Schools & Sports

Sept. 21 posting: 8-5A, Division II—Prediction to begin season with last year’s records—(1) Ennis, 12-2….. (2) Royse City, 9-3…..(3) North Forney, 7-3…..(4) Corsicana, 7-4…..(5) Greenville, 6-5…..(6) Crandall, 10-3…..(7) Forney, 2-8….. (8) Sulphur Springs, 1-9 **Player to watch: Senior Tight End, Kameron Allen, of North Forney.

On Saturday, September 26, Forney ISD swim team competed in their first meet of the season against Mesquite and Sunnyvale ISD swim teams at the Town East pool in Mesquite. Forney High School and North Forney High School swimmers were victorious over Mesquite and Sunnyvale. FISD earned 313 points with Mesquite and Sunnyvale earning 186 and 34 points respectively.

By Tim Danziger Photo Courtesy of Jim Klenke

All photos by JASON BOWIE

All photos by JIM KLENKE

All photos by JIM KLENKE

All photos by JASON BOWIE

All photos by JIM KLENKE

All photos by JIM KLENKE

There was excitement in the air Friday night as the Pirates took the field for the first time this season under the direction of their new head coach. It was a rough start for Crandall as they allowed a 95-yard bomb and 19-yard run for touchdowns. The score was 12-0 Jacksonville at the end of one quarter.

After a delayed beginning to the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 Varsity Forney Jackrabbits finally took the field against the Whitehouse Wildcats last Friday. City Bank Stadium was as full as possible, according to this year’s health safety protocols which includes social distancing and mask requirements. The fans were thrilled to enjoy the first socially distanced version of Friday Night Lights of the year, which also happened to be Senior Night. Pre-game ceremonies honored the members of Class of 2021 involved in sports and other extracurricular activities. Unfortunately, though, this season’s debut didn’t turn out the way the fans and players had hoped, ending in a loss for the Rabbits with the final score at 31-15 when the clock ran out.

As the story goes, this child, born in El Dorado, Arkansas, into a family of sharecroppers, had to write a book report about baseball as punishment for “spitting on a teacher.” This assignment/ punishment was designed to teach him about life beyond Collinston, Louisiana, where he lived after moving there at age two, but it also served to introduce him to BASEBALL!

I was driving to a friend’s house to dig up and transplant a plant or four when I saw two “old men” standing at the curb just a little way from that house’s driveway. I wondered what “they were up to,” and then as I inched closer, I noticed that the two guys were friends of mine, who were probably saying to themselves, “What is that ‘old geezer’ doing over here in this neighborhood? Do you think he is looking to steal something?”