Bullard bombs Lady Bears in three
GLADEWATER — The Bullard Lady Panthers got back on the winning track Tuesday night by scoring a convincing 3-0 (25-12, 25-13, 25-15) road victory over Gladewater. The Lady Panthers now stand 21-9, 3-1 in District 17-3A, as they prepare to entertain Gilmer at 4:30 p.m. tonight at Panther Gymnasium. Following tonight’s match, Bullard will enter a crucial stretch of district games, traveling to Chapel Hill Tuesday — the Lady Panthers and the Lady Bulldogs are currently tied for second in the loop standings — followed by a road match at Tatum on Oct. 16. On Oct. 23 Bullard will welcome league-leading Spring Hill into Panther Gymnasium.
Lady Guard earn district win over Garland Christian
BULLARD — Brook Hill ran their TAPPS, District 4-3A, record to 5-4 (6-11 overall) by shutting out Garland Christian Academy 3-0 (25-10, 25-20, 25-20) Tuesday evening at the Herrington Gymnasium. Baylee Rozell (eight kills) and Amy Jo Teague (six kills) ignited the Lady Guard on offense with M.C. Selden and Erica Eden each putting down four spikes as well. Brook Hill was scheduled to face Dallas Shelton at home on Thursday night.
LMC linksters finish sixth at Mary Hardin-Baylor tourney
SALADO — Lon Morris College placed sixth in the Mary Hardin-Baylor Fall Invitational, held Tuesday at the Mill Creek Country Club in Salado. The tournament was won by Tyler Junior College with a score of 588 (287-301). The Bearcats finished at 601 (298-303). Jason Hamilton led LMC with a 147 (72-75) as did Michael Haney (76-71). Hamilton and Haney finished tied for tenth place. Other Bearcat linksters competing were, Nathan Watson (76-77, 153) who ended the day T37, and Logan Russell (77-80, 157) and Nicklaus Webb (74-83, 157) who both came in T51. Russell is a graduate of Jacksonville High School. Lubbock Christian’s Trevor Turnbow captured medalist honors, shooting a 143 (72-71).
Former local JUCO
basketball talents now in Red River Athletic Conference
Brian Wanamaker and Lance Murphy, both formerly of Lon Morris College and Brian Sanders, previously of Jacksonville College, will all be suiting up for teams in the Red River Athletic Conference (NAIA) this season. Wanamaker will be playing for Texas Wesleyan University (Fort Worth) while Sanders and Murphy will be teammates at San Antonio’s Our Lady of the Lake University. Wanamaker, originally out of Philadelphia, Pa. led the Bearcats in assists (4.2) and steals (2.2) last year and is expected to play point guard for the Rams, who finished with a 29-5 record last year, winning their second-consecutive conference title. Sanders, a 6-foot-3, 185-pound junior from Houston and Murphy, a 6-foot-6, 205-pound junior, could see their first action of the fall when the Saints open the season on Nov. 4 by hosting University of St. Thomas.
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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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