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| Marker dedicated.... Van Horn Mayor Ben Flanagan (right) and city council members Marcial Gonzalez, Gilda Morales, Mingo Corrales and Matthew Molinar were on hand at Clark Field last Thursday to formally dedicate a plaque commemorating the 1991 Class 2A State Champion Baseball team from Van Horn. The placque was the brain child of councilman Corrales and paid tribute to these baseball players. Family members from that team were on hand for the dedication ceremony. |
- The Van Horn Eagles track regional track qualifiers ran in the Regional Meet last week in Levelland.
And, according to coach Luis Garcia, they qualified the 400 meter relay team to the state level competition this weekend.
They qualified for state by finishing in 2nd place in the 4 x 100 meter relay event with a time of 44.03 seconds. Garcia said, They ran a better time in the prelims but that time didn’t count.”
The four guys heading to state are Alex Baca, JJ Baca, Ricky Ramirez and Leo Hapeman. Roman Corrales will be the alternate.
By the way, they will run in the state meet at 6:10 p.m. Friday evening. You can catch it live at www.uilathletics.com.
Other regional times for Van Horn athletes are as follows:
110 Meter High Hurdles: Roman Corrales was 6th with a time of 15.7 seconds.
300 Meter Intermediate Hurdles: Roman Corrales was 8th with a time of 42.87 seconds.
4 x 200 Meter relay: Team of JJ Baca, Alex Baca, Leo Hapeman and Alex Virdell finished in 5th with a time of 1:35.53.
We wish the state qualifying 400 meter relay team the best as they compete this Friday evening.