Sports & Schools

TEXAS GIRLS ASSOCIATION OF BASKETBALL POLL

FEB. 12,2024 CLASS 1A 1. Newcastle 28-1 2. Valley 30-2 3. McLean 24-3 4. Whiteface 28-4 5. Nazareth 20-10 6. Harrold 22-2 7. Rocksprings 30-4 8. Eula 30-4 9. McMullen County 26-5 10. Brookeland 23-8 11. Moulton 25-8 12. Neches 23-7 13. Richland Springs 29-6 14. Gorman 29-5 15. Hermleigh 21-9  16.

TEXAS BOYS ASSOCIATION OF BASKETBALL POLL

FEB. 12,2024 CLASS 1A 1. Graford (27-4) 2. Jayton (30-3) 3. Benjamin (16-1) 4. Texline (26-4) 5. Perrin Whitt (30-4) 6. Brookeland (24-7) 7. Huckabay (21-11) 8. Gordon (16-5) 9. Dodd City (24-7) 10. Nazareth (16-11) 11. Slidell (24-7) 12.
DISTRICT CX DEBATE CHAMPS Congratulations go to Jayton High School and Coach HillaryThomas Bleiker for winning District Cross X Debate. Other honors include: Golden Gavel Award, Griff Reel; Griff Reel and Jarret Herzog, 1st Place (State Qualifier); Melody McClane and Zech Mosley, 3rd Place (State Alternate); Cooper Spray and Abigail Mosley, 4th Place; Dayton Bleiker and Colt Gentry, 6th Place (not pictured). | COURTESY PHOTO

DISTRICT CX DEBATE CHAMPS Congratulations go to Jayton High School and Coach HillaryThomas Bleiker for winning District Cross X Debate. Other honors include: Golden Gavel Award, Griff Reel; Griff Reel and Jarret Herzog, 1st Place (State Qualifier); Melody McClane and Zech Mosley, 3rd Place (State Alternate); Cooper Spray and Abigail Mosley, 4th Place; Dayton Bleiker and Colt Gentry, 6th Place (not pictured). | COURTESY PHOTO

DISTRICT CX DEBATE CHAMPS

SPUR CX DEBATE HONORS

SPUR CX DEBATE HONORS

SPUR CX DEBATE HONORS

SPUR CX DEBATE HONORS Congratulations go to the Spur CX Debate team and advisor Myles Hammack. Allee Hamilton and Josh Ortiz finished 2nd at District and will be advancing to State. Chelsea Davis and Jagger Zarate finished 5th. | COURTESY PHOTOS
DICKENS 4-H HONORS

DICKENS 4-H HONORS

DICKENS 4-H HONORS

DICKENS 4-H HONORS Calvin Hays Chapman (pictured), Patton Springs 5th grader and a member of Dickens County 4-H, was the top individual in the junior/intermediate age group at the Bell County Youth  Fair Agricultural Products ID contest on Saturday, Feb. 9 in Belton.
Super Bowl square winners announced

Super Bowl square winners announced

Super Bowl square winners announced

The Spur Golf Association’s first fundraiser of 2024 was a success, with the sale of Super Bowl squares.

Golf Association sets first fundraiser of new year

We have Super Bowl squares this year for our first fundraiser—$100 per square. $1,250 per quarter payout, with no overtime payout. Contact any Spur Golf Association board member or Lesli Rush Clark to get your square purchased by cash or check. You can also Venmo to @spurgolfcourse.

McDow named Childress area engineer for TxDOT Childress District

CHILDRESS –Louis Mc-Dow III, P.E., was recently named Childress Area Engineer for the Texas Department of Transportation by Childress District Engineer Darwin Lankford, P.E. McDow, a 2008 graduate of the University of Texas at Arlington, began his TxDOT career in the Ellis County Area Engineer’s...

Stewarding region’s water future focus of March 21–22 conference in Amarillo

K. L. STEIERT With the realization of depleting irrigation and domestic well levels, a continued emphasis on “economic development” at virtually any cost regardless of impact, and pervasive talk of a diminishing Ogallala Aquifer, it’s easy to get discouraged and wonder aloud if there is any future...
The Texas Spur e-Edition