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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 part of a kickoff classic game at Pine Tree Stadium in Longview. The Raiders will face Harleton at 7:30 p.m. tonight at Pine Tree. Kilgore opens its season at home on Friday night against Carthage; Overton hosts Ore City; Sabine visits Redwater, and in six-man, Leverett's Chapel hosts Dallas Academy. All of tomorrow night's games begin at 7:30, and we'll have coverage of them all in Sunday's News Herald. Kilgore College opens its 2008 season at home, as well, on Saturday night at 7 p.m. against Fort Scott (Kan.). Read about all you care to know about all these football programs today in the News Herald's annual football preview, two sections of looks at KHS, KC, Sabine, Overton, LC, and West Rusk, with a little college football and NFL thrown in for good measure. More ... VOLLEYBALL Kilgore in tourney today; Sabine Saturday The Kilgore High School varsity volleyball team is playing in a tournament at Tyler Lee High School in Tyler today and on Saturday. Today was pool play for the Lady Bulldogs, who were to face Mabank at 1:45 p.m., T.K. Gorman at 3 p.m., and then Lee at 5:30 p.m. More ... IRVING (AP) — Marion Barber holds up his left arm and points at his wrist, absent a watch, as a way to indicate that he doesn't have time to talk. He then leaves the locker room. More ... 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. Jarrod Saltalamacchia scooted home when pitcher Brian Bannister flubbed a popup, giving Texas the go-ahead run in their 3-2 win over Kansas City on Wednesday night. More ... All Times Central American League East Division Central Division West Division Today's Games Boston at N.Y. Yankees, 12:05 p.m. Toronto at Tampa Bay, 6:10 p.m. Minnesota at Oakland, 9:05 p.m. Texas at L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m. More ... Last year in the football preview, I wrote an excerpt from Credence Clearwater Revival's "Up Around The Bend. More ... 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 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. The 2008 season, one that Bulldogs fans and coaches have been looking forward to since the 2007 season concluded, begins Friday night for the Kilgore High School Bulldogs. More ... Photo by Lester Murray INTENSITY PERSONIFIED — Normally fired-up lineman Vince Cano (above) shares a word with a teammate. Cano and the Bulldogs will compete in District 14-4A this season. More ... 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 ... LAIRD HILL (Leverett's Chapel) — This season, for the first time in over two decades, the Leverett's Chapel football program will have the chance to play for a state title. The Lions, who resumed their football program a few years ago but got their feet wet without district play for those first few seasons, will play in Division 2 sixman UIL competition this year. More ... OVERTON — It's a new beginning for the Overton High School football program, with a new head coach who has a good pedigree. Ty Robinson took over the head coach and athletic director positions from Stephen DuBose in May, a late change, to be sure. More ... 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 ... Change has been the operative word for the Sabine High School football program for three years running, and it's already again the theme this year. But that might not be a bad thing. Jerry Baker has taken over as the Cardinals' new head football coach and athletic director, and admits he's still putting names with faces. 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. For instance, Crockett High School, a Kilgore High School opponent for the last two seasons, is no longer on the KHS football schedule, so Crockett is "out. More ... 2008 Kilgore High School Bulldogs Head coach/athletic director: Mike Vallery Assistant athletic director: Doug Duke Offensive coordinator: Chris Vallery Defensive coordinator: Mike Wood Assistant coaches: Keith Myers (offensive line), More ... 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. It's even more pressure, and rarely does the team that's picked by the coaches prior to the season go on and actually win the conference. 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). Athletic director: Jimmy Rieves Kilgore College President: Dr. More ... 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 ... There are getting to be so many former Kilgore High School Bulldog football players that have moved on to college football, it's getting hard to keep up with it. Here's the News Herald's list of those who are in the college football ranks right now, and I hope I've accounted for everyone. Keep in mind, now: this is just football players. More ... Sports RSS feed |
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