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Caption: Coach Jack Henry receives the district championship trophy from Buck Mundy, as the Tigers look on.

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Caption: John Norris. Discus. Third in discus at district.

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Caption: Game Summaries

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Caption: Girls' Volleyball

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Caption: Tomas Fonseca district and regional champ drives a long one.

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Caption: Joe Winston presents Mr. Cernosek with the trophy the Mercedes Tigerettes won at the Woodsboro Tournament.

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Caption: H.B. Rogers Tiger weight man heaves the shot put. He won district and regional and finished second at state.

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Caption: Sylvia Verduzco Livia Garcia and Elva Garcia hold Distrcit first place trophy

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Caption: Dennis Clifford district singles Champion congratulates Bill Russell

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Caption: H.B. Rogers. Shot put discus and sprint relay. First in shot at district and regional and second in discus at district and regional.

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Caption: Hector Gorena strides out in the open quarter-mile dash. Gorena was the only boy to qualify for the state meet.

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Photograph of 1956 Mercedes High School Track Runner Sauceda Taking Place In Regional and State

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Caption: Wayburn Dalton goes over the hurdles. He places in both hurdle events at district.

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During these five lessons, the students learned a small portion of what the Rio Grande Valleys culture consists of through the Mercedes Livestock Show and Rodeo. In the first lesson we informed the students about the jobs that are in our community as…

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An article about the Mercedes Livestock show. There were competitions, such as "Cover Girl" and "World's Champion Rodeo."

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An article explaining a tradition from Charro Days called 'La Merienda.' The article talks about the costumes that are typically modeled during this event.

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Caption: Mission 30-30. Team picture. Photograph, ca. 1940. Loan of the Bernardo Peña Baseball Foundation.
Top row, L - R: Chano Gonzalez, Pharr Pitcher; Pepe Barrera, Short-stop; Ernesto Flores, Pitcher/Fielder; Ernesto Contreras. Shortstop;…

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Undefeated baseball team

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All district champions, 1939

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Caption: The girls' volleyball team practices long hours to prepare for their games. Shown going through a drill in one of the practices are left to right: Dianne Seitz, Alicia Vela, and Ester Pena

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Caption: Members of the girl's volleyball team are shown here. Left to right front are: Mary Seitz, Gloria Lopez, Elsa Alaniz, Alicia Vela, Ester Pena, Doris Davis, Iris Garza, Aida Cavazos, Dianne Seitz. Back row, left to right: Nora Pena, Martz…

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Article in the Valley Morning Star describing latest local high school basketball tournament
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