District 16-3A Division I (Bishop) District 16-4A

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August 24, 2014
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District 16-4A Division I (H.M. King)
Hidalgo Pirates
Taihi Jones enters his second
year as coach of the Pirates, and
they have made the playoffs each
of the last two years, falling both
times to the H.M. King Brahmas.
The Pirates and Brahmas will
face each other for the fifth time
in three years this season, but
with the exception of their first
meeting, the Bulls have handled
the Pirates successfully.
Hidalgo went 4-8 last year and
will look to get past the firstround hurdle of the playoffs this
year.
La Feria Lions
La Feria comes into the new
district with some familiarity
against the other teams, being a
fellow Rio Grande Valley school.
The Lions went 6-5 last season,
including a bi-district playoff
loss to fellow district member La
Grulla.
La Feria will have an
experienced defense in place with
a young offense, but are hoping
that the speed and quickness of
those young players will be able
to offset their youth.
Oscar Salinas is the coach of the
Lions.
La Grulla Gators
The Gators went 7-3 last season
and, like H.M. King, advanced to
the area round of the playoffs.
La Grulla has been a tough team
in recent years, and the Brahmas
could not clinch their district title
until beating the Gators in the
final week of the season.
Troy Trillayes was selected
as Texas Football magazine’s
preseason offensive most valuable
player in the district.
Former Texas A&M UniversityKingsville quarterback Abel
Gonzalez is the coach of the
Gators.
Zapata Hawks
The Hawks were a playoff team
last year and also advanced to the
area round, giving the district
three teams that went that far last
season.
Zapata has a majority of their
starters returning and will be
senior-heavy this time around,
hoping that will help them push
further into the postseason after
finishing 5-7 last year.
Coach Mario Arce runs the
slot-T offense for the Hawks,
putting the running game at a
premium for Zapata.
District 16-3A Division I (Bishop)
Aransas Pass Panthers
Aransas Pass finished second in
the district last season and advanced
to the area round of the playoffs,
losing to eventual state champion
Cameron Yoe by just eight points.
The Panthers, coached by
Antonio Villalon, will have a lot of
new starters this year, but a majority
of the new starters got their share of
playing time last season so should
be able to slide right into their spot.
Falfurrias Jerseys
The Jerseys got off to a strong
start last year, but faltered in district
games.
After starting the season out at
4-1, they ended at 5-5.
Falfurrias is returning players all
over the field, including the entire
secondary on defense.
Max McGehee is the head coach
of the Jerseys.
Lyford Bulldogs
The Bulldogs will be moving
down in a classification this season
after competing in 3A last year and
finishing 1-9.
The Bulldogs are the team in the
district that was most affected by
realignment, as all the other schools
were in the same classification in
the previous years.
Lyford, coached by Jaime Infante,
will have another young team
again this year, but are hoping the
adjustment to a new division will
help them.
San Diego Vaqueros
Bo Ochoa’s Vaqueros just missed
out on a playoff spot last year after
going 4-5.
San Diego had won the district
title the previous season, and
despite not having the same amount
of success, kept the same system,
which relies heavily on the ground
game.
That is something that should not
change this season as the Vaqueros
look to get back to the postseason
party.
Santa Rosa Warriors
The Warriors won a district title
last year in coach Arturo Garcia’s
first season with an 8-3 record, but
had a disappointing loss in the bidistrict round of the playoffs against
Goliad.
Even after all the regular season
success, the Warriors are still
looking to improve in Garcia’s
second year and are looking for
added success in the playoffs.

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