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Friday, April 19, 2013  After serving only 16 months as the head football coach and athletic director at 3A Hidalgo high school, Scott Ford is leaving to take the same position at 2A Elysian Fields in East Texas.

Friday, April 12, 2013  The Hidalgo baseball squad has been one of the best in the Valley all season, but the Pirates didn't acheive their 1st goal of the season, making the playoffs, until shutting out the Bobcats in Rio Hondo.

Thursday, March 07, 2013  With wins over bigger schools like PSJA, Rio Grande City, Roma, and Mission, the Hidalgo Pirates senior-laden ballclub is making some noise on the Valley baseball scene.

Saturday, December 29, 2012  Earlier in Pirates Classic pool play, the Hidalgo boys basketball team defeated Mission, but when the two teams had a rematch in the title game, it was the Eagles who came out on top.

Friday, December 28, 2012  Hidalgo won again to complete round robin play undefeated and take the top seed for bracket play in their Pirate Classic Tournament.

Friday, December 07, 2012  Hidalgo quarterback Shea Patterson may just have finished his freshman season with the Pirates, but that didn't stop University of Arizona coach Rich Rodriguez from offering Patterson a scholarship to play for the Wildcats.

Friday, November 09, 2012  It was a simple case of win or turn in your pads for the Hidalgo Pirates, and Scott Ford's squad came through in the clutch at La Feria, scoring the final points of the game in overtime to clinch themselves a playoff spot while eliminating Rio Hondo from postseason contention.

Friday, November 02, 2012  In a game played at Harlingen South HS, Kingsville King eliminated Hidalgo from the 3A volleyball playoffs in 4 games.

Friday, October 26, 2012  In a reversal of roles, it was Hidalgo that used a pounding rush attack and strong defense to win on the road at Port Isabel, meaning 4 of 5 teams in District 32-3A are tied in losses at one apiece.

Wednesday, October 24, 2012  On the eve of their first practice of the year, Harlingen South's boys basketball team finds themselves state-ranked in the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches pre-season poll, joining three local girls squads who also made the cut.

Friday, October 19, 2012  Despite losing their star quarterback to injury last week, despite not scoring in the 1st half in Hidalgo, despite being down three points with 37 seconds left to play in the game, somehow, someway, the Rio Hondo Bobcats defeated the Pirates in stunning fashion.

Wednesday, October 17, 2012  It took seven weeks to get here, but finally the Hidalgo Pirates are taking the field in District 32-3A this week, hosting Rio Hondo in the first of only four league games.

Friday, October 05, 2012  The final non-district matchup for Hidalgo went just as Coach Scott Ford must have wanted: with his quarterback back from injury and going for big gains against a tough 3A foe.

Saturday, September 15, 2012  The Valley View Tigers welcomes their closest neighbors, the Hidalgo Pirates to Tiger Stadium, and the two teams put on a great show with Valley View staying on top and running their record to 3-0.

Thursday, September 13, 2012  While Pharr Valley View and Hidalgo high schools are separated by only 2.5 miles, and the two have had some heated football games in the past, the Tigers now look at their matchup with the Pirates as just another opportunity to prepare for District 32-4A action, and not as a heated rivalry.