DECEMBER '97 ARCHIVES
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(Dec. 31) Al
Pickett Column: Happy New Year and a few other notes
(Dec. 31) ACU
Men's Basketball: Wildcats defeat Western NM, 102-97
(Dec. 31) ACU
Women's Basketball: Lady Wildcats lose to nationally-ranked
team again
(Dec. 31) AHS
Girls' Basketball: Lady Eagles fall in championship game
to Lamesa
(Dec. 31) AHS
Boys' Basketball: Eagles move into semifinals with win
over Snyder
(Dec. 31) AHS
Girls' Soccer: Team honored nationally for good deed of
Winterfest Olympic Games
(Dec. 31) Cutting
Horse Competition: Winter Circuit Cutting
(Dec. 31) Wylie
Boys' Basketball: Bulldogs lose to Lanier in tourney's
second round
(Dec. 31) McMurry
Men's Basketball: Indians lose to Incarnate Word, 87-68
(Dec. 30) ACU
Men's Basketball: Wildcats take 111-90 win over Cal State-Hayward
(Dec. 30) Ted
Dunnam Column: Former Cooper player hopes to make it to
the NFL
(Dec. 30) Cutting
Horse Competition: Results from Monday's competition
(Dec. 30) McMurry
Women's Basketball: Lady Indians lose to Schreiner, 78-70
(Dec. 30) CHS
Girls' Basketball: Lady Cougars fall to Southlake Carroll,
76-38
(Dec. 30) Today's
Basketball: ACU women vs. Missouri Western State ... McMurry
men vs. Incarnate Word
(Dec. 30) Wylie
Boys' Basketball: Bulldogs hold on to beat Floresville,
63-60
(Dec. 30) AHS
Girls' Basketball: Lady Eagles battle their way into tournament
finals
(Dec. 30) AHS
Boys' Basketball: Eagles move up in tourney with two wins
(Dec. 29) Candy
Reagan Column: What to do, what to do?
(Dec. 29) Cutting
Horse Competition: Complete results from Sunday
(Dec. 29) Today's
Basketball: McMurry women; Wylie boys; AHS boys and girls;
CHS girls
(Dec. 28) All-Big
Country Super Team: Brownwood junior leads team
(Dec. 28) Lynda
Rae column: AQHA awards reconize top equine performers
(Dec. 27) All-Big
Country Six-Man Football Team: May player tops for the
year
(Dec. 26) Al
Pickett Column: Former Cougar's take on who's number one
(Dec. 26) Year
of the QB: All-Big Country Class 4A-5A football team
(Dec. 25) Class
3A all-Big Country team: Eight Buckaroos land on team
(Dec. 25) Al
Pickett column: A look back at the year in names
(Dec. 24) Class
2A all-Big Country team: Winters' quarterback keys Blizzards'
surprising season
(Dec. 24) Ted
Dunnam column: Some criteria for picking the best-ever
running back
(Dec. 24) CHS
boys' basketball: Cougars finish with two wins in Arlington
Invitational
(Dec. 23) Cooper
Boys Basketball: Eales leads Cougars to 20-point win
(Dec. 23) Al
Pickett Column: A few last-minute thoughts before shopping
(Dec. 23) All-Big
Country Football Team: Munday player leads Class A
(Dec. 22) Candy
Reagan Column: Who wants to coach for a pain-in-the-butt?
(Dec. 22) Today's
Basketball: Cooper boys at Arlington Tournament
(Dec. 21) Sports
Editorial: Abilene can't afford a hockey team
(Dec. 21) Sports
Editorial: Abilene should give hockey a chance -- the
city might like it
(Dec. 21) Bill
Hart column: It's a small world after all
(Dec. 21) Letters
to the editor: Jones should have left well enough alone
... Officials let game get out of hand
(Dec. 21) Key
City Shootout: Cooper bounces back for win
(Dec. 20) Wylie
girls' basketball: Wylie 44, Merkel 37
(Dec. 20) Key
City Shootout: Local teams lose on first day
(Dec. 20) Al
Pickett column: Remembering the Eagles' bid for a fourth-straight
championship
(Dec. 20) Old
AD goes back to full-time coaching: McMurry names new
athletic director
(Dec. 20) Wylie
boys' basketball: Granbury 76, Wylie 52
(Dec. 20) Abilene
High girls' basketball: Permian 40, AHS 32
(Dec. 20) CHS
girls' basketball: Cooper 54, Odessa High 48
(Dec. 20) Area
boys' basketball results
(Dec. 20) Area
boys' basketball results
(Dec. 19) Ted
Dunnam column: Area team to play in Reunion Arena Saturday
(Dec. 19) Today's
basketball: Capsule previews of local teams in action
today
(Dec. 19) Key
City Shootout: Local teams have opportunity to tune up
for regular season
(Dec. 18) Western
Professional Hockey League: Minor league hockey takes
second look at Abilene
(Dec. 18) Ted
Dunnam column: Coach gains chance at redemption
(Dec. 18) Sweetwater
football: Sweetwater elevates assistant coach to head
position
(Dec. 17) Al
Pickett column: Local teams start season like gangbusters
(Dec. 17) Assistant
elevated: Colorado City hires new coach
(Dec. 17) ACU
women's basketball: ACU 89, St. Edward's 78
(Dec. 17) Area
boys' basketball results
(Dec. 17) Area
girls' basketball results
(Dec. 16) A
Family Thing: The other Valvano trying to make a name
in basketball
(Dec. 16) Wylie
Boys Basketball: Tired Bulldogs hang on to beat Comanche,
62-58
(Dec. 16) ACU
