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Cotulla knocked off Jourdanton in a district tiebreaker for the league's runner-up spot while Dilley lost its finale but had already secured the fourth seed in District 30-3A basketball.

The Cowboys topped Dilley in their final league outing, winning a 56-46 decision on February 12. Jourdanton, however, pulled the upset, knocking off Lytle to force a second place tie with Cotulla.

The two met Friday night, February 15 in Pearsall and Cotulla pulled away late for a 53-47 win to clinch the second place seed.

Cotulla went into the fourth period down by a single point but outscored the Indians 21-14 in the final stanza to claim the six-point victory.

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2019 DISTRICT 30-3A BASKETBALL

Despite dropping two of their last three district outings, Dilley has secured the fourth and final playoff berth in District 30-3A. The Wolves sandwiched a 91-53 rout of Laredo Harmony between a 43-40 loss to Natalia and 88-72 decision to Lytle. 

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2019 DISTRICT 30-3A BASKETBALL

Cotulla kept pace with second place Jourdanton for the runner-up spot in league play with a 59-32 rout of Natalia last week.

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BI-DISTRICT PLAYOFFS

Trailing for most of the night, Pearsall rallied in the third period and finally pulled ahead in the fourth only to see La Vernia stem the tide and bounce back to claim a 43-37 bi-district basketball win on Monday evening, February 11 at Harlan High School in San Antonio.

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2019 HIGH SCHOOL POWERLIFTING

Pearsall's powerlifting teams finished second overall in action at the Cotulla meet on Thursday, January 31. The Mavericks were runners-up to the host Cowboys team, tallying 44 points to the Cowboys' 67 points. Pearsall's Lady Mavs were also second to the Cowgirls with 47 points while Cotulla had 61 points. Teams in attendance included Cotulla, Carrizo Springs, Charlotte and Hondo. The Mavericks had three division champions at the event as Joey Longoria won the 114-lb. division, Eden Fuentes won the 165-lb. weight class and Josiah Marquez was tops in the 198-lb. division.

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Dilley ISD officials have made a change in leadership, opening up the athletic director position, ending the five-year run of former AD Manny Martinez with the program.

The change was made during a board meeting last month and Cassandra Garza has been named the Interim Athletic Director.

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2019 BOYS BASKETBALL

Cotulla edged their IH-35 rival Wolves 75-70 in district play and then knocked off Jourdanton to force a three-way tie for second place in the league standings last week.

Cotulla, Dilley and Jourdanton all sport 4-3 records and sit tied for second in the standings. Lytle is atop the field at 7-0 in league play.

Cotulla's only league losses are to Lytle twice and once to Jourdanton. Dilley was on track in second place before falling to the Cowboys and then suffered a huge setback with a four-point loss to Natalia last week.

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