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Ira Jean Chunn

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Ira Jean Chunn of Amarillo, passed away on Sunday, April 2, 2023, at the age of 91.

Ira Jean Chunn

Graveside services will be Thursday, April 6, at 2 p.m. in Citizens Cemetery in Clarendon with Gary Beauchamp officiating. Viewing was held Wednesday, April 5, from 8 a.m. – 6 p.m. and the family received friends from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. Arrangements are under the direction of Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon.

Jean was born on January 28, 1932, at home to parents Alfred and Allene Estlack of Clarendon. Jean attended public schools in Clarendon. She then attended Clarendon College and obtained an associate’s degree. She married Bill Chilton and had four sons: Charles Patrick Chilton of Helena, Okla., Michael Chilton of Purcell, Okla., Steven Chilton of Pampa, Texas, and James Lynn Chilton of Lubbock, Texas.

Jean later married Winfred Chunn of Amarillo who proceeded her in death on January 28, 2003. Winfred had three children; Bruce Chunn of Colorado, Mark Chunn of Arkansas, and Cynthia Boles of Amarillo. Jean was a resident of Amarillo for 51 years. She loved all seven children as her own. There are 14 grandchildren and numerous great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren.

Jean worked for the state of Texas welfare department for more than 25 years as a supervisor. She also volunteered as a supervisor for the volunteers at Northwest Texas Hospital in Amarillo. She attended Lifeway Fellowship Church in Amarillo.

Memorials can be made to Citizens Cemetery Association, PO Box 983, Clarendon, TX 79226.

William Bryan Knowles

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William Bryan Knowles, 89, of Clarendon went to be with the Lord on Saturday, April 1, 2023, in Clarendon.

Bryan Knowles

Graveside services will be 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, April 5, 2023 in Citizens Cemetery in Clarendon with Rev. Anthony Knowles and Randy Srader, officiating.

Arrangements are by Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon.

Bryan was born July 20, 1933, in Beaver County, Okla., to Francis Earnest and Deborah Ann Alexander Knowles.  He married Patricia Aldeen Starr on February 13, 1957, at Bryan’s sister’s home in Darrouzett, Texas.  He had been a resident of Clarendon for 54 years.  He had worked for Pantex for 32 years, Donley County State Bank, and wrote prepaid funerals through Mission Plan prior to his retirement.  Bryan was a true man of God and had pastored churches at Martin, Brice, Howardwick, Hedley, and was the charter pastor of the Community Fellowship Church in Clarendon where he was still a member.  In his 54 years of ministry, he performed over 900 funerals, 600 baptisms, and 400 weddings.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Frank Knowles; his sisters, Eula Collingsworth and Ruth Mehnert; and two grandchildren, Amber and Jacob Knowles.

Survivors include his wife of 66 years, Patricia Knowles of Clarendon; his sons, Anthony Knowles and wife Vicki of Memphis, Brent Knowles of Clarendon, and Dennis Kirk Knowles of Dallas; his grandchildren, Dustin Knowles and wife Krista and Shawn Putman and wife Melanie; six great grandchildren, Michael, Katelyn, Leighanna, Zaiyn, Bayleigh, and Averie; and several nieces and nephews.

The family request memorials be sent to the Donley County Senior Citizens, PO Drawer B, Clarendon, TX 79226.

Sign the online guestbook at www.robertsonfuneral.com

Bains resigns from Hedley as superintendent

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Hedley School Superintendent Garrett Bains is stepping down from his position and leaving education altogether.

Garrett Bains

The Hedley CISD Board of Trustees accepted Bains’ resignation at their regular meeting last Monday, March 20, as he looks to pursue a different field.

“It’s time to try something else,” Bains told the Enterprise.

Bains said he’s leaving on good terms and that things are great at Hedley, calling the school a “paradise” compared to other schools. He said it was just time for his family to make a change.

Bains’ wife Tamara is a teacher at the school and will be leaving her post as well, he said.

The school board will bring an interim superintendent on board in April and then begin the search for a new fulltime superintendent following that, Bains said.

Bains started at Hedley CISD 11 years ago and has served as superintendent for the past four years.

CHS wins UIL district title

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CHS 2023 UIL Regional Qualifiers

Clarendon High School won the UIL 2-2A District Championship during academic competitions last Wednesday, March 22, at Clarendon College.

CHS students earned 400 points and had 70 points above the next closest team.

