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Junior Lady Jackets setter Emma Byrd led in assists, digs and aces in the Lady Jackets’ win against Diboll. PHOTO BY BECKI BYRD

By Becki Byrd

The Yellowjacket football team traveled to Bryan, which was a halfway point for their opponents, the Richland Springs Coyotes. The Yellowjackets knew that the Coyotes being ranked seventh in the state would make it a tough game.

It was evident that the Coyotes did their homework studying the Yellowjacket offense and stopped them quickly on each play. The Yellowjackets did manage to hold off the defense long enough for Trayce Knox to hand off to Keighen Green for a 20-yard touchdown in the first quarter. Jesse Bittick, Gus David, Cutter Lowe and PJ Purvis all contributed on defense trying to slow down the Richland offense. The game ultimately ended by mercy rule at halftime 6-52.

On Saturday, Sept 23 the Yellowjackets play Emery Weiner with kickoff at 6 p.m. at Aubry Bradley Stadium.

Lady Jackets come out ontop against Diboll

The Lady Jackets met up with the Diboll Lady Jacks for the second time this season. The first game of the season Diboll swept the Lady Jackets in Diboll. The Lady Jacks may have expected the same outcome this game, but the Lady Jackets had already decided they were not going down the same way they did previously. Emma Byrd led the team in digs with 18, assists with 32, aces with six and also had three kills.

Lily Read led in kills with 19, she also had 14 digs and led in blocks with four. Kinsley Barnes had 12 kills and three digs. Sydney Brock finished the game with 16 digs, three assists, and one ace. Marae Pounds had three kills, four digs, two aces, and two blocks. Abby Grimes had 7 digs and one ace. The Lady Jackets beat the 3A Diboll Lady Jacks three sets to 1 25-15, 25-9, 20-25, 25-14. The Lady Jackets start district this week facing the Burkeville Lady Mustangs on September 22 at home starting at 4:30pm. The junior high Lady Jackets will play in the Groveton tournament on Sept 23 with a team in each of the two brackets. Coach Tonnies would love for all of our fans to come out and watch both undefeated Junior High teams.

Cross-country runners place in meet

The cross-country team traveled to Broaddus to participate in a large meet. There were approximately 35 teams in attendance. In the Varsity division Zach Redwine placed 15th, Tanner Whitworth 24th, Joseph Gray 48th, Hailey Purvis 47th, and Elizabeth Lopez was right behind her at 49th. Junior High girls ran against 225 kids. Malia Handley placed 34th, Kynlee Citrano 81st, Carlee Gay 85th, Harley Jones 111th, Demi Garsee 136th, Raelyn Crookes 141st, Caedence Pounds191st, and Kinlyn Gray 214th. For Junior High boys Gunner Walker placed 161st, and David Walker placed 163rd out of 215 junior high boys. The next cross-country meet will be held in Chester at Camp TaKuLa on Sept. 20.

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The Warren Warriors steamrolled the Hull-Daisetta Bobcats on Friday with a 40-0 shutout. The Warriors were led on offense by running back Zach Tanton, who got seven rushes for 70 yards and two touchdowns. Defensively, lineman Weston Calloway got in seven tackles; one tackle for loss; one forced fumble and two fumble recoveries. Leading on special teams for the Warriors was Mika Davis, who notched three punt returns for a 6.5 average; one TD and one interception. The Warriors play the Garrison Bulldogs this Friday on the road. PHOTO COURTESY OF WARREN ISD YEARBOOK STAFF

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Kinsley Barnes, Senior Lady Jacket, gets in a kill against the Shelbyville Lady Dragons. Photo by Becki Byrd

By Becki Byrd

Tuesday night the JV Lady Jackets defeated Shelbyville in two swift sets. Varsity also made quick work of the Lady Dragons in three sets with scores of 25-16, 25-16, and 25-12.

Emma Byrd led the team in assists. Sydney Brock was the leading defender with several digs. On Friday the Lady Jackets beat Evadale in four sets with scores of 25-20, 25-24, 15-25, and 25-22. The JV team also defeated the Lady Rebels in two sets.

The Lady Jackets will host Diboll at home on Friday, September 15th with JV beginning at 4:30 p.m. On Tuesday Sept, 19 they will travel to Newton for a JV and Varsity match up at 4:30 p.m.  

This week the Varsity Yellowjacket Football team hosted East Texas Homeschool. Despite effort, the Jackets fell short right after halftime with a score of 0-46. On Friday, our young JV Yellowjackets were on the losing end against the Faith West Eagles with a score of 6-36. The Yellowjackets will host Mt Carmel at Aubry Bradley Stadium on Sept. 8 with kickoff scheduled for 7 p.m. The JV team will travel to High Island on Sept. 24.

Chester’s cross-country teams will travel to Broaddus for a meet on Wednesday, Sept. 13.

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The Colmesneil Bulldogs make their way down the field against West Hardin last Friday night

By Chris Edwards
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The opening games for Tyler County’s four high school football teams showed three of those teams emerging victorious, and one narrowly defeated.

The Woodville Eagles took on the Franklin Lions Friday night on the Eagles’ home turf. The back-to-back state champion Lions barely rolled out of town with a 36-33 win.

In the second quarter, the Lions came from behind of a 21-7 deficit, with an interception. They scored on a 65-yard touchdown pass, bringing the score to 21-14 at the half.

The Eagles were able to score on the Lions’ fumbles later on and led 27-21 going into the fourth quarter. Three touchdowns within six minutes put the Lions up to a 36-27 lead, but the Eagles scored on a 76-yard touchdown pass, missing the two-point conversion, and the Lions intercepting at the two-yard line.

Last season, the Eagles took on Franklin in the season opener, and came out on the wrong end of a 22-12 score.

Woodville is coming off a 9-3 2022-23 season, and this Friday takes on another school with back-to-back state championships, the Newton Eagles, in Newton.

The Colmesneil Bulldogs’ new AD/head football coach George Taylor returned to his old stomping grounds of West Hardin last Friday, as the Oilers hosted the ‘Dogs. Taylor formerly coached the Oilers prior to coming to Colmesneil.

The ‘Dogs trampled the Oilers in a 27-6 contest. Taylor called the game a “great victory for the Bulldogs.”

“The coaching staff is super proud of the grit we showed. It was hot and we were tired, but continued to push the gas pedal,” he said.

The ‘Dogs’ offensive onslaught was led by junior Kyle Taylor, who scored four touchdowns. He had three rushing TDs and one passing and rushed for 151 yards on 13 carries.

Taylor also contributed defensively with five solo tackles, one assist, a fumble recovery and one tackle for loss.

The Bulldogs take on the Christian Home Educators Fellowship team out of Baton Rouge this Friday for homecoming at 7 p.m. at Taylor Field.

The Warren Warriors also had a successful opener against Hardin. The Hornets were plagued by turnovers, and the Warriors took the 18-7 victory.

The Warriors had freshman fullback Hunter Hollyfield rush for 100 yards, cumulatively and score two touchdowns in his varsity debut. Defensively, senior DE Clayton Fountain held back the Hornets with eight tackles; four TFLs and one QBH.

The Warriors play Hull Daisetta this Friday at home for homecoming.

The county’s lone six-man team, the Chester Yellowjackets trampled Galveston O’Connell’s Buccaneers 70-12, and play two games this week, first against the East Texas Homeschool Sports Chargers, out of Longview, on Thursday at 7 p.m. and on Friday, they play the Katy Faith West Academy Eagles, both games at Aubry Bradley Stadium in Chester.