Daily Archive: August 14, 2012

Aug 14 2012

JV volleyball rules in San Benito

By PETE BANDA Special to the NEWS Dominant. That’s just about the only word that can be used to describe The San Benito Lady Hound JV volleyball team in a tune up scrimmage tournament this past Saturday. In a tournament that featured Harlingen, Mercedes, and La Feria, the Lady Hounds were hardly tested. Led by …

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Aug 14 2012

’Hounds hit field with ‘high tempo’ practices

By MONICA ZUÑIGA Staff Writer repo…@sbnewspaper.com As if it had never left, football season was back in full force in Greyhound country Monday as receivers ran routes and linemen practiced stances all in preparation of competing in what some are calling the toughest district in the Rio Grande Valley: 31-5A. The Greyhounds, under the leadership …

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Aug 14 2012

Cats’ offense, defense scrimmage

By MONICA ZUÑIGA Staff Writer repo…@sbnewspaper.com RIO HONDO – No matter how humid or hot, these boys come to work. In what the Rio Hondo Bobcats has named the Brotherhood, the varsity football team was able to practice Saturday morning in full pads in an offense vs. defense scrimmage. Beginning at 8 a.m., the players …

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Aug 14 2012

Community rallies behind teen with cancer

By MONICA ZUÑIGA Staff Writer repo…@sbnewspaper.com RIO HONDO – Madison Kiley Macias of Rio Hondo has a shining smile and a cute, freckled face; and yet one wouldn’t know that this soon-to-be 15-year-old girl has already faced more adversity than people three times her elder. What began as just a headache turned dire for Madison …

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Aug 14 2012

Arrest made in child’s sexual assault

By MONICA ZUÑIGA Staff Writer repo…@sbnewspaper.com A San Benito man was arrested on August 10 for alleged sexual assault of a child and indecency with a child. According to San Benito Police Detective Rogelio Banda, Jr., the suspect, 29-year-old Lazaro Castro III, turned himself in to the SBPD at 7:49 a.m. Friday due to warrants …

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Aug 14 2012

Man beaten with pipe

By MONICA ZUÑIGA Staff Writer repo…@sbnewspaper.com A man and a woman from San Benito were arrested Saturday for aggravated robbery, charges which stem from an incident in which the suspects are accused of assaulting the victim with a metal pipe. According to Detective Rogelio Banda, Jr. of the San Benito Police Department, officers responded at …

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Aug 14 2012

Meet the Hounds slated Friday

By MONICA ZUÑIGA Staff Writer repo…@sbnewspaper.com Football season is quickly rolling around, and to kickoff it off officially, the community is once again invited to attend “Meet the Greyhounds” this Friday. Hosted annually by the San Benito Quarterback Club in conjunction with the San Benito High School Athletics Department, the event, according to Athletics Department …

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Aug 14 2012

City moves forward with project

By JACOB LOPEZ Special to the NEWS On Monday, San Benito city officials met with the Economic Development Corporation in a joint meeting to discuss current plans for the renovation or relocation of the city’s museums, which include the San Benito Historical Museum, the Freddy Fender Museum and the Texas Conjunto Hall of Fame and …

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Aug 14 2012

Ester”Tia Tey” Aguilera

SAN BENITO—Ester Aguilera (Tia Tey) went home to be with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Monday, August 13, 2012, at the age of 79 after a brief illness. Ester was born to Patricio Aguilera and Paula Ledesma on March 22, 1933, in San Benito, Texas. She was a church member for over 70 …

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