Tag: Jackie Elizondo

Local ballplayers to play in All-Star games

By ARMANDO GARZA Special to the NEWS Several local graduates who starred on the baseball and softball diamonds their senior seasons will get one last game under the Valley high school lights in the annual Rio Grande Valley Coaches Association East-West All-Star Senior Showcase games on Saturday night. The eighth annual senior-only contests will be …

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SPORTSMEN OF THE YEAR: Elizondo, Garza recognized with prestigious honor

By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Every year, the San Benito News selects two athletes who epitomize what it means to be not only a superior athlete, but more importantly a distinguished student. Jackie Elizondo and Jamail Garza, San Benito High School student athletes who graduated with their senior class on Friday, definitely fit …

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ELITE AGAIN: Lady ’Hounds defeat SA O’Connor, 3-2

By ARMANDO GARZA Special to the NEWS They’re baaaaack!!! On a night that featured a little bit of everything, the San Benito Lady ’Hounds are back in the Elite Eight. In the bottom of the seventh inning of a 2-2 game against San Antonio O’Connor, Jackie Elizondo singled and courtesy runner Sabrina Mendoza reached third …

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