Johansson Swings Through Regionals, Earns a Trip to State

Marcus Johansson will carry the hopes of the Veribest community with him as he prepares for the State tennis tournament in Austin beginning on May 11th. He earned the trip thanks to sweeping through his competition in straight sets at the Regional tournament that ended earlier today. Johansson faced the number one regional seed for Valley in the finals, but easily defeated him in straight sets.

Johansson is the first male player from Veribest to reach the state finals in any sport. Congratulations and good luck to Marcus!

Veribest Athletics winds down a Successful Year.

As we reflect on the past year, we should feel proud of all we have accomplished!

Junior High Athletics Highlights-

7th grade volleyball- 1st place in the district
Girls' basketball- 3rd place in the district
Boys' basketball- District champions, undefeated on the season
Football- 7-1-1
Girls' Track- District Champions
Boys' Track- District runner-ups


High School Athletics Highlights-

Boys' cross-country- District Champions
Boys' Basketball- 23-10 overall, play-off qualifiers
Girls' Basketball- 14-16 overall
Boy's Golf- 3rd place in the district

Indivdual Accomplishments-

Allie Caldera- Advanced in track and golf
Marcus Johannson- Distirct champion and Regional champion in Tennis
Michael Valdez- District Champion in Golf
Cheyenne Black- Qualified for area competition for track in three events

All-district Honors-

Varsity Football

1st team fullback- Laureano Sanchez
1st team punter- Misael Romo
2nd team defensive lineman-Jon Ubando
2nd team noseguard- Alex Lujan
2nd team defensive back- Cris Broz
1st team All-region punter- Misael Romo

Varsity Volleyball

2nd team-Haley Humble



Varsity Girls' basketball

1st team-Emily Lankford
1st team-Haley Humble
2nd team All-region- Haley Humble



Varsity Boy's basketball-

Defensive MVP-Cheyenne Black
1st team-Camron Flavel
1st team-Jarett Jones
2nd team-Brandon Beavers
Senior All Star-Camron Flavel
1st team all -region, 2nd team all-region-Cheyenne Black

Academic All-State

Camron Flavel
Chris Buck

Johansson takes the District Title, swings his way to Regionals

Marcus Johansson, entered the district tournament undefeated, and he left it in the same fashion, plowing though his opponents and bringing home a district championship in boys' singles tennis. Johansson will advance to regionals next week, representing Veribest in the tournament for the first time in school history! Congratulations to Marcus as he tries to play his way into the state tournament.

Boys place 3rd at area, Caldera advances in golf

The boys' golf team finished in 3rd place in the district competition, completed on Monday in Brady. The team was paced by the play of Michael Valdez, who was the overall winner of the tournament. For the second consecutive year, Valdez will advance to the regional competition to be held in Baird on Monday and Tuesday of next week. Joining Valdez will be Allie Caldera, who was an individual medalist for the girls. Cheyenne Black narrowly missed advancing, placing 5th overall in the field.

Congratulations to the advancing golfers, and good luck!

Members of the golf team include-

Angela Hood

Allie Caldera

Anthony Caldera

Jeffrey Johnson

Cheyenne Black

Micheal Valdez

Duncan Wallace

Cris Broz

High School tracksters advance to Area!

At the district track meet held last week in May, several Falcons went above and beyond the competition to advance to area.

Cheyenne Black finished 3rd in the 400 meter run, 4th in long jump, and was a part of the mile relay team that finished 4th. He advanced in all three events, along with teammates Alex Lujan, a part of the relay team, Juan Santiago, who advanced in the 800 meter run and the relay, and Dallas Martinez, advancing in the 800 meter run.

Lady Falcon Lauren Moeller placed third in the 3200 meter run, also earning a place at area.

In the JV ranks, Jeffrey Johnson won the 800 meter run, and finished third in the 1600 meter run. Jose Morales won the 200 meter and 100 meter runs, along with the long jump, triple jump, and high jump. Cris Broz won both 1600 meter run, and also outran the competition on the 3200 meter run.

Congratulations and good luck to those advancing athletes to area, and a much deserved good job to all of the young men and women who participated in track this year.

Tennis Prepares for District;Johansson Top Gun in Boys' Singles

After sweeping through the Abilene Invitational last weekend, Marcus Johansson enters the district tournament next week as the favorite, gaining the number one seed. Johannson faced players from larger schools, and swept through the competition in Abilene. He has yet to lose a match on the season, and considered a threat to make a run at the state meet. He leads a strong contingent of Falcons and Lady Falcons who look to bring home a district title in tennis. Junior Mike Valdez and senior Allie Caldera look to improve on their already successful years. Caldera advanced to the quarterfinals of the Abilene tournament, along with Becca Perez, in the singles competition.

Good luck to the tennis team next week!

Junior High Girls Take Home First Place!

The junior high Lady Falcons soared over the competition this weekend to win the District 14 Zone I championship in Eden. The girls were competitive in every event entered, and every point was needed. Veribest won the event by a slim 12 points over Eden. Congratulations to the Lady Falcons on a job well done!

The junior High Falcons dominated the running events and placed well in the field events, but fell just short of Eden in the race for the zone championship. While the Falcons settled for second place overall, the boys competed in and won a number of races. Congratulations to the Falcons.

As junior high athletics winds down, we need to look back on a great year.

The football team finished the year 7-1-1, the volleyball teams both posted winning records, the girls' basketball team had a great run, finishing well over .500 on the season, the boys' team went a perfect 14-0 in basketball, and the girls won a track championship!

Job well done to the coaches, athletes, and parents of Veribest!