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ContentsContents4 Valley Basketball teams looking to make trip to UIL State Tourn

4 Valley Basketball teams looking to make trip to UIL State Tourn

TDDAVE talks about making the trip to the Final Four and past high school basketball champions.

TDDAVE talks about making the trip to the Final Four and past high school basketball champions.

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8 RGV Basketball Pre-view: Teams To Watch8 RGV Basketball Pre-view: Teams To Watch

Only four teams from four regions advance to the state tournament at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Tx.

Only four teams from four regions advance to the state tournament at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Tx.

Can the Edinburg Lady Bobcats and Edinburg Bobcats both dominate District 31-5A? Will Weslaco win another district 32-5A title?

Can the Edinburg Lady Bobcats and Edinburg Bobcats both dominate District 31-5A? Will Weslaco win another district 32-5A title?

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THE PRESEASONPOLLSGirls1. Harlingen South2. Edinburg3. Los Fresnos4. Weslaco East5. Hidalgo6. Weslaco7. McAllen Mem8. Bro Hanna9. Sharyland10. Miss Veterans

Boys1. Edinburg2. Weslaco3. Harlingen4. McA Mem5. Santa Rosa6. Harlingen So7. Weslaco East8. Sharyland9. Roma10. HidalgoValley Teams looking to Advance to UIL State Tournament in 2011

The 2009 Hidalgo Early College Lady Pirates advanced to the State 3A Tournament and faced Argyle in the semifinals. The Lady Pirates lost to Argyle 58-43. Teams from South Texas will be vying for another state appearance. (HSSM IMages)

(McAllen, Texas)-An era has end-ed in McAllen with Bulldog head coach Roy Swift and 5A All-State player J.J. Avila none gone, along with girl’s basketball coach Teresa Casso now retired as the McHi Lady Bulldogs coach. In Hidalgo, head

coach Monica Rodriguez resigned after leading the Lady Pirates to the state tournament in 2009. The Bull-dogs made three straight Class 5A Region IV Tournament appearances under Swift and with the 6’9” Avila leading the team. Three straight dis-

trict titles and more than 60 wins re-corded in three seasons, Swift opted to leave and pursue coaching op-portunities elsewhere, outside from the Rio Grande Valley. With the 2010-11 season already underway, Homer Garr takes over the Bull-


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dog program, looking to build the rich tradition he garnered at Roma High School. Last year, the Gladi-ators were ousted in the first round losing to Laredo Ciagarroa 52-47. He will have tough shoes to fill now that Swift is gone. Under Swift, the Bulldogs made four straight playoff appearances and won three Class 5A Regional Quarterfinal titles. No

2010 Boys Champions: 1A Division I Cayuga; 1A Div II Nazareth; Class 2A Ponder; Class 3A Lubbock Estacado; Class 4A Houston Yates; Class 5A Fort Bend Bush. 2010 Girls Champions: Class 1A Div I Smyer; Class 1A Div II Neches; Class 2A Brock; Class 3A Texarkana Liberty-Eylau; Class 4A Mansfield Timberview; Class 5A Houston Cypress Fairbanks

Valley boys basketball team has ad-vanced to the state tournament other than the Santa Rosa Warriors who made history in 2009 when they up-set Randolph in overtime 63-62 to advance. The Warriors would lose to three-time State 2A champion, Ponder 77-54. In girls basketball, two Edinburg teams made it to the State 5A Regional Tournament

last season. The Edinburg Bobcats and Edinburg North Lady Cougars made the trip north to meet Con-verse Wagner and San Antonio Jay in the regional semifinals. Wagner dominated the Lady Bobcats 83-35, while Jay escaped the Lady Cougars 62-41. Teams to watch in 2010-11 in boys action will be San Isidro, Santa Rosa, Weslaco, and McAllen Rowe


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The 2011 UIL Girls Championships

Thursday, March 3rdSemifinals

8:30 a.m.-8:30 p.m.All 1A, 3A, 4A

Friday, March 4thSemifinals

8:30 a.m.-8:30 p.m.All 2A, 1A Div II, 5A

Saturday, March 5thThe Finals

8:30 a.m. Class 1A Division I

10:00 a.m. Class 3A2:00 p.m.Class 2A3:30 p.m.Class 4A7:00 p.m.

Class 1A Division II8:30 p.m.Class 5A


2010 Boys Champions: 1A Division I Cayuga; 1A Div II Nazareth; Class 2A Ponder; Class 3A Lubbock Estacado; Class 4A Houston Yates; Class 5A Fort Bend Bush. 2010 Girls Champions: Class 1A Div I Smyer; Class 1A Div II Neches; Class 2A Brock; Class 3A Texarkana Liberty-Eylau; Class 4A Mansfield Timberview; Class 5A Houston Cypress Fairbanks

The 2011 UIL Boys ChampionshipsThursday, March 10th

Semifinals8:30 a.m.-8:30 p.m.

All 1A, 3A, 4AFriday, March 11th

Semifinals8:30 a.m.-8:30 p.m.All 2A, 1A Div II, 5A

Saturday, March 12thThe Finals

8:30 a.m. Class 1A Division I

10:00 a.m. Class 3A2:00 p.m.Class 2A3:30 p.m.Class 4A7:00 p.m.

Class 1A Division II8:30 p.m.Class 5A

Warriors. In girls action, Harlingen South will be favored in 31-5A with Weslaco East and Hidalgo in 32-4A. All three teams could make strong impacts at the Regional level. Players dream about playing in Austin. Most Valley players or stu-dents have never been to Austin, Texas. The trip to a state champi-onships would be a memorable one

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ot many basketball fans know that the UIL State Champion-ships are played at the University of Texas Longhorns home

court, the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas. It was a great experi-ence when I first made my state ap-pearance as a reporter in 2009 when the Class 3A Hidalgo Lady Pirates made their first-ever appearance after knocking off West Oso 37-36 in the 3A Region IV finals. Not to mention, the

Springs North Hopkins 83-75 in 1956. Two teams have dominated girls basketball from 1951 to 2007. Nazareth made 21 appearances from 1976-2007 winning 18 titles in 1977, 78’, 79’, 80’, 81’, 81’, 84’, 85’, 88’, 89’, 90’, 91’, 96’, 00’, 01’, 02’, 05’, and 2007. An-other team was Duncan-

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Santa Rosa boys 2A team also made the trip to the state tournament that same year with their 63-62 overtime win against San Antonio Randolph. When I first stepped on the court, I felt alone and a long way from home. After all, this is where the boys 5A Austin High team has played in 19 state tournaments from 1922 through 1961. Sadly, Austin High was disqualified and stripped of its title in 1928 after beating Temple 33-13 for an ineligible player. Austin played in five finals and won none. This is the same place where Port Ar-thur Lincoln has won seven state 4A titles from 1984, 86’, 88’, 89’, 91’, and most recently, in 1995. They also won as a State 5A team in 1981. Probably, the most im-pressive record and team play-ing in Class 1A Boys, Snook has made 18 tournament appear-ances and won ten titles from 1962-1985. In girls basketball, when both teams used to play half-court scoring back in the 1970’s, Collinsville Juvean Mc-Whorter scored a game-high 68 points in their win over Sulphur

wins in 1976, 88’, 89’, 90’, 97’, and 2003. But times do change as it did for the state-semifinalist, Hidalgo Lady Pirates. Head coach Monica Rodriguez left the program to become a physical therapist and Duncanville has made only four tournament appearances, winning only one since 2000. It becomes ad-dictive making the trip to the Frank Erwin Center. Now, I know how these teams strive to get here too. It’s tough. This will be my third straight tournament appearance and hopefully, I will see another team from the Valley in 2011 on courtside.

