UT Tyler Recognizes Students on Spring 2022 Dean’s List

The University of Texas at Tyler announced the students who were named to the spring 2022 Dean’s List. To qualify for the Dean’s List, a student must have completed 12 or more semester hours of undergraduate college-level credit in the awarding semester with a grade point average of at least 3.75.

NFHS Varsity & JV Cheer Win Awards at Summer Camp

Varsity and JV cheerleaders from North Forney High School brought home a number of awards and achievements after attending NCA summer cheer camp from June 17-20 at Texas Christian University.

2021-22 North Forney Softball District 13-5A All-District Honors

Six North Forney softball athletes are recognized for District 13-5A All District honors. These girls worked hard in and out of season on their academics and on their athletic skill. We are so proud of these girls and all they have accomplished this past season!

Game 1 Forney vs Wakeland

Final Score Forney 1 Wakeland 2 Photos Courtesy of Jim Klenke

CATS UNDER A CORK

I love catching catfish when they are biting on ‘tight line’ on bottom, when they are in the flooded grass and willows during the spawn, over holes baited with soured grain and when they are ‘on the rocks’ feasting on gar eggs. I love the tug of a catfish on a trotline!

News from area colleges. . .

Local student Pamela Green named to Columbia College Dean’s List Columbia College recently announced its dean’s list for the Spring 2022 Semester (January-April, 2022).

Gun Safety

At its basal level, a shotgun or rifle is a tool designed to do one thing: push a bullet or charge of shot down its barrel. That’s it!

LAKE LAVON CRAPPIE TRIP WITH THE PROS

I began writing about retired Lake Lavon crappie guide Billy Kilpatrick a quarter century ago when he first began his almost quarter century guiding career on Lake Lavon. I first fished with guide Brandon Sargent this past fall at Lake Ray Hubbard.

Texas A&M-Commerce Basketball Results

Harry and I “fell down on our jobs” this year as far as reporting the wins and losses of the LIONS of (as we call it) E. T. S. U. (East Texas State University) in Commerce, Texas. So, here, briefly, is what transpired this past 2021-2022 season.

OUTDOORS

I grew up in northeast Texas in the fifties and sixties, way before there were big reservoirs to fish. My mother and dad were avid ‘pond’ fishermen and had access to the majority of farm ponds in northern Red River County.