Mitch Lucas

BATTLE OF THE BADGES ’24! | Driller Park softball “battle” hosted by KHS STUCO

Mitch Lucas 11 months ago

Overton's Anna Perkins had a hit in the third inning that started a rally against Bowie. The Lady Mustangs won game one, lost game two, but won the third and deciding game three, and advanced to the UIL Class 2A Regional Quarterfinals this week against Cross Roads, a series to be played at Tyler Legacy. Below is where all four of the teams in the ETBlitz.com coverage area that are still playing will have games this week. (Photo by RONNIE SARTORS - SPORT SHOT PHOTOGRAPHY - ETBLITZ.COM)

WHO’S LEFT STANDING? | Here they are, and here’s when they play

Mitch Lucas 11 months ago

West Rusk pulled off a big one on Friday in the UIL Class 3A baseball playoffs, knocking New Diana, a regular playoff power, from the postseason. West Rusk will face Dekalb in round two sometime next week, to be decided. (Photo courtesy of WEST RUSK HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL)

RAIDERS KNOCK OFF ND! | Tatum advances, WO softball in game three, Overton girls advance, more

Mitch Lucas 11 months ago

Kilgore's Todd House gets ready to round first base at Driller Park, in his last game as a Bulldog. House was one of five seniors for KHS this season: Jordan Pierce, Cade Henry, Tate Truman, and Aiden Domorad are the other four. House had two hits, a single and a double, but the Bulldogs lost, 6-0. Kilgore's senior class, though, never missed the playoffs. (Photo by DENNIS JACOBS - ETBLITZ.COM)

BULLDOGS BOW OUT | Bullard sends Kilgore out of postseason; senior class never missed it

Mitch Lucas 11 months ago

Rylan Holleman on the mound for the Overton Mustangs. Overton led Frankston by four runs (5-1) on Thursday night, but let the lead slip away in the UIL Class 2A bi-district round playoff. But it's a best-of-three series and it resumes tonight in Winnsboro at 7:30 p.m., with game two. Below: Mason Rowe attempts a pick-off, but the runner was ruled safe. (Photo by RONNIE SARTORS -SPORT SHOT PHOTOGRAPHY)

OVERTON SLIPS TO FRANKSTON | Comeback falls short; series resumes Friday night in Winnsboro

Mitch Lucas 11 months ago

White Oak's Ladynecks, just after beating Hooks in game one of their second (or area) round best-of-three-game series 4-3 win in Marshall on Wednesday. They play game two Friday night in Marshall. The winner of the series moves to the regional quarterfinals to face either Jefferson or Mount Vernon. (Photo courtesy of WHITE OAK LADYNECK SOFTBALL)

BASEBALL / SOFTBALL PLAYOFF ROUNDUP | White Oak, Overton get game one SB wins; lots of comebacks needed for area baseball teams

Mitch Lucas 11 months ago

NEW BRAYDON

STATE TRACK MEET | Kilgore’s Nelson wins GOLD with on LAST THROW! Coverage, photos of ETBlitz-area athletes in Austin

Mitch Lucas 11 months ago

Kilgore's dugout not too long before the first pitch in Bullard Wednesday night. (Photo by MITCH LUCAS - ETBLITZ.COM)

KILGORE-BULLARD GAME 1 | Read Mitch Lucas’ real-time updates as they happened from Bullard

Mitch Lucas 11 months ago

Henderson High School's Lions, in the playoffs now after a tough District 17-4A battle, host the Lufkin Hudson Hornets tonight in the UIL Class 4A bi-district round, a 6 p.m. start. The series continues in Lufkin Friday. (Photo courtesy of HENDERSON BASEBALL)

LIONS HOST HUDSON TONIGHT | Series continues Friday in Lufkin

Mitch Lucas 11 months ago

TROUP FINISHES UP AT STATE | Tigers wind up eighth

Mitch Lucas 11 months ago

The Kilgore High School Bulldogs, or the Diamond 'Dogs, or the Driller Boys - call them what you want, but call them a playoff team. And Wednesday night, they'll visit Bullard for the first, or bi-district round of the UIL Class 4A playoffs. Coach Eugene Lafitte, left, leads the squad. (Photo from KILGORE HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL)

KILGORE-BULLARD PREVIEW | A look at the series that begins Wednesday night

Mitch Lucas 12 months ago

Sabine's Sarah Roberts (left) outruns everyone to win the 3A girls 400 meter run at the Region II meet in Whitehouse last week. Roberts would go on to win the event and qualify for the state meet; that's Thursday for athletes in Classes 3A and 4A, at the University of Texas at Austin, at Mike A. Myers Stadium. (Photo by MITCH LUCAS - ETBLITZ.COM)

STATE TRACK! | Who’s going, when they compete, how you can watch, tickets, all you need to know

Mitch Lucas 12 months ago