Girls Basketball

- Brownsville school spurs some coaching changes
- Todd Orodenker
- The coaching carousel is in full effect.
Brownsville Veterans Memorial, which is set to open later this month, hired former Pace basketball coaches Larry Gibson and Arnold Torres to coach its boys team.
Lottie Zarate, formerly the girls coach at Sa... Full story

- Edinburg North standout makes Sophia Young Elite select team
- David Hinojosa
- EDINBURG — Vicky Peña ignored the unfamiliar number ringing on her mobile phone. She wanted nothing to do with that pesky telemarketer.
The same caller rang again and again.
”I just kept ignoring them,” Peña said of ... Full story

- TGCA to induct Mission High coach into hall of fame
- David Hinojosa
- MISSION — Rafael Garza never let his brother quit.
When they were youngsters in San Antonio, Rafael Garza fired off pass after pass to Rene, three years his junior. Rene Garza walked with a pronounced limp, the result of a childhood bout with ... Full story

- Hinojosa: Teresa Casso will be missed from sidelines
- David Hinojosa
- HARLINGEN — The moment I first noticed the purple-clad lady, I could not stand her. Mind you, I’d never met the lady in my life.
I was few years out of high school in the late 1980s when I experienced my first encounters with Teresa Cass... Full story

- McHi's Casso to be honored at RGV All-Star Sports Awards
- RGVSports.com
- Longtime McAllen High girls basketball coach Teresa Casso will be honored with the Robert Vela Lifetime Achievement Award during the 2010 Rio Grande Valley All-Star Sports Awards that will be held June 15 at Yeckel Auditorium in Harlingen.
T... Full story
- West squad sweeps East in Rio Grande Valley All-Star game
- John Cannon
- HARLINGEN — McAllen High head basketball coach Roy Swift has been in big games before.
But just when he thought he could take an offseason break from the pressure of these big-game situations, his West All-Star squad put him right in the middl... Full story
- Carmona's Attorney: Unattended paperwork led to sanctions
- Peter Rasmussen
- The University Interscholastic League issued Edinburg High girls basketball coach Rachel Carmona a public reprimand Tuesday, and she was placed on one-year probation for violating the organization’s constitution and contest rules.
The violatio... Full story

- Rio Grande Valley All-Star games set for today
- HIDALGO — Nine district MVPs are expected in the four Rio Grande Valley East-West All-Star games that are being staged today at State Farm Arena.
The Class 1A-4A girls game is scheduled for 10 a.m.; the Class 1A-5A boys games is at noon; the C... Full story
- All-Valley Girls Basketball Glance
- All-Valley Capsules-FIRST TEAM
JOSLYNN BENAVIDES
School: Harlingen South
Position: G
Grade: Senior
Stats: 14.2 points, 3.5 rebounds
Notable: District 31-5A MVP, TGCA 5A All-State
What her coach says: “Her fundamentals are very soli... Full story

- All-Valley Girls Basketball: Cuellar, Gaytan led their teams
- David Hinojosa
- Breakthroughs defined Weslaco East and Edinburg North’s seasons in 2009-10.
Weslaco East won its second district title in its eight seasons of existence and the first in four years. Junior center Darcy Cuellar played a big factor in ma... Full story