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Coaches Pompa, Garcia and Thompson share accolades The Sharyland Rattlers’ baseball team is one win away from the UIL 5A DII State Championship. They entered the UIL State Playoffs as District 31-5A champions. They’ve since proceeded to claim Bi-district, Area, Regional Semifinals, Regional Finals and State Semifinal championships; all in the course of…
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Rattlers’ assistant coaches ready for State Final No one ever does anything worthwhile alone. Through every step of every journey, there is usually someone, or a group of somebodies, offering directions, questioning wrong turns, or lifting you through when you think you can’t. All we do is made possible by the support of…
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Rattlers’ baseball eyes State Championship Dreams always seem fantastical until you start living them. This spring, a group of high school students from Mission, Texas, has shown an entire community that the impossible seems crazy until it isn’t. A year full of scrapes and bruises, early morning bullpen sessions, after-school batting practice, off-season…
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The Palmview City Council last Friday authorized its legal counsel to negotiate an interim city manager agreement with Ben Arjona following the resignation of City Manager Michael Leo last month. Arjona is currently interim city manager of Progreso. Council selected Arjona after interviewing him and three other candidates for interim behind closed doors…
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Palmview City Council last month agreed to pay legislative consultant Lee Roy Loya $2,500 a month to advocate for the city’s interests in Austin. Loya and his company — The L Firm — specialize in “combining subject matter knowledge and expertise with a well-established, highly respected reputation and relationships within the industry” in a…
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The Mission school board voted 4-2 to elect new officers on May 26 after an awkwardly contentious transition of power on the board. After much conversation, the board voted to name Natividad “Nati” Sosa as president, Abby Reyna as vice president and Victor O’Caña as secretary. Humberto “Beto” Garza voted to nominate those…
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