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STAFF REPORT Week 1 of the Texas high school football season has arrived with a loaded slate of games on deck across the RGV. Arguably none is bigger than the return of the Tinaco Bowl as No. 2 Weslaco High takes on Weslaco East in the RGVSports.com Game of the Week. Kickoff for ...
Families and residents can continue enjoying weekend public swim hours at Sams Pool and Gonzalez Pool through August 30. Whether you’re looking to cool off after a busy school week, spend time with family, or squeeze in one more summer swim....
T he Los Fresnos Consolidated Independent School District earned an A accountability rating from the Texas Education Agency for the 2025-2026 school year and received the Post-secondary Readiness Distinction in results announced by TEA last week. The district’s 2025–2026 accounta...
STAFF REPORT Less than one week remains before the start of the 2026 Texas high school football regular season, with games officially set for Aug. 27. As the first kickoff of the year draws closer, we continue our countdown with our annual preseason Top 30 players list, featuring...
By Bryan Ramos | Staff Writer EDINBURG — Before embarking on a coaching career that would take him across Texas, and into Washington and Florida for stops at the NCAA DI and NFL levels, UTRGV running backs coach Marco Regalado first fell in love with football right here in the 95...
STAFF REPORT Less than one week remains before the start of the 2026 Texas high school football regular season, with games officially set for Aug. 27. As the first kickoff of the year draws closer, we continue our countdown with our annual preseason Top 30 players list, featuring...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Valley Sports Central is kicking off the 2026 University of Texas Rio Grande Valley football season with a 30-minute Vaqueros Nation special. UTRGV finished the 2025 season with a 9-3 record and went undefeated at home, making it the most succes...
T he 2026 high school cross country season is off and running, with roughly three weeks of competition in the books. The action continued this week with a trio of meets taking place across the Rio Grande Valley. The week began with Friday’s Mission “Fly Like an Eagle” Invitationa...
STAFF REPORT Less than one week remains before the start of the 2026 Texas high school football regular season, with games officially set for Aug. 27. As the first kickoff of the year draws closer, we continue our countdown with our annual preseason Top 30 players list, featuring...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Faulk Middle School in Brownsville was recognized by the Tigres del Norte after receiving an A-Rating for overall campus performance from the Texas Education Agency. According to the TEA 2026 accountability results, Faulk Middle School scored a ...
A spokesman for the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley has confirmed that the university is considering the Madeira master-planned residential community in north Brownsville for the site of a new engineering education facility. Patrick Gonzalez, UTRGV vice president for market...
STAFF REPORT Less than one week remains before the start of the 2026 Texas high school football regular season, with games officially set for Aug. 27. As the first kickoff of the year draws closer, we continue our countdown with our annual preseason Top 30 players list, featuring...
PORT ISABEL, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A Port Isabel father says he never imagined he would be afraid to leave his own home. Now, he says his family is considering leaving the country after what he describes as a frightening encounter involving an unmarked vehicle near his children...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- Texas Governor Greg Abbott highlighted the Pharr-San-Juan-Alamo Independent School District in a recent discussion about excellence in education and top-performing schools across Texas. Abbott held a conference on Tuesday with state leaders abo...
Bryan Ramos | Staff Writer EDINBURG — The countdown to Year 2 of UTRGV Vaqueros football has officially hit single digits as we conclude our RGVSports.com position room breakdowns with a two-for-one special, hitting the quarterback and tight end rooms. Both positions were questio...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Employees of the Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District will receive a pay raise for the upcoming school year. The pay raise is part of the district's compensation plan, which was approved on Monday by the PSJA ISD Board of Trustees. T...
Editor's note: This story has been updated throughout. HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — An 8-year-old student brought a gun to Aiken Elementary School on Wednesday, according to the Brownsville Independent School District. The gun belonged to the student's 27-year-old mother, w...
IVAN PALACIOS | STAFF WRITER EDITOR’S NOTE: This story continues our position-by-position look at the top returning high school football players in the Rio Grande Valley. Follow the series in the coming weeks as we count down to the release of our annual Top 30 players list. The ...
EDWARD SEVERN | STAFF WRITER EDITOR’S NOTE: This story continues our position-by-position look at the top returning high school football players in the Rio Grande Valley. Follow the series in the coming weeks as we count down to the release of our annual Top 30 players list. The ...
Bryan Ramos | Staff Writer EDINBURG — Year 2 of UTRGV Vaqueros football is 10 days away as we wind down our RGVSports.com position room breakdowns before shifting focus to kickoff against UT Permian Basin on Saturday, Aug. 29. Entering the offseason, the Vaqueros had multiple hol...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Texas Southmost College is hosting "Sting Day," a back-to-school bash where students celebrate the start of the fall semester. This year, TSC is welcoming students, their families and the community to celebrate with food, music, games and giveaw...