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too. The Frank Erwin Center is the site of the UIL State Basketball Championships since 1980. “This is where the excitement begins. Hopefully someday more Val-ley teams will play here,” says Sam Cortez, head coach

of the McAllen Memorial Mustangs. “It takes a special group. You got to have strong point guards and shooting guards. You need to have a solid five,” he adds. “You got to get lucky and pull off some upsets too.”

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(McAllen, Texas)-So who’s the best team in South Tex-as? The doors are wide open in 2010-11 now that the McAllen Bulldogs have graduated their seniors, includ-ing J.J. Avila Jr, the 6’9” all-stater who led the Bull-

dogs to four straight playoff appearances, including three district titles, and three straight Class 5A Region IV semifinals. The Bulldogs from District 30-5A also lost their head coach Roy Swift, who resigned this past

The three-time defending 31-5A Champions, Edinburg Bobcats will be vying for a fourth title under head coach Zeke Cuellar. The Bobcats lost to Laredo United in the Class 5A Regional-Qtrs 74-68 last year. (HSSM IMages)


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Zeke Cuellar. The Runnin’ Bobcats should be the team to beat with Steven Guerrero and player of the year, Aaron Olvera. Both players combined for 35 points last year, leading the Bobcats to the third round of the Class 5A State playoffs, before losing to Laredo United 74-68. Phillip De La Rosa also returns with junior Nick McAllif returns and Cord Arriola to give the Bobcats

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Cardinals, with the fourth place spot wide open for even the PSJA Bears. In District 30-5A, the McAllen Me-morial Mustangs will be the surprise

team in its district. Head coach Sam Cortez will enjoy sophomore Juan Gonzalez, senior transfer Joel Rey-na, sophomore Pablo Adame, junior Gus Martinez, and guard, Freddy Regalado. The big question for the Mustangs: Can they adjust without

The two-time defending Class 5A Bi-District Champions, the 32-5A Weslaco Panthers will be favored to win another district championship in 2010-11. The Panthers head coach is Gabe Valdez. (HSSM IMages)


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two-year lettermen Jake Garza (6’3) who decided to concentrate on track and field, and Nikko Maxwell (6’4), who transferred to San Antonio Clark after the season? “They are big losses to our program but we’ll adjusts,” says Cortez. With the Mustangs hoping to im-prove in 2010 with two all-district players now out of the lineup and the Bulldogs having to rebuild with four starters, this pretty much opens up the door for the McAllen Nikki Rowe Warriors and Sharyland Rat-tlers. “This district is wide open. Any team can beat each other. Another team to watch will be La Joya,” says Rowe head coach Juan Yerba. The Warriors seem to be the team with more experience this season with Raul Villarreal and Josh Torralda returning. Both were all-district se-lections. Also returning will be Jon-athan Bimpong and Terrell Thomas. These players will make a double impact under the boards, especially with 6’4 Thomas under the basket. The Rattlers return junior 6’4”, Joa-quin Pistokache, an all-district pick from 2010 along with Fred Ramos. In District 32-5A, the Weslaco Panthers should be favored to win the title in 2010-11, after Browns-ville Hanna ran away with the championships last season. Head coach Gabe Valdez returns Raul Garcia, Andrew Rangel, Garrison Lackey, and newcomer, Gabe Val-dez Jr. “This year will be interest-ing. First, we want to win the title and second, I have my own son on the roster. This will be interesting,” says Valdez. District favorites will be Brownsville Hanna, with return-ing lettermen Adrian Hernandez and Andrew Benton looking to fill slots for head coach Don Denson. San Benito, Brownsville Rivera, and Porter should all compete for

playoff spots. Making the Class 5A playoffs were Sharyland, Weslaco, Harlin-gen, San Benito, Edinburg, McAl-len, Brownsville Porter, Harlingen South, Hanna, and Nikki Rowe. Only five these advanced to the sec-ond round. Porter, Hanna, McAllen, Edinburg, and Weslaco all won Bi-District titles last year. Hanna, Edin-burg, and McAllen also claimed area

titles, with only McAllen advancing to the Class 5A Region IV tourna-ment at the University of Texas-San Antonio. This will be the last year that the UTSA Convocation Center will host the regional championships as the Rio Grande Valley will play host in 2012 and 2013. The Region IV Champion, San Antonio Wagner (38-2) lost to Gar-

The PSJA Bears will be looking to improve in 2010-11. The last time the Bears made the Class 5A playoffs was in 2007 when they finished third in District 31-5A. HSSM picks the Bears to contend for the final playoff

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P R E V I E Wland Lakeview Centennial (32-4) in the State 5A Semi-finals before losing to first-time state champions, Fort Bend Bush 65-58 at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas. Moving on to Class 32-4A, ten teams will compete for the title with the addition of Brownsville Veterans Me-morial and Hidalgo Early College joining the district. Last year, the Weslaco East Wildcats made school his-tory in 2010 with head coach Arturo Castillo. First, the

Wildcats won the 32-4A district title with a 12-1 record, then East won the Class 4A Bi-Championships with a win over Laredo Johnson 60-52 and in overtime, the Wildcats held on to beat Uvalde 37-36 in the area play-offs. Castillo also mentions that 2010 was a great year and that “it will be tough to match” in 2011. The Wild-cats ended their season with a loss to Gregory-Portland 49-42. “We could have won that game too. We gave it up,” adds Castillo. In 2010-11, the Wildcats return all-district performer Jason Jasso, Luis Zamora, and Joey Garcia. Can the Wildcats defend their title in 2010-11? They will have to fend off Roma, Hidalgo and Mission

Veterans Memorial, along with Mercedes who will all contend for the title. The Gladiators, Tigers, Patriots, all participated in the State 4A playoffs, but all were ousted in the first round. Newcomer in Class 32-4A Hidalgo Pirates, advanced to the State 3A Regional quar-terfinals before losing to Boerne 57-44. The Pirates feature 6’9” center Kike Lopez, who towers his team. Also returning, last year’s 32-3A Offensive Player of the Year, Fabian Nino, and Trazon Jones. “We will be challenged and this will be a tough district with ten teams. It will be a long season,” says Pirate head coach

The 32-4A defending champions, Weslaco East will compete in the new re-aligned ten team district. The Wildcats advanced to the State 4A Regional Quar-

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teamer, Caleb Villarreal. Four starters are gone. The Roma Gladiators will also try to rebound after losing head coach Homer Garr to the McHi Bulldogs in the offseason. And with Ed-Elsa losing head coach Robert Capello, the Yellowjackets will be tested.

