Meridian Lady Jackets fought back after falling by five runs in the sixth inning. The comeback fell a little short in a 12-10 defeat to Itasca on Tuesday, March 22.

Tuesday, March 22, The Clifton Cubs took on the Riesel Indians in Riesel. In the first inning Jackson Newton started the Cubs off with a single which put one of the two points on the board for the Cubs.

The Meridian Yellowjackets stung Jonesboro for 10 runs in the first two frames of their game on Monday of last week and held on in the late innings for a 12-11 win. The Yellowjackets tallied eight hits in the contest, led by Matty Jones who went 3-for-3 with a pair of RBIs.

On the girls’ diamond, the ladies from Meridian fell behind early and couldn’t quite rally back in a 14-8 loss to Jonesboro on Tuesday, March 15. The loss was not without a strong effort as Meridian racked up seven hits in the contest, including multi-hit performances off the bats of America Ramirez, Canyon Stauffer and Lexie Dashner.

The Clifton Cubs tangled with the Bulldogs of McGregor again last Friday. With the game knotted at 1-1 after two, the Cubs took the lead for good with a pair of runs in the 3rd, fueled by an RBI triple off the bat of Matthew Bronstad followed by an RBI single from Jackson Newton.

The Clifton Cubs varsity baseball squad split two games on consecutive days last week, first earning an 8-5 win over McGregor on Tuesday, and then falling to Glen Rose 19-2 on Wednesday. In the win over McGregor, the Cubs scored three times in the top half of the 7th inning to take the lead and then held on for the win.

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension offices in Erath and surrounding counties are hosting a Dinner Tonight Healthy Cooking School on April 26th at 5:30 p.m. at the Cowboy Church of Erath County in Stephenville.

In February, the Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute, NRI, released its Texas Land Trends program 2022 Landowner Survey to learn more about the needs, preferences, concerns and challenges landowners face regarding everyday management of their land. Now NRI would like to hear from Texas landowners again — this time, about water.

3A Region III District 17 Clifton Cubs ended their season (Overall 24-9) (District 9-5) landing them in third place in their district. The Cubs took this team to the playoffs for the first time in 17 years.

After their 53-51 victory over 4th in district (Overall 21-12) (District 9-5) Whitney Wildcats Feb. 15 the Cubs clinched a spot in the playoffs.