Sports & Schools

NEW SPORTS, NEW JERSEYS

NEW SPORTS, NEW JERSEYS After voting in June to add baseball and softball to its student athletics lineup, JGISD has posted photos of its new jerseys on its Facebook page. | COURTESY PHOTOS

July 4 weekend a hot one on the links

There was lots of activity at the course last week with having the July 4th 18-hole Scramble and the regular Tuesday evening scramble. JULY 4TH 18-Hole SCRAMBLE RESULTS It was a HOT one for the July 4th 18-Hole scramble but we ended up with enough players to form five teams and pay three places!

ALL STAR 2022

ALL STAR 2022 graduate Nicholas Ortiz will be representing Spur at the Texas Six Man Coaches Association All-Star game in Iowa Park this Friday, July 15, at 7:30 p.m. | COURTESY PHOTO

PATTON CHEER

PATTON CHEER Patton Springs High School Cheerleaders Diezel Ramirez, Toryan Childers, Serenity Segura, Melania Ramirez and Jacelyn Perryman attended cheer camp the last week of June. They were awarded the best stunt award and the overall leadership award. | COURTESY PHOTO

Dickens 4-H fares well in record book district competition

Dickens County 4-H brought home some winning record books last week.

Spur teacher wins SPEC mini-grant

A Spur teacher was one of eight teachers across the South Plains to win a South Plains Electric Cooperative Operation Round Up Teacher Mini-Grant. Myles Hammack of Spur ISD was awarded a grant to support work on the school greenhouse garden project.

GRAND OPENING

GRAND OPENING Marvel Bucks eatery had its grand opening in downtown Spur on Monday. Owner Karen Marvel has outside seating for diners. | TEXAS SPUR

Perfect weather for scramble calls for playoff

It was a near perfect evening for Golf Scramble Tuesday, June 28, with temperatures in in the 80s! There was only a slight breeze blowing. Five teams were formed, and two places were paid out.

McCay and KCBD-TV team spend time in Spur

Last week, news anchor Karin McCay lunched with patrons of the Spur Senior Citizens Center, in preparation for the Lubbock TV station’s vist to Spur as part of its 2022 Live Community Coverage Tour, July 26. McCay and Wilbanks also visited the Texas Spur offices last Thursday. | TEXAS SPUR PHOTOS

Patton Springs names new football coach

Juan Salas will be the new football coach at Patton Springs with the new school year. A graduate of New Mexico State University, he comes to the head football coach position at Patton Springs from Amherst, Texas, where he was the assistant football coach and head track coach for three years.