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July 31 -- Prairie
Dogs win despite slow start:
The Lafayette Bayou Bullfrogs stranded 11 runners in the first
six innings and the Abilene Prairie Dogs failed to score a run
in the first five innings despite leading off four of the five
innings with a base hit.
July 31 -- Final
round of AJGA tourney a test of survival skills: Kristin Dufour found out Thursday at Abilene Country
Club that when she wasn't being a good golfer she was being a
better troubleshooter.
July 31 -- Many
compare young Korean to LPGA's Se Ri Pak (Ted Dunnam): The comparisons are obvious, and, for other junior
golfers, probably a bit scary. And those comparisons can hardly
be overlooked.
July 31 -- Prairie
Dog Notes: The swinging door
in and out of the Abilene Prairie Dogs' locker room continued
to go around this week as the Dogs' acquired shortstop Victor
Rosario from the Rio Grande Valley WhiteWings for Jose Parra.
July 30 -- Tuesday
front-runners maintain lead Wednesday in AJGA junior tourney: The wind came up and so did the scores, but that
didn't prevent Tuesday's front-runners in the American Junior
Golf Association West Texas Junior from retaining their spots
on the leaderboard Wednesday at Abilene Country Club. Complete
Scores
July 30 -- Texas
action rivals that of the Majors (Jeff Walker): Sammy Sosa had hit the most home runs in major
league history without hitting a grand slam (246). In consecutive
days on Monday and Tuesday, however, the Cubs' slugger belted
two round trippers with the bases loaded.
July 30 -- Prairie
Dogs trade for Rosario: The
Abilene Prairie Dogs have acquired Victor Rosario, the Texas-Louisiana
League's all-star shortstop this year, from the Rio Grande Valley
WhiteWings in a trade Wednesday.
July 30 -- How
does Jeff Gordon keep winning? (Ted Dunnam): I've had several inquiries this week from those
who remain stumped with how Jeff Gordon keeps winning Winston
Cup races.
July 29 -- Austin's
Sanchez leads AJGA boys; Senda leads girls: With ideal conditions setting the stage for an
assault on par, Abilene Country Club was at the mercy of some
hot young junior golfers Tuesday in the American Junior Golf Association
West Texas Junior. First-round scores
July 29 -- Abilene
Senior advances to state tournament:
After giving up 33 hits and 30 runs to Abilene Senior in just
two games, San Angelo Western had to be eager to get out of town
Tuesday night. Now, Abilene Senior is eager to get out of town
- and head to Waco for the Senior League state tournament.
July 29 -- Dogs
snap losing streak: ALEXANDRIA,
La, - The Abilene Prairie Dogs finally snapped their five-game
losing streak Tuesday night with a 5-4 victory against the Alexandria
Aces.
July 29 -- Popular
McNeely currently battling cancer (Al Pickett): Abilene native Larry McNeely, the long-time golf
pro at San Saba Municipal Golf Course, is currently in isolation
at M.D. Anderson Hospital in Houston after undergoing a bone marrow
transplant in his battle with cancer.
July 29 -- Illustrating
the Fake Troy theory (Mark Wilson):
WICHITA FALLS - We've heard it all before, and now I know why.
Troy Aikman's responses to questions about the Dallas Cowboys
seem annoyingly repetitive. It could be blamed on the fact that
the questions he fields from the media usually are redundant (except
for occasional brilliant queries posed by genius newspaper sports
writers, of course).
July 28 -- AJGA
West Texas Junior tourney begins today:
Deprived of its defending champions but not of its wealth of golf
talent, the American Junior Golf Association West Texas Junior,
sponsored by the Abilene Reporter-News, begins its annual three-day
run today at Abilene Country Club.
July 28 -- Eagles'
Brooks confident going into all-star game (Bill Hart): HOUSTON - The North will score at least one touchdown
tonight in the Southwestern Bell Texas High School Coaches Association
all-star football game. Ahmad Brooks has guaranteed it.
