Most people living in Texas for 12 months or longer know that whooping cranes winter here along our middle coast. These rare, endangered and magnificent birds have received enough publicity that even newcomers might know about them. They are a national treasure, to be sure.
This week, I visited with Terry Koehler, the chairman and director of innovation for Edison Golf Technologies, who just happens to live in Victoria. Some of you golfers know Terry, a native of Cuero, from his long history of club design with several high-profile companies. Terry has been in …
Joey Matson set the weekly bar for local bowlers during the Monday Mixed League with a 26-strike performance with only one split open in the three-game set.
SAN ANTONIO – After losing the first set to Goliad in the Region IV-3A final, Kylan Griffith and Industrial needed to regroup.
The Victoria East boys golf team came in fourth place as a team at the Veterans Memorial Golf Tournament on Saturday. the Titans finished with a team score of 714 to come in fourth out of 11 teams.
HALLETTSVILLE — Sacred Heart rushed for 369 yards on 60 attempts in dispatching Dallas First Baptist Academy 47-20 in a TAPPS Division IV bi-district game at Brahma Memorial Stadium Friday night.
RANGER – Victoria College lost a pair of games in its National Junior College Athletic Association debut.
SAN ANTONIO – Goliad defeated Schulenburg in five sets and Industrial took care of Corpus Christi London to advance to the Region IV-3A final at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the San Antonio Blossom Center.
Even battling illness, Tyvon Hardrick was not about to miss a chance to play at Memorial Stadium another time.
PORT LAVACA – Jarius Stewart hardly ever leaves the field, but he doesn’t mind.
CUERO – Antwaan Gross played solely at cornerback during his freshman season at Ingleside.
SAN ANTONIO — It was 10 years in the making, but the St. Joseph Flyers once again know what it’s like to win a playoff game. The drought ended Friday night at Harlandale Memorial Stadium when the Flyers mounted a late fourth-quarter comeback to defeat San Antonio Holy Cross (6-4) 24-21.
Victoria East’s Chloe Spencer picked up a soccer ball at age 10 and instantly fell in love with the sport.
EL CAMPO – Hallettsville’s Jonathon Brooks has waited for a chance to shine on the postseason stage ever since the Brahmas failed to qualify for the playoffs his sophomore season.
To say Jody Ybarra is excited for Victoria West to host a playoff game would be an understatement.
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The St Joseph Flyers (6-3, 3-2) will compete tonight for the second straight year in the TAPPS Division II Area round of the playoffs. They will be looking for their first playoff win since 2009 when the square off against San Antonio Holy Cross (6-3, 3-0).
Victoria East 62, Killeen 45
REFUGIO – Refugio is no different than most No. 1 seeds going into the playoffs.
Calhoun head coach Richard Whitaker knows it’s good to win during the regular season but it’s even better to be successful in the postseason.
HALLETTSVILLE — Ask anyone who’s been around Kenzi Lange and Ryan Targac and they’ll likely tell you their character goes well beyond the realm of sports.
REFUGIO — Quite a few fans have watched Jared Kelley and Austin Ochoa play baseball.
UHV softball coach Lindsey Ortiz today announced the signing of Katy High School senior Dominique Crespo to a letter of intent to play softball beginning with the 2021 season.
St. Joseph’s KeAon Griffin almost never comes off the field.
Victoria East’s Bryce Tomasek has run his way to college.
Krista McNary, 15, soared through the air, flipping and turning, on a trampoline.
GEORGE WEST – Piper Kallman wanted to leave a lasting legacy at Victoria West.
Tuesday seemed like an ordinary day for Victoria East senior Andrew Alexander. Wake up, get dressed and go to school.
Victoria East 56, Fulshear 38
Victoria West returns five players from last year’s team, which advanced to the regional final.
After every win, Victoria West checks off a box.
PALACIOS – Palacios coach Chad Graves visited with principal Stephanie Garcia after the Sharks had defeated Hitchcock to clinch second place in District 14-3A, Division I.
I heard Robert Perez, TPWD’s program leader for upland game birds, speak last week on quail. Actually, it is more accurate to say he spoke on quails – plural – meaning all four species on Texas
Victoria West is ranked No. 9 in this weeks TGCA Volleyball poll. The Warriors moved up one spot after defeating Calallen and and Sharyland Pioneer in the playoffs last week.
TEXARKANA – Eight members of the University of Houston-Victoria men’s soccer team were named to the Red River Athletic Conference all-conference team, with junior Oliver Nugent named the RRAC Newcomer of the Year.
Tickets for Victoria West’s bi-district playoff game against La Joya Palmview at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Memorial Stadium will be on sale Tuesday-Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the VISD athletic office located at 3001 Miori Lane.
Kenny Schupbach and Nick Picard were on fire during the last Monday Mixed League session, to be the front-runners in a tremendous scoring week by the bowlers.
TEXARKANA – Scoring two second-half goals, the last coming with more than two minutes to play, the UHV men’s soccer team captured the 2019 Red River Athletic Conference Championship with a 3-2 win over the 20th-ranked LSU-Shreveport Pilots.
ROUND ROCK — The Yoakum girls finished second, and runners from Goliad, Industrial and Calhoun earned medals at the UIL State Cross Championships on Saturday at Old Settlers Park.
PORT LAVACA – Cade Kveton felt like Calhoun’s forfeit to Alice on Oct. 4 was the team’s double-edged sword.
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