Highland Park Crew, a rowing club comprised of students from HPHS and other high schools, is always inviting us to come out to one of their practices. So we took them up on the offer, with one condition: allow reporter Georgia Fisher to join the club for a day. That’s her on the left. Read about her humbling experience in this week’s Park ...read more

The Highland Park soccer team secured a playoff berth last night with a 1-1 tie against Lovejoy.

Senior midfielder Trevor Hubbard scored the lone goal for the Scots (9-8-5, 3-4-2).

HP will wrap up the regular season with a home match against The Colony at 7:15 p.m. Friday.

The Highland Park baseball team will open District 10-4A play tonight against Newman Smith at 7:30 p.m. at Scotland Yard.

The Scots (8-4) are coming off the Midland Tournament of Champions. HP won its first two games against El Paso Montwood and Amarillo Tascosa, and then lost the last three to Odessa, El Pason Franklin, and Midland Lee.

The Trojans come into tonight’s game with a 5-2 record.

Following the district opener, HP will host the Scotland Yard Classic Thursday-Saturday. The Scots play Sachse at 2 p.m. and Midland ...read more

It turns out Highland Park’s girls basketball team ended up drawing one of the best teams in the state in the first round of the playoffs.

Frisco Wakeland, which beat the Lady Scots, 69-48, on Feb. 16, won its Class 4A state semifinal against Del Valle, 39-34, yesterday in Austin. The Lady Wolverines (30-6) will take on Mansfield Timberview (36-2) in an all-Dallas/Fort Worth state championship game at 3:30 p.m. tomorrow.

I’ll be honest, I was very impressed by Wakeland’s size and athleticism, but I ...read more

Rumor has it that there will be no pep rallies before football games at HPHS next fall because the gym in which these rallies of pep take place will be under renovation.

Does anyone out there have any more information on this?

Third-grader Will Wood was named honorary captain of the Highland Park High School lacrosse team during halftime of the Scots’ game against St. Mark’s last night.

St. Mark’s won the rematch of last year’s state championship game, 9-8, in overtime, handing the Scots their first loss of the season.

The two-time defending state champion Highland Park Scots will look to remain undefeated when they take on St. Mark’s at 7:30 tonight at Highlander Stadium in a rematch of last year’s title game.

The Lions are also undefeated this season. HP beat St. Mark’s, 7-5, in last year’s championship game in Austin.

HP also learned recently that it will be the host for this year’s state tournament, which is slated for May 8-9 at Highlander Stadium.

The Scots will also be playing a game at the new Meadowlands Stadium in ...read more

The 2010 Highland Park varsity football schedule has been finalized.

After scrimmaging at Plano West on Friday, Aug. 20, the Scots will open the regular season against Everman in the Tom Landry Classic at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 28, at SMU.

The Scots, who have finished 11-2 the last two seasons, will host Monterrey (Mexico) Tec on Sept. 3. HP will close out non-district play at Sherman on Sept. 10.

Following a bye week, the Scots open District 10-4A play at home against Rockwall on Sept. ...read more

After winning the Round Rock Westwood Tournament last week, the Highland Park baseball team will play its home opener against Bishop Lynch at 4:30 this afternoon at Scotland Yard. The game was originally scheduled for 7 p.m.

The Scots were also originally scheduled to open the season against Duncanville at home last Tuesday, but bad weather forced the cancellation of that contest.

HP (4-1) beat Fort Worth Southwest Christian, Pflugerville, Magnolia, and Lake Travis in the Westwood tourney. The only loss for the Scots was to the host Warriors.

After trailing Frisco by three points, 195-192, heading into the final event of the Class 4A state meet, the Highland Park girls won the 400-yard freestyle relay to claim their record 10th consecutive state title, the longest streak of titles in UIL history. Senior Allison Arnold won both the 200- and 500-yard freestyle for the fourth straight year. The Stanford signee also holds the 4A state records in both events.