A long recruiting process — made eight days longer by Hurricane Beryl — came to a close Tuesday for Hitchcock Bulldogs senior wide receiver Kelshaun Johnson, as the highly coveted prospect committed to play college football for the Texas A&M Aggies.
Galveston County residents Saturday continued to clean up after Hurricane Beryl lashed the Texas Gulf Coast on Monday. Utility crews also worked to restore power to the more than 23,000 county customers still without.
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Galveston County celebrated Independence Day with numerous parades and fireworks displays Thursday.
Many of us tend to think of the Fourth of July as a day to celebrate patriotism, which it is, in a way.
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Teams from Hitchcock, Dickinson and Friendswood battled both the punishing heat and some of the fiercest high school football competition the state has to offer on the second day of the Texas 7on7 tournament held at Veterans Park and Athletic Complex on Friday.
You are making history right now.
Winners of the state 7on7 football Division II championship the previous two summers, the Hitchcock Bulldogs got this year’s event off to a slow start, bounced back and then got washed out by a torrential storm Thursday at Veterans Memorial Park and Athletic Complex.
This is a day of great significance for Galveston, for the United States and for anyone who truly does believe in the concept of liberty and justice for all.
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Veterans, along with the families and friends of military members who died during or after service gathered Sunday at the Galveston County Veterans Memorial at Jack Brooks Park in Hitchcock for the 30th annual watch fire memorial.
Texas City Lady Stings sophomore slugger Trinitey Spencer earned District 18-5A co-most valuable player honors, along with Manvel ace pitcher Ryley Nihart, to lead the contingent of local softball postseason award winners.
Six years after eight students and two teachers were killed in the 2018 Santa Fe High School shooting, the Santa Fe Ten Foundation on Saturday announced the permanent memorial will be located at the high school campus.
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Multiple sprint relay teams from Hitchcock led off the Galveston County contingent at the UIL state track and field championships at Mike A. Myers Stadium on Thursday, and the Bulldogs held their own against the state’s best.
Following last season’s breakout year for Hitchcock’s track and field program, the student-athletes — led by the boys and girls sprint relay teams — remained a force to be reckoned with this spring and earned another opportunity to compete in next week’s Class 3A state meet.
The top youth winners of the livestock shows, as well as the Ag Mechanic and Youth Projects winners, hoped to earn top dollar Wednesday during the Junior Livestock Auction at the Galveston County Fair & Rodeo in Hitchcock.
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The 86th annual Galveston County Fair & Rodeo kicked off Friday at the fairgrounds at Jack Brooks Park in Hitchcock.
One ugly inning separated the Hitchcock Bulldogs from logging what could’ve perhaps been their biggest win of the season and extending an impressive string of games, as the visiting Danbury Panthers came away with a 10-3 decision Wednesday.
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A celebration Saturday honoring the back-to-back Class 3A state champion Hitchcock Bulldogs boys basketball team also served as a show of gratitude to the community that supported them every step of the way.
State Highway 6 between Santa Fe and Hitchcock bustled Saturday with floats and trailers carrying candy-throwing cowboys and cowgirls at the annual Galveston County Fair & Rodeo Kick-Off Parade.
Hitchcock ISD and Hitchcock High School will have celebration in honor of the boys basketball team's back-to-back state championship victories, with the entire community invited to a parade and community pep rally Saturday, beginning at 2 p.m.
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After both teams once again earned district championships in clean sweeps, both the Hitchcock Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs basketball teams cleaned up in the postseason all-district accolades.
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