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09/28/2025

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09/28/2025

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09/27/2025

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09/27/2025

On Tuesday Night at Sharyland High School, the Sharyland Lady Rattlers volleyball team continued to strengthen its pedigree by dismantling the PSJA North Lady Raiders in a convincing three-set sweep, with final scores of 25-15, 25-21, and 25-20. ⬇️

Young and Voracious By Tyler Green | September 26, 2025 | 0 Lady Rattlers chasing playoff berth     Championship pedigree doesn’t disappear. The reality of expectations can temper it, the actuality of the moment can amend it, and the results of action, or lack thereof, may tarnish it, but nothin...

09/27/2025

Tonight at Richard S Thompson Stadium in Mission, the Sharyland Rattlers football team fell to the Mercedes Tigers in a heartbreaking, 34-33 home loss. The nail-biting one-point, late fourth quarter loss of the Rattlers is their first of the young 25-26 football season.

"When you come out to our games, you're gonna see eleven dudes on the field battling every single play," Head Coach Craig Krell said when describing his team's moxie.

After falling behind 14 in the first quarter, the Rattlers rallied behind reigning 5A District 15 MVP Calvin Harris and his rugged backfield companion, Kevin Alaniz. The two scored a pair of rushing touchdowns that tied the game at 14 just before the half.

A 60-yard Harris touchdown run early in the third quarter gave the Rattlers a 21-14 lead, their first of the game. Despite bombarding the Tigers with an unanswered twenty-one-point gut punch, the Rattlers struggled to create distance.

The Rattlers struggled to contain the Tigers' unyielding offensive quartet of Diego Bravo, Frankie Salinas, Robert Sanchez, and Noah Buenrostro. The Tigers' four-headed monster combined for three timely second-half scores that kept the discombobulated Rattlers' defense.

"We put up twenty-one unanswered points, went up 21-14, but we let them back in the game," Krell said to his team after their challenging loss.

The Rattlers fought until the last whistle, weathering each successive Tiger punch. Receivers Oscar Cantu and Luis Balderas provided the Rattlers with enough juice to counter every momentum swing. Cantu snagged two field-flipping receptions on RPO slants and Balderas broke the game open with a 90 yard kick return touchdown with just over six minutes left in the fourth to give the Rattlers a 6 point lead. The duo's performance was crucial amidst the absence of their top two outside threats, Bruno Cavazos and Francisco Gomez.

"Everybody has got the mentality of next man up... when guys have the opportunity to shine, it's awesome to see. Our receivers group did a hell of a job," Krell said about his emerging wideouts.

Unfortunately, defensive miscues and kicking game struggles tempered the Rattlers' hopes of an undefeated season. Two missed field goals, one missed extra point, and an inability to get off the field on third and long proved to be the difference in the loss.

"We made too many mistakes. I thought we had some pretty good control of that game, but then we made some mistakes on offense and defense, and we just didn't convert when we needed to," Coach Krell said about the issues that caused the Rattlers' loss.

The Rattlers are now 4-1 heading into the toughest stretch of their season. They'll suit up against the Los Fresnos Falcons, the Mission Veterans Patriots, and defending district champions Alice Coyotes in successive weeks. They may be entering the work-week on somber footing, but are energized and ready for next month's foray, no matter who lines up in front of them.

"It's gonna be a dog fight. Even after Mission Vets, our district doesn't get much easier. We just gotta work on staying healthy, we gotta keep our focus, and we gotta work on going 1-0 every week, Krell said about the gauntlet his team faces in the coming weeks.

Here are some photos from tonight's game. To view more, click here:

https://progresstimes.smugmug.com/Sports/Sharyland/September-26-2025-Football-Sharyland-vs-Mercedes-JV

Progress Times photos by Joe Vela.

09/26/2025

Week #5 in the high school football season is upon us and we have four Big 7 games on the schedule tonight. ⬇️

Bounce back time By Luciano Guerra | September 26, 2025 | 0 Big 7 football enters Week 5   Week #5 in the high school football season is upon us and we have four Big 7 games on the schedule tonight. After going 16-5 through the first three weeks of the season, Week 4 was a rough one for our Big 7 t...

