Celebrating 126 Years of Serving the communities of Devine, Natalia, Lytle, Bigfoot, and Moore in Medina, Frio, and Atascosa Counties
Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
Lady Pirate hoopster Calyssa Sevier continues to rack up postseason recognition as she was on two recently released Texas Association of Basketball Coaches award teams. Sevier landed on both the Class 3A Region IV All-State and the Class 3A Region IV All-Region teams.
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Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
Four Lady Pirate senior basketball team members gained recognition for their efforts in the classrooms of Lytle High School as Amelia Martinez, Lola Pitino, Calyssa Sevier, and Katara Whitfield made the Texas High School Coaches Association Academic All-State Team.
THSCA tabulates graduating seniors’ grade point average (92+), class rank, and standardized test scores in placing them on a team that fits those demographics. THSCA does not factor in a school’s classification, and there are no limits to how many may be included at each level.
All four of these students made the Honorable Mention Academic All-State Team.
Congratulations Amelia, Lola, Calyssa, and Katara for being the true definition of what a student-athlete is supposed to be.
Isabel Laque with her homerun.
Natalia Mustang #1 Leo Buentello fielding at 3rd base picture by Joe D. Cordova
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.
Continue reading “Arabians Romero, Contreras, & De Los Santos THSCA Academic-All-State”
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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By Anton Riecher
By a vote of 4-1 the Lytle City Council approved an amendment to local zoning ordinances March 6 establishing a separate designation for mobile home parks previously classified as “secondary businesses” under municipal regulations.
Molly Solis, serving as city attorney during a special session of the council, stressed that the change would not affect the Harris MH Park project underway north of the Interstate 35 access road which is effectively grandfathered under state law.
“You can’t change the game in the middle of the game,” Solis said.
District 5 Alderman Charles Cate was alone is voting against the amendment.
“I do not believe we have provided proper notice to everybody involved in…
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by Butch Cook, Mayor
City of Devine
MARCH 19, 2024
I’d like to focus this week on opening the lines of communication at city hall as I promised. Our Devine City Administrator David Jordan and his staff have recently added some additional communication resources, put in place for the City of Devine to keep citizens up-to-date as much as possible.
We now have added several more layers of communication which will be very useful in emergency situations as well as informational.
As many of you know, Lewis helped start the chapter of the South Texas Officials Association 57 years ago with a membership of around 15 officials. Because of his leadership and vision, today the membership is close to 400.
What a blessing to announce the 7th recipient of this award. Ron Tatsch not only is a good friend and a good ref, but is also a good person. He is very active in our chapter and has called many regional and state basketball games. He has also conducted many basketball clinics for our chapter. Anything he is involved in is always done right. This honor is very well-deserved.
Lewis Stroud had officiated basketball for 57 years and during those 57 years, he has called 3 state tournaments and 9 regional tournaments.
