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Merriman Cemetery located in Eastland County, Texas, is approximately two miles southwest of Ranger and a mile south of I20, along FM 2461.

Alexis Lynn scored 10 points and Brooklyn Sanchez added nine more on Friday and helped the Ranger Lady Bulldogs throw a scare into the Victory Baptist Lady Patriots. The RHS girls rallied from an early deficit to pull to within five, at 35-30, at the final buzzer.

The Ranger Veterans Support Group will meet Tuesday, January 23rd. The meeting is from 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon. If you would like to join us give us a call. Larry Monroe Group Founder 254-631-9226

Victor Avila, retired Supervisory Special Agent with US ICE and Homeland Security, will speak Thursday, January 11, at 6:30 p.m. in the Myrtle Wilks Community Center in Cisco. Avila also served in diplomatic roles. His book Agent Under Fire: A Murder and a Manifesto describes being ambushed by a deadly Mexican cartel while undercover, but also contains proposals to secure the southern border.

The Cisco Lady Loboes moved a step closer to the District 10-2A title on Friday by claiming an impressive 61-22 victory over the Hawley Lady Bearcats.

The Gorman Lady Panthers went a long way in helping themselves secure a favorable playoff position on Friday by downing the state-ranked Huckabay Lady Indians, 46-32, in a key district matchup.

The Eastland Mavericks more than flexed their muscle last week by upending rival Breckenridge and Comanche on Friday in key District 8-3A matchups.

The Comanche Maidens scored 44 points in the first half on Friday and then held off a furious rally by the Eastland Lady Mavericks to claim a wild 78-75 victory in a key District 8-3A showdown. With the win, Comanche moved into a tie with Eastland for second in the district race. Both teams moved to 4-1 in 8-3A action, one game behind state-ranked Brock. Comanche survived a red hot start by the Lady Mavs in the first quarter. The Maidens pushed home a couple of shots later in the first quarter and captured a slim 23-20 lead heading into the start of the second quarter. Messenger scored nine points in the third, including five from the free throw line. Hood tallied five of her eight points in the frame. Overall, Messenger hit 11 shots from the charity stripe. After Comanche had rallied to regain the lead, Ari Montano handed Eastland its only other lead. She pushed home a shot late in the game that put the Lady Mavs up 72-69. The Lady Mavs, now 10-4 overall, will travel to Dublin on January 12. Their next home appearance will be against Peaster on Jan. 19.

When Caleb Galvan attended Cisco College six years ago, he wrote in a freshman composition class about his dream of becoming a radio announcer. Today, at the age of 24, he is the full-time radio voice not only of the Cisco High School Loboes in all sports but also for the Cisco College Wranglers in football and basketball.

The Cisco Livestock Show was held on January 6, 2023, at the Cisco ISD Project Center. Tom Farmer, vocational agriculture teacher from Eula, judged the show. The Cisco Livestock Show Association distributed almost $2,600 in prize money to the show exhibitors. Numerous individuals and businesses also contributed banners and travel bags to champions, reserve champions, and showmanship contest winners. The stock show would not have been possible without the hard work of the exhibitors, their parents, and school officials. The Association appreciates the tireless efforts of our local vocational agriculture teachers, Ginger Holton and Jerry Conring, in putting on the stock show and supporting the local FFA chapter members in their many endeavors.

Eastland County Sports

The Gorman Lady Panthers suffered a brutal hit to start the new year.

The Eastland Mavericks will return to District 5-3A basketball action this week.

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Whenever men meet “to tell stories of great achievements of the gigantic oil industry, someone will always tell, amid a breathless silence, the amazing story of Hog Creek Carruth.” He called himself J. W. “Hog Creek” Carruth. The investors he betrayed no doubt called him much worse. His “amazing story” began in the Texas boom town of Desdemona.

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