By ADAM KUJAWSKI, Staff Writer
During the first week of the District 32-6A season, the Los Fresnos Falcons stumbled out of the gate.
After a competitive 11-7 start to the season, the Falcons dropped their opening two games to Harlingen South and Harlingen High.
“This district is a tough district. It’s a basketball district,” Los Fresnos coach Marco Hinojosa said. “Any day, anybody can beat anybody.”
Since the rocky start, the Falcons have bounced back to post a 2-2 district record with wins over the Rivera Raiders and Brownsville Veterans Memorial Chargers.
“We could be playing better,” Hinojosa said, “but I’ll take a win any way we can.”
RACE FOR EIGHT
When the Porter Cowboys opened their District 32-5A season Jan. 2 with a win over the PSJA Southwest Javelinas, coach Luis Garza’s young but experienced team had gotten off on the right foot after a shaky non-district run in which it posted a 6-11 record.
“We pretty much have the same crew we had last year,” Garza said after the district opener. “They’re still young, we’ve got juniors and sophomores, but they all played last year.
“I call it a race for eight. We’ve got to get eight wins to get ourselves into the playoffs.”
Since its first district win, Porter has gone 0-3 with losses to Pace, Donna High and PSJA High. As of Jan. 15, the Cowboys are in a “race for seven” with 10 district games remaining.
UPS AND DOWNS
It’s unclear which Brownsville Veterans team will show up during any given game.
The Chargers entered the District 32-6A season with an 11-7 record and have since gone 2-2 with wins against the San Benito Greyhounds and Harlingen High Cardinals sandwiched between losses to the Hanna Golden Eagles and Los Fresnos.
“We’ve been on a rollercoaster,” Brownsville Veterans coach Larry Gibson said. “We lost one, then we won two in a row, then we lost one.
“We beat a very, very good team in Harlingen, then we come and stink up the gym (Tuesday night). We’ve got to try to play for 32 minutes, we can’t just play for eight minutes and expect anything good to happen.”
The Chargers will look to get back on an upswing at 6 p.m. Friday at home against the Lopez Lobos.
STARTING DISTRICT
The St. Joseph Bloodhounds are set to begin their TAPPS district schedule at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, when they play host to San Antonio St. Anthony’s.
The Bloodhounds own a 15-6 non-district record.
Adam Kujawski covers sports for The Brownsville Herald. You can reach him at (956) 982-6663 or via email at [email protected]. On Twitter he’s @adamkujo1.