CLASS 4A

Sinton's Blake Mitchell and Jaquae Stewart shared Player of the Year honors on the Class 4A Blue Bell TSWA All-State Baseball Team.

Players from Sinton and London each earned UIL All-State Tournament team honors, which were released by Sunday.

Sinton topped Argyle in the Class 4A state championship game to win the program's fourth title and first in 20 years.

Sinton scored six first-inning runs on the way to a 9-0 Class 4A state semifinal victory vs. Celina at Disch-Falk Field.

ames Volz|Leader-NewsCeleste Sandoval tosses the discus into the air. Her throw came in Class 4A Area meet competition last week at Uvalde High School. Sandoval made a throw of 108 feet, and four and one half inches for second place. She will vie in regional action tomorrow. Uvalde High School will be well represented in

Here are the top performers from the Corpus Christi and Coastal Bend area at UIL area track meets.

Sub-5A athletes compete in MOC in La FeriaBy EDWARD SEVERNStaff WriterLA FERIA — Rio Grande Valley track & field athletes from Class 4A and below competed in the preliminary portion of the Meet of Champions on Friday at La Feria. La Feria’s Mia Trevino cruised to a first-place finish in the two-mile run. “I feel like my performance was good today, but I can only make it better (today),” he said. Grulla’s Melanei Davila, La Feria’s Ashley Reath, Raymondville’s Avery Knight and Progreso’s Sophia Pecina qualified in the girls triple jump. She is joined by La Feria’s Keira Castillo and Kaya Dickerson, as well as Brownsville St. Joseph’s Elise Esparza.

Miller avenged a 2021 playoff loss to Stafford, beating the Spartans 75-72 to advance to the Class 4A regional basketball tournament.

The Texas Sports Writers Association is unveiling its 2021 All-State Teams this week. The Class 6A All-State Team will be released Saturday. CLASS 5A ALL-STATE SELECTIONSSecond Team – Thomas Domian, Tackle, McAllen Memorial; Mark Champion, Defensive line, Mission Veterans; Luis De Hoyos, Linebacker, Mission Veterans; Kolten Ottmers, Defensive Back, McAllen High. CLASS 4A ALL-STATE SELECTIONSFirst Team – Saul Hernandez, Guard, Hidalgo. Honorable Mention – Isaac Longoria, Tackle, Hidalgo; Kevin Cerda, Defensive Back, Hidalgo; Gilbert Medina, Defensive Back, Port Isabel; Zechariah Rios, Defensive Back, Rio Hondo; Fernando Romero, Defensive Lineman, Port Isabel; Dante De La Garza, Linebacker, Port Isabel; Jayden Garza, Punter, Raymondville.

Calallen leads the 2022 South Texas Preseason Large School All-Star softball team with four selections.

After successful football seasons, Flour Bluff and Gregory-Portland will head south for the next two years in Class 5A Division II.

The UIL released conference cutoff numbers and preliminary enrollment figures for the 2022-24 reclassification and realignment Wednesday, which will result in significant changes to the high school sports landscape in the Rio Grande Valley. The cutoff number for Class 5A is between 1,300-2,224, Class 4A is 545-1,299, Class 3A is 250-544, Class 2A is 105-249, and Class 1A is 104.9 and below. The football conference and division numbers are broken down even further with Class 5A-1A split into Division I and Division II. The most notable changes include Donna North, Edinburg Vela, Harlingen South, La Joya Juarez-Lincoln and PSJA North moving down from Class 6A to Class 5A for all sports. “It’s going to make the 5A districts even more tough,” said PSJA North head coach Marcus Kaufmann.

The University Interscholastic League released conference cutoff numbers for the next realignment. Miller and Bishop will move up, Alice stays in 4A.

Geronimo Navarro elected to go for two after scoring in the first overtime and converted to top Sinton in a Class 4A Division II regional semifinal.

Sinton's Zerah Martinez and Freer's Eleana Campos each finished ninth on Saturday at the UIL State Cross Country Championships.

UIL realignment is roughly 3 months away, but Oct. 29 is a key date on the calendar because its the day schools can begin turning in enrollments.

Miller clinched a playoff berth for the third straight season and moved into a tie for second place with Calhoun in District 15-4A Division I.

Miller QB Jaedyn Brown was named the Built Ford Tough Class 4A Player of the Week for this past week.

Calallen junior running back Epi Hinojosa was named the Built Ford Tough Texas High School Football Player of the Week in Class 4A on Wednesday.

Calallen is ranked No. 2 in the preseason while Sinton opens 2021 at No. 10 Class 4A Division II in Texas Football Magazine's rankings.

The Class 4A regional final one-game playoff between Calallen and Sinton was postponed on Thursday night because of persistent rain.

Athletes from Calallen, Bishop, Veterans Memorial, Ray, Santa Gertrudis Academy and Tuloso-Midway were finalists.

Sinton's Alaniz, four athletes chosen for THSBCA All-Star Game

Athletes from Calallen, Ray, Veterans Memorial, Bishop, Santa Gertrudis Academy and Tuloso-Midway are finalists for this week's honor.

High school baseball: Sinton pitching dominant in sweep of Sweeny

Athletes from Sinton, Bishop, Tuloso-Midway, Calallen, Gregory-Portland, Veterans Memorial, Carroll and London were finalists this week.

London's Kacie Cazalas finished fourth in the Class 3A girls state golf tournament after Tuesday's second round.

Athletes from Refugio, Woodsboro, Carroll, Alice, Calallen, London, Tuloso-Midway and Benavides are finalists for the honor this week.

Rockport-Fulton pitcher Siarah Galvan struck out 13 in the Pirates' area around win against La Vernia on Friday.

SAN ANTONIO – Devin Styles scored the game-winning layup at the final buzzer, and the Boerne boys basketball team defeated Somerset 61-59 in the Class 4A Regional Final to clinch the program’s first trip to the UIL State Tournament since 2008.

In Class 6A play, the veteran-led Warren Warriors have jumped out to a 5-3 start, while Clark sits at 6-2 on the season. In Class 4A play, Medina Valley opened a grueling preseason with a pair of sweeps in front of their home crowd. And in Class 5A play, Harlandale raced out to a 3-0 start after notching a sweep of Lanier in their season opener. Copyright 2019 by KSAT - All rights reserved.

In Class 6A play, the veteran-led Warren Warriors have jumped out to a 5-3 start, while Clark sits at 6-2 on the season. In Class 4A play, Medina Valley opened a grueling preseason with a pair of... Copyright 2019 by KSAT - All rights reserved.