Eric Moreno

Founded by the Society of Mary in 1852, St. Mary’s University is a private Catholic institution of higher learning that has the distinction of being the oldest Catholic university in both Texas and the U.S. Southwest.

East Central linebacker Myron Robinson, with the East team, and Coach Joe Hubbard — coaching the West team — greet each other Jan. 11 after the Navy All-American Bowl in the Alamodome. Hubbard and the West team won, 13-7, in the annual showcase for high school football athletes. NICHOLAS SIERRA/svtox.smugmug.comSome of the best high school football players in the nation converged on the Alamodome ...

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Photos by Eric Moreno, Stadium Journey
Stadium Info FANFARE Score: 3.84
Amon G. Carter Stadium2850 Stadium DrFort Worth, TX 76129
Armed Forces Bowl website
Amon G. Carter Stadium website
Year Opened: 1930
Capacity: 45,000
Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl
They have been playing the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl in Fort Worth, Texas, at historic Amon G. Carter Stadium on the campus of Texas Christian University (TCU) since 2003. Formerly the Fort Worth Bowl, the game has featured numerous ...

Photos by Eric Moreno, Stadium Journey
Stadium Info FANFARE Score: 2.71
Mabee Gymnasium
411 SW 24th St
San Antonio, TX 78237
Our Lady of the Lake University (OLLU) Saints website
Mabee Gymnasium website
Year Opened: 2002
Capacity: 1,600
The Saints of OLLU
Our Lady of the Lake University (OLLU) was founded in San Antonio in 1895 by the Sisters of Divine Providence from Lorraine, France. It is the oldest school offering degrees in Social Work in Texas. For much of OLLU’s history, it was strictl...

SAN ANTONIO - This week, the city of San Antonio lost a true icon when businesswoman Rosemary Kowalski passed away at 100. Kowalski, who famously told in stories that she never even liked cooking, founded her catering business, the RK Group, with no formal training in business.
She grew The RK Group into a force in South Texas, catering and serving food at events of all sizes and to a litany of luminaries, including President Ronald Reagan, Pope John Paul II, Queen Elizabeth II and John Wayne...

Since its founding in 2017, Successfully Aging and Living in San Antonio (SALSA) initiative was created to increase the leadership, funding and collaboration among individuals and organizations to help provide better opportunities for older adults.
This program, part of the San Antonio Area Foundation’s Community Engagement and Impact (CEI) Department, had a banner year in 2024, showing marked growth in terms of coalition partners and expansion in programming.
“One of the big ‘wins’ for us in...

Photo courtesy of the City of San Antonio
The year 2024 will go down as a monumental one in San Antonio and South Texas, especially in terms of the state of its sports venues. A once-in-a-lifetime confluence of circumstances – both planned and unforeseen – have created a moment in time that is going to impact four (and potentially five) of the city’s venues and three of its major sports teams: the San Antonio Spurs, San Antonio Missions, and UTSA Roadrunners.
These factors include a looming d...

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Stadium Info FANFARE Score: 4.14
NRG StadiumOne NRG ParkHouston, TX 77054
Houston Texans website
NRG Stadium website
Year Opened: 2002
Capacity: 72,000
Houston Texans – NRG Stadium
In 1997 the Houston Oilers packed up shop, bid goodbye to the Astrodome and Space City, and moved to the Volunteer State, Tennessee. This left the fourth-largest city in America without professional football for the first time since 1960. The ensuing years would be frustrating...

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My beloved hometown of San Antonio is known the world over as a true food lovers’ paradise. We – and I almost exclusively use “we” when talking about the Alamo City – were the second city in the United States to be recognized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Creative City of Gastronomy.
If you want it, we’ve got it. The Best Tex-Mex in the state? Yep, that’s ours (come at me everyone else; this is the hill ...

Photo courtesy of Dave Campbell's Texas Football
Growing up in Texas, many of us are introduced to two distinct versions of the “Bible” – there is the one revered worldwide across virtually all Christian religions, and there is the one found on the desks of every football coach from Amarillo to Brownsville, Beaumont to El Paso, and all points in between. The latter would be Dave Campbell’s Texas Football (DCTF).
For those who are completely unaware, football – especially high school football ...

On Wednesday, December 4th, Lone Star Sports and Entertainment and ESPN Events – the joint partners that present and own the annual Texas Bowl – announced a new a new title sponsor that will begin this season. Texas based company Kinder’s will serve as the new title sponsor for the game, which will feature a matchup of a Big 12 team against an SEC team at NRG Stadium in Houston on December 31st.
According to a news release, Kinder’s is recognized as “a leading...

The East Central Hornets kneel for a team prayer before the Quarterfinals game begins against Lake Travis Nov. 29. The Hornets ultimately fell to the Cavaliers, 7-52. While the Hornets did not get the result they wanted, they ran an outstanding season and claimed the Bi-District and Area championship titles. ERIC MORENO/ContributorHeading into their matchup in the third round of this year’s playof...

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SAN ANTONIO - The population of people 85 and older – those most likely to need care – is expected to grow exponentially in the coming decades. They often face progressively debilitating conditions, often requiring around-the-clock care that falls to family members.
According to the National Council on Aging (NCOA), there are currently more than 53 million family caregivers nationwide. This care is often unpaid for, the caregivers often forced to either sacrifice working hours at their primar...

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Stadium Info FANFARE Score: 2.86
Crowley ISD Multi-Purpose Stadium
9900 Hemphill St
Fort Worth, TX 76134
Texas Wesleyan Rams websiteCrowley ISD Multi-Purpose Stadium website
Year Opened: 2022Capacity: 8,000
Texas Wesleyan Rams – Crowley ISD Multi-Purpose Stadium
Located in Cowtown, USA – aka Fort Worth – is Texas Wesleyan University. Founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1890, the university started fielding athletics teams beginning in 1908. The ...

When the matchup was announced, East Central Head Coach Joe Hubbard knew that his Hornets were going to have to be at their best if they hoped to keep their playoff drive alive. The gritty Weslaco Panthers were all that they were advertised to be when they met the Hornets at Shirley Field in Laredo on Nov. 22. When the final whistle sounded, the Hornets had prevailed by a final score of 37-30 to move on to the next round of the playoffs.

“We just knew going in that this was going to be a toug...