Tuesday, September 28, 2010
09.28.2010: Volleyball: United 3, Martin 0
The Lady Longhorns swept, 27-25, 27-25, 25-19. United improved to 8-2 in District 29-5A, 15-12 overall. Martin fell to 1-9, 11-14. Leading the way for United was Ali Sanchez (seven kills), Natalie Chavez (15 kills, 20 assists, five points, nine digs) and Ashley Everett (nine kills). Leading the way for Martin was Kassandra Blanquez (30 assists, three digs), Michelle Perez (22 digs, three kills) and Ariana Ramirez (eight kills, four digs, three points).
Week 4: Football: United South 23, Martin 20
After experimenting with a new spread offense for their first three games of the season, the Martin Tigers decided to go old school with a surprise return to the double wing formation.
But even the unexpected change of offensive scheme wasn't enough to overcome the hunger of the United South Panthers.
The Panthers had their best game of the season en route to a 23-20 victory Thursday night at the SAC.
South improved to 1-2 in District 29-5A, 1-3 overall. Martin fell to 0-3, 0-4.
"Winning answers a lot of things and all a sudden everything's okay," said United South head football coach Jose Briones. "Whether you win by 50 or one, it's the same feeling."
It took a second half comeback to win it for the Panthers, who trailed 14-10 at the half.
The Tigers had a chance to tie on their final drive, but missed on a 45-yard field goal as time expired.
Camarillo finished the game with 120 passing yards, completing 8 of 21 attempts, in addition to adding two touchdown runs of 19 and 51 yards, respectively.
United South tailbacks Luis Castillo and Paul Lopez shared rushing duties evenly. Lopez had 16 yards and a touchdown on eight carries and Castillo had 33 yards on eight.
Castillo doubled as the team's leading receiver with four catches for 66 yards.
Martin totaled 195 yards of offense on the night, barely outdone by United South's 237.
Tigers senior quarterback Luis Diaz-Deleon completed 10 of 14 passes for 66 yards and a touchdown.
Nearly half of Martin's entire varsity roster touched the ball in the night's game. Ten of the 23 varsity athletes had carries, and an eleventh had a reception.
Tailback Mario Trevino led the Tigers with 32 yards on eight carries and also led in receptions with three catches for 12 yards, including an eight-yard touchdown.
But even the unexpected change of offensive scheme wasn't enough to overcome the hunger of the United South Panthers.
The Panthers had their best game of the season en route to a 23-20 victory Thursday night at the SAC.
South improved to 1-2 in District 29-5A, 1-3 overall. Martin fell to 0-3, 0-4.
"Winning answers a lot of things and all a sudden everything's okay," said United South head football coach Jose Briones. "Whether you win by 50 or one, it's the same feeling."
It took a second half comeback to win it for the Panthers, who trailed 14-10 at the half.
The Tigers had a chance to tie on their final drive, but missed on a 45-yard field goal as time expired.
Camarillo finished the game with 120 passing yards, completing 8 of 21 attempts, in addition to adding two touchdown runs of 19 and 51 yards, respectively.
United South tailbacks Luis Castillo and Paul Lopez shared rushing duties evenly. Lopez had 16 yards and a touchdown on eight carries and Castillo had 33 yards on eight.
Castillo doubled as the team's leading receiver with four catches for 66 yards.
Martin totaled 195 yards of offense on the night, barely outdone by United South's 237.
Tigers senior quarterback Luis Diaz-Deleon completed 10 of 14 passes for 66 yards and a touchdown.
Nearly half of Martin's entire varsity roster touched the ball in the night's game. Ten of the 23 varsity athletes had carries, and an eleventh had a reception.
Tailback Mario Trevino led the Tigers with 32 yards on eight carries and also led in receptions with three catches for 12 yards, including an eight-yard touchdown.
