School & Sports

Marijuana is a natural plant; how harmful could it be? "Smoking marijuana is at least as bad as smoking cigarettes, and you already know how dangerous tobacco is to your health." "Marijuana can harm your future, too. It’s proven that it’s harder to concentrate and retain information when you’ve been using pot." Marijuana is not addictive. "Sixty percent of teens currently in drug treatment are dependent on marijuana.

Monday, February 22nd Brownwood Boys and Girls 9a.m. Monday, March 8th San Saba Boys 9a.m. Tuesday, March 9th San Saba Girls 9a.m. Tuesday, March 23rd Comanche Girls 9a.m. Wednesday, March 24th Comanche Girls 9a.m. Wednesday, March 31st District Boys and Girls Comanche 9a.m. Wednesday, April 7th District Boys and Girls San Saba 9a.m. Tuesday, April 13th District Boys and Girls Feather Bay (B'wood) 9a.m. Monday and Tuesday April ...

All district Basketball boys: l to r: Hayden Oliver, Honorable Mention; Chase Key, 2nd team; Chance Gotcher, Honorable Mention; Tucker Cromer, 1st team. (See full article about District 8AA boys basketball on page 10).

All district basketball girls: Back row, l to r: Nicole Sears, 1st team; Hayley Oliver, Defensive MVP; Johna Reavis, Honorable Mention; Jaena Edwards, Honorable Mention. Front row: Tarah Crosby, 2nd team; Danessa Vasquez, 1st team; Karlee Cromer, Honorable Mention. Not pictured: Bianca Zepeda, 2nd team.

Tarleton State University named Brenda Gibson to the Fall 2009 "Distinguished Student" list. This is one of Tarleton State University’s highest honors. To be on the distinguished list a student must maintain a 3.2 or higher GPA, with a minimum of 12 hours each semester.

The Trumpet of the Swan By: E.B. White Submitted by: Kolt A young swan named Loius was born without a voice. His father stole him a trumpet. With the trumpet and the help of Sam Beaver, Loius learned to play the trumpet and write. Loius had many unusual adventures for a swan. He went to summer camp, saved lives, won metals, but could he ever win Serena’s love and what about that stolen trumpet?

TAKS testing begins in earnest this week. On Wednesday, March 3, students in grades 4 and 7 will have writing TAKS. Also on March 3, grade 9 students will have Reading TAKS, and students in grades 10 and 11 will have ELA TAKS testing. On Thursday, March 4, the Exit Level Math Retest is administered.

The San Saba Armadillo Baseball team kicked off the season last week with a snow out and 2 wins and 2 losses.The scheduled home opener for both the Varsity and the Jv vs. Hico was snowed out. The Varsity participated in the Blanco Tournament with 3 games on Friday and 1 on Saturday. On Friday the Dillos lost to Florence 8-2,beat Llano JV 6-5, and lost to Blanco 10-2.

The boys District 8-AA All District team was released this week. Congratulations go to Tucker Cromer and Chase Key. Tucker Cromer made first team honors for the Armadillos. Tucker had a great year averaging 16 points per game, 7 rebounds per game, and had a 48% shooting average from the field.

Ahhhh, love! We were all wishing for warm weather, spring time and lots of love last week as the Faithweavers focused on 1 Corinthians 13, one of the most quoted chapters of the Bible. Faithweavers Friends, the mid-week Bible study program of the Methodist Church, used songs, sign language, art projects and puppets to explore what Paul meant when he wrote to the Corinthians about loving one another. First there was singing and sign language.