Sports

Edna cheerleaders held their Universal Cheerleading Association week in June and received a superior rating. The Edna Junior Varsity All-American recipients are from left, Meghan Kucera and head cheerleader Sydney Grona.

by Millie Diaz
Sports Writer
    Six-year-old Zoe Rojas from Edna is a human fish that’s rapidly taken to water. In the process of three months she’s progressed from swimming 10 meters to 50 meters and drops seconds off of her backstroke nearly everytime she swims it. Her favorite bathing suit is black and pink with zebra stripes and she loves spelling, math, reading and art. When she speaks of swimming, her facial expressions become very serious.
    On June 28, Zoe competed in the 6 and Under category at a City Swim Meet in Victoria and qualified for Regionals in Corpus Christi on July 12. At Regionals, she placed 8th in the 25 meter freestyle out of 26 girls, and placed 9th in the 25 meter backstroke out of 26 girls, and her with her team placed 1st in the 100 meter relay. The relay team qualified for the State meet in College Station in August.

Industrial coaches held a basketball camp for incoming fourth through ninth graders in early June. Shown are the incoming fourth through sixth graders.

    The Ganado 9-10 All-Stars triumphed after facing against Victoria Northeast for a second time in the championship baseball game with a score of 13-10.
    After first defeating them 6-4 in the previous game against the same team, two monster home runs by Riley Hurt and Cole Zikuhr proved to be the difference in the game, and the rematch would prove to be the same.
    The Ganado All-Stars jumped out quickly on Victoria scoring six runs in two innings taking an early 6-1 lead. Corbin Gutierrez pitched two and a third good innings to hold Victoria to one run early.

The 2014-2015 Edna High School cheerleaders held their Universal Cheerleaders Association week recently to get ready for the new year. From left, Dolly Ortiz, Kacey Nidey and Megan Callaway were all chosen as All-American cheerleaders.

    A prized All-State Industrial Cobra has made the choice to stay closer to home and play Jaguar softball at University of Houston- Victoria. Recent graduate and pitcher Madison Garza, after re-evaluating the future career of her sport, switched from being a prospect player at Blinn College in Brenham to the university in Victoria.
    “UHV is a four-year school, so I will have the opportunity to play there for four years and be ‘Madison the softball player’ and ‘Madison the college student,’” Garza said. “At Blinn, my freshman year would be adjusting to college life and my sophomore year I’d have to start the recruiting process all over again.”

Industrial tennis coaches held a tennis camp in the second week of June. Shown are the third through fifth grade group.

Industrial tennis coaches held a tennis camp in the second week of June. Shown are the sixth through eighth grade group.

Many Jackson County Thunder fans came out on June 29, only to have the season come to a close with a 16-14 loss to the New Ulm Firemen in round one of the playoffs.

Van Vleck’s Kade Kucera pitched seven innings, and Victoria’s Justin Oliver pitched two innings. Bay City’s Austin Smith also pitched and was charged with the loss.
 

By Millie Diaz
Staff Writer
    The Texana Raceway Park, Gulf Coast’s premiere quarter-mile dirt track located two miles east of Edna, is officially closed. Due to low car counts and the fan base being off a little bit, owner Ken Bulsterbaum said he will no longer be able to keep the track open.
    “I would like to thank all of my workers and crews for the wonderful jobs that all of you did,” Bulsterbaum said on the Raceway Facebook page. “I couldn’t have done it without you. Thank you to the racers that supported me in this venue, each one of you played a part in the racing programs and entertaining the fans.”