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END OF AN ERA AT ARP | Band director Chris Cook to retire after 30 years at school

Mitch Lucas 6 months ago

IT’S PRETTY CLEAR | Nelson, Hunter the Whataburger / ETBlitz Players of the Week!

Mitch Lucas 6 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 6 months ago

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

Mitch Lucas 6 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 6 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 6 months ago

WHATABURGER / ETBLITZ PLAYERS OF THE WEEK! | WO’s Daniels wins another; Overton’s Edwards wins, as well

Mitch Lucas 6 months ago

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones (above) and his crew will be in the Cowboys' draft "war room" tonight, likely early, for the 2024 NFL Draft. The draft technically takes place from Detroit, Michigan, but will be happening from sites all across the nation, and live on national television. We'll be live on thefootballbeat.com. Here's our mock draft, if you want to see how ETBlitz.com editor / publisher Mitch Lucas thinks things could go down. He had 11 of the 32 first-round picks correct last year. (Photo courtesy of FANATICS.COM)

NFL DRAFT IS TONIGHT! | Mitch Lucas’ mock draft

Mitch Lucas 7 months ago

Kilgore's Leo Yzaguirre (center) executes a header in a recent playoff game. Yzaguirre and teammates Chris Martinez, Adan Reyes, Diego Rojas, coach Hector Peralez, and three players from Sabine -- Jesus Duran, Luke Kirkindoll, and Francisco Perez -- have all been honored with the release of this year's Texas Association of Soccer Coaches' Class 4A All-State and All-Region teams. (Photo by ALEX NABOR - ETBLITZ.COM)

ALL-STATE, ALL-REGION! | Kilgore players, Peralez, and Sabine players recognized

Mitch Lucas 7 months ago

SPRING HILL LEAVES DRILLER WITH WIN | Both Kilgore, Panthers headed for playoffs regardless

Joe Hale 7 months ago

Kilgore's Braydon Nelson (above) in thought before competing in the shot put at the UIL Region III Meet at Bullard. Nelson won his third Whataburger / ETBlitz.com Boys Player of the Week, a record, as he's setting all kinds of records this year. Nelson is headed to the state track meet in both the shot and the discus. He's joined this week by Tatum golfer Hannah Marcott (below, with her teammates). Hannah was the low scorer for the Eagles, who qualified for the Class 3A state golf tournament at ShadowGlen Golf Club on May 6-7 in Manor. (Above photo by MITCH LUCAS- ETBLITZ.COM; photo below courtesy of TATUM HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS)

NELSON GOES BACK TO BACK | And Marcott wins, too, our Whataburger / ETBlitz.com Players of the Week!

Mitch Lucas 7 months ago

Kilgore High School senior soccer standout Diego Rojas (above, 9) was named the most valuable player of District 15-4A, as a part of the all-district team, voted on by the district's coaches recently. Below: Leo Yzaguirre, voted as co-utility player of the year. Yzaguirre and teammate Jose Vasquez, also a member of the all-district team, were also voted as members of the UIL State All-Tournament Team by members of the Texas Association of Soccer Coaches during the Bulldogs' state tournament run. (Photo above by ALEX NABOR - ETBLITZ.COM; Photo below courtesy of the UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE)

BULLDOGS DOMINATE ALL-DISTRICT | Sabine’s Kirkindoll, Cardinals take honors, as well

Mitch Lucas 7 months ago