The Northwest Vista Cross Country team ran in the Battle of HILLotes this past weekend. It started off a little cold but was great running weather. The course was definitely a battle of Hills for the Half Marathoners and 10k runners.

Again Northwest vista College was very well represented by an amazing team, that did fantastic. All 11 athletes that ran placed overall or in their age group. There were several teams participating in the race with about 1,000 participants overall, but none had as many members as we did on the podium.

In addition, the team volunteered to help with packet pickup, during and after the race. NVC was well represented as was apparent by the sea of purple shirts handing out race shirts, medals, water/Gatorade and packing up equipment (even after running the race). The race director was very impressed and said he had never seen such a hard working and disciplined group of volunteers. Continue reading “NVC Cross Country Represents at HILLotes Run” →

On Wednesday, Oct 19, the NVC’s men’s and women’s basketball teams traveled to Victoria to play Victoria College in Southeast, Texas.

The Victoria Pirates – the women’s league defending champions – came out immediately with a full-court zone trap that netted them the first six points of the game. NVC Coach Daniel Johnson called a time out to settle his team down and provided a game plan to beat the trap.

After the time out, the Wildcat women came out clawing and scratching to tie the score. Afterwards, the cats came out with a full-court, man-to-man trap that caused numerous turnovers and a 74-63 win for Vista.

The Vista men are the back-to-back league champions and have been beating teams down for the last two years. However, this year with only two returning players and other teams getting hyped to play against our men, the new players have not quite found their flow or how to adjust to very competitive teams in the league.

The first half of the game was very aggressive and exciting basketball as both teams had small leads only to lose the lead due to better defense. At the half, NVC was down by only four points, 36-32. At the start of the second half, Victoria came out and hit four baskets in a row and Vista was never able to recover with missed free throws. The final score was Victoria 90, NVC 82.

The next game for both teams is at Northwest Vista College Huisache Gym vs the University of the Incarnate Word. The women play at 6pm an the men’s team play at 8 pm.

The NVC’s women volleyball team played its first game on Oct. 20 at the Huisache gym vs. San Antonio College. After a few nervous serves and losing the first set in front of a huge crowd, the Lady Wildcats relaxed and played with a lot more intensity – winning three straight sets out of five in less than an hour.

The NVC women’s volleyball team plays again on Oct. 27 at the NVC Huisache gym against St. Philip’s College.

Northwest Vista College’s club sports programs are off to a good start – stomping much of the competition coming their way.

NVC Cross Country:

The Northwest Vista Cross Country team had a great Oct. 1 weekend at the SWTJC Cross Country Meet in Uvalde. The men and women both ran a 5K course and both teams came in second place behind Texas Lutheran University.

On the men’s side, coming in first for the NVC Wildcats was Sergio Luero – he was 9^th overall. Following close behind him was Freshman Nelson Villa in 10^th and Freshman Rudy Orozco in 11^th place. Aaron Beattie and Micah Florence were the final points earners for the team coming in 21^st and 23^rd, respectively. Aidan Garza and Jason Hunt were right behind in 24^th and 25^th.  Rounding out the strong showing was Jorge Aguilar in 31^st, Husam Al-Samti in 33^rd and David Allen in 34^th.

On the women’s side, every runner counted towards the point as the team only had five runners. Karla Presa finished strong with a third place finish, breaking up a perfect score by TLU. Zoey Viera and Yaritza Sandoval were in the top 10 in the field, finishing 8^th and 9^th. Abigail Arredondo and Gabby Urrabazo round out a strong showing by the women, finishing in 15^th and 16^th.

The Wildcat Cross Country team will travel to the University of Incarnate Word next Saturday, October 8^th to finish out their college racing season.

NVC Soccer: 

Team coach David Galino said the NVC Soccer team is currently undefeated and untied in the Texas Collegiate Soccer League D-Conference.

They have an opportunity, if they continue to win, to win the team’s first conference championship. The team has defeated: the University of Houston, Texas A&M, A&M Corps of Cadets, University of Arkansas- Costatot, and Texas Tech. The Wildcats go up next against San Angelo State and Tarrant County College.