Clarendon High has 17 students moving on to regionals on April 21 on the campus of West Texas A&M University to try to earn a spot in the state competition.

All three ready writers got the day started and earned spots in the top six finishers. Laney Gates received 1st place, Catherine Word received 2nd place, and Millie McAnear received 5th place. Gates and Word earned regional spots.

Britton Cottrell placed 2nd in Number Sense while Ben Estlack placed 6th. The Number Sense team placed second and later acquired a wildcard spot to advance to regionals.

The Calculator Application team did not have anyone placed in the top six positions, but they did come out as the second place team. Members included Jacob Murrillo, Ethan Warren, Gracie Ellis, and Berkley Moore.

Copy Editing got the journalism contest started. Avery Halsey got 1st place, Maloree Wann got 2nd, and C. Word got 5th place. Halsey and Wann earned regional spots. Davin Mays earned a 1st place finish in Features Writing and is regional bound while Makenna Shadle earned a 4th place finish in Headline Writing.

The Accounting team secured their way to a 1st Place finish and advances to regionals. Members received the following places respectively: Koltyn Shields 2nd place, Easton 3rd place, Aiden Word 4th, and Bryce Williams 5th place. Other members were Murillo and Cory Johnsen.

The Science team also earned their way to a 1st place finish and advances to regionals. Members of the team finished in the top six places. Toby Leeper received 1st, Estlack received 2nd, Jade Cottrell received 4th, B. Cottrell received 5th, and Mason Allred and Jaxan McAnear both received 6th. Leeper was the top student in Biology and Chemistry.

The Social Studies team had a 1st place finish and advances to regionals. C. Word earned 1st place, Cutter Seay earned 3rd place, Addison Willoughby earned 4th place, and D. Mays earned 5th place. Other members were Jasmyn Bordonaro and Warren Mays.

The Mathematics team gained a 1st place finish and advances to regionals. Estlack earned 1st place, Allred and Williams earned 4th place, and B. Cottrell earned 6th place. Other members were Halsey and Aiden Bordonaro.

Speakers finished off the day with Prose, Informative Speaking, and Persuasive Speaking. Adriana Araujo placed 3rd in Prose and 4th in Persuasive Speaking. She will advance to regionals in Prose. Seay obtained a 1st place finish in Informative Speaking and earned a spot to regionals while C. Word obtained a 4th place finish.

HHS UIL competitors advance

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One individual and one team advanced to regionals when Hedley’s UIL academic teams went to contest last week.

Savanah Trent placed third in Calculator, and the Computer Science team of Josh Booth, Lane Hinton, Iziak Weatherread, and Cody Bond swept the contest placing first through fourth as individuals respectively.

Trent was also sixth in Copy Editing, and Weatherread was sixth in Social Studies.

Billy Curry was sixth in Headline Writing, and Liam Branigan was fifth in Mathematics and in Number Sense. Madison Moore was sixth in Number Sense. As a team, Hedley was second in Number Sense, and the Owl Journalism team was fifth as a team.

UPDATED: CCISD trustees confirm Wampler as new AD

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Aaron Wampler was confirmed as Clarendon CISD’s new athletic director and head football coach when the CCISD Board of Trustees met in called session Monday.

Aaron Wampler

According to Clarendon Superintendent Jarod Bellar, Wampler is the current head coach at Boys Ranch.

“He is a rising star who gets the most out of his student athletes,” Bellar said. “I’m excited. He understands a program starts in junior high and that you have to start there. He wants to make kids good citizens and good athletes.”

Wampler visited Clarendon and has toured the community and the school facilities and is ready to get to work.

“I’m looking forward to getting there next week, meeting everyone, and getting started,” Wampler said.

Clarendon’s reputation and the opportunity to move up in his career drew Wampler to CCISD.

“I was attracted to the chance to be an athletic director and by the success Clarendon has had,” he said. “It was a good opportunity career-wise and a good chance to win some football games.”

After six years of coaching at Caprock High School, Wampler has spent the last three years as the head football coach at Boys Ranch and was also head baseball coach this year.

Wampler and his wife, Katie, just welcomed their second son on March 13. Their first son is two years old.

Wampler is originally from Lubbock graduated from Frenship High School. He played football for West Texas A&M University under coach Don Carthel from 2008-2012 and earned his master’s degree from WTAMU in 2013.

