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May 26, 2010

Anonymous Jacksonville Daily Progress The Jacksonville Daily Progress Wed May 26, 2010, 05:45 PM CDT

JACKSONVILLE — Cactus Speedway results from May 22

Here are the feature winners from the Cactus Speedway, a new clay surfaced 1/5 mile oval track located in Bullard, racing program held on May 22:

Quad Pro Open — #5 John “Lightning” Leatherwood; Mad Dog #12, Joey Raborn

50cc — #3 T J Terry

65cc — #12 Mike Stout

Open semi pro — #12 Joey Raborn

The next races at Cactus Speedway are slated to begin at noon on June 5. For more information visit www.cactusspeedway.com.

Ex-Panther Greene leading Texas A& M into Big 12 tourney

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Texas A& M Aggies are in Oklahoma City this week to participate in the 14th annual Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship which will take place at A T & T Bricktown Ballpark in historic downtown Oklahoma City. The Aggies (36-19-1) are seeded 4th in the eight-team event with a 14-12-1 conference record and were scheduled to open tourney play yesterday against Texas Tech (27-27). A& M is taking part in the tourney for the 12th time and has an all-time record of 18-19 in the tourney. The Aggies, led by former Bullard standout Brody Greene, enter play as one of the hottest teams in the league and the country, having won 14 of their last 17 outings. Greene, a senior outfielder, is batting .425 over the last 10 games with three home runs, nine RBI, 15 runs scored and six stolen bases. He has hit safely in 12 of the final 13 games of the regular season and he leads the team in 11 offensive categories (average, hits, runs, doubles, triples, home runs, RBI, total bases, stolen bases, slugging percentage and on-base percentage). Greene is the only Aggie that has appeared in every game this season. He has recorded at least one hit in 46 of the team’s 56 games this year and has multiple hits in 27 contests. His seven triples lead the Big 12 and rank in the top 20 nationally.

Bullard’s Buysman receives academic accolade at LeTourneau

RICHARDSON — Bullard High School graduate Gina Buysman was one of 16 LeTourneau University (Longview) student-athletes that were honored Tuesday by being named to the American Southwest Conference’s 2010 Academic All-Conference team. Buysman was one of six LeTourneau softball players to receive the award. Each student-athlete is a season letter winner and has participated in at least half of the team’s contests and has carried a career grade point of 3.0 or better.

JBSA to host Memorial Day Bash tourney

The Jacksonville Baseball/Softball Association will be hosting a Memorial Day Bash Tournament this weekend for softball and t-ball. There will be girls 9/10, girls 11/12 and girls 13,14 & 15 divisions with the t-ball tournament being for 5 and 6-year-olds. For more information contact Ricky Carpenter, 903-262-4658 for softball or Troy Hamlett, 903-530-1694 for t-ball.

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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.

May 23, 2012
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.

May 23, 2012
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.

May 23, 2012
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.

May 22, 2012
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.

May 22, 2012
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.

May 22, 2012
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.

May 21, 2012
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.

May 21, 2012
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.

May 21, 2012
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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