Photo by Mitch Lucas Most all the high school football programs in the Kilgore News Herald's coverage area, including Kilgore High School, will begin their seasons tomorrow night, but Brandon Williams (above) and the West Rusk Raiders open tonight, a
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Texas still under .500 with just 30 games remaining
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A little luck and a little hustle was all the Texas Rangers needed to pull off their first threegame sweep this season. More...
BY SPORTS EDITOR MITCH LUCAS
This section each year is a labor of love for me, and I understand there's no way I'd be able to pull this off without a lot of people, particularly the players and the coaches in the News Herald's coverage area. More...
The Kilgore Bulldogs are back, looking for a district championship and maybe more
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com
The scrimmages are over. Two-a-days? Done. Photo day? Finished. The preseason talk? Coming to an end. But the hard work is just beginning, along with the dawn of a new football season. More...
Different look to the district, but Bulldogs will face off with many of the same foes
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com
The University Interscholastic League realigns its districts every two years, but during the last realignment, the district that included the Kilgore High School athletic programs didn't change. This year, that's not the case. More...
+ Denotes homecoming * Denotes six-man Division II, District 15 games More...
+ Denotes homecoming * Denotes District 20-1A contests More...
WEST RUSK HIGH SCHOOL
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com
This year, the high school football season means a little more at West Rusk High School in New London. That's because this year, there's no talk about rebuilding. No one in Raider Nation is even saying anything resembling the 'R' word. More...
+ Denotes homecoming * Denotes District 18-2A contests More...
Here's our list of things that were popular during the 2007 football season, and what they've been replaced with as we begin the 2008 season. More...
Picked by coaches to win the conference, KC looking for talent to transfer into victories in '08
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com
Kilgore College head football coach J.J. Eckert probably wishes his team hadn't been labeled as the favorites by conference coaches to win the Southwest Junior College Football Conference this season. More...
No.,Name Head coach: J.J. Eckert Assistant coaches: Willie Gooden (offensive line), Jordan Lesley (linebackers), Russell Thompson (defensive coordinator), Stevie Moore (defensive backs). More...
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
AUSTIN (AP) — The 2008 season looks like the Year of the Quarterback in the Big 12. The league is loaded with talented passers guiding spread offenses that fling the ball left and right, north and south and into the end zone. More...
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