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SEMINOLE – The Brownfield Cubs baseball team lost 10-0 to Lubbock Christian in the Cotton Classic on Friday, March 4th. The Cubs played at the Robert Ryan Baseball Field in Seminole. The Cubs trailed 2-0 after the second inning and kept the game close until the seventh inning when Lubbock Christian scored seven runs including a grand slam. After the game Cubs Head Coach Eric Morin spoke on the performance of his team.
Read moreSEMINOLE – The Brownfield Lady Cubs defeated Shallowater 9-4 in five innings for an ugly win were they struggled to close the game. Kenley Salas had three RBIs and stole home in the win. Brianne Franco threw all five innings giving up four runs including a three run homer in the top of the fifth. She had three strikeouts and two walks. Head Coach Loren Phelps spoke on her team’s performance.
Read moreThis was Kyle Isaacs’ first year as head coach of the Arizona Western College Matadors men’s basketball team. In his first season, Isaacs’ team recorded a 26-5 overall record and a 18-2 Arizona Community College Athletic Conference record which includes a playoff win and a loss in the Region I championship game in overtime. With his success he was recently named the ACCAC Coach of the Year.
Read moreThe Brownfield City Council met on Thursday morning, March 3rd, for its first meeting of the month. There was plenty on the agenda including City Attorney Matt Wade giving an update to the council on Ordinance No. 2126 that deals with alcohol consumption and sale in city parks. The council heard the quarterly updates from the Brownfield Fire Chief and Municipal Court Judge. They had the Brownfield Police Chief request a stop sign be placed and made an amendment to the fiscal budget for repairs to the East and West elevated storage tanks. There was an executive session dealing with certain public power utilities on supply pricing but no action was taken when the council returned to open session. The first item of business was the naming of Fire Captain Britney Shaw as the March Employee of the Month by Mayor Tom Hesse.
Read moreLike many Texans, you may have cared less about a couple of teams from California and Ohio going at it in the recently concluded Super Bowl LVI. With the Cowboys or the Texans out of the action, maybe you tuned in anyway for the Super Bowl’s reliably weird, creative or hilarious (or all three) commercial breaks. And if you did watch, you may have noticed a strong theme running through this year’s ads: electric vehicles.
Read moreThe Ballot Board met on Thursday, March 3rd at noon to process ballots by mail that were received the day after the Primary Election. Joint Elections Director Krystal Valentin said via text the Ballot Board accepted and counted six additional ballots, four Republican and one Democrat.
Read moreHello Brownfield, Meadow, Wellman, Terry County and the surrounding area. I am the new Managing Editor of the Brownfield News and brownfieldonline.com. It's great to be here and share with you all the ways we are moving forward at The Brownfield News. It's also great to be working at a media organization that's been around since 1903.
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