The Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 11, 1984 Page: 6 of 10
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Rio (.KANDE HERALD RIO GRANDE CITY, TEXAS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11,19S4 PAGE «
Against All Odds
Rattlers Thrash Falcons *
In District Opener
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By WALTER N. WATSON
After last week's two big misses,
we decided to change the heading
of the report.
That was what happened in the
Mercedes/Donna and
Raymondville/Edcouch-Elsa
games, they went "against all
odds" and pulled upsets on us. We
told you about Donna/Mercedes,
that was not too much of a
surprise, but the other one! Enough
tears, let's push on to week number
six. We are midway through the '84
season and the second week into
district play. This is the way it
looks after week one of district
play:
Pace, 1-0; Rio Grande City, 1-0;
Donna, 1-0; Edcouch Elsa, 1-0;
Mercedes, 0-1; Raymondville, 0-1;
La Joya, 0-1; Los Fresnos, 0-1.
Los Fresnos at MERCEDES-
Both teams suffered opening game
losses. Mercedes had plenty of
opportunities to score on Donna but
errors kept them away from
paydirt. Coach Villegas tells us
that Los Fresnos will beat someone
along the way; not this week,
Mercedes has too much talent to go
with their pride. Tigers by 7.
La Joya at
EDCOUCH-ELSA-Ed. Elsa pulled
a mild upset by gunning the
Bearkats 10-7. We expected much
more offense and less defense. This
week, expect the sky to rain
footballs at EE. Could go down in
"Ripley's" as the longest game in
Valley history. Don't like to go with
Hugo (De La Cruz) but this time he
is right. "La Maquina Amarilla"
by 7.
Raymondville at PACE-Looks
like the "Vikes" are back on track
after getting back to basics. They
have blown out the last two
opponents and allowed no points to
same. Raymondville may have
been overrated. Pace by 14.
Donna at R.G.C.-Buy your tick-
ets early for this annual shootout.
Both are 1-0 in District and both
gunning for the crown. Throw away
all the statistics from previous
games, forget the won-loss col-
umns, bring your tranquilizers and
get ready for the game of the year.
RGCby 1
SCOUTING REPORT: The 1984
Donna "Redskins" have a new
head coach and a new look. They
do not have the "huge" big back,
"monster linebacker", lightning
fast quarterback that we have
grown accustomed to seeing each
season. This year's "Skins" are
smaller, slower, and not as "ugly"
as past teams have been. But there
is one thing that hasn't changed:
The Donna drums still beat and
they still have tradition and pride.
The thing that impressed us most
about their hard-earned victory
over Mercedes was the way they
just kept coming and coming, even
though they were outmanned badly
by the bigger, more talented Tigers
from the Queen City. They remind
us of a bunch of starving animals,
fighting and scratching, and taking
anything that you give them or
dangle in front of their hungry
eyes.
The Redskins play with emotion
and pride. How many teams do you
see sprint from one end of the field
to the other when the fourth period
begins in a very physical ball
game?
The basic offense that they use is
the "I" formation (with several
variations) and they pass about 65
percent of the time. Gilbert Cantu,
senior, wears number 5 and will be
seen as a wide receiver or running
back. He also does the punting and
has been known to fake punt or run
when pressured. He is, in the
opinion of this reporter, the best
all-around player on the team.
The best receiver is number 12,
Omar Cortez, a senior. Last week,
he was open on every pass pattern
he ran and was instrumental in the
65-yard drive late in the game that
earned the Skins their victory.
Donna pulled out all stops against
Mercedes, running the old "guard
around" (failed due to a fumble),
:"ht end reverse, and fake punt,
(nu nber 33) which looked like an
apparent TD but the runner
dropped the ball on the Mercedes
two-yard line. They even tried the
flea-flicker. About the only thing
they didn't throw at the Tigers was
the kitchen sink.
Defensively, they run the Split
Six or very similar to the Rattlers.
They will fill in all the gaps (Gap
Eight) and run a 5-3 Stack. They
are aggressive and quick and get a
lot of penalties for being late (late
hits). They taunt you and talk to
you constantly while on the kickoff
or on defense.
