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7th Grade Fillys Beat Pearsall

7th grader Presley Blanton goes up for the block. Photo by Nolan Beaty.

Shana Beaty
Staff writer
Devine Fillys 7th grade volleyball A and B teams defeated Pearsall to win two well-played games, on Monday, September 9th as Devine’s A-Team won in 2 consecutive sets, 25-11, 25-10.
A-TEAM STATS
SERVICE POINTS: Savannah Solis -16, Sophia Sereno-8, Behah Boehme-5, Julianna Rivas-4, Riley Hennessey-3, Kaylee Villereal-2, Lily Rodriguez-2, Allison Balencia-1
ACES: Solis-5, Boehme and Hennessey each w/1
ATTACKS: None
KILLS: None
ASSISTS: None
BLOCKS: None
DIGS: Alleson Zamora-3, Brooke Stacy-2, Presley Blanton and Rodriguez each w/1
District Record…

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Devine Tennis plays Uvalde

In doubles, Steinbrunner (pictured above) and his partner Gelinas beat the competition 6-2, 8-6, (7-5), (4-7).

By Catherine Richard
The Devine High School Tennis team traveled to Uvalde this week to play against the Coyotes on Wednesday, Sept. 11.
DHST team fell short one goal, losing in some tie-breaks and split sets. The final score was 10-7.
Currently, the Arabians are playing with Oakley Malone, the senior captain, due to an injury. This led to changes in the doubles and singles teams. The Arabian team lost the girls doubles matches.
The Warhorse team was undefeated in the boys doubles.
“Our boys did a great job of keeping us in the match with the three doubles teams splitting sets and having to play…

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Arabians runner-up in Uvalde

Leading the way for the Arabians was Hailey Montes. Montes, taking 5th place, with a time of 13:26.

Montes, Jones, Rangel, & Carr Top-20

Jerel Beaty
Staff writer
Devine was in a fix last weekend as the Islander Splash was “splished” due to uncertainty of weather conditions on the coast at Corpus Christi. Head Coach Hannah Thompson and her squads ran in Uvalde instead and came away with 2nd place in the small school division.
The Arabians scored 72 points behind champion Pleasanton who had 44.
Leading the way with a top-10 performance out of 81 competitors was…

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Lady Mustangs to host Hondo Friday

The Lady Mustangs celebrate a big play in a recent game.

The Natalia Lady Mustang volleyball team will host Hondo this Friday in Natalia at 5:00 p.m.
They opened district last week in Crystal City with a close four game match. They were shy of the first game win at 23-25. Second game ended at 15-25. Bounced back to take the third game 25-21. Fourth game ended 19-25 with Crystal City taking the win 3-1 overall.
Abigail Fulton- 1 kill, 1 ace, 6 points, 21 digs, 4 assist, 33 serve receive.
Anaya Jones- 22 kills, 4 points, 2 blocks, 30 digs, 1 assists, 10 serve receive
Marissa Castro- 1 points, 1 digs,1 serve receive
Kira Jimenez- 1 dig, 1 serve receive
Yahdi Lujan- 9 digs, 1 assists, 18 serve receive.
Abriella Garza-…

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8th Colts blank Jourdanton

QB#12 Nate Valle looking to pass with #1 Jordan Beaver on blocking.

Jerel Beaty
Staff writer
The 8th Grade Colts A and B teams took wins in their first official action of the season as the A-Team won 12-6 while the B-Team took the 18-0 shutout.
A-Team
According to Coach Michael Sotelo, “The A-team game was to be a ‘David versus Goliath’ match-up as Jourdanton was a team that went undefeated last year as seventh graders.” It was an entertaining game, for sure as it was a nip-and-tuck affair all evening. The Colts found themselves down but definitely not out trailing 6-0, before slaying the Indians with their impressive comeback.
“We were able to get a touchdown from Nate Valle thanks in part to some great blocking by Noah Garcia, Brody Poppe, Troy Guerra, Joe Balderrama, and Jayden Rodriguez that tied the game at six.”

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Lytle takes Legacy Bowl over Natalia 30-14

Pirates Davila & Inming, Mustangs Buentello & Peralta named MVPs

Lytle took their second consecutive Legacy Bowl last Friday night on their home turf as they defeated rival Natalia 30-14.  Natalia had an 8-game winning streak in the previous 14 “Legacy Bowl” matchups prior to the Pirates breaking through last season by a 23-14 score.

