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Anonymous Jacksonville Daily Progress The Jacksonville Daily Progress Thu Jul 29, 2010, 07:47 PM CDT

JACKSONVILLE — Maiden spikers to report early Monday morning

Jacksonville head volleyball coach Billie Walley requests that all freshman, junior varsity and varsity volleyball athletes to report to the JHS Gymnasium at 8 a.m. Monday for the first day of fall practice. All players should come dressed in proper volleyball attire. For more information, contact Walley at 903-721-3147.

Hospice Open

registration

deadline extended

The deadline for registering to play in The Hospice of East Texas Adult Open & Junior Grand Prix tennis tournament has been extended until Monday. On-line registration has closed, however, anyone interested in participating in the event may still do so by calling either Frieda Melvin (903-721-1210) or David Hanna (903-571-6277) before midnight Monday. The tourney is scheduled for Aug. 7-8 in Jacksonville.

JHS product joins Gilmer High

coaching staff

GILMER — Joey Jackson will be working as an offensive line coach at Gilmer High School. Jackson is a 2005 graduate of Jacksonville High School and a former Indian football player. He has served as a volunteer assistant at Gilmer for the past three years while completing his academic work at the University of Texas Tyler. He is the son of Joe and Nancy Jackson of Jacksonville.

Shattuck finishes third in NTPGA Eagle’s Bluff tourney

Hunter Shattuck of Jacksonville claimed third place in the boys 14-15-year-old division of the NTPGA Junior Golf Tour stop at The Challenge at Eagle’s Bluff, held on July 22. Shattuck carded an 86, finishing 8 strokes back of the first place finisher, David Jackson of Longview. In boys 12-13-year-old action, Jacksonville’s Cameron Brown shot a 101 to take sixth place. Longview’s Parker Fiscus took first in the age group, shooting a 79. In other action at the tournament, Brandon Downs (Rusk) wound up T7, carding an 81, 8 shots back of the leader, Austin King (Tyler) in boys 16-18-year-old play. In the same age grouping, Bullard linksters, Harrison Dukes shot an 85, Blake Ridgeway (Bullard) finished at 87, Jeffrey Buchman carded a 90 and Ross Lee shot a 99.

Texas-Minnesota football series

canceled

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — University of Minnesota Athletics officials announced Wednesday that the Golden Gophers’ two-game football series with Texas has been canceled due to a contract impasse concerning video rights. The home-and-home series with Texas was scheduled to be played during the 2015 and 2016 seasons. It would have been the first meeting on the gridiron between the Gophers and Longhorns since 1936. “We are extremely disappointed that the series with Texas will not take place,” said Minnesota Director of Athletics Joel Maturi.

T. O.’s debut in Cincinnati delayed

GEORGETOWN, Ky. (AP) — Terrell Owens is a late arrival. The Cincinnati Bengals’ latest addition missed his overnight flight and had to take a later one Thursday, delaying his debut during the first day of workouts at training camp. The Bengals had planned on him arriving early in the day, taking his physical and signing his contract while the rest of the team worked out in the morning. The news conference was rescheduled until after the evening practice.

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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.

May 21, 2012
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