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Class 3A Texas high school playoff scores, pairings
CLASS 3A DIVISION I
Region I
Bidistrict
Denver City 59, Littlefield 14
Eastland 49, Boyd 27
Shallowater 63, Tornillo 0
Tuscola Jim Ned 30, Whitesboro 21
Wall 20, Pilot Point 0
Bushland 62, Kermit 26
Brock 34, Breckenridge 27
Slaton 36, Brownfield 28
Area
Denver City (8-3) vs. Eastland (8-3), 7 p.m. Friday, San Angelo Stadium
Shallowater (11-0) vs. Tuscola Jim Ned (9-2), 6:30 p.m. Friday, Big Spring
Wall (8-2) vs. Bushland (8-3), 6 p.m. Friday, Levelland
Brock (10-1) vs. Slaton (8-3), 1 p.m. Friday, Sweetwater
Class 4A Texas high school playoff scores, pairings
CLASS 4A DIVISION I
Region I
Bidistrict
Big Spring 28, Clint 22
Hereford 34, Springtown 31, OT
Seminole 42, Fabens 7
Canyon 62, Gainesville 14
Decatur 48, Dumas 21
Andrews 57, San Elizario 6
WF Hirschi 56, Pampa 23
San Angelo Lake View 28, Clint Mountain View 21
Area
Big Spring (3-8) vs. Hereford (7-4), 7 p.m. Friday, Plainview
Seminole (7-3) vs. Canyon (10-1), 4 p.m. Friday, Lubbock Cooper
Decatur (5-6) vs. Andrews (8-3), 7 p.m. Friday, Abilene's Shotwell Stadium
Class 4A Texas high school playoff scores, pairings
CLASS 4A DIVISION I
Region I
Bidistrict
Clint (4-6) vs. Big Spring (2-8), 7 p.m. Friday, Pecos
Springtown (8-2) vs. Hereford (6-4), 7 p.m. Friday, Snyder
Seminole 42, Fabens 7
Canyon (9-1) vs. Gainesville (4-6), 7 p.m. Friday, Childress
Dumas (8-2) vs. Decatur (4-6), 7 p.m. Friday, Weatherford, Okla. (SW Okla. Univ.)
Andrews 57, San Elizario 6
WF Hirschi (8-2) vs. Pampa (4-6), 7 p.m. Friday, Vernon
Clint Mountain View (6-4) vs. San Angelo Lake View (2-8), 7 p.m. Friday, Fort Stockton
Review: ‘The Kings of Big Spring: God, Oil, and One Family’s Search for the American Dream,’ by Bryan Mealer
Historian Will Durant wrote that the life of mankind is a turbulent river. But the history of civilization, he said, is what happens on the banks.
He wouldve loved The Kings of Big Spring, the story of an American family that plants itself on the banks like a swimmer saved from drowning.
Author Bryan Mealer sets his tale against the backdrop of seminal currents in 20th-century American life: the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl migration, the boom and bust of Texas oil fields.
State Police: Texas man killed in 2-car crash in New Mexico
SAN MIGUEL COUNTY, N.M. (AP) — Authorities say a Texas man is dead after a head-on car crash in New Mexico.
New Mexico State Police say 26-year-old Robert Granado of Big Spring was declared dead at the scene of Sunday morning's accident on U.S. 285.
They say Granado was driving a sedan at a high rate of speed when it crossed into the other lanes and struck an SUV.
Class 3A Texas high school football playoff scores, pairings
CLASS 3A DIVISION I
Region I
Bidistrict
Shallowater 62, San Angelo Grape Creek 0
Brock 49, Clyde 3
Wall (10-0) vs. Friona (7-3), 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sweetwater
Tuscola Jim Ned (8-2) vs. Bowie (4-6), 7:30 p.m. Friday, Clyde
Comanche (9-1) vs. Boyd (3-7), 7:30 p.m. Friday, Granbury
Kermit (6-4) vs. Slaton (5-5), 7 p.m. Saturday, Big Spring
Breckenridge (5-5) vs. Merkel (5-5), 7:30 p.m. Friday, Brownwood
Muleshoe (4-6) vs. Crane (4-6), 7 p.m. Friday, Denver City
Class 3A Texas high school football playoff pairings
CLASS 3A DIVISION I
Region I
Bidistrict
Shallowater (9-1) vs. San Angelo Grape Creek (1-9), 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Snyder
Brock (8-2) vs. Clyde (6-4), 7 p.m. Thursday, Abilene's Shotwell Stadium
Wall (10-0) vs. Friona (7-3), 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sweetwater
Tuscola Jim Ned (8-2) vs. Bowie (4-6), 7:30 p.m. Friday, Clyde
Comanche (9-1) vs. Boyd (3-7), 7:30 p.m. Friday, Granbury
Kermit (6-4) vs. Slaton (5-5), 7 p.m. Saturday, Big Spring
Breckenridge (5-5) vs. Merkel (5-5), 7:30 p.m. Friday, Brownwood
Class 3A Texas high school football playoff pairings
CLASS 3A DIVISION I
Region I
Bidistrict