July 28 -- North
team wins thriller at the buzzer:
HOUSTON - It's becoming old hat for Greg Harrington to make last-second
field goals to win all-star basketball games this summer. His
3-point basket just beat the final buzzer Monday night to give
the North a spectacular 106-105 victory over the South in the
Southwestern Bell Texas High School Coaches Association game at
Hofheinz Pavilion.
July 28 -- Abilene
Junior easily defeats Pecos, 13-2:
The Abilene Junior all-star baseball team won its 13-year-old-sectional
title game Monday night by defeating Pecos, 13-2, at Red Bud Park
in a game shortened to five innings by the ten-run rule.
July 28 -- Bruce
Lietzke watching son play in Abilene (Ted Dunnam): If, for any reason, one would ever need to hide
from Bruce Lietzke, the best place to remain unobserved would
be the closet in which Lietzke keeps his golf clubs.
July 28 -- Abilene
Senior coasting to possible berth in state tourney: A convincing victory Monday night has Abilene Senior
one victory away from qualifying for the state Senior League baseball
tournament.
July 27 -- Bulls'
'soap opera' continues (Candy
Reagan): Sisters, turn off Another World and turn on ESPN!
July 27 -- Local
roundballer to play in all-star game: HOUSTON
-- Dean Beasley could have been knocked over by a feather when
Wylie High School basketball coach Kirby Chandler told him that
he had been selected to play in the Texas High School Coaches
Association All-Star Game.
July 27 -- Results
of TSWA football poll announced:
HOUSTON -- The Brownwood Lions are highest ranked area high school
football team in the Texas Sports Writers Association poll announced
Sunday at the Texas High School Coaches Association's annual coaching
school.
July 26 -- Aviators
introducing themselves with in-line skating clinic: The Abilene Aviators are not waiting for the fans
to come to them. Instead, the team is going to the fans.
July 26 -- It's
almost time for Friday Night Football again, and officials are
needed (Al Pickett): High school
football teams will begin practice in 10 days. Bands and cheerleaders
are already preparing for the upcoming season. In fact, the first
kickoff is just over a month away.
July 26 -- Billy
Fred's menu of sports appetizers (Bill Hart): Sports smorgasbord, while wondering whatever happened
to former Munday High and University of Oklahoma athletes Terry
and Perry Collier:
July 26 -- 4-H
Horse Show wraps up with deserving champions: Quincy Cahill of Madison County took three individual
class championships in Saturday's wrapup of the 36th annual Texas
State 4-H Horse Show at the Taylor County Expo Center but ended
up reserve champion behind Kelly Boudreaux of Randall County,
who was named Grand Champion of the judged horseman class.
July 26 -- Web
helping AQHA grow memberships (Lynda Rae): Since April, more than 150 new or renewed American
Quarter Horse Association memberships have been done by the speed
and technology offered by the worldwide web.
July 26 -- Bowling
in all 50 states can be done by one man (Mae Fraser): Arizona bowler George Alces made a cross-country
trip in 1990 to New Jersey to attend his nephew's wedding. He
decided to take his bowling ball and shoes along and bowl in each
state along the way.
July 26 -- Abilene
Senior has no trouble winning championship: This time, Abilene Senior made it look easy. In
the championship game of the Senior League sub-sectional baseball
tournament at McMurry's Walt Driggers Field Saturday night, Abilene
Senior thumped Allen decisively, 13-1. The game ended on the 10-run
rule after Allen batted in the top of the fifth inning.
July 26 -- Abilene
Junior beats Fort Worth team to take title: PLANO - Abilene Junior romped to an 18-6 victory
over Fort Worth West Side Saturday night, capturing the Junior
League sub-sectional tournament title.
July 26 -- Sweetwater
still alive in baseball tourney: DENISON
- Sweetwater extended its season at the 9-and-10-year-old sub-sectional
baseball tournament with a 3-2 victory over Plano Saturday afternoon.
July 25 -- Zebbie
hopes to make his mark with the Cowboys (Mark Wilson): WICHITA FALLS - There are only a few icons associated
with the letter Z.
