VALLEY-BOYS BASKETBALL SCHEDULE

Tuesday, Nov. 29

Non-District

Port Isabel 62, IDEA Quest 46

San Perlita 62, Raymondville 60

Rio Grande City 39, Edinburg North 24

Lasara 51, Brownsville Frontier 33

Harlingen High 57, Brownsville Pace 55

Edinburg Vela 89, La Joya High 55

Mercedes 70, Grulla 43

Harlingen South 63, Edinburg Economedes 57

McAllen High 84, Edcouch-Elsa 59

Brownsvile St. Joseph 55, Mission High 39

Santa Rosa 79, Sharyland Pioneer 69

McAllen Memorial 60, Sharyland High 38

Weslaco High 78, PSJA High 32

Weslaco East 48, Laredo United South 43

Eidnburg High 73, Brownsville Rivera 42

PSJA Southwest 41, Mission Veterans 36

PSJA North 84, Valley View 48

La Joya Juarez-Lincoln 56, San Benito 36

Santa Maria at La Feria, not reported

Thursday, Dec. 1

San Antonio Tournament; Craig Smith Tournament; Lyford Tournament; San Isidro Tournament

Friday, Dec. 2

Non-District

La Joya High at Donna High, 7:30 p.m.

Mercedes at PSJA High, 7:30 p.m.

IDEA Quest at Grulla, 6:30 p.m.

Navasota at Brownsville Veterans, 3:30 p.m.

VALLEY-BOYS BASKETBALL BOX SCORES

Tuesday’s Games

Non-District

WESLACO EAST 48, LAREDO UNITED SOUTH 43

L. United South 14 11 12 6 — 43

Weslaco East 15 5 13 15 — 48

WESLACO EAST (48) — Mark Navarro 2, Jonathan Munoz 13, DJ Ramirez 3, Alex Covarrubias 2, JJ Garza 11, Isiah Savedera 2, Felix Jimenez 8, Alvaro Nedrano 3, Gabriel Riveras 4.

LAREDO UNITED SOUTH (43) — Gion 20, Eluid 5, Josh R. 1, Brian G. 5, Juan M. 1, Juan C. 2, Miguel M. 2, Manny H. 7.

RECORDS: Weslaco East 3-3.

McALLEN MEMORIAL 60, SHARYLAND HIGH 38

Sharyland High 13 6 8 11 — 38

McAllen Memorial 17 12 12 19 — 60

SHARYLAND HIGH (38) — Kale Cator 17, Edgar Alaniz 9, Jacob Olivares 7, Sean Tucker 3, Jared Karr 1, Jesus Ruiz 1.

McALLEN MEMORIAL (60) — Will Garcia 19, Johnny Larson 9, Josh Sanchez 11, Chris Flores 8, Eliam Reyna 8, Chris Melendez 3, Brett Baus 2.

RECORDS: McAllen Memorial 5-3.

WESLACO HIGH 78, PSJA HIGH 32

Weslaco High 20 16 24 18 — 78

PSJA High 2 8 11 11 — 32

WESLACO HIGH (78) — Safi Fino-a-Laseif 2, Braxton Bloomquest 10, Bobby Cantu 7, AJ Gonzalez 5, Brandon Ybarra 6, Jordan Young 2, Matthew Olmeda 6, Derickson Daniel 10, Jesus Paez 8, Kalil Fino-a-Laseif 11, Justice Free 11.

PSJA HIGH (32) — Andrew Cazas 2, Andrew List 2, Isiah Garcia 7, Robby Garza 2, Nathan Sanchez 4, Jesus Ramos 13, Moses Briliales 2.

RECORDS: Not recorded.

MERCEDES 70, GRULLA 43

Grulla 10 11 8 14 — 43

Mercedes 15 18 14 23 — 70

GRULLA (43) — Ryan Reyes 9, Jaime Rodriguez 14, Kaleb Arthur 4, Alex Rios 2, Marco Jimenez 2, Jared Castañeda 5, Joe Garcia 5, Ray Rincon 29.

MERCEDES (70) — Michael Maldonado 2, Dustin Zarate 9, Sabian Anzaldua 3, Jay Solis 3, Tony Lardenas 3, Eluid Flores 3, Miguel Flores 6, Dillon Salinas 6, Aaron Mendez 2, Isaac Guiterrez 2, Edgar Garza 4.

RECORDS: Mercedes 5-1.

