Oscar Mojica (108 pounds), George Rincon (141 pounds), Errol Spence (152 pounds) and LaDell Williams (201 pounds) made their families, coaches and "Big D" proud and will all advance to the National Golden Gloves in Little Rock, Arkansas, beginning May 3rd.  Rincon and Spence were particularly impressive throughout the proceedings.

Rincon actually had a tougher time in his semi-finals bout than he did in his championship winning effort.  San Antonio's Ryan Karl was a tad quicker than Rincon and put up a good fight before being badly hurt and nearly knocked out in round 3.  In the final, Rincon had the State Title in his back pocket by round 2, when he staggered Adam Castillo of San Antonio.  From there, Castillo attempted to hold every time George got close to him.  It was to no avail as Rincon was clearly stronger, got the better of every clinch and hurt Castillo again with a counter uppercut in the 3rd.

Spence, the defending National Golden Gloves champion, breezed in his semi-final against Gilberto Chacon (Twin Cities).  Chacon came out aggressively but quickly paid for it when a right hook staggered him, then he absorbed a ferocious body battering.  Another right hook led to a standing 8-count and Chacon retired, citing an injured elbow, after a mere three minutes with Spence.

In round 2, Spence jabbed to the body, connected with a southpaw 1-2 that made Prograis hold and a left hook to the head.  The tough warrior was now bleeding from the nose.  The 3rd was even more one-sided as Spence seemingly couldn't miss with the left hook, staggered Prograis with a right hook and unloaded another southpaw 1-2 before the bell.

Though Ft. Worth came home without a title this year, they did have two young men in the finals; Carlos Alcala (108 pounds) and Charlie Uriostegui (178 pounds).  Marchristopher Adkins (165 pounds) and Erick Hernandez (201 + pounds) lost in the finals as well, representing Dallas.