Jerel Beaty Staff writer Devine’s freshman Arabians went 2-1 Saturday in their host volleyball tournament, finishing as runner-up to D’Hanis’ JV squad. The team played Navarro last night, and open District 29-4A play this Friday in Uvalde before entertaining Carrizo Springs next Tuesday. “We had a slow start in the Pleasanton game, which is typical it being the first game of the day,” said Stacy about the bright and early first-serve. “Once the girls got going it was hard to stop us after that, though!” vs Pleasanton 25-10, 25-13 “It always feels good to take down a district opponent in pre-season!” was the exclamation after the Arabians slid past Pleasanton with ease. Sydney Solis led in kills with 4, while Leann Guemes had 3. Peyton Dixon Davis added 2 kills to go along with a block. Gigi Madrid tossed in 6 assists and Aaliyah Moralez netted 2. A’Dell Holder had a whopping 7 aces, and Madrid served up 5. Greeley Malone had 2 digs. D’Hanis JV 17-25, 23-25 Ah, dad-burn-it! That pesky D’Hanis JV team slipped into Devine and took…
Brayden Reyes was the man of the night, rushing for 217 yards and three touchdowns with great blocking by his teammates clearing the way to victory. Photos by Brigid Howard. Find tons of photos on our Devine News Smug Mug to download!
Devine boots Indians from Warhorse Stadium 34-19
Brayden Reyes rushes for 217 yards & 3 TDs
Jerel Beaty Staff writer What a difference a week makes! Devine put on a show in their second home game of the short season as they defeated the visiting Jourdanton Indians behind Brayden Reyes’ 217 yard, three touchdown performance. The Warhorses racked up 409 yards total offense as Reyes, Eli Contreras, Wero Torres, Anthony Saldivar, and Edward Perez combined for 373 yards on the ground. Oh, but the defense stole the show for much of the game as that unit also came up huge over and over again. The Indians never got their running game off the ground, while their pass attempts mostly dropped helplessly to the Warhorse Stadium turf. After his team’s overall performance in their season-opening loss to Randolph (also at Warhorse Stadium), Devine Head Coach Paul Gomez was thrilled to see the quick turnaround from his team as Jourdanton was certainly a real threat prior to kickoff, to hop on their high-horse after this game and gallop out of town with a victory of their own. “I am very proud of our effort,” stated Gomez as he began his post-game comments. “I thought we executed very well this week, and we eliminated most of the penalties that killed our chances to win our first game.” Even though Devine still committed its fair-share of penalties, it was night-and-day improvement in that area. The Indians put the first points on the Brown Chevrolet scoreboard as they booted a 30-yard field goal with 5:49 to go in the first quarter. Devine’s defense bent, but did not break as Jourdanton began this drive only 35-yards away from the end zone, thanks to a bad snap on a Warhorse punt attempt near mid-field. “That first stand was a great momentum boost for us defensively. We gave them great field position, but our defense was able to hold them to only the three points.” Devine answered that three-pointer with a quick drive of their own as Contreras converted a big third-down play by rushing 19-yards for a first down. Contreras’ run set up the first of Reyes’ three scores, this one from 24 yards with 2:41 to go in the opening frame. Teotimo Stafford converted the extra point, and the Warhorses led 7-3 going into the second quarter. The Warhorse defense looked as though it may force a three and out on Jourdanton’s next possession, but a questionable penalty negated what would have been…
#70 Trystan Lafond filling up the stat-boxes with 4 solo tackles, 2 assists, 2 TFLs (tackle for loss), 1 sack, 1 quarterback pressure, and a forced fumble that Jourdanton recovered.
Jerel Beaty Staff writer New Devine Defensive Coordinator Danny Sanchez has made himself right at home as the signal caller for the Warhorse ‘D.” In fact, after just two ballgames in the books, Sanchez has already brought his own analytics to the forefront of showing his players how good of an outing they actually had in their previous Friday night tilt. These results are known as “SanchoStats.” Anyone who watched Devine shut down an overall bigger-bodied, more-skilled team in Jourdanton at Warhorse Stadium had to walk out talking about the effort and plays made on the defensive side of the ball. After reviewing game film, SanchoStats read as such: vs J’town—RUSHING 23 rushes for 54 yards/2.35 yards per carry/1 TD (4 of these were scrambles for 17 yards…take those away and it is 19/27 for 1.95 yards a carry) PASSING 18 of 36 passing (50%) 238 yards 1 TD, 2 INTS, 1 Sack. The only possible stat that could be negative is the 18 of 36 passing for 238 yards, but, and this is a huge but, Jourdanton only managed one score through the air on those completions. Not giving up the deep-ball for six is a valued part of the game. Keeping the ball in front of defenders and making tackles to negate yards after the catch is vital, and the Horses did just that. “We wanted to take away the running game from Jourdanton, and we did,” Sanchez stated after accumulating his data. “Our secondary knew they would try to expose us in the air, and we were up for…
Jerel Beaty Staff writer Devine’s 34-19 blistering of visiting Jourdanton last Friday brought plenty of attention to the football program, and to one Warhorse individually as Brayden Reyes was awarded a San Antonio Express-News “Game Ball” by sportswriter David Hinojosa. Reyes rushed 18 times for 217 yards and three touchdowns in Devine’s impressive 15-point victory. He also caught a pass for seven yards. Congratulations, Brayden!
