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Flooding Rains Halloween Eve

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The San Gabriel River was swollen and rushing with flood water for hours Friday afternoon. Georgetown escaped the flash floods and washouts that closed ABIA and required closed roads and rescues across much of central Texas. However, San Gabriel and Blue Hole Parks were CLOSED until further notice, once the City deems them to be safe again.

Campaign is On for 395th Court Governor Abbott’s office announced

Thursday that it will not appoint a new judge to succeed the retiring 395th District Court Judge Mike Jergins until after the March 1 primary election.

As of November 1, the only official candidate for the office is Attorney Terence Davis (pictured), who was one of four applicants interviewed for the job two weeks ago.

Williamson County Assistant District Attorneys Geoffrey Puryear and Brent Webster also applied for the bench, and Attorney Ryan Larson. Larson was a can-

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Advocate Sports Editor Galen Wellnicki

With the premier sports issue under our

belts, the Advocate would like to introduce our team. Galen Wellnicki has been in the news business for 53 years as a writer, assistant sports editor and editor. “I am excited to serve the people of Georgetown and provide a professional sports product that emphasizes our home town high schools.”

He graduated from Texas State with a major in Journalism. Being in the media for so long he says, “No two teams or athletes are the same, and that keeps the stories fresh.”

Galen loves all sports, and will be covering everything from football to swimming; volleyball to tennis. He is enjoying the new twist in his writing with SportsTX. com; “I’m not used to writing without limits, but online has no space requirements.

It’s a great way to support the teams every day.”

Galen also recognizes that with growth in Georgetown will come more teams and more athletes to cover. “We are fortunate to have great district leadership so our coaches stay longer and provide great consistency and mentorship for our students.”

Russ Rinn has been taking sports photos for over ten years in Georgetown, but, like

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didate in the 277th District race in 2014, ultimately won by Judge Stacey Mathews.

About the announcement, Terence Davis said, “Being Judge has been my design all along and I have been working toward that end as an appointee or a candidate. I have enjoyed earning the support of the electorate, and I will continue to do so as I have gained the trust of many key supporters and family law lawyers practicing in Williamson County. It doesn’t change my goal; I am going to keep moving forward as planned.”

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“I started taking pictures when my kids were playing sports. It helped me focus on the game and kept me from being ‘that’ parent.” He sent some photos to the Statesman to help boost Georgetown coverage, and once they had a look, they hired him.

He did the same with the Sun a few years later.

Russ decided to work with the Advocate because, “These kids work too hard to toil in anonymity. We need to show them that people care, and even if their parents are the only ones watching them run at 8am on a Saturday they need to know we appreciate their skill and we will highlight their accomplishments. That’s what it’s about.”

Russ even wants to make sure the band and cheerleaders get the props they are due. “They don’t score points, but they work just as hard.”

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FM1460 Project Breaks Ground

Construction on the Farm to Market 1460 project officially started today at a groundbreaking ceremony with local, state, and federal officials. The twoyear project by the Texas Department of Transportation involves building a four-lane road in the 3.5 mile segment from Quail Valley Drive to University Boulevard.

FM 1460 is a key northsouth arterial between Georgetown and Round Rock. Currently FM 1460 is a two-lane road with no shoulders.

The new four-lane road with turn lanes will provide increased safety and mobility between the hospitals and higher education facilities in Round Rock and residential and employment areas in Georgetown.

The new four lane highway also will provide a north-south alternate and reliever to Interstate 35.

When it is completed, FM 1460 will be a four-lane road from Austin Avenue in Georgetown to U.S. 79 in Round Rock where continues as the four-lane A.W. Grimes Boulevard to the 45 Toll Road.

Georgetown residents voted to approve transportation bonds in 2008 authorizing funding for the project.

The total cost of the project is $34.7 million, including design and engineering, environmental clearances, right-of-way acquisition, utility relocations, and construction.

The total includes $13 million from the City of Georgetown, $11.4 million in federal funding, $7.8 million in state funding, and $2.6 million from the City of Round Rock and Williamson County.

Williamson County Lifts Burn Ban

The Williamson County Commissioners Court lifted the burn ban for unincorporated areas of Williamson County today,

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Tuesday, October 27, 2015.

Please be cautious with any outdoor burning activity. Outdoor burning must be conducted under state regulations found in Texas Administrative Code Section 30 TAC 111.219.

Prior to conducting control burns, please take the following steps: 1. Please contact your local fire department – Some fire departments may require a Burn Permit.

2. Please contact Williamson County Communications – Please call and report your control burn to Williamson County Communications at (512) 8648282. Williamson County Communications should be able to inform you of any burning restrictions that Williamson County Communications has been made aware of and that may exist.

Call for Volunteers: Boards and Commissions

The City of Georgetown is recruiting highly qualified and dedicated individuals to serve on one of Georgetown’s Advisory Boards or Commissions. The City Council depends on citizen board members to assist in evaluating local issues to enrich and promote the community.

For more information regarding the variety of boards and commissions and their roles in City government, please visit https://georgetown.org/ council-boards-agendas/.

Applications can also be found on this page.

If you are interested in serving as a board member, please complete an application. You may also attach a resume (no more than 2 pages). You may print and complete an application, or choose to use the online application process. Printed applications should be mailed to: Mayor Ross & the City Council P.O. Box 409 Georgetown, TX 78627 The deadline to submit an application is January 8, 2016. Board and Com-

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mission appointments are made in February. New members begin serving in March.

Please contact the City Secretary’s office at (512) 930-3651 with any questions.

West Nile Virus in 78628

Mosquito samples collected last week from two locations in the 78628 zip code in Georgetown tested positive for West Nile Virus.

The two positive tests were indicated in lab results received from the Texas Department of State Health Services lab in Austin.

The samples were collected in traps on October 20. The species of mosquito that tested positive for West Nile Virus was Culex quinquefasciatus, also known as the Southern house mosquito. This species of mosquito has a flight range of about one mile.

The City sprayed the area last week to reduce the adult mosquito population in those areas. The City is developing a schedule with details for neighborhoods where spraying will be done and will publicize that schedule as soon as it is available.

There have been no reports of human cases of West Nile Virus in Williamson County this year.

“With the recent rains and warm days ahead, I don’t expect our mosquito populations to drop for several weeks,” says Catherine Zettel Nalen, integrated mosquito management program specialist with WCCHD. For information on insecticide spraying and schedules, go to the City of Georgetown website at georgetown.org. For more information on West Nile Virus, go to the WCCHD website at wcchd.org or visit the Texas Department of State Health Services West Nile website at txwestnile.org.

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Brushy Creek Trail Comments until Nov. 30

An open house was held Oct. 29 regarding Phase 5 of the Brushy Creek Regional Trail, but there is still time to send in comments on the project.

The public is encouraged to a send written comments to Williamson County Parks Department, 219 Perry Mayfield, Leander, TX 78641 or email parksandrec@wilco.org. All comments received on or before Monday, November 30, 2015 will be included in the official record of the Open House.

Planning began in 2000.

The current 7-mile long trail parallels Brushy Creek from Twin Lakes Park on US 183 in Cedar Park to its easternmost terminus along Hairy Man Road in Round Rock, Texas. Proposed improvements for Phase V trail development will begin at the easternmost terminus along Hairy Man Road and will extend eastward to the planned Bathing Beach Park in the City of Round Rock, a distance of approximately 2.7 miles.

The County also wishes to explore and consider connection possibilities with Creek Bend Road, Hairy Man Road (or the vicinity) with the Brushy Creek Regional Trail.

The purpose of the project is to enhance safety within the project area and improve mobility along the corridor. Upon completion, the trail will be 10’ wide concrete with a low water crossing and bridge that will help the public navigate through the Brushy Creek corridor. The project is currently in the feasibility, trail alignment and acquisition stage, with design development, construction, regulatory requirements, and bid/construction phases to follow.

Preliminary maps and exhibits of the project also are available for review at the Wilco Parks Department Headquarters, in the Southwest Williamson Co Regional Park.

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HEB: Much More Than Groceries

HEB. If you eat food in

Georgetown, you know who they are. But there is a lot going on behind the counter in this Texas business.

Michelle Krzywonski is the Unit Director of the HEB store on Williams Drive. She lives in Georgetown, has been with HEB for 38 years, and has worked at the Williams Drive store, with 300 employees, for the last eight.

“HEB is a great employer, and there is a sense of pride that goes with the job.

I wear a lot of hats; financials, HR, even bagging when we get busy. But our employees and our corporate culture is about helping

people because we have servants’ hearts. We, like everyone in retail, work very hard but we have a good time.”

HEB was founded in 1905 in Kerrville, TX by Florence Butt. Decades before women even had jobs outside their homes, she started her own grocery store to help support her family.

Her son, Howard, helped deliver the food in his wagon, and they were often seen handing out free food to the homeless. Today there are 329 stores in Texas and Mexico, and her two grandsons separately run the HEB stores and the HEB ministry.

Keeping with Florence’s

mission, HEB continues to give back to all of the communities in which they operate.

In Georgetown, they give their time, talent and treasure to help innumerable non-profits, any of whom just need to submit a request to the local store.

“As long as a group is 501(c)3, we are happy to contribute gift cards as donations or prizes,” Krzywonski says, “But we are also sometimes first on the scene of a disaster. Just last week we provided mobile kitchens to firefighters in Bastrop. But giving goes back to our roots so we’re here all the time; soup bags for the Super Bowl; or collecting, cleaning and deliv-

ering Coats for Kids to five local schools. Corporate also opened the first food bank ever in Mexico.”

One of the benefits of having such a large store in Georgetown is the resource that it becomes. Having 300 employees allows HEB to send people to non-profit events to serve food so parents and boosters can enjoy the event instead of work it.

HEB also starts planning for the holiday season in June, when the buying begins. They even monitor weather and maintain

HUNGER-FREE HOLIDAYS 250,000 Pounds of Food by Dec 31

The Caring Place wants to help make sure that no family in Georgetown and rural Williamson County goes hungry, especially during the Holidays. So it has set a goal to collect 250,000 pounds of food between Oct. 1 and Dec. 31. Called Hunger Free Holidays Food Drive, The Caring Place is asking individuals, businesses and other organizations to help meet this program goal by donating non-perishable food items or by organizing food drives.

“Food drives are one of the best ways people can help us feed the hungry,” says David Earl, Donations and Facilities Director.

“We try to make it easy by delivering and picking up barrels from your location and keeping track of the pounds donated.”

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the schedules for college football to make sure they have enough staff on hand for rushes. “The whole team does whatever is necessary.”

Krzywonski also invites everyone to visit for free health screenings every second Saturday. Come in for a blood pressure/cholesterol check (and they won’t make you tell your doctor)!

Being a part of Georgetown and HEB has enabled

can furnish your own receptacles. For further information, please visit The Caring Place website at www.caringplacetx.org and click the “GIVE” tab.

Or you can contact David Earl, Donations Director at 512-943-0710 or dearl@ caringplacetx.org.

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Krzywonski to understand and meet the customers’ needs in a way a national chain can not. “Food is a primary need, and people tend to buy like their parents did. It’s great that we’re able to get to know them personally and work extra hard to show we don’t take our customers for granted. We appreciate being able to nourish people, literally with food and spiritually with service.”

St. David’s Georgetown Honors Cancer Survivors and Family Breast cancer survivors,

as well as friends and family members of breast cancer patients, released (biodegradable) white and pink balloons October 23 to honor women who have lost their battle with breast cancer and to celebrate the lives of those who have survived. Proceeds from the purchase of each balloon benefit the Breast Cancer Resource Centers of Texas.

In addition, Mary Iseman, a survivor, bravely shared her story and spoke about the significance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, helping women understand it’s okay to put themselves first and to be an advocate for their own health care. Iseman had a history of atypical results, so when she had another questionable result, she says, “I didn’t say ‘Should we go further, or what else should we look for?’ By the time I followed up, I had a 4.2cm tumor. Nothing is more important than taking charge and making sure before it’s too late.”

The rain stayed away when survivors, family and friends were joined by hospital staff to release over 200 balloons in a ceremony that is becoming more and more commonplace across the country.

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Left: CEO Hugh Brown prepares for the balloon launch.

Below: Over 200 white and pink balloons leave terra firma to honor survivors a lost loved ones. Bottom: Mariesa Kanetzky signs the honor board for Lori Glass and Katrina Peterson

pital in Georgetown, we feel a real responsibility to the community to be able to provide care for all needs. Everyone I know knows someone affected by breast cancer and over

the years, we have tried to find different ways of raising awareness. This year (Director of Physician Relations) Donna Langbein asked to do something more significant and with more visiblity, and this balloon event has brought in a lot of people, everyone from staff to residents have certainly embraced it.”

