April 18th, 2012
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District champ Lyford drops finale, but focused on playoffs
LYFORD — It wasn’t the undefeated district celebration they’d planned, but the Lyford Lady Bulldogs got something important nevertheless on Wednesday.
The Lady Bulldogs suffered their first district loss, a 3-2 decision to West Oso in eight…
Baseball notebook: Taking a look at some playoff scenarios
With the 2012 season winding down, the playoff picture is coming into focus in most districts. Here is a a quick league-by-league breakdown as the season heads into the final week.
District 30-5A: With a 10-0 win over Mission on Tuesday, Sharyland…
Sharyland ready to represent Valley in Georgetown
The Sharyland Rattlers are the first non-Brownsville team from the Rio Grande Valley to reach the UIL Class 5A state soccer tournament.
“The Brownsville schools have gone before, and now it’s our turn,” Sharyland assistant coach Oscar Nuñez said….
Valley has rough Day 1 at Region IV-4A tournament
The Mission Veterans boys are in 10th place after Day 1 of the Region IV-4A tournament Wednesday at Pecan Valley in San Antonio.
La Joya Juarez-Lincoln, the other District 32-4A team to make it, is in 12th place after shooting a 372. The Patriots…
Harlingen South sends doubles team to state
For the third year in a row, the Harlingen South Hawks kept it in the family.
The mixed doubles team of Dillan Eizember and Danielle Stillman were the only Rio Grande Valley players to push through to state at the Region IV-5A tournament Wednesday at…
Donna police: Shooter sought after drive-by damages car
DONNA — Donna police were seeking a man they say shot a man’s car Wednesday afternoon and later threatened that man’s mother with a gun in the wake of separate, previous arguments with both.
Police were called to the 100 block of Fourth Street…
Sheriff: Teen threatens neighbors with shotgun east of Edinburg
NEAR EDINBURG — The Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office continues to investigate what led a teenager to make several threats as he sat on his porch with a shotgun and a rifle Wednesday morning.
Sheriff’s deputies received several 9-1-1 calls…
PALMVIEW: Niegan fianza a implicados de volcadura de inmigrantes
Un juez federal negó fianza el martes a cinco de seis acusados en una operación donde albergaban inmigrantes que terminó en la muerte de nueve personas en una volcadura en Palmview.
Los seis acusados enfrentan cargos federales por participación…
TEXAS: Enfermera acusada de matar a madre y raptar bebé sufrió un aborto
SPRING, Texas — Una mujer de Texas acusada de haber matado a tiros a una joven madre y secuestrado a su bebé de tres días había sufrido un aborto involuntario y pretendía “adoptar” al recién nacido como si fuera suyo, informaron las…