
From the Chireno Owls Sports Wire: It's game day! We hope you can join us as our varsity teams begin the 2023-2024 season this evening at home. Our boys will scrimmage Slocum beginning at 4:30 PM while our Lady Owls will play their first game of the season also against Slocum. Good luck to our players and coaches...the season is here!!


From the Chireno Owls Sports Wire: What a great day it was at Old Settler's Park on Round Rock! Our high school boys' cross country team represented our school proudly as each of them left every ounce of energy out on the course this morning on their way to a 16th place finish overall as a team. Three seniors ran their final race, but the future looks extremely bright as three sophomores and two freshmen return next year. Congratulations to Coach Zienko and Coach Turner for the job they did in preparing these young men for this level of competition. We are looking forward to next year!

From the Chireno Owls Sports Wire: It's a great day to be at the ball fields! Good luck to our junior high softball and baseball teams as they host New Summerfield this afternoon. The first pitches for both games are scheduled for 5:00 PM. A quick update to our high school basketball schedule: our boys will not scrimmage Latexo this Saturday. Instead, the varsity boys will scrimmage Slocum at home on Tuesday, Nov. 7, at 4:30 PM. Following the scrimmage, our varsity girls will also host Slocum in their first official game of the season beginning at 6:00 PM. Please be aware that we will be charging admission. Don't forget that on Monday, Nov. 6 will be our annual Meet the Owls evening beginning at 6:00 PM. The junior class will also be selling pulled pork sandwich plates for $10. And finally, good luck to our high school boys Cross Country Team as they leave tomorrow morning for Round Rock where they will compete at the 2A State Cross Country Meet at Old Settler's park on Saturday morning at 10:40 AM. We are ready!

From the Chireno Owls Sports Wire: Today's softball and baseball games against Kennard will not be played this afternoon due to rain. We will attempt to reschedule these games for a later date.

From the Chireno Owls Sports Wire: The junior high softball and baseball games scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 26, against Kennard here at home have been moved back an hour and will now begin at 6:00 PM.

From the Chireno Owls Sports Wire: Congratulations to our high school boys' Cross Country team...they are state bound! Our young men finished with an overall 4th place finish at the Regional meet in Huntsville this morning and will now represent Chireno at the State Cross Country meet in Round Rock on November 4. Congratulations to all of our runners who participated at the regional meet and our coaches...it's a great day to be an Owl!

From the Chireno Owls Sports Wire: Congratulations to our junior high Lady Owls softball team as they won the district tournament championship this past weekend in Douglass in convincing fashion! They, along with our junior baseball team will be back in action this Thursday afternoon at home against Kennard. Both games are scheduled to begin at 5:00 PM. Also, good luck to our high school cross country runners as they compete at the Region 4 meet on the campus of Sam Houston State University in Huntsville tomorrow. Race times are 10:15 and 10:45. These students have worked extremely hard throughout the season so they are well prepared.

From the Chireno Owls Sports Wire: It's game day again for our junior high softball and baseball teams! Good luck to both squads as they play their first home games this afternoon beginning at 5:00 PM against Broaddus. Our Lady Owls were victorious in their first outing last week in Douglass and came away with a 9-0 win. Meanwhile, our junior high Mighty Owls came up short to the Indians from Douglass but look to get on track with a win tonight. Both programs will be back in Douglass this weekend for district tournament play. Good luck to both teams!

From the Chireno Owls Sports Wire: Although our hallways are quiet this week for fall break, it has been a busy and productive week for our students. Chireno FFA has been well represented at the Nacogdoches County Fair exhibits and animal shows this week. We had several students demonstrate their skills in raising and developing rabbits and chickens earlier in the week. Today, we will be represented well in the ag mechanics competition and in the swine show. Tomorrow, several students will be entered into the goat show with a few showing heifers on Saturday. Good luck and congratulations to our students participating in the annual county fair. They have all done a great job preparing for this week. Congratulations are also in order for our high school cross country runners. Shea Laskoskie will be advancing to regionals with her 7th place finish at the district meet this past Tuesday. Our boys' team brought home the district 24-2A championship and will advance to regionals as a team. The regional meet is scheduled for Oct. 23-24 on the campus of Sam Houston State University in Huntsville. And finally,
good luck to our junior high softball and baseball teams as they travel to Douglass this afternoon for 5:00 games. Both teams will play in the first ever junior high division softball and baseball games for Chireno and we are excited to see what the future brings for our kids!

