Lady Bulldogs

The Howe Lady Bulldogs are still in search of a district win, but Head Coach Erin Lopez says the team is improving and evidence was shown in the first two sets against Blue Ridge on Friday.

Howe lost to Gunter on Tuesday, 25-12, 25-12, and 25-11. Sierra Copeland led Howe with four kills while Hannah Dwyer added three blocks, three assists, five digs, and two aces in a wellrounded performance. Gracie Lankford led the Lady Bulldogs in digs with eight and Korie Bouse added six. Other digs were recorded by Grace Brennan (4), Aireanna Hamm (1), Teagan Stubblefield (1), and Jayda Ray (1). Alexia Womack had one block.

On Friday, Howe lost to Blue Ridge in sets of 25-21, 25-23, and 25-11. Copeland and Dwyer each had six kills and Holly Cavender had 16 assists, five digs, and a kill. Dwyer also added 11 digs, three aces, and one block to round out her performance. Lankford added nine digs, two kills, and two assists Teagan Stubblefield

Holly Cavender sets up a Lady Bulldog teammate. Photo by Alexa Brunner.

recorded seven digs, two aces, and one kill. Others were Grace Brennan (one dig), Bouse (three digs, one kill), Talia Bjorn (two aces, one dig, one kill), Ray (four digs), Womack (one kill, one dig).

Howe will play at Bells Tuesday and at Whitewright on Friday.

Howe Intermediate Top Dogs

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Third Grade- Madelyn Chantaca, Michal Collier, Josue Rodriguez, Colton Brunner,

and Noah Espitia. 4th Grade—Jenni Whitmire, Easton Thornhill, Aaliyah Williams, Alex Martinez, Adriana Dominguez, Lily McDaniel, and Lily Drewek. 5th Grad— Jesus Sifuentes, Rylie Whiteside, Claudia Valadez, Michael Gonzalez, and Chloe Self.

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced he will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose taxing districts $751.5 million in local sales tax allocations for October, 2.8 percent less than in October 2019. These allocations are based on sales made in August by businesses that report tax monthly.

The City of Howe will receive $55,011.32 in October which is an increase of 79.89 percent above the total a year ago. How-

City

Sherman Gainesville Denison Celina Anna Melissa Bonham Van Alstyne Whitesboro Gunter

Howe

Pottsboro Whitewright Southmayd Leonard Collinsville Bells Tioga Oak Ridge Tom Bean Savoy Ector Dorchester

September

$1,858,725.22 $548,362.00 $502,945.99 $324,005.13 $310,731.07 $306,760.33 $186,637.63 $152,603.10 $118,576.32 $92,538.18

$55,011.32

$50,626.83 $39,371.63 $37,141.26 $34,314.67 $26,636.17 $19,813.85 $18,715.42 $10,497.48 $9,850.35 $4,648.39 $1,697.69 $730.91 e’s total numbers for the year are now $379,986 which is a leap of 19 percent from a year ago at this time. The previous mark for sales tax for a month in Howe came in August of this year when the state sent the city $45,435. This is Howe’s fourth record-setting month since February 2019.

City 2020

Sherman Denison Gainesville Celina Anna Melissa Bonham Van Alstyne Whitesboro Pottsboro Gunter Whitewright

Howe

Southmayd Leonard Collinsville Bells Tioga Tom Bean Oak Ridge Savoy Ector Dorchester $18,923,559.55 $6,657,695.82 $6,192,859.46 $2,990,055.80 $2,985,401.14 $2,787,118.32 $1,894,078.61 $1,632,835.32 $1,302,025.90 $530,304.03 $476,582.38 $404,639.26

$379,986.34

$370,831.56 $347,563.42 $275,507.49 $216,288.86 $181,952.96 $101,290.99 $89,222.14 $50,354.46 $23,728.09 $11,095.27