53.6 Howe Enterprise June 29, 2015

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Dickey's formula for success Since the 2006-07 school year, Norman Dickey has put to use some of his spare time by keeping up with district standings in each major sport and computing them to a final total on how all of the schools perform over each year in those particular sports. Each year, one district school will sit at the top of the standings. He calculates the girls sports as well as the boys. We'll call this, "The Norman Dickey District Cup." In order to explain how all of this works, we'll go back to 2006-07, With Howe finishing sixth in district in football, fifth in basketball, fifth in track and third in baseball, those ranking numbers totaled to 19 (6+5+5+3). That put them finishing fourth overall in the final standings. Whitewright finished with eight points overall as they were first in football, first in basketball, second in track and fourth in baseball. Since that initial season, the Howe boys athletics have never finished first in the final district standings to receive the "Norman Dickey District Cup," however the girls athletes of Howe are a totally different story. From 2006-07 through 2008-09, the Howe girls finished first each of those years. The strong track and basketball programs for the girls have kept them competitive with each district school by finishing in the top two for five straight years.

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Howe Youth Football signups online Howe Youth Football Commissioner Chris Campbell announced that those interested in signing up to play youth football this fall can now register at www.leaguelineup.com and searching for Howe Youth Football. Registration is $90 for students entering Kindergarten through 6th grade.

we all remember that they were really good in basketball and softball finishing second and tied for first in those categories, respectively. So that brought The Lady Bulldogs total to 15 1/2 points (when a tie occurs, Dickey gives each team equal share and that's where the 1/2 comes in to play). The Pottsboro Lady Cardinals finished first overall with 11, 1/2 points. They finished first in basketball and track which offset their poor showing in softball. Howe's boys finished sixth this year with 20 overall points. The Bulldogs finished third in football, third in basketball, eighth in track and sixth in baseball. Howe was sitting pretty until the year changed to 2015.

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Dickey says that these sports are chosen because of their ability to easily research. He is not undermining the value of other sports.

So what do these numbers look like recently? The Lady Bulldogs This is what happens when an finished seventh in volleyball and athletic director/math teacher their track fell to fifth. However, retires. as

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