Victoria East fell 2-0 to Corpus Christi Veterans Memorial on Friday night.

Victoria East’s Trinity Wallace doesn’t hesitate when her name is called.

Girls

The West girls beat Calhoun in the teams District 30-5A game on Friday.

ALICE – Victoria West leads the Alice Invitational after Friday's first round with a team score of 307 at the Alice Municipal Golf Course.

FRISCO – Jonathon Brooks, Conner Kestler and KeAon Griffin have something in common with Patrick Mahomes.

With the 2020 Texas Collegiate League season a little more than four months away, the Victoria Generals announced their recent signings as they battle for a championship in the Texas Collegiate League.

Victoria West’s Cristina Cervantes has had to battle through shoulder injuries, but she’s determined to end her senior season in a positive way.

From the Victoria Youth Soccer Organization, to the varsity level at Victoria East and even on the fields of London, Kyleigh Spree-Kolos has seen it all.

HALLETTSVILLE – Erica Otto scored only four points in Schulenburg’s District 28-3A opener against Hallettsville.

TAPPS District 6-5A Girls

HALLETTSVILLE – Rylan Schindler was fortunate to escape the flu bug which has wreaked havoc in Hallettsville this week.

Hailey Bast didn't need long to get her chance on the soccer field Tuesday night against Corpus Christi Miller.

Alayeh Bryant doesn’t get a lot of playing time, but she’s determined to make the most of her opportunities.

Victoria East senior Axel Moreno scored his first goal of the season to help lead the Titans to a 4-1 District 30-5A win over Corpus Christi Miller on Tuesday night at Memorial Stadium. 

A man told a sportsmen’s group recently that a fishing guide had told him the white bass were running on Lake Travis. He suggested they form a group to fish. By end of the meeting, he had enough people for a late January or February trip.

1. West, Calhoun basketball meet in district action

During the Monday Mixed League Rob Lyman was in cruise control and enjoying each game to finish with individuals of 235, 255 and 256 to produce his highest league score locally. The end result was a 26 strike three game set with no open frames to earn the weekly honors. He told me that he fe…

Refugio was ranked as the No. 1 team in Class 2A, Division I in the state preseason poll.

MVPs

Following are the 2019 Victoria Advocate area all-district teams selected by the coaches. *Denotes unanimous selection.

CORPUS CHRISTI — Victoria East defeated Corpus Christi Ray 4-0 on Friday night at Cabaniss Stadium.

Macey Franz has stepped into a new role this year at Victoria West.

Winning is important, but it’s not all that matters to Leilani Wimbish-Gay and her Victoria East teammates.

Kase Eliot has stepped up in his senior year at Victoria West.

Girls

Full disclosure, I am a longtime Dodgers fan.

For the 12th straight year, the UHV softball team will find itself opening the season ranked in the NAIA Softball Coaches’ Preseason Poll.

Edna has its third athletic director and head football coach in three seasons.

LUFKIN — The Victoria College Pirates made 10 shots from beyond the 3-point line but still fell to the Angelina College Roadrunners 79-60 in a Region XIV contest Wednesday night.

Victoria East senior Jonbenet Limon never lost sight of her goals despite the hardships she endured as a sophomore.

Victoria East senior Alyssa Garcia has been looking forward to playing soccer since suffering spinal shock and tearing a ligament in her left leg last season.

Kevin Rankin isn’t afraid of big moments.

Victoria West has struggled at times this season.

The Victoria West girls soccer team defeated Corpus Christi Carroll 3-1 on Tuesday in the District 30-5A opener for both teams. 

Calhoun junior Po Lo and Jose Ledezma each scored goals to lift the Sandcrabs to a 2-1 District 30-5A win over Victoria East on Tuesday night at Memorial Stadium. 

Hallettsville was ranked No. 2 in the Texas Girls Coaches Association preseason softball poll.

The Hallettsville boys basketball team is ranked No. 8 in this weeks TABC Class 3A basketball poll. The Beeville girls are in the top ten as well and are ranked No. 4 in Class 4A

The Victoria West girls soccer team went undefeated at the Cajun Classic in Port Neches over the weekend.

It was a beautiful December day, the kind that makes poets pen lines like “There’s nothing as welcome as winter sun.” And the fish were biting.

1. East soccer faces Calhoun to start district

Welcome to 2020, Crossroads area golfers. I sincerely hope this new year will bring you many great shots and good scores. As we begin this new year, there is a significant change effecting all golfers starting on January 1st. The new “World Handicap System” was implemented by the USGA and th…

T.J. Mooney and Steve Dickinson, two of Victoria’s exceptional bowlers, share the bowling spotlight this week. Mooney for posting the high series for the week and Dickinson for bowling another perfect game during Sundowners League competition.

REFUGIO – Celeste Lara wondered if she would ever play a home basketball game in high school.

Non-District

Callie Edmonds is a cheerleader at Hallettsville and has also played volleyball.

Leilani Wimbish-Gay knows there’s nothing like playing your crosstown rival.