Misery loves company
All four Kilgore High School teams lose district games; back in action Friday
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com
      It doesn't happen often, but it does happen - a bad night all the way around for Kilgore High School athletics. All four teams in action on Tuesday night - boys and girls soccer, and boys and girls basketball - tripped up, with Whitehouse sweeping the basketball teams and Lindale sweeping the ...
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SPORTSVIEW
Super Bowl hype not what it used to be
By JIM LITKE, The Associated Press
      The silliest two-week period on the sporting calendar got off to a promising start when a video turned up showing Tom Brady limping into supermodel girlfriend Gisele Bundchen's New York town house with a protective boot on his right foot.
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KHS tennis team opens spring with good outing in Ennis
HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com
      EDITOR'S NOTE: First names for tournament players other than Kilgore were not available. Spring tennis has begun at Kilgore High School, although the weather certainly seems like anything but spring: one of the first two tournaments was played in snowy weather, and another had to be postpo...
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A bittersweet night at Gilmer for Sabine
Lady Cardinals beat Gilmer, go 6-0 in district; Buckeyes upset Cardinals
By JASON HEFFNER and MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com
      GILMER - Gilmer's Zack Jones was red-hot from start to finish Tuesday night, hitting seven three-pointers and scoring 31 points, lifting the Buckeyes to their fourth straight district win, a 62-50 triumph over the suddenly-slumping Sabine Cardinals.
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LOCAL SPORTS IN BRIEF
      KSA sign-up Saturday Registration for the spring season of the Kilgore Soccer Association will be conducted once again this Saturday from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m., to be conducted at the sports complex out on Highway 135. That's also where the games are played on Saturday mornings.
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