Devine JV defense puts on the pressure. Photo by Brigid Howard.
Jerel Beaty Staff writer The Devine JV Horses continued their early season dominance as they defeated Jourdanton on their home turf 46-0 last Thursday evening. Devine is now 2-0 on the season after defeating Randoph in week one and are ready to go 3-0 as they will once again combine with JV2 to play in Natalia Thursday at the conclusion of both the 7th grade and 8th grade Colt football games. “This year has been very fun thus far,” said Coach Lon Cozby after his team put up its second consecutive shutout victory. “This group plays well as a family and takes care of each other in every aspect. It is hard to beat a team that plays all 11 as one unit and that is exactly what we have done.” Enoch Hall got the game going on the right foot as he returned the opening kickoff to the 40-yard line before running back Ryan Weinkam showed more than a little speed on the first play of the game. “Ryan took the ball off the left side and busted passed everyone for a 60-yard touchdown. Dylan Hinnant had a pancake block early in…
ESD 4 board (overseeing our local EMS service) met amidst a packed house. They were scheduled to meet again this week to vote on a budget and tax rate. The ESD’s expenses would climb from approximately $500,000 a year to over $2 million dollars a year if the board decides to move forward with plans to provide it’s own EMS service rather than continuing to contract with Allegiance to provide EMS to Devine and Natalia.
By Anton Riecher Medina County Emergency Services District No. 4 commissioners were scheduled to meet on Tuesday as we went to press so look for outcomes of that meeting in the days ahead. Last week, they voted during a public hearing on Aug. 27 to back down on a proposed 57 percent tax rate increase in the face of stiff opposition from local taxpayers. Commissioners voted 4-0 to adopt a tax rate of $.0496 per $100 valuation, the highest official voter-approval tax rate that the board can set without requiring an election. A tax rate of $.0785 per $100 valuation was originally proposed to support the ESD operating its own ambulances rather than signing a new contract with an outside provider. “What we did find was that the…
MM Meyers of Moore, Texas with her newly released book which can be ordered on Amazon.
So what would you do if while out playing at your grandparent’s ranch you find a pocketwatch? What if this pocket watch has special powers and you happen to find this out totally by accident? What if that special power is to take you to other places and times? Mrs. Mary Meyers, of Moore, is thrilled to announce that her first book has been published, a dream come true for this talented Grandma. “My grandchildren and I wrote this book called Pocketwatch Portal Adventure, and it was just released on Amazon,” Myers said. Her grandkids Justice age 10, Teddy age 9, Ellie 6, and baby Artie 3, all contributed on this book. “This book was written for their daddy, their real life hero. Please keep him and his unit in prayer as he heads on a very long deployment.” You can find the book on Amazon. Her author name is MM Myers if anyone trys to look up books on Amazon. As summarized on this listing, “This enchanting children’s book weaves together…
By Anton Riecher A public hearing on a proposed Devine city tax rate of 59 cents per $100 valuation has been scheduled for 6 p.m. Sept. 17 at the city community center. The city council voted 5-0 on the proposal during a budget workshop held Aug. 27. “We honestly would like to see consideration for the 59 cent tax rate which would generate some $100,000 extra,” City Administrator David Jordan told the council during the budget workshop. The present municipal tax rate is $.55 per $100 valuation. Discussion during the workshop session covered topics as diverse as election expenses, longevity pay, city vehicles and police overtime. District 4 Council Member Josh Ritchey expressed concern about the prospect of reduced sales tax influenced by election year economic issues. District 5 Council Member Debbie Randall said she considered the proposed tax rate a “very conservative number.” “I’ve always said we need to live within our means,” Randall said. “But if we’re going to go to 59 cents I think at least the numbers are conservative enough.” In other action, the council approved a motion to proceed with negotiations with Maguire Iron, Inc. to refurbish the city’s main above ground water storage tank near Warhorse Stadium. The motion by District 3 Council Member Jeff Miller, seconded by District 2 Council Member Michael Hernandez, also involves…