July 25 -- Abilene
Senior makes championship game: Abilene
Senior sqeezed its way into the championship game of the Senior
League baseball sub-sectional tournament Friday night at Walt
Driggers Field.
July 25 -- Yellow
Rose delegation gearing up for Arkansas competition: The Yellow Rose delegation of Texas will compete
in the 1998 Southern Regional 4-H Championship against teams from
12 other states August 3-6 in Little Rock, Ark.
July 25 -- All-Americas
Bowl six-man game in Breckenridge tonight: BRECKENRIDGE - Chris Chamberlain helped the East
win a Six-Man all-star football game two weeks ago. Tonight, he
hopes to help the West win the All-Americas Bowl game at Buckaroo
Stadium.
July 25 -- Sweetwater
still alive in subsectionals: DENISON
- Sweetwater edged Springtown Friday to stay alive in the 9-10-year-old
subsectional at Waterloo Park.
July 24 -- Avezzano
to take break from camp to sing at nightclub (Mark Wilson): WICHITA FALLS - Look out, Wichita Falls. Alert
your local SWAT team. Following the afternoon practice, the Dallas
Cowboys will have Saturday night off from the routine of meetings
and watching training camp video.
July 24 -- Crickets
get revenge on Prairie Dogs:
LUBBOCK - After scoring 25 runs in a pair of lopsided victories
in the first two games of the series, the Abilene Prairie Dogs
came out on the short end of another high-scoring affair Thursday
night.
July 24 -- 'Northern'
players finding it hard to adjust to heat for All-Americas Bowl:
BRECKENRIDGE - After the first
workout earlier this week, a player obviously from the North team
was overheard to say, "We're going to be here for five days
in this heat? That's like five days in Hell."
July 24 -- Aviators
have a logo now to go with their team: The
Abilene Aviators are not just a name anymore. Fans can now put
a face - literally - with the name after the team unveiled its
logo Thursday at a press conference luncheon.
July 24 -- Economic
impact of 4-H Show is huge in Abilene:
Ask any of the extension service personnel how many are here working
on this year's version of the state 4-H horse show, and they reply
"Well, there are 254 counties...." That is a known factor.
July 23 -- Cooper
football duo will play in All Star game against California: NORWALK, Calif. - "Strong legs that weak legs
may walk." This is the slogan for the fourth annual Texas-California
All-Star Football Classic scheduled for 3 p.m., Saturday, at Falcon
Field on the campus of Cerritos College.
July 23 -- Prairie
Dogs pound Crickets for second straight night: LUBBOCK - For the second consecutive night, the
Abilene Prairie Dogs took batting practice against Lubbock pitchers.
July 23 -- New
dirt track to open Aug. 2 (Ted Dunnam): A
new one-fourth mile banked dirt track, Race City USA: San Angelo
Speedway and Entertainment Center, which had been scheduled to
open last weekend will now open Aug. 2.
July 23 -- Most
youth baseball tourneys begin today:
Four of the five all-star youth baseball sub-sectional tournaments
begin today, including the Senior League tournament in Abilene
at McMurry University's Walt Driggers Field.
July 23 -- Can
Smith-Warren equal Brown-Kelly? (Jeff Walker): FALLS - It's hard to find the best one-two backfield
tandem in National Football League history.
July 23 -- Rough
Riders win drill team competition Wednesday night: The Shelby County Rough Riders continued their winning
ways Wednesday night to take their 15th title in the Texas State
4-H Horse Show drill team competition. This was the 39th year
for the drill team event and the 31st year from the precision
riding.
July 22 -- Prairie
Dogs easily beat Crickets: LUBBOCK
- Talk about getting off on the right foot. The Abilene Prairie
Dogs began an eight-game road trip by scoring 11 runs in the first
two innings en route to an 13-7 romp over the Lubbock Crickets
Tuesday at Dan Law Field.
July 22 -- King:
'If you're not a team, you can't win':
In 22 years of involvement with youth baseball in Abilene, Rodney
King has worked with teams of almost every description.