We are so happy to help empower women to take charge of their own health, get tested, and also to honor women who have not survived.”

Members of Southwestern Zeta Tau Alpha sorority participated in the event to support their national philanthropy. They hold fundraisers year round to support research and provide visibility for the need. Dir. of Physician Relations Donna Langbein congratulated them on their hard work because, “It is your generation we need to find the cure for!” L-R: Audrey Silver, Chase Eastland, Allison Schmitt, Sarah Bevins, Abby Freis and Mary Cavanagh.

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Sen. Charles Schwertner Named AARP Legislator of the Year

Over 100 people gathered

at the Oaks on Williams Drive to see Senator Charles Schwertner receive the AARP Legislator of the Year Award. AARP is the largest senior organization in the state with 2 million members, and gives the award annually after the legislative session. Associate State Director Trey Berndt said, “We look at the legislators we think need to be recognized on their leadership for protecting seniors. It was a really easy decision this year; Senator Schwertner was a shoe-in.”

Berndt highlighted the passing of Senate Bill 304, which places higher expectations for nursing home quality and clear accountability for those that do not maintain safety and

security. Berndt said, “That license needs to mean something; a guarantee that when you place your loved ones there, the State of Texas has done its due diligence for their well-being.” This bill includes a “three-strikes” penalty; any nursing facility with three violations in a 24-month period will lose its license.

SB760 sets a much higher standard for HMOs that serve low income Texans and will help seniors gain quicker access to specialist care. “A lot of us are reaching the age where time is important,” Berndt said. “When you need a specialist, you can’t afford to wade through 50 doctors or primary care physicians to find someone taking new patients. This bill will help them get better access to

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Senator Schwertner was pleased to see so many in attendance, joking that he had probably operated on about half of them. “This might not be the biggest award I’ve ever seen, but to me, it is the most important I’ve ever received. Even though all the headlines were about borders and budgets, as Chairman of

the Health and Human Services Committee, I make it a priority that we, as a State, take care of those who can not take care of themselves. This includes protecting our children with CPS reform, the senior care three strikes, and making sure nursing facilities will be held accountable.”

Schwertner noted that Texas has been ranked

Above: AARP Director Trey Berndt presents the award to Senator Schwertner • Left: The Senator shares his sentiments with residents of the Oaks and many supporters.

50th for two years in a row for nursing home compliance, and he insists that all state facilities be up to standards, free of abuse and neglect, and that they maintain all standards of safety and care.

Clearly on the same page, Mr. Berndt conclud-

ed, “We know we can count on [the Senator] to get the best results for our seniors and with our tax dollars.”

The Senator followed up by saying, “I have your back at the Capitol, and I will make sure your voices are heard and recognized.”

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Deck Law Firm Hosts Shawn Dick Campaign Event

DA Jana Duty (center) with Sun City residents and supporters Don and Barbara Mabry.

Duty Readies For Robust Campaign D.A. Jana Duty and a host Shawn Dick and Sheriff James Wilson at the Deck Law Firm in Round Rock

Candidate for Williamson

County District Attorney Shawn Dick was guest of honor at a fundraiser hosted by members and friends of the Deck Law Firm in Round Rock. About 150 supporters, including elected officials and members of law enforcement, came and went throughout the evening.

Mr. Dick was introduced by Attorney Scott Magee. “[Shawn] is a very knowledgeable guy; he’s the one we all go to when we have questions. He’s

done hundreds of trials and the energy he puts into his practice as a lawyer, I know he will put into his practice as District Attorney.”

The candidate announced new endorsements, including businessman Jim Schwertner, and that of “the best District Attorney that’s ever served in any office—my dad, Sam Dick.”

The elder, who was elected District Attorney in Fort Bend County, commented, “He’s just a chip off the old block.”

Candidate Dick said, “I am running to restore

leadership, integrity and professionalism to the D.A.’s office. This isn’t my movement and it’s not about me. It’s about this county and what this county deserves. We have great judges and a strong defense bar, and justice works when they and our prosecutors are at their very best. When all three work at their very best, that’s how you get to the truth. We don’t have that right now, and I want to be that leader.”

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of friends and supporters filled the room at Uptown Social on Thursday evening, October 22 for the official kickoff of her campaign to win re-election as the Williamson County District Attorney.

This will be Duty’s 4th run at public office where she has bested her opponents in races that many considered impossible for her to win. Duty supporter and long-time Williamson County attorney, Sara Naylor opened the evening by saying she had known Jana Duty since her days as County Attorney. Naylor said although she would

admit that Duty was a great friend, that, from a professional standpoint, during that time that she had found Duty to be fair, open, and available.

Duty then spoke and thanked the crowd for their support, calling out some of her career-long supporters by name, and then went on to thank her office, in which she said, “unequivocally, we have the best group of prosecutors any District Attorney could ever hope to have.” She recalled that out of 31 trials that her office had won 30, and said, “The people of Williamson County elected me to keep them safe, and

to ensure that people that shouldn’t be walking the streets aren’t. That’s exactly what we’ve done.” She says, “I don’t do this job for a living. It is a calling.

I have a passion for it.

And, I think we’ve proven that by the number of cold cases alone we’ve prosecuted that my predecessors deemed unwinnable.” She said she looks forward to this campaign, and said, “I have spent my life putting criminals in jail, while my opponent has spent much of his trying to keep people charged with criminal offenses out of jail and on the street.”

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Valerie Covey enjoyed the opening volley of her reelection campaign with a kick-off at El Monumento, in Georgetown, on Thursday evening, October 22. Covey mingled with an overflow crowd of supporters and elected officials on the patio throughout the evening at an event that she labeled, “very successful.” Covey said, “I’d like to say thanks to everyone who came out on a rainy evening to support me. I couldn’t do it without each and every one of you.” State Senator Charles Schwertner offered opening remarks in which he praised Covey for her efforts in ensuring that while she looks toward the continuing and impending growth of the county, she is also cognizant of the financial impact upon citizens. Covey enjoys meeting her constituents, and looks forward to listening to them on issues that they deem important to maintaining our extraordinary quality of life here in Williamson County.

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Early Act First Knight

Jarrell Intermediate School Jarrell Intermediate School

held their first Early Act First Knight (EAFK) Champion Medallion ceremony of the year October 20, recognizing students’ hard work for the Responsibility Award. Knights are not necessarily perfect, but they continue to try their best every day.

Sponsored by Rotary of Sun City, the ceremony honored six 4th graders with a gold medal. Five 5th graders received a custom black and gold medallion but were also knighted, (with a real steel sword)

by Lady Hannah into the

Order of the Black Friends; the highest honor for Knights.

Lady Hannah, in genuine armor and steel, explained the knightly virtue of responsibility and shared the parable of Caleb who trusted his leader even though he was given an impossible task. He followed through on his task even when people ridiculed him, which led to his being chosen First Knight.

Rotary President Robert Edam led the attending Rotarians and all the students in reciting the four-way test, and when it was time for awards, students were

surprised to see their parents emerge from backstage for photos.

Each student was recognized by his or her homeroom teacher for the award, and all received thunderous applause. Jakob Voight was recognized quickly during his teacher, Mr. Reynold’s speech; all the students pointed and whispered his name before the teacher spoke it. “He is the first to be prepared for class. He has shown responsibility in the way he is always striving to go above and beyond the call for classwork. I commend him for this attribute of responsibility and

Left: 4th Grade: Darian Allen, Aley Bruner, Laney Hammett, Ihtzel Hernandez, Dylan Purseley, Samuel Williams.

5th Grade: Audree Glenn, RJ “Ralph” Hernandez, David Santiago Vasquez, Miriam Ramirez, Jakob Voight.

Above: Lady Hannah with Choir Mistress Olivia Powell.

Right: Lady Hannah to David Santiago Vasquez, “I dub you knight, champion and member of the gallery,” because, as teacher Ms. Riggio says, “He values his family, his studies and his friends.”

striving to better himself each and every day!”

Choir teacher Olivia Powell also received a gold medal for the professionalism and Success of the Champion event.

GHS National Merit Students Three Local Bands at UIL Area T Marching Band Competition

he following students from Georgetown High School have received recognition in the National Merit Scholarship Program. Commended students scored in the top 34,000 of 1.5 million students who took the PSAT, also known as the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (NMSQT). Semifinalist students scored in the top 16,000 of the 1.5 million students who took the NMSQT, and Semifinalists are eligible to advance to Finalist standing by meeting high academic standards and other requirements.

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SPORTS, FROM PAGE 1 Russ and Galen understand the time and effort (and finances) that go into a good season. Both believe kids should be recognized for this big part of their lives and enjoy a pat on the back.

“Having our website means we can show more faces online and get more people involved every day of the week; not just Friday,” Russ says. “As well, there are so many kids on every team who may not ever see the floor, but they love it so much they just want to play; be a cheerleader for their friends, support the practice hours; when I get a photo of the look on that kid’s face when he or she steps into play for the first time, it’s priceless!”

Both men agree, when the decision was made that there would be a cutback in local sports coverage, they just knew there had to be a better way; it just can’t happen like this. And since both would rather be in a dugout or a locker room than any place else, Georgetown can look forward to a great new era in sports reporting and high school glory in the Advocate and online at SportsTX.com.

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by Ann Marie Ludlow

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lthough this is technically sports reporting, we are happy to focus on this 8th grade group in our School section because this volleyball team has reached a status of being the “winningest” team in any sport the school’s history.

On October 16-17th, the Zion Lutheran Volleyball team competed and won the Texas State Lutheran Volleyball Championship.

In the past two years, they placed 5th, then 3rd, and finally this year brought home the trophy.

The tournament includes all Lutheran schools in the state and their win also included hitter Aubrey Stromburg being named to the All-Tournament team, and setter Sophia Matthew was nominated.

Coach Renee Matthew has been with the team for seven years. “We don’t have tryouts for our team so everyone places. We are divided into two teams, the red and black; the black team competed in the tournament.”

Not resting on their laurels, the Black team competed again Oct 29 in the ACAA District tournament and was again named champion.

The teams were from different Christian, home, and parochial schools from Austin to Killeen.

“We’ve been playing these teams all season so we were seeded very well.

We won all our games in two sets and the final game against St. Helen’s Catholic School in Georgetown in three sets.”

The team’s strongest players, Sophie and Aubrie really helped bring home the win. Matthew says “At the beginning of the season, I wasn’t certain about the physical ability of the team as a whole but I really wanted to win for them.

We also work for and share our success with 5-year old Cooper Hernandez who is battled osteosarcoma.”

Matthew told the girls the she really wanted to win for them but that the girls should fight for the little boy who fights for his life every single day.

“We know there’s something bigger out there for us, and although I’ve had teams with more talent, the focus, determination, heart and character of these young women is truly what brought them to victory.”

Matthew says it has been an emotional ride, but it is a family at Zion and they are all proud to win for all the right reasons.

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GHS Playoff Hopes Alive GHS Beats DS, 44-37

by Galen Wellnicki Sports Editor

Georgetown’s Jo’vonta Grimble goes up for a pass against Dripping Springs’ Kyle Houssian during Saturday night’s game.

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Explaining it is as easy as pie, but executing it might be tougher than a secondary cut of meat from a 20-year-old longhorn steer.

Georgetown failed to claim the 11 or more positive points it wanted to earn during this past Saturday’s severe-weather-delayed District 25-5A battle with Dripping Springs at the GISD Athletic Complex. However, the Eagles’ 44-37 victory over the Tigers kept their playoff hopes alive.

Two things must happen if the Eagles are to join Cedar Park, Vandegrift and Vista Ridge in the UIL’s postseason party -- 128 teams broken into two 64-school brackets on the basis of enrollment. If the Eagles advance, they will be in the smallschool division.

For this to happen, GHS (3-3, 6-3) must beat Vandegrift (5-1, 8-1) in a 7:30 p.m.

Friday meeting at Monroe Stadium and at the same time Dripping Springs (2-4, 4-5) must down Leander (3-3, 4-5) at Tiger Stadium.

The Eagles cannot finish in a two-way tie with Leander at 4-3 because of the Lions’ 34-24 head-to-head victory in the district opener, or in a three-way tie with Leander and Dripping Springs because they do not have enough positive points.

Going into the final week, Leander has 10, GHS 7, and Dripping Springs 0.

