Christmas Open House This Sunday

Shoppers at a previous Christmas Open House.

It’s that time of year once again! Christmas Open House, the popular Sunday afternoon shopping event that launches local merchants and shoppers into the holiday season, is back. Between 1:00 and 6:00pm, it will feature shopping and refreshments and include most of Roscoe’s downtown businesses: Vickie’s Gifts, Wildflower Boutique, Roscoe Thrift Store, the Rockin’ S Cantina, McVey’s Nursery, Main Street Antiques, and the Lumberyard. Vendors will also be selling items in the Community Center.

Roscoe’s newest business, The Cotton Belle, will also participate by having its soft opening on Sunday. It is owned and operated by Misty Deloera and is located at 716 Broadway, the former location of McFaul’s Garage.

The Roscoe Express shuttle will operate all afternoon carrying visitors from one business to the next at no charge.

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PLOWBOYS TROUNCE TAHOKA 37-13

Jose Ortega (2) carries the ball. (Football photos by Tamara Alexander)

It took the Plowboys a while to get untracked against Tahoka Friday evening, but once they did, they quickly took over the game and cruised to a decisive victory, winning by 24 points and setting up a showdown with Hamlin in Hamlin this week.

The first quarter was scoreless. The Plowboys received the opening kickoff, but on the second play from scrimmage, Jayden Gonzales threw an interception, continuing the Plowboys’ turnover woes from the previous game. However, they held the Bulldogs and eventually got the ball back. After making a first down, the Plowboys were on their own 30-yard line when the center snapped the ball over Gonzales’ head. It bounced all the way back to the 9, where Gonzales fell on it, and the Plowboys were once again forced to punt. Tahoka was having no luck against the Plowboy defense, and the quarter ended 0-0.

The scoring didn’t begin until almost half of the second quarter was gone, and the Bulldogs were the first to break the ice. After another Gonzales interception and runback, they set up on the Plowboy 16 and completed a pass over the middle for the game’s first touchdown. The extra-point kick was good, and Tahoka was ahead 7-0.

Unfortunately for them, their lead would last exactly one play, because on the ensuing kickoff, Jose Ortega caught the ball on the 14-yard line and returned it 86-yards for the Plowboys’ first TD. A pass from Gonzales to Brandon Lavalais successfully completed the 2-point conversion attempt, and the Plowboys took the lead 8-7. That touchdown shifted the momentum that had taken the Bulldogs over a quarter to build, and what happened next opened the floodgates for the Plowboys.

Ortega’s onside kickoff was recovered by Lavalais, and three plays later Francisco Garcia ran 22 yards for the second Plowboy TD. The 2-point conversion was again good, and the Plowboys led 16-7. That second TD took the wind out of the sails for the Bulldogs, and before the quarter was over, the Plowboys scored twice more. Both were Garcia TD runs after quick drives, one for 14 yards and the other for one yard. At halftime the score was 30-7, and the game’s outcome was no longer in doubt.

There was no scoring in the third quarter, but both teams scored in the fourth. The Plowboys extended the lead to 37-7 when Garcia ran in from the four, and Tahoka followed with their second TD to narrow it to 37-13, the game’s final tally.

Scoring by quarters:
                           1          2         3          4          T
Plowboys         0         30        0          7          37
Tahoka             0           7         0         6          13

For the game, Francisco Garcia led the Plowboy rushers with 15 carries for 132 yards and 4 TDs. Jayden Gonzales had 4 carries for 40 yards, Diego Garza 1 for 7 yards, Jose Ortega 1 for 5, and Clemente Aguayo 1 for -2. Gonzales completed 18 of 33 passes with 2 interceptions. Ortega led the receivers with 8 catches for 91 yards; Garcia caught 5 for 55, Aguayo 2 for 10, Isiah Wright 2 for 10, and Brandon Lavalais 1 for -3, along with 3 2-point conversion catches.

On defense, Ortega had 8½ tackles, Parker Payne 5½, and Tristan Brooks 4½; Jacob Rainey, Aguayo, and Nick Limones all had 4, while several others had 3 or fewer.

Plowboys Play Pipers for Piece of District Title

Plowboy football fans have known all season that the team’s chance for a district title would ride on the outcome of the Hamlin game. The Pied Pipers enter the game 8-2 on the year and 4-0 in district. Both the Plowboys and Seagraves are 3-1, so if the Plowboys defeat Hamlin, all three teams will be 4-1 (assuming Seagraves beats Roby Friday), making for a three-team co-championship. If that happens, the playoff rankings will be decided by a points-scored system, but first the Plowboys must beat Hamlin in Hamlin. Otherwise, they finish third in district.

Kickoff is at 7:00pm Friday.

