Cold weather arrives, just in time to push ducks and geese south for Christmas.
Mallards are finding the lakes, and creeks and ponds see increasing numbers of greenheads and woodies.
Excerpt of the TPWD Report follows:
North Zone Duck: Frigid temperatures throughout the Central Flyway have sent many more mallards across the Red River. Some good hunts were posted in the snow last week on area lakes and reservoirs. Sloughs and backwaters are loading up with greenheads and wood ducks. Green-winged teal have been seen on shallow flats on lakes and reservoirs. Mallards, gadwalls and teal have been solid on Lake Wright-Patman, Lake Palestine, Lake Fork, Lake Tawakoni and Cooper Lake. Wood ducks have been steady in wooded sloughs. Inland ponds near the coast were fair over the weekend. Mostly teal, gadwalls, pintails and shovelers were taken. Some good goose hunts were posted just north of IH-10 near Winnie last week when four days of fog socked in along the coast. Prospects are fair to good.
The full report can be found at http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/newsmedia/releases/?req=20081224a.
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The Texas Sports Writers Association has released it's selections for the 2008 All-State Volleyball, and several local players were named.
Topping the local girls named was Natalie Craven, Setter for White Oak. White Oak placed three players on the team, as did New Diana.
Class 2A First Team
- SETTER - Natalie Craven, White Oak
Class 2A Second Team
- MIDDLE BLOCKERS/OUTSIDE HITTERS - Elizabeth Johnson, New Diana
Class 2A Honorable Mention
- MIDDLE BLOCKERS/OUTSIDE HITTERS - Abbey Bybel, White Oak; Morgan Wilson, White Oak; Morgan Bristow, New Diana
- SETTER - Jami Sampson, New Diana
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The White Oak Roughnecks, coming of a second place finish at the Sabine / West Rusk Last Man Standing tournament, will host the all boys basketball tournament.
Games will be played Saturday, Dec 27th, Monday Dec 29th and Tuesday, Dec 30th.
Teams scheduled to play:
- White Oak Roughnecks 18-2A
- Spring Hill Panthers 17-3A
- Chapel Hill (MP) Red Devils 17-2A
- Daingerfield Tigers 17-2A
- Atlanta Rabbits 16-3A
- West Rusk Raiders 19-2A
- Texas Trinity Titans TAPPS 2A-5
- Troup Tigers 19-2A
See the bracket here.
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Despite solid production from Demarcus Daniels, Terrance Leach and Jason Dougan, The Hawks outscored Gladewater in all four quarters, locking up third place with a 78-63 win.
Daniels, selected as all-tournament for Gladewater, put 19 points on the board for the Bears, leading all scorers. Dougan scored 12, all three point shots, and Leach nailed 3 three pointers on his way to a 16 point game.
Pleasant Grove's stand out player was Damian Watts. Selected as all tournament, Watts added 17 points to the Hawks winning total.
Scoring by Quarter
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | OT | Tot |
|---|
Pleasant Grove
| 18 | 25 | 16 | 19 |
| 78 |
| Gladewater | 15 | 19 | 14 | 15 |
| 63 |
Box Scores
Pleasant Grove
| Pts | Gladewater | Pts |
|---|
Damien Watts
| 17 | Demarcus Daniels
| 19 |
Graves | 14 | Terrance Leach | 16 |
| Wacha | 12 | Jason Dougan | 12 |
| Ashby | 9 | Denzell Boone | 7 |
| Brocco | 8 | DeQuentis Smith | 4 |
| Threatt | 8 | Corey Davis | 3 |
| Broades | 6 | Gregary Morgan | 2 |
| Reid | 2 |
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| Goline | 2 |
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See the updated tournament bracket here.
After the holiday break, Pleasant Grove will host Queen City on Dec. 29th. Gladewater will next play at Sabine on Dec. 30th.
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Tournament hosts Sabine rolled over rival 18-2A White Oak 48-24 Saturday, winning the championship and going undefeated in tournament play.
Sabine opened the lopsided scoring in the first quarter. Taking advantage of the Roughneck's 2-3 zone defense, which left Sabine perimeter players open, the Cardinals hit 7 consecutive three pointers.
Sabine held a 39-11 lead at the half.
White Oak, who trailed by 27 at one point in the first half, seemed to figure out the Sabine offense late in the game. The Roughnecks outscored the Cards 10-6 in the fourth quarter, but it was too late. The game was on ice, and Sabine had reached into it's bench by then.
The Cardinals ended with a tournament record of 6-0. Both Sabine and White Oak earned their championship berths with close wins over 3A teams.
White Oak defeated 3A Pleasant Grove 67-65, and Sabine dropped 3A Gladewater 39-37.
Sabine Forward Noah Jackson, a 6'-2" junior who has paced the Cardinals throughout the tournament, led all scorers with 12. Jackson was named tournament MVP.
White Oak's Conner Sharp led the Roughneck scoring with 9. Sharp, along with teammates McCurdy and Wait, were named all-tournament for White Oak, bringing home the second place finish.
Scoring by Quarter
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | OT | Tot |
|---|
| Sabine | 23 | 13 | 6 | 6 |
| 48 |
White Oak
| 5 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
| 24 |
Box Scores
| Sabine | Pts | White Oak
| Pts |
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Noah Jackson
| 12 | Connor Sharp | 9 |
Colton Kirk
| 9 | Carr | 6 |
| Tyler Woodrell | 8 | Blake Ware
| 5 |
| Jacob Kenna | 8 | Trevor Wait
| 4 |
| Lie'Quan Byrd | 5 |
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| Hunter Powdrill | 2 |
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| Jerrel Chumley | 2 |
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| Zach Royce | 2 |
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See the updated tournament bracket here.
Sabine, at 17-3 on the year, will face Gladewater again Tuesday, Dec. 30th in regular season play.
White Oak, 6-9 on the year, will host the Dan Noll Christmas Classic beginning Saturday, Dec. 27th. Besides White Oak, other teams participating will be Atlanta, Spring Hill, Chapel Hill (MP), Daingerfield, West Rusk, Trinity and Troup.
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In a tournament heavy with nail biting finishes, the match between the White Oak Roughnecks and the Hawks of Pleasant Grove didn't disappoint.
White Oak led for most of the game, but watched a 40-28 halftime lead evaporate as the Hawks rallied in the second half, outscoring the Roughnecks by twenty points.
But the White Oak squad refused to lose, with Roughnecks Conner Sharp dropping a key three pointer and Taylor Goll hitting 2 clutch free throws late in the fourth quarter, giving White Oak the win by two points, 67-65.
White Oaks Jackson McCurdy led all scorers with 25 points. Hawks guard Damien Watts followed closely with 20 points.
Scoring by Quarter
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | OT | Tot |
|---|
White Oak
| 20 | 20 | 10 | 17 |
| 67 |
Pleasant Grove
| 15 | 13 | 17 | 20 |
| 65 |
Box Scores
White Oak
| Pts | Pleasant Grove
| Pts |
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| Jackson McCurdy | 25 | Damien Watts
| 20 |
Trevor Wait
| 14 | Michael Wacha
| 13 |
| Taylor