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Lytle Pirates and Lady Pirates Sports

Lytle mauls the Mavericks 48-0

Photos by Brianna Paredes

Davila, Guevara have hand in
7 TDs !!!

Jerel Beaty
Staff writer
A thirsty homecoming crowd at Walter Joyce Stadium did not have to wait long to get it quenched as Lytle burst out to a 35-0 halftime lead before sailing to the 48-0 dismantling of the visiting Pearsall Mavericks.
Quarterback Toby Davila threw for 203 yards and three touchdowns while completing an amazing 14 of 15 attempts. He also ran for two more while Chase Guevara hauled in two of those Davila scoring-daggers and returned an interception 54 yards for another.
Guevara snagged 9 receptions for 119 yards
Weston Jackson’s 18-yard run in the second quarter gave Lytle a comfortable 21-0 lead at the time and Angel Delarosa added the remaining score on his 54-yard reception in the third quarter.
Pirate placekicker Noah Smoot converted six of seven point after attempts.
After a couple of nail-biting victories over Bandera and Carrizo Springs, Lytle faced the opposite side of those emotions as Head Coach Mike Trevino and his troops put this one to rest rather early for their jam-packed Homecoming crowd.
“This result was clearly demonstrated and defined by our week of preparation,” Trevino stated…

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Lytle burst out to a 35-0 halftime lead before sailing to the 48-0 dismantling of the visiting Pearsall Mavericks. Photos by Brianna Paredes.

Warhorses, Pirates make KSAT 12’s Big 12 BGC Weekly Ranking

Jerel Beaty
Staff writer
Devine and Lytle share similarities in the fact that not only does each team sit at 4-1 but also the fact that they are both on four-game winning streaks and that they both cracked KSAT 12’s Big Game Coverage Weekly Ranking.
The Warhorses slide into the 7th spot after convincing victories over Jourdanton, Natalia, Hondo, and San Antonio Christian.
Devine aims to continue their torrid role with a Friday night home win over visiting Marble Falls.
The Pirates pop onto the BGC ranking at number 12 with consecutive wins over Natalia, Bandera, Carrizo Springs, and Pearsall.
Lytle enjoys a week off this Friday before tackling District 14 DI action October 11 in Poteet.
BGC Top 12

  1. Davenport (4-1) 2. Somerset (4-0) 3. La Vernia (4-1) 4. Universal City Randolph (5-0) 5. Poth (4-0) 6. Holy Cross (5-0) 7. Devine (4-1) 8. Stockdale (3-1) 9. Central Catholic (3-1) 10. Canyon Lake (4-1) 11. Crystal City (5-0) 12. Lytle (4-1).

Davila SA Express-News Game Ball recipient

Jerel Beaty-Staff writer
Lytle’s 48-0 blowout win over Pearsall last Friday caught the eyes of not only the throng of the fans that packed the stands for Homecoming, but also caught the eye of San Antonio Express-News sportswriter David Hinojosa. In Tuesday’s Express-News edition, Hinojosa awarded a Game Ball mention to the junior quarterback for his nearly-flawless performance against the Mavericks.
Davila completed an amazing 93.3% of his passes going 14 of 15 attempts for 203 yards and three touchdowns. In addition to the phenomenal throwing accuracy and gaudy statistics, Davila also carried the ball 8 times for 63 yards for a 7.9 yards-per-carry clip and scored two touchdowns via the Pirate running game.
Congratulations, Toby!

Lytle Lady Pirates opendistrict volleyball

The Lytle Lady Pirates beat Dilley last week.

The Lady Pirates opened district in Dilley last week on Sept. 13. They will host Poteet on Sept 17 and then travel to Crystal City on Friday, Sept 20 and Hondo on Sept. 24.
The Lady Pirates will matchup with the Natalia Lady Mustangs in Lytle at 5:00 pm on Friday, Sept. 27.
The Lady Pirates are 8-14 on the season overall with wins over SA Memorial, Harlandale, Carroll, East Central, Winn, SA Memorial, Sam Houston and Uvalde.

Lytle Pirates upset Bandera Bulldogs!

Lytle Pirate Captains line up to kick off the game against the Bulldogs.

“Opportunity & Adversity”
Pirates unite for dramatic 24-21 comeback victory in Bandera

Davila 234 yards, 3 TD passes; Guevara 6 receptions for 188 yards, 3 TDs lead Lytle
Jerel Beaty
Staff writer
“Opportunity and Adversity” were the first words Lytle Head Coach Mike Trevino communicated as he, his coaching staff, his players, and the entire Pirate community enjoyed a thrilling 24-21 comeback win against the Bulldogs in Bandera last Friday night.
Trailing 14-0 after the first quarter of play Lytle could have easily folded up shop and sludged through the rest of a game that few, if any, outside the Pirate locker room even picked the black and gold to win in the first place.
Ah, but only some outside Pirate Nation know of the heart, the determination, and the grit continually being built into Lytle football players at both the high school and middle school levels over the past couple of years that allowed them the chance to tackle the “Opportunity and Adversity” Trevino presented to them in living color in Bandera last Friday night under those Class 4A lights.
“We get both of them and they’re guaranteed, but…

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Pirate Chase Guevara awarded SA Express-News Game Ball

Lytle Pirate #2 Chase Guevara catches the ball and heads downfield during thier victory over Bandera.

