Claude Mathis’ time in Marshall is coming to an end after he accepted the job as head football coach of the DeSoto Eagles on Monday night.
Big Sandy's Josiah Johnson and Tatum's Essence Allen turned in spectacular all-around performances in a couple of games last week to help their respective teams remain perfect in district play.
Check out the superlative selections as well as the first, second and honorable mention teams:
Recaps of area action
Recaps of area action
KILGORE — Two teams struggling to recover from the post-holiday blues met on Saturday, and when the dust settled, former Kilgore College head coach Scott Schumacher and his Blinn Buccaneers walked away with a key Region XIV Conference win.
A cold-shooting third quarter gave way to a red-hot start in the fourth, enabling the Pine Tree Pirates to notch a harder-than-expected 58-51 win over the Jacksonville Indians on Friday at the Pirate Center.
Recaps of area action
Recaps of area action
Recaps of area action
Garrett Bowery, a Union Grove graduate, is celebrating being named an All-American.
Check out when area teams take the field
Longview entered a ‘control what you can control’ part of the schedule as the first half of District 11-6A play wrapped up on Friday night.
Check out when and where area teams hit the court
ORE CITY – Tracy Blankenship has decided to hang up his whistle.
Recaps and photos from the Lobo Invitational and Pine Tree Soccer Showcase
Find out who is leading the area on the stat boards (Jan. 10)
Recaps from area action
TYLER — For the second straight year an Oklahoma Sooner and Heisman Trophy winner was named the winner of the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award.
■ LOBO FOOTBALL BANQUET: A banquet to honor Longview’s 2018 Class 6A Division II state championship team is set for 6 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 28, at The Elevation (Mobberly Baptist Church).
The 9th annual LGSA Ark-La-Tex Preseason High School Warm Up Tournament is set for Saturday and Sunday at Longview’s Lear Park.
The second big weekend of soccer tournament action features a couple of events in East Texas as the Longview boys and Pine Tree girls host tournaments starting today and running through Saturday.
Hannah Welch, a durable, hard-throwing pitcher heading into her senior season at Jefferson High School, locked up her college playing future on Wednesday by signing a national letter-of-intent with LeTourneau University.
Last year, the Toyota Sharelunker program changed up its format and dates.
From Staff Reports
Longview offensive lineman Kaylon Allen couldn’t wait for school to start back up Monday.
Longview's girls battle past Lady Pirates, 1-0. Recaps of those games and more:
Recaps of area action
Pine Tree and Hallsville fall on the road. Recaps of those games and much more:
■ LOBO FOOTBALL BANQUET: A banquet to honor Longview’s 2018 Class 6A Division II state championship team is set for 6 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 28, at The Elevation (Mobberly Baptist Church).
So far in the District 11-6A race, there’s little room for error in the playoff picture.
A parade celebrating the Longview Lobos’ state championship win will take to the streets of downtown Longview tonight.
■ LOBO FOOTBALL BANQUET: A banquet to honor Longview’s 2018 Class 6A Division II state championship team is set for 6 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 28 at The Elevation (Mobberly Baptist Church).
Hallsville’s Maddison Ford and Trinity School of Texas’ Caleb Liebengood had just one chance to impress last week, but both players did just that in helping their respective teams pick up wins.
After graduating from Linden-Kildare in the spring of 1977, Scott Lee set out with intentions of majoring in computer science when he went off to college at Texas A&M.
Recaps from Saturday action
Recaps of area action
Longview moves to 16-5 overall and 3-1 in district play
Alyce Monsour’s lifetime love of the Lobos is complete.
Recaps of area action
Friday afternoon saw the Marshall Lady Mavs defeat the Pine Tree Lady Pirates in a 39-20 final for a winning record of 3-2 in district play while Pine Tree remains in search of its first district win with a record of 0-5.
Lady Panther comeback falls short to Lady Lions, 45-40
Pine Tree’s boys basketball team extended its perfect district record to 3-0 Friday afternoon with a 69-35 win over Marshall, handing the Mavericks their first loss in district play. Marshall is now 2-1 against district opponents.
Daingerfield graduate Denzel Mims was Baylor University’s go to guy this year when they wanted to pass the ball.
KILGORE — Nineteen years ago, then-Kilgore College head coach Jimmy Rieves tried to send Willie Gooden packing.
■ Kids’ Trout Fishing Day Scheduled: On Feb. 9, Bridge Bob’s Pond at Mineola Nature Preserve, located on Wood County Road 2724 just south of Mineola, will be the site of a Kids’ Trout Fishing Day.
Sunday afternoon at sunset will see the close of the general whitetail hunting season. Most East Texans affectionately call this “rifle season or gun season.”
