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District 10-3A Superlative Awards

District MVP – Samuel Tormos – Van Alstyne

Offensive Player of the Year – J.J. Boling – Van Alstyne

Co-Defensive Player of the Year – DJ Brown – Leonard, Cam Montgomery – Van Alstyne

Newcomer of the Year – Tanner Carter – Bells

Sixth Man of the Year – Jake Claborn – Whitewright

Coach of the Year – Russell Best – Van Alstyne.

First Team All-District

Bo Baker – Bells, Cade Doggett – Bells, Jonathan Garza – Blue Ridge, Tanner Reaves – Bonham, Jaylen Duncan – Leonard, Jayson Beckett – Van Alstyne, Aaron Pitt – Whitewright, Dylan Cordell – Whitewright.

Second Team All-District

Blake Rolen – Bells, Keaton High – Bells, Kaden Walker – Blue Ridge, Utah Porath – Blue Ridge, Michael Crosby – Bonham, Caden Harmon – Howe, Jace Lacook – Leonard, Drelin Davis – Van Alstyne, Reilly Evans – Whitewright, Kayden Carraway – Whitewright.

Honorable Mentions for Howe were Ayden Norton, Colton Thurman, and Austin Haley.

Academic All-District:

Austin Haley, Ayden Norton, Cameron Lankford, Jake Fabacher, Kolby Taylor, Luke Lopez, Ethan Lopez, Colton Thurman, Eli Wilson.

The Howe Lady Bulldogs ended their historic season over the weekend and today the district awards were released with Howe taking numerous honors. Howe senior Jenna Honore was named the District 10-3A MVP with teammates Ally Harvey becoming the District Defensive MVP. The two flipped places from a year ago when Honore was the Defensive MVP and Harvey was the District MVP. Junior Sierra Copeland was named the District’s Offensive MVP.

Howe sophomore Trinity Williams brings home the District’s Sixth Person Award and the Howe coaching staff shared the top honors with Bells.

The only non-Howe player to receive be awarded a superlative honor was freshman Katie Long of Whitewright who was awarded Newcomer of the Year.

Named to the first-team all-district squad was Cassidy Anderson took second-team honors. Katie Grogan and Landery Sanders were given honorable mention.

All nine players on Howe’s rosters were named to the Academic All-District Team.

District 10-3A First Team All-District

Haley Arledge – Bells, Cheznie Hale – Bells, Gabby Smith – Bells, Cassidy Anderson – Howe, Raven Fox – Leonard, Torin Riddick – Van Alstyne, Skylar Gerner – Whitewright.

District 10-3A Second Team All-District

Courtney Davidson – Bells, Mia Moore – Bells, Olivia Pedigo – Bells, Kylie Mathers – Blue Ridge, Emma Bounds – Bonham, Molly Wilson – Howe, Nakita Harris – Leonard, Makynzie Price – Leonard, Micah Welch – Van Alstyne, Natalie Alexander – Whitewright.

District 10-3A Honorable Mention

Kayton Arnold – Bells, Taylor Langwell – Blue Ridge, Katie Grogan – Howe, Landery Sanders – Howe, Brooke Perry – Leonard, Alexa Rhone – Leonard, Kelsie Adams – Van Alstyne, Emma Donald – Van Alstyne, Mireya Mullins – Van Alstyne, Callie McGee – Whitewright, Gracie Robinson – Whitewright, Emily Looney – Whitewright, Makayla Alexander – Whitewright.

