Flurry of upsets gets the attention of Leach, Red Raiders
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
      LUBBOCK (AP) — Texas Tech's Mike Leach made sure his No. 7 Red Raiders understood how they jumped three spots in the rankings without playing a game. The rise was a product of the season's first upsetfilled weekend, when Oregon State's shocker over No. 1 USC last Thursday sparked a flurry that took down two other top-five teams in Georgia and Florida.
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SHE'LL HAVE TO WAIT ANOTHER WEEK TO CHEER FOR THE 'DOGS
     Photo by Lester Murray The Kilgore Bulldogs are off this week, but will return to R.E. St. John Memorial Stadium next Friday to start District 14-4A play. The Ragin' Red will be taking on Lindale at 7:30 p.m. So that means Shelby Shelton, 2 (right), will have to wait a week to come and cheer for the Bulldogs and her grandpa, KHS inside linebackers coach Les Loper. Shelby is the daughter of Lori and Marty Shelton and Tonia Loper is her grandma.
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Two Pump Jacks among the top 10 prospects
Burnett, Wilkerson recognized
From pumpjacksbaseball.com
      The accolades continue to roll in for the East Texas Pump Jacks, this time from the experts. Pump Jacks relievers Luke Burnett and Aaron Wilkerson both placed in the top ten in Baseball America's annual rankings of the top ten professional prospects in the Texas Collegiate League.
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KILGORE SOCCER ASSOCIATION REPORT
      EDITOR'S NOTE: This report is from last weekend's games of the Kilgore Soccer Association (KSA). The report comes from reports submitted by league coaches. Names are spelled here in the Kilgore News Herald exactly as they are printed. Reports with incomplete names won't appear in the paper.
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Cowboys: No problems between T.O., Romo
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
      IRVING (AP) — Folks in San Francisco and Philadelphia must be loving this: Even though the Dallas Cowboys tried getting the ball to Terrell Owens on onethird of the plays last Sunday, he still wasn't satisfied. Is this the beginning of the end of his blissful relationship with Tony Romo?
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Thanks to KC, Blinn no longer tops the JUCO poll
JUNIOR COLLEGE FOOTBALL
By MARK KRUG Special to the News Herald
      COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Due to Kilgore College's 20-17 triple-overtime victory over last week's No. 1 Blinn College , this week's NJCAA / JC Football.com Top 20 has a new team in the No. 1 post. The Navarro College Bulldogs, with a 4-0 overall record, move into the top spot with 139 total poll points and six of seven first place votes.
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It's off to Little Rock for Rangers
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com
      If you're the Kilgore College Rangers football program, how in the world do you top last week? R.E. St. John Memorial Stadium was the focal point of the junior college football world, as it often is, as the top-ranked Blinn Buccaneers came to town for a Southwest Junior College Football Conference game.
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So far, so good for '08 Bulldogs
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com
      For the first time since the football season began, the Kilgore High School football team has a bit of a break. The Ragin' Red has an open date this weekend, the calm before the October storm that is district competition. And Kilgore will open District 14-4A with a bang: Lindale, new to the district, is 5-0, and visits the Bulldogs here at R.E. St.
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Pigskin Predictions
     
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Sabine looks for another 'W' at Winona
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com
      Before you can run, you've got to learn to walk. It's a fact of life. And it's true in football, too. Sabine High School head coach Jerry Baker, in his first season, is guiding the young Cardinals along the way. And while there are going to be ups (wins over Troup and Beckville) and downs (last week's homecoming loss to Union Grove), there needs to be growth.
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No KHS, WR, but intrigue? Yes
WHAT'S CAUSING ALL THIS?
MITCH LUCAS
      No Kilgore this weekend, thanks to the open date? No West Rusk, for the same reason? Yeah, I'm kind of let down, too. But there are still a lot of interesting things going on, both locally and in the college and NFL ranks.
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Cayuga challenge
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com
      Don't tell Overton High School head football coach about his opponent this weekend, Cayuga. He already knows. He knows they're state-ranked. He knows about speedy tailback Traylon Shead. And when the Mustangs (3-2 overall, 1-0 in District 20-1A) line up to take the field Friday night at Cayuga, he'll have to hope his team, winners of three straight, can tackle well.
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Fannindel final tune-up Friday for LC
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      The Leverett's Chapel Lions are one game away from being perfect so far this season. The six-man Lions' only setback came to Avalon two weeks ago. Without that blemish, coach Matt Everett's program would be headed into this week's game at Fannindel with a 4-0 record.
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Open date for WR
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com
      There's some relief among the Class 2A teams in the area this week. That's because the West Rusk High School Raiders have the weekend off. West Rusk, off to a blistering 5-start, has an open date tomorrow before beginning the District 19- 2A schedule next week at home against Elkhart. That's also homecoming for the Raiders.
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