Blackland Divide Relays Here Friday

Locals who want to get a look at this year’s Big Country track and field stars will get their opportunity this Friday as Roscoe Collegiate High hosts its big annual meet, the Blackland Divide Relays, at Plowboy Field. Over a dozen area schools with their top male and female athletes will be on hand for the competition.

The meet begins at 2:30pm with the field events: discus, shot put, triple jump, high jump, long jump, and pole vault for both boys and girls. The 3200 meter run will be at about 3:00pm, and the running finals for all races, including runs, dashes, relays, and hurdles, will begin about 5:30 and continue until done.

It currently appears that the weather will cooperate with a predicted afternoon high of 72° and only a light (7mph) south breeze.

The Junior Blackland Divide Relays, originally scheduled for yesterday, will be held at Plowboy Field tomorrow, March 10, starting at 4:00pm for both track and field events.

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PLOWBOYS MAKE 8-2A ALL-DISTRICT BASKETBALL TEAMS

Brayan Medina                                        Caleb Gray

Caleb Gray and Brayan Medina, both seniors, have been selected to the 8-2A All-District first team. Making the second team are senior Jayden Gonzales and junior Ryan Highsmith. Honorable mention goes to seniors Brandon Lavalais and Jose Ortega and junior Hunter Anglin.

Academic All-District selections are Jayden Gonzales, Tristan Baker, Caleb Gray, and Gage Turnbow. 

Congratulations to the Plowboys receiving these honors!

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PLOWGIRL, PLOWBOY RESULTS FROM ANSON MEET

The Roscoe Collegiate High track teams did not participate in the ACU High School Invitational last week as originally scheduled. Instead they competed in the Anson Tiger Relays. Both the Plowgirls and Varsity Plowboys finished fifth of eight, while the JV Plowboys finished second.

Here are the final standings followed by the number of points for each team:

Varsity Girls: Breckenridge 167, Stamford 113, Haskell 108, Benjamin 60, Roscoe Collegiate 49, Hamlin 48, Anson 38, Hawley 35.

Varsity Boys: Breckenridge 156, Stamford 112, Anson 84, Hamlin 79, Roscoe Collegiate 66, Hawley 46, Benjamin 38, Haskell 15.

Junior Varsity Boys: Breckenridge 152, Roscoe Collegiate 110, Anson 98, Stamford 82, Hawley 63, Hamlin 56, Benjamin 11, Haskell 8.

Here are the results for the varsity Plowgirls and Plowboys who finished in the top ten of their events:

Plowgirls

Event                           Place       Athlete                      Time/Distance
100 Yard Dash              6          Kaylea Perez                     14.12
200 Yard Dash              1          Sadie McCambridge       27.88
                                          7          Jaci Alexander                31.31
400 Yard Dash              2          Bonnie Wilkinson        1:05.31
4 x 200 Yard Relay       5          Plowgirls                        1:55.31
(J. Alexander, Kadee Martinez, Victoria Martinez, B. Wilkinson)
4 x 400 Yard Relay       2          Plowgirls                       4:24.96
(Sadie McCambridge, V. Martinez, K. Martinez, B. Wilkinson)
Triple Jump                   1          Bonnie Wilkinson           36’ 2”
                                         7           Jaci Alexander                30’ 7½”

Plowboys

Event                           Place         Athlete                    Time/Distance
100 Yard Dash              10          Caleb Gray                      12.91
200 Yard Dash                1          Hunter Anglin               23.46
                                           4          Jaython Coale                24.68
110 Yard Hurdles           4          Tristan Baker                 19.81
                                           5          Brayan Medina              21.65
300 Yard Hurdles          3          Tristan Baker                 50.86
                                           4          Barrett Beal                    52.90
4 x 200 Yard Relay        2          Plowboys                      1:35.43
(Jaython Coale, Caleb Gray, Hunter Anglin, Gary Shaw)
4 x 400 Yard Relay        5          Plowboys                      3:59.12
(Antonio Aguayo, Brayan Medina, Barrett Beal, C. Gray)
High Jump                     3          Tristan Baker                   5’ 0”
Pole Vault                       5          Jaython Coale                11’ 6”
                                          6          Jayden Gonzales          10’ 6”
                                          7          Antonio Aguayo              9’ 0”
Triple Jump                   6          Barrett Beal                   35’ 5”
                                          7          Tristan Baker                34’ 0½”
Shot Put                          3          Brandon Lavalais          41’ 3”

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BRI BAGWELL AT THE LUMBERYARD SATURDAY

Bri Bagwell.

