STATEBOUND!

Warhorse Israel Reyes finished with a 600 lbs squat, 325 lb bench, 525 lb deadlift to qualify for State!

Horses compete at Regionals

Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
Israel Reyes has one more competition to go in 2024 and it is his biggest and most important one yet as he qualified for the State Powerlifting Meet in Abilene at Taylor Country Arena. Reyes placed 4th overall in the 181lb division.
Seth De Leon and Joe Guerrero also qualified for the Regional Meet at JK Northway in Edinberg but were not able to successfully extend their season.
Reyes lifted a total weight of 1,450 pounds that included 600lb in the squat rack, 325lb on bench, and 525lb deadlifting.
Congratulations to all three Warhorses and best of luck to Israel in Abilene!

Seth Deleon competed in the Regional Meet.

Warhorse track runner-up at St. Mary’s Hall

Karter Brown placed second in discus with a 105’6 throw at Saturday’s meet. Ismael Torres placed seconnd in pole vault.

Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
A nice outing for the Warhorse track team last weekend in San Antonio as they finished runner-up to champion Antonian 155-117 at St. Mary’s Hall.
Team standings
1st Antonian 155, 2nd Devine 117, 3rd Cornerstone 99.5, 4th Great Hearts Northern Oaks 86, 5th Bulverde Gloria Deo 65, 6th St. Mary’s Hall 43, 7th Austin Regents 39.5, 8th TMI 20, 9th San Antonio Christian 12, 10th Marble Falls Faith Academy 4, 11th Round Rock Christian Academy 3, 12th Bracken Christian 1.
Warhorse point results
4x100m 4rd Ismael Torres, Rowdy Esparza, Eli Contreras, Mario Vicente 45.93 4x200m 4nd Ryan Weinkam, Contreras, Esparza, Vicente 1:35.85 4x400m 2nd Bo…

Arabians sprint to team championship at St. Mary’s Track Meet

Kylie Monreal takes 2nd in high jump.

Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
Well, that did not take long. The Arabian track team knotted their first of what will likely be many team championships as they dusted the competition at St. Mary’s last weekend. Devine scored 142 points in their victory, 31 more than runner-up Cornerstone who tallied 111.
Team standings
1st Devine 142, 2nd Cornerstone 111, 3rd Antonian 95, 4th Marble Falls Faith Academy 56, 5th Great Hearts Northern Oaks 46, 6th O’Connor 46, 7th Bulverde Gloria Deo 37, 8th Bracken Christian 30, 9th Austin Regents 28, 10th Round Rock Christian 27, 11th St. Mary’s Hall 15, 12th San Antonio Christian 13, 13th TMI 2…

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Arabians needed a yellow-dog for Regionals as 10 qualified!

Powerlifters Camarillo, Cantu, Frausto, Garcia, Gutierrez, Jimenez, Parker, Polen, Spurgers, Torres

Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
Thankfully, it was not 230 miles from Devine High School to Bert Ogden Arena in Edinburg, Texas but only 229.9 as 10 Arabians made the 3½-hour trip on Monday to compete in Class 4A Region IV Powerlifting event Tuesday, February 27 that gave each a chance to qualify for State in Frisco in mid-March.
Alanna Frausto, Vivianna Torres, Savannah Parker,…

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Warhorse baseball tackling tourney season

Warhorse #8 Elijah Gomez at the plate.

Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
Like all high school sports, seasons break down into their own little compartments. First, there are tryouts and early practices without a complete compliment of players due to other sports. Secondly, there are multiple scrimmages for coaches to try an assortment of lineups and positions for several players. Thirdly, and what the Devine Warhorse team is currently experiencing, is tournament season that proceeds regular non-conference games that in turn lead into district and, hopefully, postseason state playoffs.
Head Coach Heath Poppe and his players made the short trip to Somerset to take part and improve parts of their game this past weekend at the Bulldog classic. Devine collected wins in their two…

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Regional Quarterfinalists Arabians bow out of State Playoffs to West Oso