SAN PERLITA 62, RAYMONDVILLE 60

Raymondville 13 12 26 9 — 60

San Perlita 21 14 14 13 — 62

RAYMONDVILLE (60) — Jaden Tagle 2, Mario Moreno 2, Isaac Ramirez 4, Jacob Posas 2, Xavier Ledesma 3, Joe Royse 4, Tre Silva 5, Tristen Posas 10, Eliseo Corda 8, Daniel Gutierrez 17, Rudy Ambriz 1, Darian Cortez 2.

SAN PERLITA (62) — Jamie Z. 9, Daniel G. 6, Victor G. 16, Julian G. 12, Noah O. 2, Cameron C. 8, N. Olivarez 5, Zach C. 4.

RECORDS: Not reported.

EDINBURG HIGH 73, BROWNSVILLE RIVERA 42

Bro. Rivera 15 4 2 21 — 42

Edinburg High 13 19 25 16 — 73

BROWNSVILLE RIVERA (42) — Rudy Guerro 4, Nico Blanco 11, Diego Silva 4, Leo Martinez 7, Oscar Losoya 9, Felipe Morales 7.

EDINBURG HIGH (73) — Miguel Treviño 12, Damien Garcia 10, Matthew Cruz 10, Jorge Hernandez 1, Antwone Woodard 26, Chris Medina 4, David Sanchez 3, Ferman Ramos 1, Jesus Cantu 8.

RECORDS: Edinburg High 7-1.

PSJA SOUTHWEST 41, MISSION VETERANS 36

PSJA SouthWest 8 17 7 9 — 41

Mission Veterans 16 9 0 11 — 36

SOUTHWEST (41) — Nygul Anderson 15, Oscar Garay 12, Ian Deleon 7, Orly 5, Marco Ramos 2.

MISSION VETERANS (36) — Adrian Castañeda 9, Derek Deleon 8, Noe Cantu 5, Elias Ibarra 4, Mark Doran 4, Josh Acosta 2, Isaac Perez 2, Oscar Perez 2.

RECORDS: Mission Veterans 6-7.

VALLEY-BOYS BASKETBALL SCHEDULE

Monday, Nov. 28

Non-District

McAllen Rowe 42, Brownsville Veterans 41, OT

San Isidro 47, Monte Alto 44

Tuesday, Nov. 29

Non-District

Brownsville Frontier at Lasara, 7:30 p.m.

Sharyland High at McAllen Memorial, 7:30 p.m.

McAllen High at Edcouch-Elsa, 7:30 p.m.

Santa Rosa at Sharyland Pioneer, 7:30 p.m.

Edinburg Vela at La Joya High, 7:30 p.m.

Mission High at Brownsville St. Joseph, 7:30 p.m.

La Joya Juarez-Lincoln at Donna High, 7:30 p.m.

Brownsville Rivera at Edinburg High, 7:30 p.m.

Weslaco High at PSJA High, 7:30 p.m.

Harlingen South at Edinburg Economedes, 7:30 p.m.

PSJA North at Valley View, 7:30 p.m.

PSJA Southwest at Mission Veterans, 7 p.m.

Laredo United South at Weslaco East, 7 p.m.

Mercedes vs. Grulla at Rio Grande City, 6:30 p.m.

Rio Grande City at Donna North, 7:30 p.m.

Santa Maria at La Feria, 8 p.m.

IDEA Quest at Port Isabel, 8 p.m.

VALLEY-BOYS BASKETBALL BOXSCORES

Monday’s Games

Non-District

McALLEN ROWE 42,BROWNSVILLE VETERANS 41, OT

Brownsville Veterns 7 10 11 8 5 — 41

McAllen Rowe 14 4 7 11 6 — 42

BROWNSVILLE VETERANS (41) — Aaron Villarreal 16, A. Vasquez 11, Damian Maldonado 4, Kevin Gomez 4, Justin Anaya 4, Erick Saldaña 2.

McALLEN ROWE (42) — Freddy Ayala 11, Derek Luna 9, Dominic Clarke 9, Adrian Bernal 6, Gabe Bautista 6, Reagan Witten 1.

RECORDS — Brownsville Veterans 6-2; McAllen Rowe 5-0.

SAN ISIDRO 47, MONTE ALTO 44

San Isidro 7 12 5 23 — 47

Monte Alto 9 7 23 5 — 44

SAN ISIDRO (47) — Orlando Perez 19, Marco Garza 13, Armando Reyes 7, Luis Cruz 3, Nicholas Delgado 3, Andrew Rodriguez 2.

MONTE ALTO (44) — Not reported.

RECORDS — San Isidro 4-0.

BY TJ GARCIA | SPECIAL TO THE MONITOR

PHARR — The Rio Grande City Lady Rattlers are in unfamiliar territory.

