Mission Vets wins Donna tourney; Pioneer fourth at Spikefest

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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 Vanessa Espinoza 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.

Pioneer, Palmview, Hidalgo 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 to eventual champion Amarillo in a tight 26-14, 25-19 match.

The Diamondbacks then dropped the third-place match to Calhoun 25-21, 25-16. Pioneer finished fourth overall out of 32 schools. Amarillo defeated CC Veterans Memorial for the championship 25-15, 25-11.

Palmview advanced to the Silver Bracket and defeated Arlington Heights 26-24, 9-25, 15-12 to advance to the semifinals, bur fell there to San Antonio Lee 25-21, 25-11.

Hidalgo played into the Bronze Bracket but fell to Tuloso-Midawy 25-7, 25-7. The Pirates defeated Arlington Sam Houston during pool play 25-21, 24-26, 15-10.