KILGORE - The Kilgore College Rangers made it a perfect 5 for 5 against Northeast Texas Community College this season, but this one was for all the marbles.
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KILGORE BASS ANGLERS: The team of Keith Melton and Luis “Lolo” Rodriguez took top honors at the Kilgore Bass Anglers’ May tournament held at Lake O’ the Pines.
The Pine Tree Pirates will close out spring football drills with the annual spring game today at Pirate Stadium.
It was raining last week, it was raining the other day, it was raining yesterday and it is raining right now as I write this column.
Trevor Petersen doesn’t want his Spring Hill baseball team dwelling on the past, but he’s OK with the Panthers taking a few things learned from a bi-district sweep of Gilmer into this weekend’s area series against Caddo Mills.
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Longview High School hosted its latest signing day ceremony for the 2020-2021 school year at its on-campus turf room on Wednesday morning and two of its athletes, soccer player Alejandro “Chino” Rojas Monsivais and football player Bryant Arthur, were honored.
UNION GROVE — Cannon Cowan and Matthew Bower still have some unfinished business at the high school level, but on Tuesday the Union Grove baseball standouts took time to briefly look ahead to the next level.
Regional Quarterfinals
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For the Kilgore College softball team, the mission is simple.
KC TRYOUTS: Reigning Region XIV Conference champion Kilgore College will hold tryouts on June 5 and July 10 at Masters Gymnasium.
Kerry Strong’s name came up with nearly every coaching change in East Texas the past decade due to his success at every previous stop.
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KC TRYOUTS: Reigning Region XIV Conference champion Kilgore College will hold tryouts on June 5 and July 10 at Masters Gymnasium.
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Class 4ACARTHAGE SWEEPS: MALAKOFF — The Carthage Lady Dawgs advanced to the regional quarterfinal round of the Class 4A playoffs with a pair of one-run wins over Salado in area play, earning 3-2 and 1-0 wins.
Class 3AHARMONY 7, P. PEWITT 3: MOUNT PLEASANT — The Harmony Eagles completed a bi-district sweep against Paul Pewitt on Saturday with a 7-3 win.
Mount Pleasant’s Ryan Sharp, a member of Longview’s Metro Aquatics Swim Team, will continue his academic and athletic career at the University of Providence after signing a national letter-of-intent with the school.
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Longview started the 2021 regular season with two opening day starting pitchers throwing no-hitters. The Lobos experienced a different fate in Friday’s playoff opener.
High School Athletics
Class 5AMARSHALL 2, WHITEHOUSE 0: WHITEHOUSE — Garrett Cotton worked a complete game on the mound, striking out two, walking one and allowing three hits in a 2-0 shutout as Marshall moved to the area playoffs with a win over Whitehouse.
Class 5AHALLSVILLE 22, R. OAK 2: DUNCANVILLE — The Hallsville Ladycats continued to punish the softball, closing out a sweep of a Class 5A area playoff series with a 22-2 win over Red Oak on Saturday.
KILGORE — Cisco kept its slim national title hopes alive while putting a serious dent in No. 3 Kilgore’s championship dreams here Saturday, pulling away for a 37-20 win over the Rangers in Southwest Junior College Football Conference action at R.E. St. John Memorial Stadium.
Longview suffered a no-hitter against Nacogdoches pitcher Reid Bowyer in Friday’s 12-0 game one loss of the Class 5A Region II Bi-district baseball series. The Lobos found more success in Saturday’s game two at Nacogdoches, but it wasn’t enough to force a third and final game of the series.
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CLASS 4AGILMER 5, VAN 2: WHITEHOUSE — Sarah Phillips struck out 10 in a complete game in the circle, and Karlye Johnston homered and drove in two runs for Gilmer as the Lady Buckeyes opened a best-of-three area playoff series with a 5-2 win over Van.
Class 4AL-EYLAU 3, KILGORE 1: TEXARKANA — Gage Bellatti fanned seven with no walks, giving up one unearned run on seven hits in seven innings for Liberty-Eylau as the Leopards opened a best-of-three bi-district series with a 3-1 win over Kilgore.
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One of the best seasons in Longview baseball history has occurred in 2021. The Lobos have produced a 22-6 regular season record, grabbed the number two seed from district 15-5A and won 11 of their last 12 games, so there’s plenty of excitement and expectation going into their first postseaso…
Longview has had a very successful track season in 2021 and plans to finish what it started at today’s Class 5A UIL State Track and Field Meet state at the University of Texas’ Mike A. Myers Stadium.
HALLSVILLE — District 15-5A champ Hallsville returned to its winning ways in its 2021 Class 5A playoff opener on Thursday.
GILMER — Spring Hill’s Easton Ballard kept Gilmer quiet from the mound to open the postseason.
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LOBO FOOTBALL: The 2021 Lobo football team will hold a scrimmage at Lobo Stadium at 2 p.m. Thursday.
The Spring Hill Panther baseball team will open the 2021 playoffs with an eye on the future while also giving a nod to the past.
Hallsville sophomore Kinley Pessel and Spring Hill freshman Faith Chinn have bonded over the sport of golf throughout their childhood. Now, they’re both UIL state golf qualifiers in the same 2021 high school season.
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Kendric MaloneSchool: Tatum
Second TeamBenjamin Samples, Hallsville ; Decartiyay Allison, Tatum; Matthew Rigdon, Carlisle; Montrel Hatten, Carthage; David Robinson, Sabine
