11-11-2019 State Cross Country Results 2019

This past Saturday, November 9th, the Pirates from Lytle competed in the final race of the 2019 season against the best in the State. It was a perfect day with beautiful temperatures and very little wind. Many Pirate followers were there to see these fine athletes compete.

10-28-2019 Lytle Cross Country at Regional IV-3A Cross Country Meet

I told the Cross Country runners before we left on Sunday, October 27th, that if they were not ready to accomplish the goals I had set for each team...then they needed to get off the bus. Of course, no one would ever embarrass themselves and get up, so of course they were stuck with trying to achieve them. For the girls, it was beating the two District foes that we had just lost to over a week and a half ago. For the boys, it was WINNING....BUT....first trying to make it in. And I had to do that because it was the first time we were running our FULL TEAM and we haven't had everyone training like we would have liked due to all the injuries.

10-28-2019 Regional Cross Country Meet

Congratulations to the Varsity boys for being Regional champs for only the 2nd time in our history and defeating the #4 team in the State and stopping their 9 year reign over the region!!! Congratulations also to Freshmen Eisabel Guerrero for also qualifying for State as she came in 15th which was good enough to sneak her in!

10-15-2019 Lytle Cross Country District at Dilley

Your Lytle Cross Country team traveled down to Dilley yesterday, October 14th, for their final Meet of the regular season, the District 30-3A Cross Country Meet. Like most sports teams, staying healthy throughout the season is key for one's success. This year we were hit very hard with injuries. We had some that tried to do too much too quick, some that wore equipment that may have caused the problem, some ran through things instead of sitting and some of it was just bad luck. Regardless the reason, we had to compete without 2 of our best runners in both Varsity boys and Varsity girls. I told the runners before we got off the bus that we would find out if we had a program or not, if we were able to fill those spots with JV runners and not lose a beat. I can't say that we are quite just there yet, but we did have some great performances at a time we really needed them.

10-8-2019 JH Cross Country District Meet in Dilley

We began with the ladies racing the course. The “follow me” vehicle took a quicker turn making the course shorter than 2 miles, but every lady ran the same course, so I was fine with the race. The ladies ran with heart today in less humid but warm conditions. After the race was over the results were held until the awards ceremony. Because all the girls ran together it was difficult to tell who was a 7th Grader and who ran for the 8th Grade. I felt the ladies ran well and I want to highlight one 7th Grade young lady. Celeste Guerrero started on the first day of practice and she never missed a practice. She didn't practice fast, but she worked. At Devine she ran her first mile at 11:00. Today she ran a 9:03 and finished as the fifth girl at 20:13. Her effort allowed every lady to receive a 3rd place team medal and a plaque.