Pete's Pride <![CDATA[Pete's Pride]]> http://my.hsj.org/Portals/2/logos/__TFMF_h3m00hjofwdbcf55dj0ex0mi_d4c9080c-6fc6-4de1-8db0-953074fc19a1_0___Selected.jpg en-us Copyright 2008 - All Rights Reserved. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:36:20 GMT 15 <![CDATA[NHS Inducts 17 Members at Ceremony]]> By Daniella Martinez


Daniella Martinez
Diamond Winburne lights her candle at the NHS Induction Ceremony with club advisor Dennis Hataway.

On November 16, the La Vega Chapter of the National Honor Society had the Fall Induction Ceremony in the auditorium, beginning with an introduction by club advisor Dennis Hataway, who said afterward, full story > ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:59:59 GMT <![CDATA[Football and Track Star, “Wolf”...Who Is He?]]> By Patrick Powers


Patrick Powers

Yes, CJ “Wolf” Willis, there is more to him than just being an aggressive football player with good looks. He is an artist, actor, dancer, singer, writer, counselor, a great athlete, an A&B student, a full story > ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:55:37 GMT <![CDATA[Freshmen Boys Win BB Opener]]> By Clay Cody
Last night, the La Vega ninth-grade boys basketball team raced past the Reicher Cougars, 79–3, as Gerald “Big” Horne paced the Pirates in scoring with 15 points, and Roderick Stubblefield added 10 poi full story > ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:20:54 GMT <![CDATA[Calendar of Events: What's Up in November?]]> By Hayley Stevens
Nov. 11 Veterans’ Day Parade Nov. 13 End of Second Six Weeks Nov. 16 Beginning of Third Six Weeks Nov. 20, 24 Early Release Nov. 25-29 Thanksgiving Holiday VARSITY FOOTBALL Nov. 6 @Lorena full story > ]]> Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:09:19 GMT <![CDATA[Which Teacher at LVHS Likes to Scuba Dive?]]> By Ashley Ferguson


Ashley Ferguson

If you guessed Jeff Davies, you’re correct! The new media instructor only recently wanted to be a teacher because “I’m at the point in 'My journey' where I wanted to give back. I have been ver full story > ]]> Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:56:44 GMT <![CDATA[Lady Pirate Teams Cruise Past Mart in Opener]]> By Larry Breen


Patrick Powers
The frosh ladies huddle with Coach Freeman in the win over Mart.

Showing themselves in mid-season form already, the Lady Pirate basketball varsity jumped out to a 33-16 halftime lead over the Mart Lady Panthers and eased on down the hardcourt road from there in the full story > ]]> Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:52:28 GMT <![CDATA[Time for Some Holiday Reading: LMC Features New Books]]> By Diane Dietiker


Diane Dietiker
Three LMC aides check over the new selections.

Darius, Ruth, and Jeimy looking through boxes of new books SOME OF THE NEW BOOKS: Bleach 21-28 StolenOne Lost Symbol, and several new TAKS books • P. C. Cast books – another set full story > ]]> Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:49:41 GMT <![CDATA[JV Closes Out Football Season with 36-6 Win over Lorena]]> By Larry Breen
Congratulations to the La Vega JV football team after it finished the season Thursday night Nov. 5 by defeating the Lorena Leopards, 36-6, to finish with an overall record of 8-1 (4-0 in district). Th full story > ]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:25:59 GMT <![CDATA[First Six Weeks' Honor Roll, Perfect Attendance Released]]> By Sal Acosta/Kendra Herrera
"Perfect Attendance" First Six Weeks Jenifer Acosta Estefania Aguliar Brittany Anderson Denise Anderson Brenda Baez Nathaniel Bainbridge Cody Beaird Chasity Carter Keli Cobb Miguel Cortez St full story > ]]> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:54:26 GMT <![CDATA[Junior Wins Another Baylor Award]]> By Dustin Liendo


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Junior Dustin Liendo receives an award from LVISD School Board President Henry Jennings.

My full name is Dustin Gilbert Liendo. I was born April 21, 1993. When I was six, my house burned down. My older brother Alfred had gone to school, and then everybody went back to sleep, everybody exc full story > ]]> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:31:34 GMT <![CDATA[Nineteen Journalism Students Attend Yearbook Worksho]]> By Rosa Tenorio
At the Fall Jostens Yearbook workshop on Oct. 1, nineteen journalism girls from the high school learned about yearbooks and what could make them better. Students and their advisors from nine other hig full story > ]]> Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:57:02 GMT <![CDATA[First Portable in, Others on the Way]]> By Larry Breen


Larry Breen
Workers level the first portable behind the NJROTC building.

So what's going on behind the NJROTC building? Yep, it's the first portable in place for some of the new teachers to have their own classrooms and stop traveling down the hall between classes with the full story > ]]> Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:47:54 GMT <![CDATA[Pirates Edge Robinson, Drill Groesbeck, Lose at Lorena]]> By Larry Breen


Jabo Rubin
Arron Brandon plows through the Robinson line.

What a game it was, four overtimes at Rocket Field Oct. 23 in a grudge match between Robinson and the Modocs. All that was talked about the week of and at the RHS pep rally was what La Vega “did” to k full story > ]]> Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:11:53 GMT <![CDATA[Need a Good Movie to See? Try This One…]]> By Efren Avila



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It’s one of the best holidays of the year; no, not Christmas. Halloween! I’m sure you’re glad that it fell on a weekend this year so that we could still have time to go out late into the night trick o full story > ]]> Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:51:29 GMT <![CDATA[Ruiz, Martinez Qualify for CC Regionals]]> By Larry Breen
At the District 19-3A Cross Country Meet at Connally Junior High Oct. 28, two Pirates placed in the top 10 and will be heading to regionals, Fabian Ruiz (who placed seventh in the varsity boys' race) full story > ]]> Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:32:24 GMT