A.D. Ibarra

-South Texas

When one sees or hears the story of the Williams sisters, Venus and Serena, it goes without saying that they have achieved a level of tennis which may be unparalleled for many years to come as they have combined for over ten grand slam titles and even more as a doubles team. They have even taken two of the last three gold medals at the Olympics and there seems to be no end in sight for how much more they can achieve. What many people may not know is that their father Richard, took great steps to hone their skills and prepare them to achieve the goals they themselves set out to achieve without having played on the junior USTA circuit. In Eagle Pass, we may have the next coming of Venus Williams right in our very own back yard in 8 year-old Stela Sifuentes, the daughter of Karla (Head Tennis Coach at CC Winn High School) and Tony Sifuentes.

A.D. Ibarra

-Poteet, TX

The CC Winn Mavericks continue notching victories across South Texas as they most recently traveled to Poteet to participate in the Poteet Invitational, albeit two key players short, nevertheless they were able to muster up three big wins to come away with the tournament championship.

In the first game of the tourney, the Mavericks squared off with a very competitive Nixon Mustang squad who jumped out to a first quarter lead and led 25-22 at halftime.

The Mavs came back in the third quarter to outscore the 'Stangs 21-16 and then secured the lead in the fourth behind some quality scores and some stingy defense to take a close 55-52 victory in their opening game on Friday despite being outshot by Nixon 49% to 38%.

Rogelio Roque and Adrian Jimenez led all scorers with 19 and 18 points respectively.

Staff

-Eagle Pass

In Eagle Pass, Texas, Maverick County Probation Officer and general contractor Javier Gonzalez was arrested after a federal grand jury in Del Rio indicted him earlier today in connection with an alleged bribery, kickback and bid-rigging scheme announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and FBI Special Agent in Charge Armando Fernandez. The federal grand jury indictment charges the 42-year-old Eagle Pass resident with one count each of paying a bribe to an agent of an organization receiving federal funds and wire fraud. According to the indictment, in May 2011, Gonzalez submitted a $35,100 bid to Maverick County to build a sidewalk on Lago Vista Street in Precinct 4. Subsequently, Maverick County issued two separate checks totaling $35,100 to Gonzalez—the first on May 24, 2011, for $13,050 to commence work on the project; the second on May 26, 2011, for $22,050 for the completion of the sidewalk.