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Gatesville Independent School District will provide summer meals at no cost for children ages 18 or younger, and enrolled students who are up to 21 years of age with disabilities. The program …

Pearl Bluegrass and Pearl Cottage Bookstore are going on today, so drive on out to Pearl and enjoy some great music, fellowship, food, and shopping!

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Tanner Brown, the son of Brian Brown, a 1981 Gatesville High School graduate and Veronica Brown, formerly of Waco, and the grandson of Barbara Herndon of Gatesville, recently signed a contract with the Los Angeles Rams.

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The Gatesville High School varsity tennis team is to hold their awards and recognition banquet on Monday, May 22. The banquet will begin at 6 p.m. and will be held at the Gatesville High School cafeteria.

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Baseball: GHS had seven players named to the THSCA Academic All-State team: 1st team - Kason Herbelin, Ben Mabry, Mason Mooney and Ayden Necessary; 2nd team - Grant Erwin and Carter Williams; honorable mention - William Crozier.

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Another softball postseason trek for the Gatesville Lady Hornets has come to a close after their bi-district playoff loss to Burnet. The Lady Hornets dropped the series opener 1-0, then fell 11-1 in the second game of the best-of-three series.

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After a rout of Waco La Vega to end the regular season, Gatesville High School’s baseball team has turned its attention to picking up the third playoff series win in program history.

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May 8: GHS Athletics' Year-end Shout-out (6:00-8:00 p.m., GHS Sidney L. Pruitt Gym).  All high school sports teams will be recognized.

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The Gatesville ISD Community Outreach will be presenting Gathering Gatesville “Spring into Summer” on Thursday, May 4, from 4:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. at the Gatesville Elementary School. There will be free bike helmets, door prizes, a silent auction and food trucks.

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May 2: Gatesville ISD will offer free physicals on Tuesday, May 2, beginning at 4:30 p.m. at Coryell Health Medical Clinic. Updated physicals are required for next year's incoming seventh, ninth and 11th grade student-athletes. 

After dropping a playoff warmup game against Class 3A power West, the Gatesville softball team rolled into the postseason for the second consecutive season – this time against District 24-4A champion Burnet.

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Pursuit of excellence has already propelled Gatesville High School junior Barrett Boyd to some outstanding achievements - including school records in the pole vault and the 110-meter hurdles - but even bigger accomplishments could be on the horizon.

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Memphis Wells, a GHS sophomore, was able to compete at the Houston Livestock Show and rodeo in the “Rodeo Rockstar” contest. Wells advanced to the third round and eventually made it to the Top 5 after three rounds of competition.

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Despite a loss to Waco La Vega to end the regular season, the Gatesville Hornets softball team is back in the playoffs for the second straight year.

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A pair of district losses to China Spring and Connally has left the Gatesville Lady Hornets softball team with work to do to clinch a playoff spot in 23-4A.

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After winning the district tournament, the Gatesville High School tennis team sent five qualifiers to the Regional 4A Championship Tournament held April 11-12 in Bryan-College Station.

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Bralen Veazey and Aydan Necessary combined for a one-hit pitching performance and Gatesville racked up 13 hits en route to a 20-1 baseball victory over Waco Connally Tuesday.

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Despite falling to Robinson, the Gatesville High School softball team is firmly in the driver’s seat to be the third seed out of District 23-4A, with four regular-season games remaining.

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Despite a number of valiant pitching performances, Gatesville dropped its district-opening baseball contests in extra innings to Robinson, and the Hornets currently are 0-3 in district play after a loss to China Spring.

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Avery Streetman finished 10th in district girls golf competition, and the Gatesville High School boys golf team won the district championship in competition March 28-29.

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Boys soccer: The Gatesville Hornets lost to Waxahachie Life 5-0 in the Class 4A bi-district playoffs. The Hornets, who were making their eighth postseason appearance in the last nine years, finished the season at 11-7-2 overall.

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Two Gatesville High School standouts participated in the Texas High School Powerlifting Association’s State Powerlifting Championships in Abilene on Friday, May 24. L.J. Hall and Zach Bryant, who are both juniors, qualified to lift at the state meet by finishing in the top two places in thei…

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A pitcher’s duel between Gatesville’s Bralen Veazey and Robinson’s Derrick Nichols, Jr. meant an absence of offensive thunder on Tuesday but the lightning still made an appearance.

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Gatesville softball earned a split in games against Waco Connally and Salado and have a 2-2 record with one game remaining in the first round of district play.

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Gatesville High School's Emma Davidson and Kasey Fitzer both had a strong showing at the Texas Women's Powerlifting Association state meet, finishing among the top 10 powerlifters in the state in their classification.

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For Gatesville High School’s girls basketball head coach Kim Chaffin, the 2022-2023 season was a tough one, with an overall record of 8-22 and a 1-9 mark in district. Chaffin recently took time to share her personal upbringing, her experience with the team and her perspective on the season.

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Madison Hester and Kagen Hunt had six hits each as Gatesville topped Mineral Wells 20-11 on March 7. It was the Lady Hornets’ third straight win after a tough stretch in the Franklin Tournament.

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The Gatesville High School girls powerlifting team competed in a regional invitational on March 3, and had two lifters qualify for the state meet – sophomores Kasey Fitzer and Emma Davidson.

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For the first time in 10 years, Gatesville High School will add a gold basketball to the trophy case.

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Local 4-H youth recently competed in both the livestock show and judging contests representing Coryell County 4-H at the 2023 Ft. Worth Stock Show. Results from the show and contests are as follows:

Softball: Varsity finished fourth in the 16-team Killeen ISD Invitational.  After starting the tourney 5-0, the Hornets lost to Harker Heights 5-1 in the semifinals on Saturday and to Leander Glenn 9-2 in the third-place game.  GHS (6-2 overall) hosted Clifton here Tuesday. The Hornets will …