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| Plowboy Matthew Cuellar runs for good yardage against Hawley. |
The Roscoe Plowboys kicked off this year’s Sammy Baugh
Classic in Sweetwater with a game in Mustang Bowl on Thursday against the 2A
Hawley Bearcats, a team they had always beaten in the past.
The Plowboys played hard and at times showed promise, but
their inexperience on offense was evident as they fumbled nine times and lost
six, while on defense their tackling suffered all evening from failure to wrap
up ball carriers when they had them in their grasp.
No team can win when they exhibit repeated shortcomings
in those two aspects of the game, and the Plowboys were no exception, losing by
a final score of 45-7.
Hawley scored first on a 31-yard run by Keagan Fernandez to
go up 7-0, but the Plowboys came right back with a long drive to the Hawley
ten-yard line before turning the ball over on a fumble.
Then, in the second quarter, Plowboy back Luke
Rovig broke free for a 79-yard touchdown run, followed by an Eric Padilla extra
point, and the score was tied 7-7. To
that point, the Plowboys looked every bit the equal of the Bearcats, and the
game portended to be a good one.
Unfortunately, that proved to be the high point of the
evening for the Plowboys as Hawley responded with a couple of touchdowns, aided
by Plowboy fumbles and poor tackling, and by halftime Hawley was up 21-7.
The second half was not a pretty sight with repeated Plowboy
fumbles followed by Hawley scores. The Bearcats
scored three touchdowns in the third quarter and another one in the
fourth. In the process, they rolled up
455 rushing yards for the night.
Life doesn’t get any easier for the Plowboys as they travel
this Friday to play the Stamford Bulldogs, one of the most powerful Class A
teams in this area with a 2-0 record and victories over Munday 47-21 and Anson
48-0.
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APPLICATION PERIOD FOR STATE-SUPPORTED HOME CONSTRUCTION BEGINS ON FRIDAY
As the Hard Times reported back in May, the City of Roscoe
has received funding through the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
to administer a program offering financial support to low-income homeowners who
fulfill certain conditions for building new homes in Roscoe.
In brief, the award provides up to five homeowners up to
around $80,000 each to tear down their old, substandard home and replace it
with a new one, provided the new home is the owner’s primary residence and
other conditions are met. The state
provides the financing and the owners pay back what their income allows.
The application period for involvement in the program begins
on Friday, September 9, and ends on October 9 with applications available for
pick up at the Roscoe City Hall.
The City will host a public hearing and application workshop
next Thursday, September 15, from 4:00-6:00pm at the City Hall. All homeowners interested in applying for the
program are encouraged to attend the workshop, which will provide program
information and assist with completing the application materials.
Financial assistance will be granted to the first five
households to (1) complete and return the application information, (2) provide
all requested information to verify eligibility, (3) meet all eligibility
requirements, and (4) agree to participate in the program.
Special advance arrangements can be made for persons with
special needs or for persons needing alternative times or locations by calling
City Secretary Donna Parker at 325-766-3871.
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WEATHER REPORT
The end of last week was more of the
same old weather we've been getting all summer--highs over 100° and lows around 79° or 80°. But then on Sunday a
norther rolled in and since then has amazingly dropped lows down into the
low sixties and high fifties and highs into the low and mid eighties. It is only 68°F as I write this. The forecast for next week is
for steady warming, but highs are still projected only to be in the low
nineties.
Perhaps fall is coming after all. Now, if we could just get some rain . . . .
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