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Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
Denise Conteras was a huge part of the tremendous successes achieved by the Arabian basketball team in 2023-2024. Devine posted a 30-8 overall record which included a perfect 12-0 District 29-4A district-championship campaign.
Texas Association of Basketball Coaches recognized Contreras’ contributions and promptly tabbed her for the Class 4A-Region IV All-Region Team.
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Lizbeth De Los Santos, Denise Contreras, and Liah Romero
Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
Not only did seniors Liah Romero, Denise Contreras, and Lizbeth De Los Santos make the grade on the court for the 30-8 Arabian basketball team this past season, but they also made the grade where it really counts which is their classrooms at Devine High School.
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Warhorse #1 Luke Friesenhahn fields 3rd out for the Warhorses to hold Wildcats 1-1 in the 5th inning.
Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
District 29-4A has not been a bed of roses thus far for Head Coach Heath Poppe and his Warhorse baseball team as they dropped their first two league games prior to their March 19 tilt against Pleasanton.
Devine lost back-to-back leads against Uvalde at home and versus Carrizo Springs at Wildcat Field to drop to 0-2.
Against the Coyotes Devine led 3-2 going into the top of the 7th before the roof fell in and Uvalde escaped with the 7-3 victory. In Carrizo Springs, the Horses were up by the slimmest of margins at 2-1 going into the bottom of the 6th inning before the Wildcats tied it at 2 apiece.
Devine and Carrizo Springs worked extra innings, with each team getting a….
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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.
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…
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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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 #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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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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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 !!!