The two-time 32-3A defending champions Hidalgo Early College moved up to District 32-4A for the first time in school history. They will now compete against nine other teams for the district championships. (HSSM IMages)



P R E V I E W The 2010 5A PlayoffsHere are the Class 5A-Bi District Championships: Shary-land 40 Laredo United 40; Weslaco 69 Harlingen 66; Edin-burg 60 San Benito 44; McAllen Memorial 51 Laredo Martin 54; McAllen 59 Laredo Alexander 35; Brownsville Porter 53 Harlingen South 49; Brownsville Hanna 79 Edinburg Economedes 51; SA Southwest 61 McAllen Nikki Rowe 59;

Class 5A Area Championships: Laredo United 63 Weslaco 41; Edinburg 72 Laredo Martin 60; Porter 54 McAllen 59; SA Southwest 46 Hanna 65; Class 5A Regional Qtrs: McAllen 72 Hanna 60; Laredo United 74 Edinburg 68; Class 5A Regional Semifinals: Judson 54 McAllen 49

The District 32-4A Valley View Tigers will compete in the new realigned ten team district. The Tigers will be looking to improve from last year’s last place finish. The Tigers have not made the State 4A playoffs in school

history. (HSSM IMages)



The 32-2A Santa Rosa Warriors open the season ranked No.25 in Class 2A. They-will be favored to repeat as district champions after advancing to the State 2A Region IV Semifinals in 2010. The Warriors lost to Hallettsville 63-55. (HSSM IMages)

Small Schools Looking to Make ImpactDistrict 32-3A District 31-3A District 32-2A District 32-1A

(McAllen, Tx)-Now that Hidalgo is out of the 32-3A District, and moved up to Class 4A, teams could breathe just a little bit in 2010-11 just knowing that the two-time defend-ing champions will not be back. This will leave Port Isabel, La Feria, and Rio Hondo as the teams to beat in 32-3A, while Dis-trict 31-3A will feature Raymondville and Lyford, but these two teams will find it difficult to match up against Corpus Christi Miller, West Oso, and Robstown. Rio Grande City will debut with its newest high school, La Grulla Gators and Donna IDEA College Prep will both compete in 32-3A, make this a seven team district. In District 32-2A, the de-

fending champions, Santa Rosa Warriors will be try-ing to make it another state Final Four appearance at the Frank Erwin Cen-ter in Austin, Texas since

2009. The Warriors will be favored to win its dis-trict again. The Warriors lost to State 2A champ, Ponder. Like the Warriors, this could be the year that

San Isidro advances to the state tournament. San Isidro advanced to the State 1A Division II Re-gion IV semifinals, losing to Burton 51-42 in 2010.



P R E V I E WWho Will Dominate?(Edinburg, Texas)-If Rio Grande Valley girls basketball teams can figure out a way to beat the San Antonio-area schools at the State Region IV tournaments, eventually teams from Districts 30-5A, 31-5A, 32-5A, and 32-4A will get to the UIL State Tournament in Austin, Texas. Teams like Duncanville, who has been to the state tournament a record 20 times, winning six titles, or Nazareth who has made the trip 21 times and won 18 titles, already found a way. IF girls basketball teams in South Texas would figure out a way too, then it would be sweet every year. But instead, San Antonio teams like Converse Wagner, SA Jay, San Antonio Madison, Pflugerville, SA Churchill, Con-verse Judson, SA Warren, SA Taft, SA Holmes, or even Aus-tin Westlake, have created the road blocks in the Region IV brackets for all Valley teams who have made it this far. “It’s frustrating but we need to work harder and become more athletic. Once you get to this level, teams are taller and more experienced. That’s how you succeed,” says longtime head basketball coach, Nora Zamarippa of Harlingen. Last year, Edinburg was ousted by SA Wagner 83-35, while SA Jay knocked off Edinburg North 62-41. Jay advanced to the state tournament. In 2012, the UIL will bring the Regional Tournaments to the State Farm Arena in Hidalgo, Texas and hopefully, this will give the Valley squads an advantage. Maybe? Harlingen South, the defending 31-5A champion and 32-5A champions, Los Fresnos sport the strongest teams that could launch the Valley into the state tournament in March. In 32-4A, Hidalgo could make another appearance in the

Bianca Casas of Edinburg leads her team in District 31-5A with ten assists per game. (HSSM IMages)


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state tournament, but this time Class 4A. In 2009, the Lady Pirates went all the way before losing to Argle in the Class 3A semifinals. If the Lady Pirates expect to make a state title run 2011, they will meet teams like Floresville, Flour Bluff, in the first rounds of the Class 4A State playoffs. But, as for teams like Harlingen, it’s been frustrating. Since 2003, the Lady Cardinals have won two district titles in 32-5A and have lost in the first rounds to Corpus Christi Ray and Carroll. The Lady Cards have advanced to the regional quarterfinals twice since 2003, losing to Brownsville Rivera in 2005 and last year, to Edinburg North 60-41 in the re-gional quarterfinals. “Before you can get to state, you have to beat teams from your region,” added Zamarippa. Since 2003, the Valley-area teams have been to the Re-gion IV Tournament in San Antonio, Texas at the University of Texas-San Antonio Convocation Center only five times. Harlingen South, coached by Dawn Englemann, has been there three times in 2006, 2008, and 2009. Edinburg has matched her success in 2005, 2006, and 2010. The McAllen Lady Bulldogs have been to the regionals twice since 2003 in 2008 and 2009. The Lady Falcons, coached by Kim Edquist won the 32-5A title last year and says her team is coming together with senior Ashley Benavides, the 6’1” center staying healthy this season, she could help the Lady Falcons get past the regional tournament. “That would be nice but we really have to play great basketball,” she laughs. High School Sports Magazine takes a look at the teams to watch district by district in 2010-11.

Taylor Stanton of the McAllen Memorial Lady Mus-tangs will lead her team in District 30-5A. (HSSM IMages)



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Clarissa Suarez of Sharyland leads her team in Dis-trict 30-5A with 5.0 assists per game. (HSSM IMages)

30-5A 31-5A 32-5A (McAllen, Texas)-The McAllen Memorial Lady Mus-tangs won the 30-5A district title in 2010 under head coach Maritza Pedraza. Can the Lady Mustangs do it again with new head coach Jina Johnson in 2011? Pe-draza resigned after the season to pursue her education-al needs and assistant Johnson gets her first opportunity to coach a 5A team. The Lady Mustangs will be led by Taylor Stanton, who averages more than 15 points per game and Rebekah Jimenez, the 5’5” defensive player selection. After 32 seasons and 841 career wins, Teresa Casso retired from coaching her McAllen Lady Bulldogs. Her assistant, Roy Gonzalez steps in to take over a new generation. Gonzalez watched from the bench for 13 seasons just for an opportunity and now his time has ar-rived. The Lady Bulldogs return Ashley Dube, Joanna Reyes, and Arie Guerra. The Bulldogs will be tested under Gonzalez after finishing their season at 19-19 and runner-up to McAllen Memorial. The Lady Bull-dogs were ousted in the first round of the 2010 Class 5A playoffs by Laredo Alexander 37-36. Other teams to watch in 30-5A, will be Sharyland and the fourth place slot will be up for grabs. A surprise team looming in the background could be the La Joya Lady Coyotes. Leading the Lady Rattlers will be junior Clarissa Suarez, an all-district pick from 2010 but they will be young under the boards. “We need to play ag-gressive rebounding,” says head coach Dale Whitaker of Sharyland. In 31-5A, Harlingen, Edinburg North and Edinburg


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The San Benito Lady Greyhounds could surprise teams in District 32-5A with new head coach Clarissa Arredondo. The Lady Greyhounds finished fourth overall in

