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Newspaper and Travel Guide
for Pecos Country of West Texas

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Bears remain in playoff race with 68-20 win

The Balmorhea Bears kept their playoff hopes alive in Dell City on Friday night, as they jumped out to an early lead then survived a few mid-game problems to defeat the Cougars by a 68-20 final score.

Gabriel Jurardo ran for three touchdowns, Russell Garlick had two TDs and the Bears defense accounted for the game’s first touchdown and set up the score that allowed Balmorhea to end the game three minutes early under the 45-point rule.

“We were up 30 then we had a couple of breakdowns and let them back into the game,” said Bears’ coach Debiasie Mendoza. “Our defense did an excellent job and had six interceptions on the night, so we were able to play with a short field for most of the game.”

Nigel Lozano opened the scoring for the Bears with an interception return for a touchdown, and Russell Garlick followed that up with touchdown runs of five and three yards. The two TDs and Ryan Mondragon’s two-point kick gave Balmorhea a 22-0 lead early in the second period. Rodney Fuentez followed with a nine-yard touchdown catch to make it 30-0, before Dell City scored following a Balmorhea interception, and then returned an interception for a score.

“We were driving just before the half and got to the eight-yard-line, when they intercepted a pass an returned it for a touchdown, which made it 30-14,” Mendoza said. Balmorhea came out and scored on their opening possession, but Dell City would score off another Bears turnover to get back to within 18, at 38-20.

But that would be the last score for the Cougars. Jurado scored from two yards out after Dell City’s touchdown, and Harry Barron had a touchdown catch to make it 54-20. Juardo then scored on a one-yard run for a 62-20 lead, and after Mondragon picked up his second interception of the game, returning the ball to Dell City’s two, Juardo got his third touchdown to end the game.

The win improved Balmorhea’s record to 2-1 in District 1-A play, and put the Bears at 5-3 on the season going into this Friday’s final regular season game, at home against Sanderson.

The Eagles were off on Friday and are 3-0 in district, including a 50-13 win over Sierra Blanca, which handed Balmorhea its lone loss in district, by a 69-54 score.

“We need to win by the 15 points we lost against Sierra Blanca to have a chance for a three-way tie,” Mendoza said. “It’s going to be tough. They’re quick and pretty good, but we’re going to have to win and win big.”

Eagles close out fall tennis with 14-12 win over Owls

The Pecos Eagles tennis team closed out the fall portion of their 2007-08 season on Oct. 29 with a 14-12 win over the Reagan County Owls.

In a match played at Monahans, the Eagles doubled up on the Owls on the girls’ side, winning by a 10-5 score, while Reagan County had a 7-4 advantage in matches on the boys’ side.

Pecos’ girls got wins in singles and doubles play from the team of Dakota Long and Megan Fuentes. They defeated Rachel Ramirez and Ashley Siller, 8-1, in their doubles match, while in singles, Fuentes won at No. 4 seed, 8-4, over Emily Portales, while Long won at No. 5 seed by an 8-5 score over Cassandra Ortiz.

Also winning in both singles and doubles were Jessica Munoz and Yesena Munoz. They beat Portales and Ortiz, 8-6, while Jessica won over Hannah Lyons, 8-0, and Yesenia downed Siller, 8-1, while playing at No. 6 and 7 seeds in singles.

On the boys’ side, the only Pecos player to win both his matches was Elias Alvarado. He teamed with Cody Zamarripa to defeat Craig Goodloe and Jonathan Wharton, 8-0, and then downed Goodole in singles by an 8-2 score.

Coach Bernadette Ornelas said the Eagles would be practicing for the next two months, before their winter-spring tennis season starts in late January. “We’ll have all our starting players then and may add some from the football and tennis teams,” she said.

