The Deweyville Pirates improved to 6-11 on the year with a win over Colmesneil 49-40 last night. The same Colmesneil team beat them by 1 earlier this year. The boys work hard everyday and have proven they are getting better. Nate Buxton led the way with 22 points and 7 rebounds. Darin LaVergne added 12 points and 6 rebounds. Rounding out the scoring was Darin's little brother, Landen Thompson who contributed 11 points and 7 rebounds. The Pirates are riding a 3 game win streak into district. Next up is Evadale at their place Friday night. 

Deweyville Elementary 2nd Year UIL Academic Champions

For the second year in a row, Deweyville Elementary took  home first place at the University Interscholastic League Academic Meet hosted by West Hardin ISD. The little Pirates placed in almost every event with exceptional performances in Music Memory, Art Smart, Social Studies, Spelling, Maps, Graphs, and Charts, and Listening Skills. This victory comes in spite of being displaced following the devastating flooding endured by Deweyville twice in the span of 22 months. From portable building in the parking of their high school, the staff of Deweyville Elementary led and coached their students five days a week for three months. Their victory is a testament to their resiliency and their unwavering commitment to excellence.

Submitted by: Lois Shoemake, Deweyville Elementary UIL Director

Deweyville 8th Grade Travels to Houston Holocaust Museum

The Deweyville 8th Grade class traveled to the Houston Holocaust Museum last week, the fourth largest Holocaust Memorial Museum in the United States. According to the Museum, the students had the opportunity to learn to be "aware of the dangers which prejudice, hatred and violence brought about during the Holocaust. It also endeavors to remind us that these dangers are still relevant today. The museum promotes understanding, remembrance and education with the goal that both students and the general population stay and become aware of the lesson of these tragic events."

This is Mrs. Skylar Burks and Mr. Houston Jowell's second consecutive  year to bring an entire class to the Houston Holocaust Museum believing that the students are learning a lesson they will carry with them for a lifetime.

Deweyville High School will be hosting our Pirate Relays on March1, 2018 at Pirate stadium. The scratch meeting for all teams will begin at 1pm in the visitor locker room. Field events will start at 3pm with running starting no later than 5pm.

Lady Pirate Volleyball defeated the Evadale Lady Rebels in District 24-2A seeding match for UIL State Play-offs this past Saturday at Buna High School. Deweyville won the first match, losing the second and coming back to win the last two. It was a great win for the Lady Pirates. Therefore, Deweyville will take a bye for the Bi-District round will move forward to the Area round, which against North Zulch High School, Saturday, November 4 Saturday, November 4 , 2:00 pm at Woodville HS..

Congratulations to the Pirate Band on an outstanding performance at the UIL Area C Marching Band Competition held on Saturday, October 28.  This is only the 2nd time in school history for the band to advance to the Area round of competition.  The band placed 9th in the 2A school classification this year which is an improvement over their 22nd place finish in  2015.  The advancement to Area and State for marching band is held once every two years.  We are extremely proud of our Pirate Band and the new tradition of excellence they have provided our school. 

Congratulations to the Pirate Band on their outstanding performance at the Region 10 UIL Marching Band Competition Saturday.  The band scored high enough to advance to the Area Marching Band Competition along with West Hardin High School.  Both bands will compete on Saturday, October 28 at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches.  This will be the second time for the Pirate Band to compete at the Area level against bands from all of the Southeast TX area.  The performance schedule will be made available by October 25.  We hope to see you there cheering on our Pirate Band.

The Deweyville Junior High Pirates hosted the West Hardin Oilers Thursday night and came out victorious by a score of 14-0. The Pirates have not given up a point in 2 games and are 2-0 on the season counting a scrimmage. Zane McNeil led the Pirates with 2 touchdowns. Next up for the Pirates is St. Anne’s on Tuesday night.

Lady Pirates Qualify for Regionals

The Deweyville Pirate Cross Country team traveled ​Colmesneil on Wednesday October 11rh with Coach Hunter Estes. Congratulations to both our girls and boys teams for a valiant effort.

We would like to recognize our Lady Pirate Cross Country team consisting of: Holli Shannon, Macie Hubbard, Ariel Rainwater, Hayden Jones, and Alyssa Haney whose team qualified for Regionals.

We would also like to commend the boys Cross Country team for bringing their best effort. Team members Trent Garza and Levi Wright both qualified for Regionals.

Cross Country Regionals is scheduled to take place October 23rd in Huntsville. Good luck to our Regional Qualifiers!

Photo Credit: Rose Talbert

The Lady Pirates are now 6-0 in district. Brooke Smith totaled 11 kills, 5 aces, and 10 digs. Kayla McNeil served 5 aces and had 2 kills. Winter Watts served 4 aces and had 8 assists and Madyson Berry contributed 14 assists. Lady Pirates will play Evadale at home on Friday at 4:30.