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Lady Indians creating history

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The defense, along with Coach Chris Sexton, celebrate. Courtesy photos by Martha MericleThe defense, along with Coach Chris Sexton, celebrate. Courtesy photos by Martha Mericle

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WHITEHOUSE — The Groveton Lady Indians continue their romp through the Cinderella Season, down Kerens in two games to claim the Regional Semifinal Championship last week.

The two wins, 9-4 on Friday and 14-1 on Saturday, sets the team up to reach the Regional Final for the first time in school history.

Coach Chris Sexton said words cannot express how proud he is of the team and the hard work they have put in.

He also said he wants to thank the many fans and parents that made the long trip to Whitehouse to see history be made in person.

In the Friday game, Kiki Smith was a monster at the plate, going 3-for-4 with 2 doubles and 3 RBIs. Shelby Arnold went 2-for-4 with two RBIs, and Abby Lee, Bailee Reed, Tatum Porter and Madison Thomas each contributed a hit.

Martin and Megan Luce combined for pitching duties, posting 5 strikeouts and only one base on balls and giving up 10 hits.

In the Saturday game, Thomas went 3-for-4 and Lexi Easterling 3-for-five to lead the team. Smith and Arnold each contributed 2 hits apiece, and Reed and Luce one; Easterling, Luce and Smith notched a triple apiece, while Arnold, Easterling and Thomas each hit a double.

Arnold gets the win on the mound, allowing only 1 run and five hits while striking out 5.

Next week, Groveton faces tough rival Lovelady at Rusk High School in an all-District 21 Region III Final. 

Game 1 is at 7 p.m. Thursday, and Game 2 is at 2 p.m. Friday.

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Track season comes to an end

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Trinity’s Shelby Walters clears the bar.Trinity’s Shelby Walters clears the bar.

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The track seasons for Trinity County schools ended at the regional level.

Several athletes came close, but only the top two in each event got to make the trip.

Mariah Lewis of Trinity came in fourth in the 100-meter hurdles, the closest of the group.

UIL 3A - Region 3 Meet

Boys

3,200-meter run

9th Cade Mauldin, 10:43.05, Trinity

High Jump

16th Cole Caldwell, 5-08.00, Trinity

Girls

100-meter hurdles

4th Mariah Lewis, 15.85a (3.0)PR, Trinity

Shot put

11th Kailyn Fisher, 32-05.75, Trinity

High jump

7th Mariah Lewis, 5-00.00, Trinity

Pole vault

7th Shelby Walters, 8-00.00, Trinity

UIL 2A - Region 3 Meet

Boys

800-meter run

11th Hayden Lee, 2:11.97, Groveton

1,600-meter run

7th Caden Alexander, 5:00.16, Groveton

3,200-meter run

6th Caden Alexander, 11:10.71, Groveton; 14th Jarrett Loftin, 12:13.08 ,Groveton

Shot put

8th Tyler Allen, 41-01.75, Groveton

Pole vault

13th Daiton Chandler, 10-06.00, Groveton

Girls

800-meter run

10th Josselyn Cruz, 2:40.46, Groveton

3,200-meter run

6th Isavel Bautista, 13:39.27, Groveton

4x200 relay

7th Groveton

Shot put

14th Hailey Hall, 27-01.00, Groveton

Long jump

13th Breanna McQueen, 14-11.00, Groveton

Triple jump

16th Emma Alexander, 30-03.00, Groveton

UIL 1A – Region 4

Boys

300-meter hurdles

9th Ashton Ashford, Apple Springs; 12th Dakota Campbell, Apple Springs

Girls

800-meter run

Chloe Aycock, Apple Springs

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Bi-district champions

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The Groveton Lady Indians softball teams claimed the bi-district title, and are heading to the next level of playoffs. Courtesy photoThe Groveton Lady Indians softball teams claimed the bi-district title, and are heading to the next level of playoffs. Courtesy photo

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The Lady Indians are moving on to the next round of playoffs after downing Joaquin in two games to claim the title of bi-district champions. 

