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The Cowboys played a scrimamge against the St. Joseph Flyers on Aug. 21, at home. Athletic Director and Head Coach Huey Chancellor said they had a good scrimmage, scored eight touchdowns, and moved the ball quite a bit that night.
    “It was an explosive night for the offense, linemen junior Dylan Kallus, sophomore Wyatt Neuman and junior Sergio Vega held up a good line,” he said. “It was a good night for running back and senior Marquis Broussard, he made three touchdowns, sophomore quarterback Landon O’Connor moved the ball a few times, and junior running back Daylin Haynes ran the ball well.”

The Edna Cowgirls played against the Weimar Wildcats on Aug. 19 and won in three out of four games, 25-21, 17-25, 25-11 and 25-10.
    Coach Rachel Collins said the team is figuring out how to play together. “They’re figuring out how to be a team,” she said. “The chemistry is really starting to shine through with the team.”
    Haleigh Evans led the team in statistics with an ace, four kills, three clocks, 42 assists and 18 digs, plus senior Megan Callaway’s 11 kills, three blocks and two digs. Senior Ashley Myers added 20 kills and four blocks to her number, while Crystal Coulter attacked six kills, four blocks and three digs. Senior Haley Mitchell gave two aces and 16 digs, while Kadi Elledge added two aces, three kills, five blocks and five digs, and Kim Ortolon had 11 digs.

    One of 2014-15 Edna Junior High's new teacher and coach, Chris Whitehead, graduated in 2008, and really has made a round trip in coming back home, and has done so without compromising who he is. He's played baseball on the college level at Schreiner University in Kerrville and has also played with the California Winter League, against international teams like Japan and France.
    He is the son of Sherrie and Steven Bubba Whitehead and has an older sister, Steffany.
The Beginning Stages
    Although Whitehead played a few different sports while he was growing up: football, basketball, and baseball, he stopped playing basketball when he was a freshman in high school, and baseball was with him from the start.

Members of the 2014 Ganado/Industrial All-Star Major Softball girls from left are, front, Molly Janssen, Reyna Gonzales, Taylor Kruppa, Emma Sulak, Annabelle Prove; and back, Coach Jose Gonzales, Abigail Hairell, Haylee lonis, Laynee Hyden, Coach Brian Hyden, Hannah Wood, Laney McCann, Coach Chad Wood, and Jade Beck.

The members of the 2014 Industrial All-Star Major boys from left are, front, Devin Barr, Taylor Koehl, Clay Williams, Nathan Hammack, Cole Brogger, Kale Estes; middle, Jace Muncrief, Karston Wimberly, Colton Teague, Blaine Allen, Blake Rogers, Cole Charbula; back, Matt Brogger, Dale Allen, and Kenney Charbula.

The members of the 2014 Edna All-Star 9-10 year olds girls from left are, front, Emily Marek, Cameran Sorensen, Mia Covarrubias; middle, Maci Martin, Lily Howell, Janell Ware, Kaylee Pieprzyca, Kamara Soto; and back, Coach Matt Martin, Coach Shayna Palacios, Coach Stephanie Hudgeons, Jazz Baez and Leah Smith.

The Ganado 9-10 year old All-Star team looked to continue their historic run this season as they traveled to Needville for the East Texas Section IVTournament.

Since 2003, which is the year most of these boys were born, the district representative for this tournament has either been Victoria or Calhoun.

Ganado had been a perfect 6-0 defeating Edna, Victoria Northeast (twice), Victoria Southeast, Victoria Northwest (twice), and after defeating Sinton in the first game of the Section IV Tournament in Needville, Ganado looked poised to continue their run. However, a heartbreaking loss to a tough Hallettsville team, 10-8, put Ganado in an elimination game versus Sweeny.

by Millie Diaz
Sports Writer
    Upcoming senior Holton Newbern has been working hard since he was a kid at anything he puts his mind to, and his last year at Edna High School is going to be no different. He’s probably best at being an all-around sports and percussion guy, rather than excelling at one thing more than another. In addition to band, Newbern plays football, basketball, baseball, tennis and runs track.
    He has had a few people throughout his youth to inspire his goals: his dad, Chris Whitehead, someone who he’s grown up playing baseball with, and coaches like Kensey Allen and Ben Callies. Newbern said he also enjoyed watching Chipper Jones of the Atlanta Braves.
    Newbern is the son of Dwayne and Lisa Newbern, and has two older brothers, D.J. and Adam.

The members of the Industrial boys minor All-Stars are from left, front, Sean Humes, Aidan Baker, Zaydan Kuchler, Colten Byars, Brayden Ressman, Tayte Karl; middle, Dylan Giesalhart, Cody Birmingham, Mason Roe, Carson Kolb, Josh Muncrief; and back, Coaches Heath Karl, James Baker, Wade Kubecka, Mark Kolb and Duane Kuchler.

The 2014 Edna All-Star 11-12 year old girls softball team was sponsored by MI Swaco. From left, front are Devyn Mata, Kylee Ressman, Bailey Cavazos, Raney Orsak, Elizabeth Alex, Chloe Ellison; middle, Jillian Tindell, Allison Rosa, Sydney Peters, Kinslee Holmes, Destiny Jordan, Jalysa Reyes; and back, Coaches William Alex, Toby Ressman and Shannon Orsak.