MINERAL WELLS — The historic Seaman Building, at 200 West Hubbard, has been buzzing with activity over the past couple of weeks as workers removed the old metal awnings and have begun repairing and restoring the windows and frames on the south and east side.
GORDON — South of Highway 180 on 919 is the small town of Gordon. Gordon is a lazy little place now, not even cell phone service interrupts the tranquility.
MINERAL WELLS — Rams senior Blake Blue was photographed at the week 7 game showing off the shirt under his uniform with “4 marissa” written across it. I was pulled aside by MWHS Student Alexis Martin as she requested the photo, stating that her mom was who Blue was honoring on his shirt during the Pink Out game at Ram Stadium. Alexis said this about the special event, “My mom, Marisa Martin was diagnosed with Neuroendocrine Cancer in July. Pink out is for breast cancer awareness, but emotions ran deep talking about families fighting all kinds of cancer in our community at the pep rally. It is really hard watching your mom go through this at a young age. She has lots of support and the Blue family are part of that support group.”
After a little bit of scouting the stats and rankings of area teams, I found that Palo Pinto County and the surrounding area has some stand out athletes, but you probably already knew that. Although not a complete list of the great athletes we have, here are a few names to get to know before heading out to the next football or volleyball game.
KEENE — The Lady Warriors of CCS led by Coach Marlaina Crossland have found themselves on the verge of a playoff spot, sitting at 14-11-1 so far on the season. They take the court Thursday in Dallas against Dallas Academy and with a victory, they will clinch their spot in the TCAF playoffs. The young CCS team are led on offense by freshman Averie Watson and senior Kate Buchannan, with Watson leading the team in kills per set and hitting percentage and Buchannan leading with assists and serving. On the defensive side, Buchannan leads the team in blocks, with sophomore Kendal Gil leading in digs.
DUBLIN — The Bulldogs found themselves back in the win column after defeating Dublin 38-12 Friday night in Dublin, a game where running back Ryder Oliver ran for 230 yards and 2 touchdowns. Adding to the attack was Mason Burns with 75 yards rushing and a touchdown to add. QB CR Tippie passed for 95 yards and threw 2 TD passes to Carter Nairn who finished the game with 75 yards. Burns also added an interception on the defensive side, along with Cade Boyd, while Morgan Birdwell and Kole Weaver each recorded a sack. On special teams, Bulldogs kicker, Noah Perricone drilled a 31 yard FG.
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MINERAL WELLS — The Lady Rams celebrated “Senior Night” this Tuesday night in their home match up with Jacksboro. The 4 seniors, Abbey Tincher, Cloe French, Hailee Cunningham and Marlee Lawhon were honored by coaches and teammates and cheered on by family and fans prior to their match which they won in 3 sets.
Jere Hart died in 1913 and his wife, Mary Joanna Taylor Hart, died in 1938. But their story and their family lives on.
Harken back to the 1950s, and you would read of a big hairy critter in Nepal known as YETI. All sorts of evidence was produced, such as a piece of hide with white hair reported to be a skullcap, face to face encounters, hoof prints in the snow with rulers to measure the length and width and maybe a lot of dung.