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BBQ plate sale for Garza, battling brain tumor

Family and friends will be having a BBQ plate sale fundraiser on Saturday, March 2, 2024 for Regina Garza, 25 of Natalia, to help her with her medical bills from a recent brain surgery and future medical appointments.
If anyone is interested in buying a ticket please reach out to the family. They will be serving brisket, sausage, rice, beans, soda, and the trimmings for $14.
Garza is a 2017 graduate of Natalia HS.
“Anything will help,” said her mother Frances Garza, who explains that she took her daughter to the hospital on February 6, for migraines and vomiting. After having a seizure, they did a CT scan and ultimately an MRI revealed a tumor in her brain.
The plate sale will be held at 504 4th Street Natalia, Tx 78059. They are accepting funds via Cash App: $reg121712.
You can also mail a donation to Regina Garza at PO Box 496 Natalia, Texas 78059.

Arabians needed a yellow-dog for Regionals as 10 qualified!

Powerlifters Camarillo, Cantu, Frausto, Garcia, Gutierrez, Jimenez, Parker, Polen, Spurgers, Torres

Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
Thankfully, it was not 230 miles from Devine High School to Bert Ogden Arena in Edinburg, Texas but only 229.9 as 10 Arabians made the 3½-hour trip on Monday to compete in Class 4A Region IV Powerlifting event Tuesday, February 27 that gave each a chance to qualify for State in Frisco in mid-March.
Alanna Frausto, Vivianna Torres, Savannah Parker,…

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Warhorse baseball tackling tourney season

Warhorse #8 Elijah Gomez at the plate.

Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
Like all high school sports, seasons break down into their own little compartments. First, there are tryouts and early practices without a complete compliment of players due to other sports. Secondly, there are multiple scrimmages for coaches to try an assortment of lineups and positions for several players. Thirdly, and what the Devine Warhorse team is currently experiencing, is tournament season that proceeds regular non-conference games that in turn lead into district and, hopefully, postseason state playoffs.
Head Coach Heath Poppe and his players made the short trip to Somerset to take part and improve parts of their game this past weekend at the Bulldog classic. Devine collected wins in their two…

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Regional Quarterfinalists Arabians bow out of State Playoffs to West Oso

Undefeated District Champs gave their all

Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
The undefeated 12-0 District 29-4A Champion, Bi-District Champion, and Area Champion Arabians took one of the chin last Tuesday at Southwest Legacy High School as West Oso proved to be a little too big and a smidge too athletic for Devine to keep up with as the Lady Bears won 68-33 to end the hometown team’s gaudy 30-9, 2023-2024 season.
A “key to victory” for Head Coach Jim Sessions stated prior to this tilt was to keep West Oso from dominating the rebounding department and to try to limit their athleticism, but both seemed fruitless as Devine was outrebounded 44-24 and was shut out in transition points 18-0.
West Oso won the battle down low as they owned the points in the paint 44-18 and recorded 4 blocked shots to Devine’s two swats. The Lady Bears also got 11 second-….

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Evaluating the City’s operations

By Butch Cook
It’s hard to believe that just over a year ago, I made the decision to run for Mayor of Devine and now another election season is upon us for our fair town. The turnout for last spring’s election was approximately 50% higher than the previous two elections, and my hope is the trend will continue with two council seats up for grabs in May for District’s 1 and 3. Both races have quality candidates opposing each other, and the more citizens take an interest in our city government the better.

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A BIG, HUGE Thank You to the local volunteer firefighters !!!

By: Victoria Arredondo and Kayleen Holder
This week we would like to recognize the many volunteers at Natalia, Devine, Bigfoot, and Moore Volunteer Fire Departments. Together, these men and women have responded to over 1,000 calls for help in 2023. Whether that call comes in at 2 o’clock in the morning or on a Saturday afternoon, these men and women sacrifice many hours to be there in our times of need. Thank you for your hard work and dedication to our local communities!

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