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A.D. Ibarra
-Laredo, TX
The Eagle Pass Eagles kicked off their 2013 District 29-AAAAA schedule and had to do so in their road whites as they traveled to Laredo to face Brian Swain and the high-powered Alexander Bulldogs.
The highly experienced senior signal caller was firing on all cylinders as he proceeded to throw the ball effectively down the field to score their first of four aerial TD's on a Swain pass to another well-traveled wideout Marc Losoya on a 23 yard strike with a little over 9 minutes remaining in the first quarter.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Bret Bielema watched plenty of Johnny Manziel before he ever thought about pursuing the Arkansas job.
While at Wisconsin last season, Bielema saw the Texas A&M quarterback from afar as Manziel ran circles around the Southeastern Conference — all the way to the Heisman Trophy.
The first-year coach of the Razorbacks will have the opportunity to witness Manziel in person on Saturday when Arkansas (3-1) hosts the Aggies, who are making their first trip to Razorback Stadium since 1990.
Bielema can only hope the Razorbacks fare better in their second go-around again Manziel than they did in their first — a 58-10 drubbing at the hands of Texas A&M (3-1, 0-1 SEC) last season. The quarterback accounted for 557 yards of total offense (453 passing, 104 rushing), a coming-out game in a season-long, coming-out party for the talented signal caller.
Former EPHS Cross Country Standout Finding Success at Texas State
For Joseph Pena, the road to San Marcos has been long and winding, much like the cross country courses he traverses on a weekly basis. But the former local standout has finally found a place to call home at Texas State University.
Pena is making the most of his opportunity, posting impressive times in the first two meets for the Bobcats. Pena posted the best time amongst his teammates at the Bear Twilight race in Waco on August 30. He finished with a time of 14:44.6, good enough for 27th place in a field that included runners from Baylor, Texas A&M, and Houston.
Texas State’s second meet took the team to Houston and the Rice Invite, on the campus of Rice University. Again, Pena led the way for the men’s team with a time of 17:47. Again, his time was good enough to best the top runner from the University of Houston, Texas A&M, and McNeese State.
Still, Pena has not forgotten his Eagle Pass roots, and he always keeps an eye on home. Pena is especially grateful to EPHS coach Juan Gonzalez,
The rest of the Bobcat team is made up of Weston O’Donnell, Joseph Rodriguez, Gabriel Rodriguez, Alec Saucedo, and Justin McMillin. The Bobcats’ next meet is this Friday, September 27 at the Islander Splash, hosted by Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
News Gram volleyball report
By Rey Sifuentes Jr.
LADY EAGLES
Eagle Pass High School’s varsity volleyball team defeated Laredo United three games to one on Tuesday - 25-23, 25-23, 15-24, and 25-22.
Individual statistics: Jamie Donley – six points, three aces, 27 Assists, and nine digs. Victoria Torralba – 13 points, two aces, and 19 aces. Camille Pina – two points, an ace, and 28 digs. Karina Yebra – eight points, seven kills, and 11 digs. Amanda Gonzalez – two points, four kills, and a dig. Claudia Cruz – four kills, and five digs. Vivian Ramirez – three kills, and a dig. Riane Garcia – nine kills, one block, two digs, and two assists. Flerida Castillon – 13 points, three aces, eight kills, two blocks, and three digs. Claire Valdez – three kills, and a block. Linda Hesles – 10 digs. Kiana Ruiz – two digs.
LADY MAVERICKS
C.C. Winn High School’s varsity volleyball team lost against Laredo United South on Tuesday – 25-14, 25-17, and 26-24.
The Lady Mavericks also lost against Laredo Alexander on Friday - 25-13, 25-13, and 25-14.
Individual statistics: Alexandra Galvan - one point and three digs. Brittany Perez – one a point and a kill. Cassandra Flores - one point, and 15 digs. Giselle Cerda - five digs. Isabelle Castillon – a block and six digs. Jenny Rodriguez - 3.5 points, three kills, a block and four digs. Kristel Vasquez - a point, a kill, and a dig. Liana Sierra - an assist and a dig. Lynet Gil - three points, three kills, and a dig. Amberly Garza and Chelseas Gloria are also on the team.
MJH VB
Memorial Junior High School’s seventh grade volleyball team finished second at a tournament held in Del Rio on Saturday.
During pool play, the Lady Mavericks beat Del Rio White (15-9, and 15-6), and overcame Comstock (15-6, and 15-11).
Finishing first in their pool, MJH dominated Sacred Heart (25-8, 25-8) during a semifinal encounter.