2010 and lost to Harlingen South in the Class 5A playoffs. (HSSM IMages)

The Weslaco Lady Panttherettes finished their season as runnerups in 32-5A and lost to Edinburg in the Class 5A Bi-District Championships. The Lady Pantherettes

return only one starter. (HSSM IMages)

30-5A 31-5A 32-5A will need to fend off de-fending champions Har-lingen South. All four teams made the playoffs in 2010, so expect these teams to contend for the district title. Both Edin-burg schools advanced to the State 5A Regional Tournament last March. Returning for the Lady Hawks will be seniors Taylor Key, Alli Cano, Alyssa Romero, and Amanda Garcia. The Lady Hawks play tough defense and will be challenged. Seniors Ashley Bukowski and Jazmin Villarreal both average 11.0 ppg along with Key adding another 8.0 ppg. If the Lady Bobcats ex-pect to challenge the Lady Hawks, head coach Rachel Carmona will need Shar-mee Tigner (7.0 ppg, 9.0 rgg) to step up along with sophomore Micehlline Mercelita, a 5’11 center from the Dominican Re-public. Her sister, Moriel should give the Lady Bob-cats some balance, but their inexperience will be looked at throughout the season. Head coach Zamarippa knows that her team will be young but at guards, her twin seniors, Megan and Ashley Adams will give the Lady Cardinals plenty of experience in game situations. Megan plays defense and likes to



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Longtime head coach Nora Zamarippa of the Harlingen Lady Cardinals has led her 31-5A team to the state playoffs six times since 2003. (HSSM IMages)

put pressure on her oppo-nents by stealing the ball at least seven times per game. Her sister Ashley, adds another six steals per game. Both players aver-age eight points per game. In District 32-5A, the Los Fresnos Falcons will be looking to repeat as district champions with Ashley Benavides, the 6’1” center. If she can dominate the boards and score, she could lead he Lady Falcons to the state tournament in 2011. She averages 12.0 rebounds per game and scores 13.0 ppg. The Lady Falcons will be challenged by the San Benito Lady Greyhounds and new 5A head coach, Clarissa Arredondo. She comes over from Valley View High School. The Lady Greyhounds will be led by Amanda Garza and Kassandra Sanchez. “It’s great to be here at San Benito. It’s exciting. We have the athletes but if we expect to succeed, we have to practice harder,” says Arredondo. Other teams to watch in District 32-5A are the Weslaco Lady Panther-ettes and Brownsville Hanna Lady Eagles. Both teams have playoff expe-rience and have won past district titles. Last year, the Lady Pantherettes lost to Edinburg 45-42 in the first round of the State 5A playoffs. They return only one starter this season.



Ten Teams To Compete in District 32-4ANewcomers Rio Grande City, Brownsville Veterans Added with Realignments

(Weslaco, Tx)-The shuf-fling has begun as ten teams will compete for the District 32-4A cham-pionships in 2010-11. This district will play 18 district games, making this season, a long one. “Teams will be competi-tive and this opportunity at Brownsville Veterans Memorial will be chal-lenging,” says first-ever head coach Lottie Zarate. The Chargers will be led by freshmen and sopho-more players in their first season in district competi-tion. Sophomores Gisela Angeles (5’10), Monica Chacon (5’10), and Jas-mine Flores (5’7) will be called upon to lead their team. Zarate comes from Santa Rosa where she first led the Lady Warriors to the State 2A Bi-District champion-ships in 2008 with a win over Bloomington 61-59 and again, in 2010 by de-feating Freer 72-56. The Mission Veterans Memorial Lady Patriots will bring plenty of tradi-tion and experience. For the past five seasons the Lady Patriots have made the playoffs every year since 2005, winning two district titles. But, this is where the road stops for Valley 32-4A teams. Not since 2003 has there been a team advancing past the

area championships. The Lady Patriots will be led by Briana Casas, a 5’10”

post along with teammate Kassy Lopez, 5’11. Both players combined for 30

points per game last year and if the Lady Patriots expect to contend for a

The Mission Veterans Memorial Lady Patriots will be seeking win its third district title in 32-4A with hopes of advancing to the regional finals. (HSSM IMages)

New team. The Brownsville Veterans Memorial Chargers will compete in District 32-4A in their season debut. Head coach Lottie Zarate is the new coach.

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TOP 10 POLLSHSSM Preseason Picks

Girls Rankings1. Harlingen South 2. San Benito 3. Los Fresnos 4. Harlingen 5. Edinburg 6. Weslaco East 7. Hidalgo 8. Mission Veterans 9. McAllen Memorial 10. Sharyland


playoff spot after finishing the dis-trict as runner ups, these two will need to play aggressive under the boards. Challenging the Lady Patriots will be the Hidalgo Lady Pirates, who moved up from Class 3A to 4A with the new realignments. The Lady Pi-rates made history two season ago by advancing to the State 3A Tourna-ment under-then head coach Moni-ca Rodriguez. The Lady Pirates will be tough to beat in 2011. Jim Post takes over the program. The Lady Pirates have won 69 games and lost six for the past two seasons, in-cluding undefeated district seasons in back-to-back seasons, and one state tournament appearance. Nelly Flores will be back for fourth sea-son with the Lady Pirates. She has seen it all. The six-foot center will dominate the boards and her success will depend on her teammates com-ing together as a team. Probably, the only team with enough firepower to stop Hidalgo, will be the 32-4A defending cham-pions, Weslaco East Wildcats. This

could be the year that a Valley 4A team will advance past the area round with East and Hidalgo featur-ing the athletes needed to get past the area round in Class 4A. Darcy Cuellar, a 6’0 wing will be the go to player for head coach Chris Kromer. Cuellar is tough un-der the boards and could put the points needed. Teammates Juliana Benitez (5’11), Ana Arevalo (5’10), and Caroline Cuelar (5’10) will give the East Wildcats plenty of height and talent too. The Wildcats defeated Tuloso-Midway 45-39 in the Class 4A bi-district championships to earn its first ever bi-district title before los-ing to Medina Valley 43-33 in area playoffs last season. The Wildcats have won two district titles since 2003 and have made the playoffs since 2007. Other teams to watch will be the Mercedes Lady Tigers, Edcouch-Elsa, and La Joya Juarez-Lincoln. The Lady Tigers have not made the playoffs since 2003 and with six se-niors in the line up, this team could

contend for a playoff spot. Head coach Marisa Gutierrez says that she is excited about the upcoming dis-trict season. “We have a good team. We have the players that can make a difference this year,” she adds. Helena Hernandez leads the team in scoring and Celeste Partida gives the Lady Tigers rebounding op-portunities. Other players to watch will be Taylor Morrell, a 5’10 junior post; Marlen Trevino (5’7), Sona Flores (5’8), and Monica Pena. Here are HSSM predictions: Dis-trict Champion: Weslaco East 2. Hi-dalgo 3. MissionVeterans Memorial 4. Mercedes 5. La Joya Juarez-Lin-coln 6. Rio Grande City. 7. Ed-Elsa 8. Roma 9. Brownsville Veterans Memorial 10. Valley View H.S.