Pecos (14) vs. Big Lake (12)

Boys Singles

Cody Zamarripa lost to Jaron Young, 8-4; Derek Barron lost to noel Contreras, 8-5; Elias Alvarado defeated Craig Goodloe, 8-2; Tanner Hardwick defeated Video DelaRosa, 8-2; Avery Valeriano lost to Jonathan Wharton, 8-4; Derek Avila lost to Abdiel Maldonado, 8-5; Barron defeated Arturo Romero, 6-4; Valeriano lost to delaRosa, 6-4.

Girls Singles

Doni Marquez lost to Rachel Ramirez, 8-6; Hope Mora lost to Ioneria Calamanco, 8-0; Janette Perea lost to Yajira Ramirez, 8-5; Megan Fuentes defeated Emily Portales, 8-4; Dakota Long defeated Cassandra Ortiz, 8-5; Jessica Munoz defeated Hannah Lyons, 8-0; Yesenia Munoz defeated Ashley Siller, 8-1; Megan Lopez defeated Kali Miller, 8-4; Amanda Renteria lost to Iris Hernandez, 8-4; Julie Licon defeated Rocio Casio, 8-0.

Boys Doubles

Barron and Hardwick lost to Young and Contreras, 8-0; Zamarripa and Alvarado defeated Goodloe and Wharton, 9-7; Valeriano and Avila lost to Montalavo and Forga, 8-0.

Girls Doubles

Marquez and Perea defeated I. Ramirez and Calmanco, 8-4; Fuentes and Long defeated R. Ramirez and Siller, 8-1; J. Munoz and Y. Munoz defeated Portales and Ortiz, 8-6; Lopez and Renteria defeated Lyons and Casio, 8-1.

Pecos boys 15th, girls 19th at I-3A cross country

The Pecos Eagle boys ended up 15th as a team while Pecos’ girls finished 19th overall on Saturday at the Region I-3A Cross-Country Championships at Mae Simmons Park in Lubbock.

Canyon won both the boys and girls team titles in Class 3A, and no Eagle runner was able to advance to state with a Top 10 finish in the meet, which featured 140 runners in the boys division and over 150 on the girls’ side. But coach Rudy Jurado said, “Most of my runners improved on their times, and that’s all I can ask.”

Pecos had won both the boys and girls team titles at the District 3-3A meet in Monahans on Oct. 22, but teams from the Panhandle and the Fort Worth area dominated the top spots at Saturday’s meet. Canyon’s boys edged Argyle by a 47-52 point margin to win the boys side, with Decatur third with 123 points and Lubbock Cooper fourth, with 176. Pecos’ boys ended up with 399 points. On the girls’ side, Canyon won with 48 points to 110 for Decatur, 132 for Sanger and 160 for Levelland, while Pecos finished with 470 points.

“Individually, the best finish was by Gustavo Mendoza. He came in 62nd,” Jurado said. Mendoza, who placed second at the District 3-3A meet, ran the three-miles course in 18:21.41 He was followed by Edward Rodriguez, 68th with an 18:35.91 time; Jesse Juarez, 74th with an 18.41.97 time; German Rodriguez, 112th with a 19:43.95 time; Edgardo Madrid, 115th with a 19:53.60 time; and Stephen Apolinar, 129th with a 20:33.20 time.

The girls’ best finish was a 67th by Kayla Natividad, who ran the two-mile course in 13:46.48. She was followed by Monique Rodriguez, 92nd with a 14:14.99 time; Aileen Rayos, 98th with a 14:19.90 time; Carissa Cerna, 118th with a 14:33.64 time; and Lilly Gutierrez, 125th with a time of 14:44.69.

The best finish for any district runner was by Monahans’ Marrisa Acosta. Her 43rd place effort with a 13:22.82 time, and the 54th place finish by Demi Carrasco, allowed the Loboes to place one spot in front of Pecos’ girls in the team standings, after the Eagles had edged out Monahans for the 3-3A title. Acosta and Carrasco finished first and second and Natividad third at district

On the boys’ side, the Loboes Bryan Azuaje, who won district for the second straight year, had the best finish of any 3-3A runner at regional, placing 44th with a 17:56.56 time.

