Players of the Game: January 25, 26

By Joe Bowling
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Updated: January 27, 2021

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Every Wednesday and Sunday, we will highlight our Players of the Game from each game we broadcasted during the week. Today, we will showcase last week’s athletes on broadcasts from January 25th and 26th.

Weslaco’s Morgan Peralez scored 12 points in the road win as the Lady Panthers limited the Los Fresnos Lady Falcons 39-22 on Monday, January 25.

Mission’s Haley Garza netted 19 points in a tight contest. The Lady Eagles escaped the Edinburg North Lady Cougars 53-51 on Monday, January 25.

He was built for the moment. A huge three in crunch time and first basket of overtime penned Weslaco’s Leonard Smith as our Player of the Game Smith had double-double 22 points and 15 rebounds in the 73-66 overtime win over Los Fresnos Monday, January 25.

Brownsville Veterans’s Juju Alvarez sparked second half run to help Lady Chargers get by Mercedes 50-25 on Monday, January 25.

Harlingen’s Callie Cervantes scored 10 points as the Lady Cardinals took care of business on their short road trip in their 65-24 win over San Benito on Monday, January 25.

Harlingen’s Chris Obregon scored 11 for the Cardinals, leading Big Red in a 65-51 win over San Benito on Monday, January 25.

McMullen County’s Graham Blaha scored 10 points off the bench for the Cowboys, earning them the tally mark in the win column. The Cowboys beat San Isidro 75-38 on Tuesday, January 26.

A close first half was put to rest by Flour Bluff’s Henry Ybarra, who flushed a transition dunk in the fourth quarter and scored 17 points in the Hornets’ 74-57 win over Corpus Christi Moody on Tuesday, January 26.

Shooters shoot as they say. Kingsville King’s Nate Garcia piled 38 points in the above-century-point win for the Brahmas. H.M King topped Calallen 103-76 Tuesday, January 26.

From a 5A state semifinal football game to the court, Corpus Christi Veterans’s Cameron De La Pena netted 14 points in the Eagles’ 77-61 win over Corpus Christi Carroll on Tuesday, January 26.

Lyford’s Justin Vela wrapped up his night putting together 21 points in the Bulldogs’ home win over IDEA Donna 80-37 on Tuesday, January 26.

San Isidro’s Mia Alvarado scored a game-high 23 as the Lady Tigers upset No. 16 McMullen County 52-49 on Tuesday, January 26.

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