Sports & Schools

Plan ahead for drab winter days

While summer flowers are still colorful and perky, dry some for bouquets for those drab days of winter. It is an easy activity. Collection: • Harvest dry blossoms early in the day when the morning dew has dried. • Collect an assortment for drying.

Bulldogs ‘decape’ the Matadors

Sixmanfootball.com predicted that Motley County would beat the Spur Bulldogs in Friday’s night game by 21 points. After all, the Bulldogs were “only” rated #20 in the state in Division 2 six-man, and the Matadors were sitting at #3 in the state in Division 1 six-man. They were wrong.

Jayton #1 in the state

For the past four weeks, Dave Campbell's Texas Football has ranked the Jayton Jaybirds the number one team in the state in six-man, division 2.

DICKENS COUNTY 4-H LIVETOCK JUDGING TEAM

DICKENS COUNTY 4-H LIVETOCK JUDGING TEAM competed at the Tri-State Fair in Amarillo on Friday, September 13, placing 11th as a team; Jaydee Foster and Addison Fulmer placed in the top 25 individually.

FISHING REPORT

Lake Alan Henry FAIR. Water clear 82–86 degrees; 3.39' low. Largemouth bass are good to excellent on topwater poppers in the morning, spinners and crankbait. Crappie are slow on jigs. Catfish are slow on live bait. Lake Colorado City Water stained; 78–85 degrees; 12.66' low.

Jaybirds depth, defense defeats Eagles

Jayton Jaybird fans have gotten used to seeing #32 and #21 leading the way on the field for the past couple of years, along with many other great players.

Lightning halts electric Rangers game

The Patton Springs Rangers met the Spur JV Bulldogs on the stomping grounds of the Motley County Matadors last Thursday night. With both teams looking to send the other away in defeat, the fans of both sides would be in for a great game.

Bulldogs hobble Broncos

The Spur Bulldogs were the unexpected host in Friday night’s game with the Meadow Broncos. Meadow was originally scheduled to be the site of the game, but electronic scoreboard issues moved the contest to Spur.

Rangers contain Cotton Center

The Rangers faced off against the Cotton Center Elks this past Friday night. With the Rangers tough loss last week against Wilson, they were looking to come back and send the Elks home in defeat. But the Elks has come prepared as well, drawing first blood in the first quarter.

Jaybirds exterminate hive, prove depth of bench

The Jayton Jaybirds entered their contest against Aspermont looking for retribution after last year’s tough defeat by the Hornets.