Jan 28 2014
By JODI LYNN VALDEZ Special to the NEWS The San Benito Greyhounds junior varsity light boys’ basketball team defeated the Weslaco East Wildcats on Monday night, 41-34. In the first quarter, San Benito’s Damien Peña set the tone of the game by sinking his first basket, then Daniel Garcia chipped in eight points to end the …
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Jan 24 2014
NEWS Staff Report Now that the particulars are out of the way, let the search for the new Greyhound athletic leader really begin. The San Benito CISD Board of Trustees decided late Wednesday to not split the vacant athletic director/head football coach job into two, and also got the process rolling to find a replacement. …
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Jan 24 2014
The San Benito “Anti-Selection Committee” Committee is a group of citizens formed to hold accountable the actions of San Benito CISD administrators during their search for a new head football coach and athletic director. And if you haven’t figured it out yet, we’re not fans of selection committees doing the job that the aforementioned administrators …
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Jan 21 2014
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Proposals to hire a consultant tasked with aiding in the search for a new athletic director and head football coach as well as the possibility of separating the two positions, which have long been consolidated, may be decided at a special meeting of the San Benito CISD Board of …
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Jan 17 2014
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com The search has begun for a new athletic director and head football coach for the San Benito Greyhounds following the resignation of Spencer Gantt, but questions remain as to the circumstances of the departure. Gantt, who for five years led San Benito High School athletics and the Greyhounds varsity …
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Jan 17 2014
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com One of the questions I’ve been asked repeatedly this week is whether this will finally be the time that Jim Helms comes back to his alma mater, dons the purple and gold one last time and returns San Benito High School football to prominence. And with the departure of …
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Jan 17 2014
By JODI LYNN VALDEZ & MARIA SANCHEZ Special to the NEWS The San Benito Greyhounds junior varsity dark team was defeated by the McAllen Memorial Mustangs on Monday, Jan.13. In the first, San Benito’s Jerry Delgado worked his way through the basketball court and netted 10 points. The Mustangs played well, however, and closed the first …
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Jan 14 2014
NEWS Staff Report The San Benito Greyhounds are officially looking for a new leader. At the regular meeting of the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees on Tuesday night, board members approved a resignation agreement with athletic director/head football coach Spencer Gantt, thus agreeing to end Gantt’s tenure–effective Jan. 27–with the Greyhounds …
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Jan 14 2014
By JODI LYNN VALDEZ and MARIA SANCHEZ Special to the NEWS The San Benito High School varsity boys and girls wrestling teams dominated on Jan. 9, when they took on the Weslaco East Wildcats. Opening matches began with the female wrestlers. The first match of the night started in the 102 pound weight division with Esmeralda …
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Jan 10 2014
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com It appears as though the Spencer Gantt era in San Benito may be coming to an end. According to an agenda posted Friday for the regular meeting of the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees, a “discussion and possible action on approval of athletic director resignation …
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