Roscoe Runners Qualify for Area Meet

Antonio Aguayo wins the 200 meter dash.

Eight Plowgirls and six Plowboys will move on to the Area Meet at Wink this Saturday, April 10. They qualified by finishing in the first four of their events at the District 8-2A Track and Field Meet at Plowboy Field on Thursday.

Plowgirl winners of their events were Jissel Rodriquez in the 3200 meter run and Kaidy Ornelas in the 1600 meters. In the 300 meter hurdles, Carson Greenwood finished second, and so did the 4 x 400 meter relay team of Mia Lavalais, Jissel Rodriquez, Mahalia Calderon-Ruiz, and Kaidy Ornelas. Yaniez Aguilar finished third in the 800 meter run, and Shauna McCambridge was fourth in the Shot Put. Kaidy Ornelas also finished fourth in the Triple Jump.

Plowboy Antonio Aguayo finished first in the 200 meter dash. The Plowboy relay teams also did well, finishing second in the 100 and 200 meter relays, and fourth in the 400. Aguayo, Tyler Guelker, Seth Wilcox, and Julian Cuellar comprise the first two teams, while Keller Vinson replaces Aguayo in the 400 meters. Caleb Reed was fourth in the 1600 meter run.

The Area Meet will be made up of the schools in Districts 7-2A and 8-2A. The schools in 7-2A are Christoval, Fort Hancock, Eldorado, McCamey, Ozona, and Wink.

Contestants in the Area Meet must finish in the top two of their events to advance to the Regional Meet in Canyon on April 24.

Area Meet events in Wink on Saturday begin at 10am and finish at 4pm.

Here is how the schools finished in the District 8-2A meet:
    Varsity Girls                             Varsity Boys
1. Coleman                  238        1. Coleman                   169
2. Forsan                       98        2. Forsan                      146
3. Colorado City           98       3.  Colorado City          113
4. Roscoe Collegiate    74       4.  Winters                      78
5. Miles                          71        5.  Roscoe Collegiate    62
6. Winters                     32        6.  Miles                         49

Junior High Boys finished in this order: Colorado City, Roscoe Collegiate, Coleman, Forsan, Miles, Winters.

Here are the Roscoe Collegiate results by event:

Plowgirls
Event                         Finish       Athlete                     Time/Distance
3200 meter run           1          Jissel Rodriquez           14:30.45
                                        5          Jaiden Amador             15:31.21
1600 meter run           1           Kaidy Ornelas                5:59.09
800 meter run             3          Yaniez Aguilar               2:52.53
400 meter dash           4          Mia Lavalais                   1:08.99
300 meter hurdles      6          Carson Greenwood        56.64
4 x 100 meter relay     6          Plowgirls                         58.08
   (Cm. Greenwood, McCambridge, Calderon-Ruiz, Moorheard)
4 x 200 meter relay     6          Plowgirls                         2:03.18
   (Ja. Rodriquez, Cm.Greenwood, McCambridge, Calderon-Ruiz)
4 x 400 meter relay     2          Plowgirls                        4:38.00
   (Lavalais, Ji. Rdriquez, Calderon-Ruiz, Kaidy Ornelas)
300 meter hurdles      2          Carson Greenwood        18.32
High Jump                   5          Carson Greenwood         4’ 4”
Triple Jump                 4          Kaidy Ornelas                29’11¼”                    
Discus                            5          Shauna McCambridge  87’ 3”
Shot Put                        4          Shauna McCambridge  29’ 1½“

Plowboys
Event                       Finish        Athlete                  Time/Distance
1600 meter run          4          Caleb Reed                      5:15.12
200 meter dash          1          Antonio Aguayo               22.94
Triple Jump                5          Seth Wilcox                     37’ 4¼”
4 x 100 meter relay    2          Plowboys                          45.00
     (Tyler Guelker, Antonio Aguayo, Seth Wilcox, Julian Cuellar)
4 x 200 meter relay   2          Plowboys                         1:35.45
     (Seth Wilcox, Antonio Aguayo, Julian Cuellar, Tyler Guelker)
4 x 400 meter relay   4          Plowboys                          3:49.1
     (Julian Cuellar, Keller Vinson, Seth Wilcox, Tyler Guelker)

Junior Varsity Plowboys
Event                       Finish       Athlete                   Time/Distance
1600 meter run          3         Jaiden Frith                    6:15.81
                                      4          Michael Fulton               6:15.97
800 mete r run          4          Seth Martin                    2:34.58
400 meter dash         3          Richard Villa                  1:00.08
110 meter hurdles     3          Gaven Martinez               22.64
                                      4          Jake Madden                    23.14
                                      5          Reese Kiser                       23.24
300 meter hurdles     1          Jaxtin Watts                    47.33
4 x 200 meter relay   1          JV Plowboys                   1:41.59
   (Jacob Blain, Jacob Kiser, Michael Fulton, Marcus Hernandez)
400 meter relay          1          JV Plowboys                  3:50.59
   (Jacob Blain, Richard Villa, Jacob Kiser, Marcus Hernandez)
High Jump                  1          Jaxtin Watts                       5’ 2”
Pole Vault                   3          Jose Leaños                        9’ 0”
Triple Jump                1          Jaxtin Watts                   35’ ½”
                                      3          Jacob Kiser                     33’ 1½”  
Discus                          3          Parker Gleaton                 92’ 3”
                                      8          Michael Fulton                 81’ 6”

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SPRING 2021 P-TECH ADVISORY MEETING MONDAY

The biannual P-TECH Advisory Meeting will hold its Spring meeting at the STEM Center Monday, April 12, starting at 6:00pm. 

