West Texas football book offers lore of Friday night lights
A local sports feature discusses a new book on West Texas high school football, detailing seven Little SWC teams and stars who moved on to other schools. OA staffer Chris Turner praises its depth, with signings at Music City Mall 5 30 to 8 p m Thursday and reminiscences of famed 1970s eras.
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SWC
West Texas
Chris Turner
Waldenbooks
Music City Mall
Roger Staubach
Helicopter crash kills four near Boise City Oklahoma
Officials say the BO-105 had no prior accidents and had flown at half staff since a March 10 crash. The downed helicopter, leased by TEMSCO from Ketchikan, killed flight nurse Lauren Stone, paramedic Terry Griffith, mother Kathy Esparza, and pilot Ed Lanneman. Funerals held. Lanneman to be buried in Mazeppa Minnesota. NTSB probes cause. FAA notes no prior safety issues. TEMSCO to replace with a 1997 Eurocopter AS 350 B2 and searches for a new pilot.
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Ed Lanneman
Lauren Stone
Terry Griffith
Kathy Esparza
Boise City
Oklo
Stone
Griffith
Esparza
Lanneman
Mazeppa
Minn
Martin
National Transportation Safety Board
Federal Aviation Administration
Northwest Texas Hospital
Temsco Helicopters Inc
Ketchikan
Alaska
Temsco
Joe Hicks
West Texas Football Legacy Leads Mall Signing Panel
Former Permian players Bizzell and Townsend join 16 other figures at a signing event, asserting West Texas high school football as unmatched in Texas and nationwide. Campfire memories frame a history of star athletes, coaches, and iconic games across Permian Basin programs.
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Brodnax
Permian
Roy Williams
Cedric Benson
Midland Lee
Sneezy Beltran
Abilene High
Townsend
OHS
Bizzell
West Texas
State of Texas
Fredericksburg
Hill
Texas Tech
Spike Dykes
OHL
Rodney Allison
Clemson
Junior Miller
NFL
Stoney Case
Bizzell Hill
Jack Pardee
John Wilkins
Gene Mayfield
PHS
TJ. Mills
Odessa High
Jim Carson
John Parchman
Midland High
David Browning
Tommy Sager
Leland Casey
Randy Mayes
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