Overall, Monahans placed 20th in the team standings while the other 3-3A qualifier, Fort Stockton, was 18th.

“The good thing is we have a young squad. Most of my runners are freshmen and sophomores,” Jurado said. “We also have in the junior high some good boys runners and some strong girls runners coming up, so next year we should be able to compete eve better at regionals.”

Pecos boys 15th, girls 19th at I-3A cross country

The Pecos Eagle boys ended up 15th as a team while Pecos’ girls finished 19th overall on Saturday at the Region I-3A Cross-Country Championships at Mae Simmons Park in Lubbock.

Canyon won both the boys and girls team titles in Class 3A, and no Eagle runner was able to advance to state with a Top 10 finish in the meet, which featured 140 runners in the boys division and over 150 on the girls’ side. But coach Rudy Jurado said, “Most of my runners improved on their times, and that’s all I can ask.”

Pecos had won both the boys and girls team titles at the District 3-3A meet in Monahans on Oct. 22, but teams from the Panhandle and the Fort Worth area dominated the top spots at Saturday’s meet. Canyon’s boys edged Argyle by a 47-52 point margin to win the boys side, with Decatur third with 123 points and Lubbock Cooper fourth, with 176. Pecos’ boys ended up with 399 points. On the girls’ side, Canyon won with 48 points to 110 for Decatur, 132 for Sanger and 160 for Levelland, while Pecos finished with 470 points.

“Individually, the best finish was by Gustavo Mendoza. He came in 62nd,” Jurado said. Mendoza, who placed second at the District 3-3A meet, ran the three-miles course in 18:21.41 He was followed by Edward Rodriguez, 68th with an 18:35.91 time; Jesse Juarez, 74th with an 18.41.97 time; German Rodriguez, 112th with a 19:43.95 time; Edgardo Madrid, 115th with a 19:53.60 time; and Stephen Apolinar, 129th with a 20:33.20 time.

The girls’ best finish was a 67th by Kayla Natividad, who ran the two-mile course in 13:46.48. She was followed by Monique Rodriguez, 92nd with a 14:14.99 time; Aileen Rayos, 98th with a 14:19.90 time; Carissa Cerna, 118th with a 14:33.64 time; and Lilly Gutierrez, 125th with a time of 14:44.69.

The best finish for any district runner was by Monahans’ Marrisa Acosta. Her 43rd place effort with a 13:22.82 time, and the 54th place finish by Demi Carrasco, allowed the Loboes to place one spot in front of Pecos’ girls in the team standings, after the Eagles had edged out Monahans for the 3-3A title. Acosta and Carrasco finished first and second and Natividad third at district.

On the boys’ side, the Loboes Bryan Azuaje, who won district for the second straight year, had the best finish of any 3-3A runner at regional, placing 44th with a 17:56.56 time. Overall, Monahans placed 20th in the team standings while the other 3-3A qualifier, Fort Stockton, was 18th.

“The good thing is we have a young squad. Most of my runners are freshmen and sophomores,” Jurado said. “We also have in the junior high some good boys runners and some strong girls runners coming up, so next year we should be able to compete eve better at regionals.”

Mustangs end Eagles volleyball season

The first time the Pecos Eagles went five games in a volleyball match this season, the Eagles had enough quickness left at the end of the final game to overcome the Mustangs’ size advantage.

But Saturday night in Midland, the Eagles weren’t quick enough to get to several balls or to set up for their own shots in the deciding game against Andrews, and the Mustangs were able to eliminate Pecos in the area round of the Class 3A playoffs.

The Eagles started strong in Game 1, jumping out to an early lead and maintaining it in a 25-21 victory. But the Mustangs took control in Games 2 and 3, winning by double digits, 25-12, then pulling away late in Game 3 for a 25-17 victory, before the Eagles came back, and helped by a long delay over a scoring dispute, jumped out to a big lead before holding on for a 25-23 win.

