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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The votes are in for our Week 8 Team of the Week. Weslaco East earned the top spot with 770 votes, or 53% of the vote. Los Fresnos came in second with 355 votes, or 24% of the vote, and Harlingen came in third with 352 votes, or 23%. ValleyCentral thanks [...]

Highlights from the Pioneer vs. Sharyland and Mission vs. Mission Veterans volleyball matches.

The Southland Conference released its preseason basketball polls, ranking UTRGV’s women’s team third behind Lamar and Stephen F. Austin and the men’s team fifth under new coach Brandon Chambers. Both Vaqueros open the season on November 2 at home in Edinburg, a key date for local fans eager to see the teams start play.

UTRGV’s football squad sits 2‑3 in conference play, tied for seventh, after road losses and injuries, but maintains a perfect 10‑0 home record dating back to last season. The Vaqueros must still face the conference’s top three opponents—Stephen F. Austin, Lamar and Houston Christian—with Lamar and Stephen F. Austin slated as the final two home games.

The 2026 UIL Region 28 5A‑6A Marching Contest’s 84th Pigskin Jubilee took place Saturday evening at Bobby Morrow Stadium in San Benito, featuring marching bands from across the Rio Grande Valley. The Harlingen High School South band, directed by Ronnie Rios, performed “The Night Window” and earned a Division 1 rating that qualifies them for the area competition in Laredo on Oct. 31, while other schools displayed colorful uniforms and enthusiastic crowds.

HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Our ValleyCentral Game of the Week is Sharyland vs. Pioneer! Our Valley Sports Team will be highlighting the matchup on Friday to bring you live coverage, starting at our 6 p.m. newscast. You can catch all the highlights on Overtime, a new 30-minute show on NBC 23 at 10:30 p.m. High school [...]

KRGV Sports Director KJ Doyles speaks with UTRGV Head Football Coach Travis Bush about the Vaqueros on the road loss to the University of Incarnate Word.

5 Star Plays highlights the best plays during RGV high school football season. Catch it every Sunday on Channel 5 news.

HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — In Week 8 of High School Football, Valley Sports Central has nominated three teams for Team of the Week. The nominees are Harlingen, Weslaco East and Los Fresnos. This week, the Cardinals went into pharr and knocked off the valley's top-ranked team, PSJA North 15-9. As for the Wildcats, they trailed [...]

HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — It’s week eight of high school football and the Valley Sports Central team has your highlights on Overtime. Sports Director Megan Murray and Sports Reporters Brett Holmes and Noah Gulley are bringing you live coverage from PSJA at Brownsville Vets and Harlingen at PSJA North. Week 8 High School Football

UTRGV football traveled to San Antonio on Saturday evening to take on Incarnate Word looking to earn its first road win of the season. Watch the highlights and postgame reaction from UTRGV head football coach Travis Bush on the video above.

HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — In this edition of Mic’d Up, Photojournalist Diego Tijerina follows Weslaco East Head Coach Carlos Cuellar as the Wildcats take on Brownsville Hanna. The Wildcats were down by 14 at halftime. In the locker room, Cuellar had some inspiring words for his team. "Don't get down on yourself," Cuellar said. "Right [...]

Lady Diamondbacks Fend off Palmview; 30-5A District Standings Tighten As the sun finally sets on this year’s RGV Volleyball season, the Sharyland Pioneer Lady Diamondbacks soak up every drop of its glow. There aren’t days, minutes, practices, sets, classes, or games to waste. Every moment is a chance to improve; an opportunity to…

With the final month of the 5A-2 Region IV District 16 schedule on the horizon, the Sharyland High Rattlers host the La Joya Juarez- Lincoln Huskies tonight in what could have major implications for the outcome of the district. Both teams are riding a wave of confidence following last week’s slate of games, and…

HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Valley Sports Central has your Thursday night highlights for week eight of high school football. Sports Director Megan Murray brings you highlights from Weslaco East at Hanna. Noah Gulley brings you highlights from Mission at McAllen Memorial and Brett Holmes has highlights from Sharyland Pioneer at PSJA Southwest. Our live coverage [...]

HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — What started as a hobby for Gleb Dudin has turned into a career that has earned him the highest title attainable for chess players and a spot on his national team at one of the world's most prestigious chess tournaments. Dudin, 22, a senior at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, [...]

The Santa Rosa High School football team will forfeit all its non‑district games after the district discovered an ineligible player on the roster. The school district said it self‑reported the oversight and emphasized that the forfeitures apply only to non‑district contests, leaving district games and the team’s playoff eligibility unchanged. The Warriors had been 4‑2 in non‑district play before the sanction.

The UTRGV women’s soccer team, struggling with three consecutive losses and no conference wins since Southland play began in mid‑September, hopes to break the streak on Thursday. They will host Nicholls at the UTRGV Soccer and Track & Complex at 6:30 p.m., a game that could keep their tournament hopes alive with only five matches left.