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DUBLIN – The Jim Ned Indians went undefeated in district and now will take on Pilot Point at Cervetto Stadium in Dublin, Texas this Friday.

It was a weird season for Jim Ned. Head Coach Matt Fanning has built a machine in Tuscola over the past few seasons which earned him, and his team, a state championship in 2020 over Hallettsville 29-28.

Fanning had guys like running back Xavier Wishert and quarterback Tate Yardley who have since graduated. Now guys like senior Troy Doran and junior Brayden Shipman have stepped into those shoes.

This season, the Indians started off 0-3 after losing to Hawley, Holliday, and Wall. All three of those teams made the playoffs as the first seed and Hawley and Holliday are undefeated. Wall dropped one to Cisco but only allowed three points to Jim Ned in Week 3.

The team was beat up and they had to deal with injuries but now everyone who can be back is back and Fanning is preparing his guys for one week at a time.

“Pilot Point is a good football team,” Coach Fanning said, “But we have to be us.”

Jim Ned had two guys take snaps at quarterback in senior Troy Doran and junior Grant Glidewell. Those two combined went 44-85 for 831 yards, 12 touchdowns, and eight interceptions while rushing the ball 126 times for 812 yard and 13 scores.

Indian running back, sophomore Brayden Shipman, rushed for 933 yards and eight scores. Junior Carter Wood and senior David Rodriguez are the two wide outs and have 267 yards and four scores.

When asked how they planned on stopping the Pilot Point offense, Coach Fanning simply said, “We’re going to play good defense,” which should’ve been the suspected answer.

Jim Ned certainly has guys who play solid defense for him in senior Tanner Hussman and sophomore Trey Hicks who have 77 and 86 tackles respectively. Junior Davis Soben comes in third with 70.

Sophomore Carter Lange leads the team in sacks with seven of the Indians 19 total followed by Rodriguez with three. Doran, senior Braydon Walker, and sophomore Grey Beasley have seven interceptions between the three of them. Hicks, Hussman, senior Cooper Mascorro each have one apiece.

Jim Ned and Pilot Point have had a similar season. It was a strange one for the Bearcats as well, going 3-7 overall. Pilot Point has played the Indians in recent memory, losing to Jim Ned while they were four games in on their way to a state championship. The year before, the Bearcats beat the Indians in the opening round.

Senior quarterback Wyatt Smith has gone 119-234 for 1,847 yards, 19 touchdowns, and three interceptions this season. The Bearcats have a couple dangerous weapons in sophomore Gage Anderson, who leads the team in yards with 650, and rushing touchdowns with six

Out wide, Smith has another big-time game breaker with senior Asten Kirby, who has 64 receptions for 1,033 yards and 16 touchdowns. Behind Kirby, junior Crew Chandler has 436 yards and three scores.

On defense, senior Collin Lynch is a tackling machine with 121 total on the year and senior Cale Martin has 90 tackles. The Bearcats have 10 total sacks this season with Martin and Junior Servin each getting home three times. Chandler and Kirby have five of Pilot Point’s six interceptions.

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DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Generational Equity, a leading mergers and acquisitions advisor for privately held businesses, is pleased to announce the sale of its client Fab Weld Steel, Inc. to Pilot Point Steel, LLC. The transaction closed December 2, 2022.

“The acquisition of FWS provides Dakota Holdings with significant fabrication capabilities in the Southeast”

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Fab Weld Steel (FWS), located in Randolph, Alabama, provides structural steel fabrication, metal deck, and bar joist services. The Company specializes in commercial and municipal works for shopping centers, office buildings, warehouses, grocery stores, hospitals, and grocery stores. FWS’ success is due to its well-known name and reputation, built from a strong work ethic, great results, and excellent customer service.

Located in Pilot Point, Texas, Pilot Point Steel is a subsidiary of Dakota Holdings II, LLC of Dallas, Texas.

Generational Equity Executive Managing Director of M&A – Central Region, Michael Goss, Senior M&A Advisor, Sam Sumner, with the support of Vice President, M&A, Lance Thomasson successfully closed the deal. Senior Managing Director, Doug Morrow established the original relationship with FWS.

"The acquisition of FWS provides Dakota Holdings with significant fabrication capabilities in the Southeast,” said Sumner.

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A Denton County town of less than 5,000— home to an annual Bonnie & Clyde Days Festival— is the latest Texas “Boomtown.”

Located 61 miles north of downtown Dallas, Pilot Point is Denton County’s oldest city, being founded in the mid-1800s. It’s filled with quaint colonial-style homes, historic architecture, horse farms, trails, and the beautiful Lake Ray Roberts State Park. The city was home to the highest point of ground between Texarkana and Fort Worth, “pointing the way” for travelers and cattle drivers, according to the city website.

