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Chapel Hill eclipses Lady Panthers in league lid lifter
NEW CHAPEL HILL — Chapel Hill pitcher, Halie Vance, fanned 15 Lady Panthers while stroking a double to guide the Lady Bulldogs to a 7-1 win over Bullard in the District 17-3A opener played in New Chapel Hill Tuesday evening. Vance held Bullard to just one hit, an Ashley Gwartney double.
Gwartney pitched a complete game for Bullard, allowing seven hits. Bullard returns home to face Spring Hill at 6 p.m. Friday while Chapel Hill is slated to host Gladewater at 2 p.m. on Saturday.
Navarro wins opener in national tourney
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Matt Pressey scored a bucket off an offensive rebound with 29 seconds left in the game to spur Navarro College to a 66-65 victory over Middle Georgia College (28-4) in opening round action of the NJCAA National Tournament in Hutchinson, Kan. Tuesday night. The Bulldogs (29-5), the Region XIV champions, were scheduled to face East Mississippi Community College (27-5) late Wednesday evening in a quarterfinal game. Pressey finished as the game’s leading scorer (23 points). Chase Harper added 13 points for the Bulldogs who earned their first win in national tournament play in school history on Tuesday.
Region XIV’s Lady Cards win in a breeze
SALINA, Kan. — Trinity Valley Community College began its quest for a national championship by walloping Walters State, 70-53, Tuesday in the opening round of the NJCAA Women’s Championship Tournament, being played at the Bicentennial Center in Salina, Kan. this week. The Lady Cards (29-5) led by only two points, 30-28, at the break, but pulled away in the second half by hitting 55-percent of their shots form the field, including making 6-of-15 from beyond the arc. Gloria Brown’s double-double (16 points and 13 rebounds) sparked the Lady Cards, the Region XIV champions. TVCC advances to face the top-seed, Jefferson County (30-1), at 6 p.m. tonight. TVCC is attempting to win its sixth women’s national basketball title.
Bullard Relays to be contested Saturday
BULLARD — Eleven boys and eleven girls track and field squads will descend upon Panther Stadium early Saturday morning as the 2010 Bullard Relays are scheduled to take place. Action begins at 9 a.m. with the start of the 3200M run, shot put, discus, high jump and pole vault. Long jump and triple jump will start at 9:15 a.m. with running events set to begin at noon. The meet will close around 3 p.m. with an awards ceremony.
Volunteers still needed for Bullard track and field meet
BULLARD — Bullard High School Athletic Booster Club members are encouraged to come out to Panther Stadium at 8 a.m. Saturday to volunteer to perform varies duties associated with the 2010 Bullard Relays. Around 500 student-athletes are expected at the meet. Volunteers need not stay the entire day. Lunch for the participants is scheduled for 11 a.m. with a significant amount of volunteer help needed during that time frame.
Local Sports
Sports briefs March 17, 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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