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| Youth of the Month.... For the month of September at the Boys and Girls Club of Van Horn is Tristan Garza. He is the 13 year old son of Pat Munoz. Congratulations Tristan! |
- All the hard practices and scrimmages have gone a long way toward preparing head coach Jose Salinas’ charges for this Saturday’s season opener against 2A Coahoma in Odessa’s Ratliff Stadium.
Coach Salinas reported this week that he and his staff went to look at Coahoma last Friday evening as they scrimmaged McCamey.
Salinas said, “They’re big and have a lot of quickness. In fact, they’re favored to beat us. However, we think that we have some surprises in store for them.”
Salinas went on, And what a venue we’ll be playing in. The home of Friday Night Lights will be a thrill for our kids.”
Coach Salinas reported that tickets for Saturday’s game will be $5 for adults and $2 for students. Van Horn will be the visiting team.
Kickoff is set for 6 p.m.
In concluding his remarks, Salinas stated, “we’re excited and we’ll be ready for them. We think we can play with them and we plan on surprising the predictors.”
“We urge all our local fans and supporters to make the trip over to Ratliff Stadium and support our kids in this season opener.”
Van Horn wins dual match
By Holly Hillin and Leilani Vejil
On Thesday, August 26th, Van Horn hosted a dual match against Marfa and Presidio. The first match was between the Van Horn and Presidio varsity teams. Both teams played hard and tried their best, but Van Horn came out on top the first game with a score of 25-18. The second game didn’t come out as well for Van Horn. Presidio came back with a score of 25-15. Overall, Van Horn triumphed over Presidio, scoring 25-19 in the third game, and 25-23 in the fourth.
The second match for the Lady Eagles was against the Marfa Shorthorns. The whole match was very close and kept all the fans on the edges of their seats. The first game ran a little long, but the Lady Eagles took it with a score of 27-25. In the beginning of the second and third games the Lady Eagles trailed behind, but rapidly stepped up their game to win both, with scores of 25-20 and 25-21. Marfa put up a good fight, however, their best efforts were no match for our Lady Eagles. Against Presidio, the top server for the Lady Eagles was Aubry Durbin, number 13, with 15 serves. Against Marfa, the top server was Sunshine Valdez, number 5, with 21 serves.
It was a great day for our Lady Eagles. They seem to have been working hard all summer long and have proven that this season will definitely be a good one! The next game for the Eagles will be Sept. 2, at Anthony. So be sure to cheer on our volleyball teams!
Sports Shorts
Van Horn Eagle head coach Jose Salinas reported this week that his “charges looked pretty good against the big, quick, 2A Alpine Bucks.”
Salinas went on to note, “Our JV kids really looked stout, as they bested the Alpine JV. In 20 offensive downs, we scored on 5 of them. Then on defense, we didn’t let them get into the end zone. We were very pleased with what we saw.”
The varsity players had a little tougher time against the Alpine varsity. Salinas did say, “Still, given their size and quickness, we did pretty well.”
As the Eagles prepare for their season opener Saturday evening, Salinas noted, “Our morale remains very high, the kids are practicing hard, and we don’t have any injuries to speak of.”
Coach Melinda Flores’ Lady Eagles volleyball squads played in the Pecos Tournament last weekend and demonstrated some good play.
Coaches did see some areas which still need work, and they are pledged to work on those areas before the season gets into full swing.
Then on Tuesday evening, the Lady Eagles tackled both the Presidio Blue Devils and the Marfa Shorthorns here in Van Horn. It was reported that the Lady Eagles defeated the Blue Devils in the first match, but the Advocate does not know the results of the second match with Marfa.
Let’s get behind the Lady Eagles as they work hard to represents us well during the volleyball season!