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For many decades, football-loving men gathered in coffee shops to dissect the previous Friday night’s schoolboy football games. There was more dissecting than coffee-drinking.
September 2022
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Dragons win third straight in 5-2A opener
DE LEON – Guy Powell rushed for 323 yards and five touchdowns, plus he returned a kickoff 70 yards for the go-ahead score, to lead the Bangs Dragons to a 49-21 win over the De Leon Bearcats on Friday night in the District 5-2A Division I football opener for both teams.
No. 10 Lions dominate Connally, set up Stephenville showdown
LACY-LAKEVIEW – The Class 4A Division I No. 10-ranked Brownwood Lions passed a significant road test Friday night with a 52-21 rout of the Waco Connally Cadets as quarterback Ike Hall combined for 280 yards and four touchdowns passing and rushing.
Hughes, Cox installed as Longhorn Legends
EARLY — The late Roy D. Hughes, a former Early ISD superintendent, and Stephen Cox, a 2006 Early High School graduate who has excelled as a band director, were installed Friday as Longhorn Legends in honor of their impact on the school district and community.
Brownwood’s East Elementary named Blue Ribbon School
Brownwood ISD’s East Elementary School is on the list of 31 Texas schools recognized as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2022. The award is given by the U.S.
Lake Brownwood has 3.7-year water supply
While the level of Lake Brownwood continues to slowly fall, the lake is “in great shape” with a no-rain water supply of about 3.7 years, Brown County Water Improvement District general manager John Allen said Friday.
Early football
These photos by Steve Nash are from the Early-Burnet football game Friday night at Longhorn Stadium. .
Brownwood 52, Connally 21
Score by Quarters: Brownwood 7 17 14 14 — 52 Connally 14 0 7 0 — 21 First Quarter B — Thad Hinds 26 pass from Ike Hall (Junior Martinez kick), 10:53 C — Kiefer Sibley 21 run (kick failed), 5:40 C — Sibley 34 run (Jylon Nobles run), 2:06 Second Quarter B — Konlyn Anderson 2 run (Martinez kick), 11:33 B — Hinds 25 pass from Hall (Martinez kick), 5:11 B — Martinez 45 FG, 0:00 Third Quarter B — Steve Ramirez recovered high punt snap in end zone (Martinez kick), 9:53 B — Anderson 14 run (Martinez kick), 6:13 C — Sibley 75 run (Erick Lara kick), 6:00 Fourth Quarter B — Hall 3 run (Martinez kick), 11:07 B — Hall 5 run (Martinez kick), 2:49 Bwd Con First Downs 28 16 Rushes-Yards 46-285 38-270 Passing Yards 157 27 Total Yards 442 297 C-A-I 11-17-0 6-8-0 Punts-Avg 1-37 3-36 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0 Penalties-Yds 5-45 8-75 Individual Statistics RUSHING: Brownwood – Ike Hall 13-123, Konlyn Anderson 21-113, Logan McKibben 12-49. Connally – Kiefer Sibley 22-227, Kobe Black 4-33, Dae’Veion Sayles 3-14, Jylon Nobles 4-11, Ja’Morris Sayles 3-11, Jarrett Shepard 1-4, Team 1-(-)30.
Lady Lions, Nelson win at Dublin XC meet
DUBLIN -- The Brownwood Lady Lions swept the varsity and JV girls’ team championships, and the Lions’ Caleb Nelson won the individual title in the varsity boys’ division at the Dublin FCA cross country meet Wednesday, Sept. 21.