Playoff hopes. The 32-4A Mercedes Lady Tigers will be looking to make the playoffs in Class 4A for the first time since 2003. (HSSM IMages)



Lyford, Raymondville move to 31-3ACorpus Christi West Oso, CC Miller, Orange Grove, Robstown, make up district

(Raymondville, Tx)-Felix Silva, head coach of the Raymondville Bearkats is probably thinking how about the “luck of the draw” could impact is basketball program. He is probably smiling too. The Ray-mondville Bearkats will compete in the same 31-3A district with pow-erhouse Corpus Christi West Oso, now that the new realignments have changed. The Lady Bearkats have made the playoffs since 2006, including winning one district 31-3A title. Last year, the Lady Bearkats were runner ups in the league and were matched with West Oso in the first round of the State 3A playoffs. The Lady Bears easily won 47-25. May-be that’s why he’s smiling now. “We don’t have to face the Lady Bears since we are in the same district,” he laughs. Returning players are senior captains Ashley Silva and Frankie Rivas. Also back is junior post Stephanie Perez and Abbie Ri-vas. The West Oso Lady Bears have been to the Class 3A Region IV fi-nals from 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009. In 2008, the Lady Bears went all the way to the State 3A Tourna-ment after knocking off Llano 53-27 in the regional finals. West Oso would lose 59-60 to Kennedale in the semifinals. The previous sea-son, Llano won in the regional fi-nals over the Lady Bears 45-41. In 2010, the Lady Bears struggled in the playoffs losing to Wimberley 48-37 in the area playoffs. Most fans will remember West Oso’s re-gional finals with Hidalgo in 2009. The game went to down to the last shot at the free throw line with the

Lady Pirates converting both shots to win 37-36. Another team to watch in 2011 will be the Orange Grove Lady Bull-dogs, coached by Lee Ann Barker. Seniors Julia Briones, Heather Franco, Melanie Garcia, Chelsea, Kristah Balboa, Melissa Ortiz, and Bianca Cantu should give this team plenty of experience to contend for the 31-3A title. Silva leads the team with 16 ppg and Perez rebounds 6.0 per game. Other teams to watch are the Cor-pus Christi Lady Buccaneers who went 1-17 last season under head coach Tracy Giddens and have fall-en on hard times with enrollments. The Robstown went 0-21 last year under coach Marle Belford. The Lady Cottonpickers have struggled in the past three seasons winning only 16 games since 2008.

New opponent: Corpus Christi West Oso will be favored to win the 31-3A

title in 2011. (HSSM IMages)

The Raymondville Lady Bearkats will be vying for their sixth post seasontrip to the State 3A playoffs in 2011. The Lady Bearkats will compete in District 31-3A.

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P R E V I E WProgreso Making Bid for 3A Playoffs

Rio Grande City’s Newest school La Grulla, and Donna IDEA Academy added to district

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Pictured are the 2010-11 Progreso Lady Red Ants with new head basketball coach, Patrick Self. The 32-3A Lady Red Ants last made the state playoffs in 1997-98. (HSSM IMages)

(Progreso, Texas)-After the Progreso Lady Red Ants lost to 5A opponent Edinburg Economedes in double overtime 68-64 at the Weslaco Whataburger Tourna-ment, right away new head coach Patrick Self watched the determination from his players of wanting to win. “These players are great. They have great attitudes and are coach able,” says Self. The only time Progreso made the playoffs was back in 1997-98, as the runner up in 32-3A and it was the same season that the Lady Red Ants would win its first ever Bi-District Championship title in Class 3A by defeating George West 55-53. That was last time this team has been back too. Self is hoping to turn things around. Leading the Lady Red Ants are seniors, point guard

Sheila Hernandez and forward Alex Trevino. They will compete against Port Isabel, Rio Hondo, and La Feria for possible playoff spots. Zapata, Donna IDEA Academy, and La Grulla will also make up the seven team district in 2010-11. With the new realignments, Hidalgo, Raymondville, and Lyford were transferred to another district, leav-ing only La Feria as the contender for the title in 2011. The Lady Lions return eight seniors, post Erika Gil-bert and guard Jasmine Rodriguez. As for the Lady Red Ants, Hernandez has heard of her coaches’ championship rings he received while he was an assistant at his alma mater Northwestern State in Louisiana. “He’s a great coach. It’s fun coming to practice and he does work us out.”



Progreso Making Bid for 3A PlayoffsSanta Rosa looks to improve with new coach; LaSara en-ters District 32-1A Div II

The Santa Rosa Lady Warriors will be looking to win its third Class 2A Bi-District Championship title under new head coach Amos Salas in

District 32-2A. (HSSM IMages)

District 32-1A-1Santa MariaBen BoltBenavidesAgua DulceLa Villa

District 32-1A-DIISan IsidroSan PerlitaLaSaraBruniCC College PrepTilden McMullen

District 32-2A Santa RosaHebbronvillePremontFalfurriasSanta Gertrudis AcademyIDEA QuestRivera-KauferIDEA Frontier

District 31-3ARaymondvilleLyfordCorpus Christi MillerWest OsoRobstownOrange Grove

District 32-3ARio HondoZapataPort IsabelLa FeriaProgresoDonna IDEALa Grulla-RGC

District 32-4AHidalgoWeslaco EastRomaRio Grande CityLa Joya Juarez-LincolnMercedesMission VeteransEdcouch-ElsaValley ViewBrownsville Veterans

District 30-5A McAllen McAllen MemorialMcAllen Nikki RoweLa Joya La Joya PalmviewDonnaMissionSharyland

District 31-5AEdinburg Edinburg NorthEdinburg EconomedesHarlingenHarlingen SouthPSJAPSJA NorthPSJA Memorial

District 32-5ABrownsville HannaBrownsville PorterBrownsville PaceBrownsville LopezBrownsville RiveraSan BenitoLos FresnosWeslaco

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(Santa Rosa, Tx)-Now that Lottie Zarate left to Brownsville Vet-erans Memorial to take over a new basketball program, the Santa Rosa Lady Warriors will look to a new head coach, Amos Salas to continue the winning traditions at Santa Rosa High School. The Lady Warriors return seniors Diamond Cabellero and Kim Men-doza in 2010-11. Last year, the Lady Warriors won their second Class 2A Bi-District Championships after finishing district run-ner-ups in 32-2A. Teams to watch are Santa Gertrudis Academy, Hebbronville, and IDEA Quest. The defending 32-1A Division I, Gertrudis Lady Lions feature Carla Noel, Calle Borchardt, and Kacee Ritter. They move to Class 2A in the new realignments. In District 32-1A Division I, the Santa Maria Lady Cougars and head coach William Huerta should contend for a district title with returning lettermen, all seniors, Kiara Morales, Melissa Mo-rales, Naydean Saldivar, and Aida Gonzalez back for their final season. Other teams to watch are Ben Blot and Benavides. In the smallest Class 1A school, 32-1A Division II, the LaSara Lady Lions are set to enter district play for the first time in school history. This tiny community is an eye-blink away from Edcouch, Texas. Head coach Jessica Garza will lead her team with players sophomores Karina Covarrubias and Gabby Trevino. Other Lady Lions include Margie Barco, Amy Cantu, and Lilly Salinas.



