The Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 4, 1988 Page: 8 of 10
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Gladiators Win Twice, Maintain District Lead
The Roma Gladiator basketball
team maintained their District
16-4A lead with two solid victories
last week.
The Gladiators extended their
district record to 7-0 with the two
triumphs, including a 64-50 victory
over then second-place Los Fresnos
lfst Tuesday evening. Edcouch-
IJlsa is currently second in the
district with a 6-1 mark, and
rfaymondville and Los Fresnos
both own 4-3 records.
LLast Tuesday night, the
Qladiators defeated the second-
pjace Falcons 64-50 at Roma. The
Falcons led 15-12 after one period,
but the Gladiators took a 27-22
halftime advantage. Roma led 44-40
at the end of three periods, but the
Falcons cut the margin to 44-42
early in the final period.
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE
TO CONTRACTORS
OF PROPOSED TEXAS
HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE
WORK
Sealed proposals for Repair and
Reshape Eroded Pavement Edges
with Asphalic Concrete millings on
various highways in Hidalgo Coun-
ty will be received by the State
Department of Highways and
Public Transportation, 600 West
Expressway 83, Pharr, Texas, on
Monday, February 22, 1988, at 9:00
A.M.
All prospective bidders are en-
couraged to attend the Pre-
Bidders' Conference which will be
held at the State Department of
Highways and Public Transporta-
tion's District Office at 600 West
Expressway 83, Pharr, Texas, at
9:00 A.M. on Tuesday, February 16,
1988.
Bidding proposals, plans and speci-
fications will be available at the
pre-uidders meeting or by con-
tacting the District Maintenance
Office in Pharr, after February 15,
1988
Usual rights reserved.
Roma Coach Jesus "Chuy"
Guerra, Jr., said, "We were a little
overanxious at the beginning. The
key to the game was our rebound-
ing. We were aggressive and did a
good jot of getting position and
hitting the boards."
Guerra stressed, "I felt our
offense was off, but our defense
played well enough for us to
win...In the fourth quarter, we did
get some easy baskets, but it was a
half-court slow-tempo game."
Guerra particularly praised
Isaac Garza for his excellent
rebounding and for leading the
Gladiators in scoring with 18
points, including eight field goals.
Guerra said, "Most of his shots
were off offensive rebounds.''
Guerra commented, "We only
allowed one shot at the basket in
the fourth quarter." He noted that
Blake Sales, who led the Falcons in
scoring with 25 points, only scored
five points in the final quarter.
Sales hit four three-point baskets
for the Falcons, while Omar
Canales sank two three-pointers for
the Gladiators. The Gladiators,
indicated Guerra, hit 38 percent of
their shots from the floor.
The Gladiators' 22 of 30 shooting
from the free throw line was
instrumental in the outcome of the
game. Leonel Perez hit 11 of 14 free
throws, while Noe Ramirez sank 7
of 9. The Falcons were only 6 of 14
from the charity stripe.
Garza led the Gladiators in
scoring with 18 points. The re-
mainder of the Roma scoring went
as follows: Leonel Perez, 15; Omar
Canales, 12; Noel Ramirez, 9;
Manuel Alvarez, 6; Bobby Garcia.
4. Sales paced the Falcons with 25
points and Pete Garcia added 12.
On Friday ni^ht, the Gladiators
pounded Laredo Cigarroa 84-58 at
home. Roma took control of the
game quickly, romping to a 25-11
first quarter lead. The Gladiators
led 44-26 at intermission and 69-39
after three quarters. The 30-point
margin at the end of the third
period was Roma's biggest lead of
the game.
Guerra commented, "The most
important thing from this game
was our unselfish play on offense.
We did an excellent job of moving
the basketball around, especially
(Manuel) Alvarez and (Noel)
Ramirez."
Guerra added, "We set the tempo
from the beginning, a back and
forth game. We didn't press at all,
it was fast breaks off our missed
shots."
The Gladiators were 15 of 19
from the free throw line, and hit 50
percent of their shots from the
floor. Cigarroa sank 4 of 13
attempts from the foul line.
The Gladiators scoring was
broken down as follows: Omar
Canales, 20; Manuel Alvarez, 19;
Leonel Perez, 19; Ervay Gonzalez,
12; Noel Ramirez, 6; Martin
Canales, 6; Isaac Garza, 2. Carlos
Mejia led Cigarroa with 19 points.
