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G-P grad’s journey provides blueprint as UTRGV football coach
On multiple occasions, Gregory-Portland High School graduate Travis Bush was dead set on being a high school football coach until he retired from the profession. But opportunities kept knocking, and he is now in a position to help young men have the same chances he did. Bush, who graduated from...
Andrea Ortiz gives Weslaco Texas 6A softball championship with walk-off grand slam
Talk about an all-time grand finale. On Saturday evening, the Texas State 6A softball state championship game saw Weslaco High School trail 9-3 and down to their final chance to win the title in the bottom of the seventh. They closed the deficit against Waco Midway to 9-7 when Andrea...
Rouse baseball routs McAllen Memorial, 10-1, in game one of regional final
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Leander Rouse baseball team hammered McAllen Memorial, , in game one of their best-of-three Region IV-5A Final. The Mustangs got on the board first when Emilio Preza’s double drove in Jose Rivera in the bottom of the first inning. The Raiders scored...
RGV school districts hosting free summer meals
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Free summer meals are available for children 18 and under, regardless of enrollment, at school districts throughout the Rio Grande Valley. Meals are consumed onsite, and schedules vary by district. DONNA ISD. Donna ISD Child Nutrition Department service times are 7:30 to 8:30 a.m....
McAllen ISD working on trimming down $14 million budget deficit
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... McALLEN — The school district here has been reducing its projected $14 million budget deficit to a balanced one through departmental reductions, the closing or consolidation of positions and the reassigning of staff. With the deadline for Texas school districts to submit budgets...
McAllen Memorial’s magical postseason runs ends in regional final
JOURDANTON — McAllen Memorial spent the 2024 season proving doubters wrong, first by earning a playoff spot, then winning four consecutive postseason series to reach its first regional final in program history. The Mustangs’ magical postseason run came to an end in an 8-0 loss in Game 2 of...
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