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Bulldogs’ broadcast crew lands Class 5A-II State title game

Members of Studio42 at AT&T Stadium on Saturday. Left to right: Justin White, Carson Grogan, Blake Burnett, and Monte Walker.

The Howe Bulldogs broadcast crew, Studio42, were contracted by Texas Sports Productions to broadcast South Oak Cliff’s historical run through the playoffs. The crew was able to broadcast the Class 5A-II state championship game on Saturday from AT&T Stadium in Arlington. Three of the crew members are Howe High School graduates.

BBQ Dinner for HFD

Members of the Howe Fire Department serve brisket plates. Staff photo.

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end of the night. This event was initially planned for Dec. 11 after the Christmas Parade, but a “Meet Santa” event at Summit Gardens pushed back the dinner to last Friday.

Nearly $2,000 was raised for the department in a span of around an hour. The dinner began at 5:30 pm with online orders for dine-in or take-out. Before the night began, the chamber had already received 23 take-out orders.

The event had several sponsors including Walmart who donated $250 worth of briskets. Don’s Smokehouse also contributed top shelf briskets. Guns N More donated the Glock 43 and their owner and chamber board member Jared Coffey made homemade potato salad and beans. Board member Tom Defrange smoked the nine briskets overnight on Thursday which were delivered to Summit Gardens on Friday afternoon just before the event.

The Howe Fire Department contributed containers, rolls, and drinks. They also served the food behind the scenes.

“All in all, it was a great night for the first time we’ve tried this,” said Chamber President Monte Walker. “We ended up with around $1,500 plus what money was placed in the donation jar and it was a substantial amount.”

Howe Fire Chief Robert Maniet thanked the chamber and the community for coming out to support the event.

Tom Defrange stayed up all Thursday night/Friday morning smoking nine briskets for the event. Staff photo.