Buckeyes qualify at Hurst SQT

Mexia, Gilmer and Texarkana Pleasant Grove qualify for @Texas7on7 State Div II Tournament at Hurst SQT #txhsfb #tx7on7 @DCTF
— Matt Stepp (@Matt_Stepp817) June 3, 2017

Hurst SQT Div II scores Mexia 27 Boyd 26; Gilmer 25 Canton 20; Texarkana Pleasant Grove 34 Bridgeport 27 #txhsfb #tx7on7 @dctf
— Matt Stepp (@Matt_Stepp817) June 3, 2017

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The Gilmer Buckeyes 7-on-7 team is gathered around Head Coach Matt Turner after earning a berth to the 7-on-7 State Championship Tournament. The Buckeyes traveled to Richland High School near Ft. Worth for their first State Qualifying Tournament. Gilmer went 3-0 defeating Whitney 32-14, Gainesville 25-6 and Canton 25-20. The 7-on-7 State Championship will be held June 29-30 in College Station. — at Richland High School (Texas).

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How Gilmer came to be known as the Buckeyes

By JOE BLOUNT Long before the birth of Christ the buckeye was known to have medicinal value. The nutlike seed, found abundantly on shrubs here in East Texas, first got its notoriety as a curative agent from the Greco-Roman culture. Their god of medicine was Aesculapian. Even today botanical scientists place the buckeye within the genus Aesculus, recognize it as a member of the horse-chestnut family and are still highly puzzled by its many and varied phytochemicals. “Phyto,” as you may recall from biology, simply means “from plants.” There are a great number of antioxidants and maintenance chemicals found in the buckeye’s pulp. There are also many toxic compounds and several of the substances are downright poisonous. Early Greek docs would skin the buckeye and boil the endosperm, producing a brew that was taken internally. Most often, just as the case may still be today, the cure inevitably turned out to be worse than the disease. So now, we see that the buckeye is poisonous. We also b...

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Tickets are now available to purchase online for our home game against Pine Tree this Friday. Go to gilmerisd.org and scroll down to “Box Office”. General Admission tickets are $8. Student tickets are available until noon on Friday for $5. Tickets will be sold at the gate (cash only) for $8. No student tickets will be sold at gate. Orange cards will be honored! Come out and support our Gilmer BUCKEYES!!!

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