Category: Warhorses & Arabians

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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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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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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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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Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
With the Christmas break in their rearview mirror, the Warhorse powerlifting team took to the hard-mats last Wednesday in Natalia for their first meet of the 2024 season.
Devine placed seventh overall with a few noteworthy individual accomplishments as well as Seth De Leon (165lb) and Israel Reyes (181lb) placed second in their respective weight divisions.
Warhorse results
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Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
The Warhorses opened their District 29-4A campaign with consecutive losses against near-5A Pleasanton and Somerset. The Eagles defeated Devine while the Bulldogs came out on top 68-53 January 5th.
Devine played in Pearsall Tuesday night (Jan9) and look to use consecutive home games against Floresville (Jan12) and Uvalde (Jan16) as a spring-board to get them rolling the rest of the season.
Pleasanton
Devine dug a hole for themselves that they simply could not escape the rest of the game, falling behind…

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Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
The Arabians did not spread any holiday cheer to visiting Pleasanton December 29th nor did they in Somerset January 5 as Devine laid a 58-30 thumping on the Lady Eagles prior to spanking Somerset 51-44 securing their third and fourth straight victories to begin District 29-4A action.
“We have started the second half of the season on…

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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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