No. 21 Lady Eagles roll to 6-0 start



The 21st-ranked Pleasanton Lady Eagles picked up a pair of wins to increase their hot start to 6-0. The Lady Eagles hosted Center Point on Friday, Nov. 22, and picked up a 61-20 win to start Thanksgiving break. Baylee Bauer led the way over the Lady Pirates with 17 points in that win. The Lady Eagles picked up the momentum […]

McMullen County sweeps Charlotte

The McMullen County Cowboys and Cowgirls completed a sweep of Charlotte High School in non-district basketball action on Tuesday. The Cowgirls won 52-14 over the Trojanettes to improve to 5-1 on the young season and bounce back from a loss to Falls City the day prior. The Cowboys maintained an unblemished 5-0 mark with an 82-29 result over the Trojans. […]

Grid Picks comes to a close

Grid Picks

With Jourdanton Indians losing in a close Area game with Hallettville, 35-28, this closes out Grid Picks for the year. The Indians put up a good fight in this tight matchup. In Grid Picks, there were 17 correct picks out of 20 games to bring the season guessin’ figures to 221 right out of 260 games to end at an […]

Pair of coaches facing criticism

Sports Focus

There is no doubt that coaching the Texas Longhorns and the Dallas Cowboys are two of the most difficult jobs in the world of sports. Fans in Dallas remember the times when the Cowboys were winning Super Bowls and want more. Fans in Austin are more easy to understand. They simply want victories now. Nothing else matters. After a weekend […]

Promising years ahead



Heading into the 2019 football season, we all knew Jourdanton would be good. After a pair of 4-7 seasons in the third and fourth years under Jourdanton alum Darrell Andrus, the Indians turned a corner in 2018 with a 9-3 record and an appearance in the Area Round for the first time in five years. They brought back 18 of […]

PLEASANTON FFA COMPETES IN THE WINTERGARDEN DISTRICT LDE CONTEST

Front Row (L to R): Kimberlin Alrdrich, Kassidy Vickers, Emree Adamitz, Kinsley Barker, Dakota Fulcher, Stayton Hagen, Lacey Stevens, Neviz Rodriguez, Aurianna Rich, Kendall Niemietz and McAda Rutherford. Back Row (L to R): Matthew Guedea, Tristan Barker, Sadie McAda, Jayce Krauskopf, Trey Hagen, Peyton Eichman, Victoria Urbanczyk, Luke Raney, Matthew Smith, David Zertuche, Jairo Ortiz, Wyatt Porter and Keagen Holes. […]

Poteet FFA LDE’s District and Area Contest



On November 8, the Poteet FFA held the Wintergarden District LDE contest after school at the Poteet High School. Many proud FFA members from all around the surrounding areas came to compete within the district. Poteet FFA’s results are as followed: Senior Radio Broadcasting team 1 received 1st place, contestants were: Hannah Grace Watts, Cutter Blagg, and Brooke Rasmussen. Senior […]

Tilden Dominates District LDE’s



Monday, Nov.18, Tilden FFA went to the Seis Rios District LDE (Leadership Development Event) in Robstown along with two other districts. Tilden competed against several other schools. They took four Greenhand teams and six senior teams. Greenhand Quiz place 6th out of eight teams, Greenhand Broadcasting placed 1st out of seven, Greenhand Creed placed 2nd out of nine and Greenhand […]

Jourdanton FFA competes at Wintergarden District LDE



On Monday, November 18, Jourdanton FFA traveled with 12 Leadership Development teams to the Wintergarden District LDE Contest in Poteet. Of the teams that went, 8 qualified for the Area X LDE Contest which was held on November 25 at the Richard M. Borchards Fairgrounds in Robstown. To qualify for the Area contest, teams had to place 1st or 2nd […]

Letter to the editor: Time to beef up our beef facts



To the editor, What if we lived in a world where changing one thing fixed all of our problems — one diet or one extra dollar? Unfortunately, there is no one simple solution to fixing the challenges we face with climate change, human health and economics. Recently, some researchers, as well as the media, have disproportionately and unfairly isolated beef […]