Celebrating 126 Years of Serving the communities of Devine, Natalia, Lytle, Bigfoot, and Moore in Medina, Frio, and Atascosa Counties
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Calyssa Sevier PR’d and placed 6th at State in the 400m run.
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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by Heath Poppe
Devine put their bats in the rack for the final time this season as they closed out their campaign with ballgames against Pearsall and Lyle before finishing it up at the District Tournament in Devine April 27.
Gold vs. Pearsall
The Gold team put up 13 runs in three innings of play to roll over the Mavericks 13-0. The Colts scored 3 runs in the first and 5 runs each in the second and third innings. The Colts banged out seven hits in the contest.
Ezekiel Simmons and Jayden Rivas each had second hits in the contest. Bentlee Copeland, David Espinosa, and Colt Smith each contributed with one hit a piece.
On the mound…
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Devine Warhorses 7 on 7 with the 31-6 win over Floresville.
Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
With track, baseball, and other sports completed, the Warhorse football players hit the field for spring practices and live 7-on-7 competition. Even though they have not fully refamiliarized themselves with quite all the football-lingo just yet, Head Coach Paul Gomez is excited to see most of the 2024 version of Warhorse football back on the field competing for spots and taking on unfamiliar opponents.
“Although we have only played one 7-on-7 game due to another being canceled, we played lights-out in…
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Devine Arabians celebrate Hilary Barnett’s walk off.
By Amanda Ramos, Asst Softball Coach
The Devine Arabian softball team took on Alice Coyotes this past week in a series to secure the Area title. The Arabians swept the series winning game one, 5-4, and game two, 6-1. The Arabians have faced the Coyotes the last three years in play-off’s. This was the first year they were able to beat them to advance to the Regional Quarter Finals.
“Facing Alice again for the third time was a nerve-racking experience but I was confident in my team that we could beat them,” senior Denise Contreras said. “It took a lot from us but we came out on top.”
In game one, Barnett pitched all seven innings, giving up three earned runs and…
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Game 1
Arabians headed to playoffs to face the Lady Pirates last week and as Coach Oropeza said “These girls like to raise my blood pressure by coming back to win games at the very last moment.” Indeed both games, Arabians raised that blood pressure. For the first game in the Bi-District series, Rockport Fulton scored early in the second inning holding the Arabians 1-0 until the 5th inning. Junior catcher Airyanna Rodriguez came up to bat to put that first point up by driving one to shortstop bringing in Kelsey Dishman to tie the game in the fifth inning. Last bat in the 7th inning, Dishman smashes one into right field to bring in Kynedie Cruz. Dishman’s walkoff…
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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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Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
Kelsey Dishman, Lily Lawless, Gabby Morales, Kaylee Romano, and Brianna Schaefer play Legend’s Golf Course in Kingsland May 6-7 as they take on the best of the rest of Class 4A at the State Golf Tournament.
Warhorse Roger Gutierrez swings away.
Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
Nine of twelve District 29-4A games involving the Warhorse baseball team were decided by three runs or less. Unfortunately for Devine, seven of those games were won by the opposition as the State Playoffs were not in the cards for the 2024 season.
The Lytle Pirates beat the Natalia Mustangs winning District, they will go on to face West Campus in the Bi-District playoffs.
The Pirates defeated Natalia at home last Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 4 – 2 on great pitching from Jair Flores. Flores threw a complete game and allowed 2 unearned runs while striking out 8.
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