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Tales in Orange and Black - #5
by Putt I begin with another story connected to the 1953 Bobcat Team that lost to Huntsville in the state semi-final. It must have been...

Andy Pate
Mar 262 min read
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Towers and Flowers
In a 2001 RHS alumni reunion held in Kerrville for accommodation purposes, the guest speaker, Joe Galloway, told the best alum story Putt...

Andy Pate
Mar 251 min read
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Speed, Size or Strength - What Makes for a Great Cat (Football Team)?
The fastest human (usually a male) can run three laps around a 440-yard track in right at 3:00 minutes; a real-life bobcat can run a mile...

Andy Pate
Mar 182 min read
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Birds of a Feather Don't Always Flock Together
Well, it is late March, and the folks of Refugio County are mourning their loss of one of their main attractions, the Whooping Cranes on...

Andy Pate
Mar 152 min read
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Can Anything Important Come Out of Refugio, TX?
From Vidaurii? * Maybe. From Refugio? Never. Although its population has diminished over the past 20 years or so, Refugio (2, 712,...

Andy Pate
Mar 152 min read
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Tales in Orange and Black - #3
Just when you think you're on the brink of doing something great, reality may intervene (usually does) Perhaps the worst football season...

Andy Pate
Mar 113 min read
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Every Morning IS Easter Morning
We are excited about our new business, Sermons on The Go , through which we aim to provide sermons for busy pastors who find $15.00 a...

Andy Pate
Mar 101 min read
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Never Before, Never Again - THE Fight of the 20th century
A day or two before Refugio High was to hold its 1954 graduation, near the end of the school day, a real fistfight took place in the high...

Andy Pate
Mar 82 min read
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"Fight'n'" Is Not the Same as "Defeat'n'"
A quick scan across the media will likely tell the astute viewer that the anti-Trumpers are saying a whole lot about "FIGHT'N" but...

Andy Pate
Mar 71 min read
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Mar 50 min read
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Trump Address to Congress, How Phony We've Become
The longest-ever presidential speech (99 minutes) is over, "Thank the Good Lord!" Not only was the March 4th speech long, it was also...

Andy Pate
Mar 52 min read
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How Many Chickens Have You Counted?
Most of us want our judgments and opinions to be sound and thought as much. But how can we know, really know that is, ahead of time? ...

Andy Pate
Mar 21 min read
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The President's Power, Too Much or Too Little?
Can the Judiciary and the Congress of the USA, as currently functioning, stop the President from doing whatever he wants? Apparently not....

Andy Pate
Mar 22 min read
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NEW LEADER OF THE WORLD'S NATONS BRAGS ON ITSELF
MUSKTRU MPIA (Formerly the USA) Some are sad, not many, over the USA's demise, for USA's history was at one time believed to have been...

Andy Pate
Feb 272 min read
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Our Goal Now: To Rediscover Our Best Political Identity
MANY CITIZENS of the USA, probably most, have no idea what the components of sanity and soundness in politics are. Why? For multiple...

Andy Pate
Feb 271 min read
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The Best Half-Time Speech I've Ever Heard
The score 2as 31-15, at the halftime of a boys game against our archrival, a team we had beaten on their home court about three weeks...

Andy Pate
Feb 261 min read
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From Smallness Has Grown Bigness
Refugio County Texas is about two-thirds the size of the state of Rhode Island, which suggests that the County is capable of very little...

Andy Pate
Feb 242 min read
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3A Texas HS Basketball - Feb 24-26, 2025
GIRLS 3A D1 State Semifinals 3AD2 State Semifinals Jim Ned vs. Winnsboro Idalou vs. Paradise Fairfield vs. West Oso Kountze vs....

Andy Pate
Feb 231 min read
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2A Girls 2025 Basketball Semi-Finals
2A1 Panhandle vs. Nocona La Poynor vs. San Saba Final: Alamodome, 7:00 pm, Feb. 27 2AD2 Farwell vs Lipan Martins Mill vs....

Andy Pate
Feb 231 min read
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2A Boys TX Basketball - Regionals
Regionals, Feb. 24-26 2025 2AD1 2AD2 Olton vs. Reagan County Gruver vs. Miles Abernathy vs Rogers New Home vs. Morton Seymour...

Andy Pate
Feb 231 min read
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