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The Loboes

1st Quarter Kickoff to Cisco. 1st and 10 on C25. Julius Proffitt is under at QB (Where is Kanon Orsagh? The answer was that he had a concussion and wasn’t playing. This was the first Whow. Proffitt up middle 2nd and 6 on C29. Pitch back to Dillon Silva around LE. C45 1st D. False start 1st and 15 on C40. Pitch to Silva 2nd and 14. C41. Pass QB Thompson to Proffitt. 3rd and 6. C45. Timeout Cisco. 9:05 in 1st Quarter. QB Proffitt keeper to the 50. Flag. Holding. C39. 3rd and 16. False Start. 3rd and 21. C34. Incomplete pass to Kelton Desmond. 4th and long. Punt. Ozona’s ball. O38. 1st and 10. 7:56 on Clock. Complete pass. C49. 1st D. LT run. 2nd and 6. C45. LE run. TD for Ozona, plus extra point it was Ozona 7 and Cisco 0. 6:37 in 1st Quarter. Kickoff to Cisco. Cole Thompson return to C36. 1st D. Off sides on Ozona 1st D. on C40. Silva RE for 3. 2nd and 7. Proffitt at QB, keeper 3rd and 5. C46. Personal Foul on Ozona. 1st D on O31. Silva sweep RE. 2nd and 4 on O25. QB Proffitt keeper LT. 3rd and 2 on 23. QB Proffitt LT 1st D on O16. Silva RT 2nd and 6. O12. Silva LE 1st D on O4. Silva LE no gain. 2nd and goal from O4. Hart around RE for TD. With Williams kicking pt. It was Cisco 7 and Ozona 7. There was penalty on Ozona. Kickoff to Ozona from C45. 1st and 10 on O15. 2nd and 8. O17. Short gain. False Start on Ozona. 3rd and 13. Incomplete pass. 4th and long. Punt to Cisco and it rolled to C24. 1st D Cisco. A fumble. Ozona took over again on C16. Hard running up LS for 1st D on C8. 1st Quarter ends. 2nd Quarter Ozona’s ball on C8. 1st D. Proffitt made the next tackle on the C4. 2nd and 11. Counter up the middle. 3rd and 8. Incomplete pass. 4th and 8. Pass was complete, but Cisco held on the one yard line. Cisco’s ball. Pitch to Hart. 2nd and 9. from C3. QB Proffitt keeper 3rd and 1. C11. QB Proffitt keeper 1st D. on C14. Pitch or maybe you like the word Smash better, to Silva 1st D on LE. C28. Pitch to the left to Silva lost 2. 2nd and 12 on C26. QB draw by Proffitt 3rd and 6. Swing pass QB Cole Thompson to Proffit to the left side. Proffitt falls down. It was raining. 4th and 6 and a punt. Ozona’s ball. Face Mask call gave Ozona the ball 1st D on C42. Tanner Thompson stops Ozona for 2. 2nd and 8. C39. Short Pass complete. 3rd and 9. C40. Movement on Ozona. 3rd and 14 on C45. 4th and 2 after screen pass. C37. Timeout. 3:49 left in 1st half. Off RT for 1st D. C29. White stopped a 2nd Screen Pass. 2nd and 4 on C23. Up the middle. 1st D. C19. RS 2nd and 7. C16. Holding on Ozona. 2nd and 17 on C26. Long pass to left incomplete. 3rd and 17. Timeout Ozona. Silva defends. Incomplete pass. 4th and 17 Thompson defends and another incomplete pass. Ball goes over to Cisco. Cisco’s Ball on C26 1st D. 53 seconds left in the half. Sweep RE to C29. 2nd and 7. Pass to Desmond incomplete. 3rd and 7. 8 seconds left. 7 to 7 at half 3rd Quarter Kickoff to Ozona. 1st D. O35. Pass. 2nd and 3. LG run 1st D. O49. Completed pass. Hart made the tackle. 2nd and 5. C46. Screen pass LE 1st D. C39. RE run 1st D. C28. Off LG lost one. Bruner tackled. 2nd and 11. C29. Proffitt tackled LE run. 3rd and 7. C26. Incomplete Pass. 4th and 7. Complete pass. 1st D. C15. LE run. Silva made tackle on C6. 1st D. Over the offensive tackle for TD. 8:22 in 3rd Quarter. 6 + 1= 7. Cisco 7 and Ozona 14. Kickoff to Cisco. White returned to C45. Silva LE for one yard. Penalty against Ozona. Ball on O39 with 1st D. Silva went up the middle or ran a smash for 3. 3rd and 7. O36. Thompson ran to the left, but a flag was thrown. Face mask call. 1st D. on O21. Flare pass to Desmond. 2nd and 10. 2nd and 10. Silva around LE 3rd and 2. O12. Hart went around RE for 1st and goal. O10. Silva was hit in the backfield. 2nd and 11 on O11. Swing pass to Desmond for a TD. Extra point kicked by Parker Williams. Score was 14 to 14 with 4:17 left in the 3rd Quarter. Kickoff to Ozona. Ball on O36, 1st D. QB keeper tackled by Jackson Wilks for 5 yard loss. 2nd and 15 on O31, Swing pass to the left gained one yard. 3rd and 14 on O32. Completed pass to C45. It was 4th and one. Up the middle for 1st D. C48. LE run to C40. 1st D. 1:24 left in the 3rd Quarter. Haden Rains sacked the Ozona QB. 2nd and 14. C45. Completed pass. 3rd and 4. C33. End of 3rd Q Score 14-14. 4th Quarter Ozona had ball on C33. 4th and 4. Thompson knocked down a pass. The ball went over to Cisco on C34. QB Thompson was sacked for a loss. 2nd and 11. Pass Interference on Ozona. 1st D on C48. Silva went around LE for a long run to O40. Cisco gained 4. 2nd and on O41. 3rd D. loss to O39. 4th and 8. 1:41 . Timeout Ozona. 1:23 on clock. Ozona punted. Cisco took over on C30 with 1:17 left in the game. QB Proffitt dropped back for pass but had to run. He was upended at the 50. 1st D. Silva went around RE for 5. 2nd and 5 at O45, Sideline pass Proffitt to Thompson. 1st D. on O39. Incomplete pass on 2nd D. Proffitt forced out of pocket on a pass and it was 3rd and 10. 21 seconds left in the game. Long pass from QB Proffitt to Thompson for a TD with 13 seconds left in the game. He had to shake off a tackler and then he scored. The game ended Cisco 21 and Ozona 14. Kickoff to Ozona and their #11 had to leave the game. They threw an incomplete pass, and then the last play was a pass intercepted by Brayden Rogers. We started with a Wow! We ended with a Wow! Postscript: Cisco Loboes won a Bi-District Trophy and will play New Deal in Sweetwater on Friday, November 17, 2023, at 7:00. We hope and pray that Kanon Orsagh is able to play, but everyone appreciated the way everyone held together in spite of losing their valuable leader at QB. Ozona was big and had some hard running backs but our linemen played tough and held their own all night. I am sorry that the linemen are not mentioned more, but it is difficult when there is a mass pile up to see who all is involved, and also some JV players have rotated into the action, but without a program and not knowing who they are I cannot give ample coverage. And for the coaches, I know these plays have names that I don’t know and blocking schemes that are important that I also do not know. Keep winning and I promise to improve also. Addendum: I believe the person who traveled the longest distance to see the game had to be Chip Drumwright who drove from Denver—650 miles.