So much for the pie − now to the boot-leather steak that requires a hacksaw to cut. Vandegrift has won 21 of its last 25 games, and reached the 5A Division I state semifinals last year before being ousted by state runner-up, Temple, 76-35. They have one of the state’s best weapons in elusive running back Travis Brannan, who is averaging 9.2 yards a carry with 1,547 yards on 169 carries for 21 touchdowns. He missed the Vipers’ one-sided win over East View.

He has rushed for 4,232 yards and 63 touchdowns as a junior and senior.

The Vipers do have a bit of an Achilles’ heel, however. In games against their three toughest district rivals to date, Vandegrift has given up an average of 52.7 points a start. The Eagles do have a tendency to hang points on the board with the construction firm of Cahill, Herman, Grimble and Corrales.

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GHS Cross Country Teams Bid for State Honors

By Galen Wellnicki

Despite going against what are expected to be extremely strong fields, Georgetown’s boys and girls will enter the 5,000-meter Class 5A finals of the UIL State Cross Country Meet on Saturday at Old Settler’s Park in Round Rock with confidence and optimism.

The Eagles hope to equal or better last year’s bronze medal showing at state with

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Georgetown -- stung by having its string of district titles snapped at five at the 25-5A Meet by Cedar Park -- rebounded to win the Region IV-5A title on Monday, Oct. 26, by four points over Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Southwest on a muddy course at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. Cedar Park

was fifth at regional and failed to qualify for state.

In the 11:30 a.m. Saturday showdown, Georgetown will be testing itself against a field expected to be headed by Frisco Wakeland, Grapevine and College Stadium.

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Lady Eagles Begin Playoff Run

By Galen Wellnicki Sports Editor

Georgetown (27-17) opened its bid in the 128team Class 5A state volleyball playoffs in the second half of a bi-district doubleheader at Pflugerville Hendrickson on Tuesday night.

The Lady Eagles, fourthplace finishers in rugged 25-5A with a 9-5 mark, faced 26-5A champion Bastrop (32-11), which rolled through its district campaign with an 18-0 record and did not lose a set during its final six matches.

The twinbill opened at 6 p.m. with Cedar Park, the third-place team in 255A, going against 26-5A runner-up Bastrop Cedar Creek.

If coach Jenny Richardson’s Lady Eagles downed Bastrop, ranked 15th in 5A by the Texas Girls Coaches Association, they will play either 27-5A runner-up Boerne Champion or San Antonio Highlands, the third-place team in 28-5A, in the area playoffs later in this week. Highlands and San Antonio Harlandale tied for second in 28-5A, but Harlandale bested the Owls, 3-1, this past Friday in a battle for playoff seeding.

Georgetown is coming off a 3-1 loss to 25-5A champion and No. 1-ranked Dripping Springs (44-2, 14-0 in district) this past Tuesday. The Lady Eagles were one of only two district teams to take a set from the Lady Tigers in 255A action.

The Lady Eagles were scheduled to play Austin Brentwood Christian in a warm-up game this past Friday, but the contest was

Russell Rinn / Advocate Shayleigh Haas (L) and Zoe Saavedra are key figures as the Lady Eagles as they enter playoffs. cancelled by the inclement weather.

“I’ve just watched a little video on Bastrop,” Richardson said. “You always have to take a team seriously that goes unbeaten during its district season no matter the level of com-

petition. It’s still difficult -- especially in an 18-game season.

“I feel like we’ll come out on top. We’ve been tested in 25-5A, which is the toughest district in the state where almost every game is like a playoff

game. That gives us playoff experience going in, but I still think Bastrop will be tough. They have three players over 5-10.”

Bastrop, which had matches in district where an opponent did not score in double digits in any of

the sets, is led by a pair of outstanding individuals -- senior attacker Hailey McKnight (4.10 kills per set and 76 aces for the year) and senior setter Zoe Zamora (7.45 assists per set).

Also on hand for the coach Nicole Creek’s Lady Bears are senior hitter Lauryn Bresnahan (3.40 kills per set and 88 aces for the year), junior defender Katie Bishop (6.3 digs a set) along with block leaders in sophomore Peniah Waites (59.5 blocks for the season) and junior Quinn Blackwell (59 blocks for the season).

Georgetown will counter with the all-around talents of senior Caroline Furrer (422 kills, 43 aces, 61 blocks and 217 digs) along with senior middle blocker Maddie Douglas (281 kills and 78 blocks), senior setter Riane Pope (554 assists) and senior Zoe Saavedra (258 digs).

Also, senior Shayleigh Haas (217 kills), junior setter Georgia Quiroz (452 assists) and 6-1 sophomore Emily Ellis (152 kills, 76 blocks) have played key roles for GHS. In the 25-17, 22-25, 2515, 25-19 loss to Dripping Springs, G’town had one of its better performances.

“We played really well,” Richardson said. “We were in a zone. It was great for our confidence. It looked like everything we’ve been working on came into fruition.”

Morgan Greer, a 6-3 Florida commit, led the Lady Tigers with 16 kills, while Madison Gren had 40 assists and Carlie Shmidl made four blocks. On the GHS side of the stats sheet, Furrer has eight digs, three

blocks and two aces. Haas led in kills with eight, Ellis also had three blocks and Pope and Quiroz each made 13 assists.

If Georgetown reached the regional quarterfinals (the third round), the odds are overwhelming that the Lady Eagles will face the challenge of playing the Lady Tigers again. Dripping Springs, the 5A state runner-up last year, faced Austin Ann Richards in bi-district and probably Kerrville Tivy in area action.

FINAL DISTRICT 25-5A STANDINGS School W L xy- Dripping Springs 14 0 x-Vandegrift 11 3 x-Cedar Park 10 4 x-Georgetown 9 5 East View 5 9 Vista Ridge 4 10 Leander 3 11 Marble Falls 0 14 x -- clinched playoff berth y -- clinched championship Last Tuesday’s Results Dripping Springs 3, Georgetown 1; Cedar Park 3, East View 0; Vandegrift 3, Marble Falls 0; Leander 3, Vista Ridge 0.

Friday (Oct. 23) Results Georgetown 3, Vista Ridge 1; East View 3, Leander 1; Cedar Park 3, Marble Falls 0; Dripping Springs 3, Vandegrift 0.

(End of Regular season) BI-DISTRICT PAIRINGS Monday (Nov. 2) Dripping Springs vs. Austin Ann Richards, Burger Center, Austin, 6 p.m.

Tuesday (Nov. 3) Cedar Park vs.Bastrop Cedar Creek, Pflugerville Hendrickson, 6 p.m.

Georgetown vs. Bastrop, Pflugerville Hendrickson, following first game of double header.

Vandegrift vs. Austin McCallum, Vandegrift, 6:30 p.m.

AREA ROUND Thursday-Saturday (Nov. 5-7) Georgetown-Bastrop winner vs. Boerne Chamption-S.A. Highlands winner, TBA Dripping Springs-Ann Richards winner vs. Kerrville Tivy-S.A. Harlandale winner, TBA Cedar Park-Cedar Creek winner vs.

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East View Volleyball Closes Season With Loss Coulson Feels Patriots Have Built Foundation for Future Success

By Allan Shiflet

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Advocate Correspondent

East View’s Lady Patriots lost three hard-fought sets to playoff-bound Cedar Park, 25-23, 2523, 25-19, in their District 25-5 finale this past Tuesday night at Patriots Gym. The Patriots gave the talent-rich Timberwolves all they could handle, breaking on top in the first set. Cedar Park rallied back to take a 24-20 lead before a furious East View rally highlighted by a strong second-row return for a score by sophomore Katie Smith. However, the comeback came up just short.

The second set mirrored the first with East View coming back only to lose another tight battle. With the T-Wolves leading 19-17, Patriot senior standout, Calli Novak, blasted a big-swing kill -- one of her 15 kills on the night -- and then followed that with a block for a score to pull East View into a 19-19 tie. Junior Annie Burke had one of her 4 kills for the match to tie the score at 23 before Cedar Park was able to score the final two points.

With the Patriots trailing 13-7 in the third set, senior Miranda Klein had a nice kill to key another East View rally. EVHS couldn’t get the key points when needed and dropped the third set.

This match closed a Patriots’ season marked by steady improvement to the point where they were playing on par with some of the playoff-bound teams in super competitive 25-5A. Novak was outstanding in all phases of the game, contributing six digs to go with her matchhigh 15 kills. Klein had 10 kills and several blocks and digs in her final game for East View.

Miranda Klein (#12) and Camryn Miller defend at the net against Cedar Park in the Patriots’ season-ending match against the Timberwolves.

Coach Justine Coulson said, “Calli and Miranda are spectacular young women who I have been honored to coach. I told our

team at one point to get the ball to Miranda and Calli as much as possible because I knew how special this night it was for them.”

“I have seen us grow a lot as a team this year,” Novak said. “I feel good knowing I am leaving our team with a bright future

ahead. I have always focused on being the best I can be and will continue with that this spring and summer in club competition. I hope to contribute next year at TCU. “We have several top players returning and I am exciting about playing college volleyball.

One of my biggest joys this year was playing with my sister Corrine.”

Klein added, “I had a lot of fun in my senior year. I enjoyed our steady improvement this season.

I am considering a couple of colleges (in Texas) for volleyball play next year.”

“I want to wish Calli and Miranda nothing but the best and I know all of us at East View will be their biggest fans while they go on to play at the next level,” Coulson said.

The Patriots finished with a 5-9 record in 25-5A. “We have grown so much this year and I couldn’t be more proud,” Coulson said. “Our record is probably a failure to most looking from the outside but from the inside there were no failures.

We improved each match. Our girls overcame a lot of adversity especially when it came to injuries. I think the life lessons these young women learned this season are invaluable. I have no doubt that we have come out (of this season) stronger and even hungrier to make the playoffs.”

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Photos: Russell Rinn / Advocate Kangaroos quarterback Cooper Woodyard is pulled down by Southwestern’s Bear Reeves during Austin College’s 20-17 victory over the Pirates on Saturday afternoon.

Kangaroos Hop Over Pirates 20-17

Quarterback Cooper Woodyard scored on a 4-yard run up the middle with 2:19 remaining to give Austin College a 20-17 victory over Southwestern University on Saturday in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference opener for both teams at the GISD Athletic Conference.

The victory improved the Kangaroos season record to 5-3 and placed them in a tie with Texas Lutheran for the lead in the four-school SCAC. The Bulldogs upended Trinity, 21-24.

In 1 p.m. action this coming Saturday, the Pirates (2-6) travel to San Antonio to play Trinity (6-2) and TLU (6-2) entertains Austin College in Seguin. In non-conference action earlier in the campaign Trinity downed SU, 26-21, in Georgetown.

In Saturday’s loss to the Kangaroos, the Pirates held a 17-10 lead at halftime on a 23-yard scoring pass from Bryan Hicks to Micah Sherman, a 4-yard pass from Hicks to Markell Henderson, and a 25-yard field goal by Laith Tucker. Austin’s 10 points came on a 35-yard field goal by Javi Reynoso and a 13-yard run by Woodyard.

Austin closed the gap to 17-13 in the third quarter on a 29-yard field goal by Reynoso and then scored the winning touchdown in the closing minutes.

The Pirates, who outgained the Kangaroos by 104 total yards (350-246) and ran 25 more plays than their opponent, had one final possession. However, they lost the ball on downs at midfield on an incomplete pass after Hicks was sacked for an 8-yard loss on third down.

SU played into its own downfall with four turnovers -- two interceptions and two lost fumbles -- and 10 penalties for 91

Southwestern’s Markell Henderson turns the corner en route to a gain during Saturday’s game. yards. Austin had only one turnover and just two penalties for 25 yards.

Hicks completed 24 of 36 passes for 206 yards and Henderson rushed 24 times for 132 yards.

Bear Reeves had seven solo tackles and three assists for SU and Justin Broussard added five solos and five assists.

VOLLEYBALL: No. 12 Southwestern (28-4, 12-2) will be seeded second Friday and Saturday when it hosts the SCAC Championship Tournament at Robertson Gym. The championship game is set for 4:30 p.m. Saturday with top-seeded Colorado College, which ran the table in conference play at 14-0, listed as a heavy

favorite.

SU will play either TLU or the University of Dallas in its first tournament match at 6 p.m. Friday.

The Pirates completed the regular season on Tuesday night at home against Concordia, won two of three matches this past weekend in San Antonio. They bested Mary Hardin-Baylor, 3-1; No. 18 LaVerne (Calif.), 3-0; and lost to Texas-Dallas, 3-0.

