Sports

The Bay City High School boys’ soccer team is 0-1 in district 27-4A and the girls team is 1-0 after the two teams tangled with El Campo on Monday. 
    The boys came up short in their game 3-2, and the girls recorded a solid 6-1 win over the Lady Ricebirds. 
    Scoring goals for the boys team were Gavino Zamora and Zair Garcia. 
   On the girls side, LeJay Longoria scored two goals, and Araceli Cabellero, Ashley Nelson, Madison Trevino, and Whitney Muskiet each contributed one.  

   When baseball season arrives, Van Vleck High School will unveil a new memorial to its beloved former student – and VVISD employee – Joe Ros.
   School board members approved plans last week to name the school’s baseball field in Ros’s honor.
   The field, which does not currently have an official name, will be christened as “Joe Ros Field” during a ceremony before the Van Vleck baseball team’s first scheduled game on Feb. 22, said VVISD Superintendent John O’Brien.
   “Joe was on the first baseball team at Van Vleck, and he served in the military in the late ‘80s,” O’Brien said, “so this will be a great tribute to him.”
   Ros was a VVISD administrator and local community leader for many years before his death last summer. 
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Basketball players at Bay City, Tidehaven, and Van Vleck High school  had better have their game faces ready by now. After Friday, they’ll all be finally embroiled in district play.
   For both Van Vleck teams, the pressure of district games may already be starting to seem like old hat: the girls won their district opener nearly a month ago and, at 3-1 in district 24-3A, were set to take on Hempstead for district game number 5 at press time on Tuesday. The boys, meanwhile, are 2-0 in district were also set to play in Hempstead on Tuesday. 

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    Van Vleck girls and boys basketball teams were the first in Matagorda County to start district play for the 2015-2016 season. And going into to Tuesday night, they were off to a perfect start. 
   The Lady Leopards improved to 2-0 in district 24-3A after a 44-25 drudging of Boling Jan. 2. They had previously handled Danbury 56-26 on Dec. 15. 
   The boys team, meanwhile, also beat Boling 47-43 in its district opener Jan. 2.
    Both teams are looking to make it back to the state playoffs this season after first round exits last year.

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    The Bay City Texans semi-pro football team is now 2-0 in its pre-season after a 18-0 win over the Houston Lobos in Pearland, December 19. 
   The game was part of a five-game “Jamboree” toy-drive at Pearland High School’s stadium (aka The Rig). Fans of the 10 Houston-area teams in the event brought in more than 2,000 toys that will be donated to needy children, said Texans owner Rudy Guzman. 
  The Lobos are known in semi-pro football circles for being tough on defense, but, with the shut-out that came a week after a 36-7 blow out of the Edinburg Landsharks,  the Texans now have the Houston football world talking about their own defense.     

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