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After Dean's would-be gamewinning shot, Howe still had a chance with 21 94 seconds remaining as Howe Head Coach Derek Lands called a full timeout to gather a plan to score. With the ball in Jenna Honore's hands on the right wing dribbling to the right corner with pressure from Jessiah Riley, the ball went off of Honore and out of bounds. This led to three quick desperation fouls to send Mineola to the line During the second foul, Honore, the district defensive MVP, seemed to be in position to draw the charge on Dean, but a blocking call was made instead which virtually eliminated a serious threat for a last-second comeback Dean missed her free throw which was rebounded by Honore who found the District 103A MVP Ally Harvey at halfcourt for a last-second heave from her hip that missed going in by a foot to the right Soon afterward, an eruption from the crowd in orange and their head coach Troy Riley who ran to the Lady Jacket crowd and underarm flexed his muscles which sent the crowd into a frenzy

This year's version of Lands' team was built heavily around defense with five starters with exceptional abilities to lock-down their opponent The individual matchup of Honore versus Dean proved to be the girls 3A basketball version of Ali-Frazier Neither player left the floor for the entire game and as expected, the game came down to that matchup in the most meaningful final moments Dean made the great ball-fake move to get Honore off balance for the goahead score and Honore answered back with an outstanding defensive drawn charge The only problem for Howe was - the charge wasn't called

Howe started the game strong with Molly Wilson scoring the game's first points The Lady Bulldogs did a nice job early of breaking the quick Mineola press, meanwhile, Honore held Dean scoreless in the first as Howe led 9-6 after the first eight minutes of the game Mineola had to rely on a 3-pointer by Meghan Brewington for half of the Lady Jackets first points

As the second period began, Howe's usually sharp-shooting long ball specialist Cassidy Anderson, named the district's offensive MVP, started cold by missing on her first five 3point attempts in the half As Howe went cold, Dean began to heat up after starting 0-for-7 from the field scoring six of the Lady Jackets' eight second period points

Midway through the second with Howe clinging to a 5-point lead, 115, Anderson was subbed for sophomore Sierra Copeland and Wilson for sophomore Katie Grogan Seconds later Dean hit her first two buckets of the game in back-to-back fashion to cut the Howe lead to 11-10 With three minutes remaining before the half, Honore fouled Dean on a 3-pointer which she made 2-of-3 foul shots to give the Lady Jackets a 14-13 lead which became the halftime score

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private schools do not.

Wilson stated that the school would be located at King's Trail Cowboy Church and that the pastor of the church, Jason Norton, is listed on the TEA application as the CEO.

"Seven of the nine board members are church members," said Wilson. "If that is, in fact, the case, that's a dangerous path to start blurring the lines between charter schools and private schools."

Local superintendents met with newly-elected State Representative Reggie Smith about the situation.

Whitewright Superintendent Steve Arthur recently told the Herald Democrat that if the Whitewright ISD lost just 10 students, it would result in a reduction of $65,000 in state funding which is well more

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Frontier Education Foundation

Founder and Vice Chair of the Board Cheryll Yowell told the Herald Democrat that one thing that separates a charter school from a traditional public school is how a charter can pick broader boundaries in order to attract students from other areas. She said even though public schools do often accept transfer students, they tend to turn people away once the district is at capacity.

Frontier's curriculum would revolve around outdoor and garden areas where students would learn to care for and harvest plants.

The Howe ISD Board of Trustees made it official by opposing the formation of Frontier Charter School.

Lady Bulldogs success dusts off great teams and players of the past

With the recent success of the Lady Bulldogs, record books were flung open and old newspapers were sifted through to find former teams with great success. While thumbing through the pages, cheers could be heard from the old WPA gymnasium on Denny Street as Mickey Dutton hit a 12-foot jumper. The roar of the crowd echoed the brand new Charles R. Thompson Gymnasium on Roberts Street as Carlene Wilson dribbled and sliced her way through the lane. Leaping out of the archives was Amber Murray who was on the front-end of the Derek Lands dynasty and busted wide open the bi-district lock on the gate.

Archives showed that a Mrs. J.W. Wheat was the girls' basketball coach in 1924. We know that Jack Hollensed and Arthur Boyle each coached the ladies on two separate occasions.

The most wins for a team was the 30 that was tallied in 1968 under the direction of Boyle with his outstanding players in Dutton, Betty Sue Scott, and Vicki Belden. Those teams were 59-8 in two seasons but were eliminated by Celina in the bi-district round of both 1967 and 1968. Coach Raymond Adams had very successful teams in the early 1970s, but despite winning over 20 games, only the district champion made the playoffs. Rules were set up differently in those days with a district tournament following the district schedule.

The rules were changed in the 1980s to allow for two playoff teams and Head Coach Vernon Richardson took clear advantage of the situation when he inherited great players such as Robin Stonebarger, Tania Bement, and later Michelle Haynes. But for whatever reason, none of those great players and great teams could escape the first round of the playoffs.

And then came Lands. In his second season, the Lady Bulldogs became bi-district champions for the first time ever in 2004 and were led by the sophomore Murray. Since then, the Lady Bulldogs have added many more trophies behind the glass and added more iconic names like Riley Harvey, Jenna Honore, and Ally Harvey to the mix of what one day will be yesteryear.