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Final Horn Ceremony honors fallen Blackcat

Spectators, friends and family gathered Wednesday night at Blackcat Field to honor a Mexia football player with a Final Horn Ceremony.

Sheffield fire

Sheffield fire

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Sports

Mexia's Kyran Bedford leaps up to make the catch over Groesbeck's C.J. Henderson late in the fourth quarter for the score, as the Blackcats captured the 82nd Battle of the River trophy by the score of 41-13.  Angela Crane photo/Groesbeck Journal • The Mexia News

Two early turnovers in the first quarter led to two Mexia Blackcat touchdowns, as the crimson and black cruised to a 41-13

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It was a productive week for the Wortham Lady Bulldogs volleyball team as they picked up a pair of district wins.

Boulware comes in sixth, qualifies for regional meet

Neither Mexia Blackcats varsity cross country teams were able to qualify for regionals Wednesday morning in the Class 3A-District 20 meet in Fairfield.

Obituaries

Raford Lee Sterling

Raford Lee Sterling, 90, passed away Oct. 9, 2024, at his home at Lake Mexia.

Raford was born May 1, 1934, in New Hope to Oscar Lee and Ida Mae (Burnham) Sterling.

James Arnold “Jim” Reese

James Arnold “Jim” Reese, 98, of Wortham, passed away Sept. 25, 2024, in Mexia.

Bobby Ray Toney

Bobby Ray Toney, 93, of Cypress, passed from this life Friday, Sept. 20, 2024.

Photo Galleries

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Tempers flared in the closing seconds of the first half in Wortham's Friday night home game against the Mart Panthers.

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LCFA: Steers, Calf Scramble, and more...

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