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Arabians Slam rival
Hondo Owls with 37 kills!

Arabian #3 Rylee Esquibel recieves the ball and prepares for another attack. She led the Arabians in kills, with 19 against the Owls.

Last Wednesday night the Arabians traveled to Hondo and brought home a win, 3-0! Set points were as follows: 25-22, 25-14, and 25-20.
Total stats for this game resulted in a whopping 37 kills, 7 aces, 4 blocks, and 74 digs!
Leading in kills was #3 Rylee Esquibel-19, #7 Brooklyn Miller-9, #12 Skylar Blanton-4, #5 Bailey Oropeza-3, #6 Kaitlyn Morales-2.
Aces: #1 Kaylee Romano-2, #2 Avery Cruz-2, #9 Kelsey Dishman-2, #4 Kristina Moralez-1.
Blocks: Blanton-2, Miller-1, Oropeza-1.
Leading in digs was Cruz with 27, Moralez-14, Dishman-8, Morales-7, Esquibel-7, #10 Kate Featherly-5, Romano-3, Blanton-1, Oropeza-1.

SA Memorial, Parent’s Night on tap Friday night at Warhorse Stadium

by Jerel Beaty
Friday night is a huge night at Warhorse Stadium as not only does Devine take on San Antonio Memorial to kick off the 2022 season, but the parent’s of players will also be recognized prior to the ballgame as a small token of appreciation for all they have done throughout the course of their son’s high school football career.
“I’m excited for our first game Friday and with it being parent’s night it makes it more special for our kids. Memorial will be a good test for us and we are excited for the challenge,” Head Coach Paul Gomez stated about getting the new season underway at 7:30pm right here in Devine.
In 2021, Devine smashed Memorial 44-23 after racing out to a 28-7 halftime lead. Warhorse running backs Gabriel Esquibel and Ethan Santos each had two rushing touchdowns in the first half of that game
Memorial was a senior-laden club last year as most of their individual statistical leaders were lost to graduation, including their top passer, rusher, and receiver. They finished at 4-6 overall including 3-5 in District 13-5A DI. A lot of unknowns await the Horses this season as Memorial’s roster has changed quite dramatically since last season.
After Devine, Memorial takes on Central Catholic, Pearsall, Antonian, and Floresville prior to district play.
Memorial has been a 5A program for quite some time, but dropped down to 4A this year where they face District 14-4A DI teams in Fredericksburg, Boerne, Somerset, Uvalde, and San Antonio Kennedy. Although now a lower classification, that district schedule prior to Kennedy is a treacherous one for the Minutemen.

Devine to host first home football game Friday, Natalia and Lytle on the road

Ethan Santos runs the ball up the middle and down the right side.

The Devine Warhorses will host their first football game at home this Friday, August 26, kickoff is 7:00 pm against SA Memorial in a non-district game. JV does not have a game on the schedule for this week.
Natalia Mustangs will travel to Jourdanton to take on the Indians; kickoff is 7:00 p.m. in a non-district game. The JV will host Jourdanton on Thursday at 5:30 at home in Natalia.
The Lytle Pirates will travel to Jefferson; kickoff is 7:30 p.m. in a non-district game. The JV will play at Jefferson on Thursday at 5:0 0 p.m.

Arabians take down Eagles 13-3

Varsity Arabian #1 Natalie Valle safe at third.

The Arabian Softball team is strongly holding onto first place at 4-1. Somerset and Hondo are not far behind at 3-2, Pleasanton is 2-3, and Brooks Academy rounds out the district at 0-4. The Arabians beat Pleasanton last night 13-3.
With just three games left, the Arabians will have to work hard in three road games. They will face Somerset again tomorrow night at 7:00pm and against Hondo on April 19. Their final district game will be April 22nd at Brooks Academy. In their first meetings of district, Devine beat Somerset 4-1, fell to Hondo 8-9, and beat Brooks 15-0.

Varsity Arabians huddle up before the game.

Stat and highlights were not available at time of press and will run next week.

Dicy Chambers
Sports Writer

Eric Hernandez 5th in Class 4A State Powerlifting

Warhorse Eric Hernandez place 5th in the Div.2 165lb Weight class at the State Meet! “It was a battle today and so close between 3rd-6th places! Great competition! Great year Eric and next year we are going to aim for that state championship!” said Coach Paul Gomez..(550 squat, 320 bench, 560 deadlift (PR), 1430 total (PR)

Quite the season for Devine Warhorse powerlifter Eric Hernandez as he followed his Region V Championship with a fifth place finish at State competition in Abilene. Hernandez was a mere five pounds short of placing third overall.
Hernandez and Indiana Taylor of Andrews each totaled 1,430 pounds, however Taylor got the fourth place finish due to weighing 1.1 pounds less than Hernandez. Taylor weighed in at 161.9 while Hernandez was 163.
Squat was very good to Hernandez as hit 550lbs and came out of bench lift with 320lbs, giving him 870lbs going into deadlift. He lifted 560lbs in his final lift of his amazing 2022 state qualifying season.
165lb weight class
1st-Greyson Blanchad-Celina-160.4-650-405-560-1,615 2nd-Christian Laja-Perryton-163.3-635-340-575-1,550 3rd Josiah Lugo-Somerset-162.4-585-390-460-1,435 4th-Indiana Taylor-Andrews-161.9-510-340-580-1,430 5th-Eric Hernandez-Devine-163-550-320-560-1,430 6th-Joel Weekes-Shepherd-161-545-330-550-1,425 7th-Carson Stevens-Iowa Park-162.5-550-345-500-1,425 8th-Jacob Tull-Farmersville-160.8-520-285-490-1,395 9th-Mickey Ray-Bullard-161.3-550-255-450-1,255 10th-Izaac Zamora-Geronimo Navarro-156.6-475-275-4651,250 Bomb-Outs Dominque Wooten-Lampasas, Kadyn McDonald-Paris, John Para-Fredericksburg.

By Jerel Beaty, Staff Writer