TCNS staff Two teams from Trinity County schools took home district titles last week and are on their way to the show. The Apple Springs Eagles went 3-0, beating Centerville 12-0 on April 23, downing Kennard 10-1 on Wednesday and clinching the title with a 10-0 blanking of Wells on Friday. The Eagles will face Slocum in Elkhart on Thursday. Dakota Campbell, who handled pitching against Wells and Centerville, threw his 100th strikeout of the season on Friday as part of his 10 strikeouts of the…

Chester Lady Jackets are Bi-District Champs after defeating Spurger 15-4.Back Row L-R: Coach Susan Muncrief, Coach Crystal Muncrief, Madi Ogden, Kinsley Barnes, Lauren Citrano, Koree Hilliard, Lily Read, Lily Payne, Ty Cochran, Coach Tonnies. Bottom Row L-R: Hailey Purvis, Sydney Brock, Emma Byrd, Holly Moore and Allie Ogden. BECKI BYRD | TCB By Becki Byrd On Tuesday April 23 the Lady Jackets traveled to Broaddus for a playoff warm up game. Although the Lady Jackets out hit the Lady Bulldogs…

By Brian Besch The Livingston softball season ended Saturday in the bi-district round, falling to Little Cypress-Mauriceville 6-5 in Cleveland. It completes a two-game sweep, after Friday’s 11-1 loss. The Lady Lions held a 5-1 lead after four innings, but LC-M got two in the fifth inning and three in the seventh to take a 6-5 lead. “The game was definitely a better outing for us,” Livingston coach Heather Mosser said. “For me, it reflected more of our season and the way that we battled and…

David Somers stretches to catch the ball on a pickoff attempt. By Charles BallardSJNT correspondent Although the last baseball game of the season did not go as the Shepherd Pirates wanted it to, Coach Anthony Trevino said, “Our main goal this year was to teach a very young team to play baseball at the High School level, and I think we did just that.” A Coldspring loss and a Shepherd win would have sent the teams to a seed playoff game, but the opposite happened — Coldspring won over New Waverly…