Jun 09 2023
By PETE BANDA Special to the NEWS AUSTIN—Despite a valiant effort in its final game, the 2023 edition of the San Benito Lady ’Hound Varsity Softball Team saw its historic season come to an end in the State Semifinals in Austin last week. San Benito fell to the eventual State. Champion Pearland Lady Oilers in …
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Jun 02 2023
By TONY VINDELL Special to the NEWS RIO HONDO—A group of Rio Hondo Independent School District students’ ambitions of reaching the stars have paid off. Although the 2022-2023 school year is now over, their link with the International Space Station is probably going to motivate them to keep aiming high. The students participated in what …
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Jun 02 2023
By PETE BANDA Special to the NEWS With yet another impressive playoff series win, the Lady ’Hounds punched their tickets to the State Final Four tournament in Austin. San Benito cruised by the 25-14 East Central Hornets with a two-game sweep to claim its third Regional Championship in school history. With a combined score of …
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Jun 02 2023
By PETE BANDA Special to the NEWS After a third straight playoff season, the Greyhound baseball team continues to receive recognition in the weeks after the season ended. A total of nine players were named to one of the three 32-6A All-District teams last week. Leading the way is future college baseball player Rowen Garcia, …
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Jun 02 2023
By RENE TORRES The year was 1929, only three years after the new El Jardin school building (located five miles east of Brownsville) was erected, that its football 11, the Comets, were fighting for their lives on the gridiron. The rural school football title was on the line with Stuart Place and El Jardin having …
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Jun 02 2023
By PETE BANDA Special to the NEWS After San Benito Mayor Rick Guerra was re-elected in a landslide victory last month, receiving more than 62% of the vote in the three-man race, he immediately got to work on his second-term goals. As the latest guest in the San Benito Chamber of Commerce’s “Coffee With” series, …
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May 26 2023
By PETE BANDA Special to the NEWS All year long, the San Benito Lady ’Hounds have been one of the top ranked softball teams in the state. Kicking off the season with 10 straight wins and multiple tournament championships, San Benito wasted little time developing a reputation among top talent evaluators in Texas and earned …
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May 26 2023
By PETE BANDA Special to the NEWS While growing up surrounded by Conjunto music most of his life, Eligio Martinez knew that he wanted to be the one making the music one day. The 21-year-old San Benito native was eventually drawn to the accordion while still in high school, but it turns out his natural …
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May 26 2023
By TONY VINDELL Special to the NEWS A new law firm has been hired to provide legal services for the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District (SBCISD), following the board decision to terminate its contract with the previous one. The board members voted unanimously to bring in the Law Office of Tony Torres of Edinburg …
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May 26 2023
By TONY VINDELL Special to the NEWS The San Benito Consolidated Independent School District (SBCISD) is nearing its school year’s end with a reshuffled board of trustees. Orlando Lopez is now the new president of the administrative body that also has two newly elected members, Frutoso Gomez and Alejandro “Alex” Reyna. The three, plus trustee …
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