Italy’s select baseball team continues to round bases at Waco’s Doubl-R Fields, Riverbend Park in an effort to gain experience while competing against high caliber baseball teams. (Continued…)

Gladiators’ fans have been down right restless waiting on the football season to get here. Thursday’s JV game offered a taste of the season ahead but Friday night’s varsity loss to Maypearl has left “Gladiator Nation” hungry for a win over the Mart Panthers next Friday. (Continued…)

Move over Mavericks! The Italy Gladiators boys basketball team vs. Mineral Wells Rams boys inside the American Airlines Center in Dallas on Thursday, December 30, 2010. Ticket vouchers are available now at the Italy ISD administration office inside Italy High School. (Continued…)

There will be a meeting of the Gladiator Athletic Booster Club on Monday, August 30 at 6:45pm. All supporters of our Gladiator and Lady Gladiator athletes are urged to attend. There is much to do and much to discuss. Please make plans to attend. (Continued…)

Willis Field, Italy — After a rousing “Meet the Gladiators” pep rally inside Italy Coliseum before the JV game, Italy’s JV Gladiators kicked off their 2010-2011 season against the Maypearl Panthers on Thursday. (Continued…)

IYAA Football weigh-ins will be Saturday, August 28 starting at 9:30 a.m. at the Upchurch Ball Fields in Italy. Players that miss the weigh-ins or weigh over the allowed weight to carry the ball will become “X” players. By league rule, “X” players are not allowed to run with the ball during games. (Continued…)

Thursday, August 26, at 4:30pm, there will be a community pep rally held in the dome at the Italy High School Campus. The entire community is invited to come and meet our varsity and JV football players and the varsity cheerleaders. With the Gladiators’ preseason opening this week with games against the Maypearl Panthers it is a perfect time to come together and pump our Gladiators up. Beat Maypearl !!! (Continued…)

The Italy Lady Gladiators competed in Dawson hosted volleyball tournament and accumulated several wins to finish in 3rd place. (Continued…)

The Gladiators must recover quickly from a rough outing with three-time defending TAPPS State Champions, the Waco Reicher Catholic Cougars. Italy will be marching into Maypearl to tangle with the Panthers on Friday, August 27, at 7:30 p.m. It may be a pre-season game but the Gladiators will be using their long-time rivals as a gage to measure how good they could be this season. (Continued…)

Monday, August 23 at 6:30pm there will be a meeting of parents supporting Italy High School Athletics AND Italy High School Regiment Band. The meeting will be held at the Italy High School cafeteria. All parents and supporters of these outstanding programs of the Italy ISD are urged to attend this meeting. (Continued…)

The JV and Varsity Gladiators will scrimmage the Waco Reicher Cougars on Friday, August 20, starting at 6:00 p.m. at Waco Reicher. The game was originally scheduled to be played in Italy but it has been relocated to Waco. (Continued…)

The Lady Gladiators and the Lady Eagles clashed on Tuesday night at the dome. Two strong teams came together for another pre-season game and walked away with almost identical scores. The audience sat on the edge of their seats for these games. (Continued…)

The Italy Lady Gladiator Volleyball teams will be playing against the Avalon Lady Eagles today inside Italy Coliseum. The JV game begins at 5:30 p.m. and the Varsity game will begin at approximately 6:30 p.m. (Continued…)

Perceived contenders for the district championship this season, the Italy Gladiators are well on their way to making that goal a reality after a strong showing against the Valley Mills Eagles during a scrimmage on Saturday. (Continued…)

That’s the feeling head volleyball coach Heather Richters had as the Lady Gladiators began their pre-season volleyball games. Their first win came Tuesday night against the Dawson Lady Dawgs in the dome. Both JV and Varsity teams played with gusto and strength. IHS Volleyball has started off on a good foot. “Shake, Shake, Shake, Shake Woop!” is the battle cry of the new season. (Continued…)

The Italy Lady Gladiators began their 2010 volleyball season with enthusiasm last week under the tutelage of their new head volleyball coach Heather Richters and assistant coach Jennifer Reeves. Intense workouts have the Ladies reaching new heights and setting even loftier goals. (Continued…)

The Italy Gladiators went all pads on Friday during both 2-a-day practice sessions. Lineman worked the seven man sled for the first time and and receivers adjusted to catching with the shoulder pads on. (Continued…)

With the first scrimmage only days away, football fever is at an all time high. Attached are the schedules for the Varsity, Junior Varsity and Junior High Italy Gladiator Football teams. Go Gladiators! (Continued…)

Italy Junior High Volleyball coaches Heather Richter and Tina Richards have released the 2010 schedule for the Junior High Lady Gladiators. The Italy JH Lady Gladiators will take on the Grandview Lady Zebras in the season opener on Monday, September 13 in Italy. We look forward to a great season. Good luck Ladies! (Continued…)

With week one of 2-a-day practices coming to an end, the Italy Gladiators will suit up in full contact armor on Friday. (Continued…)