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Harvey's 28 points led all scorers Alissa Smith had nine for Howe followed by Foster's six Anderson knocked down six while Peyton Streetman totalled three Kamryn Fulenchek hit two free throws and Holly Hawkins and Hunter Brockelman each had one point

Howe's season was ended by Brock two years ago and the girls were ready for a rematch with one of the state's best teams. The rematch happened in Flower Mound on Thursday night.

Brock's quick defensive guard play not only stymied the inside paint away from Harvey, but also took away the long-range bomb shots normally put down from Foster and Smith The defense held Howe to only four points in the first period while tallying 13 of their own

Howe jumped out to a 12-10 lead over Jacksboro in the opening round of the playoffs, which was held at Denton Ryan High School. Riley Harvey, who had missed the previous game with an ankle injury was given special attention from the finest trainers around and shocked a lot of people by being able to play Harvey not only played, but she starred as she usually does by knocking down 28 points and hauling in 10 rebounds on the night

In the second period, Howe outscored Jacksboro 18-13 to extend the lead to 30-23 at the half

Just into the third period, Darci Foster hammered down three-pointer and Harvey hit a layup to bump up the lead to nine very quickly It was Kayla Anderson's defensive play that helped keep Jacksboro away and create separation between the two teams.

Coach Lands talked after the game about Anderson having turned on a switch about four weeks ago and everything changed from that point on

That third period separation ballooned to a 195 for the Lady Bulldogs which turned out to be insurmountable for the Tigerettes as Howe took a 49-28 lead into the fourth period

Howe's lead got as high as 26 points midway through the fourth and Harvey exited the game with 28 points Jacksboro quickly scored eight unanswered points, but the game was over and Howe claimed their back-to-back-to-back bidistrict championship with a 62-41 win

Harvey got in early foul trouble with two calls that appeared to be clean blocked shots that were both called fouls That sent Harvey to the bench for the majority of the second period which Howe was outscored, 18-8 and went to the locker room at the half down 31-12

The girls never scored in double digits in any of the four periods and ended up losing by a final score of 54-26.

This core of ballplayers from Howe have now gained massive amounts of experience and loads of respect on their travels in the past two seasons All of the starters will return for another season next year They will not only be picked to be district champions, but they could very well be back-to-back-to-back-toback bi-district champs And who knows

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Salvage Junky would be staying put. However, that changed on Friday, Feb 13 Caraway, who is opening her own store in April in the 107 unit decided that she also needs the 109 space for her business

"It was very difficult to tell Mr Clinton that I needed the space his upholstery business occupied for my new store " said Caraway in a written statement "I know that this caused him great concern about where he would move I am so relieved that his business will continue to thrive in its new location."

Clinton was visibly emotional and unhappy about the decision

"Cowboys aren't supposed to cry, so I've got that behind me " said Billy M Clinton "I don't want to go We are thankful We've been well blessed here We're thankful for all of the friends we have here If you treat people right, most people will treat you right In Howe, if you give people good service with a good price and you treat them right, they're going to tell everybody"

On Tuesday afternoon, with help from Police Chief Carl Hudman and the Howe Development Alliance, Clinton Upholstering found a new home in Howe and the 37-year-old business will remain in Howe located on the 400 block of west Haning Street

"David Kirby, the owner of the building was looking for a tenant and with Clinton looking for a place to go, it was a perfect match and everyone wins " said Howe Development Alliance Director Monte Walker

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Billy and Lavonna Clintons initially opened up the downtown store as Clinton Home Furnishings in 1978 which had retail furniture.

"The retail end of it didn't do too good just simply not big enough to display a lot of furniture " said Billy Clinton "So I just transferred my upholstery shop in here which worked out real good "

Clinton says that business came quickly

"I've been so much as six months behind before " said Clinton "I always said if I ever got caught up, I'd get a job But I got kicked out before I got caught up "

Clinton's wife Lavonna says that her husband is known as the master upholster in North Texas.

"He's got an outstanding reputation and that's why he's been in business so long But we were fully content with a small, hole-in-the-wall shop because you don't have a lot of overhead and you can enjoy the business and not have to stress out over making enough to make ends meet "

The Clintons have weathered many changes in Downtown Howe over the 37 years When they moved in, there were three grocery stores. By the 1990's there were no grocery stores and mostly empty buildings.

"It was lonesome " said Clinton "You could tell that if anyone every came downtown, they were coming to see me "

With the recent vibrant energy that has been gaining momentum in downtown over the past couple of years, it makes it even harder for the Clintons to have to leave the 109 E Haning location

Clinton, a man of faith and always willing to help his neighbor quoted Romans 8:28 from the Bible about the events which led to his removal from his downtown location.

"We know that everything is going to be alright." said Clinton. "It's just that I don't want to go We don't know what God's got in store for us, but it's something better and we're going to be positive about it "

The day after quoting those words, what was in store for him a new location just down the street Howe will retain one of the oldest businesses in town