Former Henderson High School standout Trestan Ebner, heading into his final season at Baylor University, was named to the 2021 Paul Hornung Award Watch List on Thursday.
Roger Adams wanted to retire and gave it his best shot. He just wasn’t very good at it.
Zach Conde, a standout on the mound, at the plate and on the infield for the Hawkins Hawks in 2021, headed up a group of seven area players named to the Texas Sports Writers Association Class 2A All-State Baseball Team on Tuesday.
BRYAN — Listed is the Texas Sports Writers Association Class 2A All-State Baseball Teams for 2021. The team was selected by TSWA members based on nominations from coaches and media members from around the state.
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TYLER — Two sports that Texans love — golf and football — will be on full display this week in Tyler.
Former Arp High School standout DeMarvion Overshown, about to enter his senior season at the University of Texas, was named to the Butkus Award Watch List on Monday.
I was visiting my niece and her children when the news broke last week about the possibility of Texas and Oklahoma going to the SEC.
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FootballLONGVIEW: Camp for grades 1-9 is from 8:30-11 a.m. July 26-28. Registration for the free camp is from 7:30-8:30 a.m. July 26 at the Longview High School Turf Room.
Twenty of the top high school and college student athletes in East Texas will be honored on Thursday — with one being named the best of the best — at the inaugural Longview Orthopedic Clinic Student-Athlete of the Year Banquet.
LOBO SEASON TICKETS: Renewal for Longview Lobo football season ticket holders (2019 season) is Aug. 2-6. Swap days for current season ticket holders is Aug. 10-11, and new season ticket purchases will be Aug. 16-20.
A long line of sports fans had already formed when Earl Campbell arrived at Holiday Inn Longview-North’s Grand Infinity Event Center for his scheduled Crave the Auto autograph appearance during Saturday’s East Texas Card Show.
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Lindale native Melissa Wells, a longtime Van High School head tennis coach, has named to the Texas Tennis Coaches Association Hall of Fame, Bobby Kleineck, TTCA executive director, announced on Thursday.
Former Carthage High School standout Keaontay Ingram, who transferred to USC during the spring and is expected to split time in the Trojans’ backfield this season, was named to the 2021 Watch List for the Doak Walker Award on Wednesday.
OPEN POT TOURNAMENT: The team of Charlie Islas and Brad Barnes weighed in a three-fish limit of 14 pounds, 2 ounches to win the Tuesday Night Open Pot Bass Tournament at Martin Creek.
East Texans are accustomed to summer heat.
BERRYVILLE — One Shot Retrievers kennel will hold a snake avoidance training clinic for hunting dogs and house pets Aug. 29.
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I always get excited for the biennial February event known as UIL realignment.
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Former Dallas Cowboy great Tony Dorsett recently spent some time catching up with Earl Campbell and others in downtown Tyler.Â
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SAN ANTONIO — The chances of the UIL adding another conference has become a more likely possibility.
Former Longview High School football player and current San Francisco 49ers’ offensive tackle Trent Williams came home to host his annual Silverback Football Camp at Longview High School’s Lobo Stadium on Friday afternoon.
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Family and friends, and now the East Texas football fraternity, are rallying behind 6-year-old Jase Blackwell who was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) on Monday.
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Family and friends, and now the East Texas football fraternity is rallying behind 6-year-old Jase Blackwell who was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) on Monday.
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Hunter Hollan and Elijah Trest, who dominated on the mound at rival high schools, were both selected in the 2021 Major League Baseball Draft on Tuesday.
Johnny Football could have a new nickname — Johnny Golf.
TYLER — The high school football season has not started but tailgate parties have already begun.
Spring Hill’s Sam Schott, Elysian Fields’ Mary Frances Ellis and Union Grove’s Jocy Saurez headed up a long list of East Texas players named to the Texas Sports Writers Association 2021 All-State Softball Team.
Listed is the Texas Sports Writers Association All-State Softball Team for the 2021 season. Players were selected by TSWA members based on nominations from coaches and media members from around the state:
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The first time Rokky Mullikin saw Don Wayt in the locker room at White Oak High School, Mullikin had second thoughts about his move to the school to play football.
RICHARDSON — Former Big Sandy High School basketball standout Josiah Johnson has been named the 2020-21 American Southwest Conference Male Athlete of the Year the league announced on Thursday.
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LEVERETT’S CHAPEL — The 2008 season will always have a special place in the hearts and minds of Leverett’s Chapel residents.
Although summer officially began last month, July and August are normally the fun killers of the season.
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In between partaking in barbecue and celebrating America’s 245th birthday, along with my Patriotic puppy’s fifth, I ventured to the movie theatre on the Fourth of July.
Hallsville’s Baylie Perkins will continue her academic and athletic career at one of the top NCCAA Division II schools in the nation after signing a national letter-of-intent with Arlington Baptist University.
