LOCAL SPORTS IN BRIEF

FOOTBALL KHS, West Rusk begin playoffs tonight

As previewed Thursday in Game Time Weekly, the Kilgore High School Bulldogs and the West Rusk High School Raiders begin their playoff runs tonight, and hope to be playing well into December.

The Bulldogs open the UIL Class 4A Division 2 playoffs at Marshall, a 7:30 p.m. start, taking on the Mavericks for the second time this season. Kilgore (8-2) dropped an early-season game to Marshall in September, 28- 18, and the Mavericks (6-4) struggled through district play, at one point losing three straight games. Tonight's game can be heard on the radio at 1240-AM, and online at tsrnsports.com, with the Ragin' Red Broadcasting crew on both. The KHS-Marshall winner will face either Ennis or Red Oak next weekend.

West Rusk (8-2) faces Hearne (5-4) at Waxahachie, also a 7:30 p.m. kickoff, in the UIL Class 2A Division 2 playoffs. The Raiders are in the playoffs for the first time in eight seasons, and the very first time under coach John Frazier, in his second season.

Leverett's Chapel has also qualified for the playoffs in the six-man division, but has an open date tonight.

SOCCER

Galvan, UT-Tyler advance

Former Kilgore High School athlete Rudy Galvan, now attending school at and playing soccer for the University of Texas at Tyler, helped UT-Tyler shut out the University of Dallas on Thursday night, 4-0, in the NCAA Division III men's national soccer tournament. It was the sixth straight shutout for UT-Tyler, the school's website noted today.

The Patriots had 33 shotson goal to Dallas' three.

Galvan and the Patriots (12-3-4 on the season) get No. 1 Trinity (San Antonio) in the next round. That game is scheduled for 6 p.m. Sunday in San Antonio.

Also according to the UTTyler website, Thursday's win was the first NCAA Men's Soccer Championship victory by any team from the American Southwest Conference.

Galvan is a 2005 KHS graduate who was also a standout in football.

BASKETBALL KYBA registration Saturday morning

Registration for the Kilgore Youth Basketball Association's upcoming season will be Saturday from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the older gymnasium on the Kilgore High School campus. This is for boys and girls first through seventh grades.

"We're expecting somewhere around 300 kids this year," said KYBA official Tim Capps. "We're hoping for a big year."

Games are played on Saturdays at KHS, and Capps noted the enrollment has increased the last two years.

Registration is $40 for the first child, $30 for each additional child, and for more information, call Reggie Henson at (903) 983-0945, or Capps at (903) 984-3082.

KHS boosters meet Monday

The Kilgore High School basketball booster club will meet Monday evening at 7 p.m. at the KHS older gym. Parents of eighth through 12th grade basketball players are encouraged to attend. The booster club's goal is to form fund-raisers this year to help fund several activities, such as an end-ofthe year banquet and senior scholarships.

SOCCER Meet-the-coaches at KHS Tuesday

The annual meet-thecoaches night for the Kilgore High School soccer program will be next Tuesday, Nov. 18, at 6:30 p.m. at the KHS cafeteria. The KHS soccer booster club invites everyone to come visit with girls soccer coach Amanda Farmer, back for another season, and to meet new boys coach Michael Bradshaw.

Volunteers needed for tournament

The Kilgore Soccer Association is hosting a tournament for boys and girls eight-andunder and 10-and-under teams this weekend, on Saturday and Sunday. Volunteers are needed to help in the concession stand between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Saturday, and 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. Sunday. Anyone interested can call Jesseame Cheshire at (903) 987-0124.

According to a KSA official, the tournament (Doc's Fall Wind Down) has over 40 teams from all over East Texas registered in two age groups

— BY SPORTS EDITOR

MITCH LUCAS