That got them to the deciding game, but Pecos would only lead at the outset, fell behind at one point, 9-3, and were never able to catch up, as Andrews ended up taking the game and match by a 15-10 final score.

“The deal is we’re a young team, and when you’re playing a team like Andrews, you can’t make any mental mistakes,” said Eagles’ coach Helen Kimbrough about her team’s problems in Game 5, when Pecos got off only one good kill, a spike by Gabby Garcia that gave them an early 1-0 lead.

“I think the reason we were doing it was that we were trying to rush. We weren’t poised out there, and that comes from being young.”

As they had in both their earlier matches, Pecos struggled to contain the Mustangs’ 6-foot middle hitters, senior Jeleah Ratliff and junior Katie White. But unlike in their win back in August, Pecos was unable to set up their leading hitter, Jasmine Rayos, for good shots in the final game.

“Their big girls dominated. They hit well and blocked well today,” Kimbrough said.

Rayos was able to find openings on the outside in the opening game, as did Cheyenne Carrasco, Claire Weinacht and Allyson Salcido. Her spike gave Pecos an early 4-1 lead, and while Andrews would get to within 8-7, spikes by Weinacht and Carrasco started a 7-2 run for Pecos. Andrews would later get to within 22-20, but two kills by Rayos and a spike by Weinacht finised the game off.

In the second game, the Mustangs not only got spikes and blocks from their middle hitters for points, but were also able to score from outside. Jaci Criswell had a couple of kills during a 9-2 streak that turned a 6-3 Andrews lead into a 14-6 advantage. Things went better for Pecos at the start of Game 3, but a spike by Ratliff broke an 11-all tie, while White and Criswell would score off spikes during a 6-1 run that widened an 18-15 lead to a 24-16 advantage. Ratliff finished things off with a spike after a hit for a point by Weinacht. The teams were trading points again in Game 4 early, with Andrews holding a 3-1 lead before Pecos rallied and went up to stay at 4-3 on spike by Rayos. It was again a one-point lead, at 10-9 on a White spike when the game came to a halt for several minutes after Kimbrough and assistant coach Dona Gent discovered the Eagles were out of rotation.

“As a varsity team I should be able to change up my lineup to match our opponent, and everybody should know where to go. We just got mixed up on where we were in the lineup,” Kimbrough said.

The long delay seemed to help give the Eagles a breather, as they did a better job getting to balls over the next few minutes, while the Mustangs struggled with unforced errors. The combination turned Pecos’ narrow lead into a 21-13 advantage.

The bad rotation actually hurt Pecos, with Rayos moving to the back line one spot earlier than necessary. Mustangs’ coach Hollie Smith wanted officials to deduct a point from the Eagles’ total, similar to the Eagles losing two points for a bad rotation on Tuesday in their bi-district win over Tornillo. But Gent said because the Eagles caught the violation themselves by calling for a rotation check, the rules state that no points could be taken away.

“We caught the violation. The officials missed it,” Gent said. “If you catch it yourself you don’t lose any points.”

White finally got a kill to break the streak, and then it was Pecos’ turn to make a series of unforced errors. Ashley Ornelas had a couple of dink attempt go out of bounds, Garcia had a couple of bad spikes, and with the Eagles up 24-22, Pecos celebrated too early on a ball that appeared to hit the floor, but was ruled to have been picked up by Andrews. Sophie Randan dropped the ball on Pecos’ unguarded side of the court to get the Mustangs to within one before Garcia spiked a shot off Ratliff to end the game and tie the match.

Ratliff would answer Garcia’s spike to open Game 5 with a kill of her own. She then blocked Weinacht and traded kills with Rayos before the Mustangs widened their lead to 9-3. Pecos’ only point would come on a Rayos spike off White during the run, while White, Brittany Molinar and Randan would score on kills. Pecos would stop the streak and get to within 9-6 after a block of White by Garcia, then traded points for the next few minutes before Andrews made it 13-8 and then 14-9 on a block and spike by Ratliff. After a bad hit by Vernice Gomez, a Ratliff kill then ended the match.

