GAME AUDIO
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2009 ARCHIVED VIDEO CONTENT
Video of Harlingen High-SA Southwest
Video of Edinburg High-Brownsville Hanna
Video of Edinburg High-Edinburg North
Video of Mission Veterans' Raul Becerril
Video of Rio Hondo's Maverick Hunter
Video highlights of McAllen Memorial-Sharyland
Video of Los Fresnos' Estephan Wilson
Video highlights of Mercedes-Weslaco East
It’s that time of year.
The Thanksgiving holiday brings a lot more than just giving thanks in high school football.
It also ushers in the phenomenon known as “Valley Week,” normally the third round of the state playoffs that pits a 5A team from the RGV against a San Antonio or Austin-area Region IV team.
Based on the records over the last 19 seasons, it’s no wonder teams and fans in the Alamo City have some extra pep in their step during the week in November/December against their neighbors to the south.
EDINBURG – Simon Edwards’ brief athletic career can be summed up in two words:
Patience and perseverance.
Those two things came together last Friday when Edwards spurned off a career-high 207 yards on 15 carries in a 28-24 Cougars victory against undefeated Sharyland in a Class 5A Division II playoff at Cats Stadium.
The win sends Edinburg North to the third round of the playoffs for the first time in school history. The Coguars (9-3) play San Antonio Brandeis (11-1) in a Region IV semifinal at 4 p.m. Saturday at the Alamodome in San Antonio.
Ask PSJA head coach Mel Rios and he'll tell you just how tough District 31-5A really is.
Rios' Bears came in fifth place in 31-5A this season losing to the second through fourth place teams by a combined score of five points.
PSJA High lost to Edinburg North by three points, 31-28 in a nailbiter from the start.
The following week, the Bears lost to the Edinburg High Bobcats 33-32 in overtime.
Then in Week 10 with the Bears officially out of the postseason, PSJA High went for the win late in the game but came up short on the two-point play for the 21-20 loss.
Editor's Note: Keep checking back to this file on RGVSports.com throughout the weekend as playoff pairings, along with the time, date and place of the games, become finalized.
Thursday Nov. 12
BI-DISTRICT
CLASS 4A Division I
Flour Bluff 55, Mission Veterans Memorial 35
Friday Nov. 13
BI-DISTRICT
CLASS 5A Division I
Harlingen High 41, San Benito 21
Edinburg High 18, Brownsville Hanna 14
San Antonio Southwest 58, Rio Grande City 28
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AREA ROUND GAME STORIES
Harlingen fends off Southwest for Westlake rematch
PSJA North recovers from 21 down to beat Eagle Pass
Mission High comes up short against Gregory-Portland
Cougars' defense denies Rattlers in red zone for upset
Bobcats' playoff run falls short against Rams
This time, late heroics fall short for Tigers against Sandcrabs
AREA ROUND FEATURES
EDINBURG — Edinburg North and Sharyland have so much to play for at 7:30 p.m. on Friday night at Cats Stadium that it is almost easy to forget that the teams collide in a Class 5A area round game.
The game arrives with an element of revenge, with the guarantee that no matter what happens history will be made and with a couple of Sharyland streaks on the line. All that without even mentioning that it will be the only playoff game played in the Rio Grande Valley this weekend and possibly the last played in deep South Texas this season.
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Valley-Boys basketball schedule
Editor’s Note: Coaches are asked to e-mail their schedules to wbaker@themonitor.com or fax them to (956) 683-4401.
Nov. 16
Non-district
Weslaco High at Mercedes, 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 17
Non-district
PSJA Memorial at McAllen Memorial, 7:30 p.m.
Harlingen South at Sharyland, 7:30 p.m.
La Joya Palmview at Mission Veterans, 7:30 p.m.
Brownsville Pace at Harlingen High, 7:30 p.m.
Brownsville Lopez at PSJA High, 7:30 p.m.
Roma at PSJA North, 7:30 p.m.
Valley-Boys basketball schedule
Editor’s Note: Coaches are asked to e-mail their schedules to wbaker@themonitor.com or fax them to (956) 683-4401.
Nov. 16
Non-district
Weslaco High at Mercedes, 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 17
Non-district
PSJA Memorial at McAllen Memorial, 7:30 p.m.
Harlingen South at Sharyland, 7:30 p.m.
La Joya Palmview at Mission Veterans, 7:30 p.m.
Brownsville Pace at Harlingen High, 7:30 p.m.
Brownsville Lopez at PSJA High, 7:30 p.m.
Roma at PSJA North, 7:30 p.m.
