Kilgore opens fall tennis season with sweep
In action today at Center
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com
      Beating your opponents in every single matchup — that's a heck of a way to start the fall tennis season. That's what the Kilgore High School tennis team did on Saturday, sweeping Gladewater in every match, 20-0. Kilgore, coached by Jason Maroney, was to play at Center today at 4 p.m., then compete next weekend in a tournament at Texas High in Texarkana.
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KBBA meeting Wednesday
YOUTH BASEBALL
      The Kilgore Boys Baseball Association will hold its annual required meeting Wednesday at 8 p.m. at the KBBA park on Harris Street. Officers will be elected, and the public is invited to attend.
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Newman back, but two more injured
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
      IRVING (AP) — Terence Newman participated in practice with the Dallas Cowboys for the first time in four weeks Monday, an indication that the Pro Bowl cornerback could be ready to play in the season opener. While Newman returned to practice, the Cowboys were without two other players because of injuries.
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JUST ABOUT READY TO GO — AND LET GO OF THAT FACEMASK
     Photo by Lester Murray Kilgore College scrimmaged Southwest Junior College Football Conference rival Navarro on Saturday afternoon at R.E. St. John Memorial Stadium. The scrimmage was delayed a bit by lightning. KC coach J.J. Eckert, about to begin his second season heading up the Rangers, said he saw good and bad in the scrimmage, things for the Rangers to work on before Saturday's season opener here against Fort Scott (Kan.), a 7 p.m. kickoff. Read more on the scrimmage as well as previews on KC, Kilgore, and all area high schools in the Kilgore News Herald's annual football preview, to be a part of the newspaper on Thursday.
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Texas high school preseason poll
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
      Here is The Associated Press Texas high school football preseason poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, final 2007 records, points based on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1, and the team's ranking in last season's final poll:
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Greene wins MCC women's title; several juniors victorious
GOLF
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com
      Tammy Greene is the 2008 Meadowbrook Country Club women's champion, firing a two-day 175 over last weekend to win the championship flight. Debra White was six strokes back and finished second; Laura Clark finished third.
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