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There are a lot of reasons why the Brownwood Lions’ defense is allowing just 15.2 points and 267.5 total yards per game – both excellent statistics in this era of high-scoring offensive football. End Quinten McCarty is controlling the line of scrimmage with 110 tackles, including a team-high 14 for loss.

Fourteen Howard Payne players were recognized on the 2022 All-American Southwest Conference football team after a vote by the league’s head coaches. Yellow Jackets voted to the first team were wide receiver Otis Lanier and defensive back Kyle Bell.

Brownwood Lady Lions basketball coach Heather Hohertz-Perez sent reserve guard Kimber Green into Monday afternoon’s game to provide a spark. Green ended up starting something closer to a three-alarm fire.

AL RAYYAN, Qatar (AP) — A young United States team was nearing victory in its World Cup return. Then Walker Zimmerman needlessly plowed into Gareth Bale.

FRISCO (AP) — Jerry Jones is talking Super Bowl after the Dallas owner watched the Cowboys dismantle Minnesota while ending the Vikings’ seven-game winning streak. The outspoken and often-too-optimistic Jones has stayed away from such bold thoughts as the years without even a trip to the NFC championship game have piled up (this is 27).

These photos of the Early vs. Canadian Class 3A Division II football playoff game last Friday at Vernon were taken by freelance photographer Mike Jones.

These photos by Steve Nash are from the Lady Lions vs. Lady Longhorns basketball game Monday afternoon.