Sports & Schools

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Texas Boys Basketball Poll, January 16, 2023

3. McMullen County (24-2) 4. Irion County (15-1) 5. Perrin Whitt (17-4) 6. Nazareth (13-6) 7. Texline (21-4) 8. Lorenzo (16-8) 9. Garden City (22-4) 10. Dodd City (18-7) 11. Brookeland (18-4) 12. Martinsville (19-4) 13. Slidell (12-12) 14. Abbott (8-0) 15. Waelder (19-7) 16. Midway (17-6) 17.

Texas Girls Coaches Association State Basketball Poll, January 16, 2023

1. Huckabay (27-2) 2. Neches (21-2) 3. Slidell (20-3) 4. Saltillo (29-3) 5. Dodd City (20-4) 6. Gorman (25-2) 7. Veribest (20-4) 8. Sands (19-5) 9. Jayton (23-3) 10. Cross Plains (20-4) 11. Nazareth (15-9) 12. Gordon (19-6) 13. Hermleigh (15-5) 14. Whiteface (20-4) 15. Roscoe Highland (23-5) 16.

JAYTON ROBOTICS

STATE HONOR

1000 POINT CLUB

1000 POINT CLUB Senior Paige Gonzalez achieved a rare milestone last week at the Spurettes’ varsity basketball game. She joined the 1,000 Point Club during her career with the girls basketball team at Spur. Her teammates and coach celebrated her achievement. | COURTESY PHOTOS

Spur basketball

Texas Girls Coaches Association State Basketball Poll, January 8, 2023

Class 1A 1. Huckabay 25-2 2. Neches 19-2 3. Saltillo 27-3 4. Slidell 19-3 5. Cross Plains 20-3 6. Nazareth 15-6 7. Turkey Valley 15-7 8. Brookeland 17-5 9. Sands 14-5 10. Saint Jo 18-3 11. Chester 16-4 12. Gorman 23-2 13. Dodd City 18-4 14. Jayton 20-2 15. Bloomburg 20-6 16. Veribest 19-4 17.

Texas Boys Basketball Poll, January 9, 2023

3. McMullen County (20-2) 4. Irion County (11-1) 5. Perrin Whitt (14-3) 6. Nazareth (10-5) 7. Texline (18-3) 8. Lorenzo (12-8) 9. Garden City (19-3) 10. Midway (14-5) 11. Dodd City (14-7) 12. Brookeland (14-4) 13. Gordon (14-5) 14. Martinsville (15-4) 15. Slidell (9-12) 16. Abbott (4-0) 17.

Jayton players earn All-State Football Honors

The Jayton Jaybirds appearing below in boldface (unintentionally omitted from last week’s issue) have been named to All-State Honors for the 2022 football season. Congratulations go to to all coaches and players honored.