What could possibly be tastier than freshly caught, fried fish fillets? In this week’s column, Luke discusses a lifetime of enjoying fish fries everywhere from the wilds of Canada to the banks of a local creek.
The Fish Fry
Playing a round of golf is a great way to spend a morning, afternoon or early evening. That’s particularly true when the weather is warm and a golf course is soaked in sunshine and cooled down by warm breezes whistling through the surrounding trees.
Coach Dustin White is set to start the position of Athletic Director at Southwestern Christian College, after serving as the Head Men’s Basketball Coach at SwCC during the 2023-2024 season. He has over 18 years of coaching experience, 16 as a head coach. Most recently, as the Head Coach at Johnson High School (6A San Antonio). Prior to his time at Johnson, White was the Head Boys Basketball Coach at Pflugerville Hendrickson High School (6A/5A). White led the Boys Basketball Program to 5 consecutive play-off appearances, 3 district titles, and the ‘21 regional semifinals.
The following students have been named to the 2024 spring semester dean’s list at St. Norbert College. A minimum 3.5 grade point average is required for academic eligibility.
The final tally is 1,129 graduates for West Texas A&M University’s Class of May 2024. Overall, the University awarded 808 baccalaureate degrees and 321 master’s degrees to spring graduates at the May 13 commencement ceremonies, following procedural confirmation from the University’s seven deans.
Spring has arrived and that means catfish angling is back at Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) Neighborhood Fishin’ lakes across the state. The program gives friends and families the opportunity to reel in catfish close to home and participate in the Texas traditions of outdoor recreation.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission have approved hunting regulations for the 2024-25 season with the following modifications and clarifications to 2024-25 Statewide Hunting and Migratory Game Bird proclamations:
O.H. Ivie added another Legacy Class ShareLunker during the final week of the 2024 Toyota ShareLunker collection season. Angler Tery Lewis of Lubbock reeled in 13.99-pound Share-Lunker 669 to push O.H. Ivie’s season total to 12 and the statewide tally to 19. It proved to be the final Legacy Class entry for the 2024 collection season.
Crowded pickleball courts are a testament to the popularity of a sport that has taken many communities by storm. A 2023 report from the Sports & Fitness Industry Association indicates just under nine million people played pickleball in 2022, which marked a stunning 159 percent increase in participation over just a three-year period.
O.H. Ivie continued its hot streak with four more massive Legacy Class Share-Lunkers in the span of four days. O.H. Ivie has now produced 10 Legacy Class entries, and this quartet of fish bumped the state total to 17 during the 2024 Toyota ShareLunker collection season.
Logan Rice (left) and his dad Lawrance Rice with their drone hovering in the background, about to scout a distant field for wild hogs.
WITH LUKE CLAYTON
Brad McDonald Inducted into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
ANDRE MORELAND Football SAGU
JACOB NAVARRO Football SAGU
JOSH ONUORAH Football SAGU
JAYLON WASHINGTON Football SAGU
Spring 2024 Crandall ISD College Signings
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