January 2023

DAVID KAPITAN sports@vanzandtnews.com The Van Vandals hit another speed bump in their quest to reach this year’s postseason last week, coming up just short in a hard-fought 55-51 setback against the Brownsboro Bears Jan. 20.

Two of the top 2A programs in the state clashed for the first time this season Jan. 24 as Martins Mill made the trek to LaRue to clash with the LaPoynor Lady Flyers.

DAVID KAPITAN sports@vanzandtnews.com The Edgewood Lady Dogs went a long way towards securing another district championship over the past week, demolishing Prairiland to improve their overall record to 22-7 and their district mark to 8-0 with four games left to play in the regular season. Following an open date Jan.

sports@vanzandtnews.com The Martins Mill Mustangs hit the road on Tuesday night, matching up with longtime rivals LaPoynor in a key District 19-2A showdown. The Flyers, ranked second overall in the state according Weekly 2A Rankings, would go on to get the better of seventh ranked Mustangs in a 5348 thriller.

The Texas State Comptroller’s Office delivered its first sales tax revenue collection report of the year Jan. 11, indicating that five out of seven local cities had shown gains when comparing January 2023 totals against those posted during the same calendar month the previous year.

The Van Zandt County Sheriff’s Office released the following arrest report from Jan. 18-Jan.

The Fruitvale Junior High Academic UIL Team competed at the District 15-2A Meet recently, taking on students from Alba-Golden, Como-Pickton, Cooper, Cumby and North Hopkins in a variety of disciplines.