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News Gram cross country report
By Rey Sifuentes Jr.
Both C.C. Winn and Eagle Pass High Schools have a good crop of cross country runner who recently competed at the District 29-5A meet held at the local golf course on Saturday, October 19.
MAVERICKS CROSS COUNTRY
Representing the Lady Mavericks in the varsity event were Bertha Villarreal (twenty-fourth with a time of 20:52), and Paola Garcia-Zua Zua (forty-second, 24:41).
Competing in the varsity boys event were Vincent De Leon (thirty-ninth, 19:10), Jefthe Gonzalez (forty-first, 19:30), and Jose Lopez (forty-third, 21:56).
Valentin Limon won the junior varsity boys event with a time of 15:58.
Also running in the j.v. boys competition were Gerardo Huerta (forty-fourth, 19:16), Miguel Rendon (forty-fifth, 19:17), Alex Longoria (seventy-first, 21:22), and Chris Rodriguez (seventy-ninth, 23:23).
Running for the Lady Mavericks in the junior varsity girls competition were Sabrina Hernandez (fifty-sixth, 27:57), Amanda Gonzalez (fifty-seventh, 29:14), and Paloma Garcia-Zua Zua (sixtieth, 33:59).
EAGLES CROSS COUNTRY
The Lady Eagles junior varsity girls cross country team came in fifth overall with a score of 134.
Running in that race were Brianna Vielma (tenth with a time of 22:06), Alexia Sanchez (twenty-first, 22:31), Denise Moreno (thirty-fourth, 23:38), April Flores (thirty-seventh, 23:56), Ana Ramos (forty-seventh, 24:58), Astrid Chong (fiftieth, 25:42), Gabriella Martinez (fifty-third, 27:20), Paola Guevara (fifty-fourth, 27:27), Larissa Alvarez (fifty-fifth, 27:46), Dayna Garza (fifty-eighth, 29:39), and April Gutierrez (fifty-ninth, 32:32).
EPHS’s junior varsity boys cross country team finished second with a time of 31.
Running in this event were Jose Teran (third with a time of 16:43), Oscar Mendoza (fifth, 17:01), Arturo Valdez (thirteenth, 17:40), Diego Solis (fourteenth, 17:42), Gabriel Villasenor (sixteenth, 17:45), Ramses Betancourt (nineteenth, 17:58), Mauricio Lopez (twentieth 18:00), Joshua Smith (twenty-sixth, 18:19), Abraham Martinez twenty-eighth, 18:23),Jesus De la Garza (thirty-fifth 18:40), Jacob Smith (forty-seventh, 19:27), Javier Perez (forty-ninth, 19:29), Hector Rodriguez (fiftieth, 19:35), Leroy Correa (fifty-fifth, 19:51), Jose Montelongo (fifth-ninth, 20:03), Jesus Solis (sixty-first 20:11), Javier Tapia (sixty-fourth, 20:42), Edgar Gonzalez (sixty-sixth, 20:59), Enrique Hernandez (sixty-seventh, 21:03), Arnulfo Rivrea (sixty-eighth, 21:07), Arnulfo Rivera (sixty-eighth, 21:07), Enrique Rodriguez (seventieth, 21:21), Kaleb Kypuros (seventy-second, 21:58), Jonathan Hernandez (seventy-third, 22:24), Jesus Jimenez (seventy-fifth, 22:37), David Vielma (seventy-sixth, 22:46), Edmundo Perez (seventy-seventh, 22:49), Pablo Garcia (eighty-first, 24:10), Guillermo Lopez (eighty-second, 24:22), Guillermo Velez (eighty-third, 25:36), Christian Martinez (eighty-fourth, 25:57), Salomon Abraham (eighty-fifth, 26:05), Hirom Alarcon (eighty-sixth, 26:07), and Robert Riojas (eighty-seventh, 28:36).
Lady Eagles win share of district title
By Rey Sifuentes Jr.
And when the dust had finally settled, the Lady Eagles varsity volleyball team finished its regular season as Co-District 29-5A champions along with Del Rio and Laredo Alexander.
Eagle Pass High School earned a share of the district title after defeating C.C. Winn in three straight sets – 25-13, 25-16, and 25-20 – on Tuesday night.
On Saturday, the Lady Eagles trumped Del Rio three games to two - 25-22, 25-19, 25-27, 22-25, and 15-11.
