Area Sports

Rattlers, Lobos, and Coyotes gear up for Area Championships   There is never a good time to drop a ball or miss a pitch. Playoff baseball demands excellence. So, it’s only fitting that the three remaining Big 7 baseball teams in the UIL State Playoffs are RGV baseball royalty. After tough first round matchups, the…

Five Big 7 baseball teams play on in May     It’s May 1st and five of the seven baseball teams from the Mission, Sharyland and La Joya school districts, the Big 7, have earned the right to extend their seasons into the 2026 UIL State Playoffs. While they’ve all earned this right by clinching…

Rattlers set to compete at Region IV Track Championships     Today at Heroes Stadium in San Antonio, Texas, several student athletes from the Sharyland Rattlers boys’ track and field team will step onto the track with visions of gold on their minds and the fire of an entire community beneath their spikes. The competition…

Mission Track & Field Boys Win District Again     The physical and mental demands of the high school track and field season are numerous. Surviving a full season requires urgent preparation, cerebral focus, and a manically competitive spirit. Even if a solitary student-athlete can master what the season requires, it’s no guarantee that a…

Three Big 7 softball teams advance   With the Valley’s softball regular season having come to a close last week, four of the seven teams from the Mission, Sharyland and La Joya school districts, the Big 7, are hanging up their gloves, sneakers and uniforms until it’s time to do it all over again next…

Coyotes taking on the Bears in season finales     The bad news for the La Joya Coyotes’ baseball team as they headed into the final two games of their District 31-6A schedule was that they were two games behind the undefeated PSJA Bears for the top spot in the standings. The good news was…

Diamondbacks get snake bit In the baseball version of the Snakeskin Classic, the Sharyland Rattlers avenged their first round loss to the Pioneer Diamondbacks Tuesday night with a mercy rule shortened 11-0 win in six innings. It was almost as if a homerun derby broke out in the middle of this game as the Rattlers…

Lobos outlast Eagles in extra to take control of first place     There aren’t any off days in District 30-5A baseball. With five teams over .500 and the top three seeds only separated by a game, the district championship race is shaping up to be one of the most competitive in The Valley. Yet,…

Big 7 softball season winding down     With only one week remaining in the high school softball regular season across the state of Texas, some teams are preparing for the UIL state playoffs while the others are either hoping to clinch one of their respective districts’ four playoff spots or are out to play…

Lady Eagles show no mercy     Their sport may be called softball, but the Mission High Lady Eagles played hardball Tuesday evening against their cross-town rivals, the Mission Vets Lady Patriots. In a long-ball fueled fourth inning barrage, the Lady Eagles scored 15 runs to rally from four runs down to take an 11-run-lead…