“I really think his ceiling for creating and maintaining a successful program is limitless,” Bellar said. “Everyone speaks of the hard work, discipline, and integrity within his program.”

CHS runners compete in Childress Relays

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The Bronco and Lady Bronco track teams competed in the Childress Relays last week and did fairly well in the meet. Trystan Brown earned first place in the high jump for the Lady Bronco junior varsity team with a leap of 4’1”.

The JV 800m relay ran second in a time of 2:12.81 and was run by Brown, Mary Jo Dushay, Diamond Lenz, and Lexi Phillips.

Lady Bronco JV results: 100m Mary Jo Dushay 4th 15.20, 12th Lexi Phillips 16.36; 200m Diamond Lenz 2nd 31.78, Dushay 7th 34.55, Phillips 11th 35.57; 400m Brown 3rd 1:15.65; Discus Dushay 8th 55’; long jump Lenz 2nd 12’3”.

Bronco JV results: 100m Shane Hagood 5th 12.16, Riley Wade 6th 12.20; 400m Hagood 8th 59.84, Wade 13th 1:02.10; long jump Hagood 5th 17’7 ¼”, Wade 11th 16’3 ¾”.

Lady Bronco Varsity: 200m Madi Benson 6th 29.37, Kashlyn Conkin 22nd 32.67; 400m Benson 4th 1:06.87; 100m hurdles Conkin. 14th 22.51; 300m hurdles Presley Smith 5th 56.12; long jump Smith 8th 14’7”, Benson 15th 13’6 ¾”; 400m relay 10th (Berkley Moore, Kenidee Hayes, Gracie Ellis, Presley Smith); 800m relay 7th (Moore, Benson, Hayes, Kimbrasia Ballard); mile relay 4th 4:41.40 (Moore, Hayes, Ellis, Smith).

Bronco results: 100m Lyric Smith 9th 11.64, 13th Kaleb Mays 11.75, Anthony Brown 19th 12.08; 100m Smith 7th 24.77, Kaleb Bolin 11th 25.05, Mays 16th 25.86; 400m Bolin 8th 54.89, Mays 13th 57.38, Jaxan McAnear 15th 58.09; 1600m Bryce Williams 6th 5:03.78; 3200m Williams 6th 11:06.37; high jump Smith 4th 5’10”; long jump Brown 8th 18’5 ¾”; triple jump Reagan Wade 11th 32’6”.

Both track teams will participate in the District meet in Wellington on April 5 and 6.

Broncs beat Shamrock

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The 9-3-1 Broncos shutout the Irish 8-0 and defeated Kress 12-2 last week as they continue district play.

Wilson Ward got the win over Shamrock as he pitched for six innings, and Lyric Smith came in as relief to finish the last inning. Ward allowed only one hit, no runs, and struck out 10 batters.

The Broncos got tapped off early in the first inning, but it was the fifth inning that exploded with six runs for Clarendon. Harrison Howard and Levi Gates each hit a single, and Smith slammed a double in the inning. Smith was able to put the icing on the win in the sixth when he sent one over the fence for a one-run homerun.

The Broncos posted several hits in the win. Smith and Tyler Harper had two each with Ward, Easton Frausto, Howard, and Colton Caudle adding one heat each. The team racked up eight stolen bases in the game. Defensively, the Broncos were error-free for the duration, and Howard made the most plays with 11.

Despite two homeruns by the Kangaroos in the first and second, the game with Kress was never a contest for the Broncos as they were able to out hit and out play their opponent to earn the 10-run advantage. Jared Musick was on the mound and went four innings allowing four hits, two runs, and threw four strike-outs. Smith and Harper took their turn with one inning each to help Musick get the win.

Once again, the Broncos made some noise at the plate with six hits and six RBIs coupled with seven base-on-balls while adding seven stolen bases led by Britton Cottrell with three. Gates, Musick, Caudle, Frausto, and Ward each grabbed two steals each.

The Broncos will travel to Claude March 31 in a non-district game before playing at Memphis on April 4.

Hedley athletes bring home wins from Kress

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Iziak Weatherread jumps to fourth place in Kress. Courtesy Photo / Savannah Trent HHS YB

Hedley’s Iziak Weatherread and Josh Booth brought home first place honors when the Owls participated in the Kress Relays last Tuesday, March 21.

Weatherread won the 800M with a time of 2:20.88, and Booth was first in the 1600M with a time of 5:09.03. Billy Curry and Isaiah Torres also ran in the 1600M.

