SAN ANTONIO — The Edinburg High Bobcats will have to stomach essentially giving away Saturday night’s area round game to Del Rio for the rest of the offseason.

The Bobcats held on for as long as they could despite five turnovers before the Rams finally put the game away late, scoring 14 points off of those errors in a 22-12 victory at Alamo Stadium in San Antonio.

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

SAN ANTONIO — Last week, the Edinburg High Bobcats showed exactly why games are won on the field and not through any kind of verbal engagement. Outside of the Bobcats community, very few if not any thought Edinburg could pull off what some were calling the improbable.

All signs just seemed to be pointing in Brownsville Hanna’s direction. The Golden Eagles had everyone convinced they would roll by after winning nine straight en route to the District 32-5A crown.

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Class 5A

Division I

Region I

Area

Odessa Permian (8-3) vs. Arlington Martin (7-4), 1 p.m. Saturday, Abilene's Shotwell Stadium

Euless Trinity (9-2) vs. Plano (5-6), 5 p.m. Saturday, Cowboys Stadium

Odessa (9-2) vs. Arlington (9-2), 7:30 p.m. Friday, Odessa's Ratliff Stadium

Coppell (10-1) vs. Plano East (7-3), 11 a.m. Saturday, Cowboys Stadium

Region II

Area

Dallas Skyline (11-0) vs. DeSoto (9-2), 6 p.m. Saturday, SMU's Ford Stadium

Class 5A

Division I

Region I

Area

Odessa Permian (8-3) vs. Arlington Martin (7-4), 1 p.m. Saturday, Abilene's Shotwell Stadium

Euless Trinity (9-2) vs. Plano (5-6), 5 p.m. Saturday, Cowboys Stadium

Odessa (9-2) vs. Arlington (9-2), 7:30 p.m. Friday, Odessa's Ratliff Stadium

Coppell (10-1) vs. Plano East (7-3), 11 a.m. Saturday, Cowboys Stadium

Region II

Area

Dallas Skyline (11-0) vs. DeSoto (9-2), 6 p.m. Saturday, SMU's Ford Stadium

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.

LAREDO — Del Rio’s big-play game in the first half and all-around tough defense was plenty enough to beat Donna 31-7 in a Class 5A Division I bi-district playoff on Saturday at the Student Activity Complex. It was the Rams’ first playoff win since 1971.

Del Rio (9-2) will face Edinburg High (6-5) in the area round at 6 p.m. Saturday at Alamo Stadium in San Antonio.

After a historic season of high school sports in the Rio Grande Valley, it's hard to overlook the stellar jobs done by the Valley coaches who led their teams to new feats of success.

At the Second Annual RGV All-Star Sports Awards Banquet on June 16 at Yeckel Auditorium at MMA, one coach will be recognized as the Coach of the Year.