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72 teams and 850 participants will play ball this season in the PARD youth baseball leagues in three divisions this year. On Wednesday, the teams paraded at Moncada Baseball Park where the mayor, the city manager and the parks staff were on hand. Director Jorge Sanchez thanks the coaches and their assistants for the time and effort they put in and to the parents for allowing their children to participate.
A.D. Ibarra
-Shelby Park
The Eagle Pass Parks and recreation Department Friendship 5K Run took place on a cold Saturday morning where approximately twenty runners braved the elements to run the course which winds around Main to Adams, across Garrison under the Camino Real International Bridge towards the pecan farms and back down the hill on Main down to Shelby Park.
Crossing the finish line first was Piedras Negras' very own Francisco Jesus Galvan with a time of 20.15 followed closely by Eagle Pass' Francisco Vielma Jr. who came in 45 seconds later with a fantastic 21.00.
"I'm kind of recovering from a tough race in Austin a couple of weeks back, where there were a lot of hills and even much more competition, I didn't want to go too hard as I'm still recovering and with the weather conditions today, so I've been rehabbing, but I feel good," said Vielma who has been running races and winning accolades at Southwest Texas Junior College, but who is looking forward to bigger and better things as the newest recruit of the Angelo State Rams next year, "I'm planning to go to Angeo State University. I have a chance to run over there and continue my education."
Anaiza Rivera powered her way across the finish line with a 21.57 followed by Mighty Mite Noe Guevara and his dad at 23.42, Noe Banderas at 23.43, Sabino Vielma Jr. with a 24.07, Cristina Aguirre with a 27.56, Leonel Ramirez with a 29.38.
Maria Ramos won the 18-29 division. Anyka Kypuros and Mary Gutierrez finished 2nd and 3rd in the 30-39 division. Monica Mauricio won the female 40-49 division and Jorge Espinoza placed 3rd in the 40-49 division.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Danuel House cringed as soon as heard the word "overlooked" during a question about Texas A&M's season on Thursday.
It was inevitable after Kentucky coach John Calipari said earlier in the week he felt the fourth-seeded Wildcats should have been seeded higher in the NCAA Tournament than the Aggies after their Southeastern Conference Tournament championship victory.
And House, a senior guard, was ready with his response to how third-seeded Texas A&M (26-8) felt following Calipari's comments heading into its first-round game against Green Bay (23-12) on Friday.
"Not respected," House said. "Not respected at all is the right word."
Whether House was more frustrated with Calipari or an overall lack of national attention for Texas A&M was unclear. What was certain was the Aggies, making their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2011, feel they belong among any mention of the country's best — and that they are every bit of a No. 3 seed.
It's a role of favorite the Aggies haven't played all that often since joining the SEC in 2012, though they've experienced a steady climb under fifth-year coach Billy Kennedy. And they would like nothing more than to cap that success with their first NCAA Tournament win since 2010, proving they belong as a No. 3 seed in the process.
However, that will be no easy task against a Phoenix team that is in the tournament for the first time in 20 years. Green Bay secured its berth by winning the Horizon League Tournament, and enters Friday having won eight of its last nine games — though its players were quick to embrace the underdog role.
"We really don't have much to lose right now," Green Bay senior Jordan Fouse said. "They're the ones feeling the pressure."
Some things to watch in this matchup:
KENNEDY'S TRIO: Kennedy is in the NCAA Tournament for the third time as a head coach, and with his third school. Kennedy first took Southeastern Louisiana to the tournament in 2005 and then Murray State in 2010, and he is 1-2 in tournament games entering Friday.
MARCH SUCCESS: First-year Green Bay coach Linc Darner will make his tournament debut, but he is no stranger to postseason success — having led Division II Florida Southern to a national championship last season. Including Green Bay's Horizon League championship run two weeks ago, Darner has won 13 straight games in March. "We can just go out and play and relax and have fun," Darner said.
LATE-SEASON RUN: Texas A&M's tournament hopes appeared in jeopardy last month after it lost four straight games and five of six overall. However, following a 76-71 loss at LSU on Feb. 13, the Aggies won eight straight games before losing in the SEC championship game to Kentucky. The winning streak included an overtime win over the Wildcats, giving the Aggies plenty of confidence entering the tournament.
QUICK SUCCESS: After playing with a slowed-down, defensive-first approach the last few seasons, the Phoenix embraced Darner's up-tempo "RP 40" style this season. The motto stands for "Relentless Pressure for 40 minutes," and it applies to both ends of the court. One of the biggest benefactors of the new approach has been senior guard Carrington Love, who is averaging a career-high 17.7 points per game this season after averaging 10 a year ago.
NCAA EXPERIENCE: Texas A&M senior Anthony Collins is the only player in the game who has played in the NCAA Tournament. The guard, who transferred from South Florida, helped the Bulls reach the third round in 2012.
