Bullard three-points Sabine out of 3A postseason
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL/ UIL CLASS 3A AREA PLAYOFFS
By JASON HEFFNER Special to the News Herald
      TYLER - It was bombs away early for Bullard, who weathered Sabine comeback just enough in the second half to knock the Cardinals out of the UIL Class 3A playoffs.
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KHS boys tie, lose in OT; girls fall
HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com
      Doing their best Rocky Balboa impersonation, the Kilgore High School Bulldogs just won't stay down. Facing unbeaten Lindale Friday night and knowing they needed to at least tie to realistically stay in the playoff hunt in District 17-4A, Kilgore played the Eagles to a 1-1 tie, losing in regulatio...
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Todd leaving for Florida this week
BASEBALL
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com
      Former Kilgore High School pitcher Jess Todd is about to become a Floridian - for a little while, anyway. Todd, drafted last summer by the St. Louis Cardinals organization and coming off a minorleague stint in New York, leaves for Jupiter, Fla., this week, one of just eight players invited to a ...
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JESSIE TAKES HIS FIRST DEER
     Laird Hill's Jessie Harris (center), 12, took his first deer, an eight-point, last season in Mason County. Jessie used a 25/06, and was with his dad (right), Frank Baker, and his brother Logan (left). Congratulations, Jessie!
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LOCAL SPORTS IN BRIEF
BY SPORTS EDITOR MITCH LUCAS
      BASKETBALL Overton youth team hosting tourneys The Overton Little Dribblers will host two youth basketball tournaments (8-and-under boys, 10-and-under boys and girls) this weekend, beginning Thursday and running through Saturday.
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Sabine players, Bell honored in 15-3A
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com
      Sabine High School head girls basketball coach Paul Bell was named the District 15-3A coach of the year, along with Spring Hill's David Duncan, and Sabine senior Samantha Jackson was tabbed the district's defensive player of the year, all by district coaches as a part of the All-District Team.
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