IVAN PALACIOS | STAFF WRITER HARLINGEN - Manny Gomez and Israel Gonzalez have been around the Bird Bowl for a long time.

Gomez has been a part of Harlingen High's coaching staff since 1995, when the Cardinals and Hawks met for just the third time.

Meanwhile, Gonzalez took the field as a member of the [...] The post Deep Roots: Gomez, Gonzalez bring years of shared history into Bird Bowl appeared first on MyRGV.com.