Colored Rock Map of Texas at I-20 in Pecos, Click for Travel Guide

Pecos Enterprise

Home
Enterprise
Obituaries

ARCHIVE
Pecos Country History
Archive 62
Archive 74
Archive 87
1987 Tornado Photos
Rodeo Photos 88
Archive 95
Archive 96
Archive 97
News Photos 1997
Rodeo Photos 97
Archive 98
News Photos 1998
Rodeo Photos 98
Parade Photos 98
Archive 99
Photos 99
Archive 2000
Photos 2000


Area Newspapers
Commerce
Classified
Economic Development


|

Daily Newspaper and Travel Guide
for Pecos Country of West Texas

Tuesday, January 30, 2001

Eagles 6th at  powerlifting meet

PECOS, Jan. 30, 2001 -- The Pecos Eagle powerlifting team picked up a pair of division titles  and finished in sixth place overall out of 25 teams on Saturday in  competition at Midland Greenwood.

Coach Steve Cross said Gito Crawford won the 275-pound weight class with a total lift of 1,420 pounds, while Chris Lara took first place in the 132-pound weight class, lifting a total of 865 pounds.

Cross said Crawford was ranked as the No. 2 lifter overall for all divisions at the Greenwood meet, and in his division, "Gito is No. 2 in the region, and he's got a lot more weight he can lift than he did on Saturday. I expect him to hit 1,550-1,600 pounds by regionals."

Cross said based on total amount of weights lifted, "We have four boys who've qualified for regionals. Chris Lara qualified at both 132 and 148 pounds, Chris Orona qualified at 181 pounds and Adam Salgado is either fourth or fifth at 181 pounds. He's really climbed up, and of course Gito has qualified."

Salgado placed fifth in the 181-pound weight class Saturday, lifting a total of 1,000 pounds, while Gilbert Rodriguez was fourth in the 198-pound weight class, with a total of 940 pounds.

Cross said Roderick Villanueva was sixth, Orona was seventh and Hugo Rodriguez was 10th in the 181-pound division, while Hector Contreras was seventh in the super heavyweight division.

Fort Stockton won the meet with 38 points, while Lamesa was second with 25. Pecos' 17 points tied them for sixth place with Kermit.

The team will be going to Fort Stockton this Saturday, and Cross said he would also be taking several girls to their second meet of the season. "We have girls lifting for the first time this year, and at the Monahans meet (on Jan. 20) we had four qualify for regionals."

Mindi Harrison, Victoria Gomez, D'Andra Ortega and Alexandra Vasquez were the regional qualifiers at Monahans, Cross said. "Michelle Romo is only five pounds away from making the regionals, and Alexa Marquez is our sixth lifter. She's going to her first meet this Saturday in Fort Stockton and I hope to get her qualified as well."

Cross said the team would have one more meet on Feb. 24 in Seagraves before regionals the weekend of March 2-3, and added the Eagles plan to host their own meet next season, probably sometime in late February.

Playoffs within reach  of Pecos girls

PECOS, Jan. 30, 2001 -- The Pecos Eagle girls' basketball team has a chance to all but  clinch their first trip to the playoffs in a decade tonight, when they travel  to Canutillo to face the Golden Eagles in a 7 p.m. CST start.

The Pecos-Canutillo girls game will be followed by the second half opener for the Eagle boys, who will try again to win their first District 2-4A game of the season, after an 0-5 first half.

Pecos' girls are 4-3 in district while Canutillo is 3-4 after the Eagles defeated Fabens last Friday by a 49-37 score, while Canutillo dropped a 51-32 decision to El Paso Mountain View. With two games to play after tonight, the Golden Eagles can still catch Pecos even with a loss, but would have to beat Fabens and district-leading Clint, while the Eagles lost their last two games, at Mountain View on Friday and home against San Elizario a week from tonight.

Pecos got their first-ever win over Canutillo earlier this month. The Eagles built up a 20-5 first half lead, then saw that disappear by the time the second half was two minutes old before rallying for a 41-38 victory.

The Eagles were helped when Canutillo's leading scorer, Brenda Gonzalez, got into early foul trouble. She finished with only two points in the game before fouling out. Gonzalez had 10 points to lead Canutillo in last Friday's loss to Mountain View.

Pecos' boys were blitzed in the fourth period by Fabens on Friday night, as the Wildcats turned a 50-40 game late in the third period into a 90-55 victory. Ezra Varela had a season-high 26 points to keep Pecos close through the first three periods.

Fabens beat Canutillo by 30 points last Tuesday, though the Golden Eagles remain tied with the Wildcats and San Elizario for first in the district, with 4-1 marks. Earlier this month, Canutillo was without post Eddie Hita, but got 22 points each out of guards Jose Rodriguez and Abraham Moreno to beat Pecos, 59-42.



Search Entire Site:


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
e-mail news@pecos.net

Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.

Copyright 2000 by Pecos Enterprise