NVC Men’s & Women’s Basketball:

Both teams play St. Philip’s College (SPC) on Oct. 5 at the Huisache Gym on campus. NVC Men 86; SPC Men 89. NVC Women 58; SPC Women 30.

The two-time defending league champs, NVC Men’s team got off to a slow start while SPC came out firing five 3’s in a row. NVC battled back to tie the game in the 2nd qt. From then on, it was an exciting back and forth game. In the end, NVC’s Jhamir Trott attempted a 3pt shot hitting the back of the rim and time ran out. NVC was led by Rolando Villalobos & Taizel Cooper both with 21pts.

NVC Women by the end of the first qt. had a commanding lead of 18-2 and never looked back. Ausset Culberson came off the bench to lead all scorers with 15 pts follow by Emily Castor with 12pts.

• Wed. Oct 12 -Men & Women: Palo Alto College @ Northwest Vista College
• Wed. Oct 2- Men & Women: University of Incarnate Word @ Northwest Vista College
• Wed. Nov 2- Men ONLY @ 7:00pm: Texas A&M SA @ Northwest Vista College
• Wed. Nov 9 – Men & Women: Lackland AFB @ Northwest Vista College
• Wed. Nov 16 – Men & Women: San Antonio College @ Northwest Vista College
• Sat. Dec 10 -Women Only: St. Edwards Univ. @ Northwest Vista College   1pm

Women Volleyball Schedule: Games at 7pm

• Oct 20: Sac @ NVC
• Oct 27: SPC @ NVC
• Nov 3: Trinity Univ. @ NVC
• Nov 17: TAMUSA @ NVC
• Dec 1: Victoria College @ NVC
• Feb 23: TU @ NVC
• Mar 2: PAC @ NVC
• Mar 9: TAMUSA @ NVC
• Mar 30: NLC @ NVC

For more information, contact Daniel Johnson at [email protected]

The Northwest Vista Cross Country team had a great showing at their season opener hosted by Our Lady of the Lake University.

The race took place at Windcrest Golf Club with the boys running an 8K and the girls running a 5K. There was some good competition as Texas A&M Kingsville, Trinity, Incarnate Word and Sul Ross were all an attendance, to name a few schools.

The Vista men’s team placed 6^th place beating out Schreiner University and Sul Ross!

Finishing first for the Wildcats was Freshman Nelson Vila, coming in 35^th with a time of 31:32. Javier Ramirez was 43^rd with a time of 33:00, Vincent Del Pino wasn’t far behind in 47^th with a time 33:24, Adam Soto was 49^th with a time of 35:54, Aaron Beattie was 50^th with a time of 36:16, and Micah Florence was 52^nd with a time of 37:25.

The girls didn’t have a team but still had great finishes. Karla Presa finished in 28^th with a time of 21:53 and Yaritza Sandoval was 45^th with a time of 26:50.

The student athletes have been training really hard for the last three weeks and can’t wait to see improvement at their next race on October 1^st in Uvalde.

The Northwest Vista College Distance Team had an awesome showing at the Northside Education Foundation 5K held at Sea World on May 8.

The ladies had a fantastic race day, with every member placing in the top 3 in their age group. The first runner in for the ladies was Karla Presa. She was the 2^nd overall female & the first in the 15-19 age category. She ran a personal best of 19:26 for the 5K. In the 20-24 age category, the Wildcats swept the field. Placing first in the age division was Vienna Garcia, second place was Lauraly Wade and third was Esther Lucio.

The boys also ran really well. Adam Soto was the first male for the team. He came in 1^st in the 20-24 age group, and right on his shoulder was Javier Ramirez, placing 2^nd. Robert Dreamkowski was 4^th in this age division and not far behind was Gilbert Rodriguez placing 8^th. Aaron Beattie had an excellent run and was just one place out of placing 4^th in the 15-19 age category. This was a tough category with the top two winning the overall male race.

The team has one more race, held at Texas A&M San Antonio, at the end of the month before they break for the summer.