In the 25-23, 18-25, 25-23, 25-21 over UMHB, Kaitlyn Foster had 15 kills and 20 digs, while Olivia Drummond had 13 kills followed by Abbie Robb and Macey Pool, both with 11. Niki Welch had 42 assists.

UMHB junior Abby Voskill, a former Georgetown standout, had 18 jkills and 18 digs for the Crusaders.

Foster had 11 kills and 18 digs in the win over LaVerne, while Kate Mitchell had 10 kills and Welch 33 assists in the 25-22, 25-21, 25-23 win.

Texas-Dallas popped SU, 25-17, 25-22, 25-22. Robb had nine kills for the Pirates and Welch had 24 assists and 17 digs.

Andie Alford also had 17 digs.

CROSS COUNTRY: Brianna Timourian, a sophomore from Round Rock McNeil, headlined SU’s showing the SCAC Cross Country Meet Saturday at Stone Creek in Sherman. Timourian covered the 6,000-meter course in 24 minutes, 23.3 seconds, finishing behind winning 24:08.2

by Leah Wessler of Colorado College.

Colorado College edged Trinity, 25-41, to win the women’s title. SU was sixth with 137 points -- the same scored posted by the men’s in finishing fifth behind a perfect score of 15 by Trinity.

The Pirates top individual effort in the men’s 8,000-meter race was a 25th by Abraham Devenport, a sophomore from Kerrville, with a 30.56.9. Men’s winner was Trinity senior Taylor Piske in 27:37.8.

SOCCER: Both the SU men and women will take three-match losing streaks into their respective SCAC tournaments this coming Thursday-Saturday. The men will be in Colorado Springs and the women at Irving. The men (6-13, 6-8) probably will be seeded fifth and the women (7-10-1, 6-5-1) will be seeded fourth.

The men dropped matches to Schreiner, 2-1, and TLU, 5-2, this week. Former Georgetown standouts did all the scoring for SU. Andres Carreno-Mendez scored the Pirates’ only goal against Schreiner and Michael Oliveras scored at 49:35 and 58:07 in the loss to the Bulldogs.

The SU women dropped 1-0 decisions to both Schreiner and TLU. GOLF: Cody Hebert, a sophomore from Katy, was this past week’s SCAC Men’s Golfer of the Week after winning the individual title in the Abilene Intercollegiate at Diamond Back Golf Club. He posted a 6-under 36-hole total of 136, besting runner-up Seger Howell of Concordia by two shots. Hebert led SU to a second-place team finish. It was the Pirates final scheduled match of the fall season.

ELSEWHERE: Former Southwestern assistant athletics director Ronda Seagraves began her new duties as the athletics director at Concordia University on Monday.

After leaving SU, Seagraves had severed as the AD at Centenary College in Shreveport.

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Eagles Take Regional Consolation Title

In a battle of state-ranked teams 15th-ranked Mission Sharyland downed No. 22 Georgetown, 10-5, in the quarterfinals of the rain-hampered Region IV-5A Team Tennis Tournament this past Friday at the Alamo Heights Tennis Center in San Antonio.

The loss dropped Georgetown into the consolation bracket and coach Suzanne Isbell’s Eagles responded by beating Uvalde, 11-4, and Corpus Christi Flour Bluff, 10-4, on Saturday to capture the consolation champion in the eight-school event.

Georgetown finished its season with a 23-9 record that included second-place finishes in both the District

25-5A and Region IV-5A Area I tournaments.

“The girls were the backbone of our team throughout the season and that was also the case at the regional tournament,” Isbell said.

“Sharryland was a closer match than what it shows on paper. I knew that team would be tough and it didn’t go our way. Kids put up a tough fight until the end.

I’m proud of the way our boys side played against Flour bluff winning two super tie-breakers and one set tie-breaker and walked away with three wins. It was a great way to end our team tennis season!”

In the quarterfinals match with Sharyland, the Rattlers

swept all nine boys matches -- six singles and three doubles en route to the victory. GHS won two girls singles, two girl’s doubles and mixed doubles.

The opening was scheduled to start at 8:30 a.m., but did not get underway until late afternoon because of the heavy rains.

Two GHS doubles teams and two girls singles players posted 3-0 records in the tournament -- Sam Clark and Mary Blake Windham at No. 3 girls doubles, Ben Fischer and Hannah Walden in mixed doubles, Clark in singles and Rachel Maloy in singles.

Vandegrift won the regional title and earned

a berth in the UIL State Tournament on the Texas A&M campus in College Station. The Vipers beat Alamo Heights, 10-3, in the finals.

REGION IV-5A TOURNAMENT At Alamo Heights Tennis Center Friday’s Quarterfinals MISSION SHARYLAND 10, GHS 5 Boys doubles (0-3) -- Arizola-Ronguillo, MS, def. Grant Langford-Escher FitzGerald, 6-2, 6-3; Torres-Armendariz, MS, def. Kyle Parrish-Bobby Fender, 6-3, 6-1; Mijes-Bowen, MS, def. Parker Kallman-Corey O’Banon, 7-5, 6-1.

Girls doubles (2-1) -- Ramos-Garcia, MS, def. Amber Cornman-Ashley Brooks, 4-6, 7-6, 7-6; Justus Aarhus-Lena Arndt, GHS, def.

Falcon-Cavazos, 6-0, 6-1; Mary Blake Windham-Sam Clark, GHS, def. Martinez-Costa, 7-6, 6-0.

Mixed doubles (1-0) -- Hannah Walden-Ben Fischer, GHS, def.

Cates-Deander, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4.

Boys singles (0-6) -- Torres, MS, def.

Langford, 6-1, 6-1; Arizola, MS, def.

Fischer, 6-1, 6-0; Ronguillo, MS, def.

FitzGerald, 6-0, 6-4; Armindariz, MS,

GISD Sub-Varsity Football JUNIOR VARSITY CEDAR PARK JV 42, EAST VIEW 0 East View 0 0 0 0 -- 0 Cedar Park 20 15 6 0 -- 42 Outstanding players: Offense -- Tanner Hahn, Daiviyon Crenshaw. Defense -- Randy Castillo, Isaac Ochoa. Special teams -- Jimmy Fisher.

Highlights: Hahn played well at QB after stepping into spot because of injury. . . .

Crenshaw rushed 12 times for 52 yards. . . . EV defense stopped CP inside the 20 on downs. . . . EV also had sudden change stop after a fumble.

DRIP SPRINGS A 25, GHS SILVER 20 GHS scoring: Nic Crombie (Cade Kostroun kick), Paden Brown returned kickoff for touchdown, third touchdown not reported.

GHS BLUE 6, DRIPPING SPRINGS 6 GHS scoring play: Brandon Lee, 10 run (fourth quarter).

Outstanding players: Defense -- Paul Saucedo had three interceptions.

Offense -- RB Eric Anderson stepped in at QB because of injury. He was tackled inside the DS 10 on the final play of the game after a 50-yard run.

Highlights: GHS is 4-0-1 in district and can clinch district title with a win over Vandegrift on Thursday. GHD had a strong defensive performance, forcing six turnovers.

FRESHMEN CEDAR PARK A 36, EV RED 22 East View 6 8 8 0 -- 22 Cedar Park 7 15 8 6 -- 36 EV scoring plays: Zion Hester, 56 run; Hester, 47 run (Hester run); Hester, 7 run (Aaron Garces pass to AJ Mays).

Outstanding players: Offense -- Joey Gonzales. Defense -- Joel Hinojosa.

Special teams -- Garces.

Highlights: Mays, two interceptions, two break ups; Mark Rodriguez, interception; Little, interception, two tackles for losses; Hinojosa, fumble recovery.

DRIPPING SPRING A 27, GHS BLUE 20 GHS scoring: Noah Thompson, 23-yard pass from Jackson Sioson (Brennan Eady kick); Dylan Cahill, 11 pass from Sioson (Eady kick); Cole Posey, 35 pass from Sioson.

Outstanding players: Offense -- Cahill, Posey, Sioson, Thompson. Defense -Gage Leggett, Nick Petter, Jaced Pierce, Eliezer Resler.

GHS record: 6-3 (4-2 in district).

CEDAR PARK B 40, EAST VIEW NAVY 8 East View 0 8 0 0 -- 8 Cedar Park 16 8 8 8-- 40 EV scoring play: Bayne McCravy, 64 pass from Rudy Dehoyos (Dehoyos run).

Outstanding pitchers: Offense -- Jordan Espinoza. Defense -- McCravy. Special teams -- Alex Gomez.

Highlights: Gomez, punted five times for a 42-yard average, including a 65-yarder and a pass interception. . . . Bryan Acuna, tackle for loss. . . .

McCravy, two tackles for losses, three solo tackles; Ashton Patton, two tackles for losses.

DRIPPING SPRINGS 14, GHS WHITE 8 GHS scoring: Xavier Torres pass from Matt Johnson (Joseph Molina pass from Johnson).

Outstanding players: Offense -- Garrett Mann, Kobe Ibarra, Torres, Reese Grimes. Defense -- Nathaniel McMillan, Nicolas Zapata, Ryan Stark, Joel Gonzales, Clayton Engelmann, Jack Schnemann.

GHS record: 5-4 (4-2 in district).

MIDDLE SCHOOL EIGHTH GRADE FORBES B 6, CELE B 6 Forbes scoring: Ashton Lewis, 33 pass from Colin Thomas.

Outstanding players: Offense -- Edward Mellado, 95 yards rushing; Ethan Nabe added 40 yards on 7 carries; Jacob Guajardo and Whitman Fraser added tough yards up the middle to get first downs. Defensive -- Mellado, seven tackles, two sacks, and two tackles for losses; Whitman Fraser, a force on the edge with seven tackles; Kevin Glaudel,a sack; and Jose Rodriguez, three tackles and an interception.

Highlights: Roman Recheverri, Reece Tillery and Luke Perez also played well on defense. . . . Cele tied the game in the fourth quarter.

FORBES A 6, CELE A 6 Forbes scoring: not reported.

Outstanding players: Defense -Johaan Salas, eight tackles; Dre Davis five tackles, one for a loss; Zomodric Bennett, two tackles for loss totaling 12 yards. Offense -- Dre Davis, 110 yards on 15 carries, including a 55-yarder; Andrew Denyer, 25 yards on five carries and 9 yards passing.

Highlights: Cele scored on first play of game and was shut out for the remainder of the contest. . . . Matthew Anderson, Dillon Bradley and Nathan Martinez also had solid games for the Falcon defense.

SEVENTH GRADE BENOLD WHITE 8, TIPPIT B 6 Benold scoring plays: Jacon Nero, 13 run (Ayden Valencia pass to Erik Espinoza).

BENOLD SILVER 26, TIPPIT C 6 Benold scoring plays: Caleb Woods, 15 pass from Ryan Noelle; Tony Brown, 22 run; Carl Frances, 1 run; Carter Lawrence, 6 pass from Noel Taylor.

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def. Fender, 6-4, 6-1; Mijes, MS, def.

Kallman, 6-0, 6-1; Bowen, MS, def.

O’Banon, 6-1, 6-2.

Girls singles (2-0) -- Clark, GHS, def.

Cavazos, 6-1, 6-1; Rachel Maloy, GHS, def. Deander, 6-2, 6-0.

GHS record: 21-9.

Saturday’s Consolation Semifinals GHS 11, UVALDE 4 Boys doubles (1-2) -- Langford-FitzGerald, GHS, def. Walker-Fernandez, 6-1, 6-0; Hopper-Sterling, U, def.

Parrish-Fender, 6-4, 6-4; Mendoza-Thomas, U, def. O’Banon-Kallman, 6-1, 1-6, 7-5 (8).

Girls doubles (2-1) -- B. Griffin-J. Griffin, U, def. Brooks-Cornman, 7-6, 4-6, 7-6 (6); Aarhus-Arndt, GHS, def.

Sandejo-Massey, 6-2, 6-1; Clark-Windham, GHS, def. Sheedy-Stephens, 6-1, 6-3.

Mixed doubles (1-0) -- Fischer-Walden, GHS, def. Ferguson-Rothe, 6-1, 6-3.

Boys singles (3-1) -- Langford, GHS, def. Ferguson, 6-2, 3-6, 12-10; Fisher, GHS, def. Walker, 6-0, 6-0; Sterling, U, def. Kallman, 6-0, 6-1; O’Bannon, GHS, def. Valdez, 6-0, 6-0 (Nos. 3-4 singles not completed).