July 22 -- AJGA
making its annual stop in Abilene next week (Al Pickett): The American Junior Golf Association will make
a stop in Abilene next week for the 18th consecutive year as Abilene
Country Club plays host to 120 of the nation's top junior golfers
in the AJGA West Texas Junior sponsored by the Abilene Reporter-News.
July 22 -- Jason
Garrett an official No. 2 now (Jeff Walker): WICHITA FALLS - The familiar phrase uttered is:
"There's a new sheriff in town." But for the Dallas
Cowboys, it should be "There's a new deputy in town."
July 22 -- Popular
event begins tonight at 4-H Horse Show:
Tonight's performance of the drill and precision teams portion
of the State 4-H Horse Show is easily one of the more popular
and exciting features of the week-long event.
July 21 -- Watts
also lost a playoff in Abilene (Al Pickett): Sunday's playoff to decide the British Open championship
was not the first playoff experience for Brian Watts, who lost
in a four-hole playoff to Mark O'Meara.
July 21 -- Youth
baseball tournaments begin Thursday: This
year's sectional and sub-sectional youth baseball tournaments
will begin Thursday, with one area team making a rare appearance.
July 21 -- Wylie
13-year-old beats field in dry and cattle competition: Levi Williamson and Ranger brought the state 4-H
spotlight to shine on Taylor County Monday morning in the Working
Cow Horse competition.
July 21 -- Prairie
Dogs win despite four errors:
The Abilene Prairie Dog hitters were good, Steve Ortiz was good,
and lucky.
July 21 -- Prairie Dog Notes: Takahashi
to add starting pitcher to his list of accomplishments: Barry Takahashi has accumulated first base, designated
hitter and relief pitcher to his baseball resume. Now, the southpaw
will add starting pitcher to that list.
July 20 -- There
are role models in women's sports, too (Candy Reagan): My 5-year-old son was playing in front of the television
this weekend when he caught a glimpse of the British Open.
July 20 -- 4-H
Horse Show begins 7-day stand:
County extension agents from across Texas and a contingent of
staff members from the Texas A&M University Equine program
descended upon Abilene Sunday with the same organization, diligence
and work structure of army ants attacking a picnic.
July 20 -- Dogs
get skunked by Greenville: For
the third time in six meetings, the Abilene Prairie Dogs lost
to Greenville at home, 8-0, in front of a sparse crowd of 620
at Scott Field.
July 20 -- Holder
getting hot and noticed by manager: Jody
Holder has been patient. He's also been attentive. Those two qualities
- along with his hot hitting of late - could land himself a spot
in the Abilene Prairie Dogs' lineup on a continuous basis in the
second half.
July 20 -- Abilene
Speedway: Results of Saturday's
races at Abilene Speedway.
July 19 -- Chance
thrills former ACU star Filikitonga:
WICHITA FALLS - Former Abilene Christian University football player
Junior Filikitonga was elated after signing his contract with
the Dallas Cowboys. After getting mini-camp and the early days
of training camp under his belt, he is still on top of the world.
July 19 -- Morgan
won't be a Cowboy until he's through with the Air Force: WICHITA FALLS - Beau knows commitment. No, it's
not Bo, as in Jackson or Diddley. The Beau who knows commitment
is Beau Morgan, part-time running back for the Dallas Cowboys.
July 19 -- Former
Abilene tennis player now coaching Air Force and other tidbits
(Bill Hart): Sports smorgasbord,
while still wondering whatever happened to former Cooper Cougar
and Baylor Bear Steve Malpass:
July 19 -- Sports
Editorial: It would seem to
us that many of the world's top sports figures could take a lesson
from Justin Rose.
July 18 -- Moose
making sure kids get opportunity to read: WICHITA FALLS - The Moose is loose and he has a
message: "Waste Not, Read A Lot." The slogan of Half
Price Books is part of a cooperative effort by the Dallas-based
company and Dallas Cowboys fullback Daryl Johnston to promote
reading to children.
July 18 -- Cowboys
add 'The Hotel' to offensive line: WICHITA
FALLS - "The Hotel" checked in. After missing the first
day of training camp, second-round draft pick Flozell Adams reported
to Day 2 after signing a contract late Thursday night.
