Celebrating 126 Years of Serving the communities of Devine, Natalia, Lytle, Bigfoot, and Moore in Medina, Frio, and Atascosa Counties
Local Sports coverage of your Warhorse and Arabians, Colts, Fillys, Lytle Pirates, Lady Pirates, Mustangs and Lady Mustangs
Natalia Varsity Mustangs #5 Jordan Roberts #2 David Rodriguez #3 Dominic San Miguel on defense photo by Evalyn Valer.
On Tuesday, the Mustangs were at home as the West Campus Cougars came to town. The Mustangs came into the evening’s match-up looking for their 6th win in a row. Some hot shooting from the Cougars was the difference in the game in the 1Q as they were able to connect on 3 three-pointers. Elias Deluna had 8 points for the Mustangs in the 1Q, but the Mustangs would trail 14-13 as they headed into the 2Q. The Cougars would…
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Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
The 8th grade A-Team Fillys defeated Uvalde 48-0 last week while the B-Team took an almost equally as impressing 26-4 win.
A-Team
Needless to say, of course, that is why I am going to say it, the Fillys never trailed in this Uvalde debacle as Devine won easily 48-0. Leads…
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The Devine News would like to announce the winners of this year’s 2023 LT’s Pick Em’s Football Contest as Richard Malone and cohort Bill Herring. The contest is done yearly in memory of Devine News Sports Writer Louis Travis who loved all things football.
The Retired Middle School Minds (Richard Malone and Bill Herring) held onto their Championship Title this year with 122 correct picks, followed closely by Scott Herring in second with 117 and only one pick…
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#13 Collier Paige with the jump shot
Jerel Beaty
Staff writer
Del Rio, yes, 6A Del Rio made their annual trip to Devine Monday to take on the Colts in the DMS Gymnasium. Both the A and B teams were sent up the river by the Rams.
“We didn’t come out with a win, but I am proud of the effort the boys gave,” said Coach Lupe Torres.
B-Team
Things started off well for the B-Team Bombers as they jumped out to an early 10-8 lead. That success was short-lived as the Rams stormed back and then some to take…
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Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
The JV Lady Pirates took a hard loss last week as they fell 27-17 to San Antonio Cole. Genesis Martinez scored 6 points and Claire Canales pulled down 10 rebounds in defeat.
“The game didn’t go as we hoped for,” stated Coach Freddie Martinez. “It was a very hard-fought, physical…
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Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
Long gone is the day and time that head coaches, assistant coaches, or student managers either kept accurate statistics on the bench during a game or reviewed video for the sole purpose of charting shot attempts, turnovers, assists, steals, blocked shots, and other pertinent information that the everyday fan usually likes to read about in their morning or weekly paper.
In the current day and time, video monitors placed up on the wall at midcourt inside gymnasiums track each player…
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Arabian Varsity Basketball players keep a close eye on Hondo.They #50 LIah Romero, #12 Oakley Malone, #15 Kenadi Marek, and #5 Kylie Monreal.
Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
What a week for the Arabian hoops team as they went 5-1 with big wins over high-quality opponents. Devine completed their busy week by finishing as the runner up team in their own tournament.
vs Hondo
Any week is a good week if it involves a team from Devine defeating a team from Hondo. To add a little more to that lead in, all six Devine High School teams defeated the…
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Devine’s #14 Cecilio De La Garza sinks another three pointer in the game against Hondo.
Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
Last Tuesday, the varsity Warhorse team capped off a terrific night had by ALL Devine high school basketball teams as they defeated visiting Hondo 79-54. The victory gave the Warhorses and Arabians a perfect 6-0 record as the freshmen, JV, and varsity teams each won their games previous to the nightcap.
The hot-shooting Horses were ready to play from…
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Natalia Mustang tournament honors: #4 Peyton Alderete (All-Tournament), #2 David Rodriguez, #5 Jordan Roberts (MVP), #3 Dominic San Miguel All-Tournament).
Natalia vs. Karnes City
(McMullen County Tournament Pool Play)
In their first game of the McMullen County Tournament, the Mustangs took on the Badgers of Karnes City. The Badgers jumped out to a quick lead early on as they held on to an 18-13 lead heading into the 2Q. The Mustangs had a balanced scoring attack in…
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Lytle Lady Pirates #15 Katara Whitfield and #22 Amelia Martinez trap a Cole play
Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
The Lady Pirates downed Randolph 46-36 last Tuesday in San Antonio as Calyssa Sevier poured in 24 points for Lytle in the victory. Katara Whitfield and and Arianna Garcia notched double digits on the glass with 14 and 12 respectively.
“We picked up our 13th win of the season in spite of only shooting 28% from the floor (15 of 53),” said relieved head coach Lori Wilson. “We have to get more…
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