Category: Lytle Pirates & Lady Pirates Sports

Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
The Cross Country Coaches Association of Texas came out recently with its preseason poll ranking the top 10 teams they think have a chance to make a splash during the upcoming 2024 season.
To no one’s surprise, Lytle ranks right near the top in both the boys’ and girls’ poll as the Pirate runners are ranked second while the Lady Pirates are ranked third.
Head Coach Gilbert Ruiz realizes preseason rankings are nice and all, but it is the ranking in Round Rock that matters most once the season is said and done in early November.

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The 2024 Peanut Buttler Bowl will feature the Lytle Pirates vs Llano Yellow Jackets on Friday, August 30, 2024 with kickoff at 7:00pm at Walter Joyce Stadium (Lytle, Texas).
It’s time to gather up those peanut butter jars and bring them in! You also have the opportunity to donate $2 online for each jar.
Last year we reached 800 jars of PB, and this year, I am challenging our community to hit the 1,000 mark to exceed our number from last year! Bring your best!
Thank you once again to Steve Teel and Coach Rittimann for allowing us to participate in this event!

Excited for Lytle ISD and our community to once again partner and participate with Steve Teel and Very Bold Ministries in this charity event raising peanut butter jars for those in need.
“When we feed people in need, WE ALL WIN!”
Collection begins now all the way up until our Week 1 home opener vs Llano on August 30!

Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
If success is addicting, Lytle Head Cross Country coach Gilbert Ruiz and his runners must be straight-up addicts. The Pirate team begins the 2024 season looking for its 7th consecutive trip to State while the Lady Pirates are shooting for their fourth trip in a row.
If that does not signify success, then I am not sure what does anymore.
A new year brings with it new challenges. Ruiz and his new band of runners knows the time is now to lay the groundwork if they wise to end up where they feel they rightfully belong, which is in Round Rock at Old Settlers Park on November 2.

Continue reading “Ruiz, Lytle XC up and running; Pieper Relay on tap”

Legacy Bowl Co-Chairman Eric Smith and Legacy Bowl member Mike Fernandez honored retiring Lytle ISD Superintendent Dr. Michelle Carroll Smith with a plaque for her dedication to the youth of Lytle and for her support of the Legacy Bowl. Smith also recognized Lytle ISD Athletic Director Lori Wilson and Head Football Coach Mike Trevino for their leadership.

With a playoff game on the line, Lytle rose to the challenge on Thursday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the South San Antonio West Cougars a 17-0 shutout. Considering Lytle has won 12 contests by more than five runs this season, Thursday’s blowout was nothing new.
Nicholas Pacheco and Jair Flores made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, Pacheco pitched two innings while giving up no…

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Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
Lady Pirate Calyssa Sevier placed sixth in the 400m Dash at the State Track Meet in Austin at Mike A. Myers Stadium on the campus on the University of Texas.
Head Coach Gilbert Ruiz stated that Calyssa was “competing against a very fast field.  Five of the nine were returning from last year’s 400m race.”
Even with all of that experience, Sevier was up for the task as she set her…

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Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
Lytle senior student-athletes Samantha Mujica and Katara Whitfield made the KSAT 12 News Sunday night edition for all the right reasons as they were selected their Instant Replay Scholar Athletes of the Week.

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