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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

HENDERSON, KHS, SABINE GIRLS HONORED | 15-4A All-District soccer list

Mitch Lucas 7 months ago

Kilgore senior Braydon Nelson in the shot put on Monday near Bullard ISD Panther Stadium. Nelson won both the shot and the discus at the regional meet, and is headed to the UIL state meet May 2-4 at the University of Texas in Austin. Kilgore's Jacory Walton (inset) is going to Austin in the high jump. (Photo above by MITCH LUCAS, ETBLITZ.COM; photo below courtesy of Kilgore coach NICK SANDERS)

BULLDOGS STATE-BOUND! | Nelson, Walton headed to Austin

Mitch Lucas 7 months ago

Troup High School senior Trae Davis (above) is headed to the UIL State Track & Field Championships in four different events after an unbelievable performance at the Region II meet in Whitehouse on Friday and Monday. Davis was just one of several fantastic student athletes who put their skills on display, though. (Photo by MITCH LUCAS - ETBLITZ.COM)

3A STATE TRACK QUALIFIERS!! | Here they are: going to Austin to represent East Texas

Mitch Lucas 7 months ago

TRACK REGIONALS | Postponed until Monday

Mitch Lucas 7 months ago

Kilgore dropped a 3-2 loss in 10 innings at home here at Driller Park (above) to Carthage on Friday night. The Diamond 'Dogs have just two games left in the 2024 regular season before the UIL Class 4A playoffs begin, and they're both against Spring Hill: at home Tuesday, then at Spring Hill on Friday. (Photo by MITCH LUCAS - ETBLITZ.COM)

OH, SO CLOSE FOR KILGORE | But two losses, unfortunately, for Diamond ‘Dogs this week

Joe Hale 7 months ago

Kilgore's Driller Park, one of the oldest, and still one of the best, places to watch a baseball game in the state of Texas, home of the Kilgore Bulldogs, and Friday night, site of a District 17-4A game between KHS and Carthage. (Photo by MITCH LUCAS)

KILGORE-CARTHAGE LIVE! | Real-time updates from Driller Park

Mitch Lucas 7 months ago

STATE TRACK QUALIFYING UPDATES | ETBlitz state qualifiers updated throughout the day

Mitch Lucas 7 months ago

Kilgore coach Eugene Lafitte and the Diamond 'Dogs host Carthage on Friday night at Driller Park in a District 17-4A baseball game, one of just three left in the regular season before the UIL Class 4A playoffs begin. (File photo by DENNIS JACOBS - ETBLITZ.COM)

DISTRICT 17-4A BASEBALL STANDINGS | Prior to Friday night; Don’t miss our REAL-TIME UPDATES during KHS-CARTHAGE!

Mitch Lucas 7 months ago

Luciano Brizuela (center) will run in both the mile run and the two-mile run for Kilgore at the UIL Region III meet in Bullard on Friday, in an effort to make the state meet the first weekend in May. ETBlitz-area athletes will be at three different regional sites this weekend, all attempting to finish second in their respective events and punch that state meet ticket. (Photo courtesy of KILGORE HIGH SCHOOL TRACK & FIELD)

REGIONAL-BOUND! | A list of ETBlitz.com-area track athletes headed to Friday’s regional meets

Mitch Lucas 7 months ago

Gladewater's Peyton Hunter (above) is shown here in mid flight at the UIL Area Meet last week at West Rusk High School. Hunter qualified for five events at this week's regional meet. Below, inset: Kilgore's Braydon Nelson, who won both the shot put and the discus at the UIL Area Meet at Spring Hill High in Longview. Hunter and Nelson are last week's Whataburger / ETBlitz.com Players of the Week. (Photo of Hunter by MITCH LUCAS - ETBLITZ.COM; Photo of Nelson courtesy of KILGORE HIGH SCHOOL TRACK & FIELD)

GLADEWATER’S HUNTER, KILGORE’S NELSON | They’re the Whataburger / ETBlitz.com Players of the Week!

Mitch Lucas 7 months ago

Kilgore senior Tate Truman delivers a pitch to home plate. Truman and the Bulldogs beat Henderson Friday, and play at Carthage on Tuesday night. (Photo by DENNIS JACOBS - ETBLITZ.COM)

DISTRICT 17-4A STANDINGS | …Prior to Tuesday’s baseball games

Mitch Lucas 7 months ago