The Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 24, 1985 Page: 6 of 10
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MO GRANDE HERALD RIO GRANDE CITY, TEXAS THURSDAY. JANUARY 24.1M4 PACE *
Rattlers Win Two
Close Contests
Rattlers Get Honorable
Mention All-State
The Rio Grande City Rattlers
increased their district record to a
perfect 9-0 last week, but only after
subduing determined opposition
from Edcouch-Elsa and Donna.
Last Tuesday night, the Rattlers
overcame a slowdown game by the
Yellowjackets and blew the game
wide open with a 23-15 advantage in
the fourth quarter to achieve a
53-42 win. Coach Ricardo Lopez
said, however, that the turning
point was late in the third quarter,
when Jaime Solis hit three straight
baskets. He said, "That was the
turnaround right there because
they had to start playing our
game."
The game was knotted at 23 at
intermission, and then the Yellow-
jackets froze the ball, hitting only
one of four shots the entire third
quarter Lopez said, "They were
passing the ball around to get us
out of our zone defense into a man
to man." Solis's scoring burst gave
the Rattlers a 30-27 advantage as
the third quarter ended, and set the
stage for the final period heroics.
Jaime Solis led the Rattlers in
scoring with 20 points. Armando
Zarate added 15 and Ronald
Sanchez chipped in with 12. Leo
Solis had a big night on the boards
by clearing 11 rebounds, and
Sanchez brought in nine boards.
Ronnie Capello paced the Yellow-
jackets in scoring with 18 {joints, 14
of them from the free throw line.
The Rattlers hit 42 percent, or 18
of 43, of their shots from the field.
They sank 57 percent, or 17, of
their 30 attempts from the charity
stripe. Rio had a total of 16
turnovers.
Lopez added, "I think our kids
kept their composure (in the face
of the slowdown effort). We stayed
with our defensive plan. It was
good for us; we were exposed to a
different style of play."
The Rattlers withstood their
strongest challenge thus far in
district play here Friday night,
edging the Donna Redskins 49-42
despite a horrendous third quarter
in which the Redskins outscored
Rio 19-6.
Lopez said, "In the third quarter,
Donna was pressuring our passing
lanes. I thought they played
outstanding defense." The Rattlers
made the bulk of their 17 turnovers
in that period, he said.
Both teams suffered from cold
shooting the first quarter, from
which Rio emerged with a 10-5
lead. Sophomore guard Ramiro
Villegas, Jr., sparked a Rattler run
in the second quarter with three
long jumpers and Ronald Sanchez
also had a hot hand from the
outside. The Rattlers took a
commanding 28-15 into the locker-
room.
But senior Redskin Tommy
Gonzalez scorched the nets, from
both the inside and outside, with 14
points in the third period. He hit a
jumper that narrowed the Rio
margin to 30-27. Armando Zarate
then broke the long Rio drought
with a long jumper, but Gonzalez
cut the lead to 32-31 with a jumper
from the right side. His bank shot
off the glass gave the Redskins a
34-32 lead as the third quarter
Girls Basketball
Continues To Win
The Rio Grande City High girls
basketball team continued to con-
tend for the district championship
with two important victories last
week.
The team raised its district
record to 8-3 by defeating La Joya
56-22 at home Thursday Eight, and
outlasting Raymondville 43-32 on
the road Saturday night.
First place will be at stake here
Thursday night when Rio faces the
first-place Mercedes team.
Mercedes currently owns an 8-2
district record.
Against La Joya, Letty Villegas
and Jonell Sanchez led in scoring
with 12 apiece. Julie Casas added
nine and Marta Guerra poured in
eight. The team hit 20 of its 30
attempts from the foul line.
Against Raymondville, the Lady
Rattlers overcame a cold first half
in which they scored only 13 points.
They poured in 16 points in the
third period and 14 in the fourth. A
sore point was the taafljV 6 of 21
performance from thg line.
Julie Casas and Jonell Sanchez
led in scoring with 10 points apiece,
and Marta Guerra and Celina
Gonzalez added nine and eight,
respectively.
Ringgold Jr. High
Honor Roll
6-1A
'A"
Mariel Garza, Maribel Garcia.