Girls singles (4-0) -- Arndt, GHS, def. Parker, 6-1, 6-0; Cornman, GHS, def. Sheedy, 6-0, 6-0; Clark, GHS, def.

Stephens, 6-2, 6-2; Maloy, GHS, def.

Sendejo, 6-0, 6-0.

GHS record: 22-9.

Saturday’s Consolation Finals GHS 10, C.C. FLOUR BLUFF 4 Boys doubles (3-0) -- Langford-Fitzgerald, GHS, def. Ortiz-Leal, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (8); Parrish-Fender, GHS. def.

Winioc-Graf, 4-6, 7-5, 10-1; O’Banon-Kallman, GHS, def. Culver-McCarn, 7-6, 6-1.

Girls doubles (2-1) -- Tjoe-A-Joe -Fuller, FB, def. Brooks-Cornman, 7-6 (4), 6-2, ua; Aarhus-Arndt, GHS, def. Gilliam-Acebo, 6-2, 6-2; Clark-Windham, GHS, def. Chen-Shaw, 6-4, 6-3.

Mixed doubles (1-0) -- Fischer-Walden, GHS, def. Eliuh-Cantrell, 6-0, 6-3.

Boys singles (0-2) -- Ortiz, FB, def.

Langford, 6-2, 6-2;Graf, FB, def. Fender, 6-3, 6-0 (Nos. 2-3, 5-6 singles not completed).

Girls singles (4-1) -- Tjoe-A-Joe, FB, def. Aarhus, 6-2, 6-0; Brooks, GHS, def.

Gilliam, 6-3, 6-1; Arndt, GHS, def. Fuller, 6-2, 6-1; Clark, GHS, def. Acebo, 6-2, 6-2; Maloy, GHS, def. Shaw, 6-1, 6-1.

GHS record: 23-9.

STATE FROM B1 “Our goal has been and is still to compete for medals at the state meet,” Eagles coach Andrew Braun said. “We feel that our program is at the level where we can do that on a yearly basis. The competition will be strong. There are probably seven or eight teams (in the 16-school field) that have the capability to be on the medal stand. We will run to our strengths -- pack running and a small spread between our first and fifth runners.”

Braun said he planned to stick with his regional lineup of Junior Joseph Proctor (11th at regional), sophomore Jonathan Parks (15th in regional), senior Collin Turner (30th at regional), freshman Carter Smith (39th at regional), senior Sam Needler (42nd at regional), junior Mason Motakef (52nd at regional) and senior Ryan Thiele (63 at regional). If Braun had to replace a fixture in his lineup, he said he would go with either junior Tristan Raum, the 25-5A JV champion, or senior Payton Dedeyan.

Coach Kellye Richardson’s Lady Eagles -- second in 25-5A and third in Region IV-5A -- will be led in the 10:50 a.m. 5A girls race by three runners who finished in the top 17 -sophomore Jazmin Hernandez (6th at regional), senior Natalie Parks (13th at regional) and junior McKenzie Hargrove (17th in regional). Senior Hope Shannon (71 at regional) and junior Madison Schacherl (106th at regional) are the other definites.

Richardson said she was undecided on the other two positions as off this past Thursday with senior Allyson Fawley (101st at regional), Mary DeMaio (out with injury) and freshman Morgan White (122 at regional) being the candidates to fill those slots.

“The 5A field will be strong this year, but I have a great deal of confidence in our team and feel they will compete with a great deal of pride and heart,” Richardson said. “Our strength throughout this season is that we have three strong runners that are capable of competing with the best in every region.

“I’m certain that Madison and Hope will have one of their best races as well which will help our team

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Georgetown Senior Natalie Parks will be a key figure for the Lady Eagles when they compete in the UIL State Meet on Saturday in Round Rock. score. We could also have Maryn DeMaio back from an injury. She has been training well this week. We are excited about representing our school, community and program.”

Canyon Randall. Grapevine, Forney, Houston Stratford, College Station and Dripping Springs are rated as

the teams to beat. Four of the top five individual finishers from last season return, including defending champion Skylar Simon, who won a year ago with an 18:15.19. However, Simon was the third Grapevine finisher at regional in 10th place last week.

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No. 1 Cedar Park Blanks East View

By Allan Shiflet Advocate Correspondent

Cedar Park, the state’s topranked 5A team, buried the East View Patriots, 59-0, on Saturday at Gupton Stadium.

In a game postponed by foul weather on Friday, the Timberwolves clinched at least a tie for the 25-5A championship with their 6-0 district record. Cedar Park, owners of a 21-game home winning streak, roared out of the gate with 28 points in both the first and second quarters to take a commanding 56-0 lead by halftime.

The Timberwolves can clinch the outright title at 7:30 p.m. Friday with a victory over Vista Ridge (5-1).

On the first play of the game, the Timberwolves broke a 57-yard run off the left side before being chased down at the East View 19-yard line.

Two plays later Cedar Park scored on 12 yard run by Tyler Lavine with less than two minutes gone in the opening quarter.

The Patriots stalled on their first possession and after a punt the Wolves barged down the field and scored on 19 -yard run by Garrett Yero to lead 14-0 with 7.05 left in the quarter. The dominating Cedar Park defense stuffed the next East View possession, but the Patriots flipped the field for the defense with a 52- yard punt by Adrian Soto, along with two penalties, defensive holding, and a dead ball personal foul, allowed the Patriots to gain 80 yards of field position on the play.

Cedar Park countered with a quick scoring drive, the touchdown coming on a 68-yard pass from Mark Sexton to Rocky Ferony to up the margin to 21-0. A 43-yard touchdown scamper

by Hayden Craig pushed the

Timberwolves up 28-0 at the two-minute mark of the first quarter.

After Cedar Park scored a touchdown early in the second quarter on a 3-yard run by Jav Guidry, East View lost a fumble at its own 20, setting up a short scoring push to build the lead to 42-0 with 8:25 left in the first half on a 2-yard run

by William Richter.

The Timberwolves scored twice more in the second yarder on long passes -- Sexton threw 58 yards to Craig and Baxter Robinson completed a 52-yard scoring pass to Lavine. Storm Jensen, who had eight extra points in the first half, completed the scoring with a 41-yard field goal in the fourth quarter.

Cedar Park racked up 540 total yards and finished with a game total of 258 yards rushing and 282 yards through the air. East View was held to 63 total yards -- 1 yard on 29 rushes and 62 in the air.

East View played the Wolves much better in the second half. They mounted a drive, highlighted by a 10-yard completion from quarterback Austin Moreno to Mason Klinger and Moreno’s keeper for a 15 yard gain to the Cedar Park 34. A bad snap put the next set of downs behind the chains caused the drive to stall at the Cedar Park 32.

The Patriot defense got a couple of stops and East View mounted another drive with a Moreno 12-yard run to set the Pats up at the Cedar Park 19 with just over three minutes left in the third quarter. Backto-back sacks by the Wolves’ defense forced an East View punt. The fourth quarter saw the Patriot defense again getting a stop, forcing a Cedar Park punt. The Pats lost a fumble on the first play of the ensuing possession, but again

GISD Swimming MIDWAY SPOOKTACULAR At Waco Midway, Saturday Team Standings Girls: Georgetown 498.5, Harker Heights 382, Waco Midway 378.5, East View 199, Pflugerville 162, Killeen Ellison 140, North Crowley 116, Killeen 90, Waxahachie 69, Copperas Cove 44, Red Oak 36.

Boys: Midway 532, Georgetown 409, Waxahachie 240, East View 228, Copperas Cove 215, Harker Heights 197, Red Oak 83, North Crowley 64, Killeen 64, Ellison 49, Pflugerville 30.

Event Results—(GHS, EV places in top eight) Girls 200 medley relay -- 1. GHS A (Hannah Ignacio, Rehgan Hartsell, Rylan Slocum, Grace Innis) 1:59.46; 2. EV A (Emilie Parks, Elizabeth Bissonet, Lauren Glenn, Maddy Davis) 2:02.13; 5. GHS B (Sarah Walters, Emily Gillispie, Julia Morales, Olivia Hesse) 2:09.97.

200 free -- 1. Parks, EV, 2:02.60; 2.

Glenn, EV, 2:04.43; 4. Hartsell, GHS, GHS, 2:06.41; 7. Hesse, GHS, 2:24.87; 8. Carly Davis, GHS, 2:26.32.

held at their own 20-yard line setting up Jensen’s field goal.

The game marked the first time this season that a 25-5A teams has been shut out in district play. The Patriots have been outscored 328-89 in their six district starts.

However, the Patriots, who opened the season with non-district wins over Austin Travis, Waco University and Austin Crockett, will have a chance to break into the win column when they face Marble Falls (0-6, 2-8) in their season finale at 7:30 p.m.

Friday at the GISD Athletic Complex.

CEDAR PARK 59, EAST VIEW 0 At Gupton Stadium, Saturday East View 0 0 0 0 -- 0 Cedar Park 28 28 0 3 -- 59 First Quarter CP -- Tyler Lavine, 12 run. (Storm Jensen kick) CP -- Garrett Yero, 19 run (Jensen kick) CP -- Rocky Ferony, 68 pass from Mark Sexton (Jensen kick) CP -- Hayden Craig, 43 run (Jensen kick) Second Quarter CP -- Jav Guidry, 3 run (Jensen kick) CP -- William Richter, 2 run (Jensen kick) CP -- Craig, 58 pass from Sexton (Jensen kick) CP -- Tommy Lavine, 52 pas from Baxter Robertson (Jensen kick) Fourth Quarter CP --Jensen, 41 FG TEAM STATISTICS Column EV CP First downs 8 17 Yards rushing 29-1 36-258 Yards passing 62 282 Passes 8-19-0 12-15-0 Total yards 48-63 51-540 Avg. per play 1.31 10.59 Fumbles lost 4-2 1-0 Penalties ua ua Punts 4-30.0 0-0.0 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Rushing EV: Brabdon Garrett 5-19, Klingler 3-19, Davis 6-8, Cameron Nowell 2-(-9), Austin Moreno 13-(-36). CP (leaders only): Craig 3-48, Jordan Meredith 4-46, Yero 2-35, Richter 5-25.

Passing EV: Austin Moreno 8-29-0, 62. CP: Sexton7-8-0. 162; Roberton, 5-7-0, 120.

Receiving EV: Michael Distad 3-32, Quinn Stewart 3-20, Torrie Davis 1-7, Klingler 1-3. CP (leaders only): Ferony 3-96, Tommy Lavine 3-69.

200 IM -- 4. Slocum, GHS, 2:31.21 (winning time, 2:26.05); 8. Melania Ortega, GHS, 3:15.19.

50 free -- 3. Davis, EV, 27.45 (winning time, 26.96); 4. Cierra Scully, GHS, 27.59; 5. (tie) Innis, GHS, 28.28.

100 butterfly -- 2. Hartsell, GHS, 1:04.83 (winning time, 1:04.15); 3.

Slocum, GHS, 1:08.36; 5. Walters, GHS, 1:13.25; 7. Morales, GHS, 1:15.16.

100 free -- 1. Parks, EV, 57.86; 4.

Scully, GHS, 1:00.41; 5. Ignacio, GHS, 1:00.55; 6. Davis, EV, 1:01.42.

500 free -- 1. Glenn, EV, 5:37.09; 3.

Innis, GHS, 5:58.20.

200 free relay -- 1. GHS A (Hartsell, Scully, Innis, Ignacio), 1:48.85; 2.

EVA (Davis, Bissonett, Parks, Glenn), 1:49.78; 6. GHS B (Kyndal Cody, Davis, Hesse, Walters) 2:02.74.

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100 back -- 1. Ignacio, GHS, 1:05.86; 8. Christa Unland, GHS, 1:17.59.

100 breast -- 1. Gillispie, GHS, 1:14.63; 5. Corinne Pukys, GHS, 1:23.71; 6.

Bissonett, , EV, 1:24.16.

400 free relay -- 3. GHS A (Slocum, Gillispie, Morales, Scully) 4:09.31 (winning time, 4:04.82); 4. GHS B (Cody, Unland, Davis, Ortega), 4:44.50.

Boys 200 medley relay -- 2. GHS A (Jack Whewell, William Corona, Greyson Alarcon, Connor Lancaster) 1:42.27 (winning time, Midway, 1:46.14); 5.

EV A (John Pugh, Tiger Koster, Mark Galloway, Daniel Rowe) 1:56.56; 8. GHS B (Jentzen Hartsell , John McLaughlin, Seth Allowitz, Jonathan Estrada), 2:03.62.

