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Daily Newspaper and Travel Guide
for Pecos Country of West Texas
Sports
Friday, November 19, 1999
Eagles put 15 on all-district team
By JON FULBRIGHT
Staff Writer
PECOS, Nov. 19, 1999 -- Defense was the strong point of the Pecos Eagles’
football team this season, and that was borne out on Wednesday with the
selection of the All-District 2-4A football team.
Junior linebacker Daniel Terrazas was named the district’s Most Valuable
Player on defense and seven other Pecos players were named to the first
team defensive squad, while two of the Eagles’ three other starters were
chosen to the second team unit, and four other players earned honorable
mention in voting by the district’s coaches.
The Eagles finished regular season play with a 5-5 record, and were
3-2 in district, finishing in third place. They lost their bi-district
playoff game to El Paso Ysleta last Friday by an 18-0 final score.
On offense, where things didn’t go as well for Pecos this season, the
Eagles still managed to put two players on the first team 2-4A squad. Three
others were second team selections and six Pecos players also earned honorable
mention.
Outside of Terrazas, who was also named second team punter for 2-4A,
none of the other Eagle players were two-way selections. Terrazas was an
honorable mention as a sophomore in 1998 and was the team’s top tackler
this past season and led the team with three interceptions, as the Eagles
ended up allowing just 222.8 yards per game on defense. He earned second
team as a punter with a 33.6 yard average per kick.
Pecos’ other first team selections on defense included both defensive
tackles, senior Jacob Weidner and junior Gilbert Rodriguez, along with
senior defensive end Roy Marta, senior safety Jason Payne, senior
cornerback Len Carson, and junior linebackers Trent Riley, and Omar Luna.
Senior Kevin Bates, at cornerback, and sophomore Mason Abila, at safety,
were Pecos’ second team defensive selections. Payne, Cason, Bates and Abila
all had two interceptions apiece this season, while Weidner had two fumble
recoveries and two blocks for the Eagles in 1999.
Offensively, Pecos averaged just over 200 yards this year, but running
back Jacob Esparza and tackle Orlando Lara, both seniors, were chosen to
the first team. Esparza led the Eagles in both rushing and receiving with
686 yards and eight touchdowns on the ground during the regular season
and 13 catches for 169 yards and a TD receiving.
Joining them on the second team were senior running back Donnie Winfrey,
junior tight end Cesar Coria and junior lineman Joel Matta. Winfrey ran
for 423 yards and three touchdowns after taking Carson’s place in the backfield
for Pecos, while Coria moved out from the interior line to tight end at
the start of district play, and handled blocking more than receiving, with
one catch during district play for 14 yards, plus another in the Eagles’
playoff loss to Ysleta.
Honorable mentions on offense for Pecos were junior quarterback Alex
Garcia, wide receivers Derek Zubledia, a senior, and Ricky Plummer, a sophomore,
and linemen Ivan Guebara, a senior, and juniors Micah Huffman and Chris
Dieshler. On defense, senior linebacker Craig Wein, junior defensive tackles
Frankie Alvarez and Tye Edwards and junior defensive ends Sebero Jaquez
were the honorable mention selections.
Quarterback Mike Perez from district champion San Elizario was named
the MVP on offense for 2-4A, beating out Clint’s D.J. Check, despite Check’s
setting the all-time passing yardage record for Texas high school quarterbacks
this season. Both players are seniors.
Perez also made the first team as a linebacker, while San Eli junior
Mike Tapia was also a two-way first teamer, at running back and cornerback.
San Elizario had just five all-district picks, but four were two-way selections.
Clint had eight all-district picks, including district-leading receiver
Jeremy Arnold and two-way first teamer Mike Peace, while Mountain View
had the second highest number of selections to Pecos, with 13 players chosen.
All-District 2-4A Football Team
First Team
Offense
MVP - Mike Perez, Sr., San Elizario
QB - D.J. Check, Sr., Clint
RB - Jacob Esparza, Sr., Pecos; Mike Tapia, Jr., San
Elizario; Gilbert Gonzales, Sr., Canutillo, Vicente Macias, Soph., Fabens.
TE - Patrick Tullius, Sr., Clint; Bobby Chavez, Sr.,
Fabens.
WR - Jeremy Arnold, Sr., Clint; Albert Juarrita, Sr.,
EP Mtn. View.
OL - Gladys Rodriguez, Jr., EP Mtn. View; Alex Noriega,
Sr., Canutillo; Isaac Cardona, Sr., San Elizario; Orlando Lara, Sr., Pecos;
Mike Pease, Sr., Clint.
Punter - Mike Perez, Sr., San Elizario
Kicker - Jesus Villanueva, Jr., EP Mtn. View.
Defense
MVP - Daniel Terrazas, Jr., Pecos
DE - Roy Marta, Sr., Pecos; Albert Jacobo, Jr., San Elizario.
DT - Charlie Roman, Sr., Fabens; Sergio Jasso, Jr., San
Elizario; Jacob Weidner, Sr., Pecos; Gilbert Rodriguez, Jr., Pecos; Mike
Pease, Sr., Clint.
