August 21, 2026
LADY MATS FALL; DISTRICT UPDATE The Motley County girls varsity basketball team fell to Spur last Tuesday 48-34. The win for Spur brought their season record to 7-1. The Spurettes lost to Jayton Friday and fell to a 7-2 record. The Jayton Lady Jays are 9-0 and clinched District 5-1A Friday night. Spur is poised to be district runner-up—and also going to the playoffs-- going into the last game this Tuesday night. | CAPTURED BY CONRAD PHOTO
MATS WIN The Motley County varsity boys basketball team defeated Spur last week 48-45 on the road for a district win. | CAPTURED BY CONRAD PHOTO
QUAIL SEASON ENDS Matador Wildlife Management Area (Texas Parks and Wildlife) wrapped up its quail season last week, with numbers better than in several years. The area had 421 hunter check-ins, with hunters spending 792 days in the field and harvesting 835 quail. Even at the end of the season many hunters were bumping several coveys a day, with some coveys having 15+ birds.The organization said that they should have good carryover into the breeding season. | COURTESY PHOTO
GUTHRIE HONORS Congratulations go to Guthrie’s Gus Smith for winning the class 405 (bits, spurs and knives) at the San Angelo ag mechanics contest. | COURTESY PHOTO
VALLEY BOYS The Valley boys varsity basketball team took a tough loss last week to Silverton 40-32, but they are still in the playoff hunt, only one game back of Silverton and Groom. | COURTESY PHOTO
DISTRICT CHAMPS The Valley Lady Patriots, ranked #1 in the state, won the 2-1A District crown last week. With a 30-2 record, the Lady Patriots have a 29-game win streak. | COURTESY PHOTO
24 points. Teammate Laney Edwards added nine points.
Congratulations go to the Paducah 2024 Basketball Queen and King Kennedy Whitaker and J. Angeles. | COURTESY PHOTO
Congratulations go to Paducah’s Jakyen Wright on surpassing the 1,000-point milestone during his varsity basketball career. | COURTESY PHOTO