200 free -- 2, Jackson Zenisek, GHS,

1:53.43 (winning time, 1:44.82) ; 3.

Pugh, EV, 1:59.53; 4. Rowe, EV, 2:03.12; 5. Koster, EV, 2:06.49; 6. Blake Garcia, EV, 2:07.22.

200 IM -- 3. Corona,GHS, 2:16.26 (winning time, 2:09.08); 6. Marc True, GHS, 2:21.68; 7. Cameron Cardenas, EV, 2:26.62.

50 free -- 2. Lancaster, GHS, 23.79 (winning time, 22.44).

100 butterfly -- 1. Alarcon, GHS, 54.76; 2. Whewell, GHS, 59.74.

100 free -- 2. Zenisek, GHS, 51.68 (winning time, 49.89); 3. Lancaster, GHS, 52.06; 6. Rowe, EV, 55.31.

500 free --1. Alarcron, GHS, 5:00.66.

200 free relay -- 2. GHS A (Zenisek, True, Corona, Lancaster) 1:36.18 (winning time, 1:36.03); 4. EV (Pugh, Garcia, Cardenas, Rowe), 1:41.94; 8. GHS B

(Derek Smith, Estrada, Alec Gaudiesus, Max Thompson), 1:47.59.

100 back -- 4. True, GHS, 1:03.25 (winning time, 53.05); 5. Pugh, EV, 1:03.55; 6. Garcia, EV, 1:09.49.

100 breast -- 1. McLaughlin, GHS, 1:09.85; 2. Corona, GHS, 1:10.29; 7.

Cardenas, EV, 1:13.04.

400 free relay -- 2. GHS A (Alarcon, True, Whewell, Zenisek), 3:31.09 (winning time, 3:30.89); 4. EV A (Garcia, Galloway, Vincent Garcia, Cardenas), 3:53.69; 7. GHS B (Smith, Hartsell, Gaudiesus, McLaughlin), 4:03.62.

Next competition -- EV, GHS, Midway in three-way meet at 1 p.m. Saturday at Waco YMCA.

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25-5A

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STANDINGS,

GHS STATS

25-5A Standings District Season School W L W L Pts. Opp. x-Cedar Pk 6 0 9 0 450 129 x-Van’grift 5 1 8 1 437 283 x-Vst Rdg 5 1 8 1 423 206 Leander 3 3 4 5 234 295 Gtown 3 3 6 3 322 246 D. Spr 2 4 4 5 310 260 EVHS 0 6 3 6 219 378 Mrbl Flls 0 6 2 7 114 327 x -- clinched playoff berth Last Friday’s Results Georgetown 44, Dripping Springs 37; Cedar Park 59, East View 0; Vista Ridge 57, Leander 27; Vandegrift 35, Marble Falls 14.

Friday’s Games Georgetown at Vandegrift, Monroe Stadium, 7:30 p.m.; Marble Falls at East View, GISD Athletic Complex. 7:30 p.m.; Cedar Park at Vista Ridge, Gupton Stadium, 7:30 p.m.; Leander at Dripping Springs, Tiger Stadium, 7:30 p.m.

(End of regular season) Previous Results Week Nine Leander 54, EV 14; Vista Ridge 30, GHS 25; Cedar Park 51, Marble Falls 3; Vandegrift 50, Dripping Springs 45.

GHS 44, DRIPPING SPRINGS 37 At GISD Athletic Complex Dr Springs 14 10 7 6 -- 37 Georgetown 7 14 6 17 -- 44 First Quarter GHS -- Jo’vonta Grimble, 42 pass from Chandler Herman (Luiz Diaz kick) 9:22, 5 plays, 53 yards DS -- Ethan Fernea, 54 pass from Reese Johnson (Grant Molander kick) 7:18, 5 plays, 75 yards DS -- Johnson, 1 run (Molander kick), 3:42, 3 plays, 79 yards Second Quarter GHS -- Jamel Powell, 1 run (Diaz kick), 7:11, 3 plays, 60 yards DS -- Robert Credeur, 14 run (Molander kick), 3:21, 2 plays, 38 yards GHS -- Dakota Cahill, 21 run (Diaz kick), 2:34, 3 plays, 59 yards DS -- Molander, 34 FG Third Quarter DS -- Johnson, 9 run (Molander kick) 6:25, 10 plays, 69 yards GHS -- Grimble, 5 pass from Herman (run failed), 1:13, 6 plays, 70 yards Fourth Quarter GHS -- Diaz, 30 FG, 9:01 GHS -- Cahill, 1 run (pass failed), 5:57, 5 plays, 75 yards DS -- Credeur, 2 run (pass failed), 4:11, 5 plays, 69 yards GHS -- Cahill, 1 run (Herman pass to Grimble), :12, 13 plays, 63 yards TEAM STATISTICS Column DS GHS First down 17 26 Yards rushing 34-277 43-276 Yards passing 171 238 Passes 10-26-0 17-28-1 Total yards 60-448 71-514 Yards per play 7.47 7.24 Fumbles lost 0-2 1-2 Penalties 9-70 4-25 Punts 6-32.8 4-31.5 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing DS -- Johnson 22-175, Credeur 1183, Fernea 1-19. GHS -- Cahill 30-265, Nathan Jones 3-8, Herman 9-2, Powell 1-1.

Passing DS -- Johnson 8-22-0, 160; Collin Berzsenyi 2-4-0, 11. GHS -- Herman 13-21-0, 199; Jones 4-7-1, 39.

Receiving DS --Fernea 4-79, Keith Mitchhart 3-26, Andrew Varnell 1-57, Reed Beverly 1-6, Credeur 1-3. GHS -- Beau Corrales 9-96, Grimble 7-130, Logan Olson 1-12.

Georgetown’s Spencer Rabb (44) pulls down a Dripping Springs runner from behind during Saturday night’s game.

Cahill Powers Eagles’ Winning Drive

By Jon Whittemore Advocate Correspondent

Senior runner Dakota Cahill literally picked up the Georgetown Eagles and put it on his back as he carried them to a victory on a rare Saturday night game that had been delayed nearly 24 hours because of heavy rains in the Austin area.

Originally scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Friday, the game kicked off at 7 p.m. on Saturday before a sparse crowd where Dripping Springs did not even bother to bring cheerleaders or their band and drill team. The final score was an exciting 44-37 win for the hard-luck Eagles who have battled injuries to key players and general bad luck throughout the season.

The 5-foot-11, 190-pound Cahill had his best game of the season, carrying the ball 30 times for an impressive 265 yards. In the process of his night’s work, he tallied three touchdowns.

He now has 18 touchdowns for the year to go along with his 909 yards on 128 carries (averaging 7.1 per attempt). This is in spite of missing one game with injury, and carrying only four times in another contest.

Cahill, who is considering continuing his career at the Colorado School of Mines, consistently gives credit to his O-line for his success.

“We have a good group of senior leaders, and the juniors have bought into the system,” Cahill said. “There is a group of us who have played together since junior high; and we’re not just playing the game for the game’s sake, we’re playing for each other. We are ‘brothers’ within the team. The offense couldn’t do anything without the line doing their jobs. Shout-outs go to Kade Clapper, Jacoby Coleman, Kadin Hammonds, Chase Travis and Ben Purcell.”

After trailing at half 24-21 and falling onepoint farther behind 31-27 after three quarters, the Eagles faced an uphill battle to keep their hopes for a playoff spot alive going into the fourth quarter. Knowing the score and the situation, Coach Jason Dean put the ball in the hands of his most reliable runner, and the dependable senior produced 118 yards on 16 carries in the final twelve minutes of the game. Additionally, he scored two of his three touchdowns… each one on short 1-yard plunges.

Trailing 37-36 with just 4:11 remaining in the game, Cahill, aided by two pass completions

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Russell Rinn / Advocate Georgetown’s Senior Dakota Cahill ran for 265 yards Saturday night in the Eagle’s 44-37 win over Dripping Springs. Cahill scored three touchdowns on the night. from Chandler Herman to junior wide receiver Beau Corrales of 5 and 14 yards, carried the ball 10 of the 11 remaining plays to propel the Eagles 63 yards in 13 plays for the go-ahead score. He barreled into the end zones on his thirtieth carry with only 0:12 showing on the game clock. The final PAT was an icing-on-the-cake 2-pointer from Herman to diving senior wide receiver Jo’vonta Grimble (7 catches-135 yards, 2 TDs) who also had an outstanding game.

“I gathered the offense around me before we went out for the last drive and told the guys that we couldn’t leave any energy on the sideline.

Win or lose, let’s go out with dignity,” Cahill said.

As previously reported, Cahill and the Eagles truly believe that “Eagle Fight Never Dies.”

Interestingly, as Cahill gave his last comment, he headed for the stadium gates and a different side of this humble star was revealed.

This fierce competitor, who is such a rough and tumble, hard-nosed-style player, gave his ninth grade little brother (who was waiting in the wings for the interview to be over) a big bear hug before continuing on to join his teammates, family members and well-wishers in the assembled throng outside the stadium fence.

Perhaps after picking up an entire team, picking up one’s little brother isn’t such a big deal at all.

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Field, Pairings Set for Jack Frost Tourney The 32-team field, pool assignments and schedule have been set for the 37th annual Jack Frost Invitational Basketball Tournament, which is scheduled for three Georgetown gyms on Thursday-Saturday, Dec. 3-5.

The field -- 16 boys and 16 girls teams -- will include all four GISD teams and defending girls winner and Class 4A state champion Argyle. Last season’s boys tournament champion Humble Atascocita is not in this year’s field.

The Tournament will be played at Eagle Gym and the GHS auxiliary gym on the Georgetown campus and at Southwestern University’s Robertson Gym. The Georgetown boys

Westwood at 1:30 p.m. in the GHS auxiliary gym; Byron Nelson at noon Friday at Eagle Gym; and Stevens at 9 p.m. Friday at Eagle Gym. The Patriot girls will be in a pool with Lubbock Coronado, Round Rock Ceder Ridge and McKinney. They will play Coronado at 9 a.m. Thursday at Robertson. McKinney at 6 p.m. Thursday at Robertson and Cedar Ridge at 1:30 p.m. Friday in the GHS auxiliary gym.

Saturday’s bracket-play schedule will be based on the results of pool play. The Gold Bracket title games are set for Eagle Gym with the girls playing at 5 p.m. and the boys at 6:30 p.m.

JACK FROST TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

Russell Rinn / Advocate Student athletics trainer Katie Preston was elected Georgetown Eagle Football Sweetheart Saturday during halftime. Pictured are parents Doug and Alison Preston.

EAGLES, FROM PAGE B1 “Any discussion of Vandegrift starts with Brannan, the returning Class 5A Player of the Year,” GHS coach Jason Dean said.

“He’s every bit as good or better than he was last year. They have a big-play receiver in Paxton Segura (a 6-4, 210-pound Rice commit). We can’t give up the big play, and we have to control Brannan.”

The Eagles survived Dripping Springs with a drive that was already taking on epic proportions in the minds of many immediately after senior Dakota Cahill punched his way into the end zone for the game-winning touchdown with 12 seconds remaining, and Jo’vonta Grimble punctuated the win with a diving catch on the 2-point conversion attempt.

“We went into the game saying we needed to get Dakota 25 carries, and I guess the extra five weren’t bad,” Dean said of Cahill’s 265-yard performance on 30 carries, including 10 double-digit runs. “We put in a new package with Chris Miranda at tight end.

There wasn’t anything fancy.”

That 13-play, 63-yard drive started after a 2-yard touchdown run by Dripping Springs’ Robert Credeur put the Tigers up 37-36 with 4:11 to go went as follows: Cahill for 4; Chandler Herman to Beau Corrales for 5; Cahill for 3; Cahill

for 6; and Herman to Corrales for 14; then a seven-play overdose of Cahill for the Tigers -- 11, 3, 7, 11, 1, 0, 1 to the end zone on third down.

The gritty, punishing comeback that may have taken some of the starch out of Drip’s shorts was the high point, but there was an execution low for the Eagles in the victory.

“We gave up two many big plays,” Dean said of a contest in which the Tigers had individual gainers of 73, 32, 41, 54 and 57 yards.

“On too many plays we hit the guy and not take him down.”

Quarterback Reese Johnson led the Tigers with 175 yards rushing on 22 carries and 160 yards passing on eight completions in 22 attempts.

Dean had some quarterback concerns when Herman, who completed 13 of 21 attempts for 199 yards, came out in the first half with an ankle injury that was heavily taped before he returned to the game.

