Some sports are synonymous with certain times of year, and that certainly goes for hockey and wintertime. Perhaps because it’s played on ice, hockey seems the perfect sport for cold winter days.
The white bass spawn is about to break looks in creeks and rivers across the state. Here Luke and buddies show off the makings of a creek side noon fish fry.
FUN ON THE CREEK
The Poetry Community Christian School (PCCS) Pioneers have wrapped up a remarkable basketball season with outstanding individual and team achievements, as the TAPPS 2A District 4 All-District Honors were recently announced.
The Toyota ShareLunker program roared into February with two Legacy Class lunkers on back-to-back days. Lady Bird Lake returned to the Legacy class limelight for the first time in a decade on Wednesday afternoon followed by J.B. Thomas on Thursday afternoon with its first Legacy Class fish of 2025.
On Saturday February 22 the Clay Jones Memorial Relays were held at City Bank Stadium in Forney. Below are the medelists for Forney, North Forney and Crandall.
Glenn Miller (left) invited Luke out to Lake Fork for some winter catfishing. Glenn has been reading Luke’s outdoor columns the past 4 decades and decided it was time to have some fun together. As Glenn said, “I already knew Luke through his writing.” Photo courtesy Jeff Rice
Looking back over my four decades of writing about the outdoors in newspapers and magazines, I have come to realize that the friendships I’ve made are the most satisfying, lastin
Skylar Willard among Mississippi State University’s fall 2024 graduates
Cordero Frazier East Central Oklahoma Defensive Back Hudson West Ouachita Baptist Univ Defensive End Brandon Wheeler Arkansas Tech University Linebacker Cameron Tillman Cisco Junior College Defensive Back Austin Shackelford Oklahoma Baptist University Linebacker Da’Barie Davis Texas Wesleyan University Defensive Tackle
2025 Crandall ISD Spring Athletic Collegiate Signings
FHS Brayden Turner Wheaton College (Water Polo)
FHS Max Barron North Arkansas College (Baseball)
NFHS Chauncy Sneed Mississippi Valley State (Football)
NFHS Jackson Van Otten Colorado School of Mines (Football)
FHS DJ Page Augustana College (Football)
NFHS Caleb Holt Air Force Academy (Football)
NFHS Charles Bright Colorado State University Pueblo (Football)
NFHS Deundra Putilla Oklahoma Baptist University (Football)
FHS Javon Hollis Knox College (Football)
NFHS Gianni Edwards Arizona (Football)
NFHS Kellen Sanders University of Arkansas Monticello (Football)
NFHS Slaten Starrett Southeastern Oklahoma State (Football)
2025 Forney ISD Spring Athletic Collegiate Signings
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) and the Toyota ShareLunker Program are partnering with AFTCO on a new promotion to recognize a fishing guide who contributes to conservation and enhancement of largemouth bass in Texas.
What deer hunter doesn’t thrill at the thought of harvesting a heavy antlered buck? The truth is that management bucks such as this are much more plentiful. They provide a lot of tasty venison, and land managers are often happy to have them removed from the herds they manage for trophy class animals. Photo by Jeff Rice.
DEER SEASON A WRAP-OR IS IT?
Photos by Jason Bowie
Crandall Lady Pirates Beat Corsicana Lady Tigers 53 to 27
Lillian Weadon Graduates from South Plains College
It didn’t take long for the first Legacy Class largemouth bass of the 2025 Toyota ShareLunker collection season to land in an angler’s boat. It was also fitting that the fish came from O.H. Ivie, the reigning lake champion for each of the past four collection seasons.
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