The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
It was always going to be tough for the sixth seed Charros to make it through the first round of the Mexican Pacific League playoffs, but the fans, and the Charros themselves, probably did not envision a four-game sweep at the hands of the top-seeded Aguilas de Mexicali.
The Mexican soccer league, Liga Mx, restarts this weekend with both Guadalajara teams looking to improve on an unexceptional 2015
Canada captured the team title at the World Water Ski Championship during five days of intense competition and high-octane action hosted by Chapala’s Boca Laguna ski club.
The Charros de Jalisco finished the year with a 30-38 record, managing to take the sixth and last playoff slot ahead of the Naranjeros de Hermosillo and last year’s Mexican Pacific League (LMP) champions, Tomateros de Culiacan.
Jalisco garnered eight points in the two halves of the LMP season to earn the right to face the top-seeded Aguilas de Mexicali in the first round of the playoffs.
Many locals still pine for those good old days when the world’s elite female golfers descended on Guadalajara each November to participate in the annual Lorena Ochoa Invitational at the Guadalajara Country Club.
Guadalajara’s two leading soccer teams – Chivas and Atlas – will both be happy to see the back of 2015.
Tapatio boxing legend Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (45-1-1, 32 KOs) is back in action on Saturday evening with a mouth-watering WBC world middleweight title bout against Puerto Rico’s Miguel Cotto (40-4, 33 KOs) that many pundits are calling the fight of the year so far.
After a stand-out debut season in 2014, the Charros de Jalisco are in danger of missing out on the Mexican Pacific League (LMP) baseball playoffs, which begin in January.
Lakeside’s Boca Laguna ski club will host the World Waterski Championship from November 17 through 22.