“Chandler missed two series with an ankle injury,” Dean said. “Nathan Jones came in and did well.

They got an interception, but it wasn’t his fault. The receiver fell down. We tell our non-starters continuously that they need to be ready because they are just a twisted ankle from being in the game.”

The Tigers led 14-7 after the first period. Herman

started the scoring with a 42-yard pass to Grimble, who caught seven passes for 130 yards. Dripping Springs countered with a 54-yard pass from Johnson to Ethan Fernea and a 1-yard keeper by Johnson.

Dripping Springs advanced the lead to 24-21 at the half despite touchdown runs of 1-yard by Jamel Powell, and 21 yards by Cahill, as the Tigers added a 14-yard scoring run by Credeur, and a 34-yard field goal by Grant Molander.

The Tigers pushed the lead to 31-27 after three quarters. Johnson scored on a 9-yard run for Dripping Springs, and Grimble countered with a 5-yard pass from Herman.

Prior to Credeur’s score and The Drive in the fourth, GHS pulled into a 36-31 lead with a 30-yard field goal by Luiz Diaz and 1-yard run by Cahill.

Eagles defensive line standout, Hunter Creasey injured an ankle early against Dripping Springs and was in an orthopedic boot during and after the game. The severity of the injury was to be determined on Monday. He was replaced by senior Ethan Blankenship.

Senior student trainer Katie Preston, sister of former GHS offensive line standout Tyler Preston, was named the Eagles’ football sweetheart.

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At Georgetown Thursday-Saturday. Dec. 3-5 Locations -- Eagle Gym (A); GHS Auxiliary Gym (B), Southwestern’s Robertson Gym (C).

POOL ASSIGNMENTS BOYS A -- Georgetown, Magnolia, Belton, Spring Christian Homeschool Sports Ministries (CHSM). B -- Trophy Club Byron Nelson, San Antonio Stevens, Round Rock Westwood, East View. C -- Round Rock McNeil, San Antonio Churchill, Temple, Colleyville Heritage. D -- Lake Travis, Spring Westfield, Leander.

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GIRLS A -- Georgetown, San Antonio Incarnate Word, Belton, San Antonio Stevens.

B -- Austin Westlake, Tyler John Tyler, The Woodlands College Park. Hutto.

C -- Argyle, Austin Bowie, Westbury Christian, Cibolo Steele. D -- Lubbock Coronado, East View, Round Rock Cedar Ridge, McKinney.

TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE Thursday’s Games (Pool Play) Eagle Gym 9 a.m. -- Westlake vs. John Tyler (G).

10:30 -- Argyle vs. Bowie (G). Noon -- GHS vs. Incarnate Word (G). 1:30 p.m. -- Lake Travis vs. Leander (B). 3 -Westfield vs. A&M Consolidate (B). 4:30 -- Bowie vs. Steele (G). 6 -- GHS vs.

Belton (G). 7:30 -- GHS vs. Belton (B).

GHS Auxiliary 9 a.m. -- Hutto vs. College Park (G).

10:30 -- Steele vs. Westbury Christian (G). Noon -- Stevens vs. Belton (G). 1:30 p.m. -- East View vs. Westwood (B). 3 -Magnolia vs. CHSM (B). 4:30 -- Stevens vs. Byron Nelson (B). 6 -- Incarnate Word vs. Stevens (G). 7:30 -- Cedar Ridge vs. Coronado (G).

Southwestern 9 a.m. -- Coronado vs. East View (G).

10:30 -- McKinney vs. Cedar Ridge (G).

Noon -- McNeil vs. Temple (B). 1:30 p.m. -- Churchill vs. Heritage (B). 3 -- College Park vs. Westlake (G). 4:30 -- John Tyler vs. Hutto (G). 6 -- East View vs. McKinney (G). 7:30 -- Westbury Christian vs. Argyle (G).

Friday’s Games (Pool Play) Eagle Gym 9 a.m. -- McNeil vs. Heritage (B).

10:30 -- GHS vs. CHSM (B). Noon -- Byron Nelson vs. East View (B). 1:30 p.m. -- McKinney vs. Coronado (G). 3 -- John Tyler vs. College Park (G). 4:30 -- Churchill vs. McNeil (B). 6 -- GHS vs.

Magnolia (B). 7:30 -- GHS vs. Stevens (G). 9 -- East View vs. Stevens (B).

GHS Auxiliary 9 a.m. -- Temple vs. Churchill (B).

10:30 -- Stevens vs. Westwood (B).

Noon -- Magnolia vs. Belton (B). 1:30 p.m. -- Cedar Ridge vs. East View (G). 3 -- Westlake vs. Hutto (G). 4:30 -- Argyle vs. Steele (G). 6 -- Westfield vs. Lake Travis (B). 7:30 -- Belton vs. CHSM (B).

9 -- Westwood vs. Byron Nelson (B).

Southwestern 9 a.m. -- Leander vs. Westfield (B).

10:30 -- Lake Travis vs. A&M Con-

solidated (B). Noon -- Incarnate Word vs. Belton (G). 1:30 p.m. -- Bowie vs.

Westbury Christian (G). 3 -- Heritage vs.

Temple (B). 4:30 -- A&M Consolidated vs. Leander (B).

Saturday’s Games (Bracket play) Eagle Gym 8 a.m. -- Bronze girls semis, C3 vs.

D3. 9:30 -- Silver girls semis, B2 vs.

A2. 11 -- Silver boys semis, A2 vs. B2.

12:30 p.m. -- Gold girls semis, B1 vs.

A1. 2 -- Gold boys semis, A1 vs. B1.

3:30 -- Silver boys championship. 5 -- Gold girls championship. 6:30 -- Gold boys championship.

GHS Auxiliary 8 a.m. -- Bronze girls semis, A3 vs. B3.

9:30 -- Silver girls semis, C2 vs. D2. 11 -- Silver boys semis, C2 vs. D2. 12:30 p.m. -- Gold girls semis, C1 vs. D1. 2 -- Gold boys semifinals, C1 vs. D1. 3:30 -- Silver girls championship. 5 -- Bronze girls championship. 6:30 -- Bronze boys championship.

Southwestern 8 a.m. -- Bronze boys semis, C3 vs.

D3. 9:30 -- Bronze boys semis. 11 -- Friends girls consolation, C4 vs. D4.

12:30 p.m. -- Friends girls consolation, A4 vs. B4. 2 -- Friends boys consolation. C4 vs. D4. 3:30 -- Friends boys consolation, A4 vs. B4.

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JARRELL WINS DISTRICT!

Photos: Deborah Marquis / Advocate Marshall Forrest holds off defenders as Brown prepares to leave the pocket.

COUGARS ROAR, BEAT DUBLIN, 35-16

by Deborah Marquis

Advocate Correspondent

In a game postponed by Friday’s torrential rains, Jarrell downed host Dublin, 35-16, on Saturday to claim the District 10-3A Division II championship and the six-team alignment’s top seeding for the state playoffs.

The Cougars, 4-0 in district and 9-0 for the season, will try to complete the undefeated regular-season run when it entertains

Rogers (0-4, 1-8), at 7:30 p.m.

Friday. Senior Night festivities will be held prior to the contest with the struggling defending district champions.

On Friday before either team took the field, officials ordered players and fans to take cover when severe thunderstorms moved in to the Dublin area.

The decision soon was made to reschedule the game for 5 p.m. on Saturday, forcing Jarrell players and fans to repeat the 120-mile

round trip. It was one of a large number of games around the state rescheduled because of the severe weather. Some were moved up to Thursday and others were moved back to Saturday.

The day and time apparently did not affect the Cougars. Their goal of a perfect season was not to be deterred. Jarrell scored on the first play from scrimmage when Tony Brown raced 76 yards for the score with less than 15 seconds off the clock as the Cou-

gars built a 35-0 lead.

On a fourth-8 play, Brown completed a 31-yard pass to Hunter Lonas that put the Cougars up 14-0 before the end of the first quarter.

Jarrell increased the lead at halftime to 21-0 on an 8-yard run

by Chris Bannon.

Early in the third quarter, Brown hurled a pass to Tucker Sansom that resulted in a 68yard touchdown. The final score for the Cougars would come with

6:09 left in the third period when Brown twisted his way over the goal line from 6 yards out. Hecter Guerrero was successful on all five of his extra-point attempts.

Dublin scored two touchdowns and a safety after the Cougars had constructed their 35-point advantage.

Brown rushed 16 times for 106 yards and completed five of eight passes for an addition 128 yards.

Jarrell outgained Dublin 359 yards to 228.

Above: The previous evening’s rains left their mark on the sidelines. Dorian Cole’s 11-yard reception resulted in a very wet tackle, but set the Cougars up for their final score.

Left: Hunter Lonas raises the ball in celebration of his 31 yard TD reception.

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Formula 1 Driver Tries Police Driving Course

Hunka Hunka Happy Halloween

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illions of fans across the world watched the U.S. Grand Prix Formula One race at the Circuit of the Americas course in Austin Oct 23-24. Driver Valtteri Bottas, a Finnish 26-year old on the Williams Martini Racing team, is currently fifth in the Formula 1 standings.

Before the big race day on Sunday, Bottas came to Georgetown where he tested his skills on a driving track for training police officers.

Bottas was invited to Georgetown several weeks ago by Karen Gilbert, a volunteer at the Georgetown Police Department and a huge fan of Formula 1. Gilbert contacted Bottas through a fan website and was surprised when he agreed to come.

“I invited him to come and play cop for a day,” says Gilbert, who mentioned the tactical training building and the driving track at the Public Safety Top: Connor, 2, makes his way through the parade of costumes. • Center: Cory and Campbell Foltz ready for Trick-or-Treating after the Costume Parade at Primrose of Georgetown. Bottom: Curious Jack and Power Ranger Erin.

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Bottas arrived in Georgetown Tuesday morning where he was greeted by police officers and City officials. Then Sgt. Wyatt Raley put Bottas through his paces in training exercises at the tactical building.

The racers were also joined by Georgetown City Council members John Hesser and Anna Eby. Eby, as it turns out, is also a huge racing fan and not only did she have Bottas autograph her automobile, when the officers allowed him to test the stun gun, Eby volunteered—properly protected of course!

Bottas tested his skills

GRAND PRIX RESULTS: Bottas placed 19th in the race. He had a close call during practice and nearly hit his pit crew. During the race, he

driving a police patrol vehicle on the driving track.

After a test run with Officer Casey Horsley, Bottas drove the course with sharp turns and obstacles and set a new course record of 1 minute and 36 seconds.

A crew with Off the Grid, an NBCSN TV show about Formula 1, filmed Bottas’ visit to Georgetown and his run on the driving track.

The segment will be part of an Off the Grid show about the Austin Formula 1 race that will air on NBCSN on November 11.

Captain Evelyn McLean with the Police Department said one of the goals in inviting Valtteri Bottas to meet with officers at the

had contact at the first corner and had to pull in to his pit for a new nose. He risked switching tire types, but was back in four laps later to revert to in-

facility was to give him a picture of what it’s like to be a police officer. Bottas told McLean that spending the day with police officers gave him a new perspective on the job they do. “Like driving in a Formula 1 race, we have to make decisions in a split second and make those decisions accurately,” says McLean.

Bottas headed back to Austin and prepared for the practice sessions at Circuit of the Americas and a qualifying session before race day. Bottas had some new fans in blue from Georgetown cheering him on when he reached the starting line.

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Daniel Willis

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Bring your family and friends to show your support for law enforcement and this officer who is charged with murder for defending himself and the life of another in the line of duty. There will be a BBQ lunch and plates are $15. There will also be a

GHS Theatre Nov 4-6

The Georgetown High School Theatre invites you to see this year’s fall show, You Can’t Take It With You,

by Moss Hart and George Kaufman.

The comedy begins when

silent auction and raffle.

If you can not attend but would like to donate, you can mail your donation to: Daniel Willis Legal Fund, 4325 Stokes, Bellville, TX 77418.

Visit Facebook/Fundraiser for the Daniel Willis Defense Fund Tony Kirby falls in love with Alice Sycamore and brings his parents to dine at the Sycamore home on the wrong evening. Along the way, strange activities of certain members of the household all conspire to provide you with an evening of fun entertainment!

Shows November 4-5 at 6pm, Nov 6 at 7pm. Tickets available at the door at the Klett Center for the Performing Arts.

Night at the Museum Bingo Bash Nov 7

We are pleased to announce our partnership with Lady Eagle Basketball for Georgetown’s newest fundraiser, A Night at the Museum Bingo Ball.

