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Brown makes Bay City proud
 College football recruiting has gotten crazy. Every year, fans hang on the decisions of high school players, waiting to see how their team ranks among the other teams. Of course, we won't know for the next couple of years whether the rankings are correct. But that doesn't stop fans ...
Advocating Sports
Can you spare a game?
Coaches across the area scrambled to fill their non-district football schedules Thursday after the UIL released its realignments for the next two academic years. One man in more of a bind than most is Calhoun head coach Richard Whitaker. All day he searched for two additional non-district games to coincide ...
Between the Lines Blog
Memorial graduate named to preseason baseball team
KINGSVILLE – Texas A&M-Kingsville junior Jeremy Flores was named to the 2012 National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association First Team all-South Central Region Team. Flores, a Memorial graduate, pitched in relief and made five starts last season. The left-hander made 13 relief appearances and posted a 1.26 ERA. He had seven ...
Between the Lines Blog
West girls finish 2nd in Cedar Park
CEDAR PARK – The Victoria West girls wrestling team finished with 87 points and took second place at the Cedar Park Invitational Wrestling Tournament over the weekend. Morgan Moses won the 110-pound division while Austin Supak finished second in the 119-pound division. Lorraina Moses finished third in the 138-pound division ...
Between the Lines Blog
Sacred Heart’s Cole Wick commits to Incarnate Word
HALLETTSVILLE – Hallettsville Sacred Heart football player Cole Wick committed to the University of the Incarnate Word. Wick, a first-team Victoria Advocate All-Area selection, will sign with the Cardinals, Wednesday on National Signing Day. He was the leading receiver for a Sacred Heart team that won a fifth state championship ...
Three yards and a cloud of dust
West powerlifting finishes first
The Victoria West powerlifting team started the season off in a winning note with a first place finish at the Goliad meet on Saturday. Eighteen schools, including Victoria East, competed in the meet. Floresville finished second and only the Top 2 teams were announced. Martin Armenta and Matt Hartman finished ...
Between the Lines Blog
Vasquez has big game, but Flyers fall
BROWNSVILLE – Jerry Vasquez had 21 points, all on 3-pointers, and was 70 percent shooting from the field, but the St. Joseph Flyers fell on the road to Brownsville St. Joseph Academy in a heartbreaker Saturday, 58-57. “It was a back and forth game the whole way, we took a ...
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Pat Montgomery passes away
Pat Montgomery a pitching coach for a number of young baseball players in the area died Saturday after a battle with cancer. Montgomery impacted the lives of a number of people. Here is the story I wrote about Montgomery in November, shortly after he had been diagnosed. Pat Montgomery notices ...
Advocating Sports
East and West boys soccer teams prep for home openers
For those who didn’t get their soccer fix over the weekend, Victoria West and Victoria East will have their boys home openers on consecutive days this week. Tuesday and Wednesday will be the first chances to see whether both sides will challenge for the District 59-4A title. However, don’t look ...
Between the Lines Blog
East's Rios to play softball at Galveston College
Victoria East third baseman Marina Rios will sign a letter of intent to play softball at Galveston College. As a junior, Rios was named the District 30-4A Defensive Player of the Year, helping the Titans (28-7-1 overall) win the district championship in the team’s inaugural season. “I cannot say enough ...
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