Vela’s super performance nets Player of the Year honors
McALLEN — Mission Veterans’ Noel Vela might be superhuman. There is no way to know for sure.It certainly would explain a lot. Like how...
Garza adds Offensive Player of the Year honors to impressive season
McALLEN — Edinburg North senior Saul Garza is the youngest of three boys and the son of a pitcher, so it made sense for...
RGC’s Sepulveda earns All-Area Pitcher of the Year
McALLEN — The last thing hitters see before Rio Grande City senior Ruben Sepulveda’s dominant changeup comes at them are the letters N-A-N-D-O inked...
McAllen High’s Nixon named All-Area Newcomer of the Year
McALLEN — In some of the biggest moments of the season for McAllen High, it was freshman Aaron Nixon who had the ball or...
McAllen High’s Pompa is All-Area Coach of the Year
McALLEN — When the McAllen High baseball team got back from Laredo, coach Eliseo Pompa gathered the team and recited a quote he had...
The Monitor’s All-Area First and Second Teams and final top ten
2017 All-Area Softball SuperlativesPlayer of the Year: Amber Reyes, Edinburg High junior pitcher/outfielder (.518, 58 hits, 55 runs scored, 7 2Bs, 3 HRs, 16...
Edinburg High junior Reyes earns All-Area Player of the Year honors
WESLACO — Edinburg High pitcher Amber Reyes started working with first-year EHS coach Ramon Arciba months before the 2017 softball season. Midway through the...
Weslaco’s Rodriguez named All-Area softball Coach of the Year
WESLACO — Things could have worked out a lot differently for Weslaco High coach Mario Rodriguez.A Weslaco High alumnus himself, Rodriguez attended the University...
Mercedes freshman pitcher Vento is All-Area Newcomer of the Year
WESLACO — Mercedes freshman pitcher Mika Vento is a fierce competitor. Her early accomplishments have impressed, but the few mistakes she makes still stay...
Where are they now?: Edinburg Vela grad Rivera finding form at University of Arkansas
BY TJ GARCIAFor the high school track star, it’s not every day that the University of Arkansas — perhaps the country’s preeminent track and...
