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 Lake Info

Normal Lake Level is 322.00 feet above Mean Sea Level.
Current level for Cedar Creek Lake is: 322.00
Water Temperature:
62 degrees - top
62 degrees - bottom

Eustace team wins Red Hot ‘18’ golf tournament
Monitor Staff Reports
KEMP–Mother Nature certainly cooperated with the “hot” part of the annual Red Hot “18” golf tournament Monday at the Cedar Creek Country Club.
A total of 17 four-player teams participated in the Cedar Creek Lake Area Chamber of Commerce fund-raiser, chaired by Rick Brown of Cornerstone Business Solutions and Judy Pierce of ExciteRealty.com.
The Eustace-based foursome of Chris Powers, Gary Walsh, Ray Armstrong and Mac McKinney took first place gross score at the tournament.
First place net score went to a team from Texas Trust Credit Union, Reuben Austin, Troy Scott, Meshell Scott and Red Murphy.
The team of Twina Hetmer, Charles Hetmer, Gwen Orr and Marty Jackson posted the second low gross score, while the team of Rod Hunt, Greg Sjerven, Mike Clement and Andrew Jordan took third place gross.
Second place net score went to the Cornerstone team of Roy Deaton, Mickey Edwards, Rick Brown and Tim Lilly, while the Tri-County Ford team of Chris Pickens, Tanner McFaul, Alex Harrill and Joe Pickens took third place net.
A special award went to the last-place team of Kevin Water, Bruce Hrabak, Brad Schwarz and James Martin.
Kevin Passons took the prize for the male Closest to the Pin (no women signed up), while the Longest Drive prizes went to Suzanne Mays and Clint Hubbard.
Tri-County Ford sponsored a $50,000 hole-in-one prize for the winning team, which went unclaimed.


Monitor Photo/Kerry Yancey
A trophy and a cash prize went to the team posting the first place gross score
at the Cedar Creek Lake Chamber of Commerce annual Red Hot '18' golf
tournament Monday. Team members are (from left) Chris Powers, Gary Walsh,
Ray Armstrong and Mac McKinney.


Monitor Photo/Kerry Yancey
First place net score in the annual Red Hot '18' golf tournament was posted by
a team from the Texas Trust Credit Union, (from left) Reuben Austin, Troy Scott,
Meshell Scott and Red Murphy.


Monitor Photo/Kerry Yancey
Second place gross score in the Red Hot '18' golf tournament was posted by the
team of (from left) Twina Hetmer, Charles Hetmer, Gwen Orr and Marty Jackson.


Monitor Photo/Kerry Yancey
Second place net score in the annual Red Hot “18” golf tournament was posted
by a team from Cornerstone Business Solutions, (from left) Roy Deaton, Mickey
Edwards, Rick Brown and Tim Lilly.

KC Crunch wins inaugural IIFA title
Monitor Staff Reports
GALVESTON–The Kaufman County Crunch defeated Galveston, 52-50, Saturday at the Island Convention Center in Galveston. The victory gave the Crunch the inaugural Independent Indoor Football Alliance title.
The Crunch, based in Terrell, turned three Galveston turnovers into 16 points in the fourth quarter to come from behind and win the championship.
Galveston started out hot, jumping out to a 36-22 halftime lead. That wasn’t new – in a week one matchup, Galveston had the Crunch down 24-14 at half.
The Thunderstorm scored on its first play from scrimmage on a 35 yard pass.
On the ensuing kickoff Vernon “V-Ray” Ray took the kick back 51 yards for The Crunch’s first score.
The Thunderstorm scored on their third play from scrimmage on the next drive.
On the ensuing Crunch possession, Derrick Dickerson hooked up with V-Ray on a 22-yard pass for another score.
After two turnovers, The Crunch were down 30-14, but V-Ray ran back another kickoff 49 yards for a score, taking the Crunch into halftime down 36-22.
The Crunch took the second-half kickoff on a lengthy march downfield. Dickerson capped the drive with a one-yard run to make the score 36-30.
The Thunderstorm increased their lead back out to 44-36 at the end of third quarter, but in the fourth quarter, The Crunch defense provided opportunities for the offense.
Dickerson threw two touchdown passes to Jesse Shields – one from 25 yards out and the other from 15 yards out – to give the Crunch the lead for good.
The last touchdown came on a Lloyd Jones pass that was intercepted by Kaufman County’s Paul Randell with 1:53 remaining in the game.