Area Sports

DISTRICT 14-4 A, DIVISION II ALL-DISTRICT TEAM With all four representatives of District 14-4A, Division II bowing out of the playoffs in the first round, members of the all-district football team were recently announced with four Pearsall athletes earning six spots on the squad. District champion Carrizo Springs dominated the field with six athletes earning…

With a pair of non-district losses on Friday and Monday morning, Pearsall’s Lady Mavs dropped to 1-7 for the season after falling to Natalia and Somerset. Pearsall dropped a 50-35 decision to the Lady Mustangs after a low scoring third turned the momentum in the contest. Somerset was strong out of the gates and held…

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL Leija scores 21 in lopsided non-district win over Charlotte. Cotulla moved to 3-0 for the year after knocking off Charlotte in non-district basketball action on Tuesday, November 16. The Cowgirls led from the outset but a strong second quarter broke the game open as the team cruised to the 64-31 win. Allyse…

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL, WEEK ELEVEN Pearsall opens season with home loss to Navarro; drop close decisions at Pleasanton tournament. Pearsall dropped its season opener to Navarro then won one of five games at the annual Pleasanton basketball tournament over the weekend. Navarro took a 69-17 decision over the Lady Mavs last Tuesday, November 9 in…

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL Cotulla knocked off Laredo Harmony and Carrizo Springs last week in non-district action to open the 2021-22 basketball season at 2-0. The Cowgirls blitzed Harmony from the outset, jumping out to a 25-2 first period lead en route to a lopsided 66-8 win in the opener on Tuesday, November 9. Cotulla then…

The junior varsity Lady Wolves went 3-1 in tournament action at the annual Dilley girls’ basketball tournament last weekend and finished second overall at the event. Dilley’s only loss was to Class 5A Floresville in the title game of the tournament. The team opened its season on November 9 at home against Bandera and won…

Boa Luta Academy is celebrating one year in its new training facility. As schools closed during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the academy and it’s students were forced to relocate. Head coaches and business owners, Jose and Jennifer Gonzalez, cleared land on a piece of property, poured a concrete slab and put up a…

Bandera built a 34-2 halftime lead en route to a 48-9 win over Pearsall in the season finale for the Mavericks last Friday, November 5 at Bulldog Stadium. The loss was Pearsall’s tenth of the season and 11th straight dating back to the Mavs’ 57-8 bi-district loss to Sinton in the 2020 season. Pearsall’s 0-10…

With a tempered approach to the 2021 season, Dilley AD and Head Football Coach David Silva says his team entered the final week of the regular season with a chance to achieve all of its preseason goals but narrowly missed recording a winning record this year following a 22-19 loss to Nixon-Smiley Friday night. Silva…

DISTRICT 14-3A, DIVISION I San Antonio Cole scored twice in the first half and twice in the fourth quarter to outrun Cotulla 34-14 last Friday and send the Cowboys to their eighth straight loss. Having been eliminated from playoff contention, the Cowboys will end their season this Friday as they visit the winless Lytle Pirates.…