Sports

The Ganado girls basketball camp was held on the week of June 9-12. 41 girls participated, and Coach Bryan Branch said it was a good turnout.

Industrial coaches held a tennis camp from June 9-11, with 40 participants. Above are the high school players of the camp. Pictures of the younger players will be printed in future issues.

The Edna High School cheerleaders held a Kiddie Kamp with cheer sponsor Marissa Hernandez. 64 girls attended the camp, and Hernandez said it was a very successful week.

    The Jackson County Thunder team lost to Weimar .45’s on June 15, Father’s Day, with a score of 5-4.
    Pitching seven innings for Thunder was Van Vleck’s Kade Kucera with six strikeouts, two earned runs, and he was charged with the loss. Austin Smith from Bay City pitched an inning.

    One of the stipulations for one of the awards Industrial senior Darcie Moreno earned at the Athletic Banquet, the Casey Wells All-Sports Award, is being involved in at least four sports and doing it with the most spirit and determination one can muster. Although she’s the one that works hard in every aspect of her life, according to her, she could never have done it without her family's support and their inspiration.
    “My parents have always been supportive of me in anything I do and they let me choose what activities I wanted to be involved in. They do encourage me to be the best that I can be and have always told me that as long as I can say I gave it my all and I enjoy playing, that is all that matters,” Moreno said. “I get inspiration from everyone, I look up to my sisters, my parents, my coaches, and my friends. I want them to be proud of me, so it drives me to keep going.”

A scoreboard was donated to the Edna High School softball field recently by Coastal Bend Foundation Repair, Premier Grains LLC and TDECU. From left are, front, Coastal Bend’s Danny McBride, and TDECU’s Jo Beth Tieken; and back, softball coach Ted Malek, Superintendent Robert O’Connor, and Ahletic Director Huey Chancellor. Not pictured is Zora McBride and Premier Grains’ Keith Orsak.

KC’s Bar Crappie and Bass tournament was held in May and proceeds went to support Warriors Weekend. Some of the younger participants were, from left, front, Landon Hicks, Karter Crabb, Blaine O’Donnell, Brody O’Donnell and Jack Hurt; and back, Jaxy Bures, Brett Stancik, Elite Professional Keith Combs, Taylor Holland, Austin Kellar, and Colton Lindsey.

    The Jackson County Thunder team burst through the weekend with another win against Fayetteville on June 8 out at Edna’s Shelby Park with a final score of 12-4.
    Pitching seven innings for the team is Jordan Pacheco, with three errors, eight strikeouts and charged with the win. Justin Oliver pitched two innings with a run and a strikeout.

    If there was an award for Most All-Around guy, Industrial senior Will Maraggia would definitely be in the running, if not the shoo-in for the win. Even with the aura of confidence he carries with him, he’s kind, polite, funny, hard-working, and is known for putting others first, not to mention he can run like the wind. One of his ultimate goals after being a collegiate runner is to become a national champion.
    Maraggia said his running career started in elementary school, when he involved himself in the track meet annually and did well.
    “I never got the feeling that I could do really well until my eighth grade year. The district cross-country race for junior high came up and coach needed some guys to put on the team so they could have a full team for the race,” he said. “I thought I was a decent runner so I volunteered to run at district thinking that I could maybe help the team a little. I hadn’t ran all year so I wasn't expecting to do all that great.”

    The Crossroads held their All-Star softball game on Saturday, May 31 at the St. Joseph’s Field of Dreams. The East Black team, coached by Edna’s Ted Malek and made up of softball players from Edna, Industrial, Ganado, Palacios, El Campo and Van Vleck, defeated the West All-Stars from Victoria schools, Cuero, Yoakum, Kennedy, Yorktown, Refugio and Bloomington, 5-3 in eight innings.