It’s Rattlesnake Roundup weekend, the weather is warmer, and the Lumberyard will celebrate with the Saturday evening performance of Texas Country singer and songwriter Bri Bagwell.

Born and raised in Las Cruces, NM, Bri has been singing since childhood, originally performing with her twin brothers. She now travels the Texas honky-tonk circuit. She has been to Nashville and hopes to become country music’s next superstar. Her musical influences include Miranda Lambert, Patty Griffin, and Johnny Cash. 

This video features her singing her single “Whiskey.”

For reservations or more information, contact the Lumberyard at 325-766-2457.

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COMMUNITY CENTER TO HOST SPRING TRADES DAY

On Saturday, April 6, the Roscoe Community Center will hold a Spring Trades Day: “The Clodhopper.” The Easter Bunny will be there for pictures, and the sale will include jewelry, furniture, knives, home décor, T-shirts, Scentsy, food, bags, and much more.

Hours of operation will be from 9:00am-5:00pm, so make plans now to attend. Anyone interested in a booth should contact Connie Baize, 325-338-1287, or Misty Reynolds, 325-338-1005, or e-mail roscoecommunitycenter@yahoo.com.

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REMEMBERING WASTELLA

The Wastella grain elevator.

The Hard Times’ look back at Wastella last week raised interest and comments from several readers who once lived in the area. Both Margaret (Richburg) Vaughn and Cliff Etheredge were quick to point out that I had neglected to mention the Wastella Baptist Church. Margaret played piano there for their Vacation Bible School one year. She also lived with her family in the Barnes house that was the Museum Photo of the Week.

Cliff remembers his dad blowing up the concrete foundation for a cotton gin that was once out there and also remembered a Wastella baseball team George Parks organized when Cliff was a boy. He and his brother Jay were on the team along with Jerry Richburg, Royce Walker, Ronny Turner, Keith Cleckler, Henry Parrott, Donnie Rannefeld, the Freytag brothers, Duane Duncan, Ronnie Williams, Larry Willman, Wylie Walker, Sonny and Larry Darden, Ralph Hudgens, Stanley Reed, and possibly others. There were lots of boys around back then, He mentions, however, that the area was amazingly short of girls.

He also says the grain elevator was blown over a few years ago by winds clocked at 123mph by the instruments in the large nearby wind turbines.

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WEATHER REPORT: COLD, BUT GETTING WARMER

Saturday's sunset.

After all the mild weather we had in February, these opening days of March were a serious reminder—never mind what the groundhog said—that old man winter was not quite done yet. 

Last Friday’s high of 74° seems like a distant memory with what we’ve endured since then. Saturday’s high of 47° was at 12:01am as a norther blew in and kept temperatures in the thirties for the rest of the day. By midnight the temperature was down to 33° and it never climbed above 34° on Sunday. Then, it steadily dropped to 22° and by 6am Monday morning was down to 16°, which felt like 5° with the 16mph north wind and gusts up to 23mph. By Monday afternoon it rose to 29° before dropping back to 17° yesterday morning. The sun came out yesterday, though, and by 4:00pm the temperature rose to 40°. Even though the cold spell was in March, it was the coldest weather we’ve seen so far this year. So, if you were hoping for a nice peach and apricot crop later on, you may as well forget it.

The good news is that we will see a warming trend starting today, and this weekend’s activities, the Blackland Divide Relays and the Rattlesnake Roundup, should be happening without anyone worrying about frostbite. Today’s high should rise to 56°, tomorrow’s 78°, and Friday’s and Saturday’s around 69°. Morning lows will also be much warmer: 49° tomorrow morning, 55° Friday, and 41° Saturday.

On Sunday, the forecasters are currently giving us a 50% chance of rain, on Monday 40%, and on Tuesday 50%.

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