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The Meadow Broncos new coach, Josh Conner, made his debut Friday night when they fell to the Newcastle Bobcats, 66-38.
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Wellman-Union Wildcats will be coming off a loss to Hermleigh 54-8. In the game against the Cardinals the Wildcats had a great start on the offensive side of the ball with a 10 play scoring drive. Coach Sep said, “We knew that the nature of how Hermleigh plays was going to be a battle for us not only physically but mentally as well. Unfortunately, we did not have the mental toughness to overcome what they presented and we suffered.”
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With high school football and volleyball in full swing there are some major changes in effect for attending games and events in person due to COVID-19. The University Interscholastic League (UIL) sent out a guidance for all UIL sanctioned competitions. The UIL is obligated to follow the Texas education Agency’s(TEA) mitigation guidance. TEA has issued instruction that requires all school systems to develop a plan for mitigating COVID-19 spread in schools. With that, the UIL has guidelines requiring schools to include UIL activities for the 2020-2021 school year as part of each school’s plan and carefully plan for mitigating risk of spread as students and staff participate in the UIL activities. Schools must post these plans on the homepage of the school website or other easily accessible area of the school website. However, according to UIL, these plans do not require UIL or TEA approval.
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The Lady Cubs volleyball team improved to 7-0 Tuesday night when they faced off against Snyder and Shallowater in a two match dual.
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The Wellman-Union Lady Cats took to the volleyball court Saturday in a two game matchup against 2A Olton and 1A Wildorado. The Lady Cats notched their first win of the season against Olton, taking them out in a three set sweep 25-8, 25-10 and 25-20. After a brief break, the Lady Cats took on a great Wildorado team. Both teams matched up very well, the game went into five sets and two of five sets went into volleyball overtime. The Lady Cats took the first set into overtime winning 29-27. Wildorado took the second set 25-20, then the Lady Cats got the third 25-21. In the fourth set the Lady Cats fell to Wildorado losing 25-14. This set up a fifth set and the Lady Cats found themselves down 10-2. However with a few stops the Lady Cays rallied back to tie it 14-14. Wildorado ended up being too much for the Lady Cats and won the set and match 19-17. The Lady Cats are now 1-2 on the season.
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The Lady Cubs are now 5-0 in their season. In a tough 5-set game against Shallowater, the Lady Cubs came out on top. Deja and Tia Johnson led the team with 12 and 11 kills, respectively, and Madison Hord had 25 digs. In their game against River Road, Tia and Deja Johnson had five kills each, Madison Hord had six digs and Gabi Fields had a few aces. The Lady Cubs will host Idalou Saturday, August 29 at 11 a.m..
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Of the three Terry County football squads, Wellman-Union is likely the hungriest about getting back on the field after a tough 2019 season that saw them end the second to last game after the first quarter against Morton and forfeit their last game against Ropes. Coach Brian Sepkowitz (Sep) is in his second year at the helm of the Wellman-Union Wildcat football team and he wants his Wildcats, win or lose, to understand that this first game won’t define the rest of the season.
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Not many people thought this time would come, but it’s here and the Cubs football team hopes it’s here to stay. The Brownfield Cubs will get their chance to compete on the football field Friday night when they travel to Friona in a regular non-district opening football game, kickoff is slated for 7 p.m.
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