Category: Lytle Pirates & Lady Pirates Sports

Alvarez individual champ; Salazar, Montes-Rodriguez, D. Reyna, Esquivez, & Garza top 6
7th Straight District Championship!

Jerel Beaty
Staff writer
The Pirate Cross Country team pitched what would be considered a perfect game by baseball standards as they swept the first six places in Monday’s District 28-3A Meet in Dilley.
Although the first five runners to cross the finish line are the only scores to go into the counting of a team score, Lytle earned the sixth individual place as well on their way to another District Championship.
The Pirates claimed their 7th straight District Championship and their 15th overall since 2003.
Johnny Rey Alvarez, Lucas Salazar, Bryan Montes-Rodriguez, Diego Reyna, and Yandel Esquivez accumulated the lowest score possible, 15, as they finished one through five in the standings. Nathan Garza was the sixth and final runner to toe the line for Lytle.
The whole Pirate team was well ahead of their competition throughout the entirety of the race as each finished between 16:14 and 17:04.
The 7th place runner from Dilley did not come into the picture frame until the 17:22 mark, as most of the Pirates were already smiling for a team photo by that time.
Alvarez led the Pirate-parade as he finished his 5K in 16:14.06.
Thirteen seconds later Salazar and Montes-Rodriguez were fighting it out for that runner-up spot as a small sunray is all…

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Lady Pirate XC waves Championship flag
F. Scotello individual champ; Lopez Cortinas, Wagner, & Galindo top 8
5th Straight District Championship

Jerel Beaty
Staff writer
The Lady Pirates outran Hondo to capture their fifth straight Cross Country District Championship Monday in Dilley. Lytle scored 24 points to the Lady Owls 36 and also claimed five of the top eight spots in the field of 44 runners.
Frances Scotello, Svetlana Lopez, Elyse Cortinas, Addison Wagner, and Kaycee Galindo were in the top 8 spots and accounted for Lytle’s point total. They were joined on the championship stage by Annika Robles and Klayre Cook who had nice outings as well placing in the top 15.
Scotello continued her amazing season by winning the individual championship with a time of 12:02.50, which was nearly 22-seconds better than teammate Lopez.
Lopez was the only other runner in the competition who timed…

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Lytle opens quest for District 14-3A championship

Jerel Beaty
Staff writer
After dropping their season opener to Llano, it has been all Pirates since opening night as Lytle has reeled off four consecutive victories to sit at 4-1 going into this Friday’s District 14-3A opener in Poteet.
Pirate Nation hopes the gig is up for the Aggies as they enter the game on a small roll of their own. After starting their 2024 season losing three straight, Poteet put together consecutive wins against Pearsall 35-34 and Marion 35-28.
Gone for the moment for Aggie fans are the 29-22 loss in Bandera, the 27-7 loss versus Karnes City, and the 26-8 thumping by George West in Poteet.
Lytle has done everything right since their Yellow Jacket loss as they defeated Natalia 30-14 before battling three consecutive Class 4A schools in a row…all of which ended in “Ws” for the Pirates.
Back-to-back thrilling…

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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.

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!

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.

“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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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!