The loss ended Pecos season two games earlier than a year ago, when they advanced to the Region I-3A Tournament. Pecos finished with a 27-7 while Andrews improves to 24-11 and will take on their District 3-3A rival Lamesa, in the Region I-3A quarterfinals on Tuesday. The Mustangs won a playoff over Lamesa and Sweetwater for first place in the 3-3A standings.

Lamesa defeated Clint in Pecos on Saturday, while Sweetwater saw their season ended by Monahans, 25-22, 25-8, 25-20 in their area round match in Big Spring. The Loboes will face Lubbock Cooper, which also won on Saturday in Big Spring, defeating Fort Stockton, 25-17 25-22 25-13 Pecos was short one player on Saturday, in senior back line player Diana Parada, and will lose two starters to graduation, in Ornelas and Carrasco, while returning the rest of their squad for the 2008 season.

“I think this game taught us we’ve got to work harder and be more disciplined on the court,” Kimbrough said, while adding that “We’ve got to get stronger in our preseason games.”

She said Pecos’ pre-district schedule this season didn’t push the Eagles enough before 2-3A play opened. “The only speed teams we played there (pre-district) were in the Canyon Tournament and against Andrews in our tournament. I have to find us some tougher games next year.”

Eagles unable to contain Panthers’ big play attack

Thirteen carries into Friday night’s game, and the Pecos Eagles’ defense had done a fairly good job of containing district-leading rusher Francisco Jacquez.

Five carries later, and Jacquez’s numbers – and the scoreboard – looked particularly ugly for the Eagles.

The Fort Stockton junior was limited to 48 yards on his first 13 attempts, and had been forced into one fumble by the Eagles that they were able to turn into a touchdown to cut a quick 15-0 Panther lead to 15-6 late in the first quarter. But on his next five attempts – including one carry for negative yards – Jacquez gained 217 yards and scored three touchdowns, as the Panthers clinched their first outright district title in 29 years with a 49-13 win over the Eagles.

“We couldn’t stop him,” said Eagles’ head coach Chris Henson, “Once (Wayne) Sparkman went down the defense went flat, and we just didn’t fill the holes.”

The Eagles’ senior linebacker suffered a knee injury one play into the second period, and while he was able to get up and walk off the field, Henson said, “When he came out at halftime, he couldn’t stand on it.”

Jacquez would run for 24 yards on the next play after Sparkman’s injury, but the Eagles would stop him after that and hold the Panthers to a 25-yard Aaron Castro field goal. But later in the quarter, after Pecos squandered two scoring chances, Jacquez would break free for a 47-yard touchdown run, and then a 79-yard run to set up Sergio Corral’s one-yard TD with 10 seconds left in the half.

Outside of Corral’s short run, big plays accounted for all of Fort Stockton’s scoring. Corral would connect with Joe Granado on a 44-yard touchdown pass on the Panthers’ opening series, then ran 74 yards for their second score on a quarterback sneak, following an interception by Fort Stockton’s Jeremy Martinez of a Paul Zubeldia pass on Pecos’ first offensive play.

“The kids were fired up all week long, but I think they overdid it, because we came out flat,” Henson said of the two early scores by the Panthers.

In the second half, Jacquez would score on runs of 42- and 45-yards before sitting out the final period.

Aside from Jacquez’s run and Sparkman’s injury, Henson said the Panthers did a good job with their blocking scheme, and were able to get to Pecos linemen without having to double-team Eagle defenders. “When you do that with that type of running back, he’ll hurt you all night long.”

On the other side, Henson said while Ramirez had “a solid game,” along with center Justin Contreras, the Eagles had problems opening holes for him consistently, due to problems containing fort Stockton lineman Rene Corral.

