ETBLITZ BULLETIN BOARD, presented by CLOWER MEATS | Updated Tuesday, Sept. 9
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PAGEANT
Miss Gregg County is Thursday night
The Miss Gregg County Pageant, which features young ladies from high schools in Gregg County, is Thursday night at 7 p.m. at the Longview Fairgrounds.
Brittany Yzaguirre (below) is among the participants as Miss Kilgore, representing Kilgore High School.
WHITE OAK
Digital season ticket link for Roughnecks sports
An important reminder from White Oak ISD and the Roughnecks’ athletic department involves ticket sales this year.
White Oak ISD is going completely digital with sports ticketing, and cash options won’t be available at the gate. To get tickets, you’ll need this link: White Oak High School | High School Sports | Tickets | Hudl.
For more information, contact Angie Carter at cartera@wiosd.net.
KILGORE
Hi-Steppers’ clay shoot fundraiser Oct. 18
The Kilgore High School Hi-Steppers’ annual sporting clays fundraiser is set for Saturday, October 18, at Rose City Clays in Tyler (at 8474 CR 485).
Registration begins at 8 a.m. that day, with a safety meeting to follow at 8:30, and then competition at 9 a.m.
This is one of the largest fundraisers the Hi-Steppers, Kilgore High School’s drill team, has all year and is an annual tradition.
Registration for an individual shooter is $100, and team registration, of course, is $400. Golf carts will be on hand to rent. And there are also still sponsorship opportunities available.
Download a form and pre-register here: Hi-Steppers Clays Registration, or payment can be made by cash, check, or Venmo.
Checks can be mailed to be mailed to: Hi-Stepper Support Group – Tayna Chitwood, 150 CR 290 D E, Kilgore, TX 75662.
KHS cheer camp upcoming
HENDERSON
Henderson cheer camp Sept. 27
GLADEWATER
Bears were DCTF team of the week in 3A in week one
Congratulations to the Gladewater High School Bears football team and to first-year head coach Jermaine Lewis for being named one of Dave Campbell’s Texas Football’s Team of the Week after the first game of the season. Gladewater won for Class 3A. Others that week were Mau (1A), Garrison (2A), Wimberley (4A), Lone Star (5A), Prosper (6A), and All-Saints Fort Worth for private schools.
The Bears are off to a 2-0 start and host West Rusk Thursday at 7 p.m.
TATUM
2025 THS sports shirts almost gone
If you have plans to get the new Tatum High School 2025 sports shirt, better do it quick. They may already be gone at this writing. The shirts are $20 each, and it’s cash or Venmo only. See the shirt below, and use the QR code to contact Lori Malone Bess to order.
LEVERETT’S CHAPEL
Library fundraiser this month
The library at Leverett’s Chapel ISD is doing a fundraiser this month for their accelerated reading program. Funds will help pay for end-of-schoolyear parties. See below.
KILGORE COLLEGE
Become a KC athletics sponsor
Here’s a great opportunity for your business to be promoted, and support Kilgore College athletics at the same time.
Kilgore College athletics has tiered sponsorship packages for the 2025-26 school year:
- A $1,500 package that includes mentions during broadcasts of KC sports, on either live-streaming or radio; placement of an ad for your business on the team’s schedule posters (football, men’s and women’s basketball teams and softball); a rotating banner ad on the college’s athletic site, kcrangernation.com (click here to be directed: Kilgore College), including your business’s logo and a link to its website; flag sponsorship at the KC Athletics Hall of Fame Golf Tournament in October; ads in the football program throughout the season; and two reserved tickets to all home football and basketball games, as well as passes to all softball games at home.
- A $750 package that includes the rotating banner ad on the KC athletics website; a hole sponsorship sign at the hall of fame golf tourney; and the passes to all KC games.
- A $300 banner ad sponsorship of the KC athletics website, with the business logo and link included.
To become a sponsor, fill out the sponsorship form here (KC Athletics Sponsorship-2025-2026.pdf), and return the form and payment for the package you choose to Kilgore College Athletic Department, c/o Courtney Pruitt, Athletic Director, 1100 Broadway, Kilgore, TX 75662. To speak with public information director Chris Craddock about ads and logos, email him at ccraddock@kilgore.edu.
