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Harlingen
The Eagle Pass Eagles placed 2nd in the 2012 Dr. Keillor Classic in Harlingen last weekend and Johnny Garza came back with All-Tourney honors. The Eagles had impressive wins over PSJA Memorial and Brownsville Pace before falling to PSJA in the championship. Head Coach Ernesto Reyes informed The News Gram that they lost their initial game to Harlingen South 72-48 before going through the bottom bracket to set up a showdown with PSJA in the tournament championship. The Eagles defeated PSJA Memorial in overtime 66-61 with RJ Ruiz leading all scorers with 14 points and 11 assists. David Even contributed 12, Garza dropped in 12 along with 9 big boards and Ty Chisum scored 11 with 8 rebounds. Brownsville Pace was next and Ruiz had 13 points in a 54-42 win with Garza contributing 10 points and seven rebounds, Brandon Menchaca scored eight and Chisum 11. In the championship game David Even led the team in scoring with 13, Garza had 9 points and 8 rebounds for another all-around good game, Chisum dropped another 11 RJ Gomez had 9 points and five steals and RJ Ruiz had 7 points and 3 steals.
