LOCAL SPORTS IN BRIEF

GOLF

No afternoon times remain for tournament

There are still some spaces left for the annual Kilgore Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament set for Tuesday, Sept. 16, but none of them are in the afternoon, tournament officials said Wednesday.

All afternoon tee times are taken for the six person scramble set at Meadowbrook Country Club. Afternoon players will tee off at 1:30 p.m.

Morning tee times still remain, however, and those players will tee off at 8 a.m.

Lunch will be served from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. in the dining room, and during the morning and afternoon rounds there will be different contests for prizes on the holes being played. The winning teams in the two flights will also receive $100 gift certificates from G&A Golf.

Teams of six or individual players are still being taken for the tournament. The cost is $75 per player, and this gets a person their green fee, cart, lunch and goodie bag.

For more information or to enter, call the Kilgore Chamber of Commerce at (903) 984-5022 or call (903) 988-3413. The deadline to enter is Friday, Sept. 12 at 5 p.m.

TENNIS

KHS at T-High tourney this weekend

The Kilgore High School tennis team's venture into the tournament at Texas High in Texarkana is this weekend.

Kilgore was off last weekend after sweeping Gladewater to open its fall season, then beating Center Aug. 27.

The Bulldogs, coached by Jason Maroney, face Texas High at 8 a.m. Friday, Waco Midway at 1:30 p.m., and on Saturday, they'll face Frisco at 8 a.m. and an opponent to be determined at 1:30. FOOTBALL First '08 edition of GTW in Thursday's paper

The first edition of the 2008 season of Game Time Weekly — the Kilgore News Herald's weekly look at local football — will be a part of the News Herald's Thursday edition.

The section, an 8-page tabloid format, previews the weekend's games for Kilgore High School, Kilgore College, Sabine High School, Overton High School, West Rusk High School and Leverett's Chapel, offers predictions on all of those games, and more.

Game Time Weekly runs the duration of the season and into the high school playoffs.