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Lady Mustangs take last three to fight for the win!

lleyball team and John Paul IIs team worked hard for the win during four tough games. Natalia won the match overall by taking the last three games, 25-22, 25-18 and 25-18. They were edged out of the first game 21-25 but worked it out and took the last three for the overall win.
Natalia Lady Mustang Coach Tara Cortinas said, “They adjusted well. I’m incredibly proud of the girls for their hard work and perseverance. It’s what got us the win.”
Abigail Fulton- 1 kill, 1 ace, 6 points, 17 digs, 15 assist, 18 serve receive.
Anaya Jones- 19 kills, 4 points, 3 blocks, 14 digs…

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HOWDY, NEIGHBOR!

The Devine High School Cheerleaders stop for a quick photo with lots of up and coming cheerleaders following in their footsteps, cheering on the Warhorses!

Warhorses vs Mustangs under Natalia’s Friday night lights

Kickoff @
7 pm
Jerel Beaty
Staff writer
Devine makes the short trip to Natalia Friday night to take on the Mustangs as fans from both towns continue to be excited about these two towns continuing their somewhat-new football rivalry that began just three short seasons ago.
The Warhorses enter the game 1-1 after their impressive 34-19 win over Jourdanton in Devine. Devine took a 28-21 overtime loss to Randolph in Week One.
Natalia is also 1-1 but earned their victory in the Mustangs impressive season-opening 29-18 win over Skidmore-Tynan. Lytle defeated the Mustangs last week 30-14 to give Natalia their only loss thus far.
Head Coach Paul Gomez of Devine and Head Coach Jason Reynolds of Natalia expressed what they and their respective communities are looking forward to on Friday night as these two neighboring towns meet on the football field.
Kickoff is 7pm.
Chief’s big tablet
“It is always fun to play a nearby school that has kids that our kids have played for years. Many of these players have played against each other in pee-wee football, DYSA basketball, Little League/Pony League, Select baseball, and other sports. Some even go to church together. So, these young men are familiar with each other which make it that much more of a fun event.
As for the football field, Leo Buentello is…

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The Mighty Warhorse Band is led by Bert Sanchez. The game wouldn’t be the same without those hometown tunes! Photo by Brigid Howard.

Arabians show heart as District 29-4A nears

Cami Carroll scooped up 12 digs and 2 aces against McMullen.

Jerel Beaty
Staff writer
The Arabians should be more than ready to kick off District 29-4A action on Friday, September 13 in Uvalde as they put their extremely challenging preseason schedule to bed last night in the DSAC against Navarro.
Although the season has been full of adjustments with many new players in new positions this year, Head Coach Leigh Anne McIver believes her team is coming around at the right time to make its move toward a championship.
“The girls showed some fight and the drive to win against McMullen County,” McIver said after their five-set nailbiter last Friday evening. “Something clicked right before the third set, and we never looked back. I’m proud of the girls, and hopefully this is just the start for them.”
Devine looked sluggish the first two sets against McMullen, losing 25-19 and 25-20, to go down as two sets to none.
But, when it looked like doom and gloom would prevail, the Arabians rose…

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Freshman Arabians runner-up in home tourney

Leann Guemes is at the net for the Arabians.

Jerel Beaty
Staff writer
Devine’s freshman Arabians went 2-1 Saturday in their host volleyball tournament, finishing as runner-up to D’Hanis’ JV squad. The team played Navarro last night, and open District 29-4A play this Friday in Uvalde before entertaining Carrizo Springs next Tuesday.
“We had a slow start in the Pleasanton game, which is typical it being the first game of the day,” said Stacy about the bright and early first-serve. “Once the girls got going it was hard to stop us after that, though!”
vs Pleasanton 25-10, 25-13
“It always feels good to take down a district opponent in pre-season!” was the exclamation after the Arabians slid past Pleasanton with ease.
Sydney Solis led in kills with 4, while Leann Guemes had 3. Peyton Dixon Davis added 2 kills to go along with a block.
Gigi Madrid tossed in 6 assists and Aaliyah Moralez netted 2.
A’Dell Holder had a whopping 7 aces, and Madrid served up 5.
Greeley Malone had 2 digs.
D’Hanis JV 17-25, 23-25
Ah, dad-burn-it! That pesky D’Hanis JV team slipped into Devine and took…

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