“We game planned to run at Corral, and that didn’t work, then we tried to run away from him and he pursued well,” the Eagles’ coach said.

Aside from the big plays by the Panthers’ the Eagles hurt themselves with three key mistakes. The first came when they had stopped Fort Stockton on the Panthers’ opening drive, but were drawn offsides by Corral on a fourth down punt. One play later he hit Granado for the TD, when defensive back Timo Reyes mistimed his jump.

The Panthers’ second TD drive covered 90 yards, with Corral’s long run set up by a 14-yard completion from Corral to Granado on 3rd-and-8 from Fort Stockton’s 12. Frankie Ruiz was then able to take a high extra point snap and run into the end zone for a 15-0 lead.

Pecos’ next possession ended on downs at the Fort Stockton 41, but Jacquez was hit and fumbled on the next play, with Michael Tarin recovering at the 32. A procedure call set Pecos back, but Hector Ramirez then ran 15 yards for a first down and caught a swing pass out of the backfield from Zubeldia for another 14 yards. That set the Eagles up with a 1st-and-goal at the eight, and while it took four tries, Pecos was able to score on a one-yard run by Bryan Mora.

Castro’s field goal on the next series made it 18-6. Pecos then lost a first down run on a 4th-and-1 on their next series on a penalty, one of three straight for the Eagles, but they avoided problems when Corral botched a trick play handoff and Quinton Roman recovered at the Panthers’ 38.

That’s when the second mistake occurred, when Zubeldia under pressure found a wide-open Mora, who wasn’t able to hold onto the ball at the 25 with an open path towards the end zone. Pecos ended up turning the ball over on downs on the Fort Stockton 34, and five plays after that Jacquez scored on his 47-yard run.

The Eagles were back on the 34 moments later, thanks to a 41-yard kickoff return by Joseph Ontiveros. Pecos gained 15 yards on the next play when Fort Stockton was flagged for roughing the passer, and Zubeldia hit Ramirez for another 13 yards on the next play, setting Pecos up with a 1st-and-goal on the 6.

But Ramirez then had the ball knocked out of his hands by a Fort Stockton helmet, sailing all the way back to the 20 where it was recovered by Ki Galvan. Jacquez then broke off his 79-yard run on a 3rd-and-14 play to set up Corral’s second TD. Castro’s extra point gave the Panthers a 32-6 halftime lead.

“Those plays kept us from getting close to them,” Henson said. “That’s been our deal all year. We get inside the red zone, and then we don’t take care of the football.”

Zubeldia played only one series in the second half at quarterback, before being replaced by Nathan Duke. Panthers’ coach Tom Howard would put in his subs on offense after Granado picked off a Duke pass late in the third period, while the Eagles would use a series of runs by Ramirez and Reyes to set up the final touchdown of the game in the final period, a 10-yard swing pass to Ramirez from Duke with 8:03 left in the game.

The final score of the game would be Castro’s second field goal of the night, this one from 35 yards out with 5:49 left to play, set up by a 48-yard run by Ruiz.

The Eagles, who racked up 506 yards in offense in their win the previous week over Fabens, ended up surrendering 527 yards in offense, all but 82 of that on the ground, to the Panthers. Ramirez was able to get over the 100-yard mark for the night with a couple of late runs, and his 122 yards on 28 carries moved him to within 23 yards of the 1,000 yard mark in rushing for the season.

The loss dropped Pecos to 1-7 on the season and 1-4 in District 1-3A play going into their final regular season game, this Friday at home against Tornillo. The Coyotes fell to 0-5 in district and 3-5 on the season with a 62-0 loss at home to Monahans.

Fort Stockton improved to 5-0 in district and 8-1 on the season going into their final regular season game against Clint this Friday. The Lions kept their slim playoff hopes alive with a 36-35 double overtime victory at Fabens on Friday. The Wildcats loss means Fort Stockton will face Andrews, the only team to beat them this season, in the bi-district round of the Class 3A-Division I playoffs. Clint can make the playoffs with a win over Fort Stockton and a loss by Anthony at Monahans, in their final regular season game.