09.25.2010: Volleyball: Nixon 3, Martin 0
The Lady Mustangs swept, 25-21, 25-21, 25-18. Nixon improved to 5-4 in District 29-5A, 15-14 overall. Martin dropped to 1-8, 11-13. Celinda Verastegui (14 digs, four aces), Cassie Ledesma (15 assists, three digs) and Rosalynn Velasquez (12 kills, four digs) led the way for Nixon.
Thursday, September 23, 2010
09.21.2010: Volleyball: Alexander 3, Martin 0
The Lady Bulldogs swept, 25-13, 25-18, 25-13. Alexander improved to 7-1 in District 29-5A, 17-4 overall. Martin fell to 1-7, 11-12. Michelle Perez (17 digs, three points) and Kasandra Blanquez (seven assists, three points, three digs) led Martin. Lizzy Prieto (14 assists, 11 points, seven kills, four digs) and Adriana Nino (11 assists, nine points, five digs) led Alexander.
Monday, September 20, 2010
Week 3: Football: Cigarroa 14, Martin 7
Cigarroa did it again.
With the score tied at 7 and time dwindling in the fourth quarter, the Toros drove 47 yards down the field and scored the game-winning touchdown with a just over a minute left on the clock to give them a 14-7 victory over the Martin Tigers at Krueger Field on Friday night.
Cigarroa, winless a year ago, improved to 3-0 overall, 2-0 in District 29-5A. Martin fell to 0-3, 0-2.
The Toros won last week over Nixon via a touchdown with four seconds remaining in that game.
The night's final scoring play for the Toros was reminiscent of a week ago. Once again, it was a pass from quarterback Victor Martinez that sealed the win.
Martinez found wide receiver Samuel Macias for the game-winning 15 yard touchdown completion.
Martinez finished the game with 49 passing yards on 6 of 11 passing. He threw for one touchdown and for one interception.
Cigarroa's other touchdown was delivered by the defensive side of the ball. Early in the first half ,the Toros 'Wrecking Crew' defense forced Martin quarterback Luis Diaz-Deleon to fumble on a sack. Safety Jesus Sanchez scooped up the ball and housed it for six.
Sanchez also came through with an interception of Diaz-Deleon in the final minute of the game to end Martin's final furious drive and seal the Cigarroa victory.
The Cigarroa defense held Martin to 92 yards of total offense. Cigarroa managed 153.
Diaz-Deleon was held to just 41 passing yards. He completed 6 of 14 passes and was picked off once.
Martin's Luis Estevis, a recent addition to the team, led the team in receiving yards with 22 off two catches.
Alex Alvarado led the Tigers in rushing with 24 yards on four carries. Rudy Castillo also did well out of the Tigers backfield with 17 yards and a touchdown on three carries, though he didn't touch the ball a single time in the second half.
The Toros let eight different backs carry the ball for a total of 104 yards on the ground.
Martinez led the team in carries with 17 carries for 37 yards, including scampers of 20 and 23, respectively.
Power back Jesse Sanchez led the Toros in total yards with 44 on nine touches.
Cigarroa is the lone undefeated team in Laredo.
With the score tied at 7 and time dwindling in the fourth quarter, the Toros drove 47 yards down the field and scored the game-winning touchdown with a just over a minute left on the clock to give them a 14-7 victory over the Martin Tigers at Krueger Field on Friday night.
Cigarroa, winless a year ago, improved to 3-0 overall, 2-0 in District 29-5A. Martin fell to 0-3, 0-2.
The Toros won last week over Nixon via a touchdown with four seconds remaining in that game.
The night's final scoring play for the Toros was reminiscent of a week ago. Once again, it was a pass from quarterback Victor Martinez that sealed the win.
Martinez found wide receiver Samuel Macias for the game-winning 15 yard touchdown completion.
Martinez finished the game with 49 passing yards on 6 of 11 passing. He threw for one touchdown and for one interception.
Cigarroa's other touchdown was delivered by the defensive side of the ball. Early in the first half ,the Toros 'Wrecking Crew' defense forced Martin quarterback Luis Diaz-Deleon to fumble on a sack. Safety Jesus Sanchez scooped up the ball and housed it for six.
