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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.

Wednesday, February 13, 2013  He was an all-state linebacker for Edcouch-Elsa 15 years ago, now Joe Marichalar takes over the tumultuous Yellowjacket football program as head coach

Wednesday, December 19, 2012  Three Yellowjackets defenders and one EE offensive lineman were elected to the Texas 4A 1st team, surprising many upstate.

Friday, December 14, 2012  A back-and-forth contest with many lead changes in the last quarter ended with the Edcouch-Elsa boys basketball team coming out on top of Donna in La Feria's CE Vail Tournament.

Sunday, December 09, 2012  Edcouch-Elsa head football coach and athletic director Joe Solis was fired by the EEISD school board Saturday morning, after 10 successful seasons with the Jackets.

Saturday, December 01, 2012  Three early fumbles by Edcouch-Elsa turned into 21 quick points for San Antonio Brennan, and the Yellowjackets could not recover from that deficit, exiting the playoffs after a tumultuous season.

Friday, November 30, 2012  Edcouch-Elsa beat number 8 in the state Port Lavaca Calhoun for an area championship, the 1st time in five tries La Maquina Amarilla has gotten past the Sandcrabs in the playoffs. For that, the Yellowjackets are named the Rio Grande Valley Chevy Dealers Team Of The Week!

Friday, November 23, 2012  For the fifth time in the past 7 postseasons, Edcouch-Elsa and Port Lavaca Calhoun square off in the second round. But this time was much different than the rest, as the Yellowjackets had an answer for every move the Sandcrabs made, and shocked many football pundits upstate by defeating previously unbeaten and 8th ranked Calhoun to advance to a regional semifinal game with San Antonio Brennan Friday in Kingsville.

Friday, November 02, 2012  With defensive coordinator Joe Garcia serving as interim coach, Edcouch-Elsa got past the distractions of the past week and won a crucial game at Pharr Valley View, clinching the Jackets a playoff berth while eliminating the Tigers.

Wednesday, October 31, 2012  A controversy about the Edcouch-Elsa Yellowjackets football team practicing more than allowed hours ended with its coach being suspended and the team having to forfeit two games.

Saturday, October 27, 2012  Edcouch-Elsa fans may have been riled up about their rivalry game with Mercedes, but the EE players were calm, cool, and collected in a business-like dispatching of the Tigers. Now the Yellowjackets wait to see how the UIL state executive committee will rule this week concerning the possible forfeiture of their season.

Friday, October 19, 2012  Edcouch-Elsa fell behind early at PSJA Southwest, but the Yellowjackets rallied to score 38 unanswered points to defeat the Javelinas.

Friday, October 12, 2012  Coming off of a big loss in Mission and filled with uncertainty about their 2012 season, Edcouch-Elsa channeled their frustrations into their best performance of the season, a high-scoring shutout of visiting Mission Veterans.

Wednesday, October 10, 2012  In a stunning bit of symmetry, Edcouch-Elsa volleyball came back from two sets down to stage a comeback win at Mission Veterans, just 3-1/2 weeks after the Patriots did the exact same thing on the Yellowjackets home floor.

Wednesday, October 10, 2012  The state-ranked Yellowjackets volleyball team got their top player back from injury just in time for a tough pair of back-to-back district tests, and EE started with a home win over Mission.