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Blood Drive April 6th in Lytle

There will be a blood drive at the Medina County ESD 4 at Veterans’ Memorial Park located at 15421 Main Street in Lytle on Saturday, April 6th from 9 am to 2 pm. The bloodmobile will be present to accept donations.
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Lytle One Act Play to compete at Area April 13th!

They will present“Sea Monster Calls”. The cast and crew are Micaela Heath (mom), Gillian Haltom (Conor), Stefan Grigsby (Monster), Chris Lopez (Harry/Prince/Apothecary/Ensemble), Alli Martinez (Sully/Ensemble), Anthony Guevara (Anton/Parson/Ensemble), Sophia Cardona (Lily/Ensemble), Milo Cherry (Mrs. Godfrey/Ensemble), Lia Corral (Grandma/Ensemble), Hunter Inming (Dad/Ensemble), Elisabeth Urban (Ensemble), Annaleticia Garcia (Ensemble), Isabella Reyes (Ensemble), Nevaeh Kassin ( Ensemble), Camila Vega (State Manager), Bryleigh Aldape (Assistant Stage Manager), Emily Garcia (Light Board Operator), Alycia Corona (Sound Board Operator), Jenna Rodriguez (Stagehand), Kaelyn Vega (Alternate), and Makayla Perales (Alternate).

Meet Rey

Rey is an energetic 13 who would rather play outdoors, running, swimming, and spending the afternoon in a playground, verses playing video games and/or electronics. As he enjoys playing on seesaws, merry-go-round, swing sets, and slides. During the summer months Rey is particularly fond of playing in water parks, as he enjoys cooling off in the water while swimming.

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Arabian Softball

Denise Contreras scored two runs and stole a base.

Devine can now show off 14 landslide victories after their most recent contest on Thursday. Everything went their way against the Pearsall Mavericks as the Devine Warhorses made off with a 15-4 win. Winning may never get old, but Devine sure is getting used to it with their fifth in a row.
Hilary Barnett made a big impact no matter where she played. She struck out six batters over five innings while giving up three earned (and one unearned) runs off three hits (and only one walk). Barnett has been consistent…

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Lady Pirate Softball Highlights

The Lady Pirates picked up a much needed win in Hondo 21-11.

Danica Martinez produced her most outstanding game to date while leading Lytle to the win on Thursday. Martinez was dynamite, going 3-for-5 with four RBI, two runs, and a stolen base.
Martinez and Lytle will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against Crystal City at 6:00 p.m. Lytle has been struggling at home and they’ll enter the contest having lost three straight home games.

Lady Mustang Softball

Natalia won the last time they faced Dilley, and things went their way on Thursday too. Everything went the Natalia Mustangs’ way against the Dilley Wolves as the Natalia Mustangs made off with a 14-4 victory. With that win, Natalia brought their scoring average up to 6.1 runs per game.
Arabella Gallegos was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She struck out six batters over six innings while giving up three earned (and one unearned) runs off five hits. Gallegos…

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Workshop: Devine’s unique factors and value drivers discussed

By Anton Riecher
Historical buildings being allowed to decay by owners with no incentive to invest in their upkeep is significantly hindering downtown redevelopment in Devine, a couple of participants in an economic development workshop agreed.
John Gamble, a business professor with Texas A&M University in Corpus Christi, said he has heard the same complaint in various small town communities across the state.
“What some communities have said is ‘We have codes in place to prevent this but we don’t have the enforcement capabilities,” Gamble said.
The workshop program, organized with the help of Texas A&M, consists of six 75-minute workshops schedule every three- or four-weeks to identify community…

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Halfway through 29-4A, Horses in need of a hot streak on the diamond

The Warhorses play Uvalde this coming April 5 and they play Carrizo in Devine on April 9.

Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
There have not been many diamonds in the rough on the actual diamond for the Warhorse baseball team as they sat 1-4 in District 29-4A going into the final game of round one last night against Floresville.
Devine was looking to build on their recent 3-2 win against Pearsall which hopefully leads to a spot in the state playoffs later this month.
The “Heartbreak Kids” did not wind up feeling the heartbreak in this one as Devine’s 3-0 lead that they took into the top of the 6th inning wound up holding up as they held on for the 3-2 win at…

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