Women: Lady Wildcats vs. St. Edward's advance
(Dec. 15) Candy
Reagan Column: Revisiting the issue of character
(Dec. 15) McMurry
Men's Basketball: Indians rebound for a 94-91 win over
Bellarmine
(Dec. 15) Basketball
Advance: Wylie boys vs. Comanche; Wylie girls vs. San
Angelo Central
(Dec. 14) ACU
women's basketball: ACU 95, Texas Wesleyan 55
(Dec. 14) CHS
boys' basketball: Mansfield 62, Cooper 44
(Dec. 14) American
Southwest Conference: LeTourneau accepted as newest member
(Dec. 14) ACU
Sports Hall of Fame: Three Abilenians to elected to hall
(Dec. 14) Wylie
Lions Club Catclaw Invitational: Jim Ned holds off Wylie
to take championhsip
(Dec. 14) ACU
men's basketball: ACU 98, Southern Arkansas 71
(Dec. 14) AHS
girls' basketball: Lubbock High 43, Abilene High 22
(Dec. 14) HSU
men's basketball: Hardin-Simmons 108, Southwestern College
55
(Dec. 14) Hardin-Simmons
women's basketball: HSU 83, Southwestern 72
(Dec. 14) Today's
basketball: Capsule previews of local teams in action
(Dec. 14) Six-man
state football championship: Borden County 48, Panther
Creek 16
(Dec. 14) Al
Pickett column: New book details early days of America's
Team
(Dec. 14) Bill
Hart column: Area students named to magazine's all-state
cross country teams
(Dec. 14) Sports
editorial: Changes in Cowboys must begin at top
(Dec. 14) Class
A state football championship: Granger 40, Wheeler 0
(Dec. 14) Wylie
Lions Club Catclaw Invitational: Wylie to meet Jim Ned
in finals
(Dec. 13) Al
Pickett column: Offensive lineman just don't enough respect
(Dec. 13) Class
A football championship preview: Wheeler vs. Granger at
Shotwell
(Dec. 13) Today's
basketball: Capsule previews of local teams in action
today
(Dec. 13) State
Six-Man championship: Panther Creek takes on Borden County
for championship
(Dec. 13) ACU
men's basketball: ACU 123, East Texas Baptist 57
(Dec. 13) CHS
girls' basketball: Cooper 64, San Angelo Central 51
(Dec. 13) Hardin-Simmons
mens' basketball: HSU 89, Hillsdale 81
(Dec. 13) AHS
boys' basketball: Abilene High 69, Lubbock Estacado 68
(Dec. 13) Area
tournament results: Friday's games
(Dec. 12) District
4-5A girls' basketball: Permian likely to be the team
to beat
(Dec. 12) Al
Pickett column: Notes on Osborne retiring, a Six-Man championship
game and other thoughts
(Dec. 12) Bill
Hart column: Last minute win would be par for Wheeler-Granger
tilt
(Dec. 12) Today's
basketball: Capsule previews of local teams in action
today
(Dec. 12) ACU
football: ACU places two on Little All-America team
(Dec. 12) Wylie
Lions Club Catclaw Invitational: Both Wylie teams move
into semifinal round
(Dec. 12) Area
tournament results: Thursday's games
(Dec. 11) Al
Pickett column: Not sure of an answer? Print it and someone
will correct you
(Dec. 11) Merkel
coach dies of heart attack: Death of coach second blow
to community in 5 years
(Dec. 11) Whitehouse
seeking three-peat: Catclaw Invitational begins
(Dec. 11) Today's
basketball: Capsule previews of local teams in action
today
(Dec. 10) AHS
boys' basketball: Abilene High 90, Sweetwater 69
(Dec. 10) AHS
girls' basketball: Abilene High 47, Wylie 37
(Dec. 10) Bill
Hart column: Football is a family affair for Panther Creek
team
(Dec. 10) Area
boys' basketball scores
(Dec. 10) Area
girls' basketball results
(Dec. 10) CHS
girls' basketball: Cooper 57, Snyder 54
(Dec. 10) McMurry
men's basketball: McMurry University 113, Southwestern
Adventist 98
(Dec. 10) Time
for other things: Sweetwater coach retires
(Dec. 10) CHS
boys' basketball: Lubbock Estacado 56, Cooper 44
(Dec. 10) Wylie
boys' basketball: Wylie 88, Wall 53
(Dec. 9) HSU
Men's Basketball: Dennis Harp is the winningest coach
in Cowboy history
(Dec. 9) Bill
Hart Column: Borden County playing for all the six-man
marbles
(Dec. 9) All
District 6-3A: Bulldogs, Buckaroos dominate team
(Dec. 8) Candy
Reagan Column: NBA did right thing with Sprewell
(Dec. 8) Playoff
Results/Pairings: Complete statewide listing of football
games
(Dec. 7) Al
Pickett column: Cougars miscues spelled end of season
(Dec. 7) Cooper
High School football: Cougars' season ends in 38-14 loss
to Flower Mound
(Dec. 7) District
4-5A All-District team: Cooper coach named Coach of the
Year
(Dec. 7) HSU
men's basketball: Hardin-Simmons 103, Howard Payne 66
(Dec. 7) HSU
women's basketball: Hardin-Simmons 79, Howard Payne 72
(Dec. 7) McMurry
men's basketball: McMurry 107, Sul Ross State 70
(Dec. 7) McMurry
women's basketball: McMurry 62, Sul Ross 53
(Dec. 7) Sweetwater
High School football: Denison 39, Sweetwater 0
(Dec. 7) ACU
women's basketball: ACU 98, Northeastern Oklahoma 66
(Dec. 7) Bill
Hart column: A team full of coaches from Roscoe, playoffs
expansion and other morsels
(Dec. 7) U.S.
