Liberty-Eylau is Commerce-bound. Sound familiar? It wasn’t a cakewalk, but the Lady Leopards (28-4) defeated North Lamar for the third time this season Tuesday night before a lively crowd at Texas High’s Tiger Center, 56-47. “That’s what it takes to win playoff games, fin...

HUGHES SPRINGS, Texas—This time there was no magic for Liberty-Eylau. The circumstances were very similar to the Leopards’ stunning win over North Lamar last Friday. L-E led by nine points with five minutes left, but turnover after turnover enabled Pittsburg to capture a 45-44 lead wi...

LONGVIEW, Texas—New Boston’s athleticism showed up early and late in the Lions’ 58-42 victory over Alba-Golden Tuesday night at Lobo Coliseum. The Lions bolted to a 15-1 first-quarter lead, and never allowed the Panthers to get closer than nine points the rest of the way, finish...

LONGVIEW, Texas—Getting off to a bad start can often lead to an unhappy ending, and it did for New Boston in Class 2A regional quarterfinal at Pine Tree’s Pirate Center on Tuesday. Edgewood (29-6) scored the game’s first 8 points and took a 23-11 first- quarter lead on its way t...

PARIS, Texas—In a battle between a pair of state-ranked girls basketball teams, it was Sam Rayburn High School which held off Avery’s late surge to advance to the Region II-A, Division I tournament semifinals. The 4th-ranked Lady Rebels led the majority of the game, Avery cutting its...

PINE BLUFF, Ark.—Arkansas High’s girls concluded their regular season with a hard-fought 54-51 overtime win against Pine Bluff Tuesday. The victory gives the Lady Backs, which finished second in the 6A South, momentum entering next week’s state tournament at El Dorado. AHS will be...

SULPHUR SPRINGS, Texas—Martins Mill put Clarksville’s girls in a deep hole early in holding the Lady Tigers to 12 points in the first half to post a 62-43 win in a Class 1A regional quarterfinal contest Tuesday. Hailey Jenkins of the Lady Mustangs beat out Clarksville’s Sherika Pa...

SIMMS, Texas—Redwater pounded out 12 hits and coasted to a 15-5 win over James Bowie stopped after five innings by the 10-run rule Tuesday at Pirate Field. John Cleghorn had three RBIs and was one of three Dragons to have two hits in the contest. Skyler Pettit slugged two doubles in three at-...

LINDEN, Texas—Linden-Kildare scored the winning run of a 8-7 game in the eighth inning in a comeback victory over Atlanta at Lady Tiger Field. Shanice Love forced the game into extra innings when the Lady Tigers catcher slammed a game-tying, solo home run in the seventh.  It was one of...

The Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo.—Rodney McGruder scored 24 points and Kansas State upset No. 3 Missouri 78-68 Tuesday night, the Wildcats’ second win this season over the Tigers. Kansas State (19-8, 8-7 Big 12) led 40-30 at halftime and by 16 points in the second half before a late r...

Atlanta’s golfers took home a double team win in a tournament held at Northridge Country Club Tuesday. The Lady Rabbs earned their fourth victory in five tournaments to date by shooting a 18-hole total of 382 against a 387 posted by runner-up Texas High. In the boys tournament Atlanta finish...

Pleasant Grove scored all three of its goals in the first half of a 3-0 shutout win over host Arkansas High in a non-district girls match held at Razorback Stadium on Tuesday. Jordan Day netted two of the Lady Hawks three goals. The first came in the 16th minute on an assist from Brenda Hemminger....

Transactions   BASEBALL Major League Baseball MLB—Suspended Colorado LHP Joseph Torres (Colorado Springs-PCL) 50 games for a positive test for an amphetamine under the minor league drug prevention and treatment program. American League BOSTON RED SOX—Placed RHP Bobby Jenks on...

The Texas Rangers used to go to spring training trying to fill out a starting rotation and hoping to get out of last place in the AL West.  When the Rangers report to camp this week, they will have Japan’s top pitcher and four returners who won at least 13 games last year. There are at...

Ten Southwest Arkansas teams will be in action today in their respective regional basketball tournaments. In the Class 3A South Regional at Prescott, the top-seeded Curley Wolves faces Rison at 5:30 p.m. in a boys game. Prescott’s girls, also a No. 1 seed, clash with Camden Harmony Grove at 4...

QUEEN CITY, Texas—Queen City got a number of strong performances in a 12-2 rout of Jefferson that was stopped after the sixth inning because of the 10-run rule Tuesday. Winning pitcher Ashley Belote struke out nine batters and limited Jefferson to four hits and had an RBI single. Cobi Lang&rs...

WACO, Texas—Brittney Griner had 18 points with 10 rebounds and top-ranked Baylor claimed the outright Big 12 title with an 80-59 victory over Texas on Tuesday night.  Griner’s 40th career double-double came in her 100th game at Baylor.  After a pregame ceremony when the 6-f...

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