Eastland County Retired Teachers met Monday, November 13 at Myrtle Wilks Community Center in Cisco. President Gail Norris introduced Rhonda Bilbrey with Bilbrey Tours. Ms. Bilbrey presented a fascinating program explaining her travel company. Tours with Bilbrey may range from day trips to longer two-week journeys such as a day trip to hear “The Texas Tenors” in Grapevine or longer ones to the Rose Bowl Parade in Pasadena, California, or evn farther to Norway. A portions of the monies from Bilbrey Tours goes to Lena Bilbrey ‘s Legacy, the founder, to build water wells in Uganda, East Africa.

The Rising Star football season came to an abrupt end last Friday in Winters when the Bronte Longhorns defeated the Wildcats 3520 to win the Bi-District playoff game. The Wildcats received the opening kickoff and moved to the five-yard line only to have Bronte intercept a Wildcat pass to end the threat. Bronte then marched the ball straight down the field added by a Wildcat pass interference penalty to score the first TD of the game with 2:54 remaining in the first quarter. The PAT was blocked and Bronte led 6-0. The Wildcats turned the football over to the Longhorns on downs and they immediately increased their lead to 12-0 as the Bronte quarterback connected on the wide

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Bankhead Community Theatre presents Alfred Hitchcock’s THE 39 STEPS a Parody Adapted by Patrick Barlow at the Lyric Art Center in Eastland, TX. Opening night is on Friday, November 17th with the performance starting at 7:30PM. The show will continue through the weekend with a performance on Saturday, Nov. 18th at 7:30PM and a matinee at 2:30PM on Sunday, Nov. 19th. The _________________________ open one hour before showtime each day.

Eastland County Today Newspaper is having a Snowman Christmas Tree. We invite you to join us in giving our local elderly at Ranger Care Center a very Merry Christmas! Their Christmas party is normally held the week of Christmas so we would like to try to bring gifts to them by December 16th. Please bring your gifts _______________________ at 215 S. Seaman Street in Eastland.

The 3rd annual Community Thanksgiving dinner will be available in Eastland at Bethel Baptist Church on Thanksgiving day. Come and enjoy this FREE meal. Time will be between 2-4 pm. Everyone is welcome and deliveries are available if needed call 325-518-4387.

The Ranger Veterans Support Group will be honoring all Veterans at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Park in Ranger on Saturday November 11th.

Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023 at 11:30 a.m.

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This is a wonderful Christmas Project for individuals, businesses, Church groups, civic clubs, organizations, daycares, or anyone with a kind heart for the elderly. Security Title Company is holding our annual Snowman/ Snowwoman Christmas Tree. We invite you to come to our location at 115 S. Lamar in Eastland, and take a snowman to help bring the elderly of The Woodlands Nursing and Rehabilitation a very Merry Christmas! Their Christmas party is being held on December 22, 2023 and we would like to try and get their gifts up there to them so they will be able to open them up on that day! We want to give our appreciation in advance to any and all who choose to give this season.

FRIDAY’S GAME:

The 5th graders at Siebert Elementary School in Eastland invite you to join them for their annual Hometown Heroes Program on Friday, November 10 at 9:00 or 2:30 pm. Veterans, Fire, Police and members of the medical community will be celebrated during this time. There will a reception in your honor after the morning program.

Thursday, November

Lori and Josh Hammon went all out on their Halloween decorations this year. Kids loved it as well as adults. Looking forward to see next year’s display.

The City of Eastland, along with Waste Connections, will once again offer free residential bagged leaf curbside pick-ups on the second and fourth Fridays of each month beginning November 10, 2023. This season the pick-ups have been extended through April 26, 2024.