July 18 -- Dogs
return for three-day home stand:
The Abilene Prairie Dogs professional baseball team returns to
town this weekend for a three-game homestand against the Greenville
Bluesmen.
July 17 -- Training
camp opens: WICHITA FALLS --
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones belted out a familiar question
to the crowd: "Are you ready for some football?" More Dallas Cowboys coverage
July 17 -- White
Wings pound Dogs again: HARLINGEN
-- The Abilene Prairie Dogs and Rio Grande Valley WhiteWings seem
to be taking turns beating up on each other.
July 16 -- 'Experience'
is available at camp in Wichita Falls:
WICHITA FALLS - Troy, Emmitt and Michael can be seen. So can Jerry
Jones and Chan Gailey. While the main attraction for fans will
be checking out the Dallas Cowboys' training camp, one of the
sideshows at Midwestern State University is the "NFL Experience".
July 16 -- Prairie
Dogs open second half with payback win:
HARLINGEN -- The Abilene Prairie Dogs opened the second half of
the Texas-Louisiana League baseball season Wednesday with an 11-5
romp over the Rio Grande Valley WhiteWings.
July 16 -- Abilene
places teams in 7-0-7 football championship: Football season is indeed just around the corner.
July 16 -- The
Checkered Flag (Ted Dunnam): Paul
Lenker won't know the exact figures until today, but the president
of Abilene Motor Sports, Inc. has a good idea of the promising
figures that will be revealed from this year's Fina Abilene Sunburn
Grand Prix at a meeting of the race committee.
July 15 -- White
Wings crush Prairie Dogs: HARLINGEN
-- Ignacio Suero belted a grand slam in the seventh inning as
the Rio Grande Valley WhiteWings crushed Abilene, 13-4, Tuesday
night to complete the first half of the Texas Louisiana League
season for the Prairie Dogs.
July 15 -- Golf
Corner (Al Pickett): Maxwell
Municipal Golf Course in Abilene and Legends Country Club in Stephenville
are two of 16 courses in Texas participating in the Golf Digest
National Amateur Challenge.
July 15 -- Jim
Ned hires former area standout to coach boys basketball: TUSCOLA -- Hunter Cooley is coming home -- almost.
July 15 -- Rangers
must figure out what to do to win:
The Texas Rangers are in a division race that is hotter than the
Texas heat. Yet, with the trading deadline looming in the not-so-distant
future, the boys in Arlington have a more pressing issue to juggle.
July 14 -- Dean
Weese: Four decades and still going (Bill Hart): Dean Weese is a pioneer when it comes to girls
basketball in Texas. There's no question that he is the "Dean"
of coaches in that profession.
July 14 -- North
Texas PGA Pro-Am: Here are the
results of the North Texas PGA pro-am golf tournament held Monday
at Maxwell Municipal Golf Course.
July 13 -- There
is cause for celebration: Football is back (Candy Reagan):
Hallelujah, Praise the Lord. Let
the rejoicing begin. Football is back.
July 13 -- So,
how do you pronounce that name? (Rick Meyers): With another Grand Slam event being highlighted
for the past two weeks on television and in the newspaper, there
are a lot of people, including local TV sportscasters who have
a little trouble pronouncing some of the players' names.
July 13 -- Abilene
Speedway: Here are Saturday
night's results from Abilene Speedway.
July 12 -- Sports Opinion: Maybe
it's time Wimbledon got with the program: I appreciate the All-England Lawn Tennis and Croquet
Club for hanging on to its heritage, but it is now almost a total
joke that Wimbledon serves as one of the four major championships
in tennis.
July 12 -- Sports
Letters: Thanking the girls
... Bass and Jerry
July 12 -- Partnership
reins again for America's Day at the Races (Lynda Rae): The American Quarter Horse Association has announced
its partnership with the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Associatioon
(TOBA) for the second annual America's Day at the Races, to be
held again this year on Labor Day.
July 12 -- You
can customize your own bowling ball (Mae Fraser): How many times have you bought a new bowling ball,
and, after having it drilled, find the thumb hole does not fit
or the finger holes are too small?
