In a Thursday night match in Marble Falls, Mason met up for the Bi-District title match against the Thrall Tigers. The Tigers played a good game of football; but, were unable to stave off a Puncher victory.
Early in the first quarter, the Punchers, stymied in their drive, opted to put up Kyle Montoya with a 27 yard field goal attempt.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jarrett Worrell, Mason, Texas, was awarded overall grand champion steer and reserve champion commercial pen of three in the NJHA Fed Steer Shootout contest. Worrell was recognized for his efforts Oct. 25 at the Hereford Honorees awards ceremony in Kansas City, Mo.
For three years running, the National Junior Hereford Association (NJHA) has brought real-world experience and education to its junior membership.
Boss Lion Michael Murphy gaveled the meeting to order at 12:30 p.m. at Nacho’s Café on November 12. Visitors introduced were Pastor Peter Aguilar and Robin Lee.
Boss Lion Michael said that many people were very pleased with the hamburgers made for Blue Ribbon Service day. One student said it was the best hamburger he had ever tasted.
Lion Mark Nash had the program and introduced Hal Zesch.
Hal grew up here, graduating from high school 50 years ago and moved away.
I have been away from Mason for the past couple of weeks for some much needed rest and quiet after the past several months of work finishing our new B&B rooms, working through several challenging City issues and recovering from my knee replacement. It was good to have a number of days without any schedule, the peace to enjoy the changing colors of fall foliage and the biggest stress was deciding what to have for the next meal.
K. Brett Wesner, a member of the family publishing group that includes the Mason County News, has been elected Treasurer of the National Newspaper Association, according to Lynne Lance, the association’s Executive Director.
Established in 1885, the National Newspaper Association (NNA) is a not-for-profit trade association representing the owners, publishers and editors of America’s community newspapers.
The American Legion Ft. Mason Post 285 held their monthly meeting on Friday, 15 November. The meeting opened with Legionnaires reciting the Pledge of Allegiance and the Preamble to the Constitution of the American Legion led by Commander Tommy Koepke. Cdr. Koepke also graciously gave the invocation.
As part of our living history project, Finance Officer George Schoenfeld talked about how his military service as a U.S.
Mason’s Scarlet Punchers, those intrepid women “of a certain age,” who absolutely insist on enjoying life to the fullest, are creatures of habit. We met for years on the first Monday of the month, for food, fun, and fellowship. Then we moved it to the first Tuesday, with the same food, fun, and fellowship (and of course, prizes!) Now we’re moving it all over the calendar!
The Punchers completed district play last Friday as they traveled to Sabinal to take on the Yellowjackets.
Sabinal had a win loss record of 0-19 going into Friday night's game and have been trying to build their program for several years. Coach Michael McLeod kept that fact in mind as he rotated in and out his younger, less experienced players almost from the beginning of the game.
The Punchers scored on their first drive of the game on a Jose Valdez 20-yard run.
Last week the JV team traveled to Dripping Springs. The Punchers got off to a hot start scoring 19 points in the first quarter. Mason stalled out in the second quarter as the halftime score remained the same at 19-0.
The production from the first quarter returned in the second half as the Punchers scored 4 more times only allowing 1 score to the Tigers.
7th/8th grade
We were unable to find a game for our 7th grade Punchers for the week and we ended up combining the two teams for the final game of the season. It was a high scoring game but we were not able to come out on top as the final buzzer sounded with the score being 36-30.
