Injuries leave ECHS searching for new quarterback
By CHRIS BARBEE cbarbee@leader-news.com
      Ricebird senior quarterback Dakota Pietsch suffered a broken left clavicle early in the third quarter of the Wharton game Friday night. Combine that with the fact that his backup, Wes Condra, broke his collar bone during the Aug.
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Wharton win doesn't mean Ricebirds can relax
Open week gives quarterbacks time to heal from broken bones
By CHRIS BARBEE cbarbee@leader-news.com
      "Like I tell our guys, it's open - it's not off, because we will work out," Ricebird head football coach and athletic director Bob Gillis said of this week's open date. But with his top two quarterbacks both out with broken collar bones, he is glad to have an open week to take a look at who will...
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Lady Hornets easily smash Nordheim
      Louise had no trouble putting away Nordheim Friday in the first District 28-1A match for the varsity Lady Hornets this season. Louise got better as the match went along, defeating Nordheim in game one, 25-10; in game two, 25-9; and in the final game three, 25-5.
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Little League ready for major upgrades to existing ballpark
By JONATHAN BARBEE
      El Campo Little League president Michael Wall will announce at the organization's annual public board meeting Sunday an ambitious capital campaign that will seek to raise up to $2 million in upgrades, renovations and additions to Youth Memorial Park.
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Hornet Country
3-1 Louise faces under-rated Shiner team
By CHRIS BARBEE cbarbee@leader-news.com
      The Louise Hornets varsity football team is feeling pretty good after beating up on Boling 35-14 Friday night. But a much bigger and more talented Shiner Comanches team will travel to Louise this Friday night to get District 31-A competition under way.
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Lots of deer this year, but lush vegetation keeps them hidden
By BARRY HALVORSON bhalvorson@journal-spectator.com
      What you see isn't always what you get in life or in nature. That truism has never been more evident than when it comes to spotting this year's deer population in Wharton and surrounding counties. While there are more and bigger deer out there, people are seeing fewer and fewer of them leading up...
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ECHS cross country girls do well at meet
      El Campo cross country runners did well at a meet at Brookshire Royal Saturday morning. ECHS's Angel Brooks placed second in the 2-mile varsity girls division from among 44 girls with a time of 12 minutes, 49 seconds, and Laura Echeverria placed third with a 13:13 to lead the Lady Ricebirds to a ...
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