The 2016-17 season is the follow up to last year’s 23-12 record and their first-ever postseason win. Rio Grande City is now in a new district. And now, as a playoff team with lots of returners on the roster, they wear a target on their backs. Expectations loom.

This is new for the Lady Rattlers, but it’s not something they are backing away from.

“We have really worked hard in the summer, and we are really hoping to go further than the first round and hopefully go to the third round and go on maybe further,” Jocy Amaya, the team’s leading scorer and unquestioned leader on the court, said. “I’ve had the leadership on me since my freshman year. The weight of this team is on me. They depend on me like I depend on them.”

Friday afternoon, Rio Grande City, despite missing three starters, ran past a struggling PSJA Southwest team 47-17 and improved its record to 12-3. Amaya, the 5-foot-11 junior, led all scorers with 30 points while adding 11 rebounds, 5 steals and 5 blocks.

PSJA Southwest is a young team trying to find it’s way, but Rio Grande City has also played tough against quality opponents. Losses have come against San Antonio Clark, Brownsville Veterans and Harlingen. The Lady Rattlers have also defeated 6A teams PSJA North (twice) and Brownsville Rivera.

Next week the Lady Rattlers are in the United ISD tournament in Laredo and will face perennial playoff teams like Del Rio and Corpus Christi King. Coach Gus Valenciana said he’s moving the team in the right direction with quality opponents in hopes of doing well in district and advancing in the playoffs.

“I tell the girls that our goal is to advance more than last year. I know we got to area last year, but that’s going to be super tough,” Valenciana said of being in 31-5A with traditional basketball powers Sharyland, Mission Veterans and several Laredo schools. “I feel that we are better, but at the same time, the district got tougher. We are going to fight in every district game.”

It’s a good thing that Valenciana has Amaya, who’s averaging 20 points per game this season. The forward can shoot inside and out. Against PSJA Southwest she had two three pointers, but she was still a force inside. Amaya spent the summer playing with South Texas Hoopsters, a McAllen club team that competes in tournaments around Texas and the nation throughout the summer. She said the experiences have helped her grow as a player.

Rio Grande City will also lean on all-district guard and four-year letterman Adrianna Cruz, who has averaged 13 points per game, said Valenciana. He added that she attacks the basket with an aggressiveness that the team needs. Senior point guard Andrea Barron will be expected to continue directing the offense. Meanwhile, 5-foot-10 senior post Gina Villarreal will help balance the floor with Amaya.

Rio Grande City is squad full of juniors and seniors, and looks primed to make a run. Valenciana and Amaya both said if the Lady Rattlers can improve ahead of district, they expect to win some games and be in the postseason. Should they do that, they will back in the playoffs, a familiar territory this time.

BY SAUL BERRIOS-THOMAS

STAFF WRITER

GRULLA — Just after halftime, Grulla went on an 11-5 run to pull within 14 points. Rio Grande City coach Homer Garr called a timeout and spoke to his kids.

“After the timeout he told us we needed to get our heads straight and focus on what is best for the team,” junior center Rodrigo Nuñez said.

After the timeout, junior guard Frank Gonzalez hit a 3, and Rio Grande City never looked back. The Rattlers (5-1) beat the Gators (3-2) 66-48 on Monday night.

“We did good as a team,” freshman guard Aaron Marroquin said. “We were passing and cutting. We showed hustle, diving for the balls and it worked. We made our shots.”

Rio Grande City used 8 3-pointers to build a lead and stay ahead for the entire game. They found open looks by moving the ball around and passing.

“We are not really a 3-point shooting team,” Garr said. “We are a fast-break, move it, share it type of team. But, we have a few guys who can shoot, so I expect us to make some threes.”

The Rattlers having Nunez, who is 6-foot-8, in the low post posed plenty of matchup issues for Grulla. The Gators got in foul trouble early, many of the fouls coming from the player guarding Nunez.

“Today the team played great,” Nunez said. “But, I don’t think I played to my full potential. I know I can do better.”

Nunez finished the game with eight points.

Marroquin had 10 points, including 2 triples. Senior guard Hiram Rivera added 12, with 3 threes. Marroquin and Rivera got the Rattlers rolling early with a combined 14 first-half points.

Junior forward Demencio Venecia contributed 10 points for the Rattlers.

The Rattlers will play in this weekend’s tournament hosted by Mission Veterans Memorial.

“We are getting better,” Garr said. “We played pretty well in the Brownsville tournament. We have the talent, no question about that, and Rodrigo is pretty darn big. So, as we get better and play more, we will progress.”

For Grulla coach Abram Gonzalez, the game was evidence of the team’s current situation.

