La Joya lefty Gutierrez named The Monitor’s All-Area Co-Pitcher of the Year
LA JOYA — La Joya High junior left-handed pitcher JC Gutierrez finished the 2021 season as the Rio Grande Valley’s strikeout king with 106 punchouts.
The...
Sharyland’s Cienfuegos shines as The Monitor’s All-Area Co-Pitcher of the Year
MISSION — When the 2021 Sharyland High baseball roster began to take shape, senior right-handed pitcher Kiké Cienfuegos found himself as the team’s No....
Lady Falcons catcher Campos heading to Oklahoma Baptist
LOS FRESNOS — Samantha Campos has known since she was 10 years old that she wanted to play college softball.
She started playing the game...
La Joya’s Flores named The Monitor’s All-Area Baseball Coach of the Year
LA JOYA — When the 2020 high school baseball season shut down less than a month after it began, the La Joya High Coyotes...
Harlingen South tabs Littleton as girls hoops coach, coordinator
Former Los Fresnos girls basketball coach Rebecca Littleton will be on the sidelines of a new District 32-6A squad during the 2021-22 season.
Littleton was...
Tarpons state medalist Camacho signs with UIW track & field
PORT ISABEL — There were happy tears flowing when Port Isabel multi-sport athlete Will Camacho secured his college track & field career.
Throughout his four...
RGV football steps into spotlight at The Monitor’s Media Day
WESLACO — The start of Texas high school football is less than three weeks away from kickoff, and after a shortened 2020 season, Rio...
Edinburg’s Fabian Diaz wins USA Boxing National Junior Olympics 141-pound title
The Rio Grande Valley was well represented at the 2021 USA Boxing National Junior Olympics in Lubbock this week as one of Edinburg’s own...
Porter ace Sauceda signs with TAMIU
Brownsville Porter senior ace Cristo Sauceda didn’t have the words to describe how special Tuesday was for him.
Sauceda, the hard-throwing lefty who led the...
Altamirano, Blackman to represent Los Fresnos at softball All-Star game
LOS FRESNOS — The Los Fresnos Lady Falcons will have one more accomplishment to celebrate when junior slugger Victoria Altamirano and former coach Traci...