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Lackluster Indians miss chance for district title
Jacksonville takes on Texas High Saturday in playoffs
     JACKSONVILLE – In a season that’s featured three overtime games and two other games that came down to the last play, a checklist item like a district championship didn’t appear to hold much of an appeal.
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Eagles soar in final game, defeating Diboll 41-31
      DIBOLL – Try telling Rusk and Diboll that there was nothing to play for. The Rusk Eagles were knocked out of the playoff race by the Jasper Bulldogs on Oct. 30. The Diboll Lumberjacks were eliminated from the race by the Carthage Bulldogs, also on Oct. 30, ending a sevenyear playoff streak.
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Pack of Picks
     Cowboys @ Green Bay Washington vs. Denver Texas @ Baylor A&M @ Oklahoma Texas Tech @ Oklahoma St. SFA @ Southeastern Louisiana
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Alto set to run the gauntlet in 29th playoff run
      ALTO – The term “murderers row” was used to describe the 1927 Yankees, a team that won 110 games, outscored its opponents by 376 runs and had six players that ended up in the Baseball Hall of Fame. The term may also be used to describe Region III of the Class 1A Division II playoffs.
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On the run: Wells, Alto runners compete for titles
     l Wells High School freshman Sarah Benton competed in the UIL Region IV Cross Country meet held this past weekend in San Antonio.
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County schools name band sweethearts, beaus for ‘09
     This year’s Alto band beau and sweetheart are Jordan Shaw and Coresa Poole.
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Sting music
     l The Alto High School marching band recently took part in a marching competition at Northwestern State University in Nachitoches, La..
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Cody Glenn makes Indianapolis Colts’ debut last Sunday
      Last Sunday was the culmination of a dream that Cody Glenn harbored for a long time. He just had to take a small detour to get there. Mr. Glenn, wearing #52, made his NFL regular season debut this past Sunday afternoon for the Indianapolis Colts when they took on the Houston Texans at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
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