTE HAALAND

It was Sept. 1, 2007. Clay Buchholz was making his second career start. Kevin Millar was entering the final few years of his big league career.

He finished with nine strikeouts, including sending Millar back to the dugout twice in the 10-0 win.

“It was a sick joke,” Millar said. “Our scoring report said he had a fastball, curveball and changeup. It didn’t say anything about him throwing to right-handers. Some organizations are good at scoring reports and some aren’t. The Orioles, at that time, stunk.”

Buchholz and Millar joined four other current and former professional baseball players at a question and answer session ahead of the Vandegrift Home Run Derby on Saturday morning. The baseball stars are also local residents.

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VHS to be in District 13 next school year

Courtesy UIL

The new 2018-2020 UIL District alignment came out and Vandegrift football and basketball will be in 6A conference District 13. Westlake and Lake Travis will not be in the same district as VHS.

“With a 9-team district, that means that we have less pre-district games to prepare for the games that matter. So even the scrimmage is more important,” said Drew Sanders, head football coach and VHS athletic coordinator. “There are some people that think that it always come downs to the final games whether you win a district championship or make the playoffs, but at times it was the first game or two that made that happen. So it’s all in for getting ready for our first game in district 13-6A.”

“We are thrilled to be in the new district and look forward to the high level of competition. I have no doubt that our Vipers will rise to the occasion,” Sanders said.

Four Points News is working on this developing story.

Conference 6A

District 13
Austin Vandegrift
Cedar Park Vista Ridge
Leander
Pflugerville Hendrickson
Round Rock
Round Rock McNeil
Round Rock Stony Pt.
Round Rock Westwood
RR Cedar Ridge

YMSL chapters hear “When Sean Speaks”

Three, local Young Men’s Service League chapters heard the presentation “When Sean Speaks” earlier this month about the dangers of drunk driving.

Sean Carter’s life was devastated in Wichita Falls, Tex., during the wee hours of March 27, 2005. He was a student at Midwestern State University majoring in business administration when he decided to take a ride in a truck driven by a college friend who was drunk. The truck spun and slammed into a tree and Sean suffered multiple fractures, internal injuries, and a traumatic brain injury.

Although he cannot talk and has only some mobility in his extremities, Sean continues to make progress. He suffers no obvious cognitive deficits. Sean has immediate rapport with everyone he meets. People are drawn to Sean’s radiant smile, his quick wit, and his power to communicate.

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County sets local 2018 street improvements

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By LESLEE BASSMAN, Four Points News

If you eye a road paving truck in your western Travis County neighborhood in the coming months, you can thank Travis County officials and its Transportation and Natural Resources division.

Travis County Commissioners Court approved the Transportation and Natural Resources Road & Bridge 2018 Work Plan Jan. 18, following a rescheduling of its Jan. 16 meeting due to inclement weather. The plan, sponsored in part by Precinct Two Commissioner Brigid Shea, spans across the court’s four precincts, with the Four Points area slated for overlay paving, rejuvenation, roadway striping and sidewalk repair projects over the next 12 months.

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