Best Wishes to Mrs. Watkins As She Rides Off in the Retirement Sunset Wednesday, July 01, 2009 By Larry Breen Sad to say, it's over--counselor Erna Watkins finally decided it was time to give up her long-time career in education and join her family for some much-needed rest and relaxation. At her retirement p full story

Guerrero Selected as Gates Millennium Scholar, Headed to UT-Austin Monday, June 29, 2009 By Leticia Guerrero Before my selection, I first heard about the Gates Millennium Scholarship through the Upward Bound Program at McLennan Community College, a college preparatory program that I have been a part of throu full story

Samford First-Team All-District Baseball, Two Second Team Monday, June 22, 2009 By Larry Breen Congratulations to Will Samford, who keeps receiving athletic honors even after his graduation June 3, as he was the only Pirate selected to the 19-3A First Team in baseball as utility player.    Sec full story

Samford Participates in First-Ever Victory Bowl Wednesday, June 17, 2009 By Pam Samford Yes, it was the inaugural football Victory Bowl June 13 at Baylor's Floyd Casey Stadium for 47 Red Team members and 46 Blue Teamers, including Pirate graduate Will Samford. Despite the 29-24 loss, it full story

Need Sports/Graduation/Prom/Cheerleading Photos? Visit Willie Gomez's Link [ArticleImageHyperLink] Wednesday, June 10, 2009 By Larry Breen If you're looking for photos of La Vega HS sports teams/games, the cheerleaders, prom, graduation, and a whole lot more, please visit Willie Gomez's website link (http://williegomezphotos.com).     R full story

Modoc Boys Second at State Track Meet with Three School Records, 4x200 Victorious Monday, June 08, 2009 By Larry Breen The Connally girls may have stolen the local thunder by sharing the 3A girls state track and field title, but the La Vega boys brought plenty of their own thunder by riding the relays and two individu full story

An LVHS Teacher Went to School with Eric Dickerson? Who? [ArticleImageHyperLink] Friday, June 05, 2009 By Aron York/Larry Breen Can you guess which LVHS teacher went to high school with former NFL star running back Eric Dickerson?     Yes, a current staff member actually knew the Hall of Famer--can you guess who? If you guess full story

HS Athletic Staff Co-“Carrying the Ball” Winners at Awards Assembly Thursday, June 04, 2009 By Larry Breen In its annual year-end Employees Awards Assembly June 4 in the high school auditorium, LVISD honored a number of hard-working individuals after an introduction by assistant superintendent Al Bishop, a full story

Advisor's Update: Don't Forget Last-Minute Details! [ArticleImageHyperLink] Tuesday, June 02, 2009 By Larry Breen Yes, finals are over tomorrow (June 3), but students need to take care of a lot of things before leaving, as intercom announcements have reminded them over and over... First is taking the last finals full story

Walthall-Taylor, Ensembles Receive Division I's at Texas State Solo and Ensemble Contest [ArticleImageHyperLink] Tuesday, June 02, 2009 By Tom English At the Texas State Solo and Ensemble Contest in San Marcos this past week, the following students received first divisions on their solos: Rydell Walthall and Jerome Taylor, while Warren Willis was se full story

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