It’s the textbook definition of “small town charm” but that might be about to change.

To start, prolific homebuilders Arlington-based D.R. Horton and M/I Homes are expected to build 600 homes in Pilot Point this year, according to the Dallas Morning News.

That’s already more than five times the number built in 2021, plus the town’s director of development services John Taylor indicated that there are at least 15 more residential developments in the works as well. He said the city plans to preserve the historic homes and architecture near downtown while approving more master-planned developments.

Incoming development proposals increase “almost daily,” says city manager Britt Lusk, adding that even city officials say they don’t know just how much the city is going to grow.

“The large majority of people have said ‘we’re growing, we don’t have a choice,’” Lusk said. “So let’s make sure that if we’re going to grow, let’s do it responsibly.”

Lusk, along with local developer Lisa Brown, cite the city’s history and small town charm as major growth magnets. The city’s largest employer, Western Son Vodka distillery is also a big draw. In 2016, after outgrowing its operating space in Carrollton, the company moved into a former women’s undergarments factory in Pilot Point. According to senior marketing director Erin King, Western Son is hoping commercial development will draw a greater labor pool to Pilot Point.

“People want small-town charm, but they also want conveniences,” King said.

Pilot Point’s current retail offerings are primarily mom-and-pop stores, but Lusk says city officials expect that to change based on talks with commercial developers.

Meanwhile, Pilot Point residents are staying alert. Wendy Turner, who has served as director of the Pilot Point library for eight years, works with the local museum and longtime residents to preserve city history.

“We have a very strong group of people who like being a small town with a lot of history,” Turner said. “So it’s important that the city maintains that while encouraging growth.”

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When you come to the country, you expect to see certain things like tractors and horses.

It could be why the unusual wedding chapel that just popped on Massey Rd in Pilot Point sticks out.

“It's a whimsical wonderland,” said chapel co-owner Elizabeth Jones.

Whimsical is one way to describe it.

Besides the front door, nothing about the chapel is normal.

The roof, walls, windows, columns are all tilted and twisted.

“The word ‘weird’ isn't something to be scared of,” Jones said.

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The chapel – which doesn’t yet have a name – is located on a three-acre piece of property where lovebirds Jones and her husband Chris Duncan live.

“I could not do without him what I always wanted to do,” Jones said.

Together, they've created their dreams.

First, they built Lizzy Gator, a venue they've rented out for years.

Now, they’ve opened the stop-and-stare sanctuary which combining faith and funk.

“We wanted something different, you know, it wouldn't be worth talking about if it was straight and normal,” Duncan said.

The chapel is a labor of love.

The couple says they spent much of the pandemic their workshop, creating the chapel from the ground up.

“There was a point when I was like maybe I’m in over my head, what did I do here?” Duncan said.

Inspired by their favorite fairy tales, it is an example of art imitating life.

“During the time, it just felt right. The world was twisted. Everybody felt unsure what was going on and it just made sense,” Jones said.

The couple exchanged vows on the steps of the chapel shortly after the exterior was finished in November.

Since photos of the chapel were posted on various blogs and websites, questions and calls about it have picked up, Jones said.

“Sometimes we have a traffic jam in the middle of the street,” Jones said.

While the exterior is complete, they say lumber costs slowed completion of the inside of the chapel but they hope to have it finished sometime this fall.

In the meantime, the chapel is available for outdoor weddings only.

Texas now has a barbecue joint whose menu is entirely halal. At the end of March, CJ and Sabrina Henley opened Yearby’s Barbecue, named in honor of CJ’s grandfather, in the small town of Pilot Point, about an hour north of Dallas. “Halal BBQ is what we do” is printed on their purple food truck, but the husband and wife—who are Muslim and keep halal—are focused on making barbecue that can stand up to the best in the state, halal or not. “We never wanted to be seen as just the halal place,” CJ said. “We want it to be good to everybody.”

For those unfamiliar with halal food’s place in the Islamic religion, it is similar to the kosher designation in Judaism. Certain foods—known as haram—are forbidden in Islam: pork, the meat of carnivorous animals, and meat from any animal that wasn’t slaughtered under halal guidelines. The average barbecue customer will notice the lack of pulled pork (no big loss) and pork ribs at Yearby’s.

CJ spent his high school years in Georgia, where pork is a staple in the barbecue scene. In 2009 he moved to Frisco, and that’s when his interest in barbecue peaked. It seemed like divine intervention. “Coming from Georgia, you couldn’t survive off of cooking just brisket,” he said. But Texas is beef country, and the Henleys plan to show off the bounty.

