Former Atlanta Falcon and Sports Author Tim Green will be speaking to 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students in the George E. Scott Coliseum at Italy High School Thursday, May 30, about the importance of education, reading, and good character. (Continued…)

The Italy Athletic Department to hold several summer camps for Boys’ football, baseball, and basketball and for Girls’ volleyball, softball and basketball. (Continued…)

Italy Baseball head coach Josh Ward is proud to announce that Gladiator seniors Reid Jacinto and Cole Hopkins both made the district 14-A baseball’s 2013 Academic All-District list, proving the old adage that the pencil is mightier than the sword. (Continued…)

Italy Baseball boasts 9 players selected to this season’s All-District team with Caden Jacinto chosen as the Defensive Player of the Year and Marvin Cox named Newcomer of the Year. (Continued…)

The Italy Gladiators have their baseball playoff run come to an end with Trenton winning game two of the regional quarterfinal matchup on Saturday, 8-2. (Continued…)

With several sport achievements by student-athletes from Italy High School culminating around the same time, the school, in conjunction with the City of Italy, held a small but enthusiastic parade to honor the school’s sports heroes on their recent accomplishments. (Continued…)

You can help send Kortnei Johnson to Florida to compete in the Nationals this summer. (Continued…)

The Italy ISD Board of Trustees will have their regular monthly meeting on Monday, May 20, 2013. The meeting will be held in the Italy High School Cafeteria at 300 S. College Street, Italy. Meeting time is slated for 7:30pm. (Continued…)

Trenton wins game one of the regional quarterfinal last night to put Italy in a must win situation going into game two starting at 1:00 p.m. this afternoon in Forney. (Continued…)

The Lady Gladiators prove their might both on the playing field and inside the classroom. (Continued…)

Italy Baseball has been working hard this week in practice to prepare for their upcoming regional quarterfinal matchup against Trenton. Here is a sneak peek into Gladiator training where these young men have been honing their skills, sharpening their swings and striving to be better than yesterday. (Continued…)

Italy Lady Gladiator head coach Wayne Rowe is proud of the number of Lady Gladiator softball players that made the 2013 All-Academic list for 1A Region II District 12. (Continued…)

Bosqueville ends the playoff hopes of the Italy Lady Gladiators during an action-packed three game series in Hillsboro. (Continued…)

On Saturday, May 18th, 2013, Italy school and city leaders have planned a downtown Italy parade to honor state record breaking track sprinter, Kortnei Johnson along with state qualifying runners, Halee Turner, Ryisha Copeland and Kendra Copeland. Parade time is 10:00am. Also included in the parade will be a send off for the Gladiator Baseball team as they head out to battle Trenton in game two of a best of three series for the regional quarter-final title. The entire community is welcome to come and hail these outstanding young athletes. (Continued…)

The Gladiators will take on the Trenton Tigers this week to battle it out in a three game series for the regional quarterfinal title. (Continued…)

The Italy Lady Gladiators blow into Hillsboro and threaten to run away with a game one win over Bosqueville but the game is stopped in the fifth-inning due to lightning and is rescheduled for Saturday at 1:00 p.m. (Continued…)

Austin — The UIL State Track & Field Meet 2013 Championships are being held at Mike A. Meyers Stadium on the University of Texas campus in Austin from Friday, May 10, to Saturday, May 11. (Continued…)

Gladiator Athletic Booster Club president, Albert Garcia, Jr., has called a meeting for today, Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at 6:00pm to be held in the Italy High School’s Library. All supporters of Italy High School and Junior High School athletics are welcome to attend. (Continued…)

The Italy Gladiators outscore Gorman 27-5 during a double-header in Weatherford to claim the Area Championship and avoid a game three on Saturday. (Continued…)

Congratulations to our Gladiators and Lady Gladiators as they continue their baseball and softball playoff journey. The following is this week’s game information for both. (Continued…)

The Lady Gladiators will play in an Area Championship softball game on Friday, May 3 at Hall Middle School in Weatherford. In a double-header format, game one will begin at 6:00pm and will be followed by game two at 8:00pm. A fan bus will be available.

