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A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE | Close-knit Kilgore front making it hard on opponents

Joe Hale 6 months ago

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KINDLING! | Kilgore chops up Pine Tree, 17-6, in district opener for both teams

Joe Hale 6 months ago

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DISTRICT STANDINGS | Prior to this weekend’s games for the ETBlitz-area high school football teams

Joe Hale 6 months ago

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KILGORE, PG PLAY A THRILLER | Bulldogs honor 2004 title team, then come back to beat Hawks in double OT

Joe Hale 6 months ago

Kilgore High School running back Rayshaun Williams (8, center) runs through a gaping hole in Gilmer's "Black Flag" defense Friday night at Jeff Traylor Stadium in Gilmer. In a shootout that came down to the final seconds, it was the Buckeyes that wound up pulling out a 24-22 win. But not without some controversy: another KHS back, Isaiah Watters, went down with 20 seconds left on the clock, and the clock was allowed to keep running until officials finally blew the play dead with six seconds left. Officials called for a 10-second run-off -- there was less than 10 seconds left on the game clock, which meant the game was over. But if Watters was down with 20 seconds left, wouldn't there have been time left on the clock for Kilgore to run another play, even with the 10-second run-off? (Photo by DENNIS JACOBS - ETBLITZ.COM)

TOUGH TO SWALLOW | Kilgore loses in final seconds at Gilmer; time expired, but should it have?

Joe Hale 7 months ago

Kilgore running back Rayshaun WIlliams (8) controls a Whitehouse defender while picking up yards last week, in the Ragin' Red's 27-7 win over the Wildcats. Kilgore (2-0), ranked fifth in the Dave Campbell's Texas Football Class 4A, Division I poll, visits Gilmer (0-2), ranked sixth in the DCTF 4A-DII poll on Friday night at 7:30 at Jeff Traylor Buckeye Stadium. That's the ETBlitz.com Game of the Week. Below: Gilmer coach Alan Metzel, who led the Buckeyes to a 4A-DII state championship last year, beating Bellville at AT&T Stadium. Kilgore defeated Gilmer, 24-23, in a late comeback a year ago in Kilgore. (Photo above by DENNIS JACOBS; bottom photo by JOE HALE)

PREVIEWING KILGORE-GILMER | The ETBlitz.com Game of the Week!

Joe Hale 7 months ago

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THE STANDINGS | No one’s in district play yet, but here’s how the area’s high school football records look

Joe Hale 7 months ago

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BULLDOGS BITE WHITEHOUSE | It wasn’t a beauty contest, but it’s not supposed to be: KHS wins home debut, 27-7

Joe Hale 7 months ago

KILGORE FOOTBALL PRACTICE | Photo gallery by JOE HALE

Joe Hale 7 months ago

The Texas A&M Aggies make their entrance at Kyle Field, the first of 2024, and the first under new coach Mike Elko. It's always a spectacular entrance, but the Aggies fell short on Saturday, losing to Notre Dame. (Photo by MITCHELL MOLANDES - ETBLITZ.COM)

FROM THE PRESS BOX with JOE HALE | So unpredictable, it was predictable: looking back at college football’s 2024 opening weekend

Joe Hale 7 months ago

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THEY DID IT! | Kilgore takes down top-ranked Carthage, 20-15, in season opener, at Carthage

Joe Hale 7 months ago

CAN BUCKEYES RUN IT BACK? | Metzel, Gilmer have enough talent to do just that

Joe Hale 8 months ago