“We have already played five games, and we haven’t practiced yet,” Gonzalez said. “We just had a playoff (football) game on Friday. So, we just got some of those kids in. Some of those kids made it into the tournament on Saturday. But, as you can see, we don’t have the legs, right now, to get up and down the court.”

The Gators have several players from the football team who saw limited minutes Monday, but figure to be a key part of the team as the season progresses.

Senior guard Dustin Zarate led the way for the Gators with 24 points, 22 of which came in the second half. Junior Forward Tony Cardenas added 8 points and junior guard Michael Maldonado finished with 6 points.

The Gators have more than a week off before they visit Mercedes at 6:30 p.m. on Nov. 29.

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Class 6A, Division I Regional Semifinals

Friday, Nov. 25

Los Fresnos vs. Austin Lake Travis in Austin, 1 p.m.

Class 6A, Division II Regional Semifinals

Friday, Nov. 25

Weslaco East vs. Cibolo Steele at Buccaneer Stadium in Corpus Christi, 6 p.m.

Class 5A, Division II Regional Semifinal

Friday, Nov. 25

Edcouch-Elsa vs. Victoria East at S.A.’s Alamo Stadium, 7:30 p.m.

Class 5A, Division I Regional Semifinal

Saturday, Nov. 26

Mission Veterans Memorial vs. Dripping Springs at S.A.’s Alamo Stadium, 2 p.m.

VALLEY-GIRLS BASKETBALL SCHEDULE

Tuesday, Nov. 22

Non-District

Laredo United at McAllen Memorial, 12:30 a.m.

Harlingen South at PSJA Memorial, 1:30 p.m.

La Joya High at Sharyland Pioneer, 2:30 p.m.

La Joya Juarez-Lincoln at PSJA North, 2:30 p.m.

La Joya Palmview at San Benito, 2:30 p.m.

Harlingen High at Brownsville Veterans Memorial, 6 p.m.

Browsnville Pace at Rio Hondo, 7:30 p.m.

Edinburg North at Los Fresnos, 7:30 p.m.

Idea Quest at Edcouch-Elsa, 7:30 p.m.

Mercedes at Mission High, 7:30 p.m.

PSJA High at Weslaco East, 7:30 p.m.

PSJA Southwest at Valley View, 7:30 p.m.

Weslaco High at Edinburg Vela, 7:30 p.m.

VALLEY-GIRLS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT SCORES

Border Brawl

At Valley View

Saturday’s Games

Platinum Bracket

SA Johnson 74, Weslaco High 26

Laredo Cigarroa 49, SA Clark 47

Port Lavaca 50, PSJA Memorial 43

SA Johnson 75, Laredo Cigarroa 55

PSJA North 47, Brownsville Veterans 41

Harlingen High 63, Rio Grande City 33

CC Moody 50, Laredo LBJ 43

Third-Place Game

SA Clark 46, Weslaco High 41

Championship Game

SA Johnson 75, Laredo Cigarroa 55

Gold Bracket

San Diego 42, CC King 26

Los Fresnos 49, Sharyland High 46

La Joya Palmview 49, Valley View 29

Weslaco East 31, Mercedes 21

San Benito 33, Brownsville Hanna 28

Edinburg North 49, La Feria 40

Harlingen South 34, Brownsville Rivera 28

San Benito 34, Donna High 32

Sharyland Pioneer 36, Brownsville Hanna 33

Third-Place Game

Sharyland High 50, C.C. King 36

Championship Game

San Deigo 55, Los Fresnos 51

Silver Bracket

Alice 43, Rio Hondo 39

La Joya High 50, Raymondville 36

Mission High 43, Zapata 38

Edcouch-Elsa 57, CC Miller 37

Santa Rosa 35, Roma 34

Roma 47, PSJA Southwest 26

Donna North 46, PSJA Southwest 13

Bracket Play

McAllen Rowe 60, Bro Porter 30

McAllen High 47. La Joya Juarez-Lincoln 23

Edinburg High 54, Brownsville St Joseph 42

Edinburg Economedes 47, Brownsviile Porter 23

McAllen Rowe 52, Idea Quest 27

Edinburg High 46, McAllen High 39

VALLEY-BOYS BASKETBALL SCHEDULE

Saturday, Nov. 19

Non-District

PSJA North 61, McAllen Memorial 58

Monday Nov. 21

Non-District

Rio Grande City at Grulla, 6:30 p.m.

San Isidro at Agua Dulce, 5 p.m.

Tuesday Nov. 22

Non-District

Donna IDEA at Lasara, 11:30 a.m.

Athlos Leadership Academy at Port Isabel, 2 p.m.

