Category: Warhorses & Arabians

Murphy’s Law in full effect in Carrizo

Jerel Beaty
Staff writer
Murphys’s Law was in full effect Friday night in Carrizo Springs as anything that could possibly go wrong for the Warhorses went wrong for the Warhorses in their 34-16 defeat.
Fumbles, penalties, poor tackling, missed blocks, an interception for a pick-six, and flat out inattentiveness to detail haunted Devine throughout the night at the absolute worst possible time as it happened during game one of the District 14-4A DII schedule.
With only five teams in the district, which means only four games total for each team makes it nearly impossible to start the campaign 0-1 and maintain hopes of an outright championship.
Notice, I did say nearly impossible but that is for an outright championship only. Reality shows Devine could win out to finish 3-1, Carrizo Springs finishing at 3-1 losing to Bandera, and Bandera finishing 3-1 with a loss to the Warhorses makes it a three-way tie for the championship.
Seeding then would be based on the point differential, but we will tackle that when or if the time presents itself.
In Carrizo, Devine found itself down 22-0 before reality set in that the Warhorses were in for a ballgame against the Wildcats.
The Horses finally showed some life when Brayden Reyes finally got Devine’s goose egg off Frank Carter Field’s scoreboard with a 19-yard touchdown run and two-point conversion to cut the deficit to 22-8 with 9:22 left in the third quarter.
Most of Warhorse Nation thought that was the spark Devine needed to get their…

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Warhorses Matthew Gomez, Eli Contrers, Wero Torres, and Brayden Reyes. Photo by Brigid Howard. See more on Devine News Smug Mug!

Jerel Beaty
Staff writer
The JV1 Horses had little to no trouble opening up District 14-4A with their convincing 46-8 beat down on the visiting Wildcats. Devine took a 32-8 lead into halftime before cruising to a 38-point victory.
“Hayden Martin and Steven Montes stepped up big this game in Ryan’s absence,” Coach Lon Cozby stated about his running back duo in the absence of leading rusher Ryan Weinkam who is expected back this week in Pearsall. “Cole Reyes also did a great job filling in, moving from wide receiver to running back while Lucas Hudson was outstanding moving over to the number-one receiver spot.”
Most casual fans do not realize the trickle down effect when one player is out how much it can change which positions where others are needed the most in order to achieve team success.
“We took things slow this week and played smash-mouth football as far as our two-tight and three-back formations. Our intention was to pound the ball right into the heart of the Wildcat defense.”
Martin capped off an 11-play drive with a three-yard run while Montes tacked on the two-point conversion to give Devine an early 8-0 advantage.
“Bubba Gomez and Dylan Hinnant had a monster double-team block to make for an easy score.”
The Horses defense held the…

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Jerel Beaty
Staff writer
On press night Devine was set to take on Pleasanton in an all-important matchup that could go a long way to determining playoff seeding in District 27-4A. Although the Arabians sat at 7-1 and the Eagles at 4-3 prior to last night’s first serve, if Pleasanton won to go to 5-3 and Devine to 7-2 a win by the Lady Eagles over Floresville October 25 could throw it into a two-way tie for second place.
Besides their slip-up against Floresville October 4, Devine has pretty much steamrolled through district winning 21 of 28 sets. Two of those sets were set one and set two in Pleasanton but the Arabians came back to win 3-2.
Devine finished the regular season with games against Somerset, Pearsall, and Floresville.
Carrizo Springs
After a “comfortable” 25-16 set one win in Carrizo Springs, Devine wound up in a battle as the Lady Cats scratched their way to a 25-5 win. Tied at a set each, the Arabians dug deep to pull out set three and set four wins to avoid that dreaded fifth set on the road.
“This was one of those games where things were not going as normal as we would have liked them to go, but we just found a way to win,” Head Coach Leigh Anne McIver stated. “Carrizo did play great defense against us and really forced us to..

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By Catherine Richard
The Devine High School tennis team played against Pleasanton on Oct. 7. They played hard, but lost 10-7.
During the doubles matches, Devine was down 1.
Many of Devine’s players were pulled up to play since some of the original team members were injured.
“Our younger players really stepped up,” Coach Kandi Darnell said.
For the season, the DHS team finished 5-1. They were the district runner-ups.
Now, the team will have a short break before beginning again in the spring.
“We look forward to next year,” Darnell wrote.
Results:
Steinbrunner/Erwin won 6-3, 6-3. Gelinas/Poppe won 6-1, 6-1. Hicks-Hernandez/Moss lost 7-6 (10-8), 6-1. Extra match: Lucas/Ramirez lost 8-0.
Saunders/Zamora lost 6-3, 6-3. Barron/Malone lost 6-2, 0-6,12-10. Ray/Cardenas lost 6-3, 2-6, 10-8.
Byrd/Guajardo won 6-3, 6-0.
Jeremy Steinbrunner won 6-0, 6-4. Ethin Erwin won 6-4, 6-3. Ethan Gelinas lost 6-4, 6-4. Becker Byrd won 6-3, 7-5. Brooks Poppe lost 6-3, 6-2. Cord Lassere lost 7-9 (9-7), 6-3. Extra match: Marshall James won 8-3.
Jill Guajardo lost 7-5, 6-0. Abbie Saunders lost 6-1, 6-1. Valeria Molina lost 6-2, 6-2. Greeley Malone won 7-6 (7-3), 6-4. Samantha Zamora won 7-5, 6-4. Kya Spurgers lost 6-1, 6-1.

