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| Plowboys tackle Hawley ball carrier in last year's game. |
This non-district matchup will be a tough test for the Plowboys because Hawley is a formidable foe, possibly the best 2A team in the Big Country. Hawley is a 2A division I school (the Plowboys are 2A division II) and are picked to win their district by both Texas Football and the Abilene Reporter-News. They are also ranked in the 2A top ten in Texas. Texas Football has them at number 9 and MaxPreps at number 5.
Last year they went 5-0 in district and 10-3 overall, losing to Cisco in the regional semifinals. This year they return 8 starters on offense and 9 on defense. Players to watch include running back Austin Compton (6-1, 205) and quarterback Rodey Hooper (6-2, 185) on offense and linebacker Compton and defensive back Kason O’Shields (6-0, 160) on defense. Unlike recent years when they relied on the run, they are now a pass-happy team and will most likely come out throwing the ball.
The Plowboys return 10 starters on offense and 9 on defense. They will counter on offense with senior back Antonio Aguayo (5-10, 165) and sophomore quarterback Jax Watts (6-1, 165) and on defense with linebacker Jake Gonzales (5-9, 190) and linemen David Diaz (5-9, 195), Britt Justiss (6-0, 240), and Diego Vela (5-11, 265).
Kickoff is at 7:30pm.
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PLOWBOYS HAVE GOOD SCRIMMAGE WITH FORSAN
The
Plowboys played well on Thursday against a good 2A-I Forsan team in
Forsan. Both teams scored once in the scrimmage before playing in game
conditions in the last part of the workout. In that one, Forsan scored
late to outscore the Plowboys 14-7, but both teams played evenly
throughout, and Coach Jake Freeman was pleased with what he saw.
The
Plowboys moved the ball well when on offense with Jax Watts hitting
Antonio Aguayo on a long pass for a touchdown, and Ivan McCann breaking a
tackle on a long run for another score. They also defended well when
Forsan had the ball.
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RCHS CROSS-COUNTRY TEAM STARTS STRONG AT JIM NED
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| Kaidy Ornelas was 1st and Zoey Welch 2nd at Jim Ned. |
The
Plowboy/Plowgirl Cross Country team had an excellent day at the Jim Ned
Warpath Invitational Cross-Country Meet in Tuscola on Saturday. The
girls finished third out of 14 teams in the 4A and under division.
Kaidy
Ornelas won first place, and her teammate Zoey Welch was second in a
race with 131 runners. In all, eight Plowgirls set personal records.
Both coaches, Heather Greenwood and Shella Arnwine, were excited to see
the Plowgirls do so well in their first meet of the season.
The
Plowboys placed ninth out of 14 teams. Graham Gleaton finished twentieth
and Brayden Covington twenty-seventh out of 102 runners.
The team competes in its second meet of the season on Saturday at Western Texas College in Snyder.
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| Kneeling: Jissel Rodriquez and Zoey Welch. Standing: Cameron Greenwood, Mia Lavalais, Mahlia Calderon-Ruiz, Jacey Rodriquez, Yaniez Aguilar and Kaidy Ornelas. Back: Mackenna Garcia and Malejia Munn (Cross-Country photos by Shella Arnwine) |
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SCHOOL BOARD COMMUNITY MEETING TUESDAY
The Roscoe Collegiate ISD Board of Trustees invites the Community to join in a community-wide informational meeting.
The
meeting will be held in the school cafetorium, at 7:00pm Tuesday,
August 31, to hear concerns and questions from the community and to keep
the public informed of school district goals, programs, and activities.
Submit questions, concerns, and comments to this link: https://forms.gle/mqu7jyZtqvyccmoQ7
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COVID-19 UPDATE HAS BOTH GOOD AND BAD
There
is mixed news regarding the spread and treatment of Covid-19 in Texas
this week. The bad news is that the number of hospitalizations and
active cases in the state continues to rise, and the availability of ICU
units is critical in many places. The good news is that a few counties
have better numbers, and treatments received a boost this week with the
increased availability of the antibody treatments.
These are the same
treatments that were given to Donald Trump and Governor Greg Abbott when
they tested positive for the virus. It has been hard to get in the
past, and only certain people could get it, but it is now becoming more
available, including here in our area. Its use should decrease the
intensity of the infection and the number of future hospitalizations.
