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Coaches Pompa, Garcia and Thompson share accolades The Sharyland Rattlers’ baseball team is one win away from the UIL 5A DII State Championship. They entered the UIL State Playoffs as District 31-5A champions. They’ve since proceeded to claim Bi-district, Area, Regional Semifinals, Regional Finals and State Semifinal championships; all in the course of…
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Rattlers’ assistant coaches ready for State Final No one ever does anything worthwhile alone. Through every step of every journey, there is usually someone, or a group of somebodies, offering directions, questioning wrong turns, or lifting you through when you think you can’t. All we do is made possible by the support of…
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Rattlers’ baseball eyes State Championship Dreams always seem fantastical until you start living them. This spring, a group of high school students from Mission, Texas, has shown an entire community that the impossible seems crazy until it isn’t. A year full of scrapes and bruises, early morning bullpen sessions, after-school batting practice, off-season…
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The Edinburg school board selected Gisela Saenz as the district’s interim superintendent in a split vote Tuesday, June 23. Formerly La Joya ISD’s superintendent, Saenz retired from that district in 2023 after a 36-year career. Saenz will — at least temporarily — replace Superintendent Mario Salinas, who announced his retirement in March. …
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‘91 State Champs, Trevino and Olivarez enter RGV Sports Hall of Fame The RGV Sports Hall of Fame held its induction ceremony on June 20 in Mission, accepting two of Mission’s own athletes and one state championship squad in its 2026 class, alongside six other athletes and coaches from across the Rio Grande…
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Sharyland ISD’s 2026-27 compensation plan includes a 2% raise for most employees, an equity adjustment for bus drivers and an end to some annual stipends, which has some teachers worried about how they’ll make ends meet. To offset the discontinued stipends, the district approved a one-time $1,000 payment to the affected teachers, but it still…
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