Facing Del Rio Blue in the championship, MJH lost the first set 25-15, then won the second 25-16but then lost the third 15-1.
Pacing the Lady Mavericks was setter/hitter Hazel Castillo who served for 41 points and garnered numerous assists. Alyssa Ocegueda, Jennifer Martinez, Angela Suke and Daniela Molina also served well for this determined group.
Mavericks kick off D 29-5A season versus Del Rio
By Rey Sifuentes Jr.
And now the final scores begin counting towards making the 2013 playoffs, as C.C. Winn High School’s varsity football team begins its District 29-5A schedule by hosting Del Rio at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
The Rams are capable of running the ball.
“On offense, Del Rio is a shot gun formation running team,” Head Coach Eric Villasenor said. “They have a very physical offensive line. They have some good skill kids at wide receiver.”
On the other side of the ball, Del Rio is pretty well staffed both up front and further back.
“Defensively, they run a 4-3 scheme, and their secondary is one of their biggest strengths,” Villasenor said. “One of their cornerbacks is one of the best players on that team.”
The Mavericks are currently 1-3 after losing to Hondo 21-7 on Friday.
Deion Alonso scored the Mavericks’ lone touchdown on a two-yard run.
“Deion brings a different dimension to the table,” Villasenor said. “He is a game breaker, can change the momentum of a football game quickly. He has great vision, a great work ethic, and is overall a great kid.”
Villasenor also applauded his defensive unit.
“We played very well defensively, I thought that our defense played tremendous,” Villasenor said. “Right now we are still improving our offense. The kids are picking up our scheme a little bit better, but we need to eliminate our penalties.”
After Friday’s game, CCWN has a bye on Friday, October 4.
“Our bye week is coming at a good time,” Villasenor said. “We need to work on some things like fundamentals especially. We will also have our six weeks grading period coming during the bye week, so it is kind of reaching us at the right time.”
After their bye, the Mavericks jump right back into the 29-5A waters while trying to earn their first playoff berth in team history.
“This district is going to be tough,” Villasenor said. “United is playing good football right now, Del Rio is the defending champ, Alexander is starting to peak, and United South, Eagle Pass and LBJ are also tough football teams. Our district is very competitive and we are going to have to bring our A-game every week.”
After bye week, Eagles ready to take on Alexander
By Rey Sifuentes Jr.
The Eagles varsity football team begins its District 29-5A schedule by visiting Laredo Alexander on Thursday at 7 p.m.
Head Coach Tom Gonzalez said that the Bulldogs tend to let the ball fly.
“Alexander is a team that is going to throw the ball,” Gonzalez said. “They have a very good quarterback, as well as a talented tailback and some good receivers. Their offensive line can be very physical. Alexander does not throw the ball deep most of the time, but rather short passes.”
Alexander has a pretty tough defensive squad with some two-way players.
“Defensively, they are also big and strong up front,” Gonzalez said. “Some of those guys are playing both ways for Alexander.”
Eagle Pass High School had a bye (no game) last week, which was ample time to polish up on some A-B-C’s.
“Our bye week helped us a lot,” Gonzalez said. “We kind of polished up on some things like where to line up and running to the football. We concentrated on the little details defensively.”
Gonzalez and his staff made sure the Eagles stayed concentrated on the fundamentals on both sides of the ball.
“On offense, we also focused on the basics like blocking and coming off of the ball,” Gonzalez said. “We were able to refine a lot of things on each side of the ball, and that has definitely helped us out a lot.”
Gonzalez is confident that his team can once again contend for the playoffs, but the Eagles’ 29-5A adversaries are not just going to let them by.
“I think this district is going to be very competitive every week for all of the teams in it,” Gonzalez said. “I think anyone can beat anyone else in this district. So every team is going to have to show up and play its best game on Fridays.”
CCWN & EPHS cross country teams race at UTSA event
By Rey Sifuentes Jr.
Eagle Pass and C.C. Winn High School’s cross country teams competed at the Ricardo Romo Classic held at the University of Texas at San Antonio this past Saturday.
MAVERICKS
Representing CCWN in one of the events were Angel Puente (229th, 20:18), Ramon Aguinaga (242nd, 20:39), Vincent De Leon (244th, 20:41), Jefthe Gonzalez (271st, 22:20), Amanda Gonzalez (274th, 22:38), Jose Lopez (275th, 22:45), and Alexis Lopez (276th, 23:27).
