Fans and parents got to see how the Linden-Kildare football program is coming along this year on Saturday, Aug. 9, as the Tigers held their annual “Blue/White” game at Jack Hetherington Tiger Stadium.
Queen City Athletic Director and head coach Eric Droddy implemented an event last season to bring the community together in support of the football, cheer and band programs dubbed “Midnight Madness”.
Linden-Kildare has been in transition mode for the past few years as underclassmen dominated the landscape throughout the Tigers’ athletic program.
The Tigers began fall practices on Aug. 4, under fourth year Head Coach Todd Elliott and the young team brings back several players who have been on the field since their freshman or sophomore year.
Atlanta’s coaching staff hosted the fourth annual free Summer Youth Football Camp on July 29 and July 30 for kids ranging from 1st grade to 9th between the two days at the Atlanta High School practice field.
The coaches covered and taught the campers everything such as going through warm-up activities, learning respect for their coaches and each other and coaching them on football skills and drills related to Rabbit championship football.
Members from the Queen City FFA chapter attended the 86th annual Texas FFA State Convention held July 14-18 in Fort Worth.
Queen City FFA members who attended the convention are Trent Granderson, Dillon Campbell, Ty Ball, Austin Knuckles, Blaken Underwood, Kendall Nichols, Shelby Weerts, Easton Droddy, Cody Ball, Rianna Granberry and Emily Owens.
The Atlanta Lions Club meets every Wednesday downtown and the guest speaker this past week was former Atlanta Rabbit head coach James Moffatt.
Lions Club member Joel Steger introduced Coach Moffatt to those in attendance and the coach that took control of the Rabbit Express in 1965 and served four years as the athletic director took the club on a visual ride of his very active lifestyle at 77 years old.
Andrea Aaron, or Andrea “KGB” Lee to many here at home and on the Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) scene, has taken a dream and turned it into a reality.
After conquering the amateur level, the first-ever Muay Thai triple crown winner, signed a professional contract with the XFC (Xtreme Fighting Championships).
Almost a week after helping Cheer Coach Kristina LeJeune hold another amazing mini-cheer camp, the Linden-Kildare varsity cheerleaders attended camp at Tarleton State University on June 16-19.
The cheerleaders took the energy obtained from the mini-camp and turned it into a great performance as a squad.
More than 200 eastern wild turkeys from other states are packing their bags and moving to Texas this year, with the help of the National Wild Turkey Federation and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