District 10-3A Academic All-District

Haley Arledge – Bells, Kayton Arnold – Bells, Hannah Bondarenko – Bells, Courtney Davidson – Bells, Cheznie Hale – Bells, Landri Hicks – Bells, Mia Moore – Bells, Olivia Pedigo – Bells, Gabby Smith – Bells, Jaiden Tocquigny – Bells, Christina Dauster – Blue Ridge, Kylie Mathers – Blue Ridge, Abigail Sullivan – Blue Ridge, Andriana Edwards – Bonham, Carsyn Hemby – Bonham, Chyrsi Hemby – Bonham, Hannah Worley – Bonham, Cassidy Anderson – Howe, Sierra Copeland – Howe , Paetyn Ford- Howe , Katie Grogan – Howe, Ally Harvey – Howe, Jenna Honore – Howe, Landery Sanders – Howe, Trinity Williams – Howe, Molly Wilson- Howe, Skylar Feagan – Leonard, Raven Fox – Leonard, Nakita Harris – Leonard, Chloe Long – Leonard, Brooke Perry – Leonard, Alexa Rhone – Leonard, Madison Vaughn – Leonard, Kelsie Adams – Van Alstyne, Callie Blankenship – Van Alstyne, Kate Carson – Van Alstyne, Emma Donald – Van Alstyne, Bailey Henderson – Van Alstyne, Tinsley Love – Van Alstyne, Mireya Mullins – Van Alstyne, Torin Riddick – Van Alstyne, Alyssa Taylor – Van Alstyne, Micah Welch – Van Alstyne, Makayla Alexander – Whitewright, Natalie Alexander – Whitewright, Emily Barnhurst – Whitewright, Skylar Gerner – Whitewright, Ashton Long – Whitewright, Katy Long – Whitewright, Emily Looney – Whitewright, Callie McGee – Whitewright, Gracie Robinson – Whitewright.

The Howe Area Chamber of Commerce decided to determine the Class of 2020 Howe Hall of Honor nominations as a board this year.  They came up with eight deserving individuals to be eligible with four in the living category and four in the deceased category which has been the order for the past five years.  The voting will go out to the public on March 1 and will end on March 30.  The winners will be officially inducted by the Howe Area Chamber of Commerce at an awards ceremony held on May 1, 2020, at 6:30 pm at the chamber office. Voting can take place by clicking here.

This year’s living nominees are Dale Rideout, Linda Wall, Pat Stewart, and Sam Haigis.  The deceased nominees are Lana Rideout, Billy Joe Wheeler, Duglas Wortham, and Wyline Poole.

Dale Rideout is currently serving a city council position and is a past chamber president.  He’s also been on the planning and zoning commission as well as owned and published the Howe Enterprise/Texoma Enterprise for the longest tenure of any owner.  He is a member of Boy Scouts of America, the Lions Club, Rotary Club, Sons of the American Revolution, Sons of Confederate Veterans, the Howe Friends of the Library, Howe Chamber of Commerce,

Linda Wall was named the  1997 Norma J. Wallace Citizen of the Year and is Howe’s mega-volunteer. She served in many capacities for the Howe Chamber of Commerce, First United Methodist Church, Cub Scout Den Leader. She was very active in PTA and helped push forward a plan to start a band program at Howe ISD. Wall was also a leader of the Friends of the Library and has led the charge for Peggy’s Porch for many years.

Pat Stewart has been associated with the Howe ISD in numerous roles including teacher and school board member for nearly 50 years. She began teaching in Howe in the 1965-66 school year until 2001- 02. She then became the first female school board member in 2003 and served in that capacity until 2014.

Sam Haigis is most known for his long tenure on the city council, but he also served as a scout leader and helped with the formation of the Howe Band Boosters which was the founding block of the Pride of Howe Marching Band.  Haigis has served as Mayor Pro Tem for the majority of his time on the city council. 

Lana Rideout was a 2-time Norma J. Wallace Citizen of the Year recipient with one coming in two separate decades (1987, 1998).  She captured the history of Howe from the late 1970s through 2013 as the editor of the Howe Enterprise/Texoma Enterprise.  She was a longtime advocate of the Howe Area Chamber of Commerce and served as a board member for many years.  Rideout was also a founding member of the Howe Community Library and the Howe Historical Society.

Billy Joe Wheeler was a school board member and a city councilman who also owned Downtown Howe real estate for a number of years.  He partnered with other community leaders to help build Bicentennial Park which contains three baseball fields along Highway 75.  Wheeler was a strong advocate of family life in the church as he served as a member of the First Baptist Church of Howe for over 60 years.

Dug Wortham is a former mayor of Howe.  He taught in the Howe ISD for six years and had served as a counselor for the Grayson County School Superintendent’s Office.  His civic endeavors included the Texoma Regional Planning Commission, Grayson County Mental Health and Retardation Board, The Grayson County Volunteer Fire Fighters Association, Little League baseball, and the Texoma Livestock Exposition. 

