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6 days ago | 
peoplenewspapers.com | Todd Jorgenson
Highland Park will take a strong contingent of athletes to the Class 5A Region II track and field meet this weekend in Arlington, following top-four finishes at the area meet in Carrollton. The Lady Scots qualified several distance runners for regionals, including Ryan Sontag (800 and 1,600), Maddie Heckler (1,600 and 3,200), Presley Pate (800), Paisley Bassett (3,200), and Finley Heckler (3,200).
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6 days ago | 
peoplenewspapers.com | Todd Jorgenson
Highland Park will send two full teams to the Class 5A boys golf state tournament following a stellar showing at the Region II event this week in Pottsboro. The Scots tied with Prosper Walnut Grove for the regional team title, with a second squad placing another three shots back in third place. HP had five golfers finish inside the top 10 at regionals, led by Brooks Simmons (71-67—138) in the silver-medal spot.
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1 week ago | 
peoplenewspapers.com | Todd Jorgenson
Talia Lardner became the fifth senior on Highland Park’s volleyball roster to sign with a college program this week. Lardner, who played both right-side hitter and middle hitter for the Lady Scots last season, signed with High Point, a Division I program in North Carolina. She verbally committed to the Panthers earlier this spring. Lardner honored alongside two HP soccer players at a ceremony recognizing spring athletic signees on Thursday in the school cafeteria.
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1 week ago | 
peoplenewspapers.com | Todd Jorgenson
Highland Park closed out its home softball schedule with a resounding 10-0 win over Carrollton Newman Smith on Tuesday. The Lady Scots (9-15, 3-10) earned their third shutout of the season and second against the Trojans. They previously defeated Newman Smith 15-0 on March 21. Both games were abbreviated due to the mercy rule. HP pounded 10 hits and scored at least once in each of the five innings while allowing just one hit to the winless Trojans.
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1 week ago | 
peoplenewspapers.com | Todd Jorgenson
The anxiety and trepidation that plagued Cooper Raiff during his college years continues to be a healthy source of creative inspiration. For his first television series, the independently produced comedy-drama “Hal & Harper,” the 28-year-old Dallas native and Greenhill School alum chronicles two siblings forced to mature before their time in a grieving and slightly dysfunctional family.
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1 week ago | 
peoplenewspapers.com | Todd Jorgenson
With less than two weeks remaining in the regular season, Highland Park is squarely in the mix for a District 12-5A baseball title. The Scots (16-9, 8-2) are tied with Frisco Reedy for second place, one game back of first-place Frisco Wakeland, in the league standings with four games left to play. HP split with both teams during their meetings. The Scots had an eight-game winning streak snapped by Reedy during a 4-0 loss on Friday, marking just the second time all season they had been shut out.
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1 week ago | 
peoplenewspapers.com | Todd Jorgenson
Jesuit Dallas earned its biggest win of the lacrosse season in dramatic fashion against a longtime rival on Friday. Cayden Bartusek scored the game-winning goal in overtime as the Rangers upset Highland Park 7-6 at Ranger Stadium. It was just the third win in six tries against in-state competition this season for the Rangers (7-5), who scored their first victory over HP since 2022. Meanwhile, the Scots (13-3) suffered their first defeat against a Texas opponent this year.
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1 week ago | 
peoplenewspapers.com | Todd Jorgenson
By Mike Waters / ContributorStar players shine on the big stage, which held true as seniors Mae Flanagan and Sunnie Wang led host Hockaday to a 15-6 victory over Episcopal School of Dallas to win its fourth straight SPC girls lacrosse championship on Saturday. Flanagan and Wang notched four goals apiece as the Daisies claimed their eighth overall conference title.
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1 week ago | 
peoplenewspapers.com | Todd Jorgenson
Highland Park polished off the best boys soccer season in school history appropriately with the program’s first state championship. The Scots scored on two first-half set pieces during a dominating 2-0 win over Liberty Hill in the Class 5A Division II title game on Friday in Georgetown. Making their first appearance in a state championship game since 1987, the Scots earned their first crown to join the seven for their girls counterparts in continuing to grow the school’s vast soccer legacy.
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2 weeks ago | 
peoplenewspapers.com | Todd Jorgenson
Highland Park is no stranger to soccer state championships, but thus far, they’ve all been for the girls — seven in total. On Friday, the HP boys will look to add their own chapter to that legacy as they face Liberty Hill for the Class 5A Division II crown in Georgetown. It’s been 38 years since the Scots made their only previous appearance in the championship game, which resulted in a 1-0 loss to San Antonio Alamo Heights.
