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B ROWNSVILLE — The Brownsville Independent School District and Brownsville-South Padre Island International Airport’s Flight Academy of South Texas are getting ready to launch a CTE aviation pathway for BISD students. On Friday, the aviation academy, FAST for short, played host t...
T he Brownsville Independent School District and Brownsville-South Padre Island International Airport’s Flight Academy of South Texas are getting ready to launch a CTE aviation pathway for BISD students. On Friday, the aviation academy, FAST for short, played host to BISD officia...
The “Living with Malnutrition” seminar was part of the STHS and Prominence Health Senior Living Seminar Series, an educational initiative focused on addressing common health issues affecting older adults. Good nutrition is one of the most important, yet often overlooked, componen...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — It's Week 2 of High School Football and ValleySportsCentral has nominated three high school football teams to claim the title of Team of the Week! The nominees for Week 2 are Harlingen High, Weslaco High and McAllen High. Here are some recent hi...
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina coach Bill Belichick said Monday he believes his program “totally” has an atmosphere of following rules amid a school investigation into conduct within his football program. “Obviously everybody’s responsible, including me, for doing things...
Brandon Enos W hen Texas established “independent” school districts (ISD), the word “independent” was an intentional promise: the belief that local communities know best how to educate their own children. I would like to believe we are still a state that values local control and ...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Even though he was nearly 2,000 miles from where he'd grown up, Ryan Hopkins felt right at home as a quarterback prospect visiting Wisconsin. “I felt the energy from the city,” said Hopkins, a former three-star recruit from Mater Dei in Santa Ana, California....
STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Darian Mensah and Malachi Toney took almost no time to show how lethal a combination they can be this season for Miami. Mensah threw five touchdown passes in his Miami debut, Toney set a school-record with 234 yards receiving and the seventh-ranked Hurrica...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — It's Week 2 of High School Football, and the ValleySportsCentral continues to feature some high-scoring games. Thursday's game included PSJA North taking it to Mission Vterans 56-14 in a top-10 matchup. The Patriots trailed 35-0 at the Half, and...
M cALLEN — September is Deaf Awareness Month and starting just a few months ago, Texas residents can now get their identification cards or driver license with a new deaf or hard of hearing designation. The new option aims to improve communication between law enforcement, first re...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — It’s week two of high school football in the Rio Grande Valley, and Valley Sports Central has your Thursday night highlights. Our high school football coverage continues Friday in Harlingen, where our Valley Sports Central team will be closely f...
North Carolina football general manager Michael Lombardi has resigned, ending the tenure of an immediate hire in Bill Belichick's NFL-to-college coaching transition who had been on on paid administrative leave as the subject of a school investigation. The school announced Lombard...
By Jaden Edison | The Texas Tribune T exas’ chief financial officer requested that lawmakers double the amount of money available for the state’s private school voucher program, resulting in a total of more than $2 billion. In the appropriations request for 2028–29 biennium, Texa...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — South Texas Health System and Prominence Health will hold a Senior Living Seminar on Friday to help raise awareness about malnutrition and healthy aging. The free educational seminar "Living with Malnutrition" will take place from 10 a.m. to noo...
HARLINGEN, Texas (Valley Central) — Before an exciting week two of high school football unfolds, Valley Sports Central still has to pick the athlete of the week from week one. Hassan Woolery of the Harlingen Cardinals is our first athlete of the week for the 2026 season following...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Compudot, a local nonprofit, and Spectrum teamed up on Wednesday to distribute 50 laptops to Valley students in need. The giveaway follows Spectrum's $17,500 donation through its Spectrum Digital Education grant, a company initiative that suppor...
College football's coaching carousel was a doozy last winter, spinning wildly and putting some new faces in new places. That ride included Lane Kiffin’s closely watched move from Ole Miss to LSU. A slew of schools were desperate to find the right man to help them win games and ge...
The Pac-12, the self-dubbed “Conference of Champions” with athletic excellence going back more than a century, turned into the conference of ashes. A mass exodus of 10 schools in 15 months left the Pac-12 in tatters, dimming the future of a conference that was once the proud home...
A lthough San Perlita ISD schools temporarily closed last week due to the “rapid spread” of COVID-19 cases, local health officials reassure the slight uptick is not a concern and is, in fact, common for this time of year. Dr. Juan Castillo, Cameron County’s health authority, expl...
STAFF REPORT EDITOR’S NOTE: Coaches, don’t forget to send in your Offensive and Defensive Player of the Week nominations by 5 p.m. every Monday. Email valleysports@themonitor.com with complete game stats and a photo of the athlete. Week 1 of the Texas high school football season ...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The McAllen Independent School District is partnering with Sames Auto Group for the third time to give a high school student with perfect attendance a brand-new car. On Tuesday, the district and dealership kicked off the Annual Drive Sames for E...
E DINBURG — The UTRGV football team brought out a record crowd of 13,698 fans at Robert and Janet Vackar Stadium on Saturday, with students, alumni and fans from all over the Valley coming out for the Vaqueros 44-0 shutout victory. But before the cheering and celebrating at a res...
G ov. Greg Abbott continues his attacks on immigrants that only hurt the state and Texas residents who depend on him for leadership, and whose lives could be adversely affected with no corresponding benefit to anyone in the state. The governor recently announced that Texas school...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — ValleyCentral's Game of the Week returns! In week two of high school football, the Valley Sports Central team will follow the cross-town rivalry game between Harlingen and Harlingen South, also known as Bird Bowl. The Harlingen Cardinals take on...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The McAllen Independent School District will soon offer free American Sign Language classes to the community. Classes will be presented by the Regional Day School Program for the Deaf, a campus coordinated through McAllen ISD that serves deaf or...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Valley Sports Central has nominated three high school football teams to claim the title of Team of the Week. The nominees for Week 1 are Raymondville, McAllen Memorial, and San Benito. Here are some recent highlights of our nominees. Raymondvill...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — After a two-day district-wide shutdown due to a surge in COVID-19 cases and other illnesses, the San Perlita Independent School District is urging parents to keep their sick children home. In a letter sent Friday, San Perlita ISD said children w...