A full program is scheduled that includes several Roscoe administrators, as well as RHS-grad Dan Hunter, who is now Associate Commissioner of the Texas Department of Agriculture, and Andy Swift, a Texas Tech professor, who will give an update onwind energy degrees and opportunities. Thomas Taylor from Ludlum Measurements and Jeff Grimland from U. S. Gypsum will give local updates, and Dr. Glen Shinn will lead a panel discussion, along with other speakers and activities.

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FORMER ROSCOE FIRE CHIEF ARRESTED FOR THEFT

The former Chief of the Roscoe Volunteer Fire Department, Gary Armstrong, 53, has been arrested for theft of property by a public servant of over $30,000 and less than $150,000.

According to the Big Country Homepage, the City of Sweetwater, where Armstrong worked for 31 years as a System Operations Manager, has terminated his employment.

The Nolan County Sheriff’s Department began its investigation in 2018.

The article is available online by clicking here.

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LOCAL COVID-19 NUMBERS GOOD, NATIONAL NOT SO MUCH

It would be nice if the United States were like Texas regarding Covid-19. Unfortunately, it’s not. While Texas and many other states continue to see improving numbers, several others, especially those in the northeast and north, are coping with another surge in new case numbers and hospitalizations. The culprit this time is a variant, B.1.1.7, originally discovered in Britain, which is now responsible for up to 70% of the new cases in the hardest hit states, including Michigan and others such as New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. Hospitalizations are increasing there in the under-50 age group, mostly because the older groups have got their vaccinations. Vaccinations nationwide now number over 3 million a day.

In Texas, the improvement continues along with its bordering states, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arkansas, and Louisiana. Hospitalizations are now averaging under 3,000, which is the fewest Covid-19 patients since last June. Daily averages of new cases have dropped by over 500, and average daily deaths have decreased and are now at 78 statewide. The vaccination rollout continues, but demand is high, and there are still bottlenecks in places.

Numbers remain low but mixed in the Big Country. The number of active cases in Taylor County has fallen to 143 from 160 last week and 206 two weeks ago. Hospitalizations for Covid-19 in Abilene are now at 13 patients compared to 9 last week and 13 two weeks ago. On Monday, the percentage of Covid-19 patients in the Abilene trauma service area was at 1.45% after being just under 2% last week. However, only 2 more deaths were reported compared to 8 last week. The total for Taylor County now stands at 390.

In our four-county area, the numbers are also mixed. Nolan County reports only 3 active cases, down from 5 last week. Fisher County has 3, 1 more than last week, and Mitchell County has 3, down from 4 last week, along with 2 in the Wallace unit prison staff. Scurry County, however, is now listed on the official state site as having 65 active cases, which is an increase of over double last week’s listing. There has apparently been some problem in past weeks with their reported numbers. They now also list 62 total deaths, which is one more than previously reported. Nolan, Mitchell, and Fisher Counties report no new deaths.

The Nolan County Health Department continues vaccinations with Moderna, and today, Wednesday, April 7, will be vaccinating anyone over 16 from 8-11am and 1-4pm at the Nolan County Annex. No appointment is necessary.

Roscoe schools remain Covid-19 free and have lifted their Covid-19 protocols.

Here are the Big Country’s estimated active cases (with last week’s in parentheses): Scurry, 65 (0); Jones, 35 (39); Erath, 27 (14); Howard, 16 (34); Brown, 11 (11); Callahan, 4 (4); Mitchell, 4 (4); Comanche, 3 (4); Runnels, 3 (1); Nolan, 3 (3); Stephens, 2 (3); Fisher, 2 (2), Eastland, 2 (0); Haskell, 1 (1); Shackelford, 0 (0); Coleman, 0 (0); Coke, 0 (0); ); Kent, 0 (1); Stonewall, 0 (0); Knox, 0 (0); Throckmorton, 0 (0).
 
Selected west Texas counties’ estimated active cases (with last week’s in parentheses): Midland 232 (262), Ector (Odessa) 171 (182), Lubbock 141 (161); Tom Green (San Angelo) 91 (102); Wichita (Wichita Falls) 47 (75).

Texas now has had a total of 2,408,440 cases (2,391,860 last week), 69,241 active cases (95,739 last week) and 47,822 total deaths (47,278 last week).

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WEATHER REPORT: WARM, WINDY, AND DRY

Cloudy skies on Sunday.

The past week has seen some typical early Spring weather with mild temperatures as well as our first 90°+ day of the year. Thursday through Sunday all had highs of 70° except Saturday, which had 71°, but Monday warmed up to 81°, and yesterday made it all the way to 92°.

Skies were sometimes overcast, sometimes partly cloudy, and sometimes clear, but all were accompanied with a fair amount of strong wind. Unfortunately, there was no precipitation.

The forecast is for a north wind that will drop today’s high back down to 79° and a low of 48° tonight. But the wind will shift to the west tomorrow and the high will be back up to 85°, followed by Friday’s 92°. Saturday’s wind shift to the north will drop the high back to 80°, but on Sunday it will blow from the southwest and bring a high of 90°.

Once again, there is little chance of any rain.

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