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Sports writer, Austin American-Statesman. Air Force brat. Grateful for the Cantu/Leonhardt lineage.
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Lake Travis pitchers Cooper Webb, CJ Hansford lead Cavaliers to state baseball title game Original

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By Rick Cantu 
| Austin American-Statesman
Keller's Cole Koeninger (21) delivers during the first inning of a high school baseball game against Southlake Carroll at Keller High School, Friday, March 28, 2025 in Keller. Chitose Suzuki/Dallas Morning News Lake Travis will battle Keller for the Class 6A Division I state baseball championship at noon Saturday at Dell Diamond in Round Rock. Both teams will be looking to win state for the first time.
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10 epic Texas sports moments: Rick Cantu's favorite stories Original

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By Rick Cantu 
| Austin American-Statesman
Olive Connerty, third from left, and her teammates listen to coaching between the first and second quarters in their game against Weiss, Jan. 29, 2025. Sara Diggins/American-Statesman After a 45-year career as a newspaper reporter, the past 36 as a sportswriter with the American-Statesman, Rick Cantu is set to retire on June 7. After writing for the El Paso Times from 1981 to 1990, he began his long tenure with the Statesman just before the start of the 1990 football season.
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UIL state baseball predictions: Picks for Lake Travis, Tomball and other state title games Original

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By Colby Gordon, Rick Cantu 
| Austin American-Statesman
Lake Travis Cavaliers Cooper Webb (2) throws a knuckle ball against a Westlake Chaparrals batter during the third inning at the District 26-6A baseball game on Tuesday, April 7, 2026, at Westlake High School in West Lake Hills, TX. John Gutierrez/John Gutierrez for Austin Americ Article continues below this ad The only Austin-area team to make the championship games is Lake Travis. But teams come from all over the state: near Corpus Christi, the Houston area, the Dallas area and more.
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