The Gladiators, now 20-6 on the
season and 7-0 in district, will
tangle with the 6-1 Edcouch-Elsa
Yellowjackets at home Friday
night in the season's pivotal district
game so far. Next Tuesday night,
the Gladiators will go on the road
to play the Mercedes Tigers.
District Realigned;
Laredo Schools Out
The University Scholastic League
announced last week its plan for
realigning District 31-5A, which
will mean the addition of three
Valley schools and the transfer of
the three Laredo high schools to
another district.
Joining District 31-5A will be
Pharr-San Juan-Alamo, La Joya,
and Donna. Leaving 31-5A will be
Laredo Martin, Laredo Nixon, and
Laredo United.
Remaining in District 31-5A will
be Rio Grande City, Edinburg,
Mission, McAllen Memorial, and
McAllen High.
Rio Grande City High Athletic
Director Ramiro Villegas com-
mented, "We are the smallest 5-A
school (in 31-5A). There's no doubt
in my mind that this will be the
toughest district in this area. It will
be a big challenge."
Villegas said, "I think our
program is coming to the point
where we should be competing for
the top positions. In the long run,
tough competition pays off... We've
been able to hold our own in
football."
Another advantage, contended
Villegas, is that "we'll be cutting
down on transportation."
Bobcats Defeat
RGC
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Edinburg scored 44 points In the
second fialf to cruise to an 86-55
victory over Rio Grande City, here
Tuesday night.
A small crowd was on hand, In-
cluding a dozen members of the
faculty, to see the Bobcats raise
their district record to S-4 and
season record to 19-7. RGC fell to
0-9 In district and 3-22 for the
season.
Five players scored in double
figures tor the Bobcats, led by Aaron
Betancourt with 19 points. Lamar
Strong 16, Eddie Carrillo 11, Jesse
Garza 10 and Chad Hausenfluck with
10.
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Both teams were cold In the
beginning. The first three or four
shots by the Bobcats were not accu-
rate.
Rio gave the Bobcats a reat deal
of trouble for the first five minutes of
the first period. Edinburg scored 12
points In the final two minutes of the
first period to lead, 20-13.
"We were In a full-court press. We
changed It to a half-court press and
that seemed to be more successful,
because It was making them work
harder,"- commented Coach Joe
Flloteo.
Rio cut the Bobcats lead to 14
points at the half, after the Cats had
led by as many as 21 points with
2:09 to go In the first half.
" I was kind of disappointed. They
came back and scored six un-
answered points. I was hoping that
we wouldn't let them get back In the
game at that point," Flloteo noted.
Edinburg led 42-18 at the half.
"We came out In the second half
and did a better Job. We started
putting the bail In the hole better. At
that point It was all over, I felt,"
Fllotec commented.
Edinburg led 55-30 with 4:28 to go
In the third period.
Scoring by periods:
RGC 13 15 8 19 - 55
Edinburg 20 22 24 20 - 86
"We came out In the second half
Carrillo and Garza led the reboun-
ding with seven each. Strong led the
Tlnsman 7, Andy Sanchez 6, Javier
Hlnojosa 5 and Rene Guevara 2.
Dave Jones Led all scoring on the
night with 22 points, followed by
Enrique Garza and Jose Balderas
with eight points.
RGC turned the ball over 27 times
The Rio Grande City Rattlers
came out on the short end of both
of their basketball games last
week.
Last Tuesday night, the Rattlers
were defeated 77-54 by the Laredo
United Longhorns in Laredo. The
Rattlers trailed by only 20-19 after
one period, but a Longhorn spurt
late in the second quarter extended
the margin to 40-27 at intermission.
United led 54-38 after three
quarters.
Rio Head Coach Ricardo Lopez
commented, "We started off real
well; the kids felt we could come
out and win. It was close until the
last minute of the second quarter.
We made some crucial turnovers,
and they had a 9-0 run."
In the second half, said Lopez,
"we would get (the margin) to 10
points, and they would open it up
again. We were in foul trouble
early."
Lopez added, "We ran our fast
break and our offense pretty well
at the beginning. That two-point
span just before halftime made the
difference. When we fall behind
that much, it's tough to come
back."
Lopez said, "In the second half,
most of our points came under the
basket. For the exception of that
minute and a half (in the second
quarter), I thought the kids played
well."
The Rattler cause was severely
hurt by 25 turnovers. Rio shot
fairly well from the field, sinking
21 of 52, or 40 percent, including 2
of 6 from three-point range. Dave
Jones sank both of the Rattler
three-pointers in the first quarter
The Rattlers were 10 of 17 from
the free throw line, while United
sank 7 of their 8 free throw
chances.