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19804A: Houston Kashmere 70, Plano 693A: Beaumont Hebert 88, Snyder 532A: Abernathy 64, Boling 581A: Gladewater Sabine 69, Bartlett 68B: Snook 59, Petty West Lamar 58

19815A: Port Arthur Lincoln 92, San Antonio Marshall 844A: Beaumont Hebert 59, Canyon 573A: Altair Rice 56, Paris North Lamar 522A: Gladewater Sabine 62, Shallowater 421A: Snook 41, Henrietta Midway 33

19825A: San Antonio Churchill 75, Galveston Ball 744A: Beaumont Hebert 76, Waxahachie 713A: Dimmitt 60, Linden Kildare 592A: Shelbyville 46, Nixon 391A: Snook 52, Midland Greenwood 45

19835A: Bryan 71, Fort Worth Paschal 544A: Waxahachie 79, Borger 663A: Dimmitt 81, Van Vleck 542A: Morton 91, Bartlett 691A: Snook 76, Nacogdoches Ct Heights 40

19845A: Bryan 68, Houston Memorial 564A: Port Arthur Lincoln 61, Corpus Christi Flour Bluff 523A: New Boston 76, Hardin-Jefferson 652A: Shelbyville 73, Somerville 671A: Snook 39, Nazareth 30

19855A: Houston Madison 86, Conroe 694A: Bay City 65, Lamesa 633A: Sweeny 55, Brownsboro 432A: Grapeland 63, Morton 561A: La Poynor 47, Nazareth 41

19865A: Amarillo 68, Kimball 634A: Port Arthur Lincoln 55, Mansfield 393A: Cleveland 57, Dimmitt 562A: Morton 73, Dripping Springs 591A: Nazareth 53, Archer City 49

19875A: LaPorte 64, San Antonio Holmes 584A: Hillcrest 54, Cleburne 423A: Sweeny 66, Hughes Springs 642A: Morton 84, Liberty Hill 721A: Paducah 71, Bronte 39

19885A: Houston Sam Houston 73, Fort Worth Dunbar 684A: Port Arthur Lincoln 66, Wichita Falls Hirschi 593A: Sweeny 59, Corpus Christi West Oso 502A: Archer City 80, Liberty Hill 691A: Paducah 99, Livingston Big Sandy 61

19895A: League City Clear Lake 86, SA Jay 694A: Port Arthur Lincoln 86, Austin Travis 723A: San Antonio Cole 66, Clarksville 602A: Edgewood 48, Tidehaven 461A: Ladonia Fannindel 75, Moulton 58

19905A: Kimball 59, Houston Clear Lake 564A: Lincoln 87, Boerne 773A: Navasota 71, Lamesa 542A: Ingram Moore 73, Troup 721A: Santo 67, Moulton 64

19915A: Duncanville 65, San Antonio Jay 384A: Port Arthur Lincoln 77, San Antonio Alamo Heights 683A:Hardin-Jefferson 75, Clarksville 682A: Abernathy 55, Troup 461A: Moulton 53, Bronte 44

19925A: Longview 71, Victoria 67 (OT)4A: South Oak Cliff 73, Georgetown 603A: Stafford 73, Groesbeck 722A: Troup 60, Krum 401A: Laneville 51, Petersburg 49

19935A: Fort Worth Dunbar 74, Judson 644A: Lincoln 46, Port Arthur Lincoln 453A: Southlake Carroll 66, Ferris 562A: Troup 69, Amarillo Highland Park 491A: Laneville 77, Brock 68

19945A: Willowridge 50, Plano East 444A: Plainview 54, Austin Anderson 523A: Ferris 84, Littlefield 662A: Krum 56, Troup 451A: Lipan 62, Nazareth 60

19955A: San Antonio East Central 108, Carter 864A: PA Lincoln 57, Austin Anderson 563A: Clarksville 87, Madisonville 692A: La Poynor 60, Maypearl 561A: Sudan 74, Calvert 71

19965A: Kimball 72, Euless Trinity 644A: Pampa Arthur 82, Madison 683A: Sinton 66, Graham 59

2A: Krum 53, East Chambers 391A: Avinger 51, Anderson-Shiro 48

19975A: Kimball 64, GP North Shore 534A: San Antonio Fox Tech 68, Lincoln 593A: Madison 64, Tulia 582A: Italy 71, Industrial 631A: Wortham 50, Nazareth 42

19985A: Midland 63, San Antonio Taft 514A: Houston Waltrip 67, Highland Park 603A: Clarksville 90, Crockett 832A: Krum 64, Little River Acdemy 521A: Moulton 67, Goodrich 44

19995A: Duncanville 78, Kimball 614A: Crowley 60, Port Arthur Lincoln 513A: Mexia 77, Seminole 71 (OT)2A: Peaster 66, Wellington 62 (OT)1A: Moulton 54, Brookeland 49

20005A: Willowridge 59, Klein Forest 524A: Denton Ryan 80, Madison 693A: Waco La Vega 60, Gainesville 472A: Peaster 67, Van Vleck 581A: Brookeland 63, Moulton 53

20015A: Sugar Land Willowridge 65, Bryan 584A: Beaumont Ozen 58, SA Lanier 423A: Mexia 74, Corpus Christi West Oso 492A: Ponder 50, Danbury 49A-I: Evadale 61, Stratford 47A-II: Goodrich 62, Nazareth 51Texas Cup: Evadale 66, Goodrich 60

20025A: San Antonio Jay 54, Kimball 534A: Lincoln 71, Beaumont Ozen 513A: Gainesville 79, Kountze 622A: Little River Academy 49, Frankston 48A-I: Brock 76, Kennard 59A-II: Nazareth 61, Goodrich 58Texas Cup: Brock 70, Nazareth 50

20035A: DeSoto 94, Corpus Christi Ray 734A: Fort Worth Dunbar 66, Ozen 543A: Everman 72, Tatum 442A: Brock 81, Hitchcock 52A-I: Tenaha 72, Lipan 55A-II: Nazareth 69, Oakwood 60Texas Cup: Nazareth 51 Tenaha 47

20045A: Houston Milby 72, Cedar Hill 674A: Houston Jones 63, Lincoln 613A: Kountze 73, Midland Greenwood 542A: Shallowater 47, Argyle 45 (OT)

A-I: Normangee 53, Morton 51 (OT)A-II: Lenorah Grady 55, Neches 49Texas Cup: Normangee 50, Grady 37

20055A: Humble Kingwood 54, DeSoto 524A: SA Houston 2, Dal-Oak Cliff 0 (forfeit)3A: Van 62, Graham 412A: Kountze 77, Tuscola Jim Ned 64 A-I: Morton 66, Snook 38A-II: Lipan 58, Paducah 49Texas Cup: Morton 69, Lipan 53

20065A: Plano 60, Humble Kingwood 58 (OT)4A: Ft. Worth Dunbar 2, Oak Cliff 0 (forfeit)3A: Dal-Roosevelt 61, Carrol-Ranchview 462A: Arp 65, Ponder 49A-I: Bogata Rivercrest 57, Gruver 49A-II: Nazareth 53, Lipan 4820075A: Duncanville 60, Humble Kingwood 464A: Dallas SOC 54, Beaumont Ozen 423A: Hardin-Jefferson 56, Abilene Wylie 442A: Kountze 71, Shallowater 57A-I: Thorndale 39, Martin’s Mill 37A-II: Nazareth 52, Laneville 43

