Mitch Lucas

Kilgore College's band, taking the field for their first halftime show of the season on Saturday, August 24, 2024. (Photo by MITCH LUCAS - ETBLITZ.COM)

FIRST NOTES OF 2024! | The very first performance of the season by the KC band

Mitch Lucas 3 months ago

Kilgore College head football coach Willie Gooden (foreground, second from left) talks with officials and members of the Monterrey Tech coaching staff about 90 minutes before kickoff of the game Saturday between KC and Tech at R.E. St. John Memorial Stadium in Kilgore. Gooden's Rangers are ranked No. 4 in the NJCAA national poll, and have won the Southwest Junior College Football Conference championship two years running. (Photo by MITCH LUCAS - ETBLITZ.COM)

KC-MONTERREY TECH LIVE UPDATES! | Real-time updates from R.E. St. John, CLICK HERE

Mitch Lucas 3 months ago

Former Kilgore lineman Braydon Nelson (above) has a chance to earn a starting role on the North Texas offensive line, coach Chad Morris said recently. (Photo courtesy of 247SPORTS.COM)

NELSON DOING REALLY WELL AT UNT | Morris considering him for starting position on O-line

Mitch Lucas 3 months ago

Kilgore College head football coach Willie Gooden and his team are shown here in November, celebrating after beating Navarro at R.E. St. John Memorial Stadium for the Southwest Junior College Football Conference championship, their second straight conference title. KC is aiming for a third conference title in a row this year, and maybe a return trip to the national playoff. The Rangers, ranked fourth in the nation as the season begins, open the season at home Saturday at 7 p.m. against Mexico's Monterrey Tech. (File photo by MITCH LUCAS - ETBLITZ.COM)

KC OPENS SEASON AT HOME SATURDAY | Rangers open against Mexico’s Monterrey Tech at 7 p.m.

Mitch Lucas 3 months ago

Sabine's Colt Sparks and Tatum's Kamdyn Scott are the first winners of the Whataburger / ETBlitz.com Players of the Week of the 2024-25 school year! Pictured above: the WHATABURGER in Kilgore. Coming soon: photos of Sparks and Scott. (Photo by MITCH LUCAS - ETBLITZ.COM)

WHATABURGER / ETBLITZ AWARDS ARE BACK! | They resume next week, with prizes

Mitch Lucas 3 months ago

In a scene from the ages, former Kilgore High School running back Keith Gilliam (5) outruns everybody to the end zone in a game against Port Neches-Groves, a legendary playoff game at Stephen F. Austin that occurred in the middle of the night after a series of thunderstorms. Kilgore would go on to finish the season 16-0, winning the UIL Class 4A, Division II state championship. There's a special reunion planned on Sept. 20. You're invited. (Photo by KATHY BOWDEN)

2004 TEAM TO BE HONORED | Kilgore pays tribute to state title team with Sept. 20 reunion

Mitch Lucas 3 months ago

Jayden Sanders (center), with his parents Whitney Clark and Nick Sanders. Jayden committed verbally to the University of Michigan last Saturday. (Photo by MITCH LUCAS - ETBLITZ.COM)

WHAT’S CAUSING ALL THIS? | Sanders’ decision his to make, and we’re all behind him

Mitch Lucas 3 months ago

Members of Kilgore's defense swarm onto a Mesquite Poteet ball-carrier during a preseason scrimmage Friday night at R.E. St. John Memorial Stadium in Kilgore. The Bulldogs shut out Poteet, 21-0, and will visit Center in a final scrimmage on Thursday. Kilgore will open the 2024 season at Carthage on Friday, Aug. 30. (Photo by DENNIS JACOBS - ETBLITZ.COM)

KHS SOLID IN SCRIMMAGE 1 | Other scrimmage results, more coming next week

Mitch Lucas 3 months ago

This year's officers for the 2024-25 Henderson High School Lionettes. They'll perform, of course, with the entire line at home for the first game against Athens on Friday, Aug. 30. Officers are Captain Dayla Jiles, First Lieutenant Beth Harber, Senior Lieutenant Taylor Maicke, and Junior Lieutenants Aubri Arispe, Maggie Briscoe and Alasha Tatum.

INTRODUCING THE ’24-25 LIONETTES | Presenting Henderson’s 2024-25 line

Mitch Lucas 3 months ago

NEW ETBLITZ WEEKLY AWARDS! | Dancer, cheerleader, band performer of the week to be awarded!

Mitch Lucas 3 months ago

The 2024-25 Gladewater High School HoneyBears, about to begin their 45th season, and their director, Diane Clark, will begin her 35th at the helm of the team. (Photo courtesy of the GLADEWATER HONEYBEARS)

A SPECIAL YEAR FOR HONEYBEARS | Gladewater’s drill team has two anniversaries to celebrate!

Mitch Lucas 3 months ago

Need to know where your team - or your rival - is playing this weekend? Here's the list of scrimmages involving high schools in the ETBlitz.com coverage area. Kilgore College, by the way, opens its 2024 season next weekend, on Saturday, Aug. 24, at home. We'll have a preview of KC next week here on the site.

SCRIMMAGES EVERYWHERE! | Where’s your team playing this weekend? Here’s where to look. And Kilgore’s watermelon fest is Thursday night!

Mitch Lucas 3 months ago