BY: Rey Sifuentes

ALL-DISTRICT SOCCER

A number of female soccer players from both C.C. Winn and Eagle Pass High School were recently picked for the All-District 29-5A team.       Making the first all-district roster were EPHS’s Karen Herrera and Nataly Ramirez, and CCWN’s Jazmine Aguinaga and Neomi Esquivel.      Named to the second all-district team were CCWN’s Alexandra Bass and Tanya Flores, as well as EPHS’s Aliyah Torres and Karen Trevino.      Receiving Honorable Mention were EPHS’s Cecilia Contreras and Laura Gloria, and CCWN’s Margarita Ibarra and Elizabeth Barbara.       Selected for the All-District 29-5A roster were Lisa Garcia (94.72 gpa), Laura Gloria (94.37 gpa), and Karen Herrera (96.69 gpa).  

SOFTBALL     

Eagle Pass and C.C. Winn High School’s varsity softball teams met on Tuesday for the regular season finale for both teams.      The Lady Eagles came out on top 13-1.      EPHS scored four runs in the first inning, five in the second, and four in the third. CCWN mustered its lone run in the second stanza.      Both teams left a number of runners stranded during the contest – EPHS (six), CCWN (four).      Krystal De La Cruz (winning pitcher for EPHS) struck out three batters, walked one, and only allowed a single hit in four innings of work.      Brittany Perez (CCWN) dismissed one batter, walked three and allowed seven hits while throwing a complete game.      Making hits for the Lady Eagles were Keanna Cisneros (2-2), Krystal De La Cruz (2-3), Jessica Garcia (2-3), Monica Flores (2-4), Sandra Mendoza (1-3), Samantha De Leon (1-2) and Krystal Perez (1-2).      Getting on base for the Lady Mavericks were Rose Mary Hernandez (1-3), Ari Ruiz (1-2), and Ronnie Valdez (1-2).        CCWN lost its previous game against Laredo United 6-3 on Friday, April 12. The Lady Mavericks scored twice in the first inning and once in the fourth.        Brittany Perez struck out two batters, walked two, and allowed 12 hits during five innings on the mound. Amberly Perez struck out two hitters, walked four and allowed seven to get on base.      Getting on base for CCWN were Rose Mary Hernandez (2-3), Ari Ruiz (1-2), and Amberly Garza (1-3).  

DEL RIO’S BOGUS CLAIM     

The University Interscholastic League recently shrugged off a protest by Del Rio High School against Eagle Pass High School’s Mile Relay team.      EPHS head track coach Roger Olivas, on Tuesday, told the News Gram that Del Rio wanted the Eagles’ mile relay team disqualified because of an alleged infraction.      Del Rio’s track and field coordinator claimed that the Eagles mile relay team – which has legally rotated as many as eight runners all season long -  used an ineligible runner on their mile-relay team, which finished second to Del Rio’s during the finals of the District 29-5A meet held at the local Student Activity Center last Thursday through Saturday.      Olivas also stated that he and Del Rio’s track coordinator had already had a dispute – days prior - over whether an eligible runner needed to be on a ‘relay list’; which Olivas said was unnecessary as the list was not mandatory by anyone.      One of the officials at the district track meet agreed with Del Rio’s track coordinator, which prompted Olivas to contact U.I.L. at the beginning of this week.      “I spoke to Traci Neely with U.I.L. and she said it was the most ridiculous protest she has ever heard,” Olivas said. “She said she had about 50 other protests to look into, and that this one was the most ridiculous.”      Thus the Eagles’ mile relay team will still advance to the area meet which will be held in Weslaco this Friday and Saturday.      (Rey Sifuentes Jr. is the sports editor of the Mount Pleasant Daily Tribune which is located in East Texas . He is also a 1992 graduate of Eagle Pass High School . Sifuentes can be reached on Facebook and at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . You can also follow him through Twitter at @sportspirate.)