'Dogs outlast PT; now 3-1 in district play
Visit Hallsville in big one Tuesday
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com
      The last time the Pine Tree Pirates played at Driller Park earlier this season in the Oil Belt Classic tournament, they could do no wrong, leaving the OBC unbeaten and in impressive fashion. Weeks later, they now look like an also-ran in the District 12-4A playoff race.
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Pine Tree run-rules Lady 'Dogs
HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL/ PINE TREE 13, KILGORE 1
By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com
      The Pine Tree Lady Pirates made on-the-field life a little more miserable for the Kilgore High School softball team on Thursday night.
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Mavs fall to Celtics; now seventh in the West
NBA
      DALLAS (AP) - Doc Rivers played for San Antonio and has a son named Austin, so he has some ties to the Lone Star State. Now he has a Texas-sized accomplishment, too.
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Aggies set up game with UCLA; Baylor out
COLLEGE BASKETBALL/ NCAA MEN'S TOURNAMENT
      ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Texas A&M ran away early from Brigham Young and then, after squandering the lead, ran away late to secure a 67-62 victory Thursday in a NCAA firstround West Regional game at the Honda Center. The victory set up a secondround, Saturday match-up with top-seeded UCLA in anoth...
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