IVAN PALACIOS | STAFF WRITER LOS FRESNOS — Diego Torres entered his junior year with high expectations for himself. As a sophomore, the speedster established himself as a force on the football field for Los Fresnos while also setting school records on the track. He showed flashes...
Bryan Ramos | Staff Writer EDINBURG — The countdown to Year 2 of UTRGV football, as does RGVSports.com ’s position room breakdowns of the 2026 Vaqueros. Today’s visit takes us into the trenches with the UTRGV defensive line, a unit featuring run stuffers on the inside and a group...
Joseph Villarreal T he Los Fresnos Consolidated Independent School District on Monday approved an employment contract naming Joseph Villarreal as the district’s new superintendent of schools. The action came at a special called LFCISD Board of Trustees meeting. It followed the bo...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District employees gathered at the Bert Ogden Arena on Tuesday to highlight the successes of the 2025-2026 school year and introduce new ongoing initiatives for the upcoming year. According to a PSJA spoke...
E DINBURG — UTRGV football fans are set to see some changes to their available food options such as fajita as the university rolls out a Rio Grande Valley-inspired menu. UTRGV Dining Services held an event on Saturday at the Robert & Janet Vackar Stadium to showcase the food avai...
E ducation in the Rio Grande Valley has long fought negative characterizations, both of the schools and of the families whose children need a good education to help improve their future prospects. Absenteeism in the past was high, higher education offerings were inadequate, and p...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Monday marked the first day back to school at the McAllen Independent School District. To start the school year on a positive note, students from Thigpen-Zavala Elementary had McAllen ISD Superintendent Rene Gutierrez ride along with them on the...
Bryan Ramos | Staff Writer EDINBURG — The countdown to Year 2 of UTRGV Vaqueros football continues, as does RGVSports.com ’s fall camp position room breakdowns leading up to Week 0. Through spring ball, summer workouts and fall camp, the biggest question surrounding the Vaqueros ...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — IDEA Palmview welcomed its first-ever senior class on Monday for the first day of school. The campus first opened in 2020 and added one grade level each year. Six years later, the campus is fully scaled and is celebrating its first-ever senior c...
E very single team across the Rio Grande Valley is officially back on the practice field this week as the countdown to kick off of the 2026 Texas high school football season continues. With Week 1 of the regular season less than two weeks away, the RGVSports.com staff continues i...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Los Fresnos Consolidated Independent School District announced it has officially approved the employment contract of Dr. Joseph Villarreal as Superintendent of Schools. According to a news release from Los Fresnos CISD, the Board of Trustees...
Los Fresnos Izzy Guerra, right, slams a ball past Edinburg Vela’s Lily Carter, left, during the championship match pound fest at McAllen High school gymnasium Saturday August 15,2026 in McAllen. (Delcia Lopez | dlopez@themonitor.com) Edinburg Vela’s Madeleine Luedeker, left, hit ...
IVAN PALACIOS | STAFF WRITER EDITOR’S NOTE: This story continues our position-by-position look at the top returning high school football players in the Rio Grande Valley. Follow the series in the coming weeks as we count down to the release of our annual Top 30 players list. The ...
Bryan Ramos | Staff Writer EDINBURG — The countdown to Year 2 of UTRGV Vaqueros football continues, as does RGVSports.com ’s fall camp position room breakdowns leading up to Week 0. Today, we’ll dive inside a Vaqueros running back room featuring several returners who ran wild dur...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — With back-to-school season underway, kids might feel nervous about heading back to class. Bob Cooper, a licensed clinical social worker and the director of Utilization Review at STHS Behavioral, has tips for parents to support their children's m...
Students at Texas Southmost College (TSC) and The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) can ride BMetro free of charge by simply showing a valid school identification card to the bus driver....
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — As Rio Grande Valley school districts begin a brand new year, students are not just going back to the classroom — they're also resuming their sports activities. While student athletes across the Valley practice hard to have a successful season, ...
EDWARD SEVERN | STAFF WRITER EDITOR’S NOTE: This story continues our position-by-position look at the top returning high school football players in the Rio Grande Valley. Follow the series in the coming weeks as we count down to the release of our annual Top 30 players list. The ...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Students heading back to school Friday morning will be greeted by warm temperatures and clear skies, with readings expected to range from 80 to 83 degrees across the Valley. Conditions will remain quiet early, but southeast winds will gradually ...
Bryan Ramos | Staff Writer Every single team across the Rio Grande Valley is officially back on the practice field this week as the countdown to kick off of the 2026 Texas high school football season continues. With Week 1 of the regular season less than two weeks away, the RGVSp...
M ost Rio Grande Valley students are back in class by now, and parents can enjoy the break from having to keep their children occupied and out of trouble during the summer break. Many students and families now reflect on the past few months — a “what I did on my summer vacation” ...
As students head back to the classroom, the City of Brownsville Parks and Recreation Department is giving local children and teens a fun, active, and welcoming place to spend their afternoons....
Bryan Ramos | Staff Writer EDINBURG — We continue our fall camp position room breakdowns of the UTRGV football team with a dive into the Vaqueros’ defensive backfield. UTRGV’s secondary combined to make 11 interceptions, force five fumbles and recover four fumbles in their inaugu...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Many students across the Valley are heading back to school this week, including those in the Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District, who kicked off their first day Tuesday morning. ValleyCentral paid a visit to one school to see how ...
Bryan Ramos | Staff Writer Every single team across the Rio Grande Valley is officially back on the practice field this week as the countdown to kick off of the 2026 Texas high school football season continues. With Week 1 of the regular season less than two weeks away, the RGVSp...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — It might be back to school season but Mother Nature is still giving us hot, humid and sunny weather across the Valley. A high-pressure system that is centered over the state of Louisiana enforces a little to no rain weather pattern, high tempera...
MCALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Food insecurity is rising across Texas, and college students in the Rio Grande Valley are among those feeling the impact of higher grocery and gas prices. New data from Feeding America shows Texas’ food insecurity rate increased from 17.6% last ye...
Bryan Ramos | Staff Writer EDINBURG — The UTRGV Vaqueros have wrapped up Week 2 of fall camp as the countdown to Year 2 of college football in the Rio Grande Valley continues. Three weeks from today, UTRGV will kick off the 2026 season against UT Permian Basin at 7 p.m. Saturday,...
McAllen ISD Homer J. Morris Middle School sixth-grade math teacher Alissa Shirah was named one of the Rio Grande Valley’s teachers of the year by the Region One Education Service Center. (Courtesy: Region One Education Service Center) R egion One Education Service Center (ESC) an...
T he Brownsville Independent School District and its roughly 33,000 students are heading back to classes on Monday with a new sense of optimism now that Timothy Cuff is the district’s new superintendent. Cuff was named the lone finalist for the job earlier this summer and started...
STAFF REPORT EDITOR’S NOTE: Coaches, please send corrections or results to ivan@themonitor.com. 38th Annual Yellow Jacket Invitational Carlos F. Traun Middle School Elsa, TX BOYS 5K INDIVIDUAL 1. Ryan Aguirre, Mission High, 16:18.74; 2. Rosbel Galvan, Edinburg Economedes, 16:32.8...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The first day of school is coming up and ValleyCentral is asking for back-to-school pictures! Whether it is your kids or yourself heading out for class, we want you to share it with us. Teachers and college students are also more than welcome to...
Bryan Ramos | Staff Writer EDINBURG — Over the next three weeks, RGVSports.com will take you inside fall camp with the UTRGV Vaqueros as they prepare to kick off the 2026 season against UT Permian Basin in front of a sellout crowd on Saturday, Aug. 29 at Vackar Stadium in Edinbur...
Bryan Ramos | Staff Writer EDITOR’S NOTE: This story continues our position-by-position look at the top returning high school football players in the Rio Grande Valley. Follow the series in the coming weeks as we count down to the release of our annual Top 30 players list. The 20...
As students across Brownsville head back to the classroom, the Brownsville Public Library is helping families start the school year with confidence by providing free, on-demand access to professional tutors through Tutor.com....
Bryan Ramos | Staff Writer EDINBURG — Before kicking off their inaugural season in 2025, the first-year UTRGV Vaqueros were predicted to finish 10th out of 10 teams in the Southland Conference’s preseason poll. After a 9-3 record in Year 1 and going 5-3 in conference play to fini...
A cclaimed actor and engineering enthusiast Terrence Howard visited Edinburg last week to meet with UTRGV in regards to a potential research and development project. He is developing omnidirectional flight vehicles under his company “Lynchpin By Terrence Howard.” The company deve...
E DINBURG — UTRGV fifth-year defensive back Jordan Ford lives by the motto, “Stay down til you come up.” Hard-working, humble, and hungry, the Tyler, Texas native made stops at two different junior colleges before ultimately landing a spot with the Vaqueros as a walk-on last seas...
H ARLINGEN — The young musicians stood in ready formation and played haunting and mysterious riffs about gargoyles creeping through the night. The gargoyles dark and gothic may only come out after dark, but last week the Harlingen High School South marching band told the story of...
