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Daily Newspaper and Travel Guide
for Pecos Country of West Texas
Sports
Tuesday, March 19, 2002
Pecos girls place fifth at Hobbs track meet
The Pecos Eagle girls track team came in fifth out of 11 teams this past
weekend at the Gene Wells Relays in Hobbs, picking up one first place finish
and four other medals in the process.
Hereford ran away with the division title, finishing with 147 points to
66 for Clovis, N.M., 57 for Midland Lee and 42 for Carlsbad. The Eagles ended
up with 36 points, one ahead of Belen, N.M., while Lovington was seventh
with 31 points.
"We did good, but there were a lot of teams and it was cold and it was
long," said Eagles' coach Roxie Chavez. "But we saw Hereford there, and we'll
see them again at regionals. They're tough."
Mindy Harrison picked up the Eagles' first place medal, taking the triple
jump with a 33-foot-8 effort. Tiana Terry placed fourth in that event, and
the two were also members, along with Jessica Rodriguez and Christina Arenivas,
of the 800-meter relay team, which took home second with a 1:55 time.
Pecos picked up a trio of third place finishes at Hobbs, including one
by Rodriguez, Terry, Arenivas and Leslie Rodriguez in the 1600-meter medley
relay, where they were edged out by Belen for second place by less than half
a second. Earlier, Leslie Rodriguez took home third place in the high jump
with a 4-foot-8 effort, and Stephanie Herrera was third in the discus, throwing
102-foot-8 on the day.
The Eagles' other points came from Arenivas, who was fourth in the 300
meter hurdles, and from Terry, who placed sixth in the 200 meter dash.
"We still have a lot of improvement we need to make," said Chavez, whose
team will compete in Seminole this coming Saturday.
Pecos' boys were off this past weekend, but will be entered in the two-day
San Angelo Relays this Friday and Saturday. The boys placed fourth overall
last week in the Class 4A Division at the West Texas Relays, and will be
facing a larger field this coming weekend in San Angelo.
Vasquez 12th at state powerlifting meet
Pecos Eagles senior Alexandra Vasquez placed 12th at the State
High School Powerlifting Championships, held in Killeen over the weekend.
Coach Steve Cross said Vasquez lifted a total of 610 pounds to place 12
th in the Class 4A-5A division, going 255 pounds on the squat thrust,
120 on the bench press and 235 pounds on the dead lift.
"She didn't have as good a meet as we hoped for, but she did finish the
meet, which is more than I can say for some of the others who competed at
the meet," Cross said "She kept her composure and represented Pecos very
well, even though she was somewhat disappointed by her final total, just
the fact that she got to compete at state is rewarding in itself."
Vasquez qualified for state by finishing second in the 198-pound and up
division on March 1 at the Region I competition in Plainview, with a combined
lift of 660 pounds. She was the only Pecos girl to advance to state or regional
competition this season.
"I'm going to miss her next year, but I'm looking forward to having a
good season, with a bigger girls team," Cross said.
This coming weekend, two Pecos boys will be headed to the Class 4A-5A
state powerlifting competition, scheduled for the campus of Texas Christian
University in Fort Worth. Adam Salgado advanced as the runner-up at regionals
in the 198-pound division, while Chris Lara will go as alternate in the 132-pound
weight class, after placing third at the Region I competition in Lubbock
on March 2.
"I think they're both ready. I know Adam's been working hard, and I think
both of them are very excited about going to the state meet and would like
to have a good meet," said Cross. I know Adam has already improved over his
regional total."
Salgado lifted 1,290 pounds at regionals to finish 45 pounds behind weight
class winner Beto Rodarte of Lubbock High. Lara lifted a combined 925 pounds
in his division and finished 10 pounds behind runner-up Brandon Chrisman
of Plainview for the second place state berth. Dumas' Genaro Hernandez won
the division with a 1,130 total lift.
Eagles, Panthers playing rematch, focus on district
With both the Pecos Eagles and the Odessa Permian Panthers having more
important upcoming games to worry about, neither team figures be focusing
that hard on tonight's 6 p.m. game at Eagle Field. But after Permian's 14-0
win over Pecos in Odessa two weeks ago, the odds are the Eagles will be more
anxious to play a strong game this evening than the Panthers.
Permian, which is already one week into their District 4-5A schedule,
is facing the Eagles on their 4-5A bye date, while Pecos is preparing for
their District 2-4A opener this coming Friday, at Clint against the Lions.
The Panthers come off a 4-2 loss on Saturday to Midland Lee, but are 12-3
on the season, including their victory over the Eagles on March 5.
After their loss to Permian, Pecos dropped a 5-2 decision to El Paso Burges
in the first round of the Cotton Valley Tournament, but since then have won
eight straight games to improve to 12-4 on the season, the latest a 15-5
win over Greenwood on Saturday in the championship game of the Alpine Tournament.
Permian took advantage of Barney Rodriguez' wildness to score six runs
on only two hits in two innings two weeks ago, with the big hit a grand slam
by Adriel Herrera in the second inning. Eagles' coach Bubba Williams was
in a meeting this morning, but assistant coach Elias Payan said Matthew Levario,
3-1, would probably start tonight for Pecos.
Levario pitched the final 1 2/3 innings against Permian last month, and
went five innings on Friday in a 14-4 win over Fabens. "I would guess it's
going to be Matthew because we'll probably save Barney for Clint," said Payan.
Pecos Enterprise
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