Sanchez also came through with an interception of Diaz-Deleon in the final minute of the game to end Martin's final furious drive and seal the Cigarroa victory.
The Cigarroa defense held Martin to 92 yards of total offense. Cigarroa managed 153.
Diaz-Deleon was held to just 41 passing yards. He completed 6 of 14 passes and was picked off once.
Martin's Luis Estevis, a recent addition to the team, led the team in receiving yards with 22 off two catches.
Alex Alvarado led the Tigers in rushing with 24 yards on four carries. Rudy Castillo also did well out of the Tigers backfield with 17 yards and a touchdown on three carries, though he didn't touch the ball a single time in the second half.
The Toros let eight different backs carry the ball for a total of 104 yards on the ground.
Martinez led the team in carries with 17 carries for 37 yards, including scampers of 20 and 23, respectively.
Power back Jesse Sanchez led the Toros in total yards with 44 on nine touches.
Cigarroa is the lone undefeated team in Laredo.
Sunday, September 19, 2010
09.18.2010: Volleyball: Del Rio 3, Martin 1
Del Rio 3, Martin 1: The Queens won, 22-25, 25-14, 25-22, 25-15. Martin fell to 1-6, in District 29-5A, 11-11 overall. Leading the way for Martin was Amy Delgado (six kills, three points), Michelle Perez (15 digs) and Kasandra Blanquez (10 digs, six assists, five points).
Saturday, September 18, 2010
09.14.2010: Volleyball: LBJ 3, Martin 2
The Lyndon B. Johnson Lady Wolves finally broke into the district win column.
The Lady Wolves beat Martin on the road, 25-18, 20-25, 25-22, 22-25 and 16-14 to claim their first District 29-5A win for the season.
Martin, which earlier in the season had broken a three-year winless district drought, was not able to take advantage of its home crowd.
The Lady Wolves were slow to find their offensive rhythm, much to the delight of the Lady Tigers, who jumped out to a 3-2 lead.
LBJ, however, behind Lety Reyes and Lizzette Martinez, started to find the holes in the Martin defense.
The Lady Wolves built a 20-15 lead on great offensive movement of the ball and a defense that denied Martin any offensive momentum.
A different Martin team took the court in game two.
Amy Delgado and Amber Garcia controlled the net to start Martin's offensive attack.
LBJ battled every step of the way, keeping within striking distance to regain the lead at any moment, but the Lady Tigers took game two to even the series.
LBJ jumped out to a quick 6-1 lead when it was penalized for a wrong rotation to its lead and fall behind 2-1.
The loss of those points, though, did not deter the Lady Wolves’ motivation as they regained the lead at 5-3.
LBJ maintained the lead all the way through to take game three, 25-22.
Martin fought back to even up the series at two, taking the fourth game, 25-22, to send it to the fifth and final game.
Both teams pulled out all the stops with great offensive play and a defense that would not give up.
Down the stretch, Martin committed key errors on defense, leaving LBJ jumping for joy with its first district win.
LBJ STATS: Yesenia Ortiz (one block, three digs, four kills), Jenny Salinas (three blocks, one dig, four kills), Rachel Aguilar (five kills), Lizzette Martinez (12 kills, 22 digs, three aces), Daniela Garza (20 digs, threes aces), Letty Reyes (16 kills, 24 digs, three aces), Stephanie Almanza (10 digs, 13 assists), Ethel Garcia (one ace, two digs, 28 assists).
The Lady Wolves beat Martin on the road, 25-18, 20-25, 25-22, 22-25 and 16-14 to claim their first District 29-5A win for the season.
Martin, which earlier in the season had broken a three-year winless district drought, was not able to take advantage of its home crowd.
The Lady Wolves were slow to find their offensive rhythm, much to the delight of the Lady Tigers, who jumped out to a 3-2 lead.