09/26/2025

It was a game for the ages. The Mission Veterans Patriots overcame a 14 point deficit with less than two minutes left in the game to pull off an unbelievable 38-37 victory against the Harlingen Cardinals tonight at Tom Landry Stadium.

The comeback began right after the Cardinals scored a fourth quarter touchdown on an 18 yard run to make the score 37-23 in their favor with only 2:32 remaining in the game. This was right after the Patriots had gone three-and-out on four consecutive series.

After the ensuing kickoff, the Patriots took possession of the ball on their own 20 yard line and their offense began clicking. In just a few plays, including a 30 yard pass completion from Patriots’ sophomore quarterback Roman Reyna to senior running back Benjamin Martinez, the Patriots had the ball on the Harlingen 22 yard line. That was soon followed by an 18 yard touchdown pass from Reyna to senior wide receiver Joey Hernandez to make the score 37-30 in favor of the Cardinals with 1:18 remaining on the clock.

Patriots’ head coach David Gilpin then called for an onside kick attempt in hopes of getting the ball back into his offenses’ hands one more time. The odds were against this kick being successful, especially since the Cardinals were expecting it, but somehow, someway Patriots’ senior defensive back Dion Gutierrez, a member of the kickoff team, wove his way between several Harlingen players as the ball hit the turf and bounced from side to side. Seeing his opportunity, Gutierrez pounced on the ball and recovered it, giving the Patriots possession at the Cardinals’ 44 yard line.

On the very next play, Reyna, who had been hampered throughout the second half by a hamstring injury, suddenly seemed to forget he was in pain as he took the snap and scampered 44 yards into the end zone to pull the Patriots to within one point (37-36) with 1:04 on the clock.

The fans, who had just witnessed their Patriots score 13 points in 14 seconds, were going wild. But what would Gilpin do next? Send in the kicking team to go for the tie, or send in the offense to go for two points and the win? He sent in the offense. As it turns out that was the right decision to make as Reyna took the snap and threw the ball into the right corner of the end zone, where senior wide receiver Freddy Villarreal, who was tightly covered by a Cardinal defender, somehow managed to get his hands on the ball and pull it in for the catch, two points and a miraculous Patriots’ 38-37 win.

“There was no doubt. Automatically when we scored, my initial reaction was to go for one. But after I had a second, I said to myself, ‘Oh no man, we’re going for the win right now. We’re playing Harlingen, we’re playing right here in our stadium, we’ve got a chance to win the game and our quarterback is a little banged up, so we’re going right now.’ There was never a doubt at that point. It was a no-brainer,” Gilpin said about his decision to go for the win instead of the tie.

With the win, the Patriots improved to 4-1 and will be traveling to Brownsville next Thursday to take on the 1-3 Hanna Golden Eagles in their final non-district game of the season.

Here are some photos from tonight’s game. To view more, click here:

https://progresstimes.smugmug.com/Sports/VeteransMemorial/September-25-2025-Football-VMHS-vs-HarlingenMM

Progress Times photos by Mario Magallon.

09/26/2025

We’re at Tom Landry Hall of Fame Stadium for the game between the 1-3 Harlingen Cardinals and the 3-1 Mission Veterans Patriots. Look for photos and a game recap right here after the game. Go Big Blue!

09/24/2025

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09/23/2025

Following consistently low or unstable state accountability scores, La Joya ISD placed Corina Peña Elementary and Dr. Javier Saenz Middle School in an academic program designed to accelerate student success. ⬇️

Two more La Joya schools undergo academic intervention By Lea Juarez | September 23, 2025 | 0 Following consistently low or unstable state accountability scores, La Joya ISD placed Corina Peña Elementary and Dr. Javier Saenz Middle School in an academic program designed to accelerate student succes...

09/23/2025

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09/22/2025

Anyone wanting to receive dash camera or body-worn camera footage from the Rio Grande City Police Department will be paying significantly more for it after commissioners voted to levy steep new fees for copies at a meeting last month. ⬇️

Rio Grande City ups fees for police body, dash camera footage By Dee Rendon | September 22, 2025 | 0 Anyone wanting to receive dash camera or body-worn camera footage from the Rio Grande City Police Department will be paying significantly more for it after commissioners voted to levy steep new fees....