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If the Kilgore High School football team isn't ready for the season to start, it certainly didn't appear that way Friday night in their only preseason scrimmage. Kilgore scored three touchdowns to Mount Pleasant's two in the timed half portion of the scrimmage, played here at R.E. St. John Stadium. More ... Michael Stanley (left) of the Kilgore Fire Department looks on as children interact with Sparky, the fire department's mascot, at Saturday night's charity softball game between the KFD and the Kilgore Police Department at Driller Park. Proceeds from the event went to help officer Kevin Stewart of the KPG with medical expenses. Story, page 7. More ... "Guns vs. Hoses, Part Two" turned out to be quite a success. About 350 people were in attendance Saturday night at Driller Park to witness a softball rematch between the Kilgore police and fire departments, but they witnessed more than that: they saw an outpouring of caring from the Kilgore community for one if its own. More ... The East Texas Treatment Center benefitted greatly from this year's golf tournament fundraiser, collecting $25,000 from the event. Pictured: Bobby Hale (left), ETTC Executive Director, accepts a check from Steve Martin, the president of the East Texas Oilman's Golf Association, which has played that tournament for 47 years, and donated the proceeds from each of the last few years to the treatment center, located here in Kilgore on Dudley Road. More ... GOLF No afternoon tee times left for Chamber golf tourney The 17th annual Kilgore Chamber of Commerce golf tournament, a six-person scramble format, will be held here at Meadowbrook Country Club on Tuesday, Sept. 15. There will be shotgun starts that day at 8 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., and there is an entry fee of $75 per person. More ... The fall season is going quite well, now, for the Kilgore High School tennis team, which did some traveling on Saturday, but came home with wins over Rockwall and Wills Point. At press time Tuesday afternoon, the Bulldogs were getting ready to host their first matchup of the year, with Center coming to KHS. See coverage of Kilgore-Center in Saturday's News Herald. More ... |
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