Swimmers score shorthanded win over Loboes

The Pecos Eagles swim team had some people in different events and some others in no events at all on Thursday, during a dual meet at home against the Monahans Loboes. Coach Terri Morse said the flu kept a couple of swimmers out of the pool, and ended up leaving Pecos’ girls with no swimmers at all in the final two relays of the night. But they were still able to edge the Loboes overall by a 79-67 margin, while Pecos’ boys won their half of the meet by a 115-57 score over Monahans.

“Some of them wanted to try different races,” Morse said, as the Eagles returned to action after a two-week break, and a week before they host the annual Pecos Invitational. “It worked out in some aspects, and in others it didn’t. But that’s what you do in a meet like this, you get an idea of what works and what doesn’t.”

“I saw some good things, and saw some things I didn’t like. We looked a little tired and a little sick,” she added.

Pecos’ girls were minus Adriana Roman for the meet, while the boys were missing Matthew Florez due to the flu. Stephanie Lucas took Roman’s place on the 200-yard medley relay and she, Conner Armstrong, Allyson Reynolds and Anatalia Hernandez won that race with a 2:14.26 time.

Reynolds and Armstrong also won both their individual races on the day, while Lucas and Hernandez picked up one individual victory each. Reynolds was first in the 200 freestyle with 2:10.06 time and first in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:17.25. Armstrong won the 100 free with a 1:02.16 time and the 100 backstroke with a 1:10.92 time.

Hernandez placed second there after winning the 100-yard butterfly with a 1:17.97 time, and Lucas won the 200-yard individual medley in 2:55.14 and then placed second to Hernandez in the 100 fly.

Other finishes by Pecos’ girls included a second by Dakota Hegar in the 50-yard freestyle and a fourth in the 100 free; thirds by Maggie Hernandez in the 200 medley and the 100 fly; and a second by Tiffany Hunter in the 500 freestyle and a third in the 200 free.

Luke Serrano took Florez’s place on the 200 medley and 400 freestyle relays. Serrano, Derek Teague, Josh Elliott and Hector Roman won the medley with a 2:14.26 time and later took the 400 free with a 3:52.94 time. Even without Florez, the boys had enough swimmers to field two relay teams in all three races, with the ‘B’ team of Gus Mendoza, Brian Carrasco, Oscar Machuca and Edward Navarro placing second in the 400 free relay, while Frankie Morin, Carlos Navarro, Abraham Lujan and Sammy Sandoval took third in the 200 medley.

In the 200 free relay, the ‘A’ team of Morin, Mendoza, Machuca and Edward Navarro was second, while the ‘B’ team of Sandoval, Carrasco, Lujan and Carlos Navarro finished third.

Individually, Monahans swimmers won five of the nine events on Thursday. Elliott took both of his races, winning the 50 free with a 24.88 time and the 100 backstroke with a 59.79 time. Mendoza captured first in the 500 free with a time of 5:47.81, while Roman one the 1-meter diving competition, with a 232.80 score.

Sandoval was second there, while Roman was second in the 100-yard freestyle. Mendoza was second in the 200 yard freestyle, Serrano was second in the 100-yard butterfly and the 100 backstroke, Teague was second in the 200 indivudal medley and Edward Navarro placed second in the 50 free and the 100-yard breaststroke.

Pecos’ other finishes were a third by Morin and a fourth by Lujan in the 200 free; a third by Carlos Navarro and a fourth by Machuca in the 200 medley; a third by Carrasco and a fourth by Lujan in the 100 fly; a third by Morin and a fourth by Carlos Navarro in the 100 free; a third by Teague and a fourth by Machuca in the 500 free; and a third by Carrasco in the 100 breaststroke.

Morse said she had not received all the entry forms back yet for this coming weekend’s Pecos

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