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THE ROUNDUP | White Oak wins; Arp tops Harleton; how Gladewater stunned D’field

Mitch Lucas 2 years ago

The stands at Bruce Bradshaw Stadium will be full pretty soon, with fans hoping to see West Rusk claim a fifth district title in six seasons. The Raiders open up the 2024 season, coach Rafe Mata's second at the helm, on August 30 at Malakoff. Below: coach Rafe Mata, and the 2024 version of West Rusk's helmet. (Photos by JOE HALE - ETBLITZ.COM)

THRILL RIDE | A near-decade of dominance for West Rusk, as Mata begins year two at the helm in ’24

Joe Hale 2 years ago

The cover of the 2024 Dave Campbell's Texas Football Magazine, on sale now at Walmart and where magazines are sold in the state. Included is quite a bit of things on high school programs in the ETBlitz.com coverage area, as well as Kilgore College. NOTE: This article contains spoilers; if you don't want to know what the magazine is predicting for Kilgore, Henderson, Sabine, Gladewater, Tatum, West Rusk, Arp, Troup, White Oak, Overton, Leverett's Chapel or KC, or any of its college predictions, stop reading! And go buy the magazine now. Its cover price is $11.95. (Photo by MITCH LUCAS - ETBLITZ.COM)

ETBLITZ SCHOOLS IN DAVE CAMPBELL’S TEXAS FOOTBALL | And more! It’s on sale now; spoilers inside

Mitch Lucas 2 years ago

Ronnie Hendrix (left) and his son A.J. have both accepted new positions in recent weeks: Ronnie will be the new head baseball coach and will coach offensive line, along with John Eastman, at West Rusk High School in New London, and A.J. will be the new head baseball coach at Leverett's Chapel, where he'll also be an assistant football coach along with new coach and athletic director Keith Hughes. The father and son will coach only about six miles apart. (Photo by MITCH LUCAS - ETBLITZ.COM)

WHATABURGER / ETBLITZ PERSONALITY PROFILE | Ronnie Hendrix and A.J. Hendrix, new baseball coaches at West Rusk, Leverett’s Chapel

Mitch Lucas 2 years ago

The Kilgore Bulldogs are shown here, lining up before the kickoff of a road game in 2023. We've accumulated several schedules for you guys here in one spot; we'll have more and more on high school football as it gets closer. (Photo by DENNIS JACOBS - ETBLITZ.COM)

2024 SCHEDULES IN ONE SPOT | Schedules for the 2024 high school football season, to date

Mitch Lucas 2 years ago

Tatum senior Carson Gonzalez gets mobbed by his teammates after hitting a grand slam against West Rusk Friday in the Eagles' 7-4 win. Tatum advances to the UIL Class 3A Regional Semifinals for a second straight season. (Photo by RONNIE SARTORS - SPORT SHOT PHOTOGRAPHY - ETBLITZ.COM)

TATUM BACK TO REGIONAL SEMIS | “Cargo” gets grand slam, Anthony a complete game in win over WR; Eagles advance, await opponent

Mitch Lucas 2 years ago

TATUM / WEST RUSK! | Go back and check out real-time updates from game one of the series

Mitch Lucas 2 years ago

BASEBALL GENERIC ART 3

WR-TATUM SERIES ALTERED | Now begins Wednesday at Rusk; let’s have a preview

Joe Hale 2 years ago

DIAMOND SPORTS GENERIC

BASEBALL & SOFTBALL PLAYOFF UPDATES | WR wins game one; WO slips; everyone plays Friday

Mitch Lucas 2 years 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 3 years 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 3 years 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 3 years ago