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One of the nice things about holidays is that you get a day off to relax and enjoy visiting friends.

Texas State raced by USC Upstate, 82-50, on Friday inside the Chiles Center at the Portland Classic in Portland. 

After falling 63-45 to Round Rock Westwood last week, taking silver second place at the Champion Classic, the Lady Rattlers have bounced back with two big wins of their own. 

Texas State rallied from a halftime deficit to defeat Cal Poly, 54-42, on Wednesday at the Portland Classic inside the Chiles Center in Portland, Oregon. 

Former Texas State head coach Everett Withers used to ask his players this question about what legacy they wanted to leave. 

“What do you want on your football tombstone?” 

Celie Contreras always wanted to be a Rattler.

Actually, she just wanted to be like her older sister, Carlie. But Carlie was a Rattler, so Celie wanted to be a Rattler, too.

Here are some sidebars to the main pursuit stories.

San Marcos senior middle blocker Shyeann Lampkin was named to the 26-6A All-District second team, head coach Michelle Moreno announced last week.

The first quarter was a defensive clinic. 

The Trojans found their sweet spot.

A.J. Krawczyk says it would take him a couple days to express how he feels about Everett Withers. 

Texas State’s mission was simple this season. 

Texas State’s defense did all it could to propel the Bobcats to victory. 

San Marcos lost its first game of the season Thursday night to Richland, 46-40, moving the Lady Rattlers to the silver pool for the second round of the Champions Classic inside the Snake Pit.

This past week was a bit unusual in that a very cold Arctic front came through about a month early. It caught a few runners unprepared for the extreme below freezing temperatures.

Texas State had to shatter the lid.

KYLE — Momentum was on San Marcos’ side. 

The Rattlers, who entered the third quarter down by 14, went on an 11-0 run to get to within 41-36 midway through the third period.