Derrick Stuckly

ABILENE – The Brownwood Lady Lions cross country team added another team championship to its tally Saturday, winning the Abilene Invitational. There was only one division, as the varsity and JV Lady Lions ran together. The top finishers for Brownwood were Sidney Windham in fifth place, Kate Tindol in sixth place, Kylea Karnes in eighth place, Rebekkah Delgado in ninth place, Braycee Lee in 12th place, and Talia Craff in 13th place.

Julianna Ethridge tallied 13 digs for the Lady Dragons (12-11), who travel to Ballinger Tuesday.

Blessing Ngene (3) rushed for a team-high 46 yards and scored a touchdown for Howard Payne, which slipped to 0-2 on the season {Photo, story courtesy of HPUSports.com}

Good Samaritan Ministries will hold its annual Tuna Challenge as part of National Night Out on Tuesday, Oct. 1. Join Good Samaritan Ministries as they partner with local law enforcement to recognize National Night Out. Brownwood and Brown County residents can register their National Night Out block parties with the Law Enforcement Office. Officers will collect your cans of tuna when they visit your parties.

Monday, Sept. 16 VOLLEYBALL Lipan at Zephyr, 7 p.m. *** Tuesday, Sept. 17 VOLLEYBALL Granbury NCTA at Brownwood, 6 p.m. Peaster at Early, 6 p.m. Bangs at Ballinger, 6 p.m. Coleman at Llano, 6:30 p.m. Comanche at Eastland, 6:30 p.m. Mullin at Waco Christian, 6 p.m. Richland Springs at Evant, 6 p.m. Iredell at Rising Star, 5 p.m.

Senior Karli Kinkade was crowned 2024 Blanket High School Homecoming Queen Friday night during the Tigers’ 54-0 victory over Evant. The Queen was escorted by her father, Charles Kinkade.

Dallas Huston, “Voice of the Brownwood Lions” for 58 years and “Voice of the Howard Payne Yellow Jackets” for 57 years, pictured in the AT&T Stadium press box.

The Comanche County Healthcare Foundation online charity auction is in it’s second week on Handbid.com. Nearly 100 items are available for bidding, all donated by area community members and organizations. The site is at https://events.handbid.com/auctions/cchf-continuing-the-legacy. Donations and silent auction bidding can both be made on the site.

From left: Cohen Ethridge and the Richland Springs Coyotes, Lane Goodson and the May Tigers, and Corben Gosnell and the Zephyr Bulldogs are all 3-0 on the season

From left: Cohen Ethridge and the Richland Springs Coyotes, Lane Goodson and the May Tigers, Corben Gosnell and the Zephyr Bulldogs and Lehman Lindeque and the Sidney Eagles own a combined record of 11-1.