HENDERSON – Henderson’s Caleb Medford, who missed the Palestine contest a week ago with an injury, came on to make a difference against the Kilgore Bulldogs on Friday night.
NEW LONDON — Landon McKinney ran for 159 yards and four touchdowns, and Sabine beat West Rusk 50-29 Friday at Bruce Bradshaw Stadium.
Longview came out firing on both sides of the ball and took care of business quick on Friday night.
TAIAO TOURNAMENT
CARTHAGE — About the only thing Kelvontay Dixon hasn’t done this year is pass the ball for the Carthage Bulldogs — and that is still liable to happen before everything is said and done.
HUGHES SPRINGS — The Hooks Hornets came into Mustang Stadium and stung the Hughes Springs Mustangs and took home a big district win on the road, 35-19.
MOUNT PLEASANT — Caleb Jones scored on the game’s opening play and later in the quarter put his team in front to stay as the Mount Pleasant Tigers broke into the win column in District 9-5A DII with a 21-7 victory over the Hallsville Bobcats at Sam Parker Field.
JACKSONVILLE – Marshall added to its win streak and to Jacksonville’s losing streak when the Mavericks defeated the Indians 45-13. The win gives Marshall an overall record of 4-3 and a District 9-5A DII record of 4-0. Jacksonville is now 1-6 overall and 0-4 against district opponents.
NACOGDOCHES — Two teams traveling diametrically different paths met up here Friday night at Dragon Stadium.
Gage White completed his first nine passes on Friday and finished with five touchdown tosses on the night, leading the Spring Hill Panthers to a 56-7 District 6-4A DII win over a short-handed Liberty-Eylau team at Panther Stadium.
Week 8 East Texas Roundup
The Rangers are at home against 4-3 Blinn
SFA hits the road to Abilene
From Staff Reports
The Tigers are home against winless McMurry
DIANA — It was back-and-forth for most of the game in the “Battle for 259” but in the end New Diana outlasted Ore City, 42-38, in a District 11-3A Division II battle at Eagle Stadium.
Because of my job, and since I’ve been doing this since Moses was a freshman at Egypt High, I’m occasionally asked to speak at events and to share some of the things I’ve witnessed during my more than three decades as a sports writer in East Texas.
Jacob Jones, a Pine Tree graduate and University of the Ozarks swimmer, is starting his season off right.
Recaps of area subvarsity action:
Longview is back at Lobo Stadium to take on Rockwall-Heath
Week 8 features Kilgore vs. Henderson, Gilmer vs. Pleasant Grove and Sabine vs. West Rusk in huge district games. Previews of those games and more:
Pirates look for a 4-0 start in district on the road
The Mustangs collide with the Hornets in a pivotal 7-3A, DI clash.
Check out who is on top of the leaderboards heading into Week 8 of the season:
The Mavericks hit the road to the Tomato Bowl and face off with the Indians' strong ground game
The Panthers are at home in a game with playoff implications against a depleted Leopard team
Lobos are back home looking for win No. 7 against a pass-happy and efficient Hawk team led by a sophomore quarterback.
Check out who we picked to bring home wins in Week 8:
Check out scores and updated standings from 12 East Texas districts:
Paul Pewitt senior running back and linebacker La-Jathan Allen earned Class 3A Built Ford Tough Texas High School Football Player of the Week honors on Wednesday for his performance last week in the Brahmas’ win over New Diana.
■ L. HEAT 3, T. HEAT 1: TYLER — Longview HEAT tuned up for the upcoming state tournament with a 25-16, 23-25, 25-18, 25-16 win over Tyler HEAT on Tuesday.
Big Sandy visits Union Grove with both teams looking to break into the win column in district action
Parker Ward gives to the info for this week in Fantasy Football
This rivalry resumes on Friday in New Diana
GILMER — Spring Hill’s boys and Kilgore’s girls earned varsity team titles at the District 16-4A Cross Country Meet.
Check out who is on top of the stat leaderboards (10/16)
Fall fishing is always a good idea. Last week we discussed fall bass fishing. Bass are not the only game fish active in the fall. The crappie is usually predictable in the fall and there is no better reason to hit your favorite lake in search of some.
■ KBA RESULTS: The team of Keith Melton and Luis “Lolo” Rodriguez had the top overall total (16.77 pounds) and the tournament’s big bass (8.33 pounds) at the Kilgore Bass Anglers’ October event held on Martin Creek.
Clinging to ever-shrinking playoff hopes, the Spring Hill Lady Panthers suffered a straight-set 25-14, 25-15, 25-13 sweep against the 13th ranked Bullard Lady Panthers here in the 2019 home finale.
Longview made a spirited comeback in the third set but the hole was too big to dig out of against the Lady Raiders on Tuesday night.
TYLER — Kilgore College’s men and women were both picked as top five teams on Tuesday with the release of the Region XIV Conference Coaches Polls at the league’s annual basketball media day at Tyler Junior College.
Recaps of area subvarsity action:
Carthage, Ore City and Tatum also picked up wins. Recaps of those games and more:
TYLER — There wasn’t any movement at the top of the #bEASTTexas Fabulous 15 polls following Week 7 of the high school football season.
CLASS 6A/5A/4A
Union Grove’s girls captured their fifth straight title, and the Union Grove boys made it back-to-back championships on Monday at the District 16-2A Cross Country Meet.
Sawyer Goram-Welch’s process has involved a lot of research, consideration, discussion and travel when it comes to his future on the field.
Tim Polk and Parker Cox were discussing which side of the Longview offensive line opened up the bigger hole this past Friday against Mesquite Horn.
