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Warhorse Powerlifting 4th in Natalia; Seth De Leon named Best Lifter, Guerrero & Martinez take 1st

Warhorse Powerlifters Joe Guerrero, Rolando Garcia, Ty Sadler, Sam Diaz, Adam Guerrero, Arthur Pegues, Nate Martinez, Gage Allen, Michael Biedeger, and William Smith. (Not pictured Diego Mendoza, Juan Rendon, Tommy Hinkle, and Edward Perez.)

Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
Seth De Leon continues his pursuit to state competition as he lifted his way to first place in the 148lb Division in Natalia last Wednesday evening. De Leon is currently sitting alone in second place overall in both the region standings and in the state rankings for the Lightweight Division.
Devine placed fourth as a team at the Mustang Invitational, but the scoring was as tight as a weight suit in this one as three points is all that separated champion Natalia (37) to fourth place Devine (34)….

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Natalia Boys Basketball Weekly Recap

Natalia Mustang #11 Elias Deluna on the move to take a shot.

By Coach Justin Welsh
Varsity Boys @ Dilley – 1/16/2024
On Tuesday night, the Mustangs traveled down I-35 to take on the Dilley Wolves. Looking to improve to 2-0 in district, the Mustangs came out red hot and jumped out to an 11-2 lead and would continue to build on it as they would end the 1Q up 23-5. Jordan Roberts and Peyton Alderete would both knock down two three-pointers in the quarter. Jordan Roberts would lead the way in the 1Q as he scored 13 1Q points. As the 2Q rolled around, the Wolves started to get things going on both ends of the floor as they would finish the quarter on a 12-0 run to cut the deficit to 9 but the Mustangs would…

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Lady Mustangs powerlifting team champs; Sanchez, Segovia, Velasquez win gold

Natalia Girls Powerlifting – Fourteen of the 21 Arabian powerlifters that earned 2nd place in Natalia recently.

Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
The Lady Mustangs got to keep the championship hardware in Natalia as they were the overall team champions January 17 at their home meet.
Natalia racked up 42 points to top runner up Devine who finished with 34 points. Uvalde was third with 32 points.
Weight class champions were Karianna Sanchez in the 105lb division, Araceley Segovia in the 198lb division, and Olivia Velasquez in the 242lb division.
Silver medals were earned by Abigail Fulton in the 123lb class, Ashley Aguirre…

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Horses back in the thick of the playoff race with huge victories over Uvalde, Carrizo Springs

#5 Sam Guardiola and #0 Mason Beaver put pressure on defense.

Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
The Horses have something to play for as they enter the second round of District 29-4A sitting in the fourth and final qualifying state playoff spot in league standings.
The way things played out is Devine beat Uvalde Tuesday, January 16 then pulled off a huge victory against Carrizo Springs Friday, January 19 that took them from 0-4, bottom-of-the-barrel, looking-up-at-everyone-else to wholly-smokes, we-are-in-full-playoff-pursuit-mode the rest of the season!
The Horses began the second round against Pleasanton Tuesday, January 23.
vs Uvalde
The Horses picked up their first win in District 29-4A with a strong second half performance in Uvalde. Devine’s offense started clicking after halftime,…

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Arabians top of the heap in District 29-4A; Defeat Carrizo Springs, Uvalde

Varsity Arabian #5 Kylie Monreal takes a drive in photo by Joanie Dubose

Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
Devine entered last night’s game at Pleasanton still sporting their undefeated District 29-4A record at 8-0 after wins last week against Carrizo Springs and Uvalde.
Head Coach Jim Sessions after last week’s games stated, “The girls are really starting to come together and are playing well right now!”
There are big district games still to be played, each of which could have huge implications on where the Arabians finish in the overall standings going into the state playoffs.
vs Carrizo Springs
Devine did not come out with advantages in many of the key statistical categories in this one, but they did come out on top of the most important one which is the final score as they defeated the Lady Cats 54-44 after outscoring them by nine points in the second half.
“The girls did a wonderful job of battling through a tough, physical Carrizo Spring…

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Pirates clip Owls, drop decision vs Javelinas

Jerel Beaty
Staff writer
Lytle was unable to follow up their solid road win in Hondo with a victory against Crystal City the following ballgame.
vs Hondo
Lytle pulled out a huge win in Hondo January 16 that ran the Pirates record to 19-5 overall and 2-0 in District 28-3A. Head Coach Jacob Hernandez’s squad was in for a tough one all night long but was able to pull out the 55-47 win.
Even though the offense may have had an off night, Hernandez is thankful the defense was steady throughout and that they were able to secure the important victory.
“The offense struggled all night, but we showed up…

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7th Colts hoops report vs Carrizo Springs

7th grade A team Colt #11 Kash Esparza passes to teammate with #13 Collier Paige at Carrizo’s game.

Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
The 7th grade Colts split the pair of games with visiting Carrizo Springs on a rare Wednesday night affair. The B-Team began the night losing a close one, while the A-Team put away the Wildcats with a big fourth quarter.
A-Team
A strong, close-out fourth quarter propelled the 7th grade A-Team to victory over Carrizo Springs 34-26. Tied at 22 after three complete periods of play, Devine simply dominated the last seven minutes outscoring the Wildcats 12-4 to claim the thrilling victory in front of their home crowd.
Jordan Beaver scored 8 of his game-high 15 points in the fourth quarter, while Collier Paige and Kash Esparza…

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7th Colts thump Bulldogs

Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
The 7th grade Colts started their second round of district identically to how their season began with huge wins by both the B and A teams over Bandera. The only difference was this time their victories came on the road, and there were no pregnant mamas in the parking lot looking to start a fight after the game. If you know, you know.
B-Team
The B-Team Bombers won decisively 29-13 as Bentley Gutierrez and Israel Casas each dropped 8 points on the Bulldogs. Six of Gutierrez’s points came from long range as he knocked down two three-pointers.
Devine got out to a commanding…

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7th Fillys fry Lady Dogs

Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
The 7th Grade Filly hoops squads tamed quickly what bite the Lady Bulldogs may have had and sent Bandera home with two losses last Thursday as both the B and A team’s claimed victories.
“Both teams did a great job getting their eyes up, looking down the floor on offense which gave us a number of opportunities for fast breaks,” Coach Kara Stacy stated about the developing…

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