Tag: San Benito Greyhounds

’Hounds on road against East Thursday

By ARMANDO GARZA Special to the NEWS WESLACO — After opening the season with a resounding 53-7 win over Edinburg, many people’s ears perked up concerning the San Benito Greyhounds. The ’Hounds (1-0) used a special teams barrage of an onside kick, blocked punt, blocked field goal and kickoff return for a touchdown to put …

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KABOOM! ’Hounds explode in 53-7 shellacking of Edinburg

By ARMANDO GARZA Special to the NEWS The San Benito Greyhounds didn’t exactly start the season with a bang. KABOOM! was more like it. After a 40-minute delay due to lightning in the area, the ’Hounds used big plays on special teams and a marvelous night from senior running back Gabriel Vasquez to pummel Edinburg …

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Greyhounds begin Gomez era against Edinburg Friday

By ARMANDO GARZA Special to the NEWS It truly is a new beginning for Greyhound Football. With spring practices, offseason workouts and scrimmages out of the way, the time has come to pull the curtain back on a fresh start in San Benito as the ’Hounds host Edinburg High at Bobby Morrow Stadium on Friday …

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DRESS REHEARSAL: ’Hounds optimistic after 30-7 scrimmage victory

By ARMANDO GARZA Special to the NEWS PHARR – It may have been only a dress rehearsal for the Greyhounds, but after Friday morning, you can’t blame anyone for wanting to see the rest of the show. San Benito got going early and never looked back as the ’Hounds defeated PSJA North 30-7 in their …

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UPDATED: Greyhounds return to action Friday morning; community pep rally tonight

By ANGELICA CHAVEZ Special to the NEWS Dan Gomez is the type of fellow who says what’s on his mind. So when asked about what fans could expect of the 2014 edition of the San Benito Greyhounds, the first-year head coach spoke plainly. “We expect them to hit someone,” Gomez exclaimed. That’s right. It is yet …

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MEET THESE ‘HOUNDS: Community pep rally, scrimmage kick off 2014 season

By ANGELICA CHAVEZ Special to the NEWS Dan Gomez is the type of fellow who says what’s on his mind. So when asked about what fans could expect of the 2014 edition of the San Benito Greyhounds, the first-year head coach spoke plainly. “We expect them to hit someone,” Gomez exclaimed. That’s right. It is yet …

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Gomez introduces ‘War Dog’ mentality at first practices

By ARMANDO GARZA Special to the NEWS Anxious to get the season under way, the 2014 San Benito Greyhounds already beat their first opponent: the sun. In total, 126 varsity and junior varsity players were on the turf at 6:30 a.m. for the first group practices of the summer under new ’Hounds coach Dan Gomez …

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’Hounds to kickoff season with early workouts

NEWS Staff Report The beginning of a new chapter in San Benito Greyhound football is here. The ’Hounds hit the field for the first preseason workouts bright and early Monday morning as they prepare for the 2014 season under new head coach Dan Gomez and his staff. Many teams began practices last week, however since …

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Inter-squad spring game moved to Wednesday evening

NEWS Staff Report There’s been a change of plans. The time in which the San Benito Greyhounds will play an inter-squad spring training football game has changed from 9:45 a.m. Wednesday, May 28 to 4 p.m. the same day for the freshmen team and 5 p.m. for the varsity and JV. The games will be …

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Greyhounds to end spring training with inter-squad game

By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito Greyhounds will conclude their spring training with a football game at 9:45 a.m. Wednesday, May 28 at Bobby Morrow Stadium. “It’s just going to be inter-squad between the kids,” said Athletic Director and Head Football Coach Dan Gomez. “Basically, it’s just a highlighted practice.” Gomez …

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