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A.D. Ibarra
-Eagle Pass
In an unprecedented gesture by a corporate sponsor, Brown Chevrolet of Eagle Pass undertook a monumental reward system on Friday at Graves, Henry B. Gonzalez and the EPISD ECC, by giving each and every student who had perfect attendance free pizza.
State Representative Pete Gallego was on hand Friday Evening at the EPISD Sports Complex Football Stadium as the Del Rio Rams came into town to take on the Eagle Pass Eagles. Thousands of fans streamed into the stadium in hopes that their team would come out on top of this decades-long rivalry. A sea of blue and white came with their uniformed noise-makers on one side and a complete sell-out on the home side decked out in Burnt Orange and White were on hand early to witness the potential District 29-AAAAA Championship. Del Rio dominated early and their defense stifled the Eagle Attack that came back last week to defeat Laredo United, coming away with a 49-0 win with one game remaining in the regular season. Read more on page 8.
A.D. Ibarra
-Eagle Pass
The scene was set as over 6,000 fans filed into the EPISD Sports Complex to witness what could've very well been the game for the District 29-AAAAA championship. State Representative Pete Gallego was on hand to be in charge of the traditional coin toss which was won by Eagle Pass who deferred to the second half and when the referee indicated that Del Rio would be receiving the opening kickoff, the 2,500+ Ram Fans who came in force let their collective voices be heard for the first time. Whatever the case may have been on this evening, these fans would get their money's worth as the Rams bolted to a quick lead after their first drive, running without starting QB Jorge Fernandez, the Rams came out in a wildcat formation snapping directly to Claudio Arizpe for a quick first down.