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Mercedes, Texas 78570 Wednesday, March 11,2009
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(Congratulations Kayla LaCross)
) from our family! (
Historic basketball season comes to an end
By ARMANDO LOPEZ by a capacity crowd of mostly Finally, the Tiger baseball
Enterprise Correspondent tiger fans. Congratulations to team started off on a good note
the team on an outstanding with a 4-3 victory over the
The Mercedes Tigers histor- season and the Tiger fans will
ical season came to an end in be looking forward to next
the regional quarterfinal game year’s team which will have
played in the Harlingen South several returning lettermen.
gym last Wednesday, March 4.
The Tiger’s basketball team
lost to the Calallen Wildcats
by the score of 59-48.
Leading scorers for the team
were Albert Chavez with 20
points and Eliseo Garza who
hit five 3-point shots for 15
points.
This game was witnessed
Also, kudos to Albert
Chavez and Eliseo Garza who
made the First Team All-Dis-
trict in 32-4A,
Mission Eagles this past Tues-
day night.
The winning pitcher for the
tigers was John Bustamante
who pitched an excellent
game. The team’s district re-
cord currently stands at 1-0.
Their next game will be at
Alex Trevino and Jonathan the Sharyland tournament on
Ayala who made Second Team Thursday, March 12. Good
All-District and Joshua Rodri- luck to the boy’s baseball team
guez, Kason Huerta, and Dan- as well as the girl’s softball
iel Barroso II who made the team this season. Go Tigers
Third Team. - and go Lady Tigers!
THETEAM
Jonathan Ayala
Daniel Barroso II
Galileo Campos
Chris Castillo
Albert Chavez
Eliseo Garza
Esteban Gonzalez
Omar Gonzalez
Kason Huerta
Cody Mendez
M LL M J
Bobby Oranday
lacobBodriguez
Joshua Bodriguez
Bobert Salazar
Alex Trevino
Community marches for "Fight Against Hunger’
Special to The Enterprise
Kayla participated in the 2009 Miss Hidalgo
County Pre-Teen pageant on Jan. 24. She is 10
years old and a resident of Mercedes. Kayla would
like to dedicate her title to her great-grandmother,
Josefa Sauceda, who recently passed away. We all
love you, and are proud of you!
Mom, Dad, Ben, Grandma Yoli
and Grandpa Danny
in business, when it rains,
everybody needs an umbrella
It was an early morning for
) the walkers of the Mercedes
( Baskets Full Pantry Annual
) Walk-a-Thon, held March 7, at
8 a.m.
/ The community members
x met at the Mercedes Christian
/ Church and began the morn-
X ing with a prayer, led by Betty
( Carter from the First Presbyte-
) rian Church.
The fundraiser was held to
raise funds for Mercedes Bas-
kets Full Pantry -- a pantry that
continues to help the residents
from Mercedes and its sur-
rounding colonias.
“We have had an increment
of families,” said Bertha Oli-
varez, community liaison for
Baskets Full. “We would like
to thank all those individu-
GOD CAVES TWO HANDS
N RANDIOHELP OURSELVES AND 1
LOTHIERTOREAC (I OUT TOOTHERS 1
WALKING FOR A CAUSE - A group of walkers are seen as part of the Baskets Full Pantry Annual Walk-A-Thon
at Mercedes Christian Church. The pantry staff said there was a good turn out of residents of Mercedes, with every
participant doing their part to promote awareness in the community. (Enterprise photo by Amy Torres)
paign "Fights Against Hun-
als as well as businesses that ger."
contributed. We encourage our ? Olivarez said the pantry
community of Mercedes to would would like to acknowl-
continue helping in our cam- edges members from the fol-
lowing churches that joined Mercy Church; El Principe De
in and help support: Mercedes Paz Church, Christian Science
Christian Church, First Pres- Church, Christian Mission-
byterian Church, Immanuel ary Alliance Church, United ©
Lutheran Church, Our Lady of Methodist Church.
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The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 101, No. 10, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 11, 2009, newspaper, March 11, 2009; Mercedes, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1655757/m1/6/: accessed June 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Library.