LOCAL SPORTS IN BRIEF

The Kilgore High School girls basketball teams will host Carthage this Tuesday night, beginning with junior varsity at 5 p.m.

Coach Davia Garrett’s Lady Bulldogs will be on a mission to get back to the playoffs this season. The Lady ’Dogs are also in action next Friday at Marshall, a 6 p.m. JV start.

Garrett is assisted once again by Jerry Reddic and by Lacy Thompson.

The KHS boys, now coached by Kerry Strong, won’t begin their season officially until Nov. 19, a home game against Athens. Strong is in his first season as head coach at KHS — he’s assisted by former head coach Jimmy Williams, and by John McGilvray.

GOLF Girls win MP tourney; boys finish fourth

Mary Mays finished as the second best individual for the Kilgore High School girls golf team this week, as the Lady Bulldogs won a tournament in Mount Pleasant.

Collectively, Kilgore’s girls shot a 429, good enough for first place by 10 strokes over secondplace finisher Texas High. Pleasant Grove, Atlanta and Longview rounded out the top 10.

Chapel Hill’s Katie Flynn was medalist with an 80, and Mays also shot an 80 but lost on a scorecard playoff.

Other Kilgore finishes were a 110 by Haley Linkinhoker, a 117 by Tori Dheil, and a 122 by Shelby Elder.

Kilgore’s boys golf team finished fourth overall, behind Atlanta, Mount Pleasant and Mount Vernon. Kilgore shot a 385.

Aaron Conner had the best KHS score, an 85. Jacob Bolding shot an 86. Julian Bara had a 105, and Josh Riddle a 109.

The girls will play in the Hallsville invitational on Nov. 17; the boys are off until after Christmas.