Area Sports

Dilley High School celebrated its athletes accomplishments in the midst of a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic at the annual Athletic Banquet on Monday, May 10 in the high school cafeteria. Cristian Aranda and Mia Valenzuela were named the All-Around Athletic Boy and Girl at the event, the top honor for student-athletes that exemplify what it means to…

The West team won the inaugural South Texas Coaches Association All-Star game 46-21 Saturday evening, May 22 at Pleasanton’s Eagle Stadium. Jourdanton quarterback Cole Andrus was named the game’s Most Valuable Player after going 14-of-24 passing for 370 yards and four touchdowns. Pearsall’s Ethan Waldrum scored on a 60-yard touchdown run and Dilley’s Cristian Aranda…

Pearsall High School coaches reflected on a year of achievements and celebrated its athletes during the annual Spring Sports Banquet on Monday, May 20 at the PHS cafeteria. Kollin Meeks, Marissa Berrelez and Kiana Kebbi were awarded the Maverick and Lady Maverick honors, awarded to student-athletes that exemplify the qualities of being a Mavs or…

Corpus Christi Calallen limited Pearsall to one hit and four errors to take an 11-0 area playoff victory Saturday evening at Steve Chapman Field, ending the Mavericks’ two-game playoff run. Senior JM Perez went the distance for Pearsall on the mound while Mark Ovalle had the only hit for the Mavs as he broke up…

Eleven members of the Pearsall Mavericks area finalists were named to the 30-4A All-District baseball team following the Mavs’ playoff exit over the weekend. Pearsall was the league runner-up and bi-district champions after dominating Devine 9-1, 11-5 in their first round series. Five members were placed on the all-district first team, three earned second team…

A quick start in game one and a fourth inning offensive explosion in game two cemented Pearsall’s two-game sweep of the Devine Warhorses last Friday, May 7 for the bi-district championship to open the 2021 playoffs. JM Perez tossed a gem in the opening contest, allowing six hits, striking out seven with one earned run…

A three-run homerun in the fourth inning put the finishing touches on Llano’s 10-0 softball area playoff victory over Cotulla last Saturday afternoon in Wimberley. The area playoff loss snapped a nine-game winning streak for the Cowgirls. Llano scored ten runs on 11 hits while sophomore pitcher Maddie Kloepper tossed a shutout while allowing only…

Pearsall’s Kiana Kebbi and Cotulla’s Aaliyah Charo both earned bronze medals in their respective events during competition at the UIL State Track and Field Championships in Austin last Thursday evening, May 6. Both runners were regional champions at their respective Region IV events at Kingsville and Converse Judson with Kebbi winning the 400m dash and…

Cotulla jumped out to a 6-0 lead and never looked back in claiming the school’s first softball playoff victory with a 12-5 thrashing of Yoakum at bi-district Saturday in Beeville. The Cowgirls were in control throughout and led 9-3 at one point. The team will now take on Llano this Saturday, May 8 at 2…