McAllen High at Harlingen South, 2:30 p.m.

La Joya Palmview at Sharyland Pioneer, 7:30 p.m.

Rio Grande City at Donna North, 7:30 p.m.

Los Fresnos at McAllen Rowe, 2:30 p.m.

San Benito at McAllen Memorial, 7:30 p.m.

Edinburg Economedes at Mission High, 6 p.m.

La Joya High at Weslaco High, 7:30 p.m.

PSJA High at Brownsville Lopez, 7:30 p.m.

PSJA Memorial at Donna High, 7:30 p.m.

Laredo Alexander at Edinburg North, 1:30 p.m.

Browsnville Rivera at PSJA North, 7:30 p.m.

Hidaglo at Brownsville St. Joseph, 7:30 p.m.

Laredo Alexander at Edinburg North, 2:30 p.m.

VALLEY-BOYS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT SCORES

Bisd Tournament

Brownsville Veterans 69, Sharyland 45

Brownsville Porter 68, Harlingen High 58

Third place game

Rio Grande City def. Sharyland High

Championship Game

Brownsville Veterans 66, Brownsville Hanna 48

San Perlita Tournament

Grulla 84, San Perlita 82

Championship Game

Rio Hondo 74, Grulla 59

Edcouch-Elsa Tournament

Mission High 55, Roma 49, 2 OT

La Joya High 42, Mission Veterans 36

PSJA Memorial 73, Edcouch-Elsa 68

La Joya Juarez-Lincoln 72, PSJA Southwest 48

PSJA High 54, Santa Maria 46

La Joya Juarez-Lincoln 66, PSJA Memorial 42

Third place game

Roma 54, Mission Veterans 48

Championship Game

La Joya High 58, Mission High 41

San Antonio Northside Tournament

Edinburg Vela 79, Laredo Martin 43

VALLEY-BOYS BASKETBALL SUMMARY

Saturday’s Game

Non-Distirct

PSJA NORTH 61, McALLEN MEMORIAL 58

PSJA North 9 12 18 22 — 61

McAllen Memorial 15 7 13 23 — 58

PSJA NORTH (61) – Oscar Cantu 11, Anthony Chavez 11, Daunte Galvan 10, Jose Rodriguez 9, Mario Hernandez 8, Leo Torres 7, Darren Fuentes 3, Randy Adame 2.

McALLEN MEMORIAL (58) – Josh Sanchez 13, Elian Reyna 11, Johnny Larsen 11, Chris Flores 10, Will Garcia 7, Chris Melendez 6.

RECORDS – McAllen Memorial 1-1.

VALLEY-BOYS BASKETBALL SCHEDULE

Tuesday’s Games

Non-District

Mission Veterans Memorial 85, Mission IDEA 32

San Isidro 69, Premont 26

La Joya Palmview 59, Valley View 40

PSJA Southwest 53, Brownsville Lopez 25

Edinburg Economedes 66, Brownsville Hanna 63

Edinburg High 57, La Joya High 55

Brownsville St. Joesph 75, Harlingen High 60

Santa Rosa 96, Edinburg North 70

La Joya Juarez-Lincoln 74, Edcouch-Elsa 64

Edinburg Vela 78, Sharyland Pioneer 56

McAllen High 52, Brownsville Veterans Memorial 45

Donna North 68, Rio Hondo 63

McAllen Memorial 76, Donna High 57

Roma at Laredo United, not reported

Wednesday’s Game

Non-District

Port Isabel at Marine Military Academy, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 17

SA Northside Tournamnet

BISD Tournamnet

Friday, Nov. 18

Non-District

Brownsville Veterans at Brownsville Rivera, 10 a.m.

Dona High at Laredo Alexander, 7:30 p.m.

La Joya Palmview at Edinburg Economedes, 7:30 p.m.

McAllen High at Edinburg High, 7:30 p.m.

McAllen Rowe at Sharyland Pioneer, 7:30 p.m.

Port Isabel at Lyford, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 19

Non-District

PSJA North at McAllen Memorial, 3:30 p.m.

VALLEY-BOYS BASKETBALL Summaries

Tuesday’s Games

Non-District

MISSION VETERANS 85, MISSION IDEA 32

Mission IDEA 4 15 7 6 — 32

Mission Veterans 25 17 25 18 — 85

MISSION IDEA (32) — Cristian Charp 17, Jesus Cortina 4, Mike Rodriguez 3, Johnny Reyna 5, Rosbel Cantu 1, Luis Lopez 2.

