The Wildcats will play against the Hornets this week in Louise with kickoff set at 7:00 pm. After starting off district with a double overtime win to Somerville the Wildcats have lost their last two games. Louise has the exact district record as the Wildcats. They beat Somerville and lost to both Burton and Falls City, also.

Last week was not kind to the Yorktown Kitty Kat varsity volleyball team, as they lost both of their matches. On October 3, 2023, Yorktown traveled to Kenedy and were defeated in three games by the Leopards: 20-25, 21-25, 22-25. Junior Braleigh Dodds had 12 kills, 12 digs, eight assists and three aces. Junior Nina Villarreal had 19 digs and senior Kendyll Sinast had 18. Junior Malayshia Thomas had 17 assists. Junior Brilye Campbell added three aces, while sophomore Carly Weischwill had two blocks. On October 6, 2023, the Kitty Kats traveled to Woodsboro and were defeated in four games by the Lady Eagles: 16-25, 17-25, 25-22, 21-25. Dodds had 15 kills, 12 digs, nine assists and three aces. Thomas had 16 assists. Villarreal and Sinast had 12 and 11 digs respectively.

It was a great day for the Pirates and Lady Pirates with all runners advancing to the Regional meet. The Pirates placed first as a team also.

Your Cuero Lady Gobblers are now 8-0 in district play and are seeded #1. They are 26-10 overall on the season and ranked #19 in the state according to Texas Girls Coaches Association. Cuero defeats SA Fox Tech 25-5, 25-16, 25-12.

The Cuero High School Mini-Cheer Camp was held a few weeks ago. Those campers got to participate on the sidelines during last Friday’s Gobblers football game. They showed the cheers, stunts and jumps that they learned at the camp. Cheerleader Desi Flessner from the Varsity squad is shown here.

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Congratulations to Connor Thigpen of Cuero! He is the youngest ever at 14, to win a World Skeet Championship in the 20g Main Event. Connor is seen here receiving the Kolar Ring at the National Skeet Shooting Association. He is the son of Matt and Amy Thigpen.

Your Fightin’ Gobblers remain unbeaten in 2023 after thrashing the Giddings Buffaloes, 55-14 last Friday evening at Gobbler’s Stadium. The Gobblers dominated in both rushing and passing yards even though Giddings’ time of possession was greater than Cuero’s.

Yorktown’s football team was defeated by Falls City at home this past Friday. The Beavers have a strong team that is undefeated in district play. The Wildcats have fallen to 1-2 in district and have an overall 2-4 record. The Beavers had an explosive first quarter scoring 19 points. With 8:10 left in the period, Christian Moy scored off a seven-yard run. On a quarterback keeper play, Braylon Johnson would run nine yards for a touchdown. With a little over 3:00 minutes remaining, Hunter Morawietz scored off a fumble recovered in the end zone, 19-0. The Wildcat offense struggled to get first downs against a strong defense from their opponents.

This is the first of what I hope to be many columns that I write as the new Publisher of The Cuero Record and the Yorktown News-View. And as a group manager, I also oversee our newspapers in Jackson County, Aransas Pass and Ingleside. I’ll probably write a column once a month or so. You’ll find that my columns are normally humor based and I try to stay away from sensitive subjects, but since we live in a world where everything appears to be a sensitive subject, I guess I’ll just apologize now for something I might write five months from now. (That was sarcasm, if you couldn’t tell.) My columns will be filled with sarcasm, just a heads up.