From the Chireno Owls Sports Wire: Good luck to our junior high and high school cross country teams as they compete this afternoon in Broaddus at the district meet. The varsity girls will get things going with a 1:30 start time. They will be followed by the varsity boys, JV girls, JV boys, JH girls, and then JH boys.

From the Chireno Owls Sports Wire: The end-of-season Junior High Zone Tournament is upon us and is being held at Wells. Our junior high Lady Owls will play their first game at 3:00 this afternoon against Centerville, while our junior high Mighty Owls will begin play tomorrow evening at 5:10 against Neches. Good luck to both squads as they attempt to bring home tournament championships!


From the Chireno Owls Sports Wire: Good luck to our JH and HS cross country runners as they travel to Lufkin high school for their meet this afternoon. The junior high divisions will begin at 3:30 pm with the high school divisions to immediately follow.

ATTENTION SENIORS AND SENIOR PARENTS:
Please, place your cap and gown orders by November 1, 2023. A text message and email went out Tuesday afternoon to all parents and students from Balfour.
https://www.balfour.com/texas/chireno/chireno-high-school

From the Chireno Owls Sports Wire: Good luck to our Junior High basketball teams as they travel to Zavalla Tuesday afternoon to take on the Eagles and Lady Eagles in the final regular season game. Two boys' games and one girls' game will be on the docket with the first contest of the afternoon tipping off at 4:30 pm. Both programs will be back in action Thursday through Saturday in the Junior High Zone Tournament to be held in Wells. Good luck to our players and coaches!

Hey, Parents!
The GT Nomination window is now open. Please request nomination paperwork from your child's teacher or school office. Nomination window will close October 23, 2023.

From the Chireno Owls Sports Wire: Happy Friday! The updated 2023-2024 high school basketball schedule is now available.


From the Chireno Owls Sports Wire: Good luck to our boys' and girls' junior high teams as they travel to Leggett this afternoon. There will only be two games with our Lady Owls tipping things off at 5:00 PM. Our junior high and high school cross country runners had yet another dominant showing yesterday at the West Sabine Cross Country Invitational Meet. In the high school boys' varsity division, five of our runners finished in the top 20, while we also had medalists in the JV boys' and junior high girls' divisions. Lastly, Chireno ISD will release another high school basketball schedule tomorrow. Due to some scheduling conflicts within district 24-2A that affected a few games in December, the district schedule needed to be altered to reflect those needed changes. So, be on the lookout for the release of the new basketball schedule here on the Chireno Owls Sports Wire.

From Chireno ISD: For Immediate Press Release: At approximately 3:30 pm this afternoon, one of our school buses was struck from behind by another vehicle while stopped and with its red flashers activated. This occurred on County Road 392. Thankfully, all students who were still on the bus, the bus driver, and the driver of the vehicle were not injured. Parents of the students on the bus were notified immediately and were able to come to the scene and take their children home. Chireno ISD would like to thank all who quickly came to the scene to check on all involved, who directed traffic, as well as law enforcement that arrived so quickly.

Juniors:
You are now eligible to order your Balfour Graduation Ring. Click on the link below to start your amazing journey.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYBhFmRNWHE
Click on the link below to order your Graduation Ring.
https://www.balfour.com/shop/jewelry/rings/high-school-class-rings?smi=70631
Juniors go by the counselors office today to pick up your FREE ring sizer.
Please feel free to contact our local Balfour Office at 903-757-6595 or John.Barbe@balfour-rep.com with any questions.

Hey, Senior Parents! I am updating scholarships as they come across my desk. Your students have access to them through Google classroom and the smore linked below. In order to access them, they will need to use their school email/google account. I update the smore as new scholarships come through, so keep the link handy! Also, if you would like to be added as a parent in the Senior Google Classroom, send me an email. Thanks! Mrs. Pinner
https://www.smore.com/7v5cf