MISSION VETERANS (85) — Adrian Castaneda 18, Alex Rodriguez 14, Derrick Deleon 12, Elias Ibarra 7, Noe Cantu 8, Isaac Perez 3, Oscar Perez 9, Andrew Silva 4, Chris Cantu 4, Mark Doran 6.

RECORDS — Mission Veterans 1-0, Mission IDEA 0-1.

SAN ISIDRO 69, PREMONT 26

San Isidro 24 6 20 19 — 69

Premont 4 13 3 6 — 26

San Isidro (69) — Orlando Perez 2, Marco Garza 22, Mando Reyes 9, Luis Cruz 12, Allan Flores 7, Andrew Rodriguez 3, Nicholas Delgado 14.

Premont (26) — JR Guerra 8, T. Davilla 7, T. Garza 7, Carlos Barrera 8, Tim Ramsey 1.

Records — San Isidro 1-0, Premont 0-1.

LA JOYA PALMVIEW 59, VALLEY VIEW 40

Valley View 10 6 8 16 — 40

La Joya Palmview 9 10 26 14 — 59

VALLEY VIEW (40) — Imarol Ibarra 5, Ricardo Rodriguez 1, Felipe ayala 2, Diego Monjaras 5, Rudy Gomez 15. Martin Lucero 8, Marcos Campos 6.

LA JOYA PALMVIEW (59) — John Castanon 9, Javier Acosta 8, Tristan Myende 11, Christopher Cruz 1, Dante Onelda 2, Josia Zapata 3, Paco De La O 16, Ever Perez 9.

Records — La Joya Palmview 1-0, Valley View 0-1.

PSJA Southwest 53, Brownsville Lopez 25

Brownsville Lopez 7 7 2 9 — 25

PSJA Southwest 21 12 14 6 — 53

Brownsville Lopez (25) — Julio Jimenez 13, Matthew Ramirez 6, Johnny Ibarra 3, Juan Briones 1.

PSJA SOUTHWEST (53) — Nigel Anderson 17, Orley Tores 4, Ian Deleon 14, Oscar Garay 3, Marco Ramos 11, Joe Ramirez 4.

Records — PSJA Southwest 1-0, Brownsville Lopez 0-1.

Edinburg Economedes 66, Brownsville Hanna 63

Brownsville Hanna 10 15 18 20 — 63

Edinburg Economedes 17 10 24 15 — 66

BROWNSVILLE HANNA (63) — Jaime Rucoba 21, Jose 8, Austin 10, Rick Rocha 7, Noah Armstrong 7, Adam Lopez 8, Vincente Garcia 2.

EDINBURG ECONOMEDES (66) — Hugo Morales 3, Miguel Gonzalez 5, Joshua Salceda 17, Angel Salinas 19, Brian Alvarez 3, Saul Alaniz 9, Simon Pina 10.

Records — Edinburg Economedes 1-0, Brownsville Hanna 0-1.

Edinburg High 57, La Joya High 55

La Joya High 13 17 8 17 — 63

Edinburg High 7 19 13 18 — 66

La JOya HIgh (55) — Ojay Saenz 8, Carlos Montelongo 4, Alex Tovar 18, Romel Villarreal 1, Jorge Rosales 6, Julio Gonzalez 15, Juztin Pulido 3.

EDINBURG HIGH (57) — Damian Garcia 13, Matt Cruz 2, Antoine Woodard 19, Marco Castillo 1, Julio del Fierro 2, Jesus Cantu 20.

Records — Edinburg High 1-0, La Joya High 0-1.

VALLEY-GIRLS BASKETBALL SCHEDULE

Tuesday’s Games

Non-District

Sharyland High 58, Edinburg IDEA 38

Lyford 69, Lasara 19

Hidalgo 58, McAllen Rowe 29

McAllen High 56, Sharyland Pioneer 24

McAllen Memorial 66, PSJA High 36

La Joya High 54, PSJA Southwest 30

Misison High 36, Brownsville Porter 28

Mission Veterans Memorial 54, Edinburg Economedes 31

PSJA Memorial 40, Mercedes 38

Rio Grande City 76, Zapata 39

Brownsville Hanna 53, Edcouch-Elsa 44

Brownsville Veterans Memorial 44, Edinburg High 37

Laredo United 56, Roma 50

Weslaco High 59, Harlingen South 35

Santa Rosa 42, La Villa 26

Los Fresnos 56, La Joya Juarez-Lincoln 39

Edinburg North 48, Donna High 36

Progreso at South Texas Christian, not reported

Brownsville Pace at Brownsville St. Joseph, not reported

La Joya Palmview at Raymondville, not reported

Thursday, Nov. 17

Non-District

Border Brawl Tournamnet at Valley View

San Marcos Tournament

San Perlita Tournament

Friday, Nov. 18

Non-District

Monte Alto at Progreso, 7:30 p.m.

