Buckeyes scrimmage Whitehouse here this evening

The Gilmer Buckeyes and the Whitehouse Wildcats will get started at no later than 5:30 p.m. at Buckeye Stadium. Varsity may begin as early as 6:30 or as late as 7, so get there early to see all the teams in action.

Whitehouse is ranked No. 6 in 4A and Gilmer is ranked No. 3 in 3A, according to the Associated Press Preseason High School Football Poll released yesterday.

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Mirror Photos / Mary Laschinger Kirby<br>
THE 14TH ANNUAL “Meet the Buckeyes” pep rally was held at Buckeye Stadium last Saturday evening. Head Coach Jeff Traylor leads his team out onto the field at upper left. Next, he talks about his seniors. Those visible include, from left, Ardarius Johnson, Pablin Olivares, Tanner Barr, Harrison Foster, Garrett Parish and Jaidon Parrish. The complete group is seen next. After that, Kris Boyd (21) waves to the crowd as he and his brother Demarco (22) are introduced. Finally, the cheerleaders demonstrate for the crowd a new tradition at this fall’s games as Buckeye fans in the stands are to grab hands and create a wave back and forth. Be sure and come to Buckeye Stadium Friday to witness the scrimmages with Whitehouse. Scrimmages begin at 5:30 p.m.

Mirror Photos / Mary Laschinger Kirby
THE 14TH ANNUAL “Meet the Buckeyes” pep rally was held at Buckeye Stadium last Saturday evening. Head Coach Jeff Traylor leads his team out onto the field at upper left. Next, he talks about his seniors. Those visible include, from left, Ardarius Johnson, Pablin Olivares, Tanner Barr, Harrison Foster, Garrett Parish and Jaidon Parrish. The complete group is seen next. After that, Kris Boyd (21) waves to the crowd as he and his brother Demarco (22) are introduced. Finally, the cheerleaders demonstrate for the crowd a new tradition at this fall’s games as Buckeye fans in the stands are to grab hands and create a wave back and forth. Be sure and come to Buckeye Stadium Friday to witness the scrimmages with Whitehouse. Scrimmages begin at 5:30 p.m.

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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...

Ticket information

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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Mirror Photo / Mary Laschinger Kirby STATE CHAMPIONS Class 3A Division I for 2009 include, from left, front row, Christian Nation, manager, Kedon Franklin, Dylan Bowman, Tristan Holt, Justus Cheatham, Daniel McLaren, Luis Castro, Braylon Webb, Casey Shelton, Luke Turner, Tim Cregler, Renoire Horton, Vance Green, Adan Olivares, Coach Randall Canady, Darian “Stump” Godfrey, Alec Bradshaw, Paul Chesnut, Xavier Easley, Slade Morris Jordan Abron, Caleb Mosley, Traylon Webb, Jamar Todd, Ben Turner, Tre Washington, Chris Miller, Tevin Godfrey, Darius Parker; second row, Coach Tommy Edwards, Kavin Patton, Brandon Barnes, Ben Griffith, Marlon Granville, Vondrick Nelson, J.T. Beecham, Travis Carter, Eddie Fluellen, Gus Osborne, Harvy Horton, MarQualon Tate, Ty Barr, Tamil Harris, Chad Tennison, Jordan McCraven, Sam Davidson, Gavin Holt, Ricky Hohnson, Jeremy Jackson, Dakota Cannon, John Stone, Mikey Wilson, Duncan Goodrich, Jordan Traylor, Matt Fluellen, Lelon Montgomery, Ben Martin, Coach Alan ...

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