Valley girls State runners-up, welcome respite from week of Panhandle fires

  • CARING CHAMPIONS After winning the state semifinal basketball game, theValley Lady Patriots team and coaches sent out a message of support for the Panhandle towns fighting wildfires throughout the week. SEE SPOTLIGHTONSTATEBASKETBALL, PAGE 9 | COURTESY PHOTO
    CARING CHAMPIONS After winning the state semifinal basketball game, theValley Lady Patriots team and coaches sent out a message of support for the Panhandle towns fighting wildfires throughout the week. SEE SPOTLIGHTONSTATEBASKETBALL, PAGE 9 | COURTESY PHOTO
  • PANHANDLE BLAZES As of Tuesday’s press time for The Caprock Courier, all 26 counties in theTexas Panhandle have been declared disaster areas following several wildfires that began Feb. 27. SEE ‘CAPROCK COUNTRY HELPS THE PANHANDLE,’ BELOW. | COURTESY PHOTO
    PANHANDLE BLAZES As of Tuesday’s press time for The Caprock Courier, all 26 counties in theTexas Panhandle have been declared disaster areas following several wildfires that began Feb. 27. SEE ‘CAPROCK COUNTRY HELPS THE PANHANDLE,’ BELOW. | COURTESY PHOTO
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  • Valley girls State runners-up, welcome respite from week of Panhandle fires
    Valley girls State runners-up, welcome respite from week of Panhandle fires
  • Valley girls State runners-up, welcome respite from week of Panhandle fires
    Valley girls State runners-up, welcome respite from week of Panhandle fires
  • Valley girls State runners-up, welcome respite from week of Panhandle fires
    Valley girls State runners-up, welcome respite from week of Panhandle fires
  • Valley girls State runners-up, welcome respite from week of Panhandle fires
    Valley girls State runners-up, welcome respite from week of Panhandle fires
  • Valley girls State runners-up, welcome respite from week of Panhandle fires
    Valley girls State runners-up, welcome respite from week of Panhandle fires
  • Valley girls State runners-up, welcome respite from week of Panhandle fires
    Valley girls State runners-up, welcome respite from week of Panhandle fires
  • Valley girls State runners-up, welcome respite from week of Panhandle fires
    Valley girls State runners-up, welcome respite from week of Panhandle fires
  • Valley girls State runners-up, welcome respite from week of Panhandle fires
    Valley girls State runners-up, welcome respite from week of Panhandle fires
  • Valley girls State runners-up, welcome respite from week of Panhandle fires
    Valley girls State runners-up, welcome respite from week of Panhandle fires
  • Valley girls State runners-up, welcome respite from week of Panhandle fires
    Valley girls State runners-up, welcome respite from week of Panhandle fires
  • Valley girls State runners-up, welcome respite from week of Panhandle fires
    Valley girls State runners-up, welcome respite from week of Panhandle fires
  • Valley girls State runners-up, welcome respite from week of Panhandle fires
    Valley girls State runners-up, welcome respite from week of Panhandle fires
Across Caprock Country last week, life played out across split screens. The Valley Lady Patriots captured the hopes and aspirations of small-town residents across the region, but as these townfolk watched the trek of their hometown heroes’ bus to the Alamodome in San Antonio, locals also kept their thoughts and prayers on their neighbors to the north in the Panhandle who were battling the largest…

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