LBJ, however, behind Lety Reyes and Lizzette Martinez, started to find the holes in the Martin defense.
The Lady Wolves built a 20-15 lead on great offensive movement of the ball and a defense that denied Martin any offensive momentum.
A different Martin team took the court in game two.
Amy Delgado and Amber Garcia controlled the net to start Martin's offensive attack.
LBJ battled every step of the way, keeping within striking distance to regain the lead at any moment, but the Lady Tigers took game two to even the series.
LBJ jumped out to a quick 6-1 lead when it was penalized for a wrong rotation to its lead and fall behind 2-1.
The loss of those points, though, did not deter the Lady Wolves’ motivation as they regained the lead at 5-3.
LBJ maintained the lead all the way through to take game three, 25-22.
Martin fought back to even up the series at two, taking the fourth game, 25-22, to send it to the fifth and final game.
Both teams pulled out all the stops with great offensive play and a defense that would not give up.
Down the stretch, Martin committed key errors on defense, leaving LBJ jumping for joy with its first district win.
LBJ STATS: Yesenia Ortiz (one block, three digs, four kills), Jenny Salinas (three blocks, one dig, four kills), Rachel Aguilar (five kills), Lizzette Martinez (12 kills, 22 digs, three aces), Daniela Garza (20 digs, threes aces), Letty Reyes (16 kills, 24 digs, three aces), Stephanie Almanza (10 digs, 13 assists), Ethel Garcia (one ace, two digs, 28 assists).
Monday, September 13, 2010
Week 2 Football: United 61, Martin 13
All week long, the question on the lips of high school football fans across Laredo was whether or not United senior quarterback Tony Salas, injured in the season opener against Smithson Valley last week, would be healthy enough to start against Martin on Thursday.
The answer proved to be no, Salas didn't start. Surprisingly, it didn't matter.
District play kicked off for 29-5A with a dominant performance by the United Longhorns over the Martin Tigers, 61-13, at the SAC.
Martin scored first on a 40-yard touchdown run by Rudy Castillo, but United scored the next 61, including 16 points within the following two minutes of play, and the route was on.
The game was highlighted by a number of short, single play possessions.
The two teams combined for seven single play drives.
United’s four drives all resulted in touchdowns and accounted for 210 yards of quick strike offense. Martin’s three single play drives resulted in two interceptions and a safety.
It was possessions like those which had United coach David Sanchez beaming and excited about the direction of his program at the end of the night.
No two Longhorns had bigger nights than junior running back Billy Williams III and wide receiver Nick Fuentes.
Sanchez had heaped high expectations on Williams in the weeks leading up to the season and Williams proved he was worthy of the hype.
In what was only his second varsity start, Williams tore up the Martin defense for nearly 200 yards.
In the first half alone, Williams rushed for 187 yards, highlighted by a 96-yard jaunt down the middle of the field for a score. He sat the second half out to allow backups game-time experience
Fuentes had five catches for 136 yards in the first two quarters before joining Williams on the sideline after halftime. Four of Fuentes' five catches went for touchdowns, and several of the catches were displays of exceptional athleticism.
The answer proved to be no, Salas didn't start. Surprisingly, it didn't matter.
District play kicked off for 29-5A with a dominant performance by the United Longhorns over the Martin Tigers, 61-13, at the SAC.
Martin scored first on a 40-yard touchdown run by Rudy Castillo, but United scored the next 61, including 16 points within the following two minutes of play, and the route was on.
The game was highlighted by a number of short, single play possessions.
The two teams combined for seven single play drives.
United’s four drives all resulted in touchdowns and accounted for 210 yards of quick strike offense. Martin’s three single play drives resulted in two interceptions and a safety.
It was possessions like those which had United coach David Sanchez beaming and excited about the direction of his program at the end of the night.
No two Longhorns had bigger nights than junior running back Billy Williams III and wide receiver Nick Fuentes.
Sanchez had heaped high expectations on Williams in the weeks leading up to the season and Williams proved he was worthy of the hype.