Coach Chris Sexton said that after two long games played with high intensity, they we feel tired, happy and excited to be continuing on. 

The first game on Thursday was a 9-inning pitchers’ duel, as pitchers for both teams were hitting spots and keeping batters off balance, Sexton said. 

Groveton started Landree Martin, who went just over 7 innings, giving up 7 hits, 1 run, 12 strikeouts and 1 base on balls. Megan Luce came in for relief, pitching 1 2/3 innings and giving up 0 hits, 0 runs, 0 bases on balls and striking out 1. 

“We had to find a way to win with small ball in game 1 and came away with a 2-1 victory,” Sexton said

Landree Martin and Rebecca Langley drove in the runs for Groveton. 

Friday’s game was the opposite, an offensive slug fest that ended up with the Lady Indians topping Joaquin 20-18.

Kierynn Smith had a big game offensively, going 3-for-5 with 1 double, 1 Triple, 5 RBIs and 2 stolen bases. 

“I’m proud of the way the girls overcame so much adversity and found a way to win two very different styles of close games,” Sexton said.

Groveton faces Deweyville in a doubleheader in the first round of area playoffs. Game time is 5 p.m. in Jasper.

Centerville Baseball

The Bulldogs we hosted Apple Springs on April 26 to close out district play, and came away with a 7-3 win over the Eagles. 

Ayden Self went 5 shutout innings on the mound, allowing 2 hits and striking out 9. 

Coach Geoff Hollis said the team scored 7 runs through the first 6 inningsm, taking a 7-0 lead into the 7th. 

Anthony Commiato made his first appearance on the mound in the 7th and struck out the first two batters then struggled, giving up 3 hits and 3 walks and allowing 3 runs for a final score of 7-3 victory for Centerville. 

Senior Devin Capps hit his first career home run over the right field fence for a solo shot as well. 

Centerville plays North Zulch Friday at Trinity High School in a one-game playoff. 

Trinity Baseball

The Tigers ended a rough season with two losses — 18-2 loss to Tarkington on Friday and 25-7 loss to New Waverly on April 26.

Groveton Baseball

The Indians will be in a bi-district playoff game Friday against Lovelady in Elkhart after posting a 4-2 win over Cushing on April 26.

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Athletes advance to area meet

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Kailyn Fisher of Trinity tosses the shot for a first-place posting in the event. Fisher now heads to the area meet. Courtesy photoKailyn Fisher of Trinity tosses the shot for a first-place posting in the event. Fisher now heads to the area meet. Courtesy photo

CENTERVILLE — The Lady Indians placed 17 athletes in the area meet, scheduled for Monday in Madisonville.

For the Trinity Lady Tigers, who competed in Onalaska, five will advance.

The top four places in each event advance to the area meet. 

Onalaska Regional
Track Meet

Pole Vault

1st Shelby Walters; 6th Avah Morrison 

Discus

1st Kaylin Fisher, 2nd Destinee Simmons 

Shot put

3rd Kaylin Fisher, 6th Destinee Simmons 

High Jump

2nd Mariah Lewis, 6th Shaina English

Centerville Regional Track Meet

100-meter

6th Molly Parson

200-meter

6th Anaya Bloodworth

400-meter

3rd Kiki Smith, 4th Josselyn Cruz

800-meter

2nd Josselyn Cruz, 5th Kiley Hargrave Batten

1,600-meter

1st Isavel Bautista, 4th Skyler Shaw, 7th Noelia Garcia

3,200-meter

1st Isavel Bautista, 2nd Skyler Shaw, 5th Noelia Garcia

100-meter hurdles

4th Ingrid Gonzales, 5th Marie Gonzales

300-meter hurdles

7th Ingrid Gonzales

4x100 relay

3rd Anaya Bloodworth, Bre McQueen, Kayley McCrory, Emma Alexander

4x400

3rd Anaya Bloodworth, Kiki Smith, Kayley McCrory, Emma Alexander

Shot put

1st Megan Luce, 2nd Hailey Hall, 7th Allisyn Cleaver

Discus

4th Megan Luce

Triple Jump

4th Emma Alexander, 5th Kayley McCrory

High Jump

4th Kiki Smith

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Lady Tigers take first at meet