July 11 -- A few
notes and quotes while looking back over the past week in sports
(Al Pickett): Besides selecting
a new commissioner this week, major league baseball owners also
approved the 1999 schedule. It includes a switch by American League
teams to an unbalanced schedule for the first time since 1976.
July 10 -- T-LL
owner's son visited Abilene, Prairie Dogs (Mark Wilson): Chris Chen was in town Wednesday just catching
up on how things are going with the Abilene Prairie Dogs. That's
part of the family job he performs as a son of Horn Chen, who
became the new principal owner of the Texas-Louisiana League earlier
this year.
July 10 -- Chapman
signs tennis leter of intent with ACU: Abilene
High's Cody Chapman, who reached the Class 5A state doubles final
this spring with Mitch Aston, has signed a letter of intent to
play tennis at Abilene Christian University.
July 9 -- Former
Cooper tennis star talks about Aggie life at the net: Just minutes after her semifinal loss Wednesday
afternoon at Rose Park to Rebekah Forney of New Braunfels, Kathryn
Scott was getting her ankles iced.
July 9 -- Despite
weather, hazards, racing fans filling grandstands (Ted Dunnam):
Water was Texas Motor Speedway's
nemesis earlier this year. Fire was Daytona International Speedway's
problem last week. What type of weather will NASCAR Winston Cup
racing get wind of next?
July 9 -- Prairie
Dogs beat Amarillo, 3-2: Brent
Bubela gave himself a nice birthday gift Wednesday night, and
gave the Abilene Prairie Dogs a victory. Bubela delivered a double
down the right-field line that drove in Abilene newcomer Sergio
Cairo with the winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning
as the Prairie Dogs posted a 3-2 triumph over Amarillo.
July 9 -- Dogs
make trade for good defensive player (Mark Wilson): Abilene manager Barry Jones recently made a trade
for Sergio Cairo, hoping that he will provide the Prairie Dogs
with some outfield help. If Cairo can repeat what he did in 1994
with the Texas Rangers' Double-A club in Tulsa, Okla., Jones should
be pleased.
July 9 -- Signing
of goalie Martino was key for Abilene Aviators: The new Abilene Aviators picked up their most important
piece of the puzzle in putting together a new hockey team when
they announced the signing of goalie Tony Martino recently.
July 8 -- Spud
Webb tells local youngsters how to be successful: No one looked up to Spud Webb. They didn't have
to. At 5-7, Webb isn't any taller than many of the campers he
spoke to Tuesday at the Athletes Against Drugs basketball camp
at Hardin-Simmons University's Mabee Complex. But the 12-year
NBA veteran was a giant in the youngsters' eyes as he encouraged
them to work hard, stay in school and remain alcohol- and drug-free.
July 8 -- Hamblin's
divine intervention ... Part II (Al Pickett): Several years ago, I wrote a column about David
Hamblin's use of divine intervention on the golf course. I was
playing in a charity tournament at the time with the pastor at
St. Paul United Methodist Church when he sank a putt from at least
50 feet. I claimed only divine intervention could have made that
putt go in the hole.
July 8 -- Defense
costs Prairie Dogs game against Amarillo: Ragged defense helped send the Abilene Prairie
Dogs down to defeat Tuesday, as Amarillo took a second straight
win, 8-3.
July 8 -- Dogs'
Mason has his eye(s) on the ball better now (Mark Wilson):
Lamont Mason can see clearly now.
The first-year Prairie Dog infielder was struggling at the plate
after he was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 32nd round
in 1995 after his senior year at Lubbock Christian University.
July 7 -- Dillas
rock Prairie Dogs, 15-4: The
Amarillo Dillas are the second-best hitting team in the Texas-Louisiana
League, but that fact didn't make Monday night's game any easier
for Abilene player/manager Barry Jones to take. Amarillo, which
came into the game averaging 11.3 runs per outing, with a .329
team batting average, unloaded 20 hits off of five Prairie Dog
pitchers in a 15-4 blowout at Scott Field.
