Spring Hill football overcame a lot of odds to make the 2020 postseason. The program knows it’ll have to pull off a similar feat over the final three weeks of the 2021 district schedule if it wants to replicate last year’s achievement.
FRANKSTON (3-4, 1-2) VS. UNION GROVE (1-5, 1-2)
District 15-5AMARSHALL 3, LONGVIEW 2: The Marshall Lady Mavericks rallied for a 17-25, 25-15, 21-25, 25-19, 15-11 win over the Longview Lady Lobos on Tuesday at Lobo Coliseum.
Eighth GradeJUDSON 34, NACOGDOCHES 0: Mason Washington carried eight times for 175 yards and scored on runs of 49, 1, 24 and 61 yards — finishing the season with 1,047 rushing yards — as the Judson Blue Devils rolled to a 34-0 shutout over Nacogdoches Moses.
Spring Hill returned home for Tuesday’s district volleyball matchup against Tyler Cumberland Academy, and followed its Sept. 24 sweep of the Knights with another 3-0 win.
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TYLER — Carthage is once again the unanimous No. 1 team in the Class 6A/5A/4A portion of the #bEASTTexas Fabulous 15 following Week 8 of the high school football season.
Andon Mata turned in a record-setting performance for West Rusk, and Jackson Richardson was a tackling machine for Tatum this past Friday.
The Spring Hill Lady Panthers won a pair of road games and clinched a spot in the upcoming Class 4A playoffs last week, thanks in large part to the play of Carolann Bowles at the net and the pinpoint passing of Mia Traylor.
Taylor Tatum, Jordan Allen, Devean Isaac and Jeremiah Rougely, Longview: Tatum carried 13 times for 175 yards and three touchdowns in the Lobos’ 56-14 win over Sherman. Allen completed 8 of 10 passes for 173 yards and two touchdowns. Isaac recorded 11 tackles, and Rougely had five tackles, t…
HALLSVILLE 26, MT. PLEASANT 20: HALLSVILLE — Jace Moseley passed for one touchdown and scored once on the ground, Joel Ontiveros booted a pair of field goals and the Hallsville Bobcats won their second game in a row — holding on for a 26-20 District 9-5A Division II win over Mount Pleasant.
Longview’s football program earned a bounce back 56-14 district win against Sherman on Friday night, and improved to 200-38-6 in games at the current Lobo Stadium.
TYLER — It was a big play night as the Tyler Lions celebrated Homecoming with their fifth straight victory.
KILGORE – Davin Rider rushed for 228 yards and three touchdowns, leading Kilgore to a 41-20 victory over Chapel Hill on Friday night at R.E. St. John Memorial Stadium.
MESQUITE — Tyler Legacy went into halftime trailing the host Mesquite Horn Jaguars 20-14.
CARTHAGE — The Carthage High School football team had many reasons to celebrate Friday.
Liberty-Eylau scored 15 points in the final 2:36 here Friday night to stun the Spring Hill Panthers, 21-15, in a nail-biter at Panther Stadium.
9-4A Division IPALESTINE 38, HENDERSON 28: PALESTINE – The Palestine Wildcats used a late touchdown on a halfback pass to put things away, holding on for a 38-28 win over the Henderson Lions on Friday at Wildcat Stadium.
From Staff Reports
MARSHALL — JQ Davis rushed for nearly 300 yards Friday night to help lead the Mavericks to a 26-14 win over the Whitehouse Wildcats at Maverick Stadium.
LIBERTY CITY — Jace Burns had a hand in three scores in the first half, Brannigan Willige scored a pair of second half touchdowns and the Sabine Cardinals pulled away from the White Oak Roughnecks for a 42-14 District 6-3A Division I win on Friday at James Bamberg Stadium.
DISTRICT 15-5A
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Week 8 is here, and we've got big games all across East Texas as the Lobos host Sherman, the Pine Tree Pirates host Texas High and Spring Hill battles Liberty-Eylau at home. As our reporters and photographers work on their stories and photo galleries, you can follow the action here with live…
From Staff Reports
THIS WEEK’S GAMES
Junior VarsityLONGVIEW 57, SHERMAN 0: SHERMAN — Dylan Henderson threw three touchdown passes and rushed for a couple of scores, leading the Longview Lobos to a 57-0 win over Sherman.
High School Athletics
Thursday, Oct. 21Frankston at Union Grove, 7 p.m.
KILGORE 3, C. HILL 2: KILGORE — Ashton Vallery handed out 22 assists, Maleah Thurmond added 13 kills and three blocks and the Kilgore Lady Bulldogs rallied for a 17-25, 20-25, 25-22, 25-16, 15-10 win over Chapel Hill.
From Staff Reports
Tuesday, Oct. 19Marshall at Longview, 6:30 p.m.
Staff writer Thomas Bingham takes a by-the-numbers look at Longview’s game at home on Friday against Sherman:
Sports editor Jack Stallard takes a by-the-numbers look at Spring Hill’s game at home on Friday against Liberty-Eylau:
Liberty-Eylau 21, Spring Hill 15
Sports editor Jack Stallard takes a by-the-numbers look at Pine Tree’s game at home on Friday against Texas High:
Texas High 38, Pine Tree 0Score by quarters
Math is very important.
Longview 56, Sherman 14Score by Quarters
Major League Baseball: Postseason
From Staff Reports
ETBU (3-2, 2-2) vs. Hardin Simmons University (4-1, 3-1)Time: Today 1 p.m.
Pine Tree continues to win football games, and a lot of its program success starts with the productive partnership between its strong offensive line and explosive run game.
ET football Week 8 stat leaders
The Kilgore College Rangers will start the 2021-2022 season exactly how they ended the previous campaign.
Major League Baseball: Postseason
Donny Bishop, a dual threat runner and receiver for Midland Legacy, headlines this week’s selections for the Built Ford Tough Texas High School Football Player of the Week honors for Week 7 of the season.
HALLSVILLE 3, T. HIGH 2: HALLSVILLE — Brooke Grissom and Cate Thomas combined for 24 kills, Lauren Pyle handed out 49 assists and the Hallsville Ladycats earned a 25-16, 23-25, 25-14, 20-25, 17-15 win over Texas High in District 15-5A action.
Major League Baseball: Postseason
Harleton (2-4, 1-1) vs. Ore City (1-6, 0-3)When/Where: Tonight, 7:30 p.m., Rebel Stadium, Ore City
