Christmas Cheer and Local Odds and Ends Echo Small Town News
Melanie Jeffrey and Kerry Hooksira share notes on illness and winter blues while praising Texas Tech football star Zach Thomas and local high school basketball. The piece reflects holiday excitement, Chamber meeting plans, and 1996 event changes including Bluegrass Festival cancellation and a look ahead to Collingsworth County Fair.
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Kerry Hooksira
Melanie
Toby Clark
Nell
Betty
Kyle
Quail
Texas Tech
Zach Thomas
Ione Pate Cartee
Thomas
Red Raider
Butkus
Eagles
Highway 83
Charlie Brown
Chamber of Commerce
Collingsworth County
Cliff Hartman
Johnnie Snider
Johnnie
Wellington Skyrockets dominate Wheeler Tourney action
The Wellington Skyrockets share top finishes with Lady Rockets second in the Wheeler Tournament while the Varsity boys take third. December 5 results show a 81-74 loss for the boys to Quanah, a 55-51 win for the Lady Rockets, and a 50-30 win by the junior Rockets over the Indians. Wheeler Invitational details include Claude and Shamrock in Pool play and a 78-36 Wellington win over Wheeler. The event runs December 7-9 with multiple games and a Red River Classic in Duke, Oklahoma for JV squads.
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Wellington
Lady Rockets
Duke
Oklahoma
Indians
Rockets
Jackson
Chris Belew
Bobby Darton
Robertson
Quanah Wellington
Ouanah
George Shrubs
J. J. Swearingen
Nakia Nash
Young Rockets
Bernal
Garza
Ramiro Martinez
Lady Indians
Tracey Davis
Monique Davis
R. Martinez
Akers
Lady Rocket
Young Lady Indians
Wheeler
Claude
Clarendon
White Deer
Shamrock
West Texas High
West Texas
Comanches
Claude Wellington
Fighting Mustangs
Mustangs
Chad Kane
Alford
Minkley
Kevin Thomas
Parton
Case
Shamrock Irish
Christy Howard
Cone
Freeman
Urbanczyk
Lady Mustangs
Amy Chauveaux
Thomas
Wallace
Crowell
Skelton
Carter
Eldorado
Olustee
Lakeview
Quanah JV
Chillicothe
Texas
Longhorns
Brad Collins
Jv-Olustee
Lady Longhorns
Lady Rocket IV
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