April 14th, 2012
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City, Texas A&M to discuss future of Botanical Gardens
McALLEN — The head of Texas A&M’s nature tourism program plans to visit McAllen this week to discuss the city’s Botanical Gardens.With grant funding, the 22-acre property could become a nature tourism demonstration site, said Miles Phillips, an…
Broncs pitcher Knight dominates North Dakota
EDINBURG — University of Texas-Pan American Broncs starting pitcher Dusten Knight didn’t allow a hit over his final six innings of work to beat the University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux 10-5 in Game Two of a doubleheader on Saturday at…
Spurs rout Suns to dampen Phoenix’s playoff chase
SAN ANTONIO — The San Antonio Spurs insist that being the No. 1 seed in the West isn’t important to them. They still might wind up with it.
Simply making the playoffs is important to Phoenix. And this blowout won’t help.
Tim Duncan had 19 points…
Astros rally to beat Bell and Marlins in 9th, 5-4
MIAMI — Road wins were a rarity last year for the Houston Astros, which made Saturday night’s improbable comeback victory especially sweet.
Carlos Lee tied the game with a two-out RBI single, and an error by left fielder Logan Morrison allowed the…
Alamo Heights ends Valley View’s historic season
CORPUS CHRISTI — By the time Valley View coach Damian Magallan spoke to his team following a loss in the biggest game in program history, all he could do was encourage and not criticize.
“Heads up,” he told them repeatedly as his team lost for…
Rangers bail out Darvish
MINNEAPOLIS — Yu Darvish knows it’s going to take time to adjust to major league hitters.
Nothing like a couple of bases-loaded situations to speed that process along.
Darvish kept wriggling out of trouble in five-plus innings, Josh Hamilton…
Sharyland sweeps District 30-5A meet
The Sharyland’s boys and girls track and field teams continued their domination of District 30-5A competition, scoring 214.50 and 179 points, respectively, to finish first at the league meet Saturday at La Joya ISD Stadium
Both Sharyland teams…
Bees to reconsider affiliation agreement
HIDALGO — By the end of the Killer Bees’ 2011-12 season their affiliation with the AHL’s San Antonio Rampage was barely an afterthought.
All the Bees got from the relationship was 47 games, 15 goals, 16 assists, a minus-7 rating and the…
Rio Hondo boys, PI girls win team titles at 32-3A meet
LA FERIA — In track and field, every point counts. Just ask Rio Hondo boys head coach Israel Gracia.
The Bobcats repeated as District 32-3A champions winning the meet handedly with 151 points. Port Isabel was second with 138 points and host La…
Total of San Benito six golfers headed to regional tourneys this week
SAN BENITO — It was a first for San Benito boys golf.
In the past, District 32-5A boys golf trophies and berths in the regional tournament have often gone to Weslaco or Brownsville schools.
Not this year.
San Benito’s boys finished as the…