Schools

BOM is a sponsor of the Hemphill Hornet Baseball program. Pictured left to right: BOM’s Kelcie McCroskey and Conor McDaniel.

Toledo Bend and O.H. Ivie shared the ShareLunker Legacy Class stage to kick off the final week of February. O.H. Ivie in West Texas continued its unprecedented run of monster largemouth bass and Toledo Bend in East Texas showed that excellent fisheries abound from one corner of Texas to the other.

What a season for these teams! After an undefeated regular season the Wildcats battled beautifully through the playoffs, advancing for the first time in 24 years to Regional finals this weekend. From Coach Shumake, “I just want to say Thank you to the Brookeland Community for the love and support you showed us this season! You truly inspired us to play harder and give even more effort - we constantly talked as a team about how much ya'll were supporting us. We really started wanting to win for you more than for ourselves. You were a class act and we loved having the biggest crowds on the road all year as you packed out gyms and we kept hearing people say 'The whole town of Brookeland is here tonight.' I am extremely proud of the guys in our program from Junior High to our JV to our Varsity. They are a reflection of you the Brookeland Community and I could not be more proud of them and this school. Thank you again for the support - the journey was great this year and the journey continues. God is so Good!!Go Wildcats!!”

The Fishers of Men Texas East Stop #2 was on Toledo Bend Saturday and some big bags were brought to weigh-in. Winner of the tournament was Cody Pitt with 5 fish weighing 34.98 lbs.

The HISD School Board met on Thursday, February 15 th, and after opening prayer and pledge to the flag, approved the consent agenda consisting of the minutes from previous meetings and the financial/investment reports for January, 2024. Miss Warren shared students' English assignments and how well they did on competitions, followed by Mrs.

Two members of the Hemphill Hornet Bass Club fishing the SETX Bass Tournament on Toledo Bend on February 18th, caught some nice fish. Kane Ross (pictured left) weighed in 2 fish for 4.96 lbs. while Sam Welch caught one 1 fish for 2.24 lbs. and took a picture showing his boat number for the Conservation Program. Congratulations to these two young men!

Hemphill High School and Middle School art classes have had a busy and productive couple of months. November through January our art students took part in a little project that they nicknamed “Coffee and Community”.

Both West Sabine squads took on both their counterparts from San Augustine on January 30 and Chireno February 2(stats unavailable for both WS/Chireno games at press time).The Lady Tigers hit the court first January 30 and after a slow start began to heat it up in the second quarter as they popped the nets for 14 points in the period to extend their lead to 22-11 at the half.