Jerel Beaty
Staff writer
Lytle’s comeback victory over Class 4A Bandera last week put some extra eyes on the Pirate football program, without a doubt.
A pair of eyes that really took notice was San Antonio Express-News sportswriter David Hinojosa who warded one of his weekly “Game Balls” to big-play Pirate wide receiver Chase Guevara.
Guevara snagged six receptions for 188 yards. Half of those six receptions put six points on the board for his team as they went on to the 24-21 win in Bandera.
Congratulations, Chase!

LEGACY BOWLNatalia and Lytle set for 64th battleat Walter Joyce Stadium

The Lytle Pirate Cheerleaders get the crowd going. The Pirates won the Legacy Bowl last year in a thriller, and both teams are looking to go on another streak in the rivalry matchup.

Eric Smith
Staff Writer
The Natalia Mustangs (1-0) and the Lytle Pirates (0-1) will square off this coming Friday at Walter Joyce Stadium for the 64th time in the history of the two programs dating back to 1933. The Pirates were able to break an 8-year drought last season 23-14 over the Mustangs and everyone is expecting this year’s contest to be a close one.
Rival Battle History
The Natalia Mustangs lead the historic battle between the two programs 34-27-3 overall as this will mark the “15th Legacy Bowl” battle between the two programs dating back to the start in 2004-2005. The Pirates won the first ever Legacy Bowl game 25-24 in OT in 04-05’ as that was the first of six in a row for the black and gold. Other results were as follows: 05-06’: 23-14. (Natalia and Lytle did not play again until 2012-2013 due to vandalism of a school bus). 2012-2013 it resumed with a 35-33 win for Lytle HS. Other wins for LHS: 13-14’: 41-13, 14-15’: 42-20. In 2015-2016, Natalia won their first of eight straight games with the following results: 15-16’: 19-6, 16-17’: 34-21, 17-18’: 30-3, 18-19’: 7-6, 19-20’: 63-10, 20-21’: 26-14, 21-22’ 41-0, 22-23’: 47-3. Last season, as mentioned the Pirates snapped the eight-game win streak 23-14 in a thriller.

Natalia Preview
The Natalia Mustangs are coming off their season opening victory on the road vs. Skidmore-Tynan. Lytle Head Coach Mike Trevino was asked his thoughts on Natalia and had the following to say:….

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The Mustangs celebrating their big win last week.

Llano runs past Lytle in season opener

The Pirates take the field. Photo by R Gonzalez.

“Windshield Mentality” still strong

Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
Not much went right as far as football and the final score that showed on the Walter Joyce Stadium scoreboard at the end of Friday night’s season-opening contest between the host Lytle Pirates and the visiting Llano Yellowjackets.
Llano breezed by the Pirates 47-0, but anyone that knows Lytle Head Coach Mike Trevino and his outlook on life knows this defeat will not define their season.
“We talk about these types of situations all the time in our program,” Trevino stated regarding his thoughts on how the Llano contest could actually serve as a springboard to greater heights. “We invite hard things, and one phrase we lean on every day is ‘prepare our fields for rain’! Our Week 1 game was set intentionally to make us better and create opportunities down the road.”
The next “opportunity down the road” comes in the form of the Natalia Mustangs, and Trevino believes his team will…

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Pirates runner-up, Lady Pirates 3rd @ Class 6A Steele XC Invitational

Svetlana Lopez captured 19th place for the Lady Pirates, running a 18:33.

Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
Lytle Head Coach Gilbert Ruiz continues to positively challenge his band of runners as he shuttled his teams to Class 6A San Antonio Steele’s Cross Country Invitational this past Saturday.
His runners more than accepted the challenge as the Pirates placed second overall in the team standings with all five runners finishing in the top 20 of 95 competitors while the Lady Pirates fared well also placed third overall with three runners netting top 20 status among 74 runners in their division.
“I told our kids this past week if they wanted to get noticed, they needed to go catch a big fish. In order to catch a big fish, they need to go to the deep end and that meant taking our ship deep sea fishing. And so off we went to 6A Steele HS for the first time to try and get people to take notice, and by the end of the meet, we did get just that!”
Johnny Rey Alvarez, Bryan Montes-Rodriguez, Yandel Esquivez, Diego Reyna, and Lucas Salazar all medaled while Frances Scotello, Svetlana Lopez, Elyse Cortinas, Kaycee Galindo, Addison Wagner, Klayre Cook, Annika Robles, and Sophia Herrera teamed up for an extremely nice showing as well.

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