SECOND PLAYOFF ROUND FOR SOME, FIRST FOR OTHERS
     Right photo by Bryan Boyd; centerphoto by Dr. Jeff Davis; bottom photo courtesy of Jonathan Baker It's playoff weekend No. 2 — but for Leverett's Chapel, it's the first playoff game. The Lions (including Tony Chavez, right, 24) will travel to Rio Vista Friday night to take on Star in a six-man football playoff, a 7:30 p.m. kickoff. LC had an open date two weekends ago, and a bye last weekend. Below: Kilgore High School's Ken Smith (17) makes a tackle on special teams against Marshall. Kilgore beat Marshall in the bi-district round of the UIL Class 4A Division 2 playoffs last week, and this week, KHS faces Ennis. That matchup will happen Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Mesquite Memorial Stadium. It's just the second meeting ever between KHS and Ennis. And the West Rusk High School Raiders (pictured in the bottom photo coming onto the field against Hearne) take on Daingerfield in the second round of the Class 2A Division 2 playoffs. That game will be played Friday night, also at 7:30 p.m., at Gladewater's Jack Murphy Stadium. Read previews of all these games in today's special section, Game Time Weekly.
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TCL gets a new franchise
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      Fans of the East Texas Pump Jacks have a brand-new opponent to prepare for in 2009. And it might just lead to headlines like, "Pump Jacks Pluck Rosebuds!" The Texas Collegiate League today officially announced the addition of an expansion franchise in Victoria, Texas. The new team, which was announced at a press conference today, will begin play in the 2009 season.
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      ARLINGTON (AP) — The NFL is giving Adam "Pac-Man" Jones another chance. Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said Wednesday the suspended cornerback has been reinstated by league commissioner Roger Goodell, but he must miss two more games — this Sunday and the following game on Thanksgiving. He'll be back Dec. 7 at Pittsburgh.
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West Rusk's assignment: Take down Daingerfield
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com
      The West Rusk High School Raiders proved last week, with a first-round win over Hearne, that they are not just happy to be in the University Interscholastic League's Class 2A Division 2 playoffs. They want to pull up some chairs and stay a little while.
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Kilgore, Ennis meet in area round
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com
      The road to the second, or area, round of the UIL Class 4A Division 2 playoffs takes Kilgore and Ennis to a collision course in Mesquite on Friday night. Kilgore (9-2) will face the Lions (10-1) at Mesquite Memorial Stadium on Friday night at 7:30.
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Will anyone NOT be watching Texas Tech-OU?
WHAT'S CAUSING ALL THIS?
MITCH LUCAS
      A few observations about this weekend's three playoff games involving schools in our coverage area: — Ennis, Kilgore's opponent on Friday, is coached by Sam Harrell. For those of you who are unaware of who that is, his son is Graham Harrell, the quarterback at Texas Tech.
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Three weeks later, LC begins first six-man postseason
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com
      A lot can happen in three weeks. That's how long it's been since the Leverett's Chapel High School six-man football program took the field for a game, believe it or not. The Lions' open date was Nov. 7, the final weekend of the regular season, and they achieved a first-round playoff bye last week.
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