Cowboys open with SD
By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP sports writer
      EDITOR'S NOTE: The Dallas Cowboys were to open the 2008 preseason at San Diego on Saturday night following this edition of the Kilgore News Herald. Kickoff was slated for 9 p.m. Central time. OXNARD, Calif. — The Dallas Cowboys went old school to travel for their preseason opener.
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KHS fall tennis lineup set
Bulldogs will open fall season vs. Gladewater Aug. 23
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com
      Kilgore High School tennis players have been getting to see each other quite a bit lately. That's because head coach Jason Maroney, entering his third school year heading up the KHS tennis program, has been putting the players through summer junior league, practices and the ladder tournament in order to prepare for the upcoming fall season.
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Olympics open with fanfare; Kilgore's Kenta Bell training
KILGORE'S KENTA BELL IN BEIJING OLYMPICS
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com
      The opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics were truly breathtaking, as broadcast on NBC Friday night, and when the U.S. Olympic Team came into Beijing's new National Stadium — known as "the Bird's Nest" because of its strange shape — Kilgore native Kenta Bell was representing East Texas.
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SABINE 11-12'S WIN 'O' ZONE STATE TITLE!
     Members of the Sabine 11-12 year-old all-star team hold up the championship banner and pose with the tournament trophy after capturing the 2008 Texas O Zone Junior League state championship last month in Carthage. Pictured, front row (from left): Blake McCann, Bruce Broyles, Blaine Sinclair, Grant Key, Tucker Franklin and JoDan Beason. Back row, from left: Brandon Florence, Tell DeFreece, Dakota Stewart, Ivan Padron, Kaleb Edney and Chase Clifford. Coaches, also pictured, were Tim McCann, Chad Clifford and Scott Sinclair. Congratulations, boys!
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Murray doing well in A's system
TEXAS COLLEGIATE LEAGUE
From pumpjacksbaseball.com
      While the sun was setting on the East Texas Pump Jacks' inaugural season, a new day was dawning for one of the organization's former players. Justin Murray, who nearly two weeks ago signed with the Oakland A's to become the first Jacks player to go pro, has made his professional debut in the A's system.
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BUDDY UP WITH THE RANGERS AUG. 21
     File photo by Lester Murray The Kilgore College Rangers football program had a big hit last year with Buddy Day, allowing area youngsters to come out to R.E. St. John Memorial Stadium, get a hamburger and interact with the football team, even going through different football exercises and drills. Coach J.J. Eckert (above, standing) and the Rangers are hosting Buddy Day again this year on Thursday, Aug. 21, and are inviting area kids to come out to the stadium at 6:30 p.m., grab a grilled-out burger, and have some fun with the Rangers. KC opens the 2008 season here on Saturday, Aug. 30 against Fort Scott (Kan).
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LOCAL SPORTS IN BRIEF
BY SPORTS EDITOR MITCH LUCAS
      FOOTBALL KHS tickets on sale tomorrow Anyone who didn't have season tickets for Kilgore High School football games last season and would like to purchase them for the upcoming 2008 season can do so Monday by coming by the athletic department office beside the high school.
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