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Wednesday, March 13, 2013  A black-throated sparrow proclaims his territory from atop a spiny yucca, while nearby a cactus wren sings from a thorny branch.

Saturday, February 23, 2013  Rio Grande City wrestler Lisa Gonzalez is the Valley's newest state champion, taking home the gold medal at 148 pounds from the UIL tournament in Austin. Minutes after winning the title, Lisa joined Action 4 Sports reporter Joe Bowling live during Action 4 News at 6pm. Lisa was one of 5 local wrestlers who came home with medals, the Valley's best ever showing in that sport.

Thursday, September 27, 2012  Action 4 Sports is streaming LIVE VIDEO of two high school football games tonight.

Friday, August 03, 2012  Friday afternoon in London, Rio Grande City's Stephen Saenz represented Mexico in the 2012 Summer Olympic Men's Shot Put competition. Saenz scratched on his first and second throws, but marked an 18.65 meter throw on his second. Unfortunately, that was not enough to make the top 12 and qualify for the final.

Saturday, April 21, 2012  In the 5A boys soccer state title game, the Sharyland Rattlers trailed Katy Morton Ranch by a goal with 5 minutes to play, but came back to force overtime, then rebounded from being down 2-0 in the shootout to win 3-2 and claim the championship.

Saturday, November 26, 2011  The Mustangs had the home field advantage but it wasn't enough. San Antonio Reagan held off McAllen Memorial in McAllen, as the Mustangs had the ball and a chance to tie with under a minute to play. McAllen Memorial's 1st loss of the year ends their season at 12-1.

Thursday, October 13, 2011  Former Rio Grande City track & field star Stephen Saenz is preparing to make a run at the 2012 Olympic games

Thursday, October 06, 2011  Donna high school called an emergency 30-5A District Executive Committee meeting Thursday in McAllen to discuss possible actions against Sharyland linebackers coach Felipe Barerra, caught on video taunting the Redskins sideline in last Friday's game between the two teams. .

Wednesday, October 05, 2011  Sources close to the Sharyland football program say their linebackers coach has been suspended for one week for making rude gestures towards the Donna sidelines after the Rattlers' 17-15 last-second win.

Monday, October 03, 2011  The Sharyland football players and coaches rushed the field to celebrate their game-winng field goal as time ran out in their game with Donna, but one coach went too far, using rude gestures to taunt the Redskins, and it was all caught on video.

Sunday, January 09, 2011  In a poem Israel Sanchez wrote in the second grade, he described himself as a running, playing smart, silly flipping, super kid, skipping, super reader (and) jumping. He also illustrated himself as an angel.

Thursday, January 06, 2011  He was a breath of fresh air for so many people who had forgotten what it meant to treasure each and every moment, but Israel Sanchez didn't have many more breaths to take in this lifetime and he knew that when we introduced you to him a few weeks ago.

Friday, November 28, 2008  Both the Rio Hondo Bobcats and Sharyland Rattlers were eliminated in Week 3 of the playoffs on Friday.