Sports

With his prediction in the ‘tie-breaker’ game, Russell Atteberry of Edgewood is the winner of Football Contest #10 in the Atteberry, along with Gary Norman of Canton and Jimmy Mitchell of Athens, all finished with winning percentages of 71 each forcing the ‘tie-breaker’ game to be used to break the deadlock. In the ‘tie-breaker’ game, Atteberry predicted that the Georgia Bulldogs would defeat the Florida Gators by seven points while Norman chose Georgia to win by 24 points.

davidb@vanzandtnews.com Depending on the results of the regular season finales Nov. 7 for all five Van Zandt County varsity football teams, there was the possibility of having all five teams qualify for post-season play, including three with district championship hopes.

davidb@vanzandtnews.com With two regular season games remaining, all five Van Zandt County varsity football teams have opportunities to not only extend their seasons but to enter post-season play with lots of momentum.

With a winning percentage of 71, Allan Holloway of Canton is the winner of Football Contest #9 in the Contest winners are asked to call 903-567-4000 to make arrangements to pick up their coupons. The contest pages for Football Contest #11 can be found in the middle of the sports section in this issue of the News.

With his prediction in the ‘tie-breaker’ game, Gary Sewell of Wills Point is the winner of Football Contest #8 in the Sewell, along with Glenn McNeill Jr. of Wills Point, tied with winning percentages of 83 each forcing the ‘tie-breaker’ game to be used to break the deadlock.

Ty Rotan of Edgewood is a four-time Regional Qualifier and now a back-to-back state qualifier in cross-country. Rotan finished seventh at the Regional Meet with a time of 16:54.