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WEST TEXAS - The somber West Texas summer nights are usually filled with the peaceful sounds of locusts, coyotes and to some, even train whistles.

But come late August, for a couple hours on Friday night, the only sound that will be heard for miles will be the raucous cheering of fanatics enjoying the gridiron action.

A new season of high school football is perched on the horizon and coaches and players will soon start preparing for the long four month journey.

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If the numbers attending the junior high Stanton Buffalo football camp this week are any indication, the future of the Buff program is in good hands and can only grow!

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MARTIN COUNTY - The grueling first weeks of the football practices in the West Texas summer heat are no longer the dreaded two-a-day practices that football players once loved and despised at the same time.

This year, August 7 will be the first day of football conditioning with absolutely no contact activities permitted by the University Interscholastic League. In fact, players are not allowed to wear any contact equipment, except for their helmets, during these four days. August 11 is the first day any team in Texas is allowed full contact.

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WEST TEXAS - The first high school football practices for the 2017 season are less than a month away while the coaches have finalized their schedules, they may not have enough men in the white and black stripes to officiate the games.

"I go to church on Sundays I get bombarded with people saying you missed the call and I say I wasn't even there," said Gary Speed.}

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Stanton cheerleaders brought home a bunch of brass from the University of Texas Permian Basin cheerleading camp. Two-a-days are only a few weeks away, starting in early August.

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MARTIN COUNTY – Folks in Texas don’t need any extra reasons to discuss their love of football.

But coffee shops and water coolers will be all a-buzz with this year’s release of Dave Campbell’s Texas Football Magazine.

Over 1,400 high school football teams have been scouted and researched and the findings will elicit many different reactions from those same 1,400 teams.

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SAN ANGELO - Mason Myrick, a 2014 graduate of Stanton High School and the son of Matt and Nora Myrick of Stanton, recently completed his junior year at Angelo State University where he is a member of the track and field team. He competed in the NCAA Division II championships at Bradenton, Fla., in May.

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Stanton’s Aubrey Villa along with her 10 and Under softball teammates “The Predators” will be traveling to the softball nationals in Carrollton this coming week, with play from June 30 through July 7. She is the daughter of Erica Marquez of Stanton.

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Martin County Little League Closing Ceremonies 2017

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STANTON – Martin County Little League officials hosted the 2017 closing ceremonies on Monday evening at the Stanton High School baseball field. All participants from this year’s teams were recognized and given trophies and some even received superlative awards for hitting and pitching.

T-Ball

Rangers – Coached by Veronica and Chris Brown – Sponsored by Terra Flow Services, LLC

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