The Rangers were major underdogs going into their game against Randall last Friday night but they gave the Raiders everything they wanted and took that game down to the wire. Randall pulled off a 28-21 win.

“I think we were a little nervous going into that game because their first two games that they played, no one had really slowed them down. Their team speed was a little bit of a worry for us as well. They are a solid team. You have to make sure that your kids are in the right position and the game plan you put together will give your kids an opportunity to succeed. I thought our coaches did a great job of doing that. In turn, we had a big injury with Cash Wheeler, and we had to shuffle a few guys around and I thought some of the guys that came in really stepped up,” Coach Hernandez began by saying.

“I am really pleased with the effort we got from our kiddos Friday night. But I think we were also kicking ourselves because we had a chance to win that game. We have to take care of the football and not beat ourselves when we are in these games.”

KXDJ’s Chris Samples also asked Coach Hernandez about the success the offense did see and what they still need to work on. He responded, “We’ve got to find our running game. The goal of any defense is to make a team one dimensional and if other defenses are making us one dimensional and we have to drop back 35 to 50 times a game, we’re probably not going to be very successful. So, we have to find a way to gel this run game with this passing game.”

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According to Press Pass Sports, quarterback Cooper Schilling was 19-of-25 passes for 311 yards and all three of Perryton’s touchdowns to Gordo Estrada, who had 11 catches for 197 yards.

Perryton is now 1-2 and will host Hereford on Friday night.

The Perryton ISD board met on Monday, September 15, 2025.

The meeting opened with the superintendent’s report. Greg Brown recognized and celebrated several students for their recent accomplishments including the crowning of the 2025 Homecoming King, Jaxten Castanon, and Homecoming Queen, Jaelan Appelhans, the recent success of the high school boys and girls cross country teams, the drive for continued improvement from the high school football and volleyball teams, and the promotional video created by the high school student council encouraging acceptable fan etiquette at sporting events. Mr. Brown also introduced the possibility of implementing a Teacher Incentive Allotment (TIA) at Perryton ISD. The TIA is a merit based allotment system which would provide teachers a higher income while still staying in the classroom. The program would be funded by the state. Further discussion will commence once additional research has been completed by teachers, administration, and board members.

Following the superintendent’s report were the campus reports presented by the campus principles, the directors’ reports, and the CFO’s report. CFO, Britney Meraz, gave a brief overview of the financials and the upcoming fiscal year’s budget.

The board of trustees went into executive session at 6:41 PM to discuss personnel matters Govt. Code Section 551.074 and Attorney Consultation Govt. Code Section 551.071.

Upon returning from executive session, the minutes from the meetings on August 25, 2025 and September 8, 2025 were approved with a vote of 7-0 respectively. The following discussion/action items were voted on and both carried with a vote of 7-0: Consideration and Approval of $50,000 micro purchase threshold and Consideration and Approval of 2025-2026 T-TESS Appraisers.

The next monthly meeting of the board will be Monday, October 20, 2025 at 6:00 pm.

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Michael Crain, a former state investigator, joined KXDJ's Chris Samples for installment number nine in their series on the Tom Brown case recently.

Crain has been looking closely at the case out of Canadian and he agrees with all of the investigators from the state of Texas on down that believe Tom committed suicide and there was a coverup. He has now taken the steps to become a licensed private investigator as well.

He has found many inconsistencies in the story from the family as well as statements made by the private investigator they hired, Philip Klein of Klein Investigations and Consulting.

In this episode, Crain shares more from Klein and his multiple versions of parts of the case as well as information he received from Trace Sargent, the handler for the cadaver dog that was used in the case.

Listen to Episode 9 below.



If you are interested in listening to previous episodes, they are all linked below.

Episode 1

Episode 2

Episode 3

Episode 4

Episode 5

Episode 6

Episode 7

Episode 8

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