Dave Jones led the Rattlers with
17 points. Enrique Garcia added 14
points and Marin Lopez 11. Sam
Lopez paced the Longhorns with 22
points, and Mike Woods, Greg
Salinas, and Rene Costilla added
RIO GRANDE HERALD RIO GRANDE CITY, TEXAS
THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 4, 1988 PAGE 8
Rattlers Fall Twice
In Basketball
12,10, and 10, respectively
Marin Lopez hauled down 10
rebounds to lead the Rattlers in.
that department. Armando Lopez
added seven boards, and Enrique
Garcia and Dave Jones each
contributed six rebounds.
Jones was the leader in assists
with five, and Horacio Flores and
Marin Lopez made three and two
steals, respectively.
On Friday night, the Rattlers
were beaten 67-37 at home by the
McAllen High Eulldogs. The score
was 23-10 in the Bulldogs' favor
after one quarter, 32-15 athalftime,
and 53-25 after three quarters
Coach Lopez commented, "Right
from the beginning, you could tell
it would not be one of our better
games. We had too many turn-
overs, and our shooting percentage
was too low."
Lopez added, "Defensively, we
did a better job of staying with
them in the second half, especially
in the fourth quarter."
The Rattlers were quite cold
from the field, hitting 16 of 58, or 28
percent, including 1 of 5 three-
pointers. They were also hurt by 27
turnovers.
The Rattlers were 4 of 11 from
the free throw line, .•ompared to 13
of 18 by the Bulldog:,.
Dave Jones paced Rio with nine
points, Horacio Flores added eight,
and Marin Lopez and Enrique
Garcia each contributed six. Ruben
Garza led the victorious Bulldogs
with 22 points, and Eric
Steinbrunner adde^ 15.
Enrique Garcia was the leading
Rattler rebounder with nine
boards, and Jones added six.
Flores provided seven assists to
three for Jones, and Jones, Marin
Lopez, Armando Lopez, and Flores
each made one steal.
After playing the Edinburg
Bobcats on the road Tuesday night,
the Rattlers will visit McAllen
Memorial on Friday night, and
play the Laredo Nixon Mustangs at
home next Tuesday night.
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USDA Makes Changes
To Increase Acreage
By: SILVESTRE GONZALEZ
District Conservationist
Some important changes have
been made in USDA's Conservation
Reserve Program to try to increase
the acreage planted to tress during
the February 1 to February 19
signup period.
First, the average annual erosion
rates have been reduced for tree
planting.
To be eligible, previous signups
required that lands be in land
Capability Classes 6 to 8 or in LCC
2 through 5 with an average erosion
rate of 3T(tolerance) or greater.
to Edinburg's 17.
Robert Perez 26 points to guide
Edinburg past RGC. 71-40 In JV
action.
Edinburg Bobcat JV are now 6-3 In
district and 16-5 on the season.
Edinburg now hosts Laredo Martin
In a must win contest for the Bob-
cats.
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erodible. Under the change, only
one-third of the field needs to be
highly erodible to be eligible if the
producer agrees to plant trees.
A third change permits the
planting of filter strips on cropland
for CRP, regardless of the amount
of erosion occurring on the land
Filter strips, to reduce sedi-
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water body or stream Generally,
the strips should be 66 to 100 feet in
width and should be capable of
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liabilities and fund balance
amounted to $3,417,097, with the
fund balance totaling $2,980,711.
Gross patient revenue amounted
to $4,000,899, with net patient
revenue totaling $3,191,994 Total
operating revenue amounted to
$3,302,442.
Total operating expenses were
$3,766,049. When other income was
figured in, the total deficiency of
revenue over expenses amounted to
$58,854.
Sanchez went on to note in the
report that in the year 1986-87,
working capital increased by
$46,186 The net increase in current
assets was $35,289, and the net
decrease in current liabilities was
$10,897.
The hospital directors went on to
approve the Audit Report La
Grange commented, "I think they
did a very good job."
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Since the onset of a debt crisis in 1982
I^atin America has exr>erienced Little or
no economic growth, lower standards
of lving, high unemployment, depress-
ed levels of investment and reduced
foreign trade levels, says the Inter-
American Development Bank In 1986
the regiona1 gross domestic product
(v.DP) increased by 3.8 percent but
per capita GDP by only 1.4 percent
Despite this improvement, the levei
was still lower than in 1980.
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