"A&B"
Joe R Diaz, Jenniffer Funk,
Irasema Garza, Patricia Gonzalez.
6-2A
"A"
Lidia Garcia
"A&B"
Veronica Guzman, Patricia
Laurel, Elias Villarreal,. Jr., Sonia
Gonzalez
6-3A
"A&B"
Roberto Flores, Rodolfo
Ramirez, Jaime Torres, Jesus
Trevino, Diana Liza Diaz, Cynthia
Galvan, San JuaRita Rios, Sylvia
Torres.
6-4A
"A"
Maria Del Rosario Alaniz.
"A&B"
Anna Margarita Guerra, Juan F
Gonzalez, Laura Lopez
6-5A
"A&B"
Tirso Alaffa, Mirthala Alvarado,
Marilu Garcia, Fabiana Garza.
Laura Guerra, Laura Reyes,
Maribel Rodriguez, Humberto
Trejo, Jimmy Seale
6-lB
"A"
Adriana Chapa
"A&B"
Rosa Rios, Jose A Juarez.
6-2B
"A&B"
Sandra Guerrero. Ana L Salinas
6-3B
"A&B"
Alma Delia Cantu, Rosa Elda De
Leon
6-4B
"A"
Marco Valladares
"A&B"
Adrian Lopez
6-5B
"A&B"
Gilma Saenz, Mary Jane
Gonzalez, Hugo Garcia
7-lA
"A"
Veronica Lopez, Myrna Bazan
"A&B"
Sandra Torres, Yotenda Reyna,
Leticia Salinas. Veronica Gonzalez.
Maribel Bazan, Kerenza, Aguialr,
Miguel Salinas, Rosa I Saenz
7-2A
"A"
Jessica Guerrero, Laura Valdez
"A&B"
Mariano Avila Jr., Lorena L.
Garza, Tina Marie Saenz,
approached its conclusion.
Zarate tied the score at 34 with
two free throws at the end of the
third quarter, and Villegas drew
first blood in the last period with a
long jumper from the right side.
Jaime Solis then took over by
hitting three straight baskets. The
last bucket, a long jumper from the
right of the free throw line, gave
the Rattlers the lead for good at
44-42 with just over a minute
remaining.
Zarate padded the lead to four by
sinking two free throws with 39
seconds left, and Leonel Solis
sealed the win by hitting Iwo more
foul shots with 20 ticks left.
Jaime Solis was the offensive
star when the chips were down, but
Ronald Sanchez tied him for the
team scoring lead with 12 points.
Villegas added eight, all long-range
jumpers. Tommy Gonzalez kept the
Redskins in the game singlehan-
dedly with 27 points, 14 of them in
the third quarter.
The Rattlers hit only half of their
18 free throw attempts, but most of
their success occurred when the
game was on the line. From the
field, Rio hit 20 of 57 attempts, or
35 percent.
The Rattlers are now 9-0 in
district play, and have a two-game
lead over Roma. The Rattlers
return home Friday night to face
the Raymondville Bearkats at 7:30
p.m., and will tangle with the
Mercedes Tigers on the road
Tuesday night.
Two Rio Grande City Rattler
football players have been named
to the Associated Press 4-A All-
State Honorable Mention team, and
were the only 4-A players from the
Valley so recognized.
Senior offensive tackle Ubaldo
Perez and junior running back
Homero Gutierrez were named
Honorable Mention All-State.
Perez, a 220-pounder, made all-
district as both a junior and senior,
and was a unanimous choice his
senior year
Gutierrez, a 160-pound junior,
rushed for almost 1500 yards in 12
games, and was named to the
all-valley and all-district teams. He
averaged over eight yards per
carry, and rushed for 100 yards or
more in eight games, with a high of
211 against Raymondville. He
scored 14 touchdowns in the regu-
lar season and playoffs.
Starr Players Make
All-Scholastic Team
Forty nine Rio Grande Valley
football players from 23 high
schools have been named to the
21st annual All-Valley Scholastic
football team.
Five players from Rio Grande
City High School made the team,
as did one from San Isidro. St.
