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A.D. Ibarra
-Boys Club/EPJ
This past Saturday March 28, 2015 the Drug-Free Youth away. The league is way that the youth of Eagle Pass and the surrounding communities can participate in a healthy activity while promoting a drug-free lifestyle at the same time.
The following are the results from the games which were held at two venues, the Boys and Girls Club and at Eagle Pass Jr High School.
Students from grades 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th as well as 7th and 8th graders and high school level kids as well.
On Saturday, March 28th at the Boys and Girls Club, the Phenomenal Ballerz edged the Wolfpack 21-18 but they lost to the Shooting Stars 27-24. The Shooting Stars fell to Cumbres 20-19 at the 5th and 6th grade level while the Mavericks were downed by the Del Rio Lakers 15-10 at the 3rd and 4th grade level.
Cumbres knocked off the Phenomenal Ballerz 31-19 also at the 5th and 6th grade level.
In the high school category, it was Hoop City 46, One Six 35. In another high school matchup it was Eagle 3 over Hoop City 42-36 and the Mavericks knocked off Eagles 2 41-25. The Wolfpack and Scorpions did not play due to forfeits by the Spurs and Eagles 1 at the 5th and 6th and high school levels respectively. At the EPJ, it was the Regulators 61, Prime Time 21, the Indios forfeited to the Phenomenal Ballers, it was Prime Time 30, Wizards 27, Aguilas flew over the Cobras 26-10 and the Phenomenal Ballerz edged the Warriors 23-22 at the 7th and 8th grade level.
At the high school level it was the Phenomenal Ballerz 56, Eagles 2 35. One Six outlasted Del Rio Blue 37-32 and Del Rio White whipped the Un-Know 43-27.
A.D. Ibarra
-San Antonio
The Eagle Pass Eagles delivered on a grand stage by winning the Alamo Relays on Saturday.
The Eagles outlasted very strong teams from Madison and Reagan to come away with the victory which establishes the Eagles as a force to be reckoned with come the District 29-AAAAAA Championships.
Mark Venegas placed fifth in the 100 meters with an 11.21 while teammate Rudy Valdez came in 3rd in the 200 meters. Javier Guevara won the 800 meters, one of the hardest races in track and field with an amazing 1:58.94 while Victor Garcia came across the finish line fifth with a 2:00.28.Guevara also won silver in the 1600 meters with an equally impressive 4:36.14 to place second. Arturo Valdez came in 4th and Martin Lopez fifth.
Lopez almost won the 3200 meter run placing second with a 10:02.19 and Gabriel Villasenor came in fifth with a 10:22.56.
Riche Flores ran respectable times in both the 110 highs and 300 intermediate hurdles with a 16.14 and a 41.56 respectively.
The 4X200 meter relay team of Jose Valero, Mark Venegas, DeShawn Franklin and Rich Gonzalez placed fourth with a 1:32.53.
The Eagle 4X400 meter relay team won the gold in this race outpacing their opposition with an amazing 3:26.04 garnering twenty points for the team which would play big in the final point totals.
Iram Gaytan also contributed with his gold medal winning performance in the shot put with a toss of 48'-4 1/2".
It didn’t take long for the young and talented Beast Mode basketball team to add another championship to their resume.
Beast Mode started their season by winning the 2015 Champions Invitational in San Antonio.
After several lead changes in their initial game, they fell to a very well coached Cowboys team in the end, but there was still hope.
Their second game was against the favored to win it all, the San Antonio Blazers. Blazers first displayed their talent by building a 15 point lead early on, but towards the end of the first half, a very determined Beast Mode team began to close the gap. With 3 seconds left in the half, Luis Rodriguez got the perfect pass from Allan Rodriguez and nailed a 3 pt. shot from near the half-court sideline. This gave Beast Mode a renewed sense of hope and energy, as they went into the second half trailing by only 3 points.
During the second half the young Beast Mode team really turned on the heat and ended up tiring out the Blazers to get within two. Finally, in the last seconds of the game, Matt De Alba, who had a sensational game, hit the winning three point shot to beat the Blazers by one in a 46-45 thrilling victory.
After exhausting all their energy to beat Beast Mode in their initial game, the Cowboys lost to the Tx. Champions and then to the Blazers, while Beast Mode displayed a true sense of determination to win it all by beating the favored Blazers and then storming past the Texas Champions with a commanding 57-24 victory.
At the end of the day, they were crowned champions of the 2015 Texas Invitational.
Congratulations to Coach Chavez and all the Beast Mode players and parents.
If you’re gonna go, GO BEAST MODE!!!