Category: Sports

HISTORY IN THE MAKING- San Benito Ranked #1 in State!

By STEVEN RAY HERNANDEZ EDITOR EDITOR@SBNEWSPAPER.COM The Texas Coaches Association has released their latest softball rankings and the San Benito Lady ‘Hounds are now ranked as the top team in the state. History has just been made as this ranking is the highest ever by a Rio Grande Valley Squad. The Lady ‘Hounds will now …

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Payback- Lady ‘Hounds defeat O Connor, earn trip back to Elite 8!

By ARMANDO GARZA SPECIAL to the NEWS After suffering their first loss in at least three months, the Lady ‘Hounds came back with a vengeance on Saturday, defeating San Antonio O’ Connor in two games to win a best of three series and advance to the Elite 8 round of the state playoffs. In the …

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SWEET DEAL- Lady ‘Hounds earn return trip to Sweet 16

By PETE BANDA  Staff Writer Reporter@sbnewspaper.com Behind another stellar outing from Senior Crystal Castillo, the San Benito Lady ’Hounds ousted Laredo LBJ to move on to the sweet 16 yet again. Castillo struck out 12 batters to lead San Benito to a 3-1 victory and they will now await the winner of the San Antonio O’Conner/Corpus …

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Former SB track star shines in college

By PETE BANDA   Staff Writer Reporter@sbnewspaper.com All his life, J.c. “kid” Guzman has been what most would call a go-getter. He played through a middle school football game with a cracked rib, made the San Benito varsity football team as a sophomore, and at about 140 pounds, became one of the top wide receivers in …

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UNSTOPPABLE- Lady ‘Hounds blank Mcallen Memorial, sweep into regional quarters

By ARMANDO GARZA    SPECIAL to the NEWS A night after a hard-earned win at home, the San Benito Lady ’Hounds did it again Friday night, taking a 2-0 game over McAllen Memorial to sweep their Class 6A area round best-of-three series. San Benito (25-1) now will face either Laredo LBJ or Brownsville Veterans Memorial …

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Lady ‘Hounds eliminate Weslaco East 4-0

By ARMANDO GARZA Special to the NEWS   About the only “bad” thing to happen on Friday night was Crystal Castillo losing a perfect game in the seventh inning. Other than that, it was ALL good. Castillo was again brilliant, allowing just two hits and striking out 14 as the San Benito Lady ’Hounds shut …

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11-year old shines on and off the football field

By MONICA FONSECA Special to the NEWS   Eleven-year-old Team Captain Lauren Sanchez can be seen from the stands with her big purple bow, decorated with her name and number sixty-four in her hair at every game for the Texas Youth Football Association San Benito Greyhounds Jr. Division. The fifth grade straight-A student from Idea …

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Lady ‘Hounds win 5th straight District Title

By ARMANDO GARZA   SPECIAL TO THE NEWS “Tradition doesn’t graduate” has long been the slogan for San Benito Lady ’Hound softball and with good reason. If anyone needed a little reminder, they got it on Thursday night. San Benito got some early offense and did its thing defensively in a 6-1 victory over Harlingen …

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On The Right Track- Greyhounds sending large group to area track meet

By ARMANDO GARZA   Special to the NEWS   Anyone who’s followed San Benito Greyhound sports this year knows that every sport has boasted an abundance of something very important: Speed. The ’Hounds used that swiftness on the track this season as well, faring well at last weekend’s District 32-6A meet and notching 10 qualifiers for …

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Baseball is life for young sports prospect

By Monica Fonseca Special to the NEWS Early mornings and late nights are a daily routine for 14-year old sports phenom Nathaniel Garcia. Garcia, an 8th-grader at Berta Cabaza Middle School who stands a whopping 6’ 1,” has been seen out on the playing fields ever since age five, always sporting his favorite number, “Number 6.”  …

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