LOCAL SPORTS IN BRIEF | Henderson football tickets; new softball coach at Troup; sports camps; more
EDITOR’S NOTE: Here are some upcoming events and all of the youth sports camps we could find in the ETBlitz.com coverage area of Kilgore, Henderson, Sabine / Liberty City, Gladewater, West Rusk / New London / Overton / Leverett’s Chapel, Tatum, Arp, Troup, White Oak, and then Kilgore College’s camps, as well. If any camps aren’t included and should be, contact us at mlucas@etblitz.com.
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BASKETBALL
Stephanie Williams girls camp July 8-11
Kilgore College Lady Rangers coach Stephanie Williams will host her annual basketball camp for girls on July 8-11 at Masters Gymnasium on the KC campus.
Coach Williams will welcome girls entering the first through sixth grades in the 2024 school year on campus from 10 a.m. until noon each day of camp, and girls going into seventh through 12th grades will be in session from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m.
Registration is $75 per camper before June 30.
For more information, contact staylor@kilgore.edu.
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Robert Byrd Boys Basketball Camp July 15-18
Robert Byrd, coach of Kilgore College men’s basketball, will host basketball camp for boys ages five through 17 on campus at Masters Gym July 15-18 from 9 a.m. until noon each day.
Registration is $75 per camper, and to register, email coach Byrd here: rbyrd@kilgore.edu or go to this link Robert Byrd Boys’ Basketball Camp set for July 15-18 and scan the QR code.
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VOLLEYBALL
Overton Volleyball Camp July 8-10
Overton High School’s gym will be the site for the Overton Volleyball Camp, led by University of Texas at Tyler coach Lyndsay Mashe, for students entering grades seven through 12.
Campers entering grades four through six can also come to camp, instructed by Overton High coaches.
The camp will be July 8, 9 and 10, and high schoolers will be in session from 8 a.m. until 11 a.m. each day; fourth through sixth graders from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m.
Registration is $50 per player, $45 for each additional player from the same household.
Campers will work on skill development, team building exercises, strategy sessions, fitness and conditioning drills, and have friendly matches.
For more, email whitley.attaway@overtonisd.org or OHS Athletic Director Scotty Laymance at scotty.laymance@overtonisd.org.
To register, go here: Overton Volleyball Camp Registration (google.com).
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Arp Volleyball Camp July 24-25
Arp’s Lady Tiger Summer Volleyball Camp is set for July 24-25 at Arp High School.
This is a no-cost camp for incoming Arp seventh through ninth graders, and incoming fourth through sixth graders. Camp will be 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. each day for students that will be in fourth, fifth or sixth grade, and from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. for students in seventh, eighth or ninth grades this coming school year.
Campers should wear knee pads and volleyball shoes. Come improve skills and have fun.
For more information, email coach Sydney Jones at sydneyj@arpisd.org.
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Troup volleyball camp July 29-31
Troup High School’s volleyball staff and current players will be instructors for this year’s Lady Tiger Volleyball Camp on July 29-31.
This is a date change: the original dates were in late June.
Camp for incoming second through fifth graders will be from 8 a.m. until 10 a.m. on those days; camp for incoming sixth through eighth graders will be from 10 a.m. until noon, all at Troup High gymnasium.
The cost is $50 per camper. Campers should bring a water bottle, court shoes, knee pads and a great attitude.
Payment can be made either in cash or by check, made payable to Troup Volleyball. It can be sent to Arden Johnson at Troup High School, P.O. Box 578, Troup, TX 75789. Please include your camper’s T-shirt size.
Register here: 2024 Troup Volleyball Camp REGISTRATION.
Arp alumni game Aug. 9
Arp High School will host its first-ever volleyball alumni game on Friday, August 9 at 6 p.m.
The school, on a Facebook post on the Arp High School page, is calling for the Lady Tigers’ alumni to dust off their knee pads and mark their calendars for that date, and to get in touch with coach Sydney Jones to let her know about participation. To do that, e-mail sydneyj@arpisd.org.
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FOOTBALL
Henderson season ticket-holders
can renew tickets this month
Season ticket-holders for Henderson High School football last year can renew their ticket packages this month, the entire month of July.
Ticket-holders will receive instructions for renewal in e-mail, but anyone who’d like to renew in person can do so by coming to the student activity center at the high school campus between July 22-26 between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m.
August 8 is the day for folks who aren’t already season ticket-holders for the Lions to be able to begin purchasing theirs.
For more information on this or anything about Henderson football tickets, call Hannah Bradley at the Henderson High School athletic department office at (903) 655-5015, or by e-mail at hbradley@hendersonisd.org.
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Rangers Camp July 22-25
It’s time for Ranger ball!
Kilgore College’s annual non-contact football camp, a tradition every summer, is set for July 22-25 at R.E. St. John Memorial Stadium in Kilgore, for boys ages seven through 15.
Cost of the camp is $150 per camper. The camp is from 8 a.m. until noon each day, and walk-up registration is the first day. To pre-register, though, or for more details, contact Destiny Foster at dfoster@kilgore.edu, or at (903) 988-7537.
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KMS camp July 23-25
Kilgore Middle School’s annual football camp for incoming seventh and eighth graders will be July 23-25 from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. nightly at the Mitchell Field House at Kilgore High School.
The cost is $20, and registration is at 5 p.m. on the first night. Or click here: KMS Football Camp.
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Cardinals football camp July 29-31
Sabine will welcome football campers Monday, July 29 through Wednesday, July 31 to James Bamberg Stadium on the high school campus.
Seventh, eighth and ninth graders will be in camp from 8 a.m. until 10 a.m., and first through sixth graders from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m.
Camp is $45, and sign-up can be completed here: Sabine football camp.
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SOFTBALL
Troup hires former Gladewater,
ULM, LU standout Williams as new coach
Troup High School has a new softball coach, and it’s former Gladewater High School, Louisiana-Monroe and LeTourneau University player Murphy Williams.
The news was broken earlier this week by a good friend of the ETBlitz.com site, Jay Neal, sports editor at the Jacksonville Progress.
Coach Williams fills the vacancy left when Sam Weeks departed Troup for Tyler Legacy recently.
Williams just finished up her college career at LeTourneau – she was a pitcher, and won 13 of her 21 starts. She played her first three seasons at Louisiana-Monroe.
She’s the granddaughter of legendary Gladewater football coach Jack V. Murphy, for whom the stadium there in Gladewater is named.
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KC / Amber Williams skills camp July 29
Kilgore College softball and coach Amber Williams will host a youth skills camp for students going into the first through seventh grades this fall.
The camp will be at the Rangers’ home, the Ballpark at KC Commons on Houston Street, from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. that day.
Cost is $50 per camper.
Campers should bring a glove, a helmet, a bat, turf shoes, cleats, tennis shoes, a water bottle, a towel, and a change of clothes. There will be water activities – definitely bring a change of clothes and a towel.
For more information, contact coach Williams at awilliams1@kilgore.edu or at (903) 983-8178. And for camp updates, check out social media at X/ Twitter @KilgoreSoftball, Instagram @KilgoreCollegeSoftball, Facebook Kilgore College Softball, and pre-register right here: July 29th Youth Skills Camp.