Jorvorskie Lane News

Former Lufkin Panther and Texas A&M Aggies defensive back Alton Dixon recently committed to play for the Odessa Roughnecks of the Indoor Football League .

Former Texas A&M defensive back Alton Dixon has committed to play for the Odessa Roughnecks for the 2010 season.

Former Lufkin Panthers Jorvorskie Lane and Terrance Parks, both now with the Odessa Roughnecks in the Indoor Football League, participated in drills Saturday at the Lufkin High School indoor practice facility, along with others trying out for the team.

Saturday's party carried over into Sunday. A vocal crowd gathered on the Texas A&M campus to welcome the Aggie football team home from Lubbock at about one a.m. Sunday.

Randy Riggs takes a look at what's happening in Aggieland, which from the inside can't be explained and from the outside can't be understood.

Texas A&M hasn't won at Texas Tech since 1993, or about a year before Aggies pass rusher Von Miller started kindergarten.

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A gas line fire east of Crane this morning sent a plume of smoke into the air and prompted a multiple-county response.

Calling it "a good start," former Lufkin Panther and Texas A&M running back Jorvorskie Lane committed on Wednesday to play for the Odessa Roughnecks in the IFL starting in the 2010 season.

Former Texas A&M running back and fullback Jorvorskie Lane signed a letter of intent Wednesday with the Odessa Roughnecks.

The Texas Aggie football team picked up a 41-6 season opening win over New Mexico last Saturday night.

By SHANE STARK Staff Writer Cayuga's Traylon Shead is on pace to become one of the most decorated running backs in Texas high school football history.

Mike Goodson didn't play all that much in three seasons at Texas A&M, but the time he did spend on the field was enough to con-vince the Carolina Panthers to select him in the fourth round in April's NFL draft.