Ingleside’s Logan McGrath captured second place in the 275-pound weight class at the Mathis Invitational Powerlifting Meet on Feb. 17. McGrath had a total of 1,440 pounds with a 585 squat, 385 bench press, and 470 deadlift. Alice’s Alex Botello was first with a composite of 1,500. The Mustangs’ Anthonie Cordova was fourth in the 165 weight class with a total of 1,000. Ingleside’s Carson Lopez finished fifth in the 148 weight class with 860 and teammate Emilio Martinez was fifth in the 220 weight class with 1,010. The Mustangs finished 11th out of 12 teams with nine points. In the girls competition, Ingleside’s Adalina Escobar was third in the 220 weight class with a total of 765. She had a squat of 340, bench press of 170, and deadlift of 255. In the 132 weight class, the Lady Mustangs’ Lilly Cordova placed fourth with a composite of 565 and teammate Cleo Adame followed in fifth with a total of 530. Ingleside’s Anneliese Torres was fifth in the 123 weight class with a 635. The Lady Mustangs were 10th out of 15 teams in the standings with seven points.

, An Ingleside High School alum is outraged that a beloved and veteran instructor’s name won’t adorn a new educational facility he lobbied to have built. The city’s School Board voted 4 to 3 Monday, February 12th against naming a new welding center after Aubie Glover. Brian Yoder, the familiar name behind the annual ‘Ba_lin’ BBQ’ fundraising challenge at N.O. Simmons Park is so outraged he even started an online petition drive in hopes of reversing the school administration’s decision (h_ps://www. change.org/p/dedicate-the-newingleside- high-school-weld-shopto- aubie-glover?utm_content=cl_ sharecopy_37887735_en-US%3Acv _867123&recruiter=900646989&r ecruited_by_id=44008220-bc3611e8-b337-e5340ea88bb1&utm_ source=share_petition&utm_ medium= copylink& utm_ campaign=psf_combo_share_ initial&utm_term=psf&share_ bandit_exp=initial-37887735en-US). With a goal of 1,000 supporters,...

, , Panic had set in as Lisa Morales held her two day old, unresponsive, newborn baby boy in the back of the car as her husband, Mark Morales, bore a hole through the pouring rain from their home in Runge toward the nearest Emergency Room in Kenedy. Her husband screamed at her, “Do what you are trained to do!” This shook Lisa out of her panicked daze and into action, from a frantic mother into her profession as a nurse. She performed CPR for the first time on an infant, on her own son. As her tiny son Samuel...

Aransas Pass’ Zyanya Lara won the 242-plus weight class at the 5th Brahma Strong Powerlifting Meet in Kingsville on Feb. 15. Lara had a squat of 255, bench press of 180, and deadlift of 260 for a total of 695. Aransas Pass’ Azenth Trevino and Izabell Padilla were runnersup in their unequipped divisions. Trevino lifted a composite of 445 in the 132 weight class and Padilla had a total of 650 in the 148 weight class. The Lady Panthers’ Audisey Sanchez was third in the 114 unequipped weight class with a total of 520. Teammates Analise Davis (510) and Allison Scott (475) followed in fourth and fifth, respectively. Six Aransas Pass lifters – Sanchez, Davis, Padilla, Scott, Lara, Victoriana Soto – qualified for the regional meet on Feb. 28-29 in Edinburg.

The American Legion’s 3rd Division National Security Commi_ee Chairman Jerome Iltis has partnered with St. Mary’s University Law School Professor Dr. Jeffrey Addico_ to organize a border security conference. The free one-day conference will be held Saturday, March 2, in Rosenberg. The public is invited. The keynote speaker will be Senator Ted Cruz. St. Mary’s University Warrior Defense Project and The American Legion are co-hosting the nonpartisan event. The purpose of the conference is to increase the nationwide public awareness of the major problems caused by the current illegal immigration crisis, much of which is experienced first-hand in Texas. According to...

The Aransas Pass Lady Panthers held off the San Diego Lady Vaqueros to take a 52-49 Class 3A regional quarterfinal victory on Feb. 20 at Corpus Christi King High School. A putback by Jocelyn Cole secured the victory for the Lady Panthers, who improved to 22-15 on the season and advanced to face San Antonio Cole in the semifinals of the Region IV Tournament in Seguin. Aransas Pass led 30-20 at halftime before the Lady Vaqueros rallied to take a 40-39 advantage entering the fourth quarter. Cole finished with 18 points, including one 3-pointer. Melanie Castillo added 11 points and three 3-pointers. Elora Pierre tossed in six points while Aubree Leal, Miranda Flores, and Raina Scott each finished with three. Lady Panthers edge Lyford Jocelyn Cole poured in 21 points to lead the Aransas Pass Lady Panthers to a 42-39 Class 3A area playoff win over the Lyford Lady Bulldogs on Feb. 15 at Corpus Christi King High School. Aransas Pass led 33-25 after three quarter before the Lady Bulldogs mounted a fourth-quarter comeback bid. Cole had a pair of 3-pointers. Elora Pierre tossed in nine points, Raina Scott had eight, and Miranda Flores and Lauren Baker each had two.

In our study of the gospel of John, we have come to the time leading to Jesus’ crucifi xion. Jesus is doing all that He can to prepare them for what is to come. His disciples are expecting the “Anointed One” to take His place on the throne and establish His longawaited kingdom, that had been prophesied for millennia. Of course, this was about to happen; however, its fulfillment would be nothing like what they were expecting. His kingdom is not of this world. A few chapters later, as Jesus is in the garden, Judas leads the powers that be to...

