SHES Top Dogs

Kameron York began with the band program in sixth grade while at Carpenter Middle School in Plano. He moved to Howe in eighth grade and continued with the band program.

York is a first trumpet player and says his role is mainly to be a leader and lead the trumpets. He says playing as a team is the most important.

He’s a busy young man who juggles his time practicing and performing with the Pride of Howe while also working at Panda Express.

“I tell my boss and I tell Mrs. Liss what I can and can’t do, but it’s pretty easy to juggle it,” said York. “I feel like juggling both the job and the band is making me more responsible.” Band Director Angie Liss says that York has some of the best marching feet in the program. He says it just comes natural but he also practices his marching while at work just for fun.

Kameron York. The interview aired at halftime of Howe/Rains broadcast.

During their performance in Aubrey, he said their performance was not as good was what he wanted it to be and says he wants to improve to get to the next level.

“I want to compete and I want other bands to be scared of us,” said York.

Summit Hill Elementary Top Dogs

Second grade - Marleigh Brown, Kendall Wharry, Landon Snapp, Austin Grooms, Kalei Ivey.

First grade - Mia Ayala, Aaleiah Vasquez, Kaydence Sansone, Lakynn Vawter, Isabella Medina. Kindergarten - Aurora Pacheco, Ariah Bray, Zaylee Franks, Chandler Nail, Noah Pio.

Pre-K - Elliot Mickelson, Hayes Garber.

Luttrell has also served on the Austin College Alumni Board, regularly supports Austin College athletics and special events, and remains a mentor to his college fraternity, Phi Sigma Alpha.

His family includes his wife, Bunny; children and spouses Russell and Marie, Kelli and Cecil, and Leslie; and grandchildren, Noah, Zay, Turner, Connor, Kate, Liam, Gemma, and soon, Benjamin.

The remaining honorees:

Denise Bristow Fate of Charlevoix, Michigan, a 1976 graduate who now retired, enjoyed a successful 32-year career in the auto industry with the Volkswagen Group, beginning with the Volkswagen Group of America then holding positions in the World Headquarter in Germany and at Volkswagen Asia-Pacific in Hong-Kong. She accepted a management position with Audi and her upward momentum continued until her retirement.

Tom G. Hall Jr. of Fort Worth, Texas, a 1978 graduate and a respected trial lawyer through his career at the Law Offices of Tom Hall in Fort Worth. Boardcertified in Personal Injury Trial Law for 33 years in a row, he has obtained verdicts and settlements for clients of more than $1 million on 55 occasions. Tom has been admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court and various circuit courts and courts of appeal.

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Roger Luttrell was the 2007 Norma J. Wallace Citizen of the Year presented by the Howe Area Chamber of Commerce. From the June 28, 2007 edition of the Howe Enterprise.

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of service, and broadened perspective fostered by the Austin College educational experience.

During the upcoming dinner, Austin College President Steven P. O’Day and Alumni Board President Clint Buck, Class of 2007, will present the distinguished honorees. Among those they will call on this fall is Roger B. Luttrell of Van Alstyne, Texas.

Luttrell has been a successful business and community leader in Howe and Van Alstyne for decades. After earning his Austin College degree in 1976, he spent his career as a Partner in the Benton Luttrell Insurance Company and has been active in his community and church. In Howe, he has served as President of the Lions Club, a member of City Council, President of the ISD Board of Trustees—and his involvement was recognized with the 2007 Howe Citizen of the Year Award. One graduate who nominated Luttrell for the award said that “his leadership skills have made each thing Luttrell has been involved with a tremendous success.”

A former president of the Hurricane Creek Rotary Club and a Rotary Foundation Paul Harris Fellow, Luttrell also is a past president and chair of the board of Combined Agents of America. His employees and his friends sent nominations that speak of a man “who exemplifies faith, service, character, kindness, and loyalty on a daily basis.”

Howe’s Austin Haley needs 171

yards to become Howe’s all-

time leading passer. Photo by Michelle Carney.

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the second ever Howe quarterback to throw for five touchdowns in a single game. (Jay Skipworth threw for five at home against S&S in 1989). Haley was 17-of-33 passing Friday night with 293 yards. Haley now needs 171 yards through the air to pass Chase Fountain and become Howe’s all-time leading passer.

With receiver Cooper Jones out with injury, Ethan Lopez became Haley’s possession receiver with eight catches for 70 yards and a touchdown. But of the five touchdowns in the air, four different receivers hauled them in including Ryan Hough who scored twice on three catches and 112 yards. Other scorers through the air were Kolin Murphy and Carson Daniels.

Rains put points on the board first on an 8-yard score by Bobby Dell, who entered the game after starting running back Amare Clayton was injured in the first series. Trickery on the point-after was unsuccessful and Rains led 60 with 4:51 left.

After a couple of punts by each team, Howe found the endzone when Haley threw a dart to Lopez for a 14-yard score. Daniel Del Angel, who was successful on all PAT attempts on the night, made it 7-6 with 0:11 left in the first.

Just as Dell was about to score his

Howe vs. Rains

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second touchdown, the ball came out of his hands at the one yard line and flew out of the back of the endzone which gave Howe the ball at their 20. But the Dogs weren’t able to capitalize as Audie McAree stepped in front of a Haley pass for an interception five plays into the drive.

McAree, the speedy quarterback ran the ball to the tune of 220 yards on 20 carries for Rains. He also threw for 172 yards on 11-of21 passing. He finished a 5-play drive with a touchdown throw to Prabhdeep Singh for 16 yards to give Rains a 12-7 lead with 7:02 remaining in the second quarter.

A couple of punts by each team ensued before Haley threw a rope to Hough that was deflected and batted up in the air into the hands of Murphy who turned and scored for the 40-yard touchdown. That again gave Howe the lead, 14-12, with 2:39 left in the second. But McAree immediately answered back on a 51-yard run to swing it back in Rains favor at 20-14 after he added a 2-point conversion. It left only 1:51 before half, but Howe only needed 0:41 to score Haley found a wide-open Hough for a 65-yard touchdown. The PAT gave Howe the 21-20 lead with 1:10 left before halftime.

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Drum Major Chloe Scoggins prepares the band before their performance at Aubrey. Photo by Jessica Strunc.

After narrowly missing the finals the previous week at the Aubrey Marching Invitational, The Pride of Howe traveled to Celina on October 9 for another pre-UIL marching contest. This week the goal of getting a second opportunity to perform the contest show in a single day was met when the band advanced to the finals. Competing in a field of 23 bands, with 6 of those being 4A or 5A schools, the band walked away with seventh place overall and second in their classification.

"Although we always want to win the whole thing, that just isn't realistic when competing against 4A bands of this caliber," said HHS Band Director Angie Liss.

Canton, who was fifth place last year at the 4A UIL State Marching Contest, was the winner of the Celina contest followed by Community (4A), Queen City (3A), Farmersville (4A), Denison (5A), Van Alstyne (4A), Howe, Gunter (3A), Honey Grove (2A), and Legacy Christian Academy (3A).

One of the main reasons for attending the contest in Celina is for the opportunity to perform in the stadium that is the site of the 2021 UIL Region 25 Marching Contest.

"There are several contests going on these first two weeks in what we in the band world refer to as 'Bandtober.' We always try to attend the contest where our region contest is held so that our kids can have a run or two on the field," Liss stated.

The Pride of Howe will travel to Celina again on Wednesday for that region contest. Performance time is 4:15 pm. In case of inclement weather, the contest could be delayed to Monday, October 18th at the same site and performance time.

“The Pit” of the Pride of Howe. Photo by Jessica Strunc.