The traditional role of "un-
derdog" is reversed this year.
Usually, it has been the Rattlers
who had to take a back seat to
Donna in the sports columns. This
year, the Rattlers find themselves
in the role of favorite. After all,
didn't Tommy Bazan fill in for
Juan Cantu and rush for 81 yards
on 10 carries for an average of 10.1
per carry?
And didn't Homero Gutierrez
pick up another 84 yards on 17
carries to add to Bazan and Lupe
Duran's 40 yards for a total of 240
yards rushing. While far below
Clothing is Parent-Child
Affair
B\ ELY A YOLANDA SCRIVNER
County Home I nomist
Even young cnildren have defi-
nite preferences about what they
wear. So when it comes time to put
together that all-important nursery
school or kindergarten wardrobe,
consider their ideas as well as your
own.
There are a number of factors
that researchers tell us children
age 3 to 5 consider important about
clothing. For one, children like
bright colors, particularly red. It's
one of the most visible and
first-seen aspects of clothing for
children.
They also like to feel clothing and
they have a special fondness for
warm, furry garments or slick,
shiny surfaces Although clothing
in these textures may not be
practical or available, you can
usually find trimming for
children's clothing in textures they
like.
Decorative details such as
animals or unique designs are also
favorites.
Children like often-worn clothes
because they feel secure in them
This can be a source of frustration
for parents, as some children keep
selecting the same familiar items,
even though they're worn out or
unattractive
Children also like to dress as
their friends do At the ages of
three or four, children are aware of
sex differences, so they may want
to dress iike their father, older
brother, or sister.
When children do like new
clothing, it is usually because of
the attention it brings At very
young ages, they are not always
aware of differences among
purchased. home made, or
hand-me-down clothing. When the
clothes are new to them, they are
Melankomas, a boxing champion in
the Olympic Games in A.D. 44, was
famous for never injuring his oppo-
nent nor getting hurt himself.
Pete Reiser of the 1946 Brooklyn
Dodgers and Rod Carew of the 1369
Minnesota Twins each stole home
seven times in one season to share a
major-league record.
The Cleveland Indians made seven
errors in one inning against the
Chicago White Sox in 1905 to set a
major-league record.
Sandy Schwab, a quarterback for
Northwestern, set two NCAA major
college records against Michigan in
1982 with 45 complete passes in 71
attempts.
Jim Brown, who later became a
star for the Cleveland Browns of the
National Football League, set an
NCAA major college scoring record
for one game with 43 points for
Syracuse against Colgate in 1956.
their average per game, re-
member, it's for the marbles now
and everyone will play a little
extra hard against us in family
play.
The team rallied around the loss
of Cantu (grades plus an injury)
and came home with a 21-point
victory that while it didn't impress
the locals, was a necessary win.
Lupe Duran ran for two TD's and
threw for the third to have a part
in all scores. Omar Gutierrez
kicked two PAT's and Enrique
Guerra booted the third one. The
defense continued to "bend" but
not break. This week will be an
emotional one and both teams will
be ready on Friday night to make
war. And war is what it will be.
The game will be much like the
one in 1982 when the Rattlers
pulled out a victory from what
seemed like a sure loss. If you have
heart trouble, make sure that you
take your medicine before this one,
cause it promises to be "cardiac
arrester."
With all things in place, the
Rattlers should win this game by 14
points. Seeing how only a fool will
give 14 points in any game between
Donna and RGC, we will not play
the fool and pick it as a close one;
Rattlers by one. Don't miss this
one or you won't be able to talk
about it at Saturday morning
coffee.
That's it for week number six.
See yall next week with more picks
and a report on Raymondville.
An opportunistic defense enabled
the Rio Grande City Rattlers to get
off on the right foot in their District
16-4A opener with a 21-0 victory on
the road against Los Fresnos
Friday night.
