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MCDADE – The McDade High School girls varsity basketball team held its ground at home Tuesday, Nov. 28 as the 1A Lady Bulldogs defeated 4A Manor New Tech High School by a score of 42-40 in a crucial win over a large school squad.

BASTROP – The Cedar Creek High School girls varsity basketball team recently competed at the New Braunfels Canyon High School tournament and faced a quartet of very good teams.

BASTROP – The Cedar Creek High School boys varsity basketball team was back in action last week as the squad hosted the Eagle Shootout Tournament on its home court against tough competition across Texas.

LOCKHART – The Bastrop High School boys varsity basketball team notched two victories Saturday at the Lockhart Tournament to get the Bears back into the win column under Head Coach Eric Woods.

LOCKHART – The Elgin High School boys varsity basketball team is clicking early in the 2023-24 regular season under Head Coach David Wilson as the Wildcats are currently on a fourgame winning streak following success at the Lockhart Tournament that concluded on Saturday evening.

BASTROP – Tech powerhouse Amazon has announced a partnership with Bastrop Independent School District, focusing on elevating early development STEM programs.

Santa Claus is coming to Coupland

It’s been looking more and more like Christmas since October, but we’re just a couple weeks into in Advent. And a good thing, too. The message of Advent is just what we need right now. This time of year especially, we tend to focus our eyes on earthly pursuits and pleasures. Shopping, planning, cooking, baking, having parties – these aren’t inherently sinful, but they can distract us from the things of God.

The Christian church year doesn’t begin on New Year’s Day, as our secular calendar does, but begins on the first Sunday in Advent, which is always the fourth Sunday before Christmas. The word Advent comes from the Latin verb advenire, which means “to come to,” so Advent means “an arrival, a coming to.” In Matthew 21:1-9, when Jesus arrives at Jerusalem on the back of a donkey, it is His “advent,” His “coming to” that city as her King. Once you have come to know the meaning of the word advent, you can understand why the first season of the Christian Church Year is called Advent. If God’s Son had not come to earth and become a Man named Jesus, who God the Father sent to be the Christ (or Messiah) of Israel, then there would be no Christianity.

The lifeless body of a 7-year-old boy reported missing Nov. 26 was pulled from a chilly pond by searchers just hours after his disappearance, deputies said.

Santa Claus has called upon his favorite local newspaper to make sure he receives Christmas letters from young Elginites.

In lieu of Blue Santa toy collections and deliveries that the Elgin Police Department typically supports during the holiday season, the city’s finest will be endorsing Shop with a Cop.