Sports & Schools

JAYTON GRADUATES

JAYTON GRADUATES Eleven seniors from Jayton High School Class of 2021 received their diplomas at Friday night’s graduation exercises. | AMANDA McGEE PHOTO

SPUR EXES

SPUR EXES The Spur Class of 2021 was made up of 23 seniors, all graduating Friday night, who afterwards enjoyed some colorful fun—like this group. | COURTESY PHOTO

JAYTON SENIOR TRIP

On Jayton’s Senior trip the soon-to-be grads went west, including Carlsbad Caverns and Guadalupe Mountains National Park. | COURTESY PHOTO

JAYTON GIRL SCOUTS

Girl Scout Troop 7115 delivered donations of cookies as appreciation for the heroes of our community last Thursday.

Spur alum receives Hardin-Simmons award

ABILENE—Spur High School graduate Julie Beth Ferguson was awarded the J.L. Cole Scholarship at the Hardin-Simmons Social Work Banquet on April 29, 2021. The recipient must be a social work major who possesses strong values and ethics in the field and shows high leadership and academic promise.

SPUR SENIOR TRIP

Last week Spur seniors and sponsors headed to Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida for the Spur Senior Trip. | COURTESY PHOTO

Spur students compete in local chess championship

For the past two months, a new club has been meeting at the Spur school to play chess. The group meets on Monday afternoons in the cafeteria for practice and over the board games.

NEW YEAR, NEW CHEER

NEW YEAR, NEW CHEER Patton Springs High School cheerleaders for the 2021–22 school year are Emmy Alcala, Maci Garcia, Brooklyn Freeman, Melania Ramirez, Kinley Chandler, Toryan Childers and Serenity Segura. | COURTESY PHOTO

TRACK RESULTS

JAYTON AT STATE Senior Katie McGee gets a congratulations from Coach Josh Stanaland Saturday at the State track meet in Austin. She finished 9th in the shot put. | AMANDA McGEE 5TH AT STATE Jayton junior Brynn Yanez gets well wishes from Coach Ryan Bleiker.

LAST BULLDOG RUN

LAST BULLDOG RUN Jorden Zarate gets ready for his last run as a Spur Bulldog at the State Track Meet Saturday in Austin. Zarate has competed in track since the 6th grade, and iin addition to winning numerous meets, he has been a medalist at two State track meets. | COURTESY PHOTO