Weatherread also placed second in the 3200M with a time of 13:07.31. Hedley’s Billy Curry was third with 13:18.34, and Javier Valles was fourth with 13:25.75.

In the long jump, Weatherread was fourth with a jump of 19’¾”, Josh Booth was 11th at 16’4¼”, and Valles finished 16th at 13’11¼”.
Matthew Rodriguez finished 18th in the shot put with a distance of 25’3”, and Paeton Glover was 22nd at 23’9”.

Booth finished fifth in the discus with a throw of 93’5”, and Matthew Rodriguez also participated.

Taylee Ehlert represented the Lady Owls and finished seventh in the discus with a throw of 66’7”.

In the Junior High Relays, Payton Inman was fourth for the Owls in the 100M with 13.47, third in the 200M with 26.83, and second in the 400M with 1:04.84.

Sebastian Garcia came in 22nd in the 200M with 33.43 and 14th in the 400M with 1:16.50. Takota Edwards was 8th in the 400M with 1:09.72, and Brandon Moore was 21st with 1:23.31.

In the 2400M, Edwards was fifth with a time of 10:04.22. He and Moore also ran in the 1600M.

Edwards was 20th in the long jump with a distance of 12’11”, and Garcia was 21st with 12’10½”. Moore had a distance of 10’8” for 27th.

Kaitin Ehlert placed fifth in the 300M for the junior high Lady Owls with a time of 1:09.9, and Kinley McClelland was sixth in the 2400M at 11:22.4. Ehlert and McClelland also ran in the 1600M.

In the 100M dash, Lillie McCleskey was 10th with a time of 15.72, and Kali Curry tied and Amherst runner for 11th at 16.21. Kelli Love was 23rd at 17.40, and Maria Silvestre was 28th at 21.66.

In the 200M, McCleskey was 11th at 34.65, and Curry was 14th at 35.09. Love finished 24th with 37.74, and Sadie Trent came in with a time of 39.39.

McClelland, McCleskey, Curry, and Ehlert ran the 4x100M relay and finished fifth with a time of 1:03.62.

In the long jump, McCleskey’s leap measured 11’8½” for 13th, Ehlert covered a distance of 11’4½” for 15th, and McClelland was 18th with 10’9½”. Curry also participated.

Abbey Branigan was ninth in the shot put with a throw of 23’5”. Love was 12th at 22’6”, Silvestre was 16th at 17’9”, and Kylynne Shelley was 17th at 13’4”.

Participating in the discus for the junior high Ladies were Branigan, Shelley, Love, and Silvestre.

Lady Broncos win over WT, Booker

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The Lady Broncos earned another two wins last week in district matchups with West Texas High and Booker.

The wins put the ladies at 13-3-2 overall and are sitting at the top of their district. The Lady Broncos defeated WT 5-2 and slid by Booker 14-5.

The ladies held a 4-0 lead after three innings with Kennadie Cummins on the mound. Cummins went from start to finish and struck out 15 hitters in seven. She also posted only three hits, two runs, and one error. WT’s runs came in the fourth inning.

The Lady Broncos stayed consistent on both sides of the plate in the next two innings and did not need their last at bat. K. Cummins went to the plate four times and finished with one run, one hit, one RBI, and two strike outs. Baylee Gabel, Eliza Rodriguez, Graci Wilkins, and Chelsea Wright had three at-bats each, and Tandie Cummins, Hayden Elam, and Rodriguez stole six bases in the game with Elam leading the way with three.

The Lady Broncos really had their bats going in the game with Booker and scored two runs in the first and one in the third while Booker brought home one run in the second.

Booker took the lead in the fourth when they scored four more runs in an unusual defensive let-down by the Lady Broncos who committed four errors in the game.

Determination set in, however, and Clarendon was able to take their turn at the plate and slam nine runs in the last three innings to earn the 14-5 win. T. Cummins was on the mound for three innings before K. Cummins came in the last four to get the win. T. Cummins allowed two hits, five runs, and struck out six hitters, while K. Cummins allowed two hits, no run, and struck out three.

The Lady Broncos used their speed to collect 14 stolen bases with K. Cummins nabbing four and Gabel and Shelby Coles earning two.

The Lady Broncos will play Follett at home on Friday, March 31, and travel to Sunray April 4. Both games will begin at 4 p.m.

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