Competing in another event were Miguel Rendon (42nd, 12:47), Nathaniel Caballero (45th, 12:50), Gerardo Huerta (121st, 14:34), Alex Longoria (130th, 14:50), Christian Rodriguez (134th, 15:00), and George Salinas (155th, 16:54).
Running in another division were Joann Jimenez (23rd, 14:56), Paola Garcia (125th, 18:17), Sabrina Hernandez (144th, 20:29), Ana Sofia De Leon (145th, 20:30), Virginia Villarreal (147th, 21:31), Bertha Villarreal (23:08), Eulalia Gonzalez (25:23), and Alyssa Orona (28:25).
EAGLES
The Lady Eagles junior varsity team came in eight as a group.
Running in that event were Brianna Vielma (31th, 14:44), Alexis Sanchez (55th, 15:13), Denise Moreno (90th, 15:48), Anais Flores (120th, 16:25), April Flores (132nd, 16:35), Paola Guevara (163rd, 17:26), Larissa Alvarez (173rd, 17:36), Gabriella Martinez (209th, 18:23), Dayna Garza (230th, 19:01), and April Gutierrez (268th, 22:51).
EPHS’s varsity boys came in fourteenth as a group.
Competing in the division were Jesus Teran (44th, 18:12), Oscar Mendoza (46th, 18:130, Joshua Smith (60th, 18:22), Gabriel Villasenor (64th, 18:24), and Edgar Gonzalez (275th, 20:28).
The Eagles junior varsity boys cross country team won its division. One of the EPHS runners in that category was Diego Solis who came in seventh with a time of 11:32.
Competing in the varsity girls division was Melissa Velez who finished 97th with a time of 23:17.
Running in their respective Varsity Gold events were Karina Velez (29th, 20:13), and Victor Garcia (11th, 16:14).
HISTORIA DE NUESTRA GENTE.
CONRADO PEREZ, JR.,
- Beisbolista de niño y como Adulto
- Maestro y coach en Distrito Escolar
- Su padre fue su mejor entrenador
- Un lanzador de excelente velocidad
- Colecciona fósiles y pedernales
Por: Jesús Maldonado R.
Conrado Pérez, Jr., es miembro de una familia tradicionalmente deportista y por excelencia en el beisbol, que ha sido heredado a quienes la integran.
Nuestro entrevistado nació el 30 de octubre de 1955, en la ciudad de Eagle Pass, de donde son originarios también su padre Conrado Pérez, Sr., y su madre Margarita Moncada; tiene además tres hermanos que son: Arturo, Gabriel y Marta.
Su estado civil es divorciado, con dos hijos Kenneth y Stephen Joseph (f), el segundo caído en combate en el cumplimiento de su deber en la guerra de Irak en el 2006, donde pertenecía a la división de los U.S. Marines. Tiene además dos nietos que son: Nicolas Antonio y Stephanie Jozlyn.
Conrado Pérez cursó tres años de la escuela elemental en la Graves y el resto de la primaria en la Escuela Kennedy Hall. Ingresó a la Eagle Pass Junior High, cuando ésta se encontraba en las instalaciones donde ahora está la escuela Glass.
Al terminar su secundaria ingresó a la Eagle Pass High School cuando funcionaba en las instalaciones por el Del Rio Boulevard donde pasó tres años, para terminar su carrera en el edificio de la calle Segunda en su primer año de operaciones. Allí graduó en el año de 1974.
Aun cuando el beisbol lo practicó desde que era un niño con los “Scrapers” patrocinados por el señor Arturo Flores y bajo la dirección de su padre Conrado Pérez, Sr., siguió su carrera con las categorías subsecuentes hasta llegar a la High School, donde estuvo cuatro años con el Varsity team jugando la primera base y como pitcher. En su primer año bateó para un porcentaje de .440 que fue todo un record.
Recuerda entre otros a jugadores todos ellos amigos que militaron en ese tiempo, como: Mario Treviño, Roberto Manzo, Jaime Chain, Roberto Kressdorn (f) Beco Maldonado, Ronnie Acosta (f), y otros que escapan a su memoria.
Sin duda alguna que en el año de 1974 tuvo mucha actividad en High School, ya que los cuatro años ganaron el Distrito y el último año fueron al Campeonato Estatal perdiendo en la semifinal una carrera a cero con el equipo de Houston Springwood, que fue precisamente donde graduó Roger Clemens antes de ir la Universidad de Texas, de donde dió el salto a las Ligas Mayores de beisbol.
Durante su estancia en la High School también practicó el futbol americano, el basquetbol y el voleibol.