Shallowater (9-1) vs. San Angelo Grape Creek (1-9), 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Snyder
Brock (8-2) vs. Clyde (6-4), 7 p.m. Thursday, Abilene's Shotwell Stadium
Wall (10-0) vs. Friona (7-3), 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sweetwater
Tuscola Jim Ned (8-2) vs. Bowie (4-6), 7:30 p.m. Friday, Clyde
Comanche (9-1) vs. Boyd (3-7), 7:30 p.m. Friday, Granbury
Kermit (6-4) vs. Slaton (5-5), 7 p.m. Saturday, Big Spring
Breckenridge (5-5) vs. Merkel (5-5), 7:30 p.m. Friday, Brownwood
Class 3A Texas high school football playoff pairings
CLASS 3A DIVISION I
Region I
Bidistrict
Shallowater (9-1) vs. San Angelo Grape Creek (1-9), 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Snyder
Brock (8-2) vs. Clyde (6-4), 7 p.m. Thursday, Abilene's Shotwell Stadium
Wall (10-0) vs. Friona (7-3), 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sweetwater
Tuscola Jim Ned (8-2) vs. Bowie (4-6), 7:30 p.m. Friday, Clyde
Comanche (9-1) vs. Boyd (3-7), 7:30 p.m. Friday, Granbury
Kermit (6-4) vs. Slaton (5-5), 7 p.m. Saturday, Big Spring
Breckenridge (5-5) vs. Merkel (5-5), 7:30 p.m. Friday, Brownwood
Class 3A Texas high school football playoff pairings
CLASS 3A DIVISION I
Region I
Bidistrict
Shallowater (9-1) vs. San Angelo Grape Creek (1-9), 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Snyder
Brock (8-2) vs. Clyde (6-4), 7 p.m. Thursday, Abilene's Shotwell Stadium
Wall (10-0) vs. Friona (7-3), 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sweetwater
Tuscola Jim Ned (8-2) vs. Bowie (4-6), 7:30 p.m. Friday, Clyde
Comanche (9-1) vs. Boyd (3-7), 7:30 p.m. Friday, Granbury
Kermit (6-4) vs. Slaton (5-5), 7 p.m. Saturday, Big Spring
Breckenridge (5-5) vs. Merkel (5-5), 7:30 p.m. Friday, Brownwood
Sex abuse gets ex-West Texas detective 20 years in prison
BIG SPRING, Texas (AP) — A former West Texas police detective has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after his conviction of sex crimes against children.
A Howard County jury sentenced former Big Spring police detective Joel Rojo (ROH'-hoh) on Friday after convicting him on multiple counts of indecency with a child and other sex crimes. Rojo also must register as a sex offender.
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West Texas man charged with his mother’s death
BIG SPRING, Texas (AP) — A 32-year-old West Texas man has been charged with murder for the death of his mother three months ago.
Police in Big Spring say the Oct. 22 death of 52-year-old Gloria Martinez at a home initially was reported to them as a suicide but a homicide investigation began because of "suspicious circumstances" related to the death.
Man in West Texas shot in police chase
BIG SPRING, Texas (AP) — A man has been charged with attempted capital murder after exchanging gunfire with police in Big Spring and leading officers on a chase.
The man was wounded in the gunfire with a Big Spring officer and a Texas state trooper and has been hospitalized in Lubbock, about 100 miles to the north.
Authorities say the man, whose name was not immediately released, had "multiple" guns.
Officials: 3 remain hospitalized after West Texas bus wreck
BIG SPRING, Texas (AP) — Authorities say a West Texas high school cheerleader sponsor and two cheerleaders remain hospitalized after a semitrailer hit their bus in a crash that killed another cheerleader sponsor.
Eric Finley, spokesman for University Medical Center in Lubbock, said the three who remained hospitalized Sunday were in satisfactory condition.
Texas officials: 1 killed, 7 hurt in cheerleader bus crash
BIG SPRING, Texas (AP) — A woman was killed and seven other people were injured when a semitrailer crashed into a bus carrying a group of West Texas high school cheerleaders, authorities said Saturday.
The small activity bus, which was carrying six cheerleaders and two cheerleader sponsors, was headed home Friday night after a football game in Colorado City, Texas, when it was hit on Interstate 20 near Big Spring, said Iraan-Sheffield School District Superintendent Kevin Allen.
