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January 2012

Easy win for Westlake girls golf

Tuesday, January 31, 2012 | Special to the Picayune

Five seniors soared past the competition as the Westlake girls golf team obliterated the field with a 24-stroke win at the Marble Falls Mustang Classic Saturday.

Chaps falter on second day of Battle at the Lake

Tuesday, January 31, 2012 | Special to the Picayune

Still perched atop the Class 5A boys rankings, the Westlake golf team has had difficulty getting past the top team in Class 4A lately.

Westlake wins district swim titles

Tuesday, January 31, 2012 | Special to the Picayune

Buoyed by top finishes on both sides, the Westlake swim teams won both the boys and girls District 15-5A Championships Saturday.

Boys basketball: Tough defense vital for Westlake in win at Austin

Saturday, January 28, 2012 | Special to the Picayune

It took a defensive stop, and a little good fortune, in the final seconds for Westlake to secure a 55-54 win Friday night on the road against Austin High.

Girls basketball: Chaps pounce early to top Austin High

Saturday, January 28, 2012 | Special to the Picayune

Some goals were met while one big goal still stayed out of the Westlake girls basketball team’s grasp in a 56-38 win over visiting Austin High Friday night.

Rollingwood seeks to slow traffic

Friday, January 27, 2012 | Esther Robards-Forbes

The debate about traffic-calming measures in Rollingwood continued at last week’s City Council meeting.

Closures at Redbud mark start of changes

Friday, January 27, 2012 | Esther Robards-Forbes

The first in a long line of road closures had Redbud Trail partially shut down at the Bee Cave Road intersection recently as part of plans to install turn lanes and new traffic lights.

T-shirt drive helps refugees earn living wage

Friday, January 27, 2012 | Dane Anderson

Two Westlake High School students made the national news earlier this month by organizing a T-shirt collection drive to support Open Arms, an Austin-based organization that benefits refugee women.

Science leads the way at Bridge Point Elementary School

Friday, January 27, 2012 | Dane Anderson

Maggie Zidar takes a crack at repairing a broken heart during Bridge Point Elementary School Science Day Friday morning.

No sports writer can keep pace with Westlake’s winning ways

Friday, January 27, 2012 | Thomas Jones | 1

When I first stepped into the Westlake Picayune office on Bee Cave Road in the spring of 2000, I thumbed through a copy of the newspaper while waiting for a job interview.

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