Jerel Beaty
Staff writer
The JV Arabian volleyball team hit a couple of bumps in the road in recent games as they lost tow of their last three games. Devine lost to Floresville (0-2) and Carrizo Springs (1-2) while sandwiching in a victory over Uvalde in between.
The Jaguars won by consecutive 25-22 scores and the Wildcats battled to a three-set win winning the last set 15-12.
Devine had a tough test in the first set against Uvalde, coming out on top 25-20. The Arabians put their foot down in set two 25-14, erasing any doubt who the better team was that night.

Warhorses Dixon 3rd, Lane, Botello, Lowe, Cisneros, Riou, & Guerra on to Regionals!

Jerel Beaty
Staff writer
Donovan Dixon led the Warhorse Cross Country team at District 27-4A Meet in Floresville last Wednesday as he finished third overall in the individual standings.
Devine scored 62 points to finish as the runner-up team and earned a trip to Corpus Christi for the upcoming Regional Meet. Floresville was the team champion as they scored 32 points.
Dixon is joined on the Regional Qualifier letterman patch list with Brody Lane, Ryan Botello, Shawn Lowe, Jesus Cisneros, Jake Riou, and Zach Guerra.
Dixon was one of only three runners in the field of 39 that posted a sub-18 time. He ran his 5K in 17:33.6 to place behind the top two runners from the host Tigers.
Lane was just outside a top-10 nod as he came in 11th overall with a time of 18:25.3. His finish was a neck-and-neck battle came up 0:00.3 short as Lane was edged at the finish line by a runner from Floresville
Botello also made the top 15 as he placed 13th with a time of 18:36.8.
Lowe placed 17th with a time of 19:05.3.
Cisneros was 18th with a time of 19:11.8.
Riou placed 20th with a time of 19:23.3.
Guerra was 22nd with a time of 19:30.9.
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Jerel Beaty
Staff writer
One for the ages, cont.
I have personally only been associated with Warhorse football for the past 27 seasons, which is chump-change for many of you who are reading this edition of “Tidbits.”
My memory is fading and useless stuff clouds what is left of my mind most of the time, but I cannot for the life of me remember either being a part of or being in the stands for a more enjoyable and memorable regular season ballgame than the one Devine and Marble Falls played last Friday night at Warhorse Stadium.
It had a little bit of everything and including, most importantly, the happiest of all endings that saw Devine put together their best offensive drive of the season that culminated in a winning touchdown with only 15 seconds left on the functioning scoreboard in the north end zone.
That Enoch Hall touchdown (who is a freshman, by the way) followed by the post-score extra-point combination of snapper EJ Gonzales getting the ball to holder Jacob Sollock to place it on the ground nicely for kicker Teotimo Stafford was sandwiched between a monumental defensive stop that resulted in only three points instead of seven (yes, holding Mable Falls to a field goal instead of a potential two-possession lead that would have been the case had they gotten into the end zone is 100% considered a stop at that point of the game) and a game-ending sack of the Mustang quarterback by Riley Gutierrez as the clock ticked dry put all of Warhorse Nation that was in attendance in an ultimate state of euphoria that more than likely it had not experienced since Devine pulled victory from the jaws of defeat against Hondo in 2002 when Kyle Pilaczynski blocked an Owl punt that Angel Gonzalez scooped and scored for the winning touchdown in the waning moments of that exciting ballgame.
Runner-up
The only other possible regular season game to even mention over the last quarter-century is the 2015 50-49 win Warhorse win at Barry Field in Hondo. Devine led comfortably at halftime 35-14 at halftime…or at least it seemed comfortable as the Owls found a little magic to take a 49-42 lead with 0:59 left.
The Horses got the last say that particular night as receiver Beau Cardenas hauled in a Dillon Ricord 30-yard pass with only :32 ticks left.
Not wanting to hear that dad burned victory bell ring after the game, then Head Coach Chad Quisenberry relied on the…

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