Joseph's Academy in Harlingen led
the way by placing seven on the
team. Edcouch-Elsa placed the
high man, Roy Mendoza, with a
95.48 grade average
To be eligible for the Scholastic
football team, a boy must be a
senior, earn a letter in varsity
football and have a three-year
average of 88.00 or better in
academic courses. This team was
created to honor Valley high school
players who excel in both athletics
and scholastic achievement.
The five Rio Grande City players
that made the team and their
grade averages are listed as
follows: Oscar R. Garcia, 94.02;
Narciso Garcia, Jr., 93.77; Enrique
Guerra, 93.27; Baldemar Perez,
90.60; and William Warren, 88.33.
Jaime Pena of San Isidro made the
team with an average of 88.7380.
Bilingual
Meeting
Thursday
The Title VII Bilingual/ESL
program will hold its regular
monthly meeting for January 1985
at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, January 24,
1985 at the Bilingual Office.
All committee members are
urged to attend and the public is
invited.
Grulla Jr.
High
Honor Roll
6th Grade
"A"
Melissa Alaniz, Denise Ortiz,
Sofia Villarreal, Graciela Saenz
"A&B"
Julio Espinoza, Alejandra
Garcia, Elda Lee Garza, Guerubin
Guerra, Priscilla Gutierrez,
Ludivina Longoria, Marisol
Longoria, Belinda Lopez, Faustino
Lopez, Jorge Lopez, Maribel Lucio,
Olga Idalia Ortiz, Abel Ramirez,
Raquel Reyes, Thor Rivera,
Deyanira Salinas, Cecilia Trillayes,
Jose Elias Lopez
7th Grade
"A"
Arnulfo Hernandez, Ermelinda
Perez, Marta Y. Sandoval
"A&B"
Merardo Banda, Jr., Marissa
Diaz, Maria Mirta Flores, Maribel
Garcia, Jesus Javier Garza, Maria
Margarita Juarez, Diana Martinez,
Albilda Olivarez, Oneida Razo,
Leonel Saenz, Laura Venecia,
Arnoldo Villarreal
8th Grade
"A&B"
Rigoberto Albarado, Amelia Y
Flores, Victoriano Garcia, Yolanda
Garza, Beatriz Gonzalez, Melissa
M. Ortiz, Rosalva Reyes, Ismael
Saenz
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Magdalena Mata, Eduardo San-
chez.
7-4A
"A"
Criselda Olivarez.
"A&B"
Rosa Ramirez, Raul Perez Jr
7-2B
"A&B"
Rosa Briceno, Lydia Morales,
San Juanita Rios.
7-6 A
"A&B"
Jaime Guerra, Judy Pena, De-
nise Gonzalez, Hermelinda Ayala,
Claudia Olivarez.
7-6B
"A&B"
Teodora Guerra, Wendy
Palacios, Maria Guadalupe Rivas.
7-3A
"A"
Jennifer Hinojsa, Adela (Ady)
Pena, Maria Sanchez, De Ann
Peterson.
"A&B"
Ricky Lopez, Juan Solis, Dina
Gonzalez.
8-1A
"A"
Lori Peterson.
"A&B"
Olga Guerra, Dina Lopez, Angel-
ica Preza, Diana Rios, Maria
Guadalupe Pena, Norma De La
Cruz
8-2A
"A&B"
Nancy Rivera, Cynthia Zarate,
Patricia Olivarez.
8-3A
"A"
J.J. Porras, Jesus Solis, Marissa
Alvarez.
"A&B"
Aaron Chavarria, Eli Guerra,
Benji Garza, Lorena Cabrera,
Ricky La Grange, Ruben D Saenz.
8-4A
"A&B"
Hortencia Gonzalez, Celinda
Trevino.
8-5A
"A"
Abigail Gonzalez
"A&B"
Leandro Garcia, Sofia
Hernandez, Cici Labar, Marilu
Salinas, Sylvia Villarreal, Jose M
Sanchez, Arturo Gonzalez, Jr
8-2B
"A&B"
Carla E. Soto
8-6A
"A"
Jimmey Martinez
"A&B"
Cosme Flores, Rodney Anderson,
Irasema Hinojosa
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Roberts, Kenneth. The Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 24, 1985, newspaper, January 24, 1985; Edinburg, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth194960/m1/6/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rio Grande City Public Library.