20085A: North Crowley 73, Ft. Bend Dulles 674A: South Oak Cliff 80, FW Southwest 773A: Kennedale 61, Burkburnett 592A: Ponder 72, Jim Ned 51A-I: Thorndale 53, Big Sandy 42A-II: Laneville 56, Goodrich 50

20095A: DeSoto 59, Cedar Hill 474A: Houston Yates 94, Dallas Kimball 783A: Dallas Madison 68, Lub-Estacado 662A: Ponder 51, New Waverly 39A-I: Elkhart Slocum 45, Nazareth 27A-II: Roscoe 52, Plains 48

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19815A: Lubbock Monterey 71, Duncanville 704A: Canyon 64, Bay City 533A: Abernathy 61, Sweeny 592A: Hardin 61, New Deal 461A: Nazareth 84, Colmesneil 39

19825A: Victoria 46, South Oak Cliff 454A: AuSouth Del Valle 76, Carthage 643A: Barbers Hill 68, Sweeny 532A: Hardin 69, Phillips 611A: Nazareth 64, Dime Box 37

19835A: Houston Yates 58, Victoria 564A: Levelland 41, Corpus Christi Calallen 283A: Barbers Hill 86, Sweeny 812A: Hardin 41, Hale Center 391A: Sudan 46, La Poynor 34

19845A: Longview 72, Houston Yates 524A: Waco Richfield 56, Levelland 433A: Abernathy 67, Groesbeck 572A: Pollok Central 37, Hale Center 361A: Nazareth 64, Petty W. Lamar 32

19855A: South Oak Cliff 60, Victoria 464A: Waco Richfield 44, Sweetwater 353A: Vernon 52, Sweeny 512A: Troy 80, Abernathy 721A: Nazareth 56, Priddy 48

19865A: Victoria 57, Tyler Lee 444A: Levelland 44, A&M Consolidated 433A: Hardin-Jefferson 72, Ingleside 532A: Abernathy 51, Rogers 421A: Snook 36, Nazareth 33

19875A: Plainview 59, Austin Lanier 474A: Levelland 41, Calallen 303A: Slaton 43, Sweeny 402A: Morton 68, Paris 531A: Sudan 55, Moulton 26

19885A: Duncanville 60, North Mesquite 464A: Levelland 38, Corpus Christi Calallen 353A: Brownfield 49, Hardin-Jefferson 402A: Godley 60, Grapeland 581A: Nazareth 64, La Poynor 28

19895A: Duncanville 42, Victoria 384A: Levelland 45, West Orange-Stark 243A: Hardin-Jefferson 46, Canyon 442A: Grapeland 54, Abernathy 471A: Nazareth 57, La Poynor 33

19905A: Duncanville 74, Houston Yates 514A: Corpus Christi Calallen 46, Waco Midway 393A: Abilene Wylie 51, Edna 372A: Tatum 61, Marlon 501A: Nazareth 53, Moulton 34

19915A: Amarillo Tascosa 54, Victoria 414A: Levelland 51, Lincoln 303A: Tulia 58, Winnsboro 392A: Abernathy 37, Honey Grove 321A: Nazareth 50, Moulton 30

19925A: San Marcos 45, Duncanville 434A: Canyon Randall 43, Georgetown 423A: Canyon 49, Winnsboro 292A: Panhandle 52, Marlon 491A: Celeste 70, Brock 57

19935A: Amarillo 68, Corpus Christi King 654A: Austin Westlake 48, Levelland 403A: Dimmitt 59, Dripping Springs 512A: Marlon 69, Hamilton 631A: Celeste 63, Muenster 38

19945A: Amarillo 62, Conroe 464A: Waco Midway 52, Lincoln 403A: Dripping Springs 64, Waco La Vega 562A: Tuscola Jim Ned 31, Hemphill 291A: Sudan 40, Jayton 36

19955A: Austin Westlake 59, Duncanville 56 (OT)4A: Cleburne 55, Silsbee 503A: Bowie 65, Dripping Springs 502A: Ozona 61, Cooper 471A: Sudan 66, Alvord 42

19965A: Au-Westlake 64, Alief Elsik 60 (2 OT)4A: Canyon 60, Cedar Hill 343A: Groesbeck 63, Slaton 61

2A: Ozona 45, Gunter 391A: Nazareth 43, Celeste 30

19975A: Duncanville 44, Alief Elsik 334A: Levelland 36, Cedar Hill 333A: Barbers Hill 66, Dripping Springs 452A: Poth 54, Shallowater 501A: Whiteface 59, Celeste 39

19985A: Alief Elsik 58, Amarillo Palo Duro 384A: Canyon Randall 52, Bay City 233A: Comanche 65, Winnsboro 562A: Hamilton 54, Ozona 451A: Karnack 69, Nazareth 45

19995A: Mansfield 65, Corpus Christi Carroll 464A: Lincoln 52, Canyon 493A: Winnsboro 56, Lufkin Hudson 482A: Hughes Springs 61, Salado 331A: Vega 70, Valley View 64

20005A: Mansfield 69, Plano 434A: Canyon 74, Waxahachie 543A: Winnsboro 54, Smithville 512A: Farwell 47, Brock 351A: Nazareth 72, Valley View 56

20015A: Mansfield 62, Spring Westfield 494A: Plainview 51, Lincoln 403A: Winnsboro 51, Abilene Wylie 482A: Nacogdoches Cen Heights 57, Boyd 561A: Nazareth 61, Kennard 44

20025A: Mansfield 47, San Antonio Taft 424A: Plainview 68, Lincoln 403A: Llano 67, Texarkana-Liberty-Eylau 512A: Buffalo 48, Abernathy 431A-1: Brock 58, LaPoynor 261A-2: Nazareth 67, Dodd City 42

20035A: Duncanville 47, Georgetown 274A: Plainview 50, Lincoln 423A: Canyon 76, Kountze 452A: Brock 55, Shallowater 36A-I: La Poynor 52, Gruver 47A-II: Priddy 57, Hedley 54Texas Cup: Priddy 66, La Poynor 63

20045A: Spring Westfield 66, Duncanville 494A: Lincoln 57, Plainview 353A: Canyon 63, Winnsboro 332A: Shallowater 44, Aubrey 37A-I: Archer City 43, Muenster 42A-II: Fayetteville 48, Briscoe Fort Elliott 41Texas Cup: Archer City 59, Fayetteville 47

20055A: Arlington Bowie 69, Humble 624A: Fort Worth Dunbar 56, Angleton 503A: Canyon 66, Cleveland 462A: Brock 64, Canadian 30A-I: Seagraves 60, Moulton 45A-II: Nazareth 62, Kennard 57Texas Cup: Seagraves 56, Nazareth 51

20065A: Plano West 54, Rockwall 474A: Waxahachie 52, Kerville Tivy 483A: China Spring 57, Abilene Wylie 542A: Argyle 51, Wall 33A-I: Martin’s Mill 61, Elkhart Slocum 30A-II: Kennard 44, Springlake-Earth 26

20075A: Rockwall 59, Cypress Fairbanks 544A: Fort Worth Dunbar 62, Dickinson 513A: Canyon 53, Crockett 382A: Poth 72, Winnsboro 70 2OTA-I: Lindsay 43, Sundown 36A-II: Nazareth 61, Garden City 31