A.D. Ibarra
-Corpus Christi
Former Eagle Pass Eagle tracksters Christian Garcia, David Carrillo and Ty Chisum continue working hard on their individual crafts while at their schools as they posed for the cameras at the Corpus Christi Islander Invitational last weekend.
Garcia and Chisum participated in their respective field events with Garcia winning 1st place in the shot put with a toss of 60 meters and Chisum taking 4th place in the triple jump and 5th in the long jump while Carrillo focuses on the 400 meters which he placed 3rd with an amazing 48.1.
Carrillo also runs the 4 X 100 m relay, the 4 X 400 m relay and is a captain on the Islanders Track Team.
A.D. Ibarra
-Foster Veterans Memorial Stadium
The CC Winn Lady Mavericks advanced to the 2016 Bi-District Playoffs with a convincing 4-0 whitewash of the Somerset Lady Bulldogs Friday night at Foster Veterans Memorial Stadium.
Jocelyn Lopez notched her third hat trick of the season with three goals and senior Marbella Rosas, Winn's answer to Marigol, hit a masterpiece from thirty yards out with a left-footed shot that found the top left-hand corner of the net at the end of the second half.
The Lady Mavs travel to Floresville on March 24th to face Victoria East at 7:00 PM where goaltender Stephanie Hernandez will try to hang another zero on this side which is the class of District 30-AAAAA.
A.D. Ibarra
-Uvalde
The stage was set. In one corner was Winn freshman Diego Ibarra with five consecutive Top Ten finishes including two big wins in Laredo and at the Del Rio-Laughlin Invitational. In the other, Uvalde's Clayton King, reigning District 29-AAAAA Champion. The scene? The Uvalde Memorial Golf Course, King's backyard and a glorious setting to prepare for Alsatian in two weeks, a neutral site for these two golfers who are beginning to play their best games at the right time.
With King, a junior quarterback for the Coyotes and the son of State Representative Tracy King, shooting 75 on Day 1 and not penalized by the lightning delay where many, including Ibarra were instructed to log Bogies on their scorecards for the last two holes of play due to inclement weather, it would come down to Day 2 to determine the winner of this, the final warm-up before district.
King would come out of the chute with five birdies and an amazing 30 on the Front Nine extending his six shot lead. He would hole first putts on four of those five holes with an uncanny knowledge of the greens and a silky smooth left handed putting stroke reminiscent of a Phil Mickelson or a Bubba Watson.
But Ibarra would not go down without a fight nearly Eagleing the Par 5 10th hole on both days. He would go on to outshoot King on the Back Nine by one stroke on Day 2, but it was a little too little, a little too late as King would go on to shoot a -6 under 66 to win the tournament. Ibarra closed out the day with a season low 76.
United's Sam Sanchez and Joel Alfaro would be a couple of shots ahead of Ibarra who notched yet another Top Five finish placing fourth.
Next up for the Mavericks is the District 29-AAAAA Tournament at the Alsatian Country Club in Castroville, March 22nd and 23rd.
The Parks and Recreation Girls All-Star Game was played on Wednesday night in the C.C Winn High School Gymnasium in front of a packed crowd of loyal fans. The Parks and Rec Department under the direction of Juan Cuellar had a full schedule of activities for the young athletes including a skills challenge, shooting contest and the all stars game.
A.D. Ibarra
-Foster Veterans Memorial Stadium
When one thinks of the Olympics, which bring out the best in athletes from all over the world who come out on one glorious day to see who the best is in their particular sport, there are always the Special Olympics which were organized for those who have the same spirit of competition in them, but for whatever their level of specialness, they were not able to compete on the same level as a let's say a Usain Bolt.
Well all of our most special came out en masse from not only our EPISD schools, but from across South Texas to have their chance to represent their nation in these games as the 2016 Special Olympics were held here on Tuesday.
MOSCOW (AP) -- Three of Maria Sharapova's major sponsors are cutting ties with the Russian tennis star after she acknowledged failing a doping test at the Australian Open.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Houston Texans wide receiver Jaelen Strong has been arrested for marijuana possession, police in the Phoenix suburb of Scottsdale said Monday.
Strong, a former Arizona State standout, was taken into custody late Sunday and booked into the Scottsdale City Jail before being released later.
Scottsdale police spokesman Kevin Watts said Strong was a passenger in a Maserati that was stopped just before midnight when officers noticed the luxury car didn't have a visible license plate.
Officers said they detected the strong odor of marijuana coming from the inside of the vehicle, according to Watts.
Police said Strong admitted he was possession of some marijuana, didn't have a medical marijuana card and gave officers a cigar package containing three marijuana cigarettes.
Strong, 22, was a third-round draft pick of the Texans last year.
Rick Smith, the team's general manager and executive vice president of football operations, said Monday that the Texans were aware of the incident involving Strong.
"We are disappointed in the choices Jaelen made to put himself in this situation," Smith said in a statement. "We will have no further comment at this time."