Class 2A Texas high school football playoff scores, pairings
CLASS 2A DIVISION I
Region I
Area
Stratford (10-1) vs. Post (9-2), 4 p.m. Friday, Canyon's Kimbrough Stadium
Abernathy (9-2) vs. Hawley (8-3), 7:30 p.m. Friday, Snyder
Forsan (8-3) vs. New Deal (10-1), 7:30 p.m. Friday, Denver City
Anson (8-3) vs. Sundown (6-5), 5 p.m. Saturday, Big Spring
Regional
Stratford-Post winner vs. Abernathy-Hawley winner, TBD
Forsan-New Deal winner vs. Anson-Sundown winner, TBD
Region II
Area
Windthorst (7-4) vs. Bosqueville (9-2), 7 p.m. Friday, FW Brewer HS
Class 2A Texas high school football playoff pairings
CLASS 2A DIVISION I
Region I
Area
Stratford (10-1) vs. Post (9-2), 4 p.m. Friday, Canyon's Kimbrough Stadium
Abernathy (9-2) vs. Hawley (8-3), 7:30 p.m. Friday, Snyder
Forsan (8-3) vs. New Deal (10-1), 7:30 p.m. Friday, Denver City
Anson (8-3) vs. Sundown (6-5), 5 p.m. Saturday, Big Spring
Region II
Area
Windthorst (7-4) vs. Bosqueville (9-2), 7 p.m. Friday, FW Brewer HS
Valley View (6-5) vs. De Leon (9-2), 7:30 p.m. Friday, Weatherford
Crawford (10-1) vs. Collinsville (9-2), 7:30 p.m. Friday, Burleson
Class 2A Texas high school football playoff pairings
CLASS 2A DIVISION I
Region I
Area
Stratford (10-1) vs. Post (9-2), 4 p.m. Friday, Canyon's Kimbrough Stadium
Abernathy (9-2) vs. Hawley (8-3), 7:30 p.m. Friday, Snyder
Forsan (8-3) vs. New Deal (10-1), 7:30 p.m. Friday, Denver City
Anson (8-3) vs. Sundown (6-5), 5 p.m. Saturday, Big Spring
Region II
Area
Windthorst (7-4) vs. Bosqueville (9-2), 7 p.m. Friday, FW Brewer HS
Valley View (6-5) vs. De Leon (9-2), 7:30 p.m. Friday, Weatherford
Crawford (10-1) vs. Collinsville (9-2), 7:30 p.m. Friday, Collinsville
Class 2A Texas high school football playoff scores, pairings
CLASS 2A DIVISION I
Region I
Bidistrict
Stratford 53, Hale Center 13
Post 33, Anthony 7
Abernathy 34, Sunray 19
Hawley 29, Christoval 20
Forsan 41, Ozona 22
New Deal 36, Stinnett West Texas 28
Anson 54, McCamey 12
Sundown 21, Panhandle 20
Area
Stratford (10-1) vs. Post (9-2), 4 p.m. Friday, Canyon's Kimbrough Stadium
Abernathy (9-2) vs. Hawley (8-3), 7:30 p.m. Friday, Snyder
Forsan (8-3) vs. New Deal (10-1), 7:30 p.m. Friday, Denver City
Anson (8-3) vs. Sundown (6-5), 5 p.m. Saturday, Big Spring
Class 2A Texas high school football playoff scores, pairings
CLASS 2A DIVISION I
Region I
Bidistrict
Stratford 53, Hale Center 13
Post 33, Anthony 7
Abernathy 34, Sunray 19
Hawley 29, Christoval 20
Forsan 41, Ozona 22
New Deal 36, Stinnett West Texas 28
Anson 54, McCamey 12
Sundown 21, Panhandle 20
Area
Stratford (10-1) vs. Post (9-2), 4 p.m. Friday, Canyon's Kimbrough Stadium
Abernathy (9-2) vs. Hawley (8-3), 7:30 p.m. Friday, Snyder
Forsan (8-3) vs. New Deal (10-1), 7:30 p.m. Friday, Denver City
Anson (8-3) vs. Sundown (6-5), 5 p.m. Saturday, Big Spring
Class 3A Texas high school football playoff pairings
CLASS 3A DIVISION I
Region I
Bidistrict
Littlefield 63, Crane 20
Bowie 43, Merkel 14
Wall 47, Shallowater 18
Clyde 42, Ponder 6
Breckenridge 14, Comanche 7
Muleshoe 68, Kermit 13
Brock 43, Brady 7
Amarillo River Road 62, San Angelo Grape Creek 29
Area
Littlefield (8-3) vs. Bowie (6-5), 6 p.m. Nov. 19, Sweetwater
Wall (8-3) vs. Clyde (9-1), 7:30 p.m. Friday, Brownwood
Breckenridge (5-6) vs. Muleshoe (7-4), 7:30 p.m. Friday, Big Spring
Brock (11-0) vs. Amarillo River Road (7-4), 7 p.m. Friday, Sweetwater
Big Spring man charged in death of his ex-girlfriend’s mom
BIG SPRING, Texas (AP) — Police say a West Texas man has been charged in the death of his ex-girlfriend's mother after the victim allegedly tried to protect her daughter during an argument.
Howard County jail records show 28-year-old Abel Torres of Big Spring was being held Friday on a murder charge, with bond set at $500,000.
Big Spring police say 64-year-old Irma Lozano was critically injured on Wednesday and died Thursday night at a Lubbock hospital.
TxDOT sees Ports-to-Plains as critical for rural freight movement
LUBBOCK -- Texas Department of Transportation wrote “US 87, from I-27 in Lubbock to I-20 at Big Spring is part of the Ports-to-Plains Corridor from Mexico to Canada and is essential for providing additional connectivity between interstates serving the energy sector in West Texas, in accordance with the federal register consideration of (6) ‘access to energy exploration, development, installation, and production areas.’ ”