The Rattler defense forced eight
Falcon turnovers and benefited
from a poor Los Fresnos kicking
game. The closest the Falcons got
to the Rattler end zone was when
they reached the 27 near the end of
the first half before being thwarted
on fourth down. The Falcons only
gained 154 yards of total offense,
with 115 of them coming on the
ground.
Rio, had turnover problems of its
own with four fumbles and three
interceptions. But Tommy Bazan
filled in nicely for Juan Cantu,
missing because of an injury and
grades, with 81 yards on eight
carries. Omar Gutierrez rushed for
84 yards on 17 carries, and
quarterback Lupe Duran ran for 40
yards and passed for 41 more.
The Rattler rushing game was
not as spectacular as in past
games, but Rio still racked up 237
yards on the ground. Rio achieved
a total offensive output of 278 yards
and 15 first downs.
The Rattlers got on the
scoreboard on their second
possession, a 45-yard, four-play
drive set up by a partially blocked
Falcon punt of minus four yards.
Quarterback Lupe Duran set up the
score with a 31-yard pass to Rey
Ramirez on the one-yard line. One
play later, Duran scored with 8:09
left to give the Rattlers the first
score. Enrique Guerra's conversion
attempt was good for a 7-0 lead.
In the second period, Lupe Duran
scored on a 15-yard keeper on the
first play after lineman Jorge
Bazan recovered a fumble on the
Los Fresnos 15. Omar Gutierrez's
conversion gave Rio a 14-0 lead
with 9:27 left in the half.
Later in the second period, the
Rattlers, after recovering a fumble
on the Falcon 25, lost a scoring
opportunity, when Duran was in-
tercepted. A holding penalty on
that possession had nullified a
scoring run by Homero Gutierrez.
On the next play following the
interception, Rio recovered a fum-
ble on the Los Fresnos 13. Two
plays later, Gutierrez fumbled into
the end zone and the Falcons
recovered.
There was no more scoring until
Jorge Vela caught a 10-yard
touchdown pass from Duran late in
the fourth quarter to conclude a
12-yard, four-play scoring drive.
Narciso Garcia and Arthur
Valverde blocked a punt to put the
Rattlers in scoring position.
Gutierrez added the conversion
with 2:13 left to ice Rio's 21-0
victory.
The Rattler defense made six
fumble recoveries, with Mike
Guerrero, Role Saenz, Jorge
Bazan, Luis Trevino, Mike La-
Grange, and Arthur Valverde fall-
ing on one loose ball apiece. Jorge
Vela and Rey Ramirez each picked
off a Falcon aerial.
Valverde was outstanding on
defense with four quarterback
sacks, and I uis Trevino added two
more. Role Saenz made five
assisted tackles, and one un-
assisted, and Mike LaGrange made
four assisted tackles and one
unassisted to pace Rio defenders in
the tackle category.
The victory extended the Rattlers
season record to 3-1, and gave
them a 1-0 mark in district. They
return home Friday night to face
always-tough Donna, who upset
preseason favorite Mercedes 13-7
last Friday.
The fact chat "Sylvester," a new mo-
tion picture starring Robert Farn-
sworth, was shot in Dallas emphasizes
that Texas is generating more and
more production.
"We're beginning to break
Hollywood's hold on the business," says
Martin Jurow, Dallas-based producer
of "Terms of Endearment," last year's
Academy Award-winner as Best Pic-
ture. "There is an oasis of talent in
Texas that matches anything I've seen
outside of California."
"Tender Mercies," which won two
1983 Oscars, was filmed in Wax-
ahachie, Texas.
According to "The Almanac of In
vestments," Mrs. Margaret Thompson,
a longtime admirer of Gerrett Snuff,
left specific instructions in her will that
she be buried in a coffin filled with
snuff. Her instructions were carried
out.
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color, the child's attitude and
finally, attractiveness.
Obviously, most young children
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durability, cost or ease of care.
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wardrobe that you can both enjoy.
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Roberts, Kenneth. The Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 11, 1984, newspaper, October 11, 1984; Edinburg, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth194945/m1/6/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rio Grande City Public Library.