Indians, Panthers, Guard to play in Wagstaff Classic

Local Sports

Discussion

December 26, 2009

Anonymous The Jacksonville Daily Progress Sat Dec 26, 2009, 05:49 PM CST

By Jay Neal

sports@jacksonvilleprogress.com

Fans of Jacksonville Indian, Bullard Panther, or Brook Hill Guard basketball are in luck this week as all three teams will be participating in the annual Wagstaff Classic, beginning Monday and running through Wednesday, at Wagstaff Gymnasium on the campus of Tyler Junior College.

The Indians (11-3), who are off to one of their hottest starts in school history, will face Longview at 7 p.m. Monday in a first-round affair in the Gold Bracket (Class 5A-4A schools).

Jacksonville bombed Longview in the season opener, but Monday’s game should be the first action of the season for those Lobos who also played football, so look for Longview to be much improved in this contest.

The Jacksonville versus Longview winner/loser will face the winner/loser of the Tyler Lee versus Whitehouse matchup slated for an 8:30 p.m. tip Monday night.

The Tribe defeated Lee in the Longview tournament a couple of weeks ago while Whitehouse and the Indians are expected to be the top-two teams in District 14-4A.

Other schools entered in the Gold Bracket are Sulphur Springs, Lindale, John Tyler and Mabank.

The championship game in the Gold Bracket will take place at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday.

The Apache Bracket (Class 3A-1A, and private schools) could shape up to pit Bullard and Brook Hill squaring off against one another at some point.

Bullard (8-8) is in the top-half of the bracket and will open tourney play at 9 a.m. Monday against T. K. Gorman.

Brook Hill (13-3) is scheduled to face Chapel Hill at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the bottom of the bracket.

The Guard, winners of the Tatum tournament’s consolation bracket last weekend, are ranked No. 3 in the TAPPS small school division.

Tatum, All Saints Episcopal, Arp and Grace Community School complete the eight-team field in the bracket.

Apache Bracket finals are scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Text Only

Local Sports

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.

May 21, 2012
More Local Sports Headlines

Local Sports

Search Results

Discussion

Indians, Panthers, Guard to play in Wagstaff Classic

Site Map

Contact Us