Cuando estuvo en la Liga Infantil primero con los “Scrapers”, luego con el “Eagle Lumber” y tenía 12 años ponchó a todos los bateadores que se le enfrentaron, 18 en total en un juego de seis entradas, lo que es todo un record. En High School además estableció record con 156 ponches en una temporada y record al lanzar tres juegos sin jit ni carrera en 1974.
Su calidad como lanzador traspasó la frontera cuando jugó en Piedras Negras con los “Indios” de la Superior en primera fuerza al ponchar en 7 entradas a los 21 bateadores que se le enfrentaron, teniendo a Lalo Cervan-tes como manager. Otro record no igualado, esto fue en 1972.
Algo que recuerda con mucha satisfacción, la vez en que fue invitado por “El Pilón” Martinez, para jugar con un seleccionado nigropetense y enfrentar a un equipo de Liga Mexicana, donde ponchó en tres ocasiones nada menos que a Hector Espino, máximo jomronero del beisbol mexicano.
En una ocasión cuando participó en un juego de Distrito, por un amigo se dio cuenta de que había sido observado por un scout de grandes ligas, quien le confió que Conrado Pérez estaba lanzando la pelota a una velocidad de 96 millas.
Otros compañeros de aquella época cuando estaba en High School, son: Carlos Farías, Orlando Vera, Ricardo Muñoz y Manuel Mata, este ultimo considerado como un tremendo bateador.
Fue precisamente en el mes de junio de 1974 cuando ingresa a la Uni-versidad de St. Mary’s (Santa María de San Antonio) donde obtuvo una beca por su calidad de beisbolista y permaneciendo 4 años solamente como lanzador.
Conrado Pérez tuvo la oportunidad de ir a una serie mundial colegial en el año de 1976 en St. Josephs, Missouri, División NAIA, y allí se se convirtió en el primer lanzador que daba un triunfo al equipo de St. Mary’s en una competencia de esta categoría.
En el año de 1977 tuvo la oportunidad de lanzar un juego que ganó St. Mary’s por 5 carreras a una al team de Texas Lutheran de Seguín y donde el pitcher de los segundos fue Beco Maldonado. La prensa le dio difusión al juego por el hecho de que los dos lanzadores eran de Eagle Pass. Ronnie Acosta también jugaba con los contrarios.
Otro record que tuvo durante los cuatro años con Santa María, fue el de ganar tres veces consecutivas el título en carreras limpias, algo difícil de igualar., Tuvo experiencias ante muchos equipos de otras entidades universitarias.
Reconoce el apoyo que siempre recibió de su padre Conrado Pérez, Sr., en su época un beisbolista de gran calidad, quien además de enseñarle los secretos del beisbol, lo aconsejó para que siempre fuera humilde y respetuoso con sus compañeros coaches de equipo y también con los contrarios, de igual forma con los umpires que son los que mandan en el terreno de juego y sobre todo saber ganar y perder.
Algo muy importante y que se le quedó muy grabado, fue que su padre siempre le recomendó no ser agresivo para tratar de lastimar al jugador contrario, pues un lanzamiento a gran velocidad, puede causar lesiones de graves consecuencias.
Después de que salió del colegio fue maestro y coach de futbol y beisbol en el Distrito Escolar Independiente donde trabajó por espacio de 23 años y del cual se retiró hace cinco años por motivos de salud.
Actualmente colabora con la recopilación de estadísticas deportivas, colabora en una página electrónica deportiva y su hobby es coleccionar pedernales y fósiles que ha encontrado en arroyos y ranchos, retratos antiguos de personas de Eagle Pass y Piedras Negras, así como pelotas autografiadas por peloteros que fueron grandes en la Ligas Mayores de Beisbol, como: Mickey Mantle, Bob Feller, Bob Gibson, Johnny Bench, Rollie Fingers, Don Larsen, Nolan Ryan, Warren Sphan y Billy Martin.
Su recámara está llena de trofeos que obtuvo durante su vida de beisbolista, así como fotos familiares, estadísticas y apuntes de su carrera y sobre todo mantiene el reconocimiento para los deportistas, señalando que todo se puede lograr con “Trabajo, trabajo y mas trabajo”.
Muy en especial agradece el apoyo de su padre Conrado Pérez, Sr., que lo supo guiar por la sana senda del deporte.
News Gram Sports' Featured Players of the Week:
Winn High's & EP High's Offensive Lines
A.D. Ibarra
-Eagle Pass
In the third installment of our weekly feature, The Eagle Pass News Gram highlights two more very important groups of players from each of our Fightin' High School Football Squads, The Silver & Black Attack CC Winn Mavericks' and The High Flyin' Eagle Pass Eagles' Offensive Lines who open the holes for their half backs and provide the necessary pass protection for their individual signal callers Juan Elizondo and Ty Chisum.
