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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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MISSION, TEXAS – As director of the Mission Historical Museum, Cynthia “Cyndi” Lopez spends her days preserving artifacts, uncovering stories, and helping others understand the history and identity of the community she calls home. But long before she became a museum director, anthropologist, and holder of two master’s degrees, Lopez was a young Mission CISD…
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Trevino and Ibarra named to LATAM Sports Hall of Fame The May 16 induction ceremony for the Latino American Sports Hall of Fame welcomed two sisters, Sonia Trevino and Leticia Ibarra, into their ranks. But beyond just their induction and their achievements and contributions in athletics, lies a story of faith, family and perseverance…
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Superintendent Dr. Marcey Sorensen requested board approval to dip into the district’s emergency fund for one-time capital investments totaling $7 million. The investments include replacing 10 school buses ($2 million), baseball field upgrades ($3 million) and contingency needs ($2 million). While most expenditures come from the district’s general fund, the investments would come…
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