Undefeated District Champs gave their all

Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
The undefeated 12-0 District 29-4A Champion, Bi-District Champion, and Area Champion Arabians took one of the chin last Tuesday at Southwest Legacy High School as West Oso proved to be a little too big and a smidge too athletic for Devine to keep up with as the Lady Bears won 68-33 to end the hometown team’s gaudy 30-9, 2023-2024 season.
A “key to victory” for Head Coach Jim Sessions stated prior to this tilt was to keep West Oso from dominating the rebounding department and to try to limit their athleticism, but both seemed fruitless as Devine was outrebounded 44-24 and was shut out in transition points 18-0.
West Oso won the battle down low as they owned the points in the paint 44-18 and recorded 4 blocked shots to Devine’s two swats. The Lady Bears also got 11 second-….

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AREA CHAMPIONS!!! ARABIANS SINK TULOSO-MIDWAY 50-28

Arabians Oakley Malone, Kenadi Marek, Denise Contreras, Liah Romero, and Airyanna Rodriguez celebrate their victory over Tuloso-Midway!! Photo by Stella Contreras

*Played West Oso Feb20 for Regional Quarterfinal

Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
The dreadful thing about Tuesday night basketball playoff games is The Devine News must submit to press early Tuesday evening which is prior to tipoff of all Tuesday night ballgames, no matter the sport or event.
Arabian Nation fans have to wait to hear the complete story regarding Devine’s February 19 Regional Quarterfinal state playoff game result versus the Lady Bears of West Oso until next Wednesday. Sigh.
Head Coach Jim Sessions stated before tipoff that a key to a quarterfinal championship was for his team “to limit the Lady Bears athleticism and aggressiveness in hopes of keeping West Oso off the boards.”
Grandiose thing here is even if things did not turn out the Arabians way in this one, they already hit the extraordinary 30-win mark against the Cherokees and will finish the season at some point with only 9 losses.
Simply incredible!…

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The 2024 Arabian Basketball team took the Area Championship !!!

Arabian Powerlifters have eyes set on Regional

Savannah Parker placed 8th in her class.

Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
The last qualifying meet lady lifters for the 2024 season was February 14 in Natalia as over 160 competitors took their final shot to continue their season.
While many females around the area were opening sweet, endearing Valentine’s Day cards and quite possibly shedding a happy, heartfelt teardrop or two while at the same time smacking on some caramels and chocolate as their significant other realized how much he just paid for a box of mixed deliciousness, Arabian powerlifters were grunting and groaning, dripping in sweat as hopes danced in their hearts…

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Kylie Jo Dubose placed 12th in her class.

Deadlift Margarita Vizcarra placed 14th in her class.

Warhorse Baseball to play in Tourney Fri-Sat

Warhorse pitcher #11 Henry Ramirez struck out 4 batters in the battle against Canyon Lake. Photos by Stella Contreras.

Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
Despite giving up only three runs on three hits to Canyon Lake, Devine could not muster a comeback to win their 2024 season opening 3-2 loss at Warhorse Stadium on Monday.
Devine’s bats were cold as they only managed a single, four walks, and a hit batter over seven complete innings.
Canyon Lake looked like they would take their bus trip home in comfort after taking a 3-0 lead into the bottom of the sixth inning, but Devine had other ideas.
The Warhorses scored twice in the bottom of the sixth to pull within a run but could not work their way all the way back. Guardiola was hit by a pitch with one out to get the Horses semi-rally going.
Gabriel Esquibel and…

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Warhorse hoops heartbreaker Devine falls out of playoff contention with 56-55 loss to Carrizo

#0 Mason Beaver takes one up over Carrizo Springs. Photos by Stella Contreras.

Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
Dag Burn It! It was there for the taking. Devine just needed a win at home against the visiting Carrizo Springs Wildcats to secure a spot in the 4A basketball state playoffs. A late one-point lead swung the other direction as Carrizo Springs escaped the DSAC with their own playoff-clinching victory 56-55.
Devine entered the final night of conference action at 4-7, one less victory than Carrizo Springs who popped in at 5-6. However, the Warhorses won round one 55-54 and held the tiebreaker over the Wildcats had they finished with identical 5-7 District 29-4A records.
Looking at the final stats…

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Senior #10 Makhi Burford on defense over Carrizo.