20085A: Cypress-Fairbanks 50, Desoto 334A: Dallas Lincoln 50, Dickinson 473A: Canyon 59, Kennedale 432A: Tuscola Jim Ned 65, Poth 49A-I: Martin’s Mill 48, Sudan 43A-II: Follett 71, Kennard 51

20095A: Mansfield Summit 52, Nimitz 434A: Waco Midway 50, Man-Timberview 273A: Robinson 49, Argyle 332A: Brock 61, Woodville 32A-I: Roby 44, Neches 34A-II: Sudan 71, Roscoe 38

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Class 5A Regional Finalists. District 31-5A teams, the Edinburg Bobcats fell to Con-verse-Wagner while Harlingen came up short against the San Antonio Stevens Falcons, both in the Class 5A Division I Regional Finals. The Cardinals advanced to the regional finals for the past three seasons in a row, while Edinburg made its first appearance under head coach Joey Caceres. (HSSM IMages)

Harlingen, Edinburg, McAllen Memorial, and Weslaco East Advanced to the State Regional Championships in Class 4A and 5A(McAllen, Texas)-Four Rio Grande Valley high school football teams advanced to the state regional finals in 2010, with 31-5A champions, Harlingen making their third straight appearance. Fans also witnessed what a state champion plays like when 30-5A runnerup, McAl-len Memorial tangled with the eventual State 5A Divi-sion II champions, Cibolo Steele Knights in the third

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Class 5A Regional Finalists. District 31-5A teams, the Edinburg Bobcats fell to Con-verse-Wagner while Harlingen came up short against the San Antonio Stevens Falcons, both in the Class 5A Division I Regional Finals. The Cardinals advanced to the regional finals for the past three seasons in a row, while Edinburg made its first appearance under head coach Joey Caceres. (HSSM IMages)

Harlingen, Edinburg, McAllen Memorial, and Weslaco East Advanced to the State Regional Championships in Class 4A and 5Afinals played at the Laredo Student Activity Center Sta-dium. In the playoffs, the Harlingen Cardinals (12-1) missed their extra point in double-overtime as San An-tonio Stevens (10-3) matched the game at 30-30 all, but placekicker Manuel Ramos would convert his kick to send the Falcons to the State 5A Division I Quarterfi-nals for the first time in school history with a 31-30 win

at Phil Danaher Stadium in Calallen. “That was heart breaking. You can’t begin to imagine what this feels like. More so, the faces of our players made it worst. It was a tough loss,” said head coach Manny Gomez of Harlingen. “We will have a team from the Valley be-come state champions someday. It’s coming.” Harlin-gen quarterback Kevin Ledesma had a big night rushing for 227 yards and scored three touchdowns on 38 car-ries. He also passed for another 92 yards and including a scoring strike to Randy Bermea in overtime to tie the game at 24-24. Cardinal placekicker Moses Membre-no’s extra point was good. The Cardinals then took pos-session in the second overtime, with Ledesma scoring on a three-yard run. Cardinal placekicker Membreno’s extra point attempt would sail wide to give the Falcon’s an opportunity to win the game outright, trailing 30-24. Falcon’s quarterback Mykkele Thompson would take control and score the game-tying touchdown. All eyes were on place kicker Ramos. The Falcons kicker aced the uprights to give the Falcons the win and a Class 5A Division I Regional title. At the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas the Ed-inburg Bobcats and head coach Joey Caceres brought their confidence after upsetting Sharyland the previous week in the area playoffs 31-28 with hopes of knock-ing off the 25-5A Converse-Wagner Thunderbirds (7-6). But turnovers plagued the Bobcats in the second half after ending the first two periods trailing 7-3. “You cannot turnover the ball in games like this,” said Ca-ceres. Thunderbird running back Jacquoi Beaurgard thundered his way to scored three touchdowns, as the Wagner T-Birds eliminated the Bobcats from the State 5A Division I Regional finals 31-10. The Thunderbirds would get on the scoreboard first in the second half with Beauregard taking advantage of a turnover by the Bobcats punter David Ramirez who lost control of the punt and was tackled at his own ten-yard line. Beau-rgard would then score on a given four-yard run with 9:51 left in the third quarter. Edinburg would fumble again on its next possession, this time by QB Steven


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Guerrero and T-Bird’s Byron Mills would recover the ball at Edinburg’s eight-yard line. Beauregard would take it in for free from 8-yards out with 9:27 left in the third quarter. Just like that, the Bobcats dugged themselves a quick hole, trailing 21-3. The Bobcats would never recover as the third quarter ended with 21-unanswered points scored by Wagner. Edinburg (10-3) ends its season with a Bi-District title, Area Title, and Regional Appearance for the first time in Caceres third-year career as a head coach, all with Edinburg. Like the Bobcats, at the Alamodome, Weslaco East (11-2) lost 48-7 to No.4 state-ranked Cedar Park (13-0) in the Class 4A Division I Regional finals. Wildcat running back Bobby Gonzalez rushed for 134 yards but the Timberwolves defense held the Wildcats to 245 yards total as they racked up 449 yards to ad-vance to the state quarterfinals next week against three-time defending state champions, Austin Lake Travis or Victoria East. Wildcat head coach Armando Cuellar praised the Timberwolves. “They are good.

Class 4A Div I Regional Finalists. The Weslaco East Wildcats faced No.4 Cedar Park.

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Class 5A Div II Regional Finalists. The McAllen Memorial Mustangs finished second in 30-5A and advanced to the regional finals with wins over Eagle Pass, PSJA Memorial, before losing to eventual state cham-

pion, Cibolo Steele. Mustang junior QB Matthew Kaufmann is sacked by Steele defenders. (HSSM IMages)

They have talent. We played our best here tonight. But, they were better,” said Cuellar. “We probably lost to the eventual state champions.” In Laredo, McAllen Memorial se-nior punter Alec Amador punted sev-en times for 267 yards, including a 53-yarder which rolled to the Cibolo 13-yard line, but the 25-5A District champions, Knights would score on its first five possessions to beat the 30-5A runner-ups Mustangs 48-31 in the Class 5A Division II Regional Finals played at the Laredo Student Activity Complex in Laredo, Texas. The Mustangs started their first drive with an interception by junior quar-terback Matthew Kaufmann. Cibolo scored on the interception, with run-ning back Malcomb Brown breaking loose for a 20-yard score to make it 7-0 with 10:28 left in the first quar-ter. Steele commanded a 48-7 lead at the half. The Mustangs would score 24 points in the second half with running back Gabe Alonzo scoring three touchdowns in the second half along with Aaron Freeland’s three-yard run right before the half. The last time a Rio Grande Valley football team won a state football ti-tle was back in 1961 when the Don-na Redskins defeated Quanah 28-21 to win the Class 2A championships. The PSJA Bears made back-to-back state final appearances in 1962 and 1963, losing both 3A final games to Dumas 14-3 and Corsicana 7-0. In 1959, Corpus Christi Ray Texans beat Wichita Falls 20-6 to win the Class 4A title and in 1960, another Corpus Christi school would win, this time, Miller beat Wichita Falls again 13-6. More than 300,000 Rio Grande Valley football fans paid for game tickets to watch their favorite teams win and lose games. And in the football state playoffs, almost does count.


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Class 5A Div II Bi-District Champions. The McAllen Memorial Mustangs running back Carlo DeCandia rushed for 125 yards leading his team past Eagle Pass 28-22. (HSSM IMages)

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