Corpus Christi Veterans Memorial has been a thorn in the side of Victoria East for the last two years.

Emma Seiler posted double digit saves as Victoria East beat Corpus Christi Veterans Memorial 3-2 on Friday.

It’s been almost 10 months since the last time Victoria East and Victoria West got to have a home wrestling meet.

AUSTIN — The State Executive Committee of the UIL met Wednesday and denied an appeal for varsity eligibility for a Wharton student-athlete.

T. J. Mooney set the mark last Thursday Night and it held through the week as consistent strikes were hard to come by. In Sundowners play, a 4-9 split and a turkey left him with a 206 game opening game. After a ball switch and a first frame 2-8-10 split in the second game, he was able to fin…

Multiple sources report former TCU head football coach Gary Patterson will join Steve Sarkisian’s coaching staff at Texas.

CORPUS CHRISTI — Victoria East tied Corpus Christi King 2-2 in the Lady Titans’ District 29-5A opener at Cabiness Athletic Complex Tuesday night.

Branton Rainey owns the Victoria West record in the 500-yard freestyle and he’d like to update it with an even better time at his final District 27-5A meet.

Victoria East and Victoria West were on different paths when the two met on Tuesday in their second meeting of the crosstown rivalry.

Shiner senior Douglas Brooks has been named to the 2021 Whataburger Super Team.

Shiner is the lone area team to make the Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association's preseason poll.

Yorktown moved into the rankings at No. 24 in this week’s Texas Association of Basketball Coaches Class 2A poll. The Kitty Kats have a record of 17-10.

Palacios was the lone area school ranked in this week’s Texas Girls Coaches Association Class 4A state soccer poll.

About 10% of outdoor writer’s work is outdoors, in the woods or along waters. The rest is spent staring at a computer or trying to reach an information source. I’ve learned a lot during 54 years’ work, but what I don’t know could fill a library shelf.

FRISCO — El Campo’s Rueben Owens had no idea how many rushing yards he had against Brazosport until the game was over.

Following are the Victoria Advocate-area all-district teams selected by the coaches. * Designates unanimous selection.

Don (DoLee) Knowlan was up to the task Monday Night to lead all bowlers to earn the weekly scoring honors. The lefthander had an open frame in each game but he was able to string strikes in each game to overcome the missteps. He had individual games of 236, 258 and 222 for a 716 total. After…

Victoria West senior Jadyn Smith might be the most experienced player on the floor come Friday.

WOODSBORO — Anthony Meacham won the pole vault at the UIL Class 2A state meet during his freshman season at Woodsboro.

The professional boxing debut of Bay City’s Kanye Gee and Palacios’ Tim Longoria has been postponed.

TYLER — Western Kentucky quarterback and Victoria East grad Bailey Zappe was awarded the ninth annual Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award on Wednesday in a ceremony at the Willow Brook Country Club.

The Victoria West boys have made a name for themselves from 3-point range recently.

An in-game dunk can hype up any team.

Jaydn Rangel scored two goals and Kenedy Blough and Annelise Covarrubias had one each as Victoria West defeated Rockport-Fulton 4-1 on Tuesday.

VANDERBILT — Mason Roe is confident the first words out of his mouth were either “ball” or “basketball.”

SHINER — Flatonia is not afraid to shoot 3-point shots and for good reason.

As the ball found its way to the hands of Victoria West junior Jeremiah Baldwin, he knew he had to make a play.

Emma Seiler didn’t wait for college coaches to find her. She went to them.

Victoria East and Western Kentucky grad Bailey Zappe is one of five finalists for the Ninth Annual Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award.

Before plunging into this week’s column, let me touch on last week’s version on late season doe hunting titled “It Ain’t Over.” The title was part of a quote by the late Yogi Berra, former N.Y. Yankee All-Star catcher.

Beeville moved up to No. 13 in this week’s Texas Association of Basketball Coaches Class 4A girls poll. The Lady Trojans have a record of 23-2.

CORPUS CHRISTI — Following are results from the Coastal Bend TISCA Zone Invite held Friday and Saturday at the Tuloso-Midway natatorium. All distances in yards.

BAY CITY — There’s a reason Sylvester Stallone’s production company plans to make a movie about the life of Maurice “Termite” Watkins.

Brycen Thomas’ second season at Victoria College has been much different than his first.

It was a back and forth game Friday night at Victoria East as the Titans hosted Corpus Christi Moody in a District 29-5A matchup.

Friday

Jacob Silgero and teammate T.J. Mooney enjoyed a close match during Monday Mixed League action, when they posted the only 700 sets for the week.

Ralph Neely, who played on five Super Bowl teams and winning two championships with the Dallas Cowboys, has passed away, the club announced.

BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky — Victoria East grad and Western Kentucky quarterback Bailey Zappe has been invited to the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis.