Portland News (Portland, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 4, 1988 Page: 7 of 12
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Varsity Boys
7-1 In District
The Vanity Hoopeters art nc>w 7-1
ir district play, after defeating
Kockport and Flour Bluff last neck
The Cats had a lough time with
Kockport, taking a narrow 34-11 lead
M the half. The Cats sped things up
lor the second half and went on to
eftat the Pirates, 76-69
Larry Welch led the Cats with 26
‘‘ ita, Jeff White scored 15, lance
-ner scored 13, Chance Parker
•ored 10, Rodney G rones scored &,
“1 Charley Staley scored 4
ph led the Cats to victory again
May night, scoring 20 points ui
ijap-r- s 6642 win over Flour Bluf f
™ Grows. Ordner, and Parker also
-cored in the double figures with 15.
14, and 12 points, respectively Mark
1 Hiper scored 4 points, Joel
iwkins scored 2, and Charlie
laley sank a free throw
The Cats will travel to Rotistown
tomorrow night. Gametime is 8. X
DISTRICT 15-AAAA
STANDINGS
(Boys)
Ereckson, Gildon Win For G-P
At Valley Tennis Tournament
Oatnd
:i*ooi
W
L
W
l
G-P
8
1
18
8
Tuioso
6
3
15
9
Rockport
6
3
15
10
Calallen
4
5
7
16
Beeviile
4
5
6
15
Flour Bluff
4
5
n
15
P L. Calhoun
4
5
5
18
Robstown
0
9
6
19
TENNIS TERROR Frwhm#n G P tpl«y*r Jory Eckerson won
IItingtot match#* to capture i*t plact in th* «th grad* division ot
1h# Harlingen invitational Tanms Tournament last weekend
At North Shore C. C.
■ Tuesday’s Results •
G-P 74, Calhoun 55
Flour Bluff 69. Calallen 45
Rockport Fjlton 58. Tuioso 57
Ceeville 58, Robstown 48
- Friday's Results -
G-P 68. Flour Bluff 52
P L. Calhoun 57, Robstown 52
Rockport 71. Beeville 62
Tuioso 49, Calallen 47
JV, Freshmen
Qepare For
tu/oso-Midway
The Freshmen boys defeated
Beeville and Tuloso-MIdwsy and the
JkLCats beat Beeville but lost to
‘^Bao-Midway in last week's tub-
v^reity basketball action.
The Freshmen defeated Beeville.
Payton Hardwick and Brad
Cullum led the scoring with 16 and 15
points, respectively Roman Rios
scored 7 and Eric Gahan, Michael
Gaskins, and Sy Harvey eac h scored
4.
On Saturday the Freshmen
smashed T-M, 66-53 Six freshmen
scored in Che double figures, led by
Rios with 20 points Gahan and Ken
Calbcott each scored 16, Gaskins
scored 13, Hardwick scored 12,
Cullum 10, Harvey 6. Jonathan
I-aNasa scored 2, and Darnel Powers
sank a free throw
The JV defeated Beeville, 62-50
Chris French, Darren Dreyer, and
Texas Riviera Golf
Tourney ToBe Held
The Professional Golf Tour is com-
' Off Kish" of the PGT, based in
Palm Dcsacrt, Cahf announced last
week that the 1100.000 Texas Riviera
InvitaUona I Golf Toumament will be
played Afnl 16-24 at Northshore
Country Club
The Teias Riviera tournament
will be omposed of 156 profes-
sionals including the sons of PGA
stars, Wayne Player. Bobby Casper
Kel Dev Ur. Denny Massengale and
KexCladweli.
local Pro, Roger Salazar of Cor
pus Christi, wi 1 also be playing and
is looking forward to his first PGT
tournament
In addition to regular play, there
wiU also be a Chanty Pro-Am
scramble on Wednesday, prior to the
start of tin tournament
Other activities during the week
include an Awards Party following
the pro-ain, Patting Contest 'with
prises i. golf clinic and a long drive
contest
PGT founder Aytch Johnson said
the tournament should be a lot of fun
and that Northshore has a fine
course and the kind of atmosphere
that makes foe a good tournament
Forty profensionals will play in the
pro-am *ith the amateur field con-
sisting of ISO
Paul Billiard, director of the tour
namenl. said James Black will be
local pros to participate in the event
He said. "We need a good local favor
to make the tournament a success
The PGT was founded
i) Johnson a nr
as been welcol
tars eager to p
on the pro circui
a year ago
ill-van and
by Johnson and E M Sul
has been welcomed by the new golf
stars eager to play and earn money
Slit.
| For additional information in the
event, contact James Black at Nor-
thshore Country flub. 643-1546
landing
freshmen boys tennis players. G-P's
Jory Ereckson won all five of his
division of the Harlingen Invita-
tional Tennis Tournament held in
Harlingen over the weekend A total
uf 24 schools sartictpsled
Jory snd bis doubler partner Scott
Trout won 111 place in doubles com-
petition in the Tuloeo-Midway tour-
nament earlier this year Jory is
currently ranked number one in
boys age 14 singles in the Corpus
Chnsti city rankings Csrl Prewit G-
P's tennis coach said. "Jory is
leading the pack of seven Urugh,
seasoned freshmen tennis players
who could set many school records
over the next four years."
Demon Perrin and David Mauldin
marched through tin doubles field
and lost a very hard fought finals
match to Guzman and Villa from
Edinburg High School Pemn and
Mauldin split the first two sets with
the Edinburg team and after a long
tough wind-hampered third set final-
ly succumbed to the Edinburg at-
tack losmg a dose one. 4-6
G-P's other freshmen doubles
team of Scott Trout and Jason Lynch
had fallen to the same team in a
Girls Softball
Registration
Starts Feb. 6
Portland Girls Softball registra-
tion dates at the Chamber of Com-
merce 902 Elm are Sat., Feb 6 from
12:00 to 4 1)0 p.m., Thurs , Feb. 11
from 7 00 to 9 00 p.m., Sat, Feb 20
from 12 00 to 4 00 p.m.. and Sat
MarrhSfrwn 12 00to4 06pm
Registration at Austin Elemen-
tary is Sal . Feb 20 from 12 00 to
2:0l)p.m.
The first practice is March 28 and
the first game is April 11
heated third round match played
late Friday afternoon
The first place win by Ereckson
and the 2nd place finish by Pemn
and Mauldin put G-P 3rd in a field of
24 valley and Corpus Christi schools
' Matt Gildon, G-P Varsity, showed
a devastating serve and volley style
of power tennis to march through the
first day of varsity singles play in
the Harlingen Invitational to win his
first two rounds with ease
In the last match of play on Fri-
day. Matt totally dominated the
tournament's number three seeded
player, Weslaco's Roland A be-da no,
7-5. 6-4 In Saturdays play. Matt
beat the number one player from
Phare-Sai Juan-Alamo and moved
into the semi-final match agalnat
Harlingen's Stephen Wright, who
was seeced second in the field of
over 61 players GUdon and Wright
played bailliant tennis bi M degiee-
heat for over 2*A hours. Gildon won
the first wt and Wright woo the se-
cond set The final set went to
Wright also The score waa 74,44,3-
I
Gildon played football the first
half of tie school year, but he baa
still managed to make the finals In
several tournaments since the
Thanksgiving holidays
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gift to ten him so: the
elegant diamond
Signature ring He I
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Neill, Lee Ann. Portland News (Portland, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 4, 1988, newspaper, February 4, 1988; Portland, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth871689/m1/7/?q=%22%22~1: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bell/Whittington Public Library.