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Mathis wins football contest

There was an outright winner in the weekly football contest. That was Brent Mathis who missed four games; he took the $20 check. Off on five games were five folks, so the tie-breaker of Springtown 42, Mineral Wells 21 (63) decided all. Taking second and $10 was Eddy Swanzy (65) and $5 for third was won by Woody Young (66). Too far off were Blondie Robinson (67), Margaret Swanzy (55), and Paul Rayfield (48).

Powerful Porcupines

After taking third place at the District 8-4A meet, the Porcupine cross country team earned a berth to the prestigious regional contest at Lubbock’s Mae Simmons Park. The boys will race for a chance at the state championships Oct. 22.

Porcupines qualify for Region I race

BY MARK K. CAMPBELL
markcampbell@azlenews.net

With bad weather looming, the District 8-4A Cross Country Championships moved three times before the gun fired.

When all was settled in Decatur’s Joe Wheeler Park, the Porcupine squad claimed the final postseason berth out of the district and will run at the Region I meet.

Originally, the race was slated for Wednesday morning, Oct. 10, but coaches, anticipating poor weather, moved it to 8 a.m. Oct. 9.

First district game huge for SHS

With non-district and the open date behind them, the next five games will determine Springtown’s 2018 football future.

The Porcupines survived a tough gauntlet of non-district games, going 4-1 and only losing in the final seconds against Graham.

SHS had the third-toughest pre-district slate among 4-4A mates, facing teams that are currently 13-14.

Decatur has the roughest schedule at 16-11 followed by Gainesville at 14-13.

Burkburnett (9-18), Wichita Falls Hirschi (8-18), and Mineral Wells (8-17) were next.

Ladies must win Oct. 12

It’s going to come down to one match.

The Lady Porcupines long history of reaching the postseason will be on the line when the Bridgeport Sissies come to the SHS gym Friday, Oct. 12.

Springtown (12-18, 0-5) lost at Bridgeport Sept. 25 in a close match that went five sets. After falling in the opening two games, the Lady Porcupines rallied to take the next two only to lose the decisive set, 9-15.

As expected, District 8-4A is loaded with talent.

Swanzy contest winner

The football contest was won by Eddy Swanzy. A tie-breaker of 70 earned him $20. The tie-breaker game was Texas 48, Oklahoma 45 (93). Second and $10 went to Brent Mathis (62). Margaret Swanzy’s guess of 60 took $5.

Ladies fall in 8-4A match

Without question, the Lady Porcupine volleyball team is housed in a brutal district.

Four teams advance to the postseason from 8-4A and three of them were state-ranked at one time this season by the Texas Girls Coaches Association.

Including No. 2 Decatur; the Lady Eagles came to the Springtown (12-16, 0-3) gym and swept SHS.

But all is hardly lost. In a five-team district, the Lady Porcupines need to top only one school.

One game remains before the end of the first round of district action – at Krum Friday, Oct. 5.

Contest tied up again

This week is the one that’s really weird for the football contest.

The usual method of choosing high school games for prognosticators is to pick clashes with Springtown’s fellow district teams.

However, every 4-4A, Div. I squad is off this week except for Mineral Wells.

So, there is more attention on this week’s card on college and NFL games.

That shift will continue to a lesser degree beginning with the Oct. 11 paper when the Porcupines’ district foes begin facing each other.

Ready to run

A cancelled race meant the Lady Porcupine varsity did not run last week. Springtown competed at Ponder Oct. 3 (results not available at press time). The SHS squad (l-r) Kali Flauger, Kimberley Ramirez, Jamie Clymer, Kiersten Adams, Kaylee Greenwood, Sara Power.

Springtown celebrates Homecoming

Porcupine Stadium was filled with POJO pride during the game against Graham Friday, Sept. 28 as thousands turned out to celebrate the annual Homecoming festivities.