First up is Eagle Center Tito Sanchez.
First of all, I want to apologize to your teammates as we are limited on space, but you're the lucky one who gets to answer the questions this week, are you ready?
Yes, Sir.
Who are your influences?
My father Jesus Roberto Sanchez. He's always been there for me in the hard times. He's always helped me with anything I've needed. In the pros it's JJ Watt (Of the Houston Texans). He's got great character and he's a great leader. He's an unselfish player, he's relentless and he has a great motor.
What are your goals this season?
A District Championship and to have the most outstanding line in the district. Our job is to get a good push and to get the person in front of you out of there and create some room for your back to score.
Who's your favorite NFL team?
The Houston Texans.
College?
Texas A&M.
What's your favorite play?
25 GT. You get to crash down on the nose guard and usually it's unexpected. Our strong tackle would probably like this play too because he's the one pulling. The guard pulls as well. We've had a lot of success as an O-Line with this play.
What is your career highlight?
It would have to be last year against United. They were being hyped up to being #1 in the district and we upset them. On the game-winning play to RJ Gomez you're pass blocking where you get help from the other guys on the line and it's more of a team effort.
What are your plans after graduation?
I want to attend Texas A&M University.
Major?
Forensic Science. I would like to move to Houston and possibly work as a medical coroner.
What advice would you give a seventh grader playing football for the first time?
Do not take it for granted because time flies and it goes by really fast. One day you're a seventh grader and the next you're a senior playing your last game of your career, so play every game like it's your last because you never know what can happen.
Next up is Joel Canizales' big little brother Big KC Kevin Canizales, Strong Tackle for the Mavericks.
Who are your influences?
My brother Joey (Former Maverick Joel Canizales who has the distinction of winning the Mavs' first district basball game in history with a walk off home run with CC Winn the man and his lovely wife and family present no less!) he was a defensive end for the Mavericks back in the day and was 1st Team All-District twice. He always put in the hard work and got paid off with these rewards. My uncle Rafael Santana is always pushing me and making me work hard in pursuit of a possible career playing college football.
What are your goals this season?
To take our team to the playoffs and to help Deion Alonso to achieve 2000 yards this season. I know my teammates on the O-Line are going to help get this done!
Who's your favorite NFL team?
The Green Bay Packers.
College?
Ohio State.
What's your favorite play?
A-Right Tom 243 Tackle Trap. It's a play where I pull and get to open the field up for my halfback. On a 4th and goal from the two, we're thinking how we had to hit the sled on all those hot summer days in Eagle Pass every day with ultimate force to get the Mavericks that TD. That's when we really become The Silver & Black O-Line Attack!
What is your career highlight?
Last year against Nixon I made a key block on an 85 yard TD by Deion Alonso.
What are your plans after graduation?
I plan to go play college ball more than likely in Missouri.
Major?
I'd like to pursue a degree in physical therapy. Right now I'm trying to hurt people and let them know how it's gonna be for four very long quarters when you face us and later on in life I'm gonna work to fix 'em up!
What advice would you give a seventh grader playing football for the first time?
Always attend every practice because if you miss a practice, somebody else is getting better at your position. ALways set goals for yourself so that you put in twice the work to stand out in the crowd!
Eagles battle it out with Alamo Heights;
Nixon Defense shuts out Mavericks
A.D. Ibarra
-San Antonio &
Laredo, TX
Both of our local teams faced formidable competition in their Week 3 matchups as the Eagle Pass Eagles traveled to San Antonio to take on the Alamo Heights Mules and the CC Winn Mavericks were in Laredo to face the Nixon Mustangs.
The Eagles were able to regain their offensive prowess, scoring twice on the Mules in a 31-12 game at Alamo Heights High School.
QB Ty Chisum scored once on a 25 yard run up the middle weaving his way through the Mule defense which was relentless and very quick.
Chisum connected with Sergio Morales on the other score when after scrambling in an attempt to evade the Alamo Heights rush, he found a streaking Morales, hitting him in stride for a 35 yard TD.
The CC Winn Mavericks also took to the air as Juan Elizondo showed he could throw the ball around the yard as well, however Mav receivers had trouble pulling it in on several occasions as they fell to the Nixon Mustangs 17-0.
The MAverick defense did all they could to keep the game close forcing several key turnovers, but their defense, who shut out Eagle Pass in Week 2 recorded their second on this night.