Wyline Pool was employed by Howe ISD for 31 years.  She came to Howe in 1945 where she was a classroom teacher for six years before becoming principal for 21 years.  She was a member of the Texas State Teachers Association and served as vice-president and president of the Grayson County unit of TSTA and one year as secretary of District TSTA.  She is the daughter of W.P. Wheeler who was Howe Superintendent for 11 years. 

Previous inductees:

Class of 2015

Jabez Haning, W.P. Thompson, A.M. Ferguson, Mame Roberts, Charles R. Thompson, Arthur Boyle, Tony Brinkley, L.B. Kirby

Norma Wallace, Ray Bledsoe, Carrie Waller, Elmer Schenk.

Class of 2016

Norman Dickey, Jimmy Bearden, Steve Simmons.

Class of 2017

Donal Gilstrap, Jean Norman, J.J. Chisum, Bob Walker.

Class of 2018

Bob Williams, Tommy Skipworth, Norman Bennett, Harold Taylor.

Class of 2019

Bobby Sollis, Donna Jarma, Lowell Thompson, Marion Allison.

The chamber will also announce the Business of the Year, Citizen of the Year, Volunteer of the Year, and Volunteer Organization of the Year.

On Saturday morning, Howe Police responded to the Ferguson baseball field in the 300-block of South Hughes Street where sometime the previous evening, a vehicle had gone off the road and caused damage to a light pole and the field’s chain-link fence. The driver of the vehicle left the scene without notifying police.

Howe Police investigated the incident and identified a suspect. That individual was arrested on unrelated charges and the investigation into the hit-and-run crash is ongoing with additional charges possible.

Photo album link: https://www.howeenterprisephotos.com/2020/Hit-and-run-at-Ferguson-Field-2222020/

Joshua Lee Knight was born in Dallas, TX on July 25, 1983. He graduated from Duncanville High school and received his Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering. He found passion in his fur babies, music, technology and making other’s laugh.

He was proceeded in death by his father, John Lee Knight. He is survived by his wife Felicia Knight as well as his mother Kathy Rodrigue Knight, grandmother Koleta Goar; daughters Brea Ann, Skye Lynn, sons Ethan Cole and Jayden Lee. Also his sister Kasey and nephew Kaleb, sister Robin, brother-in-law Travis and niece Madison Evans and all of his US Army brothers and sisters.

A memorial service will be held at 11am Friday, Feb. 21 at Duncanville First United Methodist Church. A graveside with military honors will be held at 10 am Mon. Feb. 24 at Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.bratcherfuneralhome.com for the Knight family. Services are under the care of Bratcher Funeral Home, which is accepting donations for Knight’s services.

Do not suffer alone. Reach out for help. Veteran’s Crisis Line 1-800-273-8255 Option 1.

Grayson County Sheriff’s Department Press Release:

On February  11, 2020, at approximately 04:31 am, deputies responded to the Van Alstyne Police Department to speak with an adult male and an adult female, who reported their son, Casey Crockett Crim, 30-years-old, had assaulted them physically over the course of several hours at their home in the 800-block of Eagle Point, Van Alstyne. The parents reported throughout the evening and early morning hours Casey Crim became more violent and on multiple occasions he placed a knife to both of their throats and threatened to kill them.  Parents stated at one point Casey Crim went outside to smoke, and they tried to get away, but Casey Crim caught them and they were unable to leave.  The parents where finally able to leave after Casey Crim had fallen asleep.

The Grayson County Sheriff’s Office Special Response Team was notified of the situation. GCSO SRT, deputies and members of the Van Alstyne Police Department responded. SRT executed a search and arrest warrant. The suspect was taken into custody and taken to TMC for minor cuts that he sustained from breaking out a bedroom window.

Crim was arrested for Aggravated Assault Family Violence x 2 (F1), obstruction or retaliation (F3), Possession of a controlled substance, PG2 (F3) and possession of marijuana (MB)

Crim’s total of bonds = 102,000.00