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Tough people matter Last Friday night, Shirley Field in Laredo hosted an Area round matchup between the San Antonio Pieper Warriors and the Mission Veterans Memorial Patriots. This hard fought game filled with ups and downs ended in a 6-36 loss for the Patriots that ended their season. I spoke to head coach David Gilpin…
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Diamondback’s finish 10-2 after falling to Liberty Hill The Sharyland Pioneer Diamondbacks 2023-2024 football season ended Friday night at Dub Farris Stadium in San Antonio after losing to the Liberty Hill Panthers 62-35. The Area round loss was only the second of the season, making their final record 10-2. Though it was not the intended…
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Young Cats Academy, or YCA for short, is a non-profit youth football organization based out of Edinburg, Texas. YCA trains and produces some of the best young football talent in the Rio Grande Valley and now they can say that their talent has reached the pinnacle in the state of Texas. YCA has four teams…
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The city of Edinburg may attempt to purchase H-E-B Park with the aim of making it the home of University of Texas Rio Grande Valley football. Officially, the city is declining to comment on a potential acquisition push, though two councilmen said last month that one’s in the works and the University of Texas System…
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Last Tuesday, the Alton City Commission examined various grants and the 2023-2024 fiscal year pay plans. The city also recognized a retiring Alton PD K9, who will go under the full-time care of the officer he was assigned, and approved a new camera system and softwares for the police department. Through the State Energy Conservation,…
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Although the McAllen Independent School District Board of Trustees will likely make some adjustments to board policy this semester, the main proposal that started the board’s discussion on policy is almost certainly headed to the dustbin. Late last month the board’s president, Debbie Crane Aliseda, proposed changing the number of trustees required to place an…
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