Individual statistics: Amanda Gonzalez - 12 kills, nine points, an ace, and four digs. Victoria Torralba - 10 points, eight digs and an ace. Vivian Ramirez - 13 kills, 10 points, two aces, five digs, and two blocks. Riana Garcia - 10 kills, three digs, an assist, and three blocks. Sophie Gomez – eight points and three aces. Jamie Donley – 10 points, 35 assists, 21 digs, and a kill. Camille Pina – 23 digs and an assist. Karina Yebra - 12 points, eight digs, five kills, and three assists. Claire Valdez - six kills, and three blocks. Linda Hesles - 16 digs. Kiana Ruiz - five digs.
Tuesday’s win improves EPHS’s district record to 9-3, and 23-12 overall.
Head Coach Lucinda Hooper Gloria applauded the leadership of her experienced players for the Lady Eagles’ overall success this season.
“Our team captains Jamie Donley, Karina Yebra, and Amanda Gonzalez have been contributors on the offensive side of the ball, along with Vivian Ramirez, Claire Valdez, and Riane Garcia,” Gloria said. “Defensively Camille Pina, Linda Hesles, and Kiana Ruiz have all had big games throughout the season.”
Gloria also pointed at her team’s persistence, hustle and chemistry as big cogs for this season’s victories.
“The fact that we swept United and split with both Alexander and Del Rio were major events for us,” Gloria said. “We might not be the tallest or hardest hitting team around. But when it comes down to having each others backs and playing as a team, our kids step up. They spent time during the summer at team building camps and that has paid off.”
At press time, details of the Lady Eagles opening playoff game were not available.
(Rey Sifuentes Jr. is a sports writer for the Mount Pleasant Daily Tribune which is located in East Texas. He is also a 1992 graduate of Eagle Pass High School. Sifuentes can be reached on Facebook and at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . You can also follow him through Twitter at @eaglesmavericks.)
Prosecutor reviewing facts in Ga. gym mat death
Thursday, 31 October 2013 17:43 Published in May 2013Prosecutor reviewing facts in Ga. gym mat death
KATE BRUMBACK, Associated Press
MACON, Ga. (AP) — A federal prosecutor said Thursday that he is conducting a formal review of facts and evidence in the death of a teenager whose body was found inside a rolled-up wrestling mat in his high school gym.
U.S. Attorney Michael Moore said that if he uncovers sufficient evidence to warrant a criminal or civil rights investigation into the death of Kendrick Johnson he will ask the FBI to conduct it.
"I will follow the facts wherever they lead. My objective is to discover the truth," Moore said.
Moore said he's reviewing a previous investigation by the sheriff's office and two autopsies done on Johnson, along with photos, videos and other evidence and information. He said he's met with investigators and the attorneys for Johnson's family to investigate the case.
"I am committed to do everything in my power to answer the questions that exist in this case, or as many of them as we can," Moore said.
The 17-year-old's body was found Jan. 11 stuck in an upright mat in the school gym after his parents reported him missing the night before. Lowndes County sheriff's investigators concluded Johnson died in a freak accident, but his family insists that someone must have killed him.
A southern Georgia judge on Wednesday ordered authorities to release all surveillance video that investigators reviewed. Johnson's father said after that ruling that he hoped the footage would contain clues to how he died.
Sheriff Chris Prine had previously released surveillance footage that showed Johnson entering the school gym the afternoon before his body was found. No one appeared to follow him inside.
Johnson's parents wanted to see video from the gym from the hours before their son entered until his body was discovered the next day. The sheriff had declined to release the footage without a court order because it shows other minor students who could be identified.
Johnson's body was stuck upside down in the middle of a wrestling mat that had been rolled up and propped upright behind bleachers.
The sheriff has said he suspects Johnson became trapped trying to retrieve a shoe that fell into the center of the large, rolled mat. A Georgia Bureau of Investigation medical examiner concluded that he died from positional asphyxia, meaning his body got stuck in a position in which he couldn't breathe.
Johnson's family had his body exhumed over the summer so they could get a second opinion from a private pathologist. Dr. William R. Anderson issued a report in August saying he detected hemorrhaging on the right side of Johnson's neck. He concluded the teenager died from blunt force trauma near his carotid artery and that the fatal blow appeared to be non-accidental. A lawyer for Johnson's parents filed court papers last week requesting a judge to order Lowndes County Coroner Bill Watson to hold a coroner's inquest after Watson declined the family's request to do so.
An attorney for Johnson's parents said in September that the autopsy's findings had been sent to local authorities and to Moore, as well as to the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has said it stands by the findings of the initial autopsy. The Justice Department said at the time that it had reviewed the state investigation file and didn't see "sufficient indication of a civil rights violation to authorize a civil rights investigation." But the Justice Department did say it was working with Moore and that his office was monitoring and evaluating the situation.
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Associated Press writer Ray Henry in Atlanta contributed to this report.
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