Category: Warhorses & Arabians

Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
Devine Head Track Coach Lon Cozby and his current tracksters have been going through their early season preparations in hopes of hoisting a district championship plaque April 4th in Floresville.
Although Cozby does not have his full compliment of Warhorse and Arabian runners, jumpers, and leapers until after the conclusion of basketball season, track meets are ready and set to go beginning Saturday, February 24 with the varsity squads at St. Mary’s Hall in San Antonio.
2024 Schedule
Saturday, Feb24 St. Mary’s Hall
Thursday, Feb29 Bandera
Saturday, Mar9 Pearsall
Wednesday, Mar20 Devine
Wednesday, Mar 27 Natalia
Wed-Thur, Apr3-4 Floresville-District 29-4A
Wednesday, Apr 10 Sinton-Area-District 29-4A & District 30-4A
Fri-Sat, Apr19-20 Kingsville-Regional
Thur-Fri-Sat, Austin-State!

Jerel Beaty
Staff writer
Going into Tuesday night’s (Feb13) District 29-4A closing ballgames, five teams remained alive for four possible spots going into the state playoffs. Devine was one of those five.
Somerset is more than likely going to end their league schedule at 12-0 as they took on Uvalde who was 3-8 and already eliminated from playoff contention prior to tipoff. Pleasanton played their last game February 9 and closed at 3-9 and out of the race as well.
Floresville is steady at the #2 seed so whether they defeated…

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Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
Head Coach Jim Sessions and Arabian Nation is waking up this morning already knowing whether they are the outright District 29-4A Champions or if they have the Co-Champ distinction after last night’s league-closing tilt against the Jaguars.
Devine was 11-0 and Floresville was 10-1 going into the February 6 affair with the only blemish on the Jaguars record was a 44-30 loss to the Arabians back on January 12.
vs Somerset
As one can surmise from the 50-22 score of this one, the Arabians led in all major statistical categories in route to their 26th win of the season over the Lady Bulldogs in Somerset. Natalie Valle led the way with 17 points, Denise Contreras added 16 while defensively Valle, Liah Romero, Airyanna Rodriguez, and Kylie Monreal alternated swatting shot attempts…

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Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
Devine took a huge step in possibly qualifying for the state playoffs as they took down Pearsall last Friday 60-50 on the Mavericks home court. This win put Devine back in the fourth spot of District 29-4A but still need some magic to happen over the course of their last three games.
vs Pearsall
The Horses used a big 19-5 second quarter surge to help them defeat Pearsall 60-50 on February 2. Devine dropped their first two games of the season against Pearsall by double digits each time but was more than ready for the challenge in this one as they built a lead as big as 19 points before closing out the 10-point win.
Even though the Horses were the visitors, they shot the ball well, hitting 40% of their shots while holding the Mavericks to 32% on their home court. Devine also made 10 of 18 free throws compared to 3 of 12 for their counterparts.
Four Horses hit double figures led by Tanner Davis and Makhi Burford who each drained 16 points while Mason Beaver and Elijah Contreras each scored 10. Contreras had a good night on the glass as well hauling down 9 rebounds.
Stats vs Pearsall
Tanner Davis 16 points, 5 rebounds, 2 steals; Makhi Burford 16 points, 4 rebounds,1 assist;…

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Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
Devine and Natalia powerlifting programs continued their intense battle for supremacy this 2024 season January 31 in Mustang Country. Each meet’s final results in which they have competed head-to-head have been extremely close, and last week’s was no different.
The Arabians fell two points shy of the team championship as the Lady Mustangs claimed the 50-48 advantage in the final standings.
Viviana Torres and Alanna Frausto each claimed gold…

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Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
Devine’s Makhi Burford, Denise Contreras, and Liah Romero, Lytle’s Calyssa Sevier, and Natalia’s Jordan Roberts are tabbed to participate in the 1st Annual San Antonio Sports All-Star Basketball Game Sunday, March 24. Some of the best players from around in area are slotted to play inside the Northside Sports Gym at 1:45pm.
Burford, Contreras, Roberts, Romero, and Sevier will play for their respective TEAM BLACK squads while Sevier will also compete in the Skills Challenge.
1A-4A Boys Roster
BLACK TEAM Makhi Burford-Devine, Jordan Roberts-Natalia, Aidan DeHoyos and Nathan Guevara-Poth, Kei Cardenas-La Vernia, David Hernandez and Connor Parkinson-Floresville, Joe Galloway and Isaac McCrea-San Antonio Christian, Trevion Steen and Jeremiah Conaway-YMLA, Luke Moses and Carl White-Nixon Smiley, Max George Antonian, Taylor Massey-Uvalde GOLD TEAM James Livingston-San Antonio Cole, Noah Green-Randolph, Carson Bloes-Davenport,…

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Jordan Roberts

Calyssa Sevier

Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
A little morning frost on the ground and a cold breeze in the air later turned into a beautiful day for the Arabians to host not only their first tournament of the season but to also hoist their first of what they hope are many championship plaques as the 2024 season is now teed up and ready to swing into action.
Devine shot a nice 371 that smoked D’Hanis and their 420…

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Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
The Warhorses kept the hardware at home after winning their initial golf tournament of the 2024 season at Devine Golf Club. Devine shot 338 as a team to outdistance themselves from runner up teams Boerne and Blanco who each shot 367 (tie was broken by their #4 player individual score).
Aaron Gallegos took the fewest swings for the Horses shooting a 78 to earn 2nd place medalist. Jacob Sollock was next with an 80 then Jameson Ramirez’s 88, and Victor Schaefer’s 92. Diego Gerlach was the #5 player and shot a 95.
In all, it was a huge tournament put on…

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Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
The Arabians had little trouble putting away any thoughts Pleasanton may have had as far as an upset bid against the undefeated District 29-4A leaders. Devine scored in double digits each period while the Eagles never got more than seven in any frame as the Arabians romped 54-19.
Liah Romero, Natalia Valle, and Kylie Monreal each netted double figures going for 14, 12, and 10 respectively. Romero also notched double figures in rebounds with 12.
As one would guess with a 35-point differential, the Arabians led in all major statistical categories as they outshot Pleasanton (48%-18%), scored more points in the paint (42-8), blanked them in transition…

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Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
Devine had the opportunity to lift itself further into playoff contention with a victory over Pleasanton last week, their only game of the week due to an odd number of teams in District 29-4A but could not muster a win against the Eagles.
This could be a loss that will come back to haunt the Horses and their playoff hopes as they entered the contest in fourth place in District 29-4A with a record of 2-4. Pleasanton was trailing them with their 1-5 record with the “1” being against Devine in the first round.
The Eagles will now have the outright tiebreaker…

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