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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 3 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 3 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 3 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 3 months ago

Brownwood native Matt McCrane hit a 49-yard field goal for D.C. to complete a comeback and allow the Defenders to beat Arlington, 29-28, a shocker, considering the Defenders were down by 10 (28-18) with under two minutes left. It was the second straight week that happened in the UFL: San Antonio did it to Memphis last Saturday. (Photo by DENNIS JACOBS - ETBLITZ.COM)

UFL: ARLINGTON STUNNED BY D.C. COMEBACK | Defenders score 10 points in final moments for win

Clayton Fletcher 3 months ago

Kilgore High School head baseball coach Eugene Lafitte waves Cade Cox around third in a recent game. (Photo by DENNIS JACOBS - ETBLITZ.COM)

DIAMOND ‘DOGS-LIONS AT DRILLER TONIGHT | Making up Tuesday’s rain-out; here’s what we know about all make-ups

Mitch Lucas 3 months ago

Kilgore's Diego Rojas (9, left) tries to fend off Boerne's Shae Gonzales (3) and David Gil (right) in the first half of the UIL Class 4A State Soccer Tournament's semifinal on Wednesday at Georgetown's Birkelbach Field. Kilgore lost the game, 1-0, and Boerne moves on to the 4A state championship. (Photo by CLAYTON FLETCHER - ETBLITZ.COM)

BLAZE OF GLORY – SEASON ENDS FOR BULLDOGS | Kilgore slips to Boerne in 1-0 state semifinal

Mitch Lucas 3 months ago

TRACK & FIELD AREA QUALIFIERS | Student athletes taking the next step on the hopeful road to state

Mitch Lucas 3 months ago

That's a man walking like he means business. That's Chris Martinez (1), Kilgore goalkeeper, and he and White Oak softball star Addison McClanahan (below, inset) are the Whataburger / ETBlitz.com Players of the Week for the week of April 1-6! (Top photo by ALEX NABOR; bottom photo courtesy of WHITE OAK SOFTBALL FACEBOOK)

THE M&Ms TAKE IT | Kilgore’s Martinez, White Oak’s McClanahan wrap up the Whataburger / ETBlitz.com Players of the Week!

Mitch Lucas 3 months ago

Kilgore's Jorge Aleman and Jacksonville goalkeeper Davy Smith leap simultaneously in battle at Henderson ISD Lions Stadium. Kilgore defeated Jacksonville in the tightest of tight ones, 1-0, in the third round of the UIL Class 4A soccer playoffs Tuesday night. Jacksonville's season ends at 22-5-1, the number one team in the state out of the playoffs. Kilgore advances to the UIL Region II Tournament in Tyler at CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Rose Stadium on Friday. They'll meet Wilmer-Hutchins at 11 a.m. (Photo by DENNIS JACOBS - ETBLITZ.COM)

OH, YEAH! | Kilgore outlasts Jacksonville in soccer playoff thriller; headed to regionals Friday

Mitch Lucas 3 months ago