Hit and run reported at Quinlan Ford, 44-13

The Howe Bulldogs, with the 44-13 win over Quinlan Ford on Friday night have now won 18 of their last 23 games. Those five losses have come to Gunter who is currently ranked first in Class 3A, Division II, West Rusk (12-2 in 2015), Pottsboro (11-1 in 2015 and ranked first in state most of the year), Waskom (16-0 state champions and ranked first in state most of the year), and Leonard in 2014 which was an overtime loss to a team that came in 8-1 and eventually lost to Waskom to end their playoff run In other words, if you're planning on beating the Howe Bulldogs these days, you better be one elite team overloaded with speed and raw talent And to top it off, it doesn't seem to matter what classification you are in The 'Dogs have now beaten state ranked 2A Muenster, 3A Bowie and now 4A, Division I Quinlan Ford

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Over the past two years the Howe Middle School has a program called "Monday Fun Day" where speakers visit to discuss various topics such as community involvement to motivation

Last Monday that fell the day after 9/11, HMS decided instead of a speaker to talk to them, they wanted to honor local first responders

As an afterthought in planning the program, with first responder recruiting down all over the country due to the extreme turn in violence in recent years, this not only was a way to honor those brave men and women, but also may serve to plant a thought about future careers from current

The Panthers of Quinlan have a high school enrollment 775 which is 446 more students than Howe High's 329 To break that down, Quinlan Ford would have approximately 388 juniors and seniors Half of that means they have 194 junior and senior boys That compares to Howe's approximate 82 junior and continued on page 2