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20180217 STOpening-CeremonyMore than 1,000 Special Olympians gathered at Sharyland Pioneer High School last Saturday to display their skills on the court as Pioneer hosted the annual Rio Grande Valley Special Olympics basketball competition for the third consecutive year.

 

RGV Special Olympics Area 1 Director Lauro Garza said the competition has grown every year and Pioneer High’s five basketball courts gives the athletes plenty of room to have fun while showcasing their dribbling, passing and shooting skills.

 

As the world’s largest sports organization for people with intellectual disabilities, the Special Olympics transforms the lives of 4.5 million athletes in 170 countries through its sports competitions.

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People-VotingThe Progress Times deadline to accept candidate announcements for the upcoming March 6 election is Friday. Feb. 23 at noon.  Announcements received after this date must be run as paid advertising. 

 

Candidates may submit their announcements by email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.';document.getElementById('cloak27a64cc0f17382b8a69cbe753747ea6d').innerHTML += ''+addy_text27a64cc0f17382b8a69cbe753747ea6d+''; or deliver them to the Progress Times office at 1217 N. Conway Ave., Mission. Attach a jpeg portrait photo of the candidate. The jpeg must be at least 2MB in size, or 5 x 7 inches at 300 ppi. Political announcements must not exceed 600 words for individual candidates. Slate announcements must not exceed 850 words.  All announcements are subject to editing for length and uniform style.

 

Campaign announcements may be published at the discretion of the publisher and should reference only the candidate’s qualifications, platform and campaign issues. No attacks on political opponents are permitted.  Announcements will be published as space is available. 

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Vanessa-McManness-HCSO-Booking-PhotoOfficers on Monday arrested a former Sharyland teacher accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old student.

 

The case started in January, when a McAllen Police Department investigator met with the boy — assigned the pseudonym “Michael” to preserve his anonymity — and his mother.

 

They said Michael’s teacher, 31-year-old Vanessa Sarai McManness of McAllen, became friends with him on Snapchat, according to the criminal complaint. They also provided a photo of Michael and McManness together.

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20180212 Sharyland Boys Swim Team LG-03Four members of the Sharyland Rattlers’ boys swimming team are among the eight Big 7 schools’ swimmers or divers to qualify for the UIL State Swimming and Diving Meet being held this weekend at the University of Texas at Austin. The four are Luciano Farias Ramirez, Javier Suarez, Alvaro Garza and Brandon McCormick.

 

Suarez, Garza and McCormick earned this by being part of the Rattlers’ 200 yard medley and 200 yard freestyle relay teams, both of which placed second at the UIL Region VIII-5A Swimming and Diving meet held two weeks ago at the Corpus Christi ISD Natatorium. As for Ramirez, he is a member of the two relay teams as well, however he also qualified in two individual events; making him a rarely seen four event state qualifier.

 

With only the top two finishers in each event at the Regional meet qualifying for state, it took a complete team effort for the Rattlers to qualify in two of the three relay events.

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20180129 Pioneer Boys Swim Team LG-02One year after claiming the first swimming district championship in school history, the Sharyland Pioneer Diamondback boys’ swim team made it back-to-back district titles by leaving the competition in their wake at last Friday’s 31-5A District Swim Meet held at the Bannworth Aquatic Center in Mission. You could even say that the Diamondbacks, who bettered the second place Sharyland Rattlers by 37 points (171 points to 134 points), swam circles around their district opponents at this meet, but only figuratively of course.

While Pioneer’s dominance over the district runner-up Rattlers was impressive, the fact that they almost doubled the third place Roma Gladiators’ score of 88 points and more than doubled the fourth place Mission Veterans Patriots’ score of 81 points was even more-so. In addition, Diamondbacks swimmers won five individual events and one relay event to take six of the 11 events. The Rattlers took first place in the other five events, three individual events and two relays, giving the two Sharyland teams a first place clean sweep over the remaining 31-5A teams.

Pioneer junior Andrew Adkins took first place in the 100-yard breaststroke and the 200-yard freestyle and was a member of the Diamondbacks’ first place 400-yard and the second place 200-yard freestyle relay teams. In only his second year of competitive swimming, Adkins was pleasantly surprised by how well he did at this meet.

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  5. Pioneer High School names new head football coach
  6. Ancestor of Duchess of Mandarin Orange started first orange trees in RGV
  7. Sharyland’s Health Science Institute accepting applications
  8. Mission Health Fair provides free health screenings
  9. Big 7 boys hoopsters have work to do
  10. Sharyland Bannworth gym looking to expand
  11. Sharyland open enrollment program yields seven new students
  12. Looking back: The top 10 stories for the Sharyland Times
  13. Mission Veterans hoopsters sweep Sharyland
  14. Sharyland school board approves new press box for Richard Thompson Stadium
  15. Big 7 volleyball players receive honors
  16. Diamondbacks experiencing growing pains
  17. Home-grown professional soccer player returns to valley
  18. TEA: Sharyland ISD earns postsecondary distinction for 4th consecutive year
  19. Pioneer HS media club takes top honors at local film race
  20. District 31-5A basketball Lady Patriots, Rattlers and Diamondbacks looking to bounce back

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