Sports & Schools

FISHING REPORT

Lake Alan Henry GOOD. Water clear; 62 degrees; 5.28 feet low. Bait balls are moving all over the lake. Crappie are good in 4-28 feet of water on minnows and jigs. They are full of eggs moving up to spawn. Catfish are slow on liver, fresh cut bait and live perch.

Homecoming 2022 date set for Spur Bulldogs

One of the most highly anticipated events of the year, Homecoming for the Spur Bulldogs and loyal Spur ISD Exes, has been firmed up on the school calendar.

SCHOOLS & SPORTS

JAYTON GOLF AT REGIONAL Erielle Coulter and Ben Blankenship competed earlier this week at the Regional golf tournament. | COURTESY PHOTOS JAYTON AREA TRACK The Jayton Lady Jays and Jaybirds advanced several Area Qualifiers, along with the Lady Jays finishing 4th and the Jaybirds finishing as...

STATE BOUND

STATE BOUND Congratulations go to Patton Springs’s Kinley Chandler and Melania Ramirez, who qualified for the State Tennis Tournament by placing 2nd at regionals last week to a tough Borden County Team, 2-6, 6-3, 6-6 (2-7) in the championship match. | COURTESY PHOTO

Patton Springs advances in 5 events to area track

District track results for Patton Springs High School last week were: 1st place, triple jump—Kinley Chandler 2nd place, high jump—Kinley Chandler 3rd place, high jump—Melania Ramirez 4th place, long jump—Melania Ramirez 4th place, 4x100 relay—Kinley Chandler, Melania Ramirez, Tory Childers, Madison...

Spur Golf Association sets tournament schedule

On April 13, 2022, the Spur Golf Association held its regular monthly board meeting. As previously reported, the aerating and sanding of the greens was completed April 8 and 9. We want to again thank all of the volunteers that helped to get this job completed.

Spur advances athletes to Area track meet

SPUR TRACK HONORS The Spurettes brought home the District Championship in track last week. The Spur boys came in third. In total 22 Spur athletes advanced to the area track meet. | COURTESY PHOTO

Busy spring season for Dickens County 4-H; county’s first-ever team competes in Meat Judging, takes 2nd place

In recent weeks, as Dickens County AgriLife extension agent Rusty Lanier reported April 12, 4-H groups have burned up a lot of miles traveling to a variety of competitions. “We had a great group of kids attend multiple contests,” said Lanier in the Dickens County Commission meeting Monday morning.

Jayton girls basketball players named to 1A All State honors

HANNAH BLANKENSHIP, FRESHMAN JAYTON HIGH SCHOOL DAYLEE CHISUM, SOPHOMORE JAYTON HIGH SCHOOL ALANA CROFT, SENIOR JAYTON HIGH SCHOOL

Spur golf course ready for spring

The first Tuesday evening scramble of the season on April 5 was a smidge on the breezy side! Four teams were formed for play. The team of Seth McMinn, Tate Clark and Don Kaneski won first place with a score of 31.