T he Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District recently announced a $15 million shortfall for the next budget year. District officials probably can find some places where they can — and perhaps should — trim the fat. But the reality is more complicated, and with the next ...
M cALLEN — The 2026 Texas high school football season is off and running, and so are the McAllen Memorial Mustangs. Senior running backs Braxton Speights and Oscar Jasso followed their blocks and let their speed do the rest, as the duo combined to score seven rushing touchdowns i...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — In week one of Texas high school football here in the Rio Grande Valley, our Valley Sports Central Team covered games in Weslaco, Mission and more. Megan, Noah and Brent have the latest from the following matchups in the video above: Weslaco Eas...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Thursday's high school football games featured some exciting matchups; the one that caught our eye, though, was Mercedes at PSJA. The Bears led 3-0 in the first half, shutting out one of the best teams in the Valley. Three straight touchdowns in...
E DINBURG — UTRGV started the Fall semester with a new first day enrollment record of 36,466 students that featured the largest freshmen class, a record amount of doctoral students and an increase in enrollment in master’s programs. From sunrise to sunset, the UTRGV Edinburg camp...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — It's week one of high school football in the Rio Grande Valley, and Valley Sports Central has your Thursday night highlights. Valley Sports Central has highlights for Mercedes at PSJA High, Sharyland Pioneer at Edinburg North, Brownsville Lopez ...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — NBC 23 is your headquarters for high school football this season. Megan Murray, Brett Holmes and Noah Gulley are bringing you Overtime, a new 30-minute show that dives into extended highlights and exclusive interviews with players and coaches. T...
Facing an opponent who has pledged to “smash the kid” and “send him back to high school,” Moses Itauma is looking more mature than his 21 years. The undefeated British heavyweight (14-0) is aiming to become the second youngest heavyweight champion in history when he takes on Fili...
The Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District recently announced a $15 million shortfall for the next budget year. District officials probably can find some places where they can — and perhaps should — trim the fat. But the reality is more complicated, and wit...
E DINBURG — Sharyland Pioneer’s first pass attempt of the 2026 Texas high school football season couldn’t have gone any better. Just seconds into the first quarter, Pioneer quarterback Malakai Galindo took a snap in shotgun, sprinted left, and hit receiver Alec Chapa over the mid...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- A tradition that dates back generations is returning to the city of Weslaco. The Tinaco Bowl is the city's biggest football game between the Weslaco High School Panthers and the Weslaco East High School Wildcats. In anticipation of the cross-ri...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — La Joya Independent School District is addressing three separate incidents at one of its elementary schools and middle schools. Officials at the district sent out a letter to the families of students at Tabasco Elementary to report that on Frida...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — There was a time not long ago when maybe four and possibly five schools had a realistic shot at the national championship — and Indiana certainly wasn't one of them. But name, image and likeness has changed the landscape of college football, bringing more teams i...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Before high school football season kicks off, take a peek beyond the sidelines with the Valley Sports Central team. From a legacy running back at McAllen Memorial looking to make his own name to a trailblazing kicker at Harlingen and Pace's Swis...
SAN PERLITA, Texas (ValleyCentral) — San Perlita Independent School District is preparing to reopen its campuses Thursday after a two-day closure prompted by a reported surge in COVID-19 and other illnesses. The district temporarily closed schools Monday and Tuesday as a precauti...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The La Joya Independent School District announced it has invested $2.7 million to purchase 18 new school buses. La Joya ISD said the investment aligns with its Achieving Excellence Together 2030 strategic plan supporting student learning and lon...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Bobcat Stadium in Rio Hondo is still under construction. The Rio Hondo Independent School District broke ground on the $6 million sports complex renovation in June. Renovations included new turf at the football, softball and baseball fields, LED...
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Just one day remains before the start of the Texas high school football season, with teams across the RGV hitting the field for their first official games tomorrow. As the first kickoff of the year draws closer, we continue our countdown with our annual preseason Top 30 players l...
McAllen Memorial’s Larae Jones, right, gets a ball past Sharyland Pioneer’s Natalia Gonzalez, left, during a game at Sharyland Pioneer High school gymnasium Tuesday August 25, 2026 in Mission. (Delcia Lopez | dlopez@themonitor.com) McAllen Memorial’s Sophia Vega, right, gets a ba...
By Jessica Priest | The Texas Tribune A n advocacy group is seeking a new federal appeals court hearing in its effort to defend the Texas Dream Act, a longstanding state law that allowed some undocumented students to pay in-state tuition at public colleges and universities. This ...
F aulk Middle School and the Brownsville Independent School District celebrated Faulk’s recent A rating by the Texas Education Agency with a pitada last Friday around Faulk’s Southmost neighborhood and a rally at the school. Many in the crowd at the school and in the parade of ho...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Progreso community will hold a barbecue plate fundraiser to honor the life of a Progreso High School student. Progreso Independent School District announced the death of high school student Alexander Salazar on Monday afternoon. The district...
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) — San Perlita Independent School District announced Monday that it will cancel school operations for two days due to a rapid spread of COVID-19 within the district. According to a news release, the district will close all campuses and offices on T...
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 ...
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...
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...
IVAN PALACIOS | STAFF WRITER The 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 “Fl...
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...
