March 31, 2011 - Leonard FCA groups met on Tuesday night to plan several upcoming events, as outlined below. The community is invited to be a part of all of these events and help support the local FCA huddles.

On Friday, April 1, students of Leonard ISD will be offered the opportunity to attend a basketball game between several men out of the FCA office in Dallas and the LISD coaching staff. Admission will be $1 per student/person, and the game will begin just after lunch time (around 1 p.m.)

March 31, 2011 - Leonard Elementary Star Students for the week of March 21-25 were (from left) Cody Houser, Madison Reaves, Will Albert, Amie Reid, Elizabeth Munoz, Shelby Barton and Patrick Westbrook. - Photo courtesy of Tracy Howell

March 31, 2011 - Leonard ISD will host an immunization clinic available to the public on Friday, April 1, in the Junior High Commons Area. The Texas Department of State Health Services will provide the immunizations for students or incoming students that need them in order to stay compliant with state laws for attending school. Your child may need vaccines if they have not had a booster shot since their fourth birthday; if he/she is entering the seventh grade; and/or if your 14-16 year old hasn't had a tetanus booster in five years. Tetanus shots may also be available for adults wishing to receive them, but the clinic is geared more for current or future students. The clinic will take place from 9 - 11:30 a.m. and 1-2:30 p.m. For more information, contact Nurse Nancy Zachary at 903-587-2316 ext. 230.

March 24, 2011 - District 12-AA coaches recently made selections for the All-District boy's basketball 2010-11 season. The Leonard players chosen were as follows:

March 24, 2011 - During last Tuesday's home competition against the Paris-Chisum Mustangs, the Tigers combined good offense and good defense to hold the opposing team to a one-point deficit at the end of seven innings, when the game was called according to stat reports.

March 24, 2011 - The Leonard Junior High girl's track teams competed in the Gunter Middle School Relays on Monday and both teams - eighth and seventh - finished in the top three.

Competing and placing in the top six for the seventh grade team were as follows: 100-meter dash: Ciara Bush - first with a time of 13.48; 200-meter dash: Ciara Bush - third with a time of 29.95; 1200-meter run: Chelsea Brockus - first with a time of 4:31; 2400-meter run: Chelsea Brockus - first with a time of 9:58; 1600-meter relay: Leonard team - sixth with a time of 5:27; Shotput: Paige Albert - third with a distance of 23'-3 1/2"; and McKenzie Crossland - fifth with a distance of 23'-0"; Discus: McKenzie Crossland - second with a distance of 61'-3 1/2"; and Cheyenne Vandertuin - tied for fourth with a distance of 55'-10"; Triple Jump: Ciara Bush - third with a distance of 27'-2 1/2"; and High Jump: Cheyenne McCartney - fifth with a distance of 4'-2". The team earned 66 points overall and finished in third place.

March 24, 2011 -Sixteen schools crowded the course Monday at windy Webb Hill Country Club for another Cooper/Caddo Mills invitational golf tournament, and the Leonard Tigers finished in the middle of the pack in eighth place at 383.

March 24, 2011 - While many were in Corpus Christi last week for spring break, two Leonard girl powerlifters were there to compete in the state meet for the Texas High School Powerlifting Association. While most in the area were enjoying a time of relaxing and leisure, junior April Jones, who was named the two-time girl's powerlifting champion in her weight division at the meet, said it was "busy" for her and senior teammate Cadi Grantland. Jones clenched the gold in the 198 weight class and Grantland earned a respectable fifth place finish in the 97 weight division.

March 17, 2011 - The Leonard High School varsity boy's and girl's track teams competed in the 27th Annual Avon Rice Relays in Emory last weekend and showed strong finishes overall. The boys earned points in almost every competition and finished fourth overall, and the girls placed second behind hosting school Rains.

March 17, 2011 - The varsity softball and baseball team were each playing home competitions against Paris Chisum Tuesday. For the Tigers, Ty McKinney (pictured top left below) pitched from the mound in the fourth inning, and an out by first baseman Chance Whitworth (pictured top right below) on the first play of the inning maintained the 0-0 score for the time being. The Tigers won the game 3-2. For the Lady Tigers, Jensen Sutton hits one to left field (pictured bottom left below) and then slides safely into second base for a double (bottom right below). The Lady Tigers lost 12-0. - Betsy Blevins staff photos