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  • Cross Country Teams Ready for District at Gatesville Oct. 25: Mary Blanc, Vicente Sotelo, Osvaldo Jimenez Top Pirates

    Wednesday, October 04, 2006 By: Larry Breen, Elisei Rusu

    The cross country team is experienced after four meets this fall, led by top returners Mary Blanc, Martin Hernandez, and Kelley Parker and talented newcomers Vincente Sotelo and Osvaldo Jimenez.

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  • La Vega Demolishes the Blackcats to Improve to 4-1 : Freshman Sensation Chris Parr Makes Touchdown in Every Quarter

    Thursday, October 05, 2006 By: Martin Rodriguez

    The "Parr Show" had a little help Friday night in La Vega's last non-district tuneup for 17-3A action as Danzel Wilson passed for 155 yards, mostly to Jordan Glynn, and Eric Sykes picked up 104 yards.

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  • District Volleyball Games Underway, Lady Pirates Playing Hard: Lady Pirates Set to Visit Gatesville Friday

    Thursday, October 05, 2006 By: Courtney Heard

    As the old saying goes, "Winning isn't everything," and that's true for the Lady Pirate varsity volleyball team, winless so far in 17-3A but continuing to improve at practice (even on weekends) as the

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  • Creepshow 4: A Halloween Tale for Your Enjoyment (Chapter 1)

    Friday, October 06, 2006 By: Daniel Perez

    (Based on the films "Creepshow" and "Creepshow 2" By George A. Romero and Stephen King)Thanks to all of the English teachers who have believed I have a real talent for writing and for believing in me.

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  • Tribune-Herald Sportswriter Visits LVHS: John Werner Has Inside Connection: His Wife

    Thursday, October 12, 2006 By: Laura Escobedo

    What would you do if a 6-foot-7, 300-lb. Dallas Cowboy threatened to beat the tar out of you if he met you? If you were writer John Werner (and most others), you'd run!

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  • Creepshow 4 (Chapter 2): Based on the films Creepshow and Creepshow 2 By George A. Romero and Stephen King

    Thursday, October 12, 2006 By: Daniel Perez

    Hello kiddies. It’s your old pal, the Creeper here with six new tales of terror. The first has a poor loser who just wants to be with the pretty new ghoul in school. He’d do ANYTHING to have her. He’s

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  • This Month in History : Test Your Knowledge of October History

    Thursday, October 12, 2006 By: Stephen Szanto

    Have you ever been curious to what has happened on a certain day? Here are a few things that have occurred in the month of October.

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  • Dennis Hataway Resigns as NHS Sponsor: Teacher Needs More Time with Family outside School

    Friday, October 13, 2006 By: Dennis Hataway, NHS Adviser

    He's a mainstay of the LVHS staff, an excellent teacher, and sadly, the former adviser of NHS for more than seven years. Walk down memory lane with Dennis Hataway...

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  • Band Scheduled for UIL Contest Oct. 21: Marching Competition to Feature Three Soloists

    Thursday, October 19, 2006 By: Tom English

    COME ONE, COME ALL TO SEE THE SHOW! It's the La Vega High School Marching Band featured at Saturday's UIL contest with its talented soloists trying to qualify for the Area competition next week. Be th

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  • Oh No, Miss Bessette's Leaving???: Yes, Our Beloved Math Teacher Is Moving On

    Thursday, October 19, 2006 By: Julie Bessette

    It's taken LVHS a full year to recover from the shock of losing Paul "Wildman" Brinkman, and now it will go through the grieving and separation again as geometry and Algebra 2 teacher Julie Bessette h

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You've seen them at the pep rallies, football games, and UIL with the band. It looks like a lot of fun, but it's much more than that. They put in as much practice time as the band and sports teams. Th
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Poor David Corey. He just wants his friends to like him. That’s when he meets Brick Eddie. They’re such good friends, not even death can stop them. They even share a body. I wonder how Dave’s going to
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“Trick or treat, smell my feet, give me something good to eat….” Sound familiar? Remember back when you were little dressing up to go trick or treating? Have you ever wondered how this holiday started
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The band did very well at contest, with a rating of two (which means excellent). Although we did not do as well as we hoped, we are satisfied with our performance.
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From peer mentoring, to charity and volunteer work, the Pals do it all! See what’s going on this year and what sponsor Ava Grogan has to say about it!
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Wow, what a game! Until Rocket quarterback Randy Kitchen's overthrew his receiver in the end zone on the final play of the game, fans were literally on their edges of their seats as the Pirate defense
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With eight ticks on the clock, Cougar receiver Mike Hicks's touchdown reception put China Spring in a winning position to take it late in the fourth quarter, 41-40.
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Student Council set up this week's hallway decorating contest with judges Jerry Brem, Ava Grogan, Rosa Swearingen, Jenny Hoffman, and Dennis Hataway checking over the entries and selecting the seniors
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After a long season of very intense volleyball games, the Lady Pirates turned in their kneepads on October 25 until next year.
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Although high school students dunking basketballs for the past 30 years, having a player who weighs less than 165 bring down a basketball frame is a whole other idea! Just ask Earl Stinnett.
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