The event takes place on Saturday, November 7, at 7 pm, in the Georgetown High School Gym. Your $100 ticket package includes 20 bingo cards, 8 door prize tickets, gourmet appetizers and non-alcoholic beverages.

Some of the door prizes are restaurant and Home Depot gift certificates, round of golf for four, Yeti cooler and a bracelet from The Jeweler.

Bingo prizes include $300 gift cards from a variety of Georgetown businesses such as City Lights, Diva Chicks and The Escape as well as Bass

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Pro Shop, James Avery and Best Buy. Proceeds from the event benefit Lady Eagle Basketball and the museum’s educational programs.

Tickets can be purchased by calling the museum at 512-943-1670. Grab your friends and play with us!

Overview of the Russian Military: GARW Nov 18

Berry Creek Country Club, 11:00am. GARWpac@yahoo.com for reservations.

CW4 Anthony Triola served in the Air Force and was deployed during Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom, was decorated, and was twice selected to “12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year” board.

He was assigned to the European Command Joint Operations Intelligence Center in Molesworth, England, to serve as the Russia Ground Team Senior Officer in Charge from 2009 to 2012. During this time, he briefed national decision makers within the intelligence community on Russian Ground Forces activity, weapons capabilities, and strategic intentions.

In June 2015 he was honored with a position on

Congressman John Carter’s staff serving as the Field Representative for Fort Hood.

Annual Trout Fishing Derby Georgetown Parks and Recreation is sponsoring this annual event Saturday,

for anglers 17 years and older. You must bring your own fishing rod.

Catch a trout and put your name into a raffle for some awesome prizes! There will be bait and drinks available for sale.

Contact addison.elliott@ georgetown.org for more information.

December 12 at San Gabriel Park from 7am-10:30am.

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Charlene Burgess, Head Start Director: I would feel very disconnected because no one would know how else to find me.

Charles Carter, Consultant: I would feel peacefulness in the morning. I’d be concerned by mid-afternoon and frantic by night time.

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What I Want in My Obituary

One of Williamson County’s grooviest judges held a memorial service last month for a person he didn’t know.

It was simply to honor a person who had passed because everyone deserves to be remembered. So it got me thinking about what on earth will I be remembered for, so....

Advocatie passed away

last week at the age of 106.

She went peacefully in her sleep in her minimum security cell in North Carolina.

She was serving a ten year sentence for assaulting a YOLO-clad yoga instructor after promising; “If ONE MORE - PERSON tells me I really ought to eat more vegetables!”

She was found with a smile on her face, a bacon cheeseburger and diet Pepsi on her nightstand and reruns of Andy Griffith playing from the DVR. She had a remarkable life. Although she is best known for being the mother of the nation’s 54th president, she often said she was most proud of her Nobel Prize in physics for

her one-page unification of String Theory. She published under the title Don’t Know What all the Fuss Was About.

Her favorite job later in life was, of course, wife.

After the divorce, her first husband became a hoarder and was sadly crushed to death by a stack of adult magazines.

But, she never fully bounced back after her second husband’s death ten years ago at the age of 105.

They were best friends and, after they won their second lottery, they were wellknown for their mystery Christmas visits. For many years on Christmas day they went to gas stations, big box stores and the like, and gave $100 bills to all the people who were stuck working that day.

As a widow, she did however continue to live the extreme life she loved and her boyfriend at the time of her death has since dropped out of college to mourn her properly.

At a young age she won the elementary school spelling bee (true story) and was not only knocked out of the regional spelling bee but was escorted out by an uptight judge who didn’t think her answer was amusing; “Queue? We’re in America people! It’s L-I-N-E!” Several of her books remain on best seller lists, boosted intermittently by their screenplay adapta-

tions. Among the hits were “Idiot’s Guide to Fencing: The Catie Parry” and “Catholics Who Listen to Meatloaf on Fridays.”

She also developed a signature coffee drink that was very popular with broadcast journalists; the Catie Keurig.

She was flattered to be asked to do an interview with Playboy but less so when they told her they no longer printed nude pictures and the feature was “Fun Stories about Credit Card Debt”.

As a grandmother, she enjoyed whistling songs no one recognized and pretending to be lost while pushing all the buttons in elevators.

All the flags at Catie-wood will be flown at half-mast on Friday and employees will jump around like crickets because that’s what Catie did.

There will also be a celebratory wake at the housing development she and her late husband built for religious cult refugees; Catie Homes.

In lieu of flowers, Advo-Catie asks friends and family to please send donations to whomever is running for President against Malia Obama. Her remains will be scattered on Jockey’s Ridge in the Outer Banks, NC because that’s the closest she’ll ever get to being a pirate.

(You’ll have to Google that one.)

Obesity & Dementia

by Jim Kelley

Brain Busters: Not only is what we eat vital to our brain health, the quantity of calories consumed is also a huge problem.

It seems excessive calorie intake can impact several mechanisms of our brains functioning and deterioration.

Dr. Joseph Mercola is an alternative medicine proponent, osteopathic physician, and web entrepreneur, who markets a variety of dietary supplements and medical devices. He agrees that there is a growing body of research indicating similar pathways of nutrition that contribute to Type II Diabetes are also found in the development of dementia of all types.

Part of the connection is insulin response mis-queuing in the brain itself.

In fact, in animal studies dementia was induced by disrupting insulin signaling in the brain. Glucose is the primary fuel of the brain and when your brain becomes insulin resistant, atrophy occurs due to brain starvation. Excess calories induce the body to develop fat storage tissues. Once these tissues are developed, much more than fat is stored in them, including toxic substances and drugs like THC garnered from marijuana consumption.

This is somewhat ironic in that the brain is primarily fat. The misconception is that fat causes fat. Although unnatural and poor quality fats present health risks, it is the carbohydrates that fuel the destructive mechanisms.

One Mayo Clinic study of a large elderly subject pool found that dementia increased at twice the rate when the individuals got their calorie intake from carbohydrates versus proteins or fats. One of our most common sweeteners, fructose, pushes the brain toward Alzheimer’s or dementia if consumed at a rate of 25g per day.

Excess fat tissue is capable of stimulating the craving process in the brain to ever increasing heights. Also, the hormones the body needs to sustain itself can be grossly imbalanced.

Professor Mark Mattson, head of the laboratory of neurosciences at the NIA and professor of neuroscience at John Hopkins University in Baltimore found in his research that two hormones, leptin and ghrelin, which are involved in appetite regulation also dictate brain cell replacement.

A high-calorie diet inhibits the function of these two hormones in the brain cell replacements vital for the memory system structures. He notes that this destructive effect maximizes in the 40- to 50-yearold range of the obese. One of the easiest factors to indicate ongoing brain injury is inflammation which, as it turns out, increases dramatically with obesity. I use the term obese and there are different ways to define it; however, a simple way to view it is with a tape measure across the top of your hip. Women are considered obese if they have 35 inches or more and men 40 inches or more. Obesity is also defined in the body mass index. For example a woman 68 inches high and weighing 164 pounds would be considered in the normal range with the body mass index of 25; however, if she weighs 197 pounds or more she is considered to be obese due to her body mass index of 30.

Brain nutrition: The first part of the answer is to recognize what nutritionists have been telling us for decades—that we must limit our intake as adults two 2000 calories per day for women and 2500 calories a day for men.

Additionally the more organic and high-grade the proteins and fats are the better the brain. Grains starches and sugars should be a small component of our diet.

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Current research is shown that fasting two days per week has incredible health benefits especially for the brain. It protects the brain from insulin problems, protects it from generating the Alzheimer’s markers, and elicits production of brain derived neurotrophic factors (which is like Miracle-Gro for your brain).

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t never ceases to amaze me as I watch the way God changes the lives of people; to see the spirit or the heart of a person go from one of unrest to peace, watching as their very countenance changes from

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one searching for what he or she doesn’t know how to find, to that of one who has been found. Sometimes this new view of life and eternity can be seen immediately even as one lifts their head from prayer only to praise Him for the love and grace given. Others are more subtle, or perhaps reserved, in their receiving of the free gift of Christ Jesus from the Father.

To the glory of God, we have recently seen an amazing number of people come to Christ in faith. One group in particular started with a single invite to church from a neighbor. As a result of her invitation, twelve people have come to faith in Jesus, from fiancée to husband and wife, from daughters to daughter in law, and from sons to son in law.

The evident joy that I mentioned earlier was seen immediately in the life of one wife/mother in this group. As she came forward to be baptized, she came with a prepared list of things she wanted to say from her heart to the church. Another wife/mom in this same group comes to me at the end of each service asking for more

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scriptures to study in her bible. These are just a few examples of the beautiful life change that Jesus brings to those who love Him. I hope you have placed your faith in Jesus as the Son of God, and you are a living model of this change. This glorious, timely glimpse, this window into the soul of a man or woman, that shows joy and, yes, abandonment of the worries of this world, is, without a doubt, the most motivating factor in the life of this pastor’s ministry.

It is a God given privilege to be present when the Lord touches the heart of a person; a privilege for which none are worthy, and very few receive.

Each and every time we gather at Open Road Biker Church, I am reminded of this very precious opportunity from above to pastor this group of people who so faithfully come to worship.

We all come carrying loads of baggage from the work

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We come and we pour out our heart to the God who sees past all our blemishes and loves us as we are.

Friend, I pray that you have found peace in the name of Jesus. And I pray that you have found a bible teaching, gospel preaching church to call home. I pray that you are fulfilled in your service to the Lord there and in your worship to the Father in heaven.

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Now, once again students, coaches, parents, and sports lovers will have that opportunity. It is with great pleasure and enthusiasm that I announce that the Advocate has committed the financial resources and other assets to ensure the best sports coverage possible. We’ve already been asked, “Will you always allow eight to ten pages for sports?” My reply to that is simple. “Not always. If it takes 16 pages to showcase the efforts of our great young people, then 16 pages it will be.”

Before Coach Rhonda Farney along with a host of others from Georgetown huddled in our conference room about the Advocate covering sports in Georgetown, we had already been asked to do so numerous times in the past by parents.

My response was always the same: “We will, when we find competent sports reporters.”

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If you attended high school in Georgetown in the last 100 years, chances are, you played sports.

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Georgetown is growing daily. Each day approximately 11 people move to town. Dr. Fred Brent, certainly among the finest superintendents in the state of Texas, if not the country, is doing a yeoman’s job at managing our ship; and with an active, engaged Board, things have never looked brighter for GISD. As the saying goes, “If you have a job you love, you’ll never have to work a day in your life.” That sums up our job every day.

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The Congressional Benghazi hearings have revealed many facts about the terrorist attack on the Benghazi Consulate where four Americans were killed on September 11, 2012. These include: (1) A stand-down order issued early in the 9-hour battle prevented military intervention to save Americans.

(2) Gregory Hicks (Ambassador Stevens’ Deputy) testified before the House Committee that he had told Secretary Clinton that night that Ambassador Stevens had called from the Benghazi Consulate’s Safe Room to report they were under attack. When asked about his reaction to the attack being blamed on a video, Hicks said, “I was stunned. My jaw

dropped….” Hicks thought the video narrative directly contradicting the Libyan President’s statement blaming terrorists led to the 18-day delay in FBI agents receiving permission to enter Benghazi.

(3) In his House testimony, Leon Panetta (Secretary of Defense) indicated he had briefed the President about the ongoing Benghazi attack at 5:00 p.m.

Panetta later told a Senate Committee “there was no question in my mind that this was a terrorist attack.”

(4) E-mails indicated White House officials heavily edited the CIA and State Department’s initial reports on the Benghazi attack. References about terrorists were removed and the attack was blamed on the Internet video defaming

Mohammed. Susan Rice used these talking points on five Sunday talk shows.

The President and Secretary Clinton told the families of the four dead Americans the video caused the attack. The President blamed the video during a United Nations speech two weeks later.

Americans don’t understand why the Administration lied about the video.

Was it because the 2012 election was weeks away and Obama’s re-election theme was “OSAMA IS DEAD AND AL QUEDA IS ON THE RUN” or was there more sinister reasons?

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What I know is that the bond proposal unanimously approved by the GISD Board of Trustees is needsbased and will address facility issues across the entire District and community.

As a banker and businessman, I believe the following: l) the quality of our local school District will make Georgetown more economically competitive, 2) that the quality of the schools in GISD positively impacts residential property values, and 3) that the quality and condition of the school facilities themselves has a direct impact on economic development.

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