Aug 07 2015
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Today you can find him preparing for his final year of Varsity football, one in which he is expected to take over as the starting quarterback. But just two weeks ago, he was leading his Premier Baseball team to the Junior National Championship in dominating fashion. From …
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Aug 05 2015
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Football season is officially underway in San Benito. The Greyhounds hit the field early Monday morning for their first team practice of the season. With their first scrimmage a little over a week away, second year head coach Dan Gomez is eager to see how his team …
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Jul 08 2015
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Over 800 elite high school football players from all over the nation will be in Dublin, Ohio on July 16 for the Top Gun Showcase, and one local Greyhound will be a part of that. After an outstanding performance at last year’s camp, San Benito’s own Mario …
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Jul 03 2015
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com He’s trained with MMA legend Wanderlei Silva, currently training with 4-time boxing world champion Joel “Cepillo” Casamay, and has even traveled to Amsterdam to work on his craft. Although he is from San Benito, he currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada and, oh yeah… he’s fighting for a …
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Jun 19 2015
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer Reporter@sbnewspaper.com After his first year as the girls head basketball coach at San Benito High School, Abel Moreno decided that he wanted to get a basketball camp started to spark interest in basketball among the incoming girls. “Eventually we want to build the program to be as good as the …
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Jun 05 2015
By ARMANDO GARZA Special to the NEWS AUSTIN— Teams from San Benito NEVER quit. And on Friday night at Red & Charline McCombs Field, the Lady ’Hounds backed that claim up. BIG TIME. Down 3-0 heading into their final at-bat, the girls scratched across two runs and almost more, but the rally ultimately fell …
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Jun 03 2015
By ARMANDO GARZA Special to the NEWS If softball fans across Texas don’t remember who the San Benito Lady ’Hounds are, rest assured they’ll get an up close and personal reminder on Friday. For the second time in three years, the Lady ’Hounds have accomplished what many once considered impossible: Advance to the UIL …
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Jun 02 2015
The Lady Hounds are preparing for their second Final Four trip in two seasons as they look to get revenge on Lewisville this Friday after losing to them two years prior amidst a very controversial call at home plate. The Lady ”Hounds are shown below in the final out of their Elite 8 game against …
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May 31 2015
By ARMANDO GARZA SPECIAL to the NEWS CORPUS CHRISTI — Austin, get ready because San Benito is coming! After dropping Game 2 earlier on Saturday (4-1) at Cabaniss Softball Field, the San Benito Lady ’Hounds dug deep and needed every last bit of determination in a 5-2 victory over New Braunfels Canyon to claim …
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May 26 2015
By Armando Garza Special to the NEWS Up until yesterday, if you said the Lady ‘Hounds were the best team in the state, it would have to be considered an opinion. Well, now it’s a fact. The Texas Girls Coaches Association released the latest high school softball rankings on Tuesday morning, listing San Benito …
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