Nov 03 2012
Special to the NEWS RIO HONDO — There’s no question as to what time it was on Friday night. It was definitely Tarpon Time. Port Isabel got a complete effort from the entire team and bullied its way past the Rio Hondo Bobcats 36-7 at Bobcat Stadium. Thanks to the victory, the Tarpons are now …
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Nov 03 2012
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com There’s the San Benito Greyhounds, and then there’s life. Hector Avila doesn’t differentiate between the two, because – to him – they’re one in the same. Maybe that’s why the 50-year-old self-proclaimed “El Greyhound Mayor” and spokesperson for the Greyhound Hair Club – this week’s Hooked on Hounds candidate …
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Oct 30 2012
NEWS Staff Report RIO HONDO – District 32-3A is anybody’s ballgame. Literally. With the Hidalgo Pirates, La Feria Lions, Port Isabel Tarpons and Rio Hondo Bobcats each only displaying a single blemish on their district record, week nine action in the Rio Grande Valley will be crucial. Throw into the mix an annual rivalry (more …
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Oct 26 2012
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Although life hasn’t changed for Angela Guevara, what the 13-year-old Riverside Middle School student is changing are people’s perceptions about her. On Saturday, Angela will be playing her eighth game as a football player for the Riverside Bulldogs. The seventh grade team, for which Angela plays wide receiver, will …
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Oct 26 2012
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com There are certain things you just don’t mess with. You don’t mess with Texas; you don’t mess with a man’s motorcycle, and you definitely don’t mess with the Greyhounds. Sixty-one year-old Peter Galvan, a 1970 graduate of San Benito High School, is well aware of these fundamental rules which …
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Oct 26 2012
By PETE BANDA Special to the NEWS PHARR – It was as if all the frustration of a squandered season came pouring out in one game for the San Benito Greyhounds on Thursday night. The ’Hounds nearly broke their side of the scoreboard at PSJA Stadium as they bombed the Bears by a score of …
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Oct 26 2012
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com San Benito’s Lady Greyhound varsity volleyball team will be playing a tiebreaker game against Weslaco tomorrow at 5 p.m. at the SBHS gymnasium. Both teams have triumphed and struggled all year and are currently tied in District 31-5A at 7 wins to 9 losses, each for the season. …
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Oct 23 2012
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com As the starting quarterback for the San Benito Greyhounds, Jesse Jimenez knows a thing or two about pressure. After all, criticism levied at the 17-year-old playcaller this season has thus far ranged from burdensome to downright intolerable. For instance, a Facebook page was reportedly created to mock Jesse, and …
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Oct 23 2012
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com PHARR – The San Benito Greyhounds are 4-4 this season even though they’ve outscored opponents by a total of 147 points to 119. In each contest in 31-5A, relatively new stomping grounds for the ’Hounds, San Benito has been competitive and downright dominant on the defensive side of the …
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Oct 20 2012
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com “We have to win,” said 31-year-old San Benito Greyhounds super fan Rick Chavez as he finished eating a bacon and egg taco, adding, “I didn’t have a chance to eat yet.” I bought Rick breakfast after I called him out of the blue on Friday. “I want to see …
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