LOCAL SPORTS IN BRIEF
BY SPORTS EDITOR MITCH LUCAS
TENNIS

KHS netters in regionals this week

Members of the Kilgore High School tennis team, coached by Jason Maroney, will travel to Denton today to compete in the regional tournament on Wednesday and Thursday.

Representing Kilgore in the event will be Haley Smith in girls singles, Callie Cunyus and Trevar Compton in mixed doubles, and Josh Bailey and Jody Madding in boys doubles. The KHS tennis squad is coached by Jason Maroney.

The top two finishers in each division at regionals qualify for the state tennis tournament in May. The tennis program plays two "seasons" each school year, and spring is more individually oriented. Kilgore's tennis team won the team title in the fall season. TRACK & FIELD

KHS, LC in track regionals, too

Several members of the Kilgore High School track & field team and the Leverett's Chapel track team will have athletes competing in different parts of the state this weekend in regional competition.

The KHS track athletes will be at regionals at the University of North Texas in Denton, and begin competition on Friday.

Both Dominique Jones and Shadow Stokes will represent Kilgore High in the discus, and Samone Jones, a senior, will compete for Kilgore in the girls shot put.

Shae Morgan, Brandi Johnson, Jessica Shepherd and Tai'Shea Reese will have double-duty in the regional relays, as they will run in the sprint (400 meter) relay and the 800 meter relay. Reese also qualified for regionals in the long jump and in the girls 100 meter dash, and Johnson will run in the 300 meter hurdles.

Joe Colbert's talents will be on display quite a bit, too. Colbert will be in the long jump and in the 100 meter dash. Teammates Shaun Edwards will jump in the high jump, and Joel Venegas will run for KHS in the 1600 meter run.

Kilgore track is coached by Phillip Lane and Kerry Strong.

For Leverett's Chapel, junior Tony Chavez will compete in both the 300 meter hurdles and the 110 hurdles this weekend at Stephen F. Austin University in Nacogdoches, and freshman Tasha Roper will compete in regionals in both the 800 meter run and the mile. LC track is coached by Matt Everett.