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Elliott grabs thrilling Talladega victory, advances in playoffs

Always the unquestionable fan favorite at NASCAR’s famed Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway, Georgia-native Chase Elliott made a last-lap pass to claim the NASCAR Cup Series YellaWood 500 victory Sunday afternoon – having to better one of his best friends, Ryan Blaney, to earn the first automatic bid into the next round of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs.

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Tribe marks Simpson-Hunt honor

Last Friday, the Waxahachie football program took a moment to celebrate one of its very own, Calvin Simpson-Hunt, who is one of only 100 student-athletes across America to be selected to participate in the All-American Bowl. Simpson-Hunt, who is committed to play college football at Ohio State University next year, has been a standout student and citizen throughout his time at Waxahachie High School.

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Crappie under the Christmas tree?

WHAT? Crappie for Christmas presents? Well, maybe but if you are a crappie angler, you can find them “lighting up” your sonar around isolated submerged trees. This past week, while doing the “legwork” for this article with guide Brandon Sargent, Lead Slingers Guide Service at Lake Ray Hubbard, we fished around some large trees that have been underwater since the mid sixties when the lake filled.

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