TYLER — After going scoreless in the controlled portion of Friday evening’s scrimmage, the Pine Tree Pirates jumped out to a 10-0 lead in the 15-minute live quarter against Tyler Lee.
When the final whistle sounded Friday night and the huddle broke, the 2019 season officially arrived for the Longview Lobos.
Editor’s Note: This is the 25th anniversary of the famous John Tyler-Plano East high school football regional playoff game. It was held at on Nov. 26, 1994, at Texas Stadium in Irving. This is a reprint of Paul Stone’s column from that game. Stone covered the Lions that season.
Editor’s Note: This is the 25th anniversary of the famous John Tyler-Plano East high school football regional playoff game. It was held at on Nov. 26, 1994, at Texas Stadium in Irving. This is a reprint of Paul Stone’s column from that game. Stone covered the Lions that season.
KILGORE — The Willie Gooden era at Kilgore College got off to a successful start here Saturday as the No. 6 ranked Kilgore College Rangers opened the 2019 season with a convincing 35-10 win over rival Tyler at R.E. St. John Memorial Stadium.
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Spring Hill’s Thursday night scrimmage against Tatum offered some good (the controlled portion), some bad (the live portion) and a little bit of ugly (silly penalties).
■ LOBO STADIUM CLOSED: Longview’s Lobo Stadium will be closed today and Sunday for work crews to finish the track surface.
Longview saw a little bit of everything -- the good, bad and ugly -- in its lone scrimmage on Friday night.
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Longview will break in the new turf tonight in the lone preseason scrimmage for the Lobos, who will focus on breaking in a new team at the same time.
Scrimmages can often provide a good barometer as to how well a team is progressing or regressing.
Events in Tyler, Hughes Springs and Omaha highlight the third weekend of high school volleyball tournaments in the area.
■ LOBO STADIUM CLOSED: Longview’s Lobo Stadium will be closed Saturday and Sunday for work crews to finish the track surface.
The Longview High School tennis team opened district play with a 16-3 win over Rockwall on Tuesday.
■ KILGORE BASS ANGLERS: The team of Dale Winn and Taylor Corley took top honors with a total of 16.74 pounds as the Kilgore Bass Anglers held their August tournament at Lake Tyler.
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Results from LeTourneau University’s YellowJacket Twilight Relay cross country meet:
The first day of September is still a few weeks away, but the legions of Texas dove hunters are already counting down the days.
There are marquee games every week throughout the 2019 football season in East Texas. Check out the composite schedule and plan your Friday nights:
Spring Hill stepped up its competition Tuesday night with a tri-match against host Pine Tree and Longview at the Pirate Center.
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Kristen Stewart displayed her all-around game in two Carthage wins this past week, earning East Texas Volleyball Player of the Week honors for her efforts.
Sawyer Goram-Welch picked up his 15th offer and JD Williams remained the busiest man on the field Monday as the Lobos got the second week of practice started
■ LOBO STADIUM CLOSED: Longview’s Lobo Stadium will be closed Saturday and Sunday for work crews to finish the track surface.
BRAINERD, Minn. – For the first time in 12 races and for just the fourth time all season long, there wasn’t a Capco Contractors Top Fuel dragster in the final round of an NHRA national event Sunday when Leah Pritchett won the 38th annual Lucas Oil Nationals at Brainerd International Raceway.
The big story for the Dallas Cowboys so far this preseason doesn’t have anything to do with what’s happening on the practice field, unless you count the fact that Ezekiel Elliott isn’t on it. Now comes the news Dak Prescott wants a new contract, and suddenly the Cowboys’ playoff hopes are ta…
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Jonny Louvier was all smiles Saturday morning when he sat down at the field house to discuss the previous night’s controlled scrimmage between his Spring Hill Panthers and the Center Roughriders.
Longview head coach John King didn’t pull punches while wrapping up the first week of preseason practice on Saturday as far as what comes ahead for the Lobos.
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Shaley Ford’s family helped her set up and host her own signing as she made it official that she’s going to attend Louisiana Tech where she’ll run track.
TYLER — The Longview High School tennis team notched its first two wins of the season, defeating Lindale (18-1) and Midlothian (16-3).
After a week of working through the acclimatization period, the Longview Lobos are set to get fully suited out and get some live action in today.
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Replacing your school’s all-time single-season rushing leader is something that could keep a coach up all night.
FRISCO — A league-leading three SFA players — senior setter Ann Hollas, senior middle blocker Danae Daron and junior defensive specialist Maddie Miller — saw their names appear on the 2019 Preseason All-Southland Conference Volleyball Teams which were revealed by the league office Thursday morning.
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All Texas hunting and fishing license will expire Aug. 31, with the exception of “year to date” fishing license, but license for the 2019-2020 seasons will be available for purchase today.
