Sports

MILES, Texas - The Miles Bulldogs have made a splash in their first two games this season. The Bulldogs started last season with 3 straight losses.

We have brought back the Athlete of the Week (AOTW) recognition. Due to working on design changes I didn’t get it in last week, so we will include both weeks 1 and 2 in this edition.

WINTERS - It was an emotional game for the Cross Plains Buffaloes who came into Winters on Friday night to take on the Blizzards. On August 8th, Cross Plains student athlete Ryan Hopkins was tragically killed in a motor vehicle accident. Hopkins, a senior, was a member of the football team and had played on varsity for three years. As with most schools in 2A and 3A, Hopkins played multiple positions, including wide receiver and safety.

Winters - To say that the Winters Blizzards had a difficult season last year would be an understatement. They lost star quarterback Jon Kullen Busher to a horrific leg injury early in the season that sidelined him from all sports for the rest of the school year. Busher was having a career night when the injury occurred. It was a blow that the Blizzards wouldn’t be able to recover from. Overall, the Blizzards finished the season at 2-7. They finished 1-4 in district play. Their two wins came against Hico, 48-7, and De Leaon, 55-21. The win over Hico was overshadowed by Busher’s career-ending injury.

AUSTIN – Texans desiring to harvest their own meals, improve on or a learn a new skill and take part in outdoor adventures can do just that through the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s (TPWD) Community Archery Program. “Bowhunter by Fall” is a series of monthly and bi-monthly e-newsletters filled with videos and clips, giving archers the skills to travel from behind the keyboard to behind the bow just in time for the fall hunting season.

Never worry about forgetting a paper Super Combo license at home again with the new digital tag option from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD). Beginning with the 2022-23 license year, Texas residents can purchase a digital Super Combo license (Items 111, 117 and 990) that will authorize digital tagging of harvested deer, turkey and oversized red drum. The digital license option is available through online purchase only when licenses go on sale August 15. file photo Texas Parks and Wildlife press release

BALLINGER - The Ballinger Bearcats new athletic director and head football coach, Ty Lang, has his job cut out for him this season. Let’s start off by going over the Bearcats schedule.