Editors Note: Game location has been updated as of 8:53am 5/2/13. (Continued…)

Italy’s Cole Hopkins and Zain Byers make it to the regional semi-finals as tennis doubles partners but fall two matches short of state. (Continued…)

Italy’s JV baseball players get a ton of work done against two quality clubs in Crandall and Clifton while just being ecstatic to playing at home for a change. (Continued…)

The Italy Gladiator baseball team will travel to Cayuga on Thursday, May 2 for a warm-up game. Game time is slated for 6:00pm. (Continued…)

The Italy Gladiators finish 9-1 in district to take the 1A Region II District 14 Championship outright after defeating Avalon in Italy’s final district game. Bring on the playoffs! (Continued…)

The Lady Gladiators make the grade after getting get tested by Scurry-Rosser and the Mildred during a double-header on Thursday as all three teams prepare for the playoffs. (Continued…)

Italy Track & Field — Saturday’s regional results in Abilene: (Continued…)

Saturday, April 27 the JV Gladiators will take on Clifton at 12:30 here in Italy. The varsity squad will not have a game due to another late cancellation, this time by Wortham. (Continued…)

The Lady Gladiator Softball team will host Scurry-Rosser and Mildred on Thursday, April 25 for a double-header that will begin at 5:30pm. Each game will be 5 innings long. (Continued…)

Gladiator Baseball playoff shirt orders are being accepted now. The shirts are $14 each and feature a front and back design including the complete varsity playoff roster. Payment is due at the time of order. No payment at delivery will be accepted and no extra shirts will be ordered. (Continued…)

The 1A Lady Gladiators take down 2A Malakoff and 3A Ferris during warm-up games to help all the teams prepare for their playoff runs. (Continued…)

Several Gladiator and Lady Gladiator track athletes are slated to represent Italy during area meet. (Continued…)

The Lady Gladiator Softball warm-up game that was scheduled for today against Scurry has been postponed until Thursday of this week. Game time will be 5:30. (Continued…)

The Gladiators clip Waxahachie Faith Family 10-4 to guarantee Italy a piece of the district title but still need a win over Avalon on Tuesday to clinch district. (Continued…)

Italy Baseball will play Avalon on Thursday instead of Friday this week to avoid conflict with the regional track meet. (Continued…)

Both Italy Junior High girls and boys track teams faired well during the district track meet in Itasca. (Continued…)

It’s a done deal as the Lady Gladiators achieve an undefeated district championship after finishing off with a 24-3 win over Waxahachie’s Faith Family. (Continued…)

Your invited to cheer on Italy’s senior baseball players during their final home game on Friday, April 19, against Faith Family of Waxahachie. (Continued…)

Italy High School’s varsity softball team will travel to Malakoff on Friday, April 19 for the first of several warm-up games planned for the Lady Gladiators. Game time on Friday is 6:30. Admission will be charged ($3 Adult, $2 Student/Child, Senior Citizen discount honored). (Continued…)

Senior Cole Hopkins and junior Zain Byers will represent Italy in tennis at the Regionals tournament in Abilene on Wednesday. Senior Chase Hamilton will be Italy’s alternate. (Continued…)

Seniors Alyssa Richards, Morgan Cockerham and Katie Byers play their final home games as Lady Gladiators and enjoy Senior Day in grand style. (Continued…)

The University Interscholastic League and MaxPreps.com have signed an agreement for the next three years enabling the UIL to present high school sports information on a customized platform that will become known as the Texas UIL Scoreboard. (Continued…)

Italy improves to 9-0 in district play and closes in on the district title after defending their sandbox against Avalon. (Continued…)

Coach Ward wants to make everyone aware that the double header planned for tomorrow has been reduced to one game with a start time of 1:00pm. Due to SAT testing, the Dawson squad will not be available but for one afternoon game. It will be gorgeous weather, so make plans to support our Gladiators tomorrow, Saturday, April 13 at 1:00pm when they take on the Dawson Bulldogs. (Continued…)

The 2013 Italy Gladiator varsity, junior varsity and junior high football schedules are posted here. (Continued…)

I would like to thank the town folk who generously donated money for Ryheem Walker’s FCA All-Star Football Game program page. Your immediate response was quick and overwhelming. I honestly believe it takes a village to raise a child and your generous donations were a testament to that statement. (Continued…)

Italy — The Lady Gladiators defeated Grand Prairie Advantage 22-0 earlier in district play and coasted to a victory in the rematch with Italy winning again, 13-0. A two run double by Tara Wallis, an RBI double by Alyssa Richards who knocked in 3 runs and scored once, a 2 RBI double by Paige Westbrook and an RBI triple by Kelsey Nelson separated Italy who led early and continued building on their lead throughout. Along with the RBI, Nelson crossed home plate 3 times for Italy’s cause. (Continued…)

Italy ISD AD/HFC Hank Hollywood requests Urgent Help from Gladiator fans with donations needed by Sunday, April 14 for one of the players to get the most out of participating in the upcoming Christian Athletes (FCA) All-Star football game. (Continued…)