VALLEY-GIRLS BASKETBALL SUMMARIES

Tuesday’s Games

Non-District

Sharyland High 58, Edinburg IDEA Quest 38

Edinburg IDEA Quest 2 11 10 15 — 38

Sharyland High 15 15 15 13 — 58

EDINBURG IDEA QUEST (38) — Diana Martinez 17, Alyssa Cuellar 11, Esmer Rodriguez 2, Victoria Rodriguez 2, Anna Cantu 4, Marbella Nunez 2

SAHRYLAND HIGH (58) — Amanda Frias 2, Ania Pelayo 6, Aydee Hinojosa 2, Miranda Cantu 5, Anna Marshall 43

RECORDS — Sharyland High 5-3.

Lyford 69, Lasara 19

Lasara 2 5 5 7 — 19

Lyford 13 18 22 16 — 69

LASARA (19) — Priscilla Lipscomb 8, Cori Salinas 5, Keesha Munoz 4, Jackie Rios 2.

LYFORD (69) — Marisa Martinez 16, Nicole Liserio 11, Cassey Amaya 10, Abby Bermudez 2, Hannah Perez 6, anna Martinez 6, Adriana Duran 4, Christina Rocha 4, Jackie Santiana 4, Sydney Bray-Rodriguez 2, Marialy Salinas 4.

Records — Lyford 1-0.

McALLEN HIGH 56, SHARYLAND PIONEER 24

McAllen High 16 26 7 7 — 56

Sharyland Pioneer 2 12 3 7 — 24

MCALLEN HIGH (56) — Brianna Coffee 21, Victoria Alaniz 10, Sabrina Guzman 9, Alex Gamino 7, Heaven Willbanks 5, Aubrie Gonzalez 2, Karla Vargas 2.

SHARYLAND PIONEER (24) — Chelsea Chandler 1, Ashley Briseno 2, Kayla Alaniz 2, Miranda Ramos 10, Daya Montalvo 2, Mariah Youngblood 3, Victoria Mossman 4.

Records — Sharyland Pioneer 0-7.

LA JOYA HIGH 54, PSJA SOUTHWEST 30

PSJA Southwest 5 13 6 6 — 30

La Joya High 14 9 18 13 — 54

PSJA SOUTHWEST (30) — Lizbeth Melendez 13, Kassandra Bucio 2, Kathy Bucio 3, Kimberly Bucio 1, Andrea Jimenez 2, Karla Kestler 1, Karen Prado 6, Dalia Cardenas 2.

LA JOYA HIGH (54) — Monica Garcia 13, Veida Gonzalez 2, Sabrina Garcia 7, Giselle Villarreal 11, Jackie Villarreal 3, Karina Casanova 18.

RECORDS: La Joya 4-3

McALLEN MEMORIAL 66, PSJA HIGH 36

PSJA High 10 9 2 15 — 36

McAllen Memorial 20 20 14 12 — 66

McALLEN MEMORIAL (66) — Ebony Johnson 5, Tani Talamantez 21, Victoria Izaguirre 24, Valeria Garcia 4, Selma Regalado 6, Valeria Trevino 4, Fatima Bonilla 2.

PSJA HIGH (36) — Sara Jo Hernandez 4, Reanna Rocha 10, Sydney Escobar 2, Dariana Galvan 2, Rebekah Trevino 6, Taylor Calderon 12.

RECORDS: McAllen Memorial 7-1; PSJA High 2-5

MISSION HIGH 36, BROWNSVILLE PORTER 28

Mission High 10 5 9 12 — 36

Brownsville Porter 11 5 7 5 — 28

MISSION HIGH (36) — Kimberly Barrera 15, Brittney Garza 9, Ariel Sanchez 8, Natally Montoya 2, Brianna Juarez 2.

BROWNSVILLE PORTER (28) — Thalia Garcia 8, Val Jimenez 7, Melani Gasca 6, Maryanna Lara 4, Vanessa Hernandez 3.

RECORDS: Mission High 2-0

MISSION VETERANS 54, EDINBURG ECONOMEDES 31

Edinburg Econ 11 5 3 12 — 31

Mission Veterans 18 15 12 9 — 54

ECONOMEDES (31) — Daniela Castro 7, Liz Cabrera 17, Brittany Cantu 7.

MISSION VETERANS (54) — Jackie Howell 19, Ronnie Cantu 7, Jazmin Saldana 2, Andrea De La Garza 4, Lyndsey Garza 6, Lilly Gonzalez 2, Gaby Gallardo 12, Rebecca Tello 2.

