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	LADY EAGLES CLINCH DISTRICT TITLE by Rey Sifuentes Jr. Pictures provided by José Jimenez Eagle Pass High School’s varsity softball team won the District 29-5A title (their fourth in the past five years) by blasting Laredo Martin 15-0 in three innings last Friday. In the process, the Lady Eagles extended their unbeaten district record to 14-0. “Against Martin, our team performed exceptional- ly well and took care of business right off the bat,” Head Coach Oscar Ruiz said. “We are repeatedly playing hard this season and not ....

Stallions Outlast Warriors in Shortened Game at Chittim by: A.D. Ibarra The Cerna Stallions had their hands full with a Winn Warrior team that had come off their worst game of the season offensively and were ready to leave the past behind them. In the first inning, lead-off man Bryan Gelacio reaches on an error by the first baseman and is driven in by an impressive shot to right center off the bat of Warrior catcher Diego Ibarra. Third man in the order, Anwar Gonzalez does his part by singling to right to drive in Ibarra to quickly make the sc....

Lady Mavericks crush Cigarroa by Rey Sifuentes Jr. C.C. Winn High School’s varsity softball team demolished Laredo Cigarroa 15-1 in five innings on Friday. The Lady Mavericks scored a run in the first inning, four in the second, three in the third and seven in the fourth. C.C. Winn amassed 18 hits and only committed a single error. Ronnie Valdez touched home base for C.C. Winn’s first run, during the opening inning, off of a single by Aimee Ramirez. In the second inning, Rosemary Hernandez reached home on a singl....

Unbeaten Lady Eagles still in first by Rey Sifuentes Jr. Eagle Pass High School’s varsity softball team maintained its District 29-5A record a perfect 12-0 and stood in first place after beating Laredo United 6-1 on Friday. At the start of this week, EPHS was four games ahead of Laredo United South (8-4). The Lady Eagles, however, know the value of avoiding complacency. “It is very important to stay focused on what we are doing, take one game at a time and hopefully we can finish our district schedule still on t....

	Mavericks holding on to first place by Rey Sifuentes Jr. C.C. Winn High School’s varsity baseball team was on a roll at the end of last week after the Mavericks defeated Eagle Pass High School – for the first time in school history on Friday and then beat Del Rio on Saturday. C.C. Winn (9-1 and in first place in District 29-5A) shut out Eagle Pass 10-0 in five innings. The Mavericks scored three runs in the first inning, five in the second and two in the fifth. Bopping the ball around the park were Juan del Bosque (thre....

	Season ends for Lady Eagles

	Unbeaten Lady Eagles in first place Eagle Pass High School’s varsity soft- ball team held an unblemished league record of 8-0 and stood atop of District 29-5A after squashing Del Rio (11-1) in five innings on Monday, Laredo Nixon (15-0) in three innings on Tuesday and Laredo Cigarroa (11-1) on Wednesday. The Lady Eagles fell behind early (1-0) then busted the game wide open in the fifth inning. EPHS rotated three pitch- ers against the Lady Toros; game winner Lizzy Montalvo, Samantha Fuentes and Samantha de Leon. Head Coach ....

Eagles win district opener Eagle Pass High School’s varsity football team won their District 29-5A opener by defeating Laredo LBJ 21-14. Jose Rodriguez hauled in a 25-yard pass from Tommy Galvan for a touchdown during the Eagles’ opening drive. Rodriguez threw a 30-yard scoring strike to Hector Gloria in the second quarter. Galvan connected with Wally Martinez on a 30-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter. Head Coach Tom Gonzalez said winning the first conference game was a huge boost in momentum. ....

Mavericks tussle it out with Rams C.C. Winn High School’s varsity football team narrowly lost their District 29-5A opener to Del Rio 10-9 on Friday. Gilbert Salas kicked a 24-yard field goal in the opening quarter. Jesus Canales threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Christian Daniel in the fourth quarter. “We played with a lot of heart and enthusiasm,” Head Coach George Ruiz said. “We just put together a sustained drive, took some time off the clock while getting a couple of first downs and Canales made a pretty good throw ....

Eagles C.C. team ranked ninth in state Eagle Pass Cross Country Coach Juan Gonzalez woke up on Saturday to the news that his team had moved into the top ten in the entire state a few hours before they were to host the fourth annual Border Bash. The Eagles are now ranked ninth in the state by the Cross Country Coaches Association of Texas. “These kids have had that goal since they were sophomores,” Garza said. “When I woke up on Saturday morning and saw the rankings I was very excited but also nervous because now we had to go ....

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EPHS Varsity finishes second Eagle Pass High School’s varsity boys cross country team finished second at the first annual Rio Grande Valley Cross Country Classic held in Edinburg on Saturday. Pictured (left to right) are: Head Coach Juan Gonzalez, Saul Camarillo, Saul Vasquez, John West, Joseph Pena, Robert Zarate, Rene Escobedo, and Coach Francisco Vielma. Not pictured are Coach Jose Rangel and Coach Norman Carreon.

Historic game ends in upset Mavericks Pierde 45 a 0 ante Devine Un ambiente de fiesta se vivió el viernes por la tarde-noche en el nuevo estadio de football de Eagle Pass en el juego de practica entre los Mavericks y el equipo Devine, Texas. Los muchachos de Eagle paz pusieron todo su esfuerzo sin embargo cayeron con un marcador de 45 puntos a cero. No pudo ser que los Maverics fueron los primeros en anotar un touchdown en el nuevo estadio, la primera anotación la consiguió el jugador Sam Ramirez de Devine....

Mavericks hit the road during Week Zero by Rey Sifuentes Jr. C.C. Winn High School’s varsity football team concluded their summer practices with a scrimmage against Uvalde on Friday. “Overall, we saw great improvement from the week before when we scrimmaged San Antonio Southside to whom we lost 1-0,” Head Coach George Ruiz said. “Against Uvalde we got our running game going pretty good, our passing game - which had a couple of misfortunes against Southside - also looked a little bit better.” Despite allowing a trio of scores to Uval....

Eagles mix it up in preseason football scrimmage Eagle Pass High School’s varsity football team hit the road on Saturday and traveled down to Laredo where they locked horns with Harlingen South in their first scrimmage of the preseason. The Eagles clicked on all cylinders scoring almost at will while keeping Harlingen South out of the end zone. “We scored 27 points on them and they scored none,” Head Coach Tom Gonzalez said. “Our offense looked real sharp and our defense had a couple of let downs but still held Harlingen pretty ....