Community pep-rally now a tradition

For the fifth consecutive year, Howe ISD held a community pep rally at Bulldog Stadium and just about anyone and everyone that calls themselves Howe Bulldogs in the fall sports were recognized

First and second grade Bulldogs and cheerleaders all the way up to varsity got to run out of the tunnel and on to the field to be introduced in front of a packed home stands of the 80-year-old Bulldog Stadium

Each year, legendary Coach Steve Simmons yells from a megaphone and does numerous chants will the entire group

Of Athletes On The Field

At the conclusion of the pep rally, there was a passing of the torch ceremony that represented all nine decades of Howe Bulldogs football It starte with Jerry Hestand (representing his father Glynn, who was on the very first team in '35 Brett Bearden represented his father Jimmy for the 1950s Harold Finney represented the 1960s Former Head Coach Buck Smith represented the 1980s Nathan Gray represented the 1990s. Simmons represented the 2000s while 2014 player Easton Ross handed to 2015 seniors.

1st and 2nd grade Bulldogs win 26-0

3rd and 4th grade Bulldogs win 48-0

In the years before oil dominated the Texas economy, farmers and ranchers made the state’s reputation through the hard days of tilling the soil and driving countless herds of cattle. Of all the ranchers who poured their sweat and blood into the dust to build lives for themselves, and ultimately their communities, Charles Goodnight stands out He led the creation of one of the most important cattle trails in the Southwest and became a leader in ranching for western Texas

Goodnight was born into a farming family in Illinois in 1836 His father and namesake, Charles Goodnight, died while he was still quite young In 1846, shortly after statehood, he moved with his mother, siblings, and stepfather to Texas. The family settled in Milam County, roughly between Georgetown and Bryan.

He took many different jobs with the emerging farms and ranches in the region By the late 1850s, he had joined local militias in ongoing fights with the Comanche tribes He also served briefly in