JACKSONVILLE — No. 1-ranked Guard receive bye in state playoffs
BULLARD — Brook Hill (24-3) remains the top-ranked team in the weekly Texas Association of Basketball Coaches poll of small private schools. The Guard, district champions out of TAPPS 4-3A, earned a first round bye in the state playoffs which began last night, and will face either Carrollton Prince of Peace or Flower Mound Coram Deo on Friday or Saturday. That game will be played in Bullard.
Donkey basketball coming to Rusk Feb. 17
RUSK — The Rusk High School seniors will take on the Rusk State Hospital Employee Council in a wild and outrageous game of donkey basketball, to played Wednesday night, Feb. 17, at the old Rusk High School Gymnasium. The players will actually be riding donkeys will displaying their respective roundball skills. Advanced tickets may be purchased at Brookshire Brothers in Rusk for $6.00 or may be obtained at the door at a cost of $8.00. Proceeds will benefit the RHS Senior Finale and the Rusk State Hospital Employee Council.
JHS tennis team to host invitational Friday; Montes wins big at JT Meet
The Jacksonville High School tennis team will be hosting the Jacksonville Invitational beginning at 8 a.m. Friday at four locations throughout the city. Play will take place at the JHS Tennis Complex, Jacksonville Middle School, Buckner Park and at the Jacksonville Country Club. JHS netters participated in the John Tyler Tournament last Friday with Isaac Montes winning the consolation final (8-5) over Josh Noble of Whitehouse. The following doubles teams all garnered first round wins: Dylan Hanna & Morgan Weaver, Kyle Crosby & Spencer Jay as well as Alicia Coronilla & Elisha Carpenter.
John Tyler Tournament results, Feb. 5
Girl’s singles (JHS player listed first)
Breana Beaver — (R1), lost to Meagan Cameron (Spring Hill), 8-1; (RI-Cons.), defeated Lisa White (Spring Hill), 8-7 (6); (Cons. Semis), lost to Jaymee Wilson (Sulphur Springs), 8-3.
Autumn Morris — (R1), lost to Claire Chilton (All Saints), 8-2; (R1-Cons.), lost to Georgia Waley (Spring Hill), 8-7 (1).
Boy’s singles
Isaac Montes — (R1), lost to Elliot Deese (Spring Hill), 8-1; (RI-Cons.), defeated Nick Novy (Longview), 8-5; (Cons.-Semis) defeated Viresh Patel (Henderson), 8-6; (Cons. Final), defeated Josh Noble (Whitehouse), 8-5.
Girl’s doubles — Alicia Coronilla & Elisha Carpenter — (R1), defeated Salgado & Nieto (John Tyler), 8-5; (R2), lost to Pokala & Holguin (Lufkin), 6-4, 6-1.
Boy’s doubles — Dylan Hanna & Morgan Weaver — (R1), defeated Payton & Smeed (Longview), 8-2; (R2), lost to Diaz & Martinez (John Tyler), 7-6 (5), 2-6, (10-2).
Kyler Crosby & Spencer Jay — (R1), defeated Lafalle & Latta (All Saints), 8-5; (R2), lost to Stevens & Adams (Sulphur Springs), 6-0, 6-1.
Local Sports
In Brief, Feb. 10, 2010
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17-3A All-District softball team filled with familiar names
Local softball fans will find plenty of well-known names on this year's 17-3A All-District softball team, as players from Rusk and Bullard High School comprised a large portion of the prestigious squad.
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Lady 'Cat soccer adds height in the net by adding Marshall goalkeeper, Emerson
The Lon Morris College Lady Bearcat soccer team addressed one of its greatest needs when it signed Stephanie Emerson of Marshall (Texas) High School to a National Letter of Intent (NLI) last week.
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Men’s Junior college hoops: Lon Morris College’s Jurkovic signs letter with Florida International
Florida International University (FIU) has swooped down and hooked yet another player that played his final year of junior college basketball in Jacksonville this past season.
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Top-ranked Robinson wins regional series over Panthers
After upsetting top-ranked Waco Robinson 1-0 in the first game of a best-of-three series on Friday night, the Bullard Panthers needed just one win on Saturday to advance into the Class 3A, Region III semi-final round.
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Troup's historic playoff run ends with loss to Linden-Kildare
For six innings Troup held a precarious 1-0 lead over Linden-Kildare on Saturday afternoon at Lady Maverick Field in Marshall in what was a must-win game for Troup.
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Years of hard work pay dividends for Bullard's Holcomb
A student-athletic trainer's days are long and arduous, with little day-to-day reward, aside from an occasional 'atta girl.
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Bullard shocks top-ranked Robinson 1-0 in Game 1
The Bullard High School baseball team followed down a trail that the Panther football squad forged out late last year in pulling off a major upset of a team from Waco Robinson High.
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Linden-Kildare trips up Troup in regional semi-final opener
One big inning was enough to enable Linden-Kildare to defeat Troup 5-0 in Game 1 of a best-of-three Class 2A Region III semi-final series, that took place in front of a crowd estimated to number 700 at Marshall's Lady Maverick Field on Friday afternoon.
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Guard's Langemeier to play football at Wheaton College
After four years of reaping numerous awards in a four-sport career at The Brook Hill School, Austin Langemeier put the icing on his laureled-high school stint Thursday, inking to play football at Wheaton College.
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Rusk’s Arthur loses Bellator 69 MMA bout
Rusk’s Booker Arthur lost in a unanimous decision to Shanon Slack of Orange County, Calif. on Friday night in lake Charles, La.
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