Well CONGRADULATIONS to the whirlwinds on a 61-27 victory over the Lockney Longhorns in Floydada on Tuesday. Any match-up between these two rivals is always a big one. Lockney came out with the early lead and racked up 5 points and took 2 minutes off of the clock before Floydada would Douglas Williams put up the first 2 points for the Whirlwinds from the charity stripe in the first quarter. That would be the end of the Lockney points for quite some time as Floydada went on a 27 point run in the first and second quarter. Douglas' night was short lived as well as Payte Beedy's as Coach Brattain would bench the powerful duo in the third quarter, due to a significant lead by the Whirlwinds. All 11 players on Floydada's bench would enter the scoring column before this game was over. The Winds would also beat a season record for 3-point shots ending the game with 11 shots and 33 points from beyond the arc. The Winds will host the Littlefield Wildcats at home on Friday night. Floydada winning the first match-up between these 2 shows no sign of slowing down. Good Luck on Friday and join me back here for more updates.

For those of you who like to read, I would like to make a recommendation. I am currently reading "One Ranger" it is a memoir of a true Texas ranger named Joaquin Jackson, and maybe one of the best books I've ever read. A very down to earth account of a man who made his beginning in the Texas panhandle and saw the struggles that the flat land has to offer. A willingness to overcome those struggles and a distaste for the egotistical money man, made Joaquin Jackson a true Texas Ranger in every sense of the word. You can find this book by clicking on the link "best book store in Texas" on my page. I hope you enjoy it as much as i have.

CONGRATULATIONS to the Floydada Whirlwinds as they pull off as upset win against the Childress Bobcats with a 76-48 win at home tonight. Floydada now improves their record to 12-10 and 3-1 in district play. The Whirlwinds jumped out to an early lead in the first quarter and maintained that lead throughout the game. Using all players both offensively and defensively the "Winds" charged ahead in the second half and never looked back. The 6'2" Sophomore Titus Miller rained down a season high 19 points (several of those from "down town") as well as 5 rebounds and a performance worth bragging about. Kevin and Kody Smith twin Juniors wiped away any chance of the Bobcats getting the rebounds. Payte Beedy (averaging 10.4ppg) who has been struggling with a deep thigh injury since football season showed no signs of pain tonight, as he pulled down 9 points of his own, and the "High Rise" Douglas Williams (averaging 17.33ppg) put together another high light reel performance. The Whirlwinds now easily in second place in District 2-3A play have sight of a District Championship on the horizon. We will travel a little closer to that horizon on Friday where the Winds will challenge the Abernathy Antelopes. For those of you within listening range I encourage you to tune us in on KFLP 106.1 FM for the game, the girls will be broadcast at 6:30pm and the boys will follow at about 8pm. For those who are not, join me here Saturday for a recap of Friday's performance.

camo christmas

here is a picture of camo at christmas this year at Kevin and Tiffany's ( thanks to the Hoketts for the hospitality). His eyes look like he's spaced out. but the britches are too cool. "The Children's Place" is one cool store for kids clothes. Just thought you might wanna know that... hint , hint. Well check back soon as we will be updating regularly. By the way Tiffany, love the kitchen. And please don't make us sleep in Braydon's room next year, I haven't fully recovered from the longhorn punishment!!

Well here is a quick recap of this season so far. Floydada will host the Childress Bobcats here on Tuesday at 8:00pm. Floydada now with a 11-10 record and 2-1 in district play sits in second place in district play. Last Friday Floydada played host to a very tall and talented Shallowater Mustangs team who with a 43-41 win over Floydada moved to first place in district 2-3A play. Floydada is not having the season they did last year when they went 30-2 before a loss to Tahoka in the play-offs. This district packed full of talent with teams such as Shallowater(#4 in the state) , Childress, and Abernathy. However Floydada doing a good job so far. The wirlwinds had a tough pre-season play facing teams like Lubbock Trinity (#10), Lorenzo(#1), Lubbock Estacado(#16) and Nazareth(#6). Floydada yet to get the one-two-three puch down with Williams, Beedy and Miller a Senior, Junior, Sophomore trio that could that could rival most teams of five. I look forward to the game tomorrow and will be broadcasting starting at 8 on KFLP radio. Hopefully we will be streaming on the net before football season this year. You can find a link to the station in my favorites. We are already streaming on the AM side and have broadcasted several games from there. So check us out on tuesdays and fridays. GOOD LUCK WHIRLWINDS!

Johnston Outfitters

this post is for D.G. in a recent email you asked me based on my email address if i owned an outfitters business and the answer is yes. Hunting is my passion, everything else just pays the bills. So here is a picture of opening day afternoon hunt. We started this day at 1:30 and this picture was taken at about 4:30 that afternoon. We probably walked 25 miles in three hours that afternoon but it really paid off. We actually shot 12 birds but only found nine, and a half dozen quail. So it was a productive day in the texas panhandle.

This is a quick post for all of those who might not have recieved a christmas card. This was what was inside and the most current photo of the family. This picture was taken at the end of december, camo is 3 1/2 , RaNay just turned ____ you dont really think im that dumb do you, and i am still in my 20's.

How this whole thing got started

OK so here is the scoop on how this whole thing got started. I was in the 6th grade when i first met her and let me tell you i was a dork. Anyway, i didn't see much of her until i moved to Andrews Texas in 1994. I was trying to graduate high school at the time and all i wanted was to date a cheerleader however that would prove more difficult than i anticipated. I was persistent and it would pay off later in this story. So i graduated and went on to college and we were separated again, not for long though as i discovered she too would be coming to college. So there we were both going to school at South Plains College in levelland. I wasnt real sure how to go about letting her know that i wanted to be with her so i said it with a kiss. That went over like a lead balloon, I got told to go home. Well i did and i moved back to Floydada to go to work on the family farm, and it would be a couple of years before we would get together again. While Shannon Bailey, Billy Baron and I all lived together i thought one night i should call RaNay and see what they are doing after-all she had two roomates and so did I. hhmmmmmm! So we called and they came over. It could not have worked out much better. I finally got my chance with RaNay and Shannon had found his wife, he just didnt know it yet. This is a picture of RaNay and me from that most important night and here is one of Shannon and LaRae future Mr. & Mrs. Shannon Bailey. So time would go on and everybody was happy. This picture was taken on New Years Eve 2001. In two years from the photos the two couples would be Mr.'s and Mrs.'s. Two ole boys from floydada married two girls from Andrews.

So Congrats to Shannon and LaRae. As i write this i have now been married to my bride for four years and 1 day. So Happy Anniversary "Yesterday"!

Camo

ok this is my first post ever.. i just learned this week what a blog is. So ill start off with a post about my son "CAMO" his real name is camden but he likes "CAMO" better. Me too! He is three years old and the joy of our lives here at the johnston house. Here is a picture of him and his dog "fritz" they are buddies! So it snowed yesterday and we took all of the kids, Roger's, Rickey's, ect. out to a pasture of ours and drug them on the inner-tube behind the four wheeler and the pickup's. Ha what a blast! I think everybody should have the oppurtunity to do that as a child. I can remember when i was a kid my step-dad used to take us out in the country and pull us on an old car hood until we were to the point of frostbite, nobody ever complained. well i better go write about something else check back soon.