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Volume 61, Edition 35, Monday, January 8, 2024 It’s good to see Coach Jim Fryar be recognized for his time in Howe. People become a fan of a team that wins because it makes them feel better about their environment. In Fryar’s first year as head coach, he took the Dogs to the third round of the playoffs. Kids in the old middle school looked up to his players such as Andreas Liss, Mark Wheeler, Stephen Ogle, and Andy Turner. That 1985 team set a bar for future Bulldogs teams to achieve. Some of them actually did in 1989. Most people think it’s normal for coaches to use foul language during practice and games, but that was never heard from any Howe coaches during that time. Coach Fryar, armed with his cheer coach wife Connie, made sure football was special. They went all out in Howe. And he was known for taking any psychological advantage he could get whether that included letting players wave towels on the kickoff team, wearing towels, headbands, and neckbands (frowned upon at that time), or warming up at Bulldog Stadium and bussing to Van Alstyne with a last-minute caravan to get directly off the bus and lineup for the anthem. During his five years, he and Connie made Howe a bona fide football town. And by the way, long before Jimmy Johnson yelled, “How ‘Bout them Cowboys,” the motto of the 1985 Bulldogs were “Howe ‘Bout Them Dogs!” It was even on a runthrough banner. EDITOR’S NOTE—This column is reserved as an editorial column and may not necessarily reflect the policy of this publication.
INSIDE
Founders Day info, pg. 3 Howe Hump Day, pg. 4 Lady Bulldogs Basketball, pg. 7 Bulldogs Basketball, pg. 7 Hot Jobs, City Info, pg. 8 History/Christian, pg. 9 Local Churches, pg. 10 Patriot Pony, pg. 11-12 Chamber Members, pg. 13 Past front pages, 14-21
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Fryar, Beckemeyer chosen for Class of 2024 Howe Hall of Honor
The Howe Area Chamber of Commerce’s board members met Wednesday after the monthly Howe Hump Day breakfast and select-
ed two members to the Class of 2024 Howe Hall of Honor. This year’s inductees will be former Howe Bulldogs Head Coach Jim Fryar and
Riley rings Bells, Campbell stuns Gunter, Dogs move to 2-1 in district play
former Howe Postmaster LeAndra Beckemeyer. Fryar came to Howe as an assistant for the 1984 season under John “Buck” Smith and was named head coach the following season. In that first season, he guided the Dogs to a 9-3-1 record and three gold foot-
balls. Fryar accumulated 41 wins while at Howe which is second to only Norman Dickey (51). During the time when only two teams qualified for the playoffs, his teams achieved that mark four times and only missing in 1987 with an 8-2 record. Fryar went on to win three
more gold footballs in 1989 before leaving for the same position at Jacksboro after that season. Beckemeyer is the longest-tenured postmaster in Howe history as she was sworn in back in 2001 and retired in May (Continued on page 2)
HHS Cheerleaders finish 12th in state at UIL competition
Noah Riley exploded in Bells for 19 points and 11 rebounds. Staff photo. As one fan stated, teams don’t respect the range of Howe Bulldogs’ forward Noah Riley and they are learning the hard way. Riley was 2-for-2 in 3pointers on Tuesday at Bells which along with his other 13 points and 11 rebounds helped lead Howe (14-6, 2-1) to a second half dominating
performance against the Bells Panthers. Against Gunter on Friday, the Tigers stalled the final 1:30 off the clock and were playing for the last-second gamewinning shot when Kaleb Taylor got a hand on the ball which landed (Continued on page 7)
The Howe High School Cheer program once again took part in the UIL Spirit Competition in Fort Worth January 46. Cheer Coach Monica Little said their routine evolved from being average to amazing and said the girls worked really hard each day to improve. The result was a finish of 12th in state. The squad finished third at the Dallas competition back in December but felt they needed to keep improving to do well in the UIL competition. “We had a lot of last minute switch-ups and changes that frustrated us
Mikaylah Komorowski holds up a phone to show a photo. Courtesy photo.