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Coach Matt Perry’s last year at Stockton was the 1997-98 school year. His 1997 Tiger football team was featured in Day 8 of his “31 Days of Football.

The Stockton Junior High Tigers kicked off their season last Thursday when they traveled to Trego to take on the Golden Eagles. The Tigers were able to put 38 points on the scoreboard, but fell in the end by the score of 84-38. This week Stockton will be at home, hosting Ellis at 6:00 p.m.

The Stockton Junior High Volleyball Team traveled to Ellis on Monday, August 29, for triangular action with Trego and the host Lady Railers. Stockton’s A Team was defeated by Ellis 25-23, 12-25, 11-15, and also fell to Trego 15-25, 22-25.

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The Stockton Junior High Lady Tigers were in WaKeeney last Thursday to take on the Trego Lady Eagles. Although there were some close matches, the Lady Tigers were defeated at all levels. The A Team fell 22-25, 17-25; B Team lost 18-25, 9-25; and the C Team was defeated 16-25; 19-25.

DELANEE BEDORE, supported by fellow cheerleaders,Temprance Northup, Ava Dix and Claire Plumer, cheers on the Tigers.

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With the beginning of the 2022 football season among us, we thought our readers might enjoy reminiscing the Tiger teams from 1994-1997 through the words of Matthew Perry. Perry, who coached football for 31 years, was the head coach at Stockton High School from ’94-’97.

The Stockton Tigers Football Team will be opening the 2022 season this Friday when they host Logan/Palco at Tiger Stadium. The game is scheduled to kick off at 7:00 p.m.