Unbeaten East Central navigating 27-6A cautiously
Mike Considine, Staff writer
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It’s a familiar sports adage to take games one at a time. You don’t always hear it from coaches of first-place teams, though.
For East Central coach Eric Vasquez, it’s a truism in District 27-6A. The district is stacked from top to bottom, in baseball and most other sports.
The Hornets (15-5-2, 7-0) were tied with Smithson Valley (19-3, 7-0) for the district lead after defeating Judson 5-1 April 6. East Central took the lead in the bottom of the fifth when two runs scored on passed balls. Ace pitcher Brian Forke shut down the Rockets (4-9, 2-5) the rest of the way.
The Ralph Stocker Stadium is an 8,000-seat facility situated at the corner of 12th Street and North Avenue, where high school and college football games are played, track and field events happen, marching bands compete, and thousands of students walk each year during commencement exercises.
Known as the Lincoln Park Stadium when it opened in 1949, it was officially named the Ralph Stocker Memorial Stadium in June of 1972, to honor the man credited with its development.
Ralph F. âRedâ Stocker (spelled like grocery âstockerâ but pronounced like fire âstokerâ) was born March 10, 1900, in North Judson, Indiana. He came to Colorado with his family at the age of 9, graduated from high school in Delta and attended Hoel Ross Business College. Stocker was 26 when he began working for the city of Grand Junction in April of 1926. He was employed by the water department for one year, the street department for two years and finally was transferred to the parks depa
NFL star from Judson feeds hundreds
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Seattle Seahawks cornerback and former Judson standout Tre Flowers distributes boxes of bottled water at a meal and water distribution at Rutledge Stadium on Feb. 20. Flowers, a 2013 Judson High School graduate who was selected by the Seattle Seahawks in the fifth round of the 2018 NFL Draft, assembled a team of volunteers to create the food and water distribution in Converse.Marvin Pfeiffer /Staff photographer
When the mercury plunged into the single digits in Converse, Seattle Seahawks cornerback Tre Flowers was on vacation in Puerto Rico, where sandy beaches, palm trees and crystal blue water are a daily occurrence.
Board races in San Antonio s Judson ISD have familiar faces, plus others new to politics
March 3, 2021
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Incumbent Judson ISD board member Rafael Diaz, 37, faces a challenge from Emilio Silvas for the District 7 at-large seat.Rafael Diaz /Show MoreShow Less
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Emilio Silvas, 50, is challenging incumbent Rafael Diaz for the District 7 at-large seat on the Judson ISD board.Courtesy Emilio Silvas /Show MoreShow Less
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Jose A. Macias Jr., 50, a former Judson ISD board president, is running against Evette Livingston for the vacant District 4 seat on the board.Courtesy Photo / Judson ISD /Courtesy Photo / Judson ISDShow MoreShow Less
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