Celebrating 126 Years of Serving the communities of Devine, Natalia, Lytle, Bigfoot, and Moore in Medina, Frio, and Atascosa Counties
Devine First United Methodist Church offered Drive-Thru Ashes to the community for Ash Wednesday last week for the first time. It was a blessing to serve 42 people and be able to pray with some of them. Thank you to Melissa at Party Rentals Etc. for allowing us to use her parking lot.
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Monday, February 12
12:58 AM – 19700 Blk. IH 35 S. Frontage Road – Officer initiated a traffic stop for a 2015 GMC Acadia driving erratically. A 21 year old female was arrested for driving while intoxicated and booked into the Atascosa County jail.
Irma Salazar Solis passed away on January 26, 2024, at the age of 77, at her home in Natalia, Tx. surrounded by her loved ones.
Irma was born February 12, 1946 in Corpus Christi to the late Elda Salazar.
She is survived by her children Christine (Demetrio) Monreal, Fernando Balditt Jr. & the late Patricia Ann Balditt. Grandchildren Jason (Giselle) Monreal, Ashlee (Freddy) Hernandez, Andrea (Anthony) Vega, Jennifer Balditt, Marce (Amanda) Martinez, James Jass. 13 great grandchildren, 3 great great grandchildren, 3 sisters and 1 brother.
A celebration of mom’s life will be on Thursday, February 22nd at 10 am at St. Andrews Catholic Church in Lytle.
Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
The next time these band of 8th grade Filly hoopsters take the court will be as freshman Arabians as Devine played its season finale last Monday against Uvalde.
“Overall, it was a successful season for both teams,” stated Coach Leigh Anne McIver. “Their growth was evident each time they stepped onto the court. They were pushed to get out of their comfort zones each day in practice. I feel like they really grew their knowledge on how to move the ball around on offense and how to look for the open spots/players against different defenses.”
The Fillys were aggressive defensively…
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7th Grade Colts win over Del Rio 42-40 to end season. Pictured: #33 Aiden Martinez, #13 Collier Paige, #3 Gabriel Lopez , #22 Moses Contreras, #34 Zeke Simmons, #14 Slade Thomas , #1 Jordan Beaver, #2 David Espinosa, #12 Nate Valle, #11 Kash Esparza, #50 Brody Poppe.
Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
The 7th grade Colt basketball teams put their 2023-2024 season in their rearview mirror as they played for the last time in Del Rio February 5. The A-Team Colts went out in grand fashion with a thrilling victory over the Class 6A Rams while the B-Team went down in defeat.
The A-Team got in plenty of games over the last week or so of the season as they also played in their host tournament…in Hondo. Yep, Devine played the Colt Tournament in Hondo due to water and electricity issues in the city.
Devine ISD and Devine Athletics gives a huge shoutout to Hondo ISD and…
8th grade Colts finish season
8th grade Colts finished their middle school basketball season. Pictured are L to R #20 MJ Lawler, #11Kaleb Oropeza,#3 Jacob Cassillas, #15 Jayden Rivas, #13Conner Guzman. Back row: #33 Dylan Hinnant, Nick Vasquez, #34 Marcus Gomez, #32 Jacob Reynolds, #25 Brayden Mann.
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Arabian golfers Abby Saunders, Gabby Morales, Brianna Schaefer, Kelsey Dishman, and Kaylee Romano take second at Llano Golf Tournament.
Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
The Arabian golfers swung their way to 2nd place as a team in Llano at Scott Schriner Golf Course February 5 as they shot 372 to finish behind champion Kerrville Tivy who turned in 345.
Brianna Schaefer was 5th individually with an 82, followed by Kaylee Romano 96, Kelsey Dishman 97, Gabby Morales 97, and Abby Saunders 105.
Team standings…
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Warhorse golfers Diego Gerlach, Jacob Sollock, Victor Schaefer, and Jameson Ramirez won third place at Scott Shriner Golf Course.
Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
The Warhorse golf team hit the road to Kerrville last Thursday to play a round at Scott Shiner Golf Course. Devine placed third with their 327 team-score. Wimberley was team champs with a 303 and Wall earned runner-up honors with a 318.
All five players played well as each shot between…
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Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
Warhorse powerlifters Seth De Leon and Joe Guerrero led their Devine team to a 3rd place finish in Natalia February 7 as each won their respective weight class. De Leon shattered the 1,000lb mark by lifting 1,340lbs in the 148lb division while Guerrero tallied 955lbs in the 123lb division.
Devine was third overall in the team standings, finishing with 30 points.
Arthur Pegues won silver in the 242lb class while…
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Head Coach John Pena, Assistant Melissa Gomez, and the Pirate powerlifters after a recent meet.
Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
Mario Diaz continues to make his mark in the world of high school powerlifting as he won his weight class once again in Natalia February 7. Diaz lifted a combined 1,680lbs in squat, bench, and deadlift to take home a champion’s medal.
“We had 12 boys to compete in Natalia with many…
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By Anton Riecher and Kayleen Holder
The Medina County Emergency Services District No. 4 Board of Trustees voted unanimously Feb. 6th to finance the purchase of two additional ambulances through Southlake, TX-based Government Capital Corp., a public sector financial services firm with a goal of the local entity running its own ambulance service for the Devine and Natalia area (like the ESD did many years ago). The current contract with the for-profit…
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