In what was only his second varsity start, Williams tore up the Martin defense for nearly 200 yards.
In the first half alone, Williams rushed for 187 yards, highlighted by a 96-yard jaunt down the middle of the field for a score. He sat the second half out to allow backups game-time experience
Fuentes had five catches for 136 yards in the first two quarters before joining Williams on the sideline after halftime. Four of Fuentes' five catches went for touchdowns, and several of the catches were displays of exceptional athleticism.
09.11.10: Eagle Pass 3, Martin 0
Eagle Pass swept, 25-15, 25-14, 25-9. The Lady Eagles improved to 5-0 in District 29-5A, 18-5 overall. The Lady Tigers fell to 1-4, 11-9.
Friday, September 10, 2010
Sept. 7: Volleyball: C.C. Winn 3, Martin 2
C.C. Winn 3, Martin 2: Winn earned its first district victory, defeating Martin, 25-22, 11-25, 25-16, 14-26 and 15-8. Martin fell to 1-3 in District 29-5A, 11-8 overall. Leading the way for Martin was Kasandra Blanquez (20 assists, four digs), Kristen Riley (six kills, two blocks), Michelle Perez (11 digs), Amber Garcia (eight assists) and Amy Delgado (four kills, four blocks, five points).
Sunday, September 5, 2010
09.04.10: Martin 3, United South 0
The Martin Lady Tigers broke through a winless district drought that lasted three long years when they swept United South in three games, 26-24, 25-20 and 25-14, on Saturday to claim their first District 29-5A win of the season.
Martin (11-7, 1-2 29-5A) had the momentum from the inception of the game, despite falling behind in the first game, 16-12.
United South (8-10, 0-3) was in the driver's seat and had a 23-21 advantage in the opening game, but the Lady Panthers could not find a way to consistently serve the ball over the net and had a hard time getting their offense going.
Kazandra Blanquez quarterbacked the Lady Tigers in all three games, masterfully distributing the ball among Martin's big hitters.
Martin was led by the offensive attack of AK Valdez, Kim Reilly and Ariana Ramirez, who combined for 21 kills in the Lady Tigers win.
United South never fully recovered from dropping the first game and continued to sporadically put rallies together.
MARTIN STATS: Reilly (six kills, three blocks), Valdez (six kills), Blanquez (two kills, 24 assists, three points), Delgado (four kills, three blocks, one dig, six points), Ramirez (nine kills, one dig, one point).
UNITED SOUTH STATS: Linda Resendez (14 assists, nine digs, three points), Ashley Gutierrez (10 digs), Amanda Salinas (nine points), Marilynn Palacios (six kills), Leslie Campos (10 kills, seven digs, three points) and Rhodale Covington (three kills).
Martin (11-7, 1-2 29-5A) had the momentum from the inception of the game, despite falling behind in the first game, 16-12.
United South (8-10, 0-3) was in the driver's seat and had a 23-21 advantage in the opening game, but the Lady Panthers could not find a way to consistently serve the ball over the net and had a hard time getting their offense going.
Kazandra Blanquez quarterbacked the Lady Tigers in all three games, masterfully distributing the ball among Martin's big hitters.
Martin was led by the offensive attack of AK Valdez, Kim Reilly and Ariana Ramirez, who combined for 21 kills in the Lady Tigers win.
United South never fully recovered from dropping the first game and continued to sporadically put rallies together.
MARTIN STATS: Reilly (six kills, three blocks), Valdez (six kills), Blanquez (two kills, 24 assists, three points), Delgado (four kills, three blocks, one dig, six points), Ramirez (nine kills, one dig, one point).
UNITED SOUTH STATS: Linda Resendez (14 assists, nine digs, three points), Ashley Gutierrez (10 digs), Amanda Salinas (nine points), Marilynn Palacios (six kills), Leslie Campos (10 kills, seven digs, three points) and Rhodale Covington (three kills).
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