Schools

A great morning was enjoyed last week when Sabine County Sheriff Tom Maddox, along with Scott Dyer of the Hemphill ISD Police Department treated 30 great kids to donuts in celebration for their exemplary behavior in school. Congratulations to each one of these outstanding students!

Congratulations to Hemphill Little Green Band for advancing to NAMMB State Competition in Waco. The students competed on Saturday and were awarded with a First Division accomplishment. They will compete again on Tuesday, Oct. 24.

The West Sabine Tiger Band competed on Saturday at the Texas UIL Military Band Contest at Stehen F. Austin, being awarded a Second Division.

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Cameron Allman was crowned Hemphill High School Homecoming Queen Friday night, escorted by, senior, Tanner Daniel.

October 6 not only saw Homecoming 2023 for West Sabine, it saw two teams battling to keep their respective seasons alive as the Tigers battled the Wolves of San Augustine. The Wolves would kick off the scoring as they took their first possession down the field to score on a 16 yard run to make it 7-0 after one. The Tigers got into gear as they methodically ground out the clock on their first drive of the second quarter to score as Jakorian Walker dashed in from four yards out and then added the conversion to make it 8-7. The Wolves, however, would add another score before the half as QB Cartwright would find DeAdrian Renfro from 22 yards out and the conversion run made it 15-8 going into recess.

The Deep East Texas High School Fishing Series was held at Jackson Hill Marina on Saturday September 23rd. Brayden Wells and Bentley Thompson from Colmesneil lead the field of 111 teams with a limit of bass that weighed 17.55 lbs including a 5.78 kicker for the record setting performance for fifth graders to win a DETX tournament for the very first time. The second place team was Bentley Cook and Kolstyn Chandler from Hardin high school managed to catch a 15.83 lb limit and third place went to Brise Hazelton and Caden Alexander from Huntington who came to the scales with 14.80 lbs. The day's big fish, a nice 8.52 lb. Green Girl was brought in by Kase Lamberth and Brise Burton from Tarkington Anglers reported catching fish on lipless cranks, Texas rigged plastics and swim baits, however most teams struggled to figure out a strong pattern and had to junk fish all day.

The following students are repesenting Hemphill High School on this year’s Homecoming Court. Pictured on the top from left to right, your Hemphill 2023 duchesses: Freshman Alaina Mcfarland, Sophomore Amelia Gay and Junior LilyAnn McGee. Their escorts are Trevor Ballard, Sam Welch, and Jose Castor. Below are the court sweethearts, FFA Sweetheart Chalee Gibbs, Band Sweetheart Alyssa Stell, Senior Football Sweetheart Havana Kincel and Senior Football Sweetheart Jonnirae Hawver. Their escorts are FFA Beau Connor McDaniel, Band Beau Connor Finley, Anthony White and Evan McFarland.

Lady Hornets went back and forth with Newton Friday night in district play, losing match one, winning two, losing three, winning four and falling in a close finale. Bre Williams was back and big for the block pictured above.