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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1969
Page
7
Eagle girls fall to Royal in a tournament tilt with Royal leading 33 to Eagle points. Dilley opens play at 8 45 AM Friday as Engies compete against Royal and other teams.
Schulenburg Shorthorns rallied from a 10 to 9 halftime deficit to defeat Barbers Hill 16 10 in a regional football bi district playoff in Bay Town. Quarterback Curran Rode sparked two second half touchdowns aided by a shutout defense. Elsewhere Alief Bears rolled High Island 32 6 in Liberty as regional play looms for Class EB teams.
Three brothers Juan Flores of Garwood Lupe Flores of Aniline Milton Flores of Cuero were stopped at a roadblock near Provident City by Game Wardens Emmett Wolfsdorff and Sach Center. Police found four deer carcasses in the trunk and fined each $200 on two counts including possession of deer carcass remains and missing tags or permits.
In the 1962-63 season opener, Eagle Lake Eagles split three games with Weimar Wildcats. Varsity trailed 44-36 at the half but rallied to win 45-44 led by Gene Glover's 24 points, while Gene Smith and Ernie Uzzell fouled out. Freshmen won 29-22 and junior varsity 42-38. Weimar top scorers Seyster and Janak had 14 each.
Coach Bobby Hooker leads Magle Lake Eagle cagers to Columbus for a multi team tourney. Senior varsity and junior varsity divisions feature eleven teams each with opening games Thursday night and finals Saturday at Columbus High School. If the Eagles win the opener they play Friday at 6 30 p m. a loss sends them to the consolation bracket at 8 p m.
Eagle Lake Junior High cagers opened 1963-76 season with seventh graders winning 24 12 over Hempstead while eighth graders lost 32 30. Top seven grade scorer David Gore ales with 13, Gonzales 13 rebounds. Eighth graders trailed early but rallied. Darrell Norris led with 11 points and 9 rebounds. Upcoming games include Needville and Schulenburg matchups in December and January with a packed schedule through February.
Two Eagle Lake Eagles, Fred Broesche and Ernta Uzzell, headlined All-District 20AA selections. Several Eagle Lake, Columbus, Luling, Giddings and Smithville players earned honorable mention on offense and defense, with a Mi-District defensive unit also named from surrounding schools.
The Sealy Tigers travel Tuesday night to host a doubleheader starting with the junior varsity at 6 00 pm and the varsity at 8 00 pm Pam. On Thursday December first the Eagles host Royal for two games, followed by December 2 and December 18 in the Weimar Invitational tournament.
Eagle Lake High School cross country team, led by Coach Robert Boktes, gears up for the State Cross Country meet in Austin. Team members include Wayne Hemphill Edward Dawson Willie Cleveland Ricky Higemns Blayd Guttertet Roy Morales and Ronnie Robinsée. In recent meets Hemphill posted 1 82 for two miles, Dawson 2007, Cleveland fifth, and Dalyson 12 28 for first. The squad will train this Saturday at Deer Pare.
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