LB - Jesse Ramirez, Jr., Canutillo; Trent Riley, Jr.,
Pecos; Omar Luna, Jr., Pecos; Mike Perez, Sr., San Elizario.
Safety - Jason Payne, Sr., Pecos; Abel Salazar, Sr.,
Fabens; Israel Hernandez, Sr., San Elizario.
Cornerback - Mike Tapia, Jr., San Elizario; Len Carson,
Sr., Pecos; Josh Hernandez, Sr., Fabens.
Second Team
Offense
QB - Arturo Muniz, Jr., EP Mtn. View.
RB - Ricky Lopez, Sr., EP Mtn. View; Peter Terrazas,
Sr., Canutillo; Beto Nunez, Jr., Fabens; Donny Winfrey, Sr., Pecos.
TE - Albert Jacobo, Jr., San Elizario; Cesar Coria, Jr.,
Pecos; Abe Mendoza, Jr., EP Mtn. View.
WR - Johnny Torres, Sr., Clint; Isaac Andozola, Jr.,
EP Mtn. View.
OL - Charlie Roman, Sr., Fabens; Ray Garcia, Jr., Fabens;
Josh Rosas, Jr., Fabens; Sergio Jasso, Jr., San Elizario; Joel Matta, Jr.,
Pecos; George Munoz, Jr., Clint, Jesus Hurtado, Soph., EP Mtn. View; Joseph
Medina, Jr., Canutillo.
Punter - Daniel Terrazas, Jr., Pecos.
Defense
DE - Andy Nolasco, Sr. Clint; Zeke Machuca, Jr., EP Mtn.
View; Victor Garibay, Sr., Canutillo.
DT - Tony Balderas, Sr., Clint; Albert Calderon, Sr.,
EP Mtn. View; Rocky Melendez, Jr., Canutillo; Josh Rosas, Jr., Fabens.
LB - Ricky Gallardo, Sr., Fabens; Victor Gonzales, Sr.,
EP Mtn. View; Carlos Gonzales, Jr., EP Mtn. View.
Safety -- Abe Mendoza, Jr., EP Mtn. View; Mason Abila,
Soph., Pecos.
Cornerback - Kevin Bates, Sr., Pecos; Raphael Carrasco,
Jr., EP Mtn. View.
Eagles host tough OHS, girls face Buffs
PECOS, Nov. 19, 1999 -- There’s a pretty good chance the Pecos Eagles’
next two basketball games will be the toughest ones they play all season.
That may or may not turn out to be a confidence booster for the young
Eagle squad, depending on how they do in their back-to-back games against
the Odessa High Bronchos, starting tonight at the Pecos High School gym.
The Eagles host OHS in junior varsity and varsity games at 6 and 7:30
p.m., and then take a week off before traveling to Odessa for a rematch
with the Bronchos on Sept. 27.
Pecos’ girls will also be at home this weekend, but their game against
the Stanton Buffaloes won’t be until 4 p.m. on Saturday at the PHS gym.
Both teams opened their 1999-2000 seasons with homecourt losses on Tuesday,
the boys by a 55-43 score to Monahans and the girls by a 56-35 margin against
Alpine. Stanton also dropped their season opener on Tuesday by the same
21-point margin, 55-34 to Ozona, but things went a lot better for Odessa
High - they handed Andrews it’s worst basketball defeat in years, by a
100-24 final score.
OHS shut out Andrews in the first period on Tuesday, 29-0, while the
Eagles struggled against Monahans’ press in the opening eight minutes,
falling behind by a 17-2 score. Adrian Rayos led the Eagles in scoring
with 10 points, while the Bronchos had a balanced attack with five players
scoring over 10 points, led by Chris Evans’ 18.
“We just need to keep practicing on our ball handling. That’s all we
can do,” said Eagles’ coach Tino Acosta, who added while the ballhandling
can be improved, Pecos’ height disadvantage was something the team would
just have to live with this season.
“Everybody is going to be bigger than us this season, so I’m not worried
about that,” Acosta said.
Tonight’s game will also be the first game in Pecos for ex-head coach
Bobby Milliorn, who coached the Eagles between 1990 and 1995 before leaving
for Odessa.
His assistant back then, Brian Williams, will hope his girls can play
Saturday against Stanton the way they played the first five minutes against
Alpine, when the Eagles took a nine-point lead. Alpine then got back into
the game against Pecos’ second team, and the Eagles were never able to
get their offense back on track after that. Philly Fobbs led Pecos’ scorers
with 10 points.
“I can’t complain about our (number of) shots, because we shot the ball
more than last year,” Williams said. “We’ve just got to find a way to do
better on offense and defense.”
Stanton’s girls had a game like Pecos’ boys on Tuesday, as they fell
behind 21-2 after one period and spent the rest of the night trying to
cut into Ozona’s lead. Rachel Madison led the Buffaloes in scoring with
nine points.
The game is being played Saturday afternoon to avoid conflict with Stanton’s
Class 2A playoff game tonight against Iraan. Play will start with the JV
contest at 2:30 p.m.
Pecos Enterprise
York M. "Smokey" Briggs, Publisher
Division of Buckner News Alliance, Inc.
324 S. Cedar St., Pecos, TX 79772
Phone 915-445-5475, FAX 915-445-4321
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