Category: Lytle Pirates & Lady Pirates Sports

Jerel Beaty
Staff writer
Four seniors medaled in Crystal City on February 21 as Jaden Araujo, Thomas Rubal, Noah Smoot, and Evan Syma all took some hardware back to Lytle.
Araujo won 1st place in the 123 weight class with a total of 895 pounds.
Rubal took 2nd place in the 165 weight class with a total of 1205 pounds.
Smoot earned 2nd place in the 181 weight class with a total of 1275 pounds.
Syma netted 3rd place in the 114 weight class with a total of 580 pounds.
Head Coach Melissa Gomez was happy with what she got from all of her lifters.
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Matthew “Moose” Lopez
Sports editor
After taking a hard loss to Crystal City, 27-63 the Lady Pirates secured a playoff spot with a win over the Natalia Lady Mustangs 51-41. The Lady Pirates will match up against Cole High school on Feb. 17 at 6 p.m.
Vs Crystal City
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Matthew “Moose” Lopez
Sports editor
The Lytle Pirates continue their voyage through the season as the playoffs loom over the shoreline. The second seeded Pirates lost a nail biter to number one seed Crystal City 63-69 then completed the in-season series sweep of the Natalia Mustangs 74-49. Lytle has a week left in the regular season and looks to push their momentum into the post season.
“It’s an exciting time to be a pirate, both boys and girls will be making playoffs,” Head coach Arturo Vela said. “On the boys side we have put a lot of work in since October, so it also holds a ton of value for us when we see everything we’ve fought hard for finally piecing together and hope to go a few rounds.” 
Vs Crystal City
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Matthew “Moose” Lopez
Sports editor
The Lytle Varsity and JV tennis team put on a show at the Edison tournament, although only two duos medaled, head coach Julie Cameron said the players garnered attention from all over. 
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Matthew “Moose” Lopez
Sports editor
The Lytle Lady Pirates continue to separate themselves in the district standings to ensure their post season seeding. With the double overtime victory over Cotulla, 69-64 and the loss to Hondo, 24-74 the Lady Pirates have placed themselves two games ahead of Poteet, securing the fourth spot in district. 
During their dramatic double overtime victory against Cotulla, the Pirates were down 15 at one point before having a resurgence in the fourth quarter where they outscored the Cowgirls 35-15 in the period. Head coach Lori Wilson praised Aliana Cardenas’ poise under pressure. With three seconds left Wilson drew up a play for Cardenas, where she got fouled and sent to the line.
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