Mustangs Edge Rockets to end Skyrockets season in mud
Shallowater used a strong ground game to defeat Wellington 20-6 in a rain soaked regional playoff at Plainview. Joe Maldonado scored for the Mustangs from the 14, Rod Burgett added an extra point run, and Dee Hohenberger sealed it with an interception and a late 57 yard drive ending with Joe Alvarado’s 10 yard TD. The Rockets showed fight but injuries, bad weather, and a stout Shallowater line kept them from a comeback.
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Plainview
Dwayne Culpencer
Dru Lacy
Wellington
Shallowater
Shallowater Mustangs
Skyrockets
Darvin Nix
Rockets
Mustangs
Joe Maldonado
Rod Burgett
Amarillo Globe News
David
Stevens
Mustang
Dee Hohenberger
Wade Williams
Joe Alvarado
Methodists to host Christmas dinner and bazaar in Wellington
The 1st United Methodist Church holds its annual community Christmas dinner at Burn Handley Community Center on Saturday December 4 with a crafts bazaar running 9 am to 3 pm. Tickets are 4.00 for adults and 2.50 for children with delivery available for those unable to pick up plates.
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Wellington
1St United Methodist Church
Ant
Burn Handley
Community Center
Gorman Owens
United Methodist
Owens
County Gins 4535 Bales by Dec. 1
Collingsworth County cotton growers delivered 4535 bales of the 1982 crop by December 1 as a wet spell halted harvest. Some yields underperformed, with many bales under 1/3 to 1/4 expected. Yet the grade and micronaire were strong in Wellington area, with lint to seed ratios up to 25 percent and several bales eligible for loan above 50 cents per pound.
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Collingsworth County
J.N. Glasgow
Farmers Co-op Gin
Wellington
Skyrocket Tournament Opens Thursday December 2
The second annual Sky rocket Basketball Tournament runs 9 a.m. Thursday Dec 2 through Saturday evening Dec 5 at Wellington High School. Sixteen teams 8 boys and 8 girls compete including Memphis River Road McLean Lakeview Hedley Sumnerwood and Wellington. Seeding lists Memphis as top seed with Wellington second and River Road third for both boys and girls. Coach Dale Morris notes the event brings strong east and central Panhandle teams.
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Wellington
East
Central Panhandle
Dale Morris
Wellington High School
Granite Escapee Caught in Kansas
A convicted murderer who escaped from Oklahoma’s Granite State Reformatory last week was arrested Sunday in Newton Kansas. Nathan McGaha, 22, was serving 40 years for murder robbery with a firearm and escape from county jail and stole a prison pickup used by a cotton stripping crew returning to the prison. The escape occurred around midnight Monday, prompting alerts to Collingsworth and Harmon County officials. A county road incident near Buck Creek 1 mile south of Highway 62 led to the capture, as authorities coordinated search efforts.
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Oklahoma
Granite State Reformatory
North Childress County
Newton
Kansas
Nathan McGaha
McGaha
Collingsworth County
Virgil Patterson
Billy Heward
Heward
Patterson
North Childress
Buck Creek
Hwy. 62
Howard
Collingsworth
Kenneth Maxwell
Harmon
Childress
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Mustange
Page
Memphis
Sumnerwood
River Road
McLean
Lakeview
Hedley
Welling
Granite
Margaret Hartman
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