July 7 -- Miller
brothers take home saddles, big checks: McCade
Miller knows one thing for sure; next year his roping classification
number will definitely change. The 19-year-old recent high school
graduate teamed with his brother, 16-year-old Miles, as both won
Coors Trophy Saddles and checks for $3,478 as champions in the
1.5 roping of the 12th annual Original Team Roping Finals.
July 6 -- Why
don't the fans lock someone out for a change? (Candy Reagan): I'm tired of strikes, lockouts, labor agreements,
labor disagreements, players' associations, wealthy athletes who
don't want to play and wealthy owners who don't want to pay. It's
time we, the fans, had a strike of our own. Let's lock out. After
all, we have demands, too.
July 6 -- Prairie
Dogs trounce Crickets for fourth-straight win: LUBBOCK - The Abilene Prairie Dogs won their fourth
straight game Sunday night, whipping the Lubbock Crickets, 6-1,
in a Texas-Louisiana League baseball game at Dan Law Field.
July 6 -- Junior
Tennis Council extends rule to all juniors (Rick Meyers): Anyone playing junior tennis in Texas will be interested
in the following information. A few weeks ago I told you what
was to be the call item brought to the Executive Committee of
the USTA Texas Section concerning the USTA's new birthday rule.
July 6 -- Youngster,
10, wins trophy saddle in Dummy Roping competition: Young Jay Manning of Ingram outlasted others in
the 11-and-under class to win the trophy saddle with a throw of
181/2 feet in the Dummy Roping Sunday afternoon. He just recently
turned 10.
July 6 -- Abilene
Speedway: Results of Saturday
night's action.
July 5 -- Prairie
Dogs defeat Crickets again:
Walk plus double equals offense. That was the simple formula Abilene
used to knock off Lubbock for their third win in a row, 2-1, in
front of 3,449 fans on a Fourth of July night Saturday at Scott
Field. Notes
July 5 -- A dishful
of smorgasbord for Sunday breakfast (Bill Hart): Sports smorgasbord, while wondering whatever happened
to former Breckenridge and Abilene Christian University linebacker
Mike Funderburg.
July 5 -- You missed
something last night (Opinion):
Having grown up in a small town, there was always something wonderfully
relaxing about the Fourth of July.
July 5 -- All
in the family at team roping competition: Usually the Douglass family of Sylvester can be
found on the organizational end of a team roping - daddy Ray overseeing
everything, the twins Brent and Curt helping with cattle, mom
Sue running the office and announcing chores and sister Ashley
working the timing devices.
July 5 -- He's
as good at the net as he is with the bat: Bryce Hicks, the bat boy, became Bryce Hicks, the
net boy Saturday. The top-seeded Hicks, who is in his third year
as the bat boy for the Abilene Prairie Dogs, won the boys 14 singles
title for the second year in a row at Rose Park Tennis Center
in the Abilene Highway 80 tennis tournament.
July 5 -- Best
Remuda Award nominations open (Lynda Rae): The American Quarter Horse Association, searching
for the best ranch horses in the United States, has opened nominations
for the 1998 AQHA/National Cattlemen's Beef Association Best Remuda
Award.
July 4 -- "The
Hoss" in shock about getting into the Hall of Fame (Bill
Hart): Many years ago, a college
football coach remarked that track and field sprinters didn't
make good running backs because they were accustomed to running
in a straight line. Stick a football under their arm and they
became a different-type runner. Perhaps he was referring to their
mental toughness.
July 4 -- AHS junior
peaking as Highway 80 tournament begins: Wes Longacre is learning to build points the old
fashioned way - with patience, one stroke at a time. Longacre,
the top seed in boys 16 singles in the three-day Abilene Highway
80 tennis tournament that began Friday at Rose Park Tennis Center,
is coming off his best tournament performance ever.
July 4 -- Prairie
Dogs hang on for 11-10 win: Fireworks,
July 4th weekend, Lubbock vs. Abilene...must mean a Prairie Dogs
comeback. For the second straight year, the Dogs spotted the Crickets
a huge advantage before coming from behind for a victory. Notes
July 4 -- Long
road to roping finals begins all over the country: The roping road to the finals of the Original Team
Roping Association in Abilene this week starts in Florida or Kansas
or New Mexico or any of hundreds of locations in between.