It all began on Christmas Day of 2021. The couple had the food truck and the permits, and they “knew everything would be closed” in their new home of Anna, Sabrina said. They parked the truck in the parking lot of an O’Reilly Auto Parts and opened the window with their fingers crossed. The barbecue was all gone within hours, and the couple knew they were on the right path.

Yearby’s became a regular at area festivals for the next year, until the search for a restaurant building led the Henleys to Pilot Point, in the heart of North Texas horse country. Renovations are underway, and CJ is waiting for a permit to get started building a pit room. In the meantime, the couple set up the food truck in the parking lot to serve lunch three days a week.

On a recent Thursday, brisket was the only option for smoked meat. CJ said it travels best from the off-site smoker. The Henleys serve it by the pound, in a sandwich, on barbecue nachos, and atop mac and cheese with Yearby’s sweet homemade barbecue sauce. Another food truck operator advised Sabrina to steer clear of mac and cheese because it can dry out in the warmer. “I made it my mission to make a recipe that will not dry out,” she said. She purposefully undercooks the pasta so it will finish after the cheese sauce—made with evaporated milk—is mixed in. Cabot and Tillamook brand cheeses are halal, so she uses both, shredding the blocks herself. It’s worth the effort.

CJ smokes halal briskets from Creekstone and Greater Omaha. I asked for a mix of lean and fatty slices for my half-pound portion ($16), and both were spectacular. They had the right balance of smoke, salt, pepper, and beefy flavor. It helped that I didn’t have any other protein distractions, but I haven’t eaten that much brisket in one sitting in a while.

Oddly enough, sliced brisket hasn’t always been on the Yearby’s menu. “I was afraid to sell sliced brisket until July 2022,” CJ said, admitting his early insecurities about his smoking abilities. He credits Sabrina and his friend Zain Shafi, who works in the kitchen at Goldee’s Barbecue, in Fort Worth, for pushing him to offer it. Thankfully, he took their advice.

CJ said his love for barbecue originally came from his father. He remembers collecting pecan limbs from a park near his childhood home in New Orleans East. The wood smoldered on the charcoal in the family’s vertical water smoker filled with chicken wings and ribs. CJ bought his own backyard smoker in 2020, and before long he had a custom backyard pit built (which he has since traded for a thousand-gallon smoker from Big Phil’s).

With all his backyard smoking, CJ’s meat production got out of hand. “This is too much meat at the house, and we need to find something to do with it,” Sabrina told him. So he found his first “customers” on his son’s football team at Anna High School. He and Sabrina made sandwiches for the team before games, and the response gave them some confidence to open the food truck.

Sabrina brings her own flair to the trucks with water ice, which she enjoyed in her native Philadelphia. (She moved Texas in 2014 to make a life with CJ.) She describes it as Italian ice, but sweeter and with a smoother texture. It’s more scoopable than a Slurpee, and less grainy than a snow cone. “When I came here I was eating ice cream and shaved ice, and thinking, ‘This isn’t it,’ ” Sabrina said. She was determined to serve water ice at Yearby’s. Strawberry lemonade and mango are the most popular flavors, but ask for the Sabrina Special, and Sabrina will pair them up and also add lemon and coconut. Once the Henleys get into the brick-and-mortar, they plan to make their own water ice, but for now they ship the frozen treat in from Philadelphia, at considerable expense.

There’s plenty more that will come once the restaurant opens: candied yams, red beans and rice, potato salad, and brisket chili will be regular menu items. CJ plans to make sausage as well as smoke chicken, oxtails, beef back ribs, beef short ribs, and flanken-style beef ribs to expand the meat offerings.

If you’re reading this hoping for a taste of halal Texas barbecue but are nowhere near North Texas, there are a few other options. Alzer’s Barbeque, in Cedar Park, serves halal lamb and brisket; Chuckwagon BBQ & Burgers, in Katy, serves halal meats that are cooked and served separately from the rest of the menu; and Smoked N Chopped BBQ is a halal caterer in the Houston area. If you want to get a taste of Yearby’s Barbecue closer to Dallas, it’ll be serving in Carrollton at the Muslim Boxing Club’s DFW Halal BBQ Fest on Mother’s Day. CJ said appearances at festivals will become less frequent as the couple gets closer to opening the restaurant. “This year,” CJ said, “we want to showcase our food to everybody.”

Yearby’s Barbecue & Waterice209 S. Washington, Pilot PointPhone: 469-894-7034Hours: Thursday–Saturday, 11–3Pitmasters: CJ and Sabrina HenleyMethod: Oak in an offset smokerYear opened: 2023