GULF GREYHOUND REVIVES LIVE RACING

ALMOST two years after its last live race, Gulf
Greyhound Park will bring back live racing beginning on
December 27.
The park, which opened in 1992, had its last race on
New Year’s Eve of 2015 and shut down its live racing
for all of 2016 and most of this year as the industry
has been in a tailspin. For now, their will be a limited
schedule, with races beginning at noon on Wednesdays
and Sundays and 6:00pm starts on Thursday and
Saturday. The opening three races will be held at noon
on December 27 and 29-30.
Gulf Greyhound Park will continue to run its simulcasting
for horse racing across the country, an event
it resumed in late September after Hurricane Harvey
closed the park in late August. The park will be closed
on both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, while the
final simulcast of 2017 will be held at 5:30pm on New
Year’s Eve.
Area teams hold firm in state rankings
BOTH DICKINSON and La Marque’s boys and
Hitchcock’s girls remain state-ranked in this week’s
Texas Basketball Coaches Association rankings, which
came out on Monday.
The Gators held their number 22 ranking in Class 6A
after defeating Summer Creek in their only game last
week. Dickinson entered the week with a 13-5 record
entering its District 24-6A opener against Friendswood
on Tuesday night. Fellow 24-6A member Clear Lake is
also ranked this week as the Falcons are positioned in
the 24th spot with a 13-3 record.
La Marque fell to 13th in the Class 3A poll following
a 102-73 loss at Silsbee on Saturday. The defeat at
the hands of the top team in 4A evened the Cougars’
record to 7-7 overall prior to their District 24-3A opener
at Hitchcock on Tuesday night.
Meanwhile, Hitchcock is at 17th in the girls 3A poll following
a 2-0 week for the Bulldogs, who opened District
24-3A play with a 74-33 rout of East Bernard and a
57-32 win at Rice Consolidated. Hitchcock entered the
week with an 11-5 record and played at home against
La Marque on Tuesday