July 4 -- Youth
league baseball tourney begins: All-star
postseason youth league baseball action gets under way today with
action in two tournament brackets.
July 3 -- Dilworth
has his eyes set on long jump record:
The world may be surprised if Kevin Dilworth breaks the world
record in the long jump - but he won't. Dilworth, 24, a former
track standout at Abilene Christian University, plans to break
the world mark of 29 feet, 43/4 inches at some point in the next
two years.
July 3 -- Heat
may be keeping Highway 80 tournament numbers low: Having officially reached at least 100 degrees
10 times this summer in Abilene may have something to do with
the fact that entries in the Abilene Highway 80 tennis tournament
are down significantly.
July 3 -- Prairie
Dogs split twinbill: GREENVILLE,
Miss. - George Preston pitched three scoreless innings of relief
to give the Abilene Prairie a 6-4 victory and a split of a Texas-Louisiana
League doubleheader Thursday at Legion Field.
July 3 -- Fireworks
tickets still available: General
admission seats for the July 4 game between the Lubbock Crickets
and Abilene Prairie Dogs are still available, team officials announced
Thursday.
July 3 -- Granbury
ropers thrill to 8-plus second run:
Two ropers from Granbury marked an 8-plus second run for the top
spot in the 3.5 roping at the Original Team Roping Finals Thursday
night.
July 2 -- Walt
Garrison has never stopped being a Cowboy (Bill Hart): Walt Garrison has been one form of a cowboy most
of his life. He participated in rodeos in high school at Lewisville
and he played football for the Oklahoma State University Cowboys
and the Dallas Cowboys.
July 2 -- New
lights for Abilene Speedway (Ted Dunnam): Abilene Speedway has recently installed a new lighting
system which should make it more viewing friendly for spectators.
July 2 -- Andrae
Patterson talks about NBA lockout: Andrae
Patterson was back home Wednesday in Abilene after spending three
days in his "new home" of Minneapolis. The 46th pick
in last week's National Basketball Association draft worked out
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday for Minnesota Timberwolves general
manager Kevin McHale and head coach Flip Saunders.
July 2 -- Team
roping competition enters 'two-day sweats': Wednesday started the two-day sweats in the eight-day
team roping marathon going on at the Taylor County Expo Center.
If a team roped Wednesday among the approximately 650 teams, it
has to sweat it out to see if their times hold up for the short
go-round scheduled to start about 6:30 this evening. Another 500
or so 3.5 teams will be up today.
July 2 -- Prairie
Dogs rained out: GREENVILLE,
Miss. - The Abilene Prairie Dogs Texas-Louisiana League baseball
game scheduled to be played Wednesday night against the Greenville
Bluesmen was postponed because of rain.
July 1 -- Estes
had a noteworthy career, worthy of the Hall of Fame (Bill
Hart): It is a shame that the late
Dr. Bob Estes isn't around to accept his induction into the Texas
High School Football Hall of Fame next March in Waco.
July 1 -- Searing
heat can turn greens brown quickly (Al Pickett): Think you've had a hard time keeping your lawn green
in these continuous days of 100-degree temperatures? Well, try
keeping an entire golf course lush and green in this heat. That's
the challenge facing area golf course superintendents.
July 1 -- Prairie
Dogs lose to Greenville, 7-6, in 12 innings: GREENVILLE, Miss. - The Abilene Prairie Dogs wasted
a strong outing by pitcher Sam Arminio and a grand slam from Keith
Abrego Tuesday night in a 7-6 loss to Greenville in 12 innings.
July 1 -- Veteran
team tops 4.5 Century at roping finals:
Quanah banker Gerry Knox and Doug Schmidt of Guymon, Okla., get
together about twice a year and have been doing so for six or
seven years. Tuesday they earned $986 apiece for the top spot
in the 4.5 Century, with added money for doing well in additional
slots.
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