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HANNAH WARD WINS SILVER AT NATIONAL FFA FAIR

by Shelley Gunter

Indianapolis, Indiana. – Hannah Ward of the Roscoe FFA Chapter won a silver medal at the National FFA Agriscience Fair at the 90th annual National FFA Convention held October 25-28 in Indianapolis, Indiana. She competed against other Agriscience projects from across the Nation.

Ward participated in the Animal Systems category, division one. The Agriscience Fair fuses the traditional science fair with agriculture. FFA members conduct cutting edge agricultural research to compete in categories such as biochemistry and microbiology, environmental science, zoology, botany and engineering.

The Agriscience Fair was made possible by the Cargill, Chevrolet, John Deere, Sygenta, Bayer, DuPont, and Farmer’s Pantry.

The 90th annual National FFA Convention recorded approximately 60,000 members and guests. Members of the nation’s largest agricultural youth leadership organization spent the week attending leadership workshops, participating in events and activities, being recognized for their achievements, and serving as the legislative body for the National FFA Association.

FFA gives students the opportunity to apply practical classroom knowledge to real world experiences through local, state and national competitions. For more information about the National FFA, visit www.ffa.org.

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TEXAS A&M VICE CHANCELLOR TO VISIT RCHS TOMORROW

RCISD STEM Research Center

Texas A&M Vice Chancellor James Hallmark, along with Assistant Vice Chancellor Irma Harper and Agriculture Professor Gary Briers, will be flying into Avenger Field tomorrow morning to meet with RCISD Superintendent Kim Alexander and other Roscoe administrators and faculty, Roy Bartells of Western Texas College, and Dr. Kelty Garby of Educate Texas.

The purpose of the visit is to discuss the implementation of a four-year degree program at Roscoe Collegiate. While here, the group will receive an overview and Q & A session of the Roscoe Collegiate System Model before taking a tour of Edu-Vet and the Engineering Center, the main campus, and Edu-Drone. After lunch, they will discuss the steps necessary to access upper-division courses and bachelor’s degrees at Roscoe before the A&M officials return to College Station.

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RHS CLASS OF 1962 HAS REUNION IN ABILENE

by Ann Klepper Etheredge

The Roscoe High School Class of 1962 had 36 members—18 girls & 18 boys.  Eleven of those classmates met in Abilene November 3 & 4 for their 55th reunion.  Lots of good food, memories & laughter were shared by all.  Those attending are pictured below.

Front row:  Pat (Nations) Althof, Ruth Ellen (Richburg) Maddux, Betty (Parks) Graham, Lynda (Hastings) Stafford, Kathryn (Kerby) Rister. Back row: Warren Haney, Darrell Berryhill, Winford Martin, Ann (Klepper) Etheredge, Retha (Dooley) Antoniello, Doris (Head) Harvey.

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ROBERT LEE DEFEATS PLOWGIRLS 41-31 IN OPENER

Liberty Saenz prepares to throw the ball to Veronica Cuellar (30).

The Plowgirls opened their basketball season at home against Robert Lee yesterday evening with a 41-31 loss. They looked a little rough around the edges, as is to be expected in an opener, but showed a lot of hustle despite losing. They were tied 13-13 in the early going, but the Lady Steers went on an eight-point run to go up 21-13, and the Plowgirls never managed to catch them again after that.

Individual scoring for the Plowgirls was as follows: Jaci Alexander 13, Veronica Cuellar 10, Bonnie Wilkinson 4, Ainsleigh Nelson 2, Baylor Trevino 2.

The score by quarters:
Robert Lee        11        21       27        41
Plowgirls             8        13       19        31

Their next game will be on Saturday at Rotan, followed by Roby next Tuesday. Their next home games will be in the Roscoe Girls’ Tournament next weekend with Winters, Paint Creek, and Bronte, November 16-18.

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WEATHER REPORT: WARM, THEN COLD

The puddle in my driveway this morning.

It's been another week of mixed weather. The latter part of last week and up through Sunday was warm with sunny skies, southwest winds, and highs generally in the eighties. Wednesday’s high was 83°F and Thursday’s 86° before dropping to 76° on Friday. Then on Saturday and Sunday it rose to 88° and 89° before falling to 71° on Monday. A norther blew in Monday night, and yesterday’s high was only 56° with breezy north wind, and this morning’s low was 33° with predictions of frost. A light rain fell early this morning and is still sprinkling as I write this. The total rainfall so far recorded by my rain gauge is .3".

Today’s high will be only around 42° with rain predicted for the remainder of this morning. However, tomorrow should be warmer with a high of 58° and a low of 42° and mostly cloudy skies. Friday’s high should be 61° with a low of 51° and Saturday’s high back up to 71°. Next week’s highs should all be in the sixties and seventies with lows of around 50°.

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