Air 'Dogs?

The Howe Bulldogs have been known as a ground-and-pound football team since 2014 when Dale West arrived with his slot-T offense under then-Head Coach Zack Hudson. When Hudson left for Mabank and Howe hired Bill Jehling to take over as head coach, he kept the same philosophy with a wing-T and slot-T style of offensive attack on Friday nights. Jehling, however, has had a change of heart recently and feels like the opportunity to play summer 7-on-7 games was a perfect time to implement a passing game for Howe - the first in six seasons

"Even though we're going wide open right now with 7-on-7, we're still keeping that wing-T philosophy," said Jehling "We're a running team first, but we've just got to spread it out and people out of the box With the athletes we've got coming, we want to utilize them in a fashion that they're going to be successful in "

Howe's varsity played Bonham and Tom Bean in the first week of 7-on-7 action and defeated Bonham and lost to Tom Bean The Bulldogs then traveled to Dallas Shelton and played the private school to a 14-13 loss Jehling says that Howe went with 10 kids, whereas Shelton was using two platoons with seven kids on offense and seven kids on defense

"Our kids competed and played hard They have bought into it and are liking it a lot," said Jehling

This past week, Howe played and defeated Tom Bean and Bonham while losing to Whitewright Jehling says he was shuffling a lot of kids on the field during the Whitewright game. Missing several key players, Howe still scored three or four times and Jehling was happy with the performance

Layton Elvington, last year's starting quarterback at the beginning of the season is trying to grab that position back He has steady competition from Jordan Jones, Dylan Hughs, and Parker Pecina

Jehling is excited about the future with the junior varsity, and middle

Howe Bulldogs Head Football

Coach Bill Jehling prepares to throw a pass in an August 2018 practice Staff photo school It's the first time Howe has had 7-on-7 teams from seventh grade through varsity

The talent pool in the freshman class has the coaches excited The JV's first competition was last week when they played three games and won two of them

"That group can throw and catch," said Jehling "(Matt) Hayes did great, (Austin) Haley each game got better and better; (Ryan) Hough is naturally good, and Braden Smith, who's going to be a sophomore - it's his first year playing football and he did really well at defensive back "

The middle school is equally talented as the eighth grade played their first game against Bonham on Tuesday and scored five touchdowns to Bonham's one The seventh grade also scored five times Eighth-grade quarterback Jacob Campbell was sharp racking up massive amounts of yardage and five touchdowns and only one interception Seventh-grade quarterback Garren Lankford was equally impressive Receivers that stood out were eighth-graders Cooper Jones and Rowdy Kuykendall while Braden Ulmer and Beau Stephens stood out for the seventh grade Defensively, eighth-grader Kolin Murphy got a high grade at cornerback from the coaches

New coach hired for varsity softball and girls basketball

Howe Athletic Director Bill Jehling announced Thursday that a softball coach has been hired for the district as former coach

Tiffany Moreland resigned to accept a position at Frisco ISD

The new coach, John Edwards, comes from North Dallas High School most recently and Redwater ISD and Waskom ISD previously

"He's had very good success as a softball coach," said Jehling

"He's also been a head a great head coach in basketball and took teams to the girl's state championship in Louisiana He took Waskom several rounds deep in the playoffs He's going to be a great addition to girls basketball as an assistant to Coach Lands "

Jehling is still trying to fill the varsity head coaching job in boys basketball after the resignation of Eric Johns a few weeks ago

"The priority now is to fill the basketball head coach position," said Jehling

Medford - 50th Anniversary

Jimmy and Kathy Medford of Sherman will be honored Saturday, June 22nd with a 50th wedding anniversary reception. The reception, hosted by their children and grandchildren, will be from 2:00 to 4:00 pm at the Howe Church of Christ.

The Medfords were married on June 20, 1969 at the Cedar Hill Church of Christ. Officiating was James Medford, Sr.

Kathy Medford was born in Texas City, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James McCallay. She graduated from Anahuac High School and Oklahoma Christian University, and retired from the Howe Independent School District.

Jimmy Medford was born in Dallas, the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Medford, Sr. He graduated from Lancaster High School and attended Oklahoma Christian University. He retired from Procter & Gamble after 29 years at the Dallas and Sherman plants. The Medford's children are Jay and Rachel Medford of Valley View, Aaron and Stacey Medford of McKinney, and Steven and Lisa Medford of Bogata. They have eight grandchildren.

City spraying for mosquitoes

The City of Howe will be spraying for mosquitoes on June 11, June 25, and July 16 throughout Howe to complete the first round of spraying. They are scheduled to spray at night and during the week and not around holidays in order to limit the number of citizens outdoors.

City Code Enforcement Director Bert Dowlen says there is no threat to citizens by the spraying.