RECORDS: Mission Veterans 4-3

Edinburg North 48, Donna High 36

Score by quarters not reported.

DONNA HIGH (36) — Not reported.

EDINBURG NORTH (48) — Tiffany Chapa 21, Anzhelany Jordan 10, Tilly Villarreal 7, Fernanda Olivera 4, Sarah Reyes 2, Brianna Martinez 2.

RECORDS — Not reported.

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Mercedes had not won a playoff game since 2009. The Tigers had never won a playoff game, ever, on their home field.

Until Friday night.

Alex Ramos rushed for a touchdown and Richard Urbina caught a touchdown as the Tigers won a rematch of last year’s bi-district playoff game against Sharyland High, 17-7.

“We were a young team last year,” said Mercedes coach Roger Adame Jr., whose team consists mostly of juniors. “Last year, they had the experience and this year we felt we had the experience.”

Junior quarterback Zach Gomez managed an efficient game for the Tigers, taking care of the ball and making big play after big play.

The defense shut down a Rattlers offense that had averaged 31.3 points on 388 yards per game this season.

“Mercedes is a blue-collar team, football-oriented and these kids come to work every day,” Adame said. “When they do that, good things happen. They know games are won during the week and they wanted to be a part of history.”

Mercedes advances to play Calallen in the Class 5A, Division II area round of the playoff next week. The teams play 7:30 p.m Friday at Javelina Stadium in Kingsville.

Calallen beat Mercedes 20-7 in Week 1 this season.

“We’re looking forward to the matchup,” Adame said. “We had our opportunities to win that game and we had a shot at taking the lead in the third quarter. We’re familiar with them, and we’re going to be ready for a good game.”

CLASS 6A

SAN BENITO 47, EDINBURG HIGH 10: At San Benito, the Greyhounds scored on five of six first half possessions and completely overwhelmed Edinburg High in their 6A Division-II bi-district game.

The bi-district crown is the second straight for San Benito (10-1), which will now take on Laredo United South, a winner over La Joya Palmview for its first playoff win in 17 years, next Friday night at the United ISD Student Activity Center in Laredo.

Edinburg, which had a marvelous turnaround under first-year coach J.J. Leija, finishes at 7-4, the seven wins more than the past three seasons combined.

Quarterback Erick Retta was masterful against Edinburg, going 17-of-23 passing for five touchdowns.

While the ‘Hounds’ offense appeared to be on the highway to the area round, the defense stymied the Bobcats, who could not muster much against San Benito’s aggressive front. Edinburg had just 51 yards of total offense in the first half and did not get on the scoreboard until a 30-yard field goal with 1:23 left in the third stanza. Nathan Marez scored Edinburg’s only TD on a 1-yarder late in the game.

LAREDO UNITED 52, McALLEN MEMORIAL 21: At McAllen, Longhorns quarterback David Sanchez threw for four touchdowns and ran for another to end the Mustangs’ season.

United built a 28-0 lead early in the second half before Memorial got on the board. Campbell Speights scored on runs of 69 and 2 yards, and Angel Almaguer also scored on a 36-yard run for the Mustangs.

Memorial finishes the season 9-2 overall after going 6-0 in District 30-6A. The Mustangs have won just one playoff game in the past five seasons.

District 30-6A teams went 0-4 against District 29-6A on Friday, losing by a combined margin of 100 points.

LAREDO UNITED SOUTH 47, LA JOYA PALMVIEW 27: At La Joya, the Lobos scored first, but the Panthers responded with 34 unanswered points to put the game away by halftime.

The Lobos end the year 5-6 overall after posting a 4-2 mark in district play.

SAN ANTONIO SOUTHWEST 33, LA JOYA JUAREZ-LINCOLN 17: At San Antonio, pulled away with 19 unanswered points in the second and third quarters to end the Huskies’ season.

For Juarez-Lincoln, quarterback Andrew Rodriguez scored a 1-yard run and threw a 12-yard touchdown pass to Albert Martinez. Armando Razo also kicked a 45-yard field goal.

The Huskies the year 4-7 overall after going 2-4 in District 30-6A.

DEL RIO 40, McALLEN ROWE 7: At Del Rio, Hector Ramirez scored a 2-yard touchdown to give Rowe a 7-0 second-quarter lead, but from there it was all Del Rio.

The Rams led 14-7 at halftime and scored 20 points in the final 5 minutes of the third quarter to put the game out of reach.

Rowe finishes the season 7-4 overall, having produced a 3-3 record in District 30-6A in the first year under new coach Bobby Flores.