Track Coaches Association: Former ACU track coach inducted
into Hall of Fame
(Dec. 7) Sports
editorial: Three cheers for the Warriors
(Dec. 7) Letter
to the Editor: How about taking care of girls' fields?
(Dec. 7) ACU
men's basketball: ACU 80, Northeastern Oklahoma 63
(Dec. 7) Wylie
boys basketball: Wylie 66, Eastland 53
(Dec. 6) Area
football playoff games: Sweetwater, Breckenridge in quarterfinal
action
(Dec. 6) Cooper
High School football: Cougars' foe similar in style of
play, tradition
(Dec. 6) CHS
boys basketball: Waco Midway 51, Cooper 40
(Dec. 6) Basketball
Previews: Capsule looks at today's local games
(Dec. 6) Basketball
Tournament results
(Dec. 6) Wylie
boys basketball: Wylie 66, Jim Ned 58
(Dec. 6) Area
basketball tournaments: Thursday and Friday results
(Dec. 6) Polk-Key
City Classic girls tournament: Three local teams battle
way into semifinals
(Dec. 6) Six-man
playoffs: Panther Creek 36, Trinidad 32
(Dec. 6) Class
A semifinal playoffs: Wheeler 35, Munday 12
(Dec. 5) ACU
women's basketball: ACU 93, University of Central Oklahoma
50
(Dec. 5) AHS
boys' basketball: Abilene High 57, El Paso Coronado 51
(Dec. 5) Al
Pickett column: 5A quarterfinal match rare event for Shotwell
(Dec. 5) Area
football playoff games: Munday, Wheeler game has become
rivalry
(Dec. 5) Midland
school favored: Christian Schools Basketball Tournament
begins
(Dec. 5) HSU
women's basketball: Hardin-Simmons 78, Sul Ross 49
(Dec. 5) Cooper
boys' basketball: Burkburnett 77, Cooper 64
(Dec. 5) Polk-Key
City Classic girls basketball tournament: Area teams make
mark on first day of play | Results
(Dec. 5) McMurry
men's basketball: McMurry 105, Howard Payne 83
(Dec. 5) Area
basketball tournaments: First day play results
(Dec. 5) ACU
men's basketball: ACU 99, University of Central Oklahoma
74
(Dec. 5) McMurry
women's basketball: McMurry 62, Howard Payne 57
(Dec. 5) Wylie
boys basketball: Wylie 54, Stamford 47
(Dec. 4) Basketball
previews: Capsule looks at local high school and college
games
(Dec. 4) Bill
Hart column: Secret to Mustangs' success is defense
(Dec. 4) Polk-Key
City girls basketball tournament: Lubbock Coronado considered
team to beat
(Dec. 4) Flower
Mound Marcus: Cooper opponent features powerful passing
attack
(Dec. 4) Southwest
Basketball Officials Association: UIL director stresses
service aspect of organization
(Dec. 3) ACU
football: Pair of Wildcats tapped for first team honors
(Dec. 3) Abilene
High girls basketball: Eastland 52, Abilene High 33
(Dec. 3) Bill
Hart column: Panthers going through strange season
(Dec. 3) Cooper
High girls basketball: Levelland 36, Cooper 19
(Dec. 3) Cooper
High School football: Saturday's game rematch of last
year's
(Dec. 3) Area
girls basketball: Tuesday results
(Dec. 3) Area
boys basketball: Tuesday results
(Dec. 3) Abilene
High boys basketball: Lubbock Monterey 83, Abilene High
69
(Dec. 3) Wylie
girls basketball: Wylie 48, Coahoma 42
(Dec. 2) Basketball
capsules: Previews of today's local games
(Dec. 2) Bill
Hart column: Buckaroos setting records this season
(Dec. 1) Candy
Reagan column: Abilene boxer plans to join professional
ranks
(Dec. 1) Clyde
tennis sensation: Hawk wins first national singles title
(Dec. 1) McMurry
women's basketball: McMurry 60, Trinity University 59
(Dec. 1) Key
City Classic: Houston-area rivals battle for championship
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