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Tennis athletes seized first place

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051823 Spurger Tennis

The Spurger Pirate and Lady Pirate tennis athletes seized first place in Girls Singles; Boys Singles; Girls Doubles; Boys Doubles and Mixed Doubles, which earned them enough points to win “District Champ” status for boys the girls and boys, and all advanced to regionals. Pictured, front, left-to-right: Coby Anthony (boys’ doubles); Noah Donatucci (boys’ doubles); Mason McGallion (boys’ singles), Joshua Grissom (mixed doubles). Back row: Jade Tucker (girls’ doubles), KayLynn Deckert (girls’ doubles), Jillian Leasman (mixed doubles) and Ella Hatton (girls’ singles). PHOTO COURTESY OF LISA STAPERT

 

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Eagle bats blazin’ against Boling

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By Chris Edwards
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NAVASOTA – The Woodville Eagles are now area champs.

The Eagles played the Boling Bulldogs in Navasota last Thursday and Friday in a two-game series for the title, with back-to-back wins.

In game one, the pitching of Eagle Tate Hickman got the Eagles the win. Hickman only let one run occur on five hits, over four innings, and struck out five batters. The Bulldogs fell behind early in the game and could not come back, with their pitcher allowing eight hits and five runs in the third and fifth innings. Eagles Lane Ferguson and Cole Standley stepped up to close out the game in relief for a 6-3 finish.

Game two was a different story for the Eagles, as they completely shut out their opponent with a 16-0 score on Friday.

With Eagle bats a blazing and ace pitching from Darius Bean, the Bulldogs could not come back from an early fall behind. In the first inning, the Eagles scored on a Hickman single and a Kaden Satterwhite run. Bean only allowed one hit from Boling in five innings and struck out five batters.

In the third inning, Boling’s Trenton Jones gave up five Eagle runs on four hits.

Woodville now faces Diboll this Thursday and Friday in Cleveland. Game one takes place at 6 p.m., and game two at 6 p.m. A third game, if necessary, is slated for Saturday at 1 p.m.

The Eagles go into this next level with a 21-8 overall record for the season, with 8 district wins. The Lumberjacks sport a 22-8 overall record, with a 7-5 district number.

The winner of the Regional Quarterfinal round will go on to face the winner of the Lorena vs. West game series for the semifinals.

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Cammack named Warren assistant HC

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By Chris Edwards
news@tylercountybooster.com

Warren ISD announced last week the hiring of Coach James Cammack.

Cammack will join the Tribe’s ranks as the Warriors’ new assistant head football coach and offensive line coach, beginning the fall 2023 semester.

Cammack joins athletic director/head coach Austin Smithey in continuing to build a football program that showed some of its most promising results in years during its fall 2022 season, with a 4-6 overall record and two district wins.

In addition to his coaching duties, Cammack will teach history. Cammack joins the Tribe from Conroe ISD, where he was the offensive line coordinator for Caney Creek High School.

Cammack has experience coaching at several high schools, as well as at Southeastern Oklahoma State University.

Cammack comes to Tyler County with his wife Stephanie and children Cael, Ty and Case.

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Eagles headed to area round

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051123 Woodville Beisbol Area Round

The Woodville Eagles advanced to the area round of the playoffs after a 5-0 shutout against Anahuac last week for the bi-district title. The Eagles play the Boling Bulldogs in a two-game series in Navasota on Thursday at 7 p.m. and Friday at 7 p.m.

A third game is scheduled for Saturday at 1 p.m., if necessary. Navasota High School is located at 1 Rattler Drive in Navasota. Admission to the game is $5 for adults and $3 for students. TGCA, THSCA, senior citizen and district passes are all accepted.

Woodville will be the visiting team on Thursday and the home team on Friday.

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Lady Jackets advance to round three

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051123 Chester LadyjacketsThe Lady Jackets are ‘Round 3 Bound’ – Chester will take on the Brookeland Lady Cats this weekend, May 11-12. The team posed after their win over Martinsville last week.  Pictured, front row (left to right):  Koree Hilliard, Emma Byrd, Alyssa White, Abby Grimes, and Marae Pounds.  Top row (left to right):  Asst. Coach Susan Muncrief, Head Coach Crystal Muncrief, Kinsley Barnes, Lauren Citrano, Blakeney Whitworth, Lily Read, Lily Payne, Kaylee Tolar and Asst. Coach Courtney Tonnies. Photo by Jana Rayburn

By Jana Rayburn

The Chester Lady Jackets overcame a tough loss Friday night to Martinsville by sweeping a double header on Saturday to move on to the Regional Semi-Finals. 

In the first game, Chester stormed out to a four-run lead and never looked back in a 16-4 run-rule win. The deciding game three saw Chester continue to strike early with three runs in the first inning.  Kaylee Tolar’s home run in the third inning put the Lady Jackets up 6-0.

Five additional runs in the fifth inning enabled Chester to cruise to an 11-0 victory.  Emma Byrd led the offense in game two with a double and a single and three RBI’s.  The whole Lady Jacket team got into the act in game three, banging out 10 hits.  Kaylee Tolar, Lauren Citrano, Kinsley Barnes, and Lily Read all had two hits apiece in the big win.  Kaylee Tolar pitched a shutout in game three to move Chester to a third-round matchup against the Brookeland Lady Cats.

The Lady Jackets will play game one of their Regional Semi-Final series against Brookeland on Thursday, May 11 at 6 p.m. in Woodville. Game two will be played on Friday, May 12 in Cleveland at 5:30p.m.

Game three, if necessary, will be played in Cleveland at 7:30p.m. on Friday.

Yellowjackets to face Kennard in round two

The Yellowjackets will face the Kennard Tigers in round two of the state baseball playoffs this weekend.

Kennard knocked the Jackets out of the playoffs in 2022, and the Jackets are looking for revenge. Kennard defeated North Zulch last week in the bi-district round, and the Jackets advanced with a bye.

All games of the ‘best of three’ series will be played in Cleveland. Game one will be on Thursday, May 11 at 6 p.m. Game two will be on Friday, May 12 at 6 p.m. Game three, if needed, will be played on Saturday, May 13 at 6 p.m.

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