For
the present, however, the number of Covid-19 hospitalizations in Texas
continues to grow. As of yesterday, the number was 13,666 compared to
last week’s 12,227. New cases number 15,516 compared to last week’s
20,123, active cases are now at 256,388 compared to last week’s 218,811,
and fatalities yesterday numbered 199 compared to last week’s 96.
The
numbers are mixed in Taylor County. Active cases is now at 1,554, 256
more than last week’s 1,298. But there is one less hospitalization, 78
compared to last week’s 79. The percentage of Covid-19 patients in the
Abilene trauma area last week was 15.15%, but by yesterday it had
dropped to 14.61%, about half a percentage point.
Of all Abilene
COVID-19 inpatients, 88.17% are not fully vaccinated. Of the Covid-19
patients in ICU, 96% are not fully vaccinated.
In our four-county
area, three counties have more active cases and one fewer. Nolan County
now has 100 active cases, 25 more than last week’s 75; Mitchell County
has 52 active cases, also 25 more than last week’s 27; Fisher County has 15
active cases, 5 fewer than last week’s 20; and Scurry County has 161
active cases, 17 more than last week’s 144.
Here are the
estimated active cases the Big Country’s counties (compared to last
week’s number in parentheses): Brown, 249 (224); Howard, 214 (212);
Scurry, 161 (144); Jones, 136 (125); Nolan, 100 (75);Erath, 98 (120);
Mitchell, 52 (27); Coke, 47 (27); Eastland, 30 (26); Comanche, 20 (29);
Runnels, 30 (25); Fisher, 15 (20); Callahan, 14 (21); Coleman, 11 (28);
Stephens, 6 (12); Haskell, 5 (4); Knox, 2 (1); Shackelford, 2 (0);
Stonewall, 0 (1); Kent, 0 (0); Throckmorton, 0 (0). The total of all
these counties last week was 1,119. Now it is 1,192.
Selected
west Texas counties’ estimated active cases (with last week’s in
parentheses): Lubbock 3,250 (2,970); Ector (Odessa) 1,857 (1,649), Tom
Green (San Angelo) 1,542 (1,218); Midland 834 (349); Wichita (Wichita
Falls) 628 (628). Last week’s total for these counties was 6,814. Now it
is 8,171.
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WEATHER REPORT: HOT AND DRY
It’s
been another week of typical August weather for west Texas and the
Roscoe area. Afternoon highs have been in the mid to upper-nineties and
morning lows in the low to mid-seventies with south winds under partly
cloudy skies. One day has been pretty much the same as the one
before—and the one after. Since last Wednesday, the high temperature was yesterday’s 99° and the low was yesterday’s 69°. And there has been no
precipitation, not even a threat.
The forecast for today and
tomorrow is more of the same with today’s high reaching 98° and
tomorrow’s 96° under mostly sunny skies with southerly winds. The lows
will be 72°. The temperature will drop slightly toward the weekend with
Friday’s high at 94°, Saturday’s 92° and Sunday’s also 92°.
There is no rain in the forecast.
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† MARTINA HERRERA
Holy
Mass of Christian Burial for Martina Herrera, 62, of Roscoe, is today,
Wednesday, August 25, at 10:00am at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic
Church with Father Nilo Nalugon officiating. Interment will follow at
Roscoe Cemetery. She passed away at Rolling Plains Memorial Hospital on
Monday, August 16.
Martina was born on February 23, 1959, in
Dolores, Mexico, to parents Severiano and Juana Gonzalez. She married
Juan Herrera on March 4, 1978, in Dolores. She was a member of
Guadalupana Society and Grupo Missionero with Holy Spirit Catholic
Church. She loved spending time with her grandchildren. She loved her
speaker and loved dancing. She spent so much time caring for her plants.
Martina
is survived by her husband, Juan Herrera; children: Andres, Agustin,
Lucina, Maria, Lourdes, Imelda, Jaime, Ramiro, Sara, Elisa, Teresa,
Marta; grandchildren: Jonathan, Giselle, Karen, Erik, Sarai, Joshua,
Hannah, Axel, Brenda, Julissa, Julian, Henry, Brisa, Clarissa, Jiovanni,
Arabella, Aaliyan, Aranza, Mike Jr., Fernanda, Alexa, Ezra, Lheo,
Gianna; and great-grandchild: Michael.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Severiano and Juana Gonzalez, and twin daughters, Maria Juana and Maria Artemia.
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