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  1. Fourth-quarter rally sends New Deal to next roundRead the original story w/Photo

    10 hrs ago | Lone Star Varsity

    ... ensive plays. The Bobcats had 182 yards at halftime, including 135 on the ground. Much like last week's 28-17 win over Iraan,

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    Related Topix: High School Football, Texas High School Football

  2. Balanced Sunray battles stingy New DealRead the original story

    Yesterday | Amarillo.com

    ... the regular season in which they posted six shutouts. In the playoffs, New Deal beat Farwell, 48-7, two weeks ago and Iraan, 28-18, last week in its closest game of the season. ''New Deal is a very good team on both sides of the ball,'' McAlister ...

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    Related Topix: Texas High School Football, High School Football

  3. Lions and Bobcats ready to rumble in Division II semifinal battleRead the original story w/Photo

    Yesterday | Lone Star Varsity

    Even as things began to get nervously close, even as Lady Luck seemed to find Iraan again, and again, and again in the final minutes of the fourth quarter, New Deal coach Ron Mayo remained increasingly calm.

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  4. Football: Crane's Mendoza learned football and more from older brotherRead the original story

    Yesterday | Odessa American Online

    ... move to take care of her father, who suffered complications from diabetes. Rather than move to Bronte and eventually Iraan with their mother, Justin and Jordan decided to stay in Crane. Luckily, teammate Garrett Wilson and his parents, Karen and ...

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  5. No. 5 New Deal keeps unbeaten streak alive with win over IraanRead the original story

    Saturday Nov 21 | Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

    Larry Dennis rushed for 212 yards and a touchdown late Friday night as fifth-ranked New Deal remained unbeaten with a 28-17 win over Iraan in a Class 1A Division II area playoff at Wig Wam Stadium.

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  6. Separated At Death

    Monday Nov 16 | TexasMonthly

    ... He almost lost it. In 1987 Willis, an oil field roughneck, was convicted of setting a fire that killed two women in Iraan. He spent seventeen years on death row and in 1991 came close to being executed. Except that he was innocent of the crime. He ...

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    Related Topix: Midland, TX, Odessa, TX, Prison

  7. New Deal dominates FarwellRead the original story

    Thursday Nov 12 | Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

    ... having already put the game out of reach at 41-0. The win sets up an area round matchup with either Plains (8-2) or Iraan (8-2), who meet tonight in Sweetwater. Mayo said if it is Plains, the game will be held in Sundown, and if it's Iraan, then ...

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  8. Freed death row inmate calls on Perry to halt executionsRead the original story

    Oct 26, 2009 | Houston Chronicle

    ... up his case." Cites grave doubts Willis, 64, was sentenced to die for a 1986 house fire in the Pecos County town of Iraan in which two sleeping women perished. In 2004, a federal judge ruled that authorities wrongly had dosed Willis with ...

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    Related Topix: West, TX, Death Penalty, Corsicana, TX, Pecos County, TX

  9. Techniques used in Willingham case now seen as outdatedRead the original story

    Oct 26, 2009 | Star-telegram.com

    ... Ray Willis, who was convicted of setting a 1986 fire that killed two sleeping women in the small West Texas town of Iraan. Willis, who spent 17 years on Death Row, was released in 2004 after then-Pecos County District Attorney Ori White dropped the ...

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    Related Topix: Fire, Criminal Defense Law, Law, West, TX, Pecos County, TX

  10. Van Horn vs IraanRead the original story

    Oct 24, 2009 | Odessa American Online

    Odessa American Iraan's Chris Rodriguez heads into the end zone for a two-point conversion against Van Horn Friday, Oct.

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  11. Iraan vs Stanton

    Oct 2, 2009 | Odessa American Online

    Odessa American Iraan's Jose Chavez, center, runs outside against the defense of Stanton's Adam Montez and Caleb Ramsey Friday, Oct.

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  12. Football: Iraan comeback nets program's 500th victoryRead the original story

    Oct 2, 2009 | Odessa American Online

    IRAAN The Iraan Braves wanted to immediately get into a "500" chant to celebrate the program's 500th win as soon as the game was over.

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    Related Topix: Texas High School Football, High School Football

  13. The West Texas Camel ExpeditionRead the original story

    Oct 2, 2009 | Sleepless in Midland

    ... n thing is to come. What's not to like? A tip of the hat goes to the delightful and entertaining Snooks Collett of the Iraan Archeological Society for the history lesson and the heads-up about the two events.

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  14. Football: Iraan 56, Forsan 0Read the original story

    Sep 25, 2009 | Odessa American Online

    ... were never threatened as they routed the Buffaloes (2-3) Friday night in a nondistrict game at Buffaloes Stadium. The Iraan defense was as equally dominant, holding Forsan to minus-40 yards in total offense. After Iraan got on the scoreboard with a ...

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  15. Football: Despite inexperience, Wink's linebacker corps is strong as everRead the original story

    Sep 24, 2009 | Odessa American Online

    ... what some said in the offseason, as defensive coordinator Coby Owen was installing the 3-3 stack he brought from Iraan, where he had the same job. More than anything, the 3-3 stack keeps them busy. "There's so much blitzing involved," Slaughter ...

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  16. Are Texas arsons a case of bad science? Some experts think so

    Sep 13, 2009 | Denton Record-Chronicle

    ... report by scientists examining the capital murder cases of Ernest Willis, convicted of setting a 1986 fatal fire in Iraan, and Cameron Todd Willingham, sentenced for killing his three children in a 1991 Corsicana fire. After 17 years, Willis walked ...

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    Related Topix: Texas, Fire, Prison, Corsicana, TX

  17. High School Football Kicks Off Under Thursday Night LightsRead the original story

    Aug 28, 2009 | KOSA

    ... The second half belonged to the Rangers as Greenwood would put 15 points on the board to beat Fort Stockton 21-16. Iraan opened up their season in San Angelo. The Braves were up 7-6 at the half, but would end up falling to Mason 20-13. In Sweetwater ...

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  18. Editorial: The troubling case of Cameron Todd Willingham

    Aug 28, 2009 | Dallas Morning News

    ... and Ernest Willis, released from death row the same year after he was cleared in his own arson-murder case, out of Iraan, in West Texas. Key analysis in the Willingham case The report included the following comments about Manuel Vasquez of the State ...

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    Related Topix: Corsicana, TX, West, TX, Pecos County, TX, Opinion, Dallas, TX

  19. After Texas inmate is executed, review finds there may have been no crime at allRead the original story

    Aug 28, 2009 | Fort Worth Star-Telegram

    ... to the end. In a second case cited in the report, Ernest Ray Willis was convicted in 1987 in a fatal house fire in Iraan, but was freed after 17 years on Death Row when a federal judge ruled that authorities concealed evidence and needlessly drugged ...

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    Related Topix: Fire, Prison, Corsicana, TX

  20. Report: Faulty fire investigation led to executionRead the original story

    Aug 26, 2009 | KRISTV.COM Corpus Christi

    ... Wednesday. In the other case cited in the report, Ernest Ray Willis was convicted in 1987 in a fatal house fire in Iraan, but was freed after 17 years on death row when a federal judge ruled that authorities concealed evidence and needlessly drugged ...

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    Related Topix: Fire, Corsicana, TX

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