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Open house to focus on safe club programs
By Jeff West By Jeff West
The Scurry County Boys and Girls Club will host an open house from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday. The open house is being conducted to help advertise the “Campaign 3PM” program, an effort to raise awareness of the cub’s effort to get every child involved in a
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Odessa man sentenced to three years in TDCJ
By Roy McQueen
A 40-year-old Odessa man will now serve three years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice following a probation revocation hearing Monday in 132nd District Court. Michael Hugh McKerns was serving a five-year probated prison sentence for a June 27
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Ira trustees to meet Thursday
By Jeff West
The Ira Independent School district board will meet at 7 a.m. Thursday in a special meeting that includes an executive session. The closed session to discuss personnel is the only item on the agenda.
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SPORTS

Tigers light up Mustangs, 10-0
by Bobby Allen
By Bobby Allen SDN Sports Editor The Tigers recovered their offensive groove Tuesday, plating six runs in the second inning en route to a 10-0 victory over Denver City in six innings. Freshman Ryan Mitchell and sophomore Lico Castillo combined on a
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Boys golf takes district lead
by Bobby Allen
The Snyder boys got off to a fast start in round one of the district golf tournament Tuesday in Sweetwater, with Snyder I taking a 15 stroke lead, and Snyder II sitting in sixth, 11 shots off second place. Five of the six golfers for the varsity shot
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Lady Tigers overpower Lamesa in five innings
by Bobby Allen
The Lady Tigers remained undefeated in district play after roughing up Lamesa, 10-0, in five innings Tuesday. Staked an eight-run lead, Ashley Martinez went the distance, allowing two hits and striking out three. Snyder (13-8, 6-0) plated eight in the
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WTC game pushed back
By Bobby Allen
Due to a scheduling conflict, today’s baseball game between Western Texas College and Hardin-Simmons has been pushed back to 4 p.m. The Dusters open a four-game set with El Paso Community College with a doubleheader beginning at 2 today. Both teams will
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Thornhill nails third-best vault in the country
by Bobby Allen
Texas tech junior and Snyder graduate Jared Thornhill had his best vault of the year over the weekend, taking first place and earning a regional qualifying mark at the UTEP Invitationals in El Paso. Thornhill’s vault of 17-10.5 is the third-best in the
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WTC Rodeo starts tomorrow
by Bobby Allen
By Bobby Allen SDN Sports Editor Sixteen schools and hundreds of visitors begin decending on Snyder today in anticipation of the 2004 Western Texas College Rodeo. The rodeo, a mainstay on the Snyder entertainment scene for years, begins at 7 p.m.
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WTC hires Jason McAden to pilot vollyball program
by Bobby Allen
Western Texas College has named 1993 Snyder graduate Jason McAden the new girls volleyball coach. McAden spent the past two seasons as the head coach of 5A Texas A&M Consolidated. After graduating from Snyder, McAden attended Odessa College for two years
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Junior varsity Tigers avenge Frenship loss, sweep Merkel
by Bobby Allen
The JV Tiger got revenge against Frenship in the last game of Sweetwater tournament, and rode that momentum to a doubleheader sweep Monday against Merkel. Both contests against Merkel were five innings. The JV Tigers (9-4) topped the junior Badgers, 8-4
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Seniors advance to national tournament
by Bobby Allen
The Snyder Little Dribblers senior all-stars advanced to the national tournament with a 53-42 victory over Levelland last weekend. Lance Day scored 14 points, snatched five steals, dished out five assists and grabbed nine boards to lead the way for the
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Dusters split with Odessa
by Bobby Allen
The Lady Dusters split with Odessa College in a four-game series over the weekend, riding the arm of ace Patricia Gonzales, who did not allow an earned run in 22 innings. “We’re playing as well as we have been since the program began,” head coach Rodney
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