Cougarettes earn first district win in season finale
Posted on February 17th, 2010
The Brazos Cougarettes’ final game of the year reflected their season as far as up and down periods, but the dividends earned by battling to the end paid off in their first district win. Brazos downed Rice Consolidated 42-39 at home on Parent’s Night.
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Cougars take Rice at home
Posted on February 17th, 2010
Cougar senior Tristan Williams was the leading scorer against Weimar on Feb. 12.
Sophomore Devonte Dixon alters a Wildcat shot during the first half of a contest with Weimar on Feb. 12.
Justin Flagg charges after a steal against Weimar on Feb. 12.
Cougar basketball played one of their better games of the year in a 48-39 win over Rice Consolidated on Feb. 9.
Brazos had another slow start, trailing 5-12 at the end of the first quarter against the Raiders, but outscored their opponents 14-8 and 16-6 in the second and third quarters to take a commanding lead.
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Frances Wilson
Posted on February 17th, 2010
Funeral services for Frances Wilson, 97, of Orchard were held Saturday, Feb. 6 at Knesek and Sons Funeral Home in Wallis with Rev. Mr. Jerome Losak officiating.
Frances was born on Oct. 23, 1912 in Gonzales to parents Frank and Olivia Malatek, the second of six chilcdre. She had three sisters and two brothers, who pre-deceased her.
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Adam Patrick Collins
Posted on February 17th, 2010
Funeral services for Adam Patrick Collins, 22, of Wallis were held on Saturday, Feb. 13 from Knesek and Sons Funeral Home in Wallis.
Adam was born on April 15, 1987 in Houston. He was raised in Wallis and graduated from Brazos High School, class of 2005. Adam loved to walk and he was a big gamer. Adam Patrick Collins passed away, Feb. 7, 2010.
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Martina (Tina) Adams
Posted on February 17th, 2010
Funeral services for Martina (Tina) Adams, 88, of Wallis were held Monday, Feb. 15, 2010 at Knesek and Sons Funeral Home in Wallis. Interment was in the Wallis City Cemetery. Pallbearers were Wayde Witek, Michael Witek, Jeffrey Klimple, Curtis Klimple, Sully Sullivan and Lester Howard. Honorary pallbearer was Paul Smith.
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The Nowak family has many reasons to celebrate
Posted on February 16th, 2010
Henry S. Nowak, native of Wallis, has many reasons to celebrate. BIRTHDAYS are always fun to celebrate especially when you’ve attained the age of 81 years as Henry did on Saturday, Jan. 30.
Family is another reason to celebrate and he was surrounded by them at his home in Houston as they enjoyed a turkey, dressing, and ham dinner with all the trimmings, topped off with desserts and a big chocolate cake. Read the rest of this entry »
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Katherine Louise Reich
Posted on February 16th, 2010
Funeral services for Katherine Louise Reich, 80, was held Feb. 3 at St. Anne Roman Catholic Church in Regina, Saskatchewan with Rev. John Weckend officiating. Interment was in Regina Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
Katherine passed away peacefully with her family at her side on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010 in regina, SK.
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Local and statewide candidates meet public in Sealy
Posted on February 16th, 2010
Local candidates for the March 2 Primary Elections faced a standing-room only crowd of interested voters at the Austin County Republican meeting at Tony’s Restaurant in Sealy on Feb. 4. WNR photo by Johnny Griffin
By Johnny Griffin, Editor
A strong representation of both local and state wide candidates for the March 2 Primary Election was present at the Austin County Republican meeting at Tony’s Restaurant in Sealy on Feb. 4.
Republican County Chairman Michael Skrivanek was the emcee for the evening and introduced the candidates.
The amount of candidates present and the large crowd necessitated a very structured procedure for the evening.
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Classic sports moments
Posted on February 16th, 2010
By Johnny Griffin, Editor
Last week was a great time for classic sports moments. Of course, there was a game on Sunday evening that may qualify. Reports are the Super Bowl was the mostly highly viewed television program of all time, surpassing the final episode of MASH in total viewer numbers. It was also a pretty good football game and a testimony to the resiliency of New Orleans. It is a pretty good feel good story.
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Cougars take Brahmas in double overtime
Posted on February 16th, 2010
Cougar Alan Zapalac secures a two-handed rebound during a Brazos win over East Bernard on Feb. 2. WNR photo by Johnny Griffin
Stratton Coleman drives the baseline against Brahma defenders. WNR photo by Johnny Griffin
The Brazos Cougars and East Bernard Brahmas played like there was a title on the line in a double-overtime thriller, Feb. 2, at the Brazos Gymnasium. The Cougars prevailed with a 46-43 win.
A 7-19 score at the half did not accurately predict the finish of the game. Brazos scored 14 and 12 points respectively in the third and fourth quarters to tie the game 33-33 at the end of regulation.
Both teams played hard to the finish and a gym full of fans from both schools was loud and fully supportive of the squads.
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