Athlete of the Year
2010 was a big year in the Crossroads area. In addition to a split of the area's biggest school, there were also state champions and runner-ups. There were great team and individual seasons. And speaking of those individuals, we'd like to recruit your help. We'll be determining our 2010 Advocate ...
Packed crowds expected at East-West games
Tonight brings another round of East vs. West. This time it's the second round of boys and girls basketball. As always, packed houses are expected. And with all those fans in attendance, there have to be some cameras and phones clicking away. If you're going to be at the event, ...
Basketball stats needed
Coaches: Now that district play is starting or about to start, we need basketball stats. With complete individual statistics, we can update Advosports team pages, player pages and leaderboard page. We will also be running the area leaderboards every Friday in the Victoria Advocate. Please send your stats by noon ...
Local grads shine for Victoria College
There are a few reasons I like covering Victoria College basketball. One is just that I like basketball. I know Texas is football crazy, and baseball is America's pastime, but I'll take basketball any day. I've also enjoyed the brief interactions I've had with the team. The coach and players ...
The art, and danger, of headline writing
Friday's volleyball match between Victoria East and Victoria West was clearly the place to be this weekend. We heard a couple days in advance that it was expected to be a packed house. It was confirmed on Friday when reporter John Hornberg sent me the following message: "Capacity crowd for ...
The beginning of a rivalry
A lot of people in Victoria have had their eye on Nov. 5, when East and West will meet on the football field, in the final game of the regular season. That's definitely a big game, but that's not going to be the first time these two schools will match ...
Homecoming fun
Unfortunately for the Warriors, homecoming didn't end like they'd hoped. A week full of celebrating led up to a rather unpleasant finish - but luckily, it's only the third game of the season, and not a district game. (And Bay City is no cupcake - it seems the days of ...
Great weekend of games on the horizon
Friday should be a good one. As we plan for football coverage every week, we look at all the area games to find out which ones we want to include. We have three Advocate reporters who go out every Friday, plus whatever stringers we can get. When we looked at ...
Heartbreak across the Crossroads
One of the best parts of covering sports at any level is watching the thrill of victory. One of the toughest things is watching the agony of defeat. Over the last two weeks, we've seen three nearby teams lose very close games. Last week it was Calhoun losing on a ...
Not lost in the shuffle
There were all kinds of sporting events in the area on Friday night. Obviously, football is always capturing the attention of fans across the region. And UHV's men's and women's soccer teams were both making their regular season home debut. But over at Victoria East, the Titans volleyball team had ...
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