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September 5, 2025

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In this issue

  • Meet the Bearcats

    Thursday, September 11

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  • Aledo: Varsity and Junior Varsity Racquet Cats

    Thursday, September 11

    Varsity Tennis Team JV Tennis Team Previous Next

  • Aledo: Varsity and Junior Varsity Dance Team

    Thursday, September 11

    Aledo Varsity Dance team Aledo JV Dance team Previous Next

  • Cheerleading: Aledo cheer team aims to excel

    Thursday, September 11

    The Aledo cheer program is gearing up for another year of enthusiastic encouragement to sports teams, coordinated competitions, and outreach into the community. After accomplishing quality feats last …

  • Volleyball: Lady Eagles eager to build upon foundation with new faces

    Thursday, September 11

    The Trinity Christian Lady Eagles volleyball team showed a great deal of improvement from 2023 to 2024. After missing the postseason two years ago, the Lady Eagles nabbed third place in a competitive …

  • Cross country: Aledo returning plenty for another strong run

    Thursday, September 11

    Pardon the pun, but the Aledo Ladycats and Bearcats are prepared for another strong run this cross country season. Both teams return plenty of talent from squads that each advanced to the Class …

  • Volleyball: Ladycats ready to roll after ’24 state run

    Thursday, September 11

    The 2024 season was a true spectacle for the Aledo Ladycats volleyball team. The program reached the state tournament for the first time since 2017, went 34-9 overall, and won District 5-5A with an …

  • Football: Bearcats eager to reassert gridiron dominance

    Thursday, September 11

    The Aledo Bearcats had to call off the parades for a UIL record-extending 13th state championship after falling to district foe Denton Ryan 31-21 in last year’s Class 5A Division I, Region I …

  • Football: Bearcats stymie Wildcats with suffocating defense

    Thursday, September 4

    The No. 1 Aledo Bearcats came into this season hungry to win a UIL record-extending 13th state title after falling short to district foe Denton Ryan in last year’s Class 5A Region I final. …

  • Look at it This Way: Always looking ahead

    Thursday, September 4

    In an old Burt Reynolds movie, “The Cannonball Run,” an Italian driver rips the rear-view mirror off his windshield and says, “What’s behind me doesn’t matter.” …

  • Cross Country: Area runners battle course, weather

    Thursday, September 4

    Not only did runners compete against each other and a tough course, they battled rainy weather in the Flower Mound Marcus Coach T Invitational at North Lakes Park in Denton on Aug. 30. …

  • Sports Briefs for Sept. 5

    Thursday, September 4

    BASEBALL Former Bearcat standing out in Rockies organization Former Aledo Bearcat Max Belyeu is off to a strong start in his professional baseball career. Playing for High-A Spokane, …

  • Tennis: Bearcats stay perfect in district

    Thursday, September 4

    The Aledo Racquet Cats are sitting atop District 5-5A. Okay, so that’s not surprising, given it’s become a regular thing over the years. Through their 2-0 start to league play, they …

  • Volleyball: No. 5 Ladycats roll past Paschal for 23rd win

    Thursday, September 4

    The No. 5 Aledo Ladycats volleyball team resumed play in front of its home fans Tuesday night as the players honored each of their favorite faculty members for Teacher Appreciation Night. As for the …

  • Rich on Life

    Thursday, September 4

    Dr. Nick Michels’ job, on the surface, is to make money for his investor clients. But that’s only part of what he does for them - and anyone else who will listen. He also stresses to …

  • Capital Highlights: Abbott signs redistricting bill; lawsuit challenges it

    Thursday, September 4

    Gov. Greg Abbott signed legislation redrawing Texas’ congressional map on Friday, Aug. 29. A lawsuit challenging the redrawn districts as being racially discriminatory was filed even before the …

  • Art association names Peachiest winners

    Thursday, September 4

    Weatherford Art Association recently announced the 2025 winners for the Peach Festival Art Show. The Peach Festival Art Show has been occurring in Parker County since 1984. The show ran from May 30 - …

  • Hudson Oaks: Improvements and projects underway

    Thursday, September 4

    Hudson Oaks city council members received reports on three large projects at the August council meeting on Aug. 28. Professionals addressed their respective projects of Gene Voyles Park, a new waste …

  • Thompson family named recipient of 2025 Thanksgiving Trot

    Wednesday, September 3

    The Marcia Walters Memorial Thanksgiving Trot has named the Thompson Family as its 2025 recipient. Board member Whitney Harris said the decision is always a difficult one. Cole Thompson, …

  • Lois Herr Banta

    Thursday, August 28

    Lois Juanita Herr Banta, 92, of Aledo, passed away at home on August 24, 2025. She was born to parents Willard Herr and Maxine Brock Herr on August 8, 1933, in Nappanee, Indiana. Her childhood …

  • Willow Park: Texas Health announces plans for new hospital

    Thursday, August 28

    Texas Health Resources has announced plans for a new hospital in Willow Park on land near its present facility at Crown Pointe and I-20. That, in addition to Texas Health Orthopedic & Spine …

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