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Lady Tiger Mariah Lewis on her way to a first place in the high jump. PHOTO BY BRIAN BESCHLady Tiger Mariah Lewis on her way to a first place in the high jump. PHOTO BY BRIAN BESCH

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CORRIGAN — Behind several huge efforts in different events, the Trinity Lady Tigers took first place at the Corrigan-Camden Relays on Thursday.

Mariah Lewis took first in the high jump and 100-meter hurdles; Shelby Walters took first in the pole vault; Mariah Lewis, Diara Woods, DeAndre Mills, Oliva Mills took first in the 4x200 relay; Shania English, Zoey Gray, Yesica Lopez , Samantha Short took first in the 4x400 relay; and Zoey Gray took first in the 300-meter hurdles.

For the boys, the Tigers took fourth place on the day.

Cade Mauldin took first in both the 1,600, and 3,200-meter relays.

Corrigan Track Meet

Girls Results

Team

1st Trinity 124, 2nd Douglass 107, 3rd Coldspring, 70, 4th Garrison 68, 5th Anderson-Shiro 51, 6th Huntington 45, 7th Pollok-Central 40, 8th Onalaska 31, 9th Diboll 26, 10th Goodrich 20, 11th Shepherd, 15, 12th Pineywoods Community Academy 14, 13th Corrigan-Camden 0

High Jump

1st, Mariah Lewis; 3rd, Shania English

Pole Vault

1st, Shelby Walters

Long Jump

4th, Mariah Lewis

Shot Put

3rd, Kailyn Fisher

Discus

6th, Destinee Simmons

4x100-meter Relay

3rd, Shania English, DeAndre Mills, Oliva Mills, Mariah Lewis

4x200-meter Relay, 

1st, Mariah Lewis, Diara Woods, DeAndre Mills, Oliva Mills

4x400-meter Relay

1st, Shania English, Zoey Gray, Yesica Lopez , Samantha Short

100-meter Hurdles

1st, Mariah Lewis

300-meter Hurdles

1st, Zoey Gray

1,600-meter

2nd, Avah Morrison

800-meter

3rd, Samantha Short

400-meter Dash

5th, Shania English; 6th, Samantha Short

Boys Results

Team

1st Garrison, 2nd Corrigan-Camden, 3rd Coldspring, 4th Trinity, 5th (tie) Douglass, 5th (tie) Huntington, 7th Shepherd, 8th Diboll, 9th Pollok-Central, 10th Goodrich, 11th Anderson-Shiro, 12th (tie) Onalaska, 12th (tie) Pineywoods Community Academy

Individual results

1,600-meter 

1st place, Cade Mauldin

3,200-meter run 

1st place, Cade Mauldin

200-meter dash

6th place, Kaden Barnes 

110-meter hurdles 

2nd place, Chanston Holland 

300-meter Hurdles 

4th place, Giro Caceres 

4x100-meter Relay

4th place, Marshall Sizemore, Kaden Barnes, Zylan Woods, Cole Caldwell 

4x200-meter Relay 

3rd place, Marshall Sizemore, Kaden Barnes, Zylan Woods, Cole Caldwell 

4x400-meter Relay

5th place, Cole Hortman, Raul Orellana, Terius Maxie, Nicholas Parras 

Long Jump

5th place, Kaden Barnes; 6th place, Zylan Woods 

Triple Jump

3rd place, Kaden Barnes; 5th place, Cole Caldwell 

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