On the cutting room floor 2

By ThomasRMartinez in Easy writer

I had an engaging interview with University of Houston-Victoria sophomore pitcher Baylea Wagener. Her story appeared in Thurday's Advocate. We talked about her horse, Rebel, her artwork and her future on the team. Here are some items that were left ...

On the cutting room floor

By ThomasRMartinez in Easy writer

I wrote a feature the other day on a compelling softball player from the University of Houston-Victoria. Brittany Boren is an unassuming young woman and braved an interview with me on a windy day when we both ended up eating ...

A new approach

By ThomasRMartinez in Easy writer

So the other day, Kevin Alexander, assistant presentation editor/sports, invited two University of Houston-Victoria softball players to the Advocate to do a photo shoot on the softball preview package Team co-captains, Brittany Faas and Tasha Rotramel, were gracious in accepting ...

Get your playoff football scores on AdvoSports

By ThomasRMartinez in Easy writer

Did you know that the El Campo Ricebirds scored 28 points in the third quarter to seal their playoff win over Sant38-10 playoff win over Santa Fe last week? That's right, Landon Appling had two scores of more than 50 ...

Check out AdvoSports

By ThomasRMartinez in Easy writer

Everywhere you look, talented athletes dot the landscape of the Crossroads area. In football alone, we’re blessed with kids doing awesome feats on the field: From OJ Hughes at Memorial to Kam Jones in Edna to Tyler Arndt in Cuero ...

On Tap for Wednesday

By ThomasRMartinez in Easy writer

Hello from a busy Tuesday morning in the newsroom. First, we have reporters working on some news stories. Reporter J.R. Ortega is pursuing a follow-up with the daughter from last week's swine flu victim. We want to be able to ...

On tap for Tuesday

By ThomasRMartinez in Easy writer

Hi there. Happy Monday. We're set with our A1 and B1 centerpieces, which could be interchangeable, depending on which we like better for A1. The two centerpieces are: A Character of the Crossroads feature on Bobby Benavides Sr., a Port ...

On Tap for Friday

By ThomasRMartinez in Easy writer

Happy Thursday. We have some interesting stories planned for Friday. Here is what's on tap: Our A1 centerpiece will be feature stories on St. Joseph High School's Salutatorian and Valedictorian. St. Joseph has graduation on Sunday. Other A1 contenders: -- ...

On tap for Tuesday

By ThomasRMartinez in Easy writer

Happy Monday I have a thought for you today before we get to the news: Have you ever wondered why you don't ever see the headline: 'Psychic Wins Lottery'? Here's our lineup for Tuesday: On A1, our centerpiece will be ...

On Tap for Saturday

By ThomasRMartinez in Easy writer

TGIF! For Saturday, we have some solid local stories for readers. Our planned A1 centerpiece will be a Warriors Weekend feature on a veteran. Most of the veterans arrive today for the big event, which continues with fishing and other ...