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Friday, January 26, 2001

Eagles seek home winsover Wildcats

PECOS, Jan. 26, 2001 -- The Pecos Eagle basketball teams will try to bounce back from a pair  of losses in Clint Tuesday night, when they host the Fabens Wildcats  this evening in girls and boys games at 6 and 7:30 p.m.

It's close to a must-win game for the girls, who are tied with Canutillo for the third and final playoff spot in District 2-4A, while for the boys, it will be their fifth attempt to get their first district win against a Fabens team that has scored three easy wins after dropping their 2-4A opener to San Elizario.

Fabens' girls also are hunting their first district win, and are 0-6 right now compared with the Eagles' 3-3 mark. Last year, Pecos' only win of the season came at home against Fabens, and the Eagles already own a 51-45 win in Fabens over the Wildcats earlier this month.

The Eagles were able to cut down on their turnovers that night, something they didn't do in Tuesday's 60-43 loss at Clint. "We didn't run our offense," said coach Veronica Valenzuela. "Clint put a lot of pressure on the ball and tried to keep everything on the outside, and my girls just didn't handle themselves."

Fabens, meanwhile, dropped a 42-31 decision to Canutillo on Tuesday. Liz Avitia scored 13 points and Rebecca Alarcon added 10 in the game for the Wildcats, whose last district win came against Pecos at home a year ago.

On the boys' side, coach Tino Acosta knows his team is going to have to play a lot better tonight to stay with the Wildcats. The Eagles were beaten on Tuesday at Clint, 83-44, while Fabens blew out Canutillo, 86-54, to move into a three-way tie for first with the Golden Eagles and San Elizario.

Guard Manny Solis put in 24 points while post Alonzo Favela added 12 in the victory, which improved the Wildcats' record to 16-8 on the season.

"We just weren't focused. We weren't mentally ready, and we can't do that Friday night against those guys" Acosta said. "If we don't have our `A' game, we're going to get pounded."

Play will start today at 4:30 p.m. with the girls junior varsity and boys' freshmen games. The boys' JV game will be at 6 p.m. in the old Pecos High School gym.

Season openers near for Pecos golfers

PECOS, Jan. 26, 2001 -- The 2001 golf season will get underway for the Pecos Eagle girls golf team next weekend in San Angelo, while spring golf for the boys will start a week later in Big Spring, and both squads will be completing their regular seasons this year with the District 2-4A Tournament in Pecos.

The district tournament will be a lot different for Pecos this season than it was a few years ago, when district play was a 54- or 72-hole affair. When the teams play at the Reeves County Golf Course on April 9, the tournament will be only 18 holes, with the top two teams advancing to regionals.

"We cut it to 18 because the band competition is the next two days, and we'd have to come back after that (on April 12) and finish it up," said boys' golf coach Kim Anderson.

The lack of strong golf programs at the other 2-4A schools is another reason why their wasn't much problem is shortening the tournament. Pecos has sent both its `A' and `B' teams to regional on the boys and girls' side each of the past two seasons, with the boys' `B' team beating out Clint by 69 strokes last season in El Paso for the second regional berth, while the girls' `B' team finished 258 strokes up on Fabens, the only other 2-4A school able to field a full squad.

At regionals, the girls `A' team placed fifth and the `B' team was 15 th, while the boys finished 14th and 15th at their regional tournament.

The girls will see many of their regional rivals at San Angelo next week, and some of the same teams will face both the girls and boys squads the following weekend in Big Spring. It's the only meet before district both squads will go to at the same time.

The boys will follow that up with a trip to Fort Stockton, while the girls go to Fort Stockton the following week. Both teams also have trips on their schedules to Midland this season, and the boys will go to San Angelo in March.

Coach Tina Hendricks' girls have two other varsity tournaments scheduled in March, at Andrews and in El Paso, while the junior varsity girls will have their own tournament at home, on Feb. 27.

Region I-4A play will again be in San Angelo this season, on April 23-24.



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