Triple jumper Mackenzie “Mack” Flaugher performed well enough at regionals to qualify for an appearance at the biggest track meet of the year.State championship, here she comes.The top two …

Seeing her horse lying down in a pasture in Springtown wasn’t uncommon. What Delaney Harris found troubling on April 11 was that Cinch stayed down even as she approached. “I knew something …

The Springtown Lady Porcupines saw their softball season end with their bi-district playoff series loss to Sanger.On April 27, the two teams met at Chisholm Trail High School to play a best-of-three …

The bi-district round of the baseball playoffs is beckoning, and the Springtown Porcupines will take on the Gainesville Leopards to see who will advance to the area round.Springtown finished 9-1 in …

City of Azle offers residents free spring cleaning opportunityOn May 6, 2023, the City of Azle will be holding their bi-annual X-Treme Green Event. From 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Azle residents can bring …

The last time Todd Smith pitched in a baseball game was in third grade.Yet, there he was on April 22, standing on the mound for the Springtown Porcupines and hurling fastballs toward the plate during …

The death of her father shook Alejandra Mancia’s world when she was 8. Four years later, her beloved grandfather died. Mancia was 12 and draped in a dark cloud when she started the seventh …

The 800-meter run was about to begin at the area track meet, and proud mom Callie Tice was ready. She leaned against the cyclone fence that surrounds the track at Porcupine Stadium, aiming her …

Springtown cowboys and cowgirls are preparing for the last rodeo this weekend before the finals begin in May.On April 21, the team competed at the North Texas High School Rodeo Association Arena in …

The Springtown Lady Porcupines earned third-seed placement in the playoffs and will face Sanger in the bi-district championship.The teams will play a best-of-three series. The first game is at 5 p.m. …

Fourteen members of the Springtown High School rodeo team are qualified currently for the finals in May, and the cowboys and cowgirls are riding hard to ensure they’ll still be there when the …

The Springtown Epigraph is unaware of any high stakes gambling operations taking large wagers on Lady Porcupine softball contests.If such an entrepreneurship existed, however, smart betters would …

Springtown baseball edged out Bridgeport 10-9 on Tuesday, April 18, to lock down the district championship.Their victory against Bridgeport made Springtown a mathematical certainty to win first place …

During the past two seasons, the star quarterback at Springtown rushed for more than 1,300 yards on the football field. Running on the oval track that encircles football fields is a whole other …

Azle residents to gather for Earth Day clean-upOn Saturday, April 22 volunteers will be meeting at 7:30am in front of City Hall for a community Clean-Up Day. The event is expected to last no later …

Not long ago, Eddy Swanzy was doing what he enjoys — teaching kids how to pole vault — when he saw a new face among the pupils.Ryatt Patterson, a 13-year-old student at Springtown Middle School, …

Springtown folks are invited to run with the doggies at the city animal shelter’s first annual 5K run.The dog-friendly 5K run on April 22 will be followed up with a silent auction fundraiser …

Springtown’s rodeo enjoyed a weekend off to celebrate Easter, and now, the cowboys and cowgirls are ready to return to the task at hand — landing as many of them in the finals as possible.Three …

The up-down nature of the Springtown softball season just made another change in direction.On Tuesday, April 11, the Lady Porcupines traveled to Castleberry High School in River Oaks and tamed the …

The Springtown Porcupines used to worry about matching the high bar set by the 2021-22 baseball squad.That bunch plowed deeper into the playoffs than any team in school history and won an area …