Nathaniel Armendariz will represent Lytle at the UIL 3A Tennis State Championship Meet as the first seed. Nate will play at AnneMarie Tennis Center in San Antonio on Thursday, May 15th. See more photos and story by logging into www.devinenewsmembers.com and get instant online access to our E-edition.
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Lytle Pirates and Lady Pirates Sports
Local kids Statebound!
800M Regional Champion, Warhorse “Devo” Dixon will lead Devine to State for the second time this year as he also qualified in cross country earlier this year. Kourtni Geyer of Devine who advanced in pole vaulting, also setting school records along the way.
3200 m runner Diego Reyna, of Lytle who claimed 2nd place at Regionals, trailing the champion by only a couple of seconds. Good luck to all at State!



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Lady Pirates push for State Playoffs
Two District 28-3A games remain
Jerel Beaty
Staff writer
The Lady Pirate basketball team was on quite the roll prior to last Friday’s 49-29 defeat in Hondo. Lytle had won three consecutive games for the first time this season as they took down district foes Dilley, Poteet, and Cotulla in succession prior to the setback to the Lady Owls.
Lytle had an important road game in Crystal City last night, now finish league play with a home tilt against Natalia January 31 and a roadie against the Squaws in Jourdanton February 4.
The Lady Pirates were in 5th place in 28-3A going into this week, one spot out of the final spot for state playoffs.
vs Poteet
The Lady Pirates had revenge on their mind in their second round matchup against Poteet. Having lost a heartbreaker 31-26 to the Lady Aggies in Lytle way back on December 13, it was a great feeling for all of the players and…
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Araujo & Estrada power Pirate Powerlifters to 2nd place in Dilley
Pirate powerlifters Luke Estrada, Evan Syma, Alfredo Cantu, Ethan Deleon, Noah Smoot, Roel Cardenas, Jaden Araujo, Jeffrey Vargas, Christopher Jacques, Isaiah Delgado, and Joshua Tschetter take 2nd place in Dilley.
Jerel Beaty
Staff writer
Lytle Head Powerlifting Coach Melissa Gomez and assistant Shelley Armentrout have the Pirate Powerlifting team on a roll.
The Pirates placed second overall in Dilley on January 22 as first place winners Jaden Araujo and Luke Estrada paced their teammates.
As expected, Gomez was excited about relaying her team’s accomplishments to their faithful followers, saying, “I am thrilled to share the results of our boys’ powerlifting meet in Dilley where we took 11 dedicated lifters who represented our team well. Seven of those lifters earned medals for their outstanding overall totals!”
Leading the way were gold medalist Araujo in the 123lb weight class with a total of 870lbs and Estrada in the 148lb weight class with a total of 1,325lbs.
The lone silver medal winner was Roel Cardenas in…
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UNDEFEATED in DISTRICT
Pirate Zach Perez plays offense against the Mustangs and Pirate Diego Reyna goes up for a basket against Jourdanton.
Pirates shoot past Natalia, Jourdanton
Staff writer
The Lytle Pirate hoops team is hitting on all cylinders at the right time of the season as they continue to roll past opponents with what looks like relative ease.
The Pirates took down defending district champion Crystal City 76-63 prior to defeating their friendly Natalia neighbors 82-46. Lytle played winless Dilley on January 14.
According to Head Coach Jacob Hernandez, “The Pirates have been led in district play by junior Chase Guevara. He has been an absolute nightmare for district 28-3A opponents. Chase scored 37 points in the big win over Crystal City then put in 27 points against the Mustangs to go along with his 12 rebounds and 4 assists.
Senior Zach Perez had 21 points and 5 assists in the Pirates win over Natalia. Finally, ‘Big Man’ Seth Pierce has been…
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