The 2024 Best of San Patricio County contest, the fourth annual reader survey, is about to to begin at BestOfSanPatricio.com. The annual community contest, sponsored each year by The News of San Patricio, and now this year including The Aransas Pass Progress and Ingleside Index, will soon be underway, and we hope the community is ready to spread the word about their favorite business. Each year, you the readers have the chance to let the community know where the best hot spots are. Whether it’s the best eatery, best lawyer, best auto dealership or the best place to unwind with a...

The Ingleside Mustangs saw their basketball season come to an end on Feb. 20 in Falls City in a 6043 Class 4A bi-district playoff loss to the Carrizo Springs Wildcats. The Mustangs finished with a 17-12 record. J.C. Smith topped Ingleside with 14 points, including three 3-pointers. Aidan Jakobsohn added 11 points and one 3-pointer. Dylan Reid had seven points, Louis Duron tossed in five and Aiden Contreras and Jaydon Smith each had three.

, , It may be a ‘Field of Screams’. Sand and grass burrs are pricklythorned irritants that visitors to N.O. Simmons Park in Ingleside pick up on shoes and clothing as they walk, run or lay across the vast expanse of the public a_raction, especially youth soccer players that occupy one large section every spring and summer. Goal nets in place are the only major signal that league action will get underway soon. The ground, too, needs a lot of work to get ready, but that could be a very expensive undertaking. The City Council heard the facts and figures at...

Texas General Land Office Commissioner Dawn Buckingham M.D. announced that the GLO is currently accepting admissions for the 28th Annual Treasures of the Texas Coast Children’s Art Contest. This contest is facilitated through the Texas General Land Office’s (GLO) Adopt-ABeach Program. The contest encourages all public, private, and homeschooled Texas students in kindergarten through sixth grade to send in their masterpieces. The contestants’ artwork should be based on the theme “Treasures of the Texas Coast” and depict what makes the Texas coast important to each individual student. “As Texas Land Commissioner, a Texan who grew up near the coast, and as a...

Heading west on State Highway 361, 2.3 miles from the Ingleside H-E-B, you will find the “Honking Tree” – as it’s become known locally - in between railroad tracks, the only tree in the median strip between Ingleside and Gregory. Before it was the “Honking Tree”, it was part of a much larger grove of Live Oak trees, explained Martha Habluetzel of Ingleside, a member of the Ingleside Garden Club. Its location was a regular stopping and camping area for settlers, Mexican laborers, and Karankawa Indians traveling to Taft. Improvements and widening of the highway reduced the grove to just this...

On Nov. 30, 2021, 15-year old Ethan Crumbley shot and killed four students and wounded six other students and a teacher at Oxford High School in Michigan using the Sig Sauer 9 mm he had been given as a Christmas gift by his parents. In a landmark case – on Feb. 6, 2024 – a Michigan jury found Ethan’s mother Jennifer Crumbley guilty on four counts of involuntary manslaughter. She will face up to 15 years in prison. The guilty verdict was based on the following facts: 1. The parents gave their 15-year-old son the firearm for Christmas; 2. The parents took...

The Aransas Pass Panthers were eliminated from the postseason on Feb. 20 in a 6855 loss to the Falfurrias Jerseys in a Class 3A bi-district playoff game in Kingsville. The Panthers finished the season with an 18-18 record. Aransas Pass hung close for one quarter before Falfurrias outscored the Panthers 21-11 in the second quarter to take a 3522 lead into halftime. Garrett Bennett led the Panthers with 17 points, including three 3-pointers. Frankie Santiago, who also made three shots from beyond the 3-point arc, finished with 13 points as did Augustus Hayes. Joey Figueroa tossed in eight points and Kason Coronado added four. Aransas Pass...

Eli Rodriguez went 3 for 5 with a pair of home runs to lead the Ingleside Lady Mustangs to an 18-12 win over the Corpus Christi London Lady Pirates on Feb. 20 in Corpus Christi. The Lady Mustangs (4-4) jumped out to a 11-2 lead before London erupted for eight runs in the bottom of the fourth to pull within 11-10. Ingleside responded with five runs in the fifth to hold off the Lady Pirates’ comeback bid. Rodriguez scored four times and had four RBIs. The Lady Mustangs had 20 hits. Leilani Smith was 4 for 5 with three runs scored, two RBIs, and...

From James 1:12-18, “Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive_ the crown of life,_ which God has promised to those who love him.” We’ve all passed through trials of some sort in our life. Maybe the career path isn’t what we’d expected, or retirement isn’t as we expected it to be. Maybe it’s the loss of a spouse or child. Perhaps it’s facing your own death. The point is, trials in this life will come. But these testings and trials all have an outcome. The Lord tested Abraham. Jesus was...

The Ingleside Lady Mustangs fell 5-2 to the Rockport-Fulton Lady Pirates in a District 29-4A soccer match on Feb. 2o in Ingleside. The loss sent the Lady Mustangs to 1-7-3 overall and 0-6 in district play. Calallen downs Lady Mustangs The Corpus Christi Calallen Lady Cats downed the Ingleside Lady Mustangs 6-1 in a DIstrict 294A match on Feb. 16 in Ingleside.

The Ingleside Mustangs scored five times in the bottom of the fifth inning to take a 7-2 season-opening baseball win over the Kingsville Brahmas on Feb. 19 in Ingleside. Kingsville scored two runs in the first, but the Mustangs answered with single runs in the first and second innings to tie the game at 2-all. Ingleside had four hits in the game.