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Centerville/Groveton Junior High Bulldog Bradyn Woychesin (No. 31) plays defense. 

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NEW SUMMERFIELD — Three of four Centerville teams logged wins facing New Summerfield on Thursday. 

For the girls, the A team won 26-0, while the B team lost 0-2.

For the boys, the A team won 34-17, and the B team won 14-0.

On Saturday, Centerville hosted its second annual Alumni basketball game, and 43 former student athletes came out for the women’s and men’s alumni games.

There was a 3-point competition before each game, and Jennie Hutchens, class of 1998, took home the title of women’s 3-point champion and Centerville’s Head Coach Geoffrey Hollis, class of 2012, took home the men’s 3-point Champion title.

The women’s white team defeated the red team 43-40, while the men’s red team defeated the white team 109-86. 

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(Right) Trinity’s Ariah English and Mariah Lewis look to block a kill from a Shepherd Lady Pirate. Photo by Charles Ballard

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The Apple Springs Lady Eagles entered the win column in style last week, downing district rival Leggett on both Tuesday and Friday.

Head Coach Michael Powell said they won on Sept. 12 in 5 sets, and then again on Friday in 3 sets.

“We were down 18-14 in the second set, and then Sophie Oldham served 11 in a row to win it for us,” he said.

Groveton

The Lady Indians posted two losses on the week.

On Sept. 12, Normangee won in three — 16-25, 12-25 and 19-25.

Kiki Smith had 8 kills, 1 assist, 19 digs, 1 block; Emma Alexander had 2 kills, 1 dig, 1 block; Landree Martin had 4 digs; Daisia Leonard had 1 kill, 2 blocks; Stormie Hensley had 19 digs; Kady Lee had 1 kill, 3 blocks; Aubrey Alexander had 1 kill, 4 assist, 3 digs; Jannett Bautista had 1 kill, 1 dig, 1 block; Caila Antley had 2 kills, 4 digs; and Paislie Voelker had 2 aces, 10 assist, 2 digs.

On Friday, Groveton fell to Hudson 3-2.

Scores were 25-19, 18-25, 12-25, 25-9 and 12-15.

Trinity

Last week saw the Lady Tigers take two district wins.

Trinity went 3-2 over Shepherd on Sept. 12, and 3-2 over Onalaska on Friday.

Standout players were Mariah Lewis on offense and Vanessa Acosta on defense.

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Groveton’s Bryon Thomas (No. 2) gets tripped up for a gain. Photo by Tony Farkas

By Tony Farkas
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GROVETON — The Groveton Indians put their record at 2-2 with a 23-8 win over the Grapeland Sandies on Friday.

Groveton’s offense was an intense ground game, punctuated with the occasional pass, led by Bryon Thomas and Tanner Steubing.

Steubing went 4-of-8 for 34 yards passing, while Thomas had 5 catches for 34 yards

On the ground, Thomas had 25 carries for 234 yards 3 TDs; Steubing had 11 carries for 11 yards; Wyatt Snead had 3 carries for 43 yards; Jackson Cathey had 2 carries for 16 yards; and Phoenix Bowman had 3 carries for 1 yard.

On defense, Daiton Chandler had 7 tackles, 2 passes broken up, 1 safety; Snead had 5 tackles, 1 interception; Steubing had 5 tackles; Logan Townsend had 3 tackles, 1 sack; Gunner Wilson had 3 tackles; Tristan Ard had 3 tackles; Thomas had 2 tackles, 1 pass broken up; Bowman had 2 tackles, 1 pass broken up; Cathey had 2 tackles; Carter Cox had 2 tackles; Darius McQueen had 1 tackle; Armando Bautista had 1 tackle; and Brody Thorton had 1 tackle.

Trinity

WEST SABINE — The Trinity Tigers were blanked by West Sabine 44-0 on Friday.

The misfortunes of the Tigers continued throughout the first half. West Sabine was able to control the pace of the game by a steady dose of running and scoring seemingly. The Tiger offense did not get on track and committed three first half fumbles that resulted in touchdowns for West Sabine.

The Tigers went in for halftime facing a 44-0 deficit.

The second half saw the Tigers defense hold West Sabine to no scores, but the offense still struggled to move the ball and the Tigers fell to 0-4 for the non-district portion of the season.

After the game the coaches stressed the need for a better effort and execution.

The Tigers return home Friday to begin district play against the Hemphill Hornets. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.

Apple Springs

The Eagles outclassed Tyler Heat by a score of 48-0 on Friday.

On offense, Dakota Campbell threw 12-of-19 for 230 yards and 6 TDs, while Zeth Dugat hauled in 5 of 8 passes for 96 yards and a touchdown; Hunter Davis caught 3 of 4 for 76 yards and 2 TDs; Connor Kaufman caught 1 pass for a 40-yard TD; Ethan LeBlanc caught 2 passes for 15 yards and a TD; and Ryan Phillips pulled in a 3-yard pass for a score.

On the ground, Davis had 2 carries for 15 yards; Campbell had 2 runs for 14 yards and a TD; Dugat had 1 run for 9 yards; and Ryan Davis added an 8-yard run.

On defense, Andrew Pion had 6 tackles, caused and recovered a fumble, and an interception for a TD; Ethan Randell had 4 tackles, 1 interception; Noah Thompson had 12 tackles; Tanner Smith had 5 tackles; Ryan Davis had 5 tackles; Carter Anthony had 4 tackles; Ryan Phillips had 3 tackles; Drake Pierce had 3 tackles; and Dewaine Parker had 2 tackles.

 

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CENTERVILLE — The Bulldogs rattled off three straight victories, all by 20-plus points, to claim the title to the Bulldog JH tournament.

Meanwhile, the girls earned victories over Kennard and Leggett and lost a hard-fought battle against Wells to earn second place.

The boys defeated Kennard 44-28, defeated Leggett 52-23 and defeated Wells 43-22 in their march to victory. Coach Geoffrey Hollis said it’s the first time a Centerville boys team, junior high or high school, has won a tournament in a significant number of years.

On the girls’ side, the Lady Bulldogs defeated Kennard 28-10 and Leggett 22-13 but lost to Wells 50-25 in the championship.

Hollis said that was the highest finish for a Centerville girls’ team in a significant number of years as well.

Hardy Brown and Braden White were named Boys Co-MVP, and Chris Fry was named Boys All-Tournament Player. Avery Brown and Jamie Whittlesey claimed Girls All-Tournament Player honors.