Mission Veterans freshman Mady Perez was named MVP as the Patriots defeated city rival
Mission High 25-21, 16-25, 15-2 to capture the Donna ISD tournament Saturday Donna High School.
The Patriots defeated Edinburg Economedes before downing Laredo Martin to set up their rivalry matchup. Meanwhile, Mission defeated Brownsville Hanna and Brownsville Pace to reach the title match.
Edcouch-Elsa won the Silver Bracket, while Weslaco East captured the bronze and Donna North the Ruby title.
Along with Perez being named MVP, teammate Sophia Pacheco was named to the all-tournament team. Also
named to the all-tournament team was Mission’s Joslyn Rodriguez and Vanessa Espinosa, Laredo Martin’s Camila Ontiveros, Pace’s Natalie Sosa and Edcouch-Elsa’s Tamara Leal.
Local teams fare well at Spikefest
Sharyland Pioneer won all three of its matches during the first day of the Corpus Christi ISD Spikefest tournament and advanced to the championship bracket semifinals before falling Corpus Christi London in the semifinals.
The Diamondbacks then won the third-place match against SA Sotomayor 25-21, 25-16. Pioneer finished third overall out of 32 schools. CC Veterans Memorial defeated London for the championship.
Palmview advanced to the Gold Bracket as well after defeating San Antonio Lee and CC Ray but fell to CC Veterans and Gregory Portland during bracket play.
Brownsville Lopez won the Bronze Bracket, defeating San Antonio Lee after downing Corpus Christi Moody in the semifinals. Jasmine Cortinas was named to the Bronze all tournament team.
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