Category: Sports

RESPECT- Lady ‘Hounds ranked 4th in State

By PETE BANDA   Staff Writer Reporter@sbnewspaper.com With enough accolades to fill up a high school textbook, the San Benito Lady ’Hounds have easily become one of the most dominant sports programs in the history of the Valley. With countless District and Bi-District championships, numerous trips to the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight, and even making …

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Web Exclusive: Baseball, softball Hounds earn big victories Tuesday

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By ARMANDO GARZA Special to the NEWS Usually if you’re not successful the first time around, the second time is a whole lot better. The San Benito Greyhounds can attest to this. The ’Hounds pounded out a whopping 20 hits as a team as they clubbed Brownsville Hanna 12-3 on Tuesday night at Greyhound Park. …

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Greyhounds blast Rivera 11-1 on special night

By ARMANDO GARZA Special to the NEWS   It’s always good to erase a bad memory with a good one. And the San Benito Greyhounds were able to do just that on a special night for many. Behind a hitting barrage and solid fundamental play across the diamond, the ’Hounds had no problems dispatching of …

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WEB EXCLUSIVE- ‘Hounds pick up another district victory on Parent’s Night

By ARMANDO GARZA Special to the NEWS When Eric Arizpe is on, the San Benito Greyhounds are hard to beat. The ‘Hounds’ hurler fanned six and scattered six hits as he got superb defense behind him in a 6-2, Parent’s Night win over Brownsville Lopez on Friday night at Greyhound Park. The Greyhounds (7-5 overall, 2-3 …

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Gonzalez’s three-run blast pushes Lady ‘Hounds past South

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By ARMANDO GARZA Special to the NEWS HARLINGEN — Every so often, someone has to step up. Someone has to come through with a play. And in a 2-0 ballgame on Tuesday night on the road, San Benito’s Mel Gonzalez did exactly that. In the top of the 7th inning, Gonzalez took an 0-2 pitch …

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WEB EXCLUSIVE: ‘Hounds fall in 2-1 heartbreaker at Brownsville Veterans

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By Armando Garza Special to the NEWS BROWNSVILLE — It’s often said there are no moral victories in sports. And the San Benito Greyhounds are certainly not happy with their 2-1 loss to Brownsville Veterans Memorial on Tuesday night. However, there is something to be said for going toe-to-toe with one of the teams pegged …

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Only The Strong- Los Fresnos and San Benito place 1st and 2nd in state

By PETE BANDA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Maybe it’s something in the resaca. Whatever it is, the high school powerlifting squads down here in the lower valley are destroying competition up state. And the Girls Varsity teams at Los Fresnos and San Benito High School are no exception. Both teams traveled to the 6A State Championship …

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WEB EXCLUSIVE: Greyhounds thump Cardinals, grab first district victory

By ARMANDO GARZA Special to the NEWS After dropping their first two district games to Brownsville Hanna and Los Fresnos, the San Benito Greyhounds were understandably in a bit of a lull. That all changed on this past Friday afternoon. The ’Hounds broke open a tie game and surged ahead to take down Harlingen 5-2 …

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Lady ‘Hounds annihilate Lopez, remain atop 32-6A

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By ARMANDO GARZA Special to the NEWS  As hard as they worked on Tuesday night, the San Benito Lady ’Hounds were deserving of a quick game. That came in the form of Friday night’s 15-0 shellacking of Brownsville Lopez at Lady Hound Field. San Benito (15-1 overall, 5-0 in District 32-6A) had to work overtime …

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WEB EXCLUSIVE: ‘Hounds take down Los Fresnos, 4-1, in huge contest

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By ARMANDO GARZA Special to the NEWS When hitting is good, teams have a chance.  But when pitching and defense are on point, they’re just about unstoppable.  Behind another sterling effort from pitcher Crystal Castillo (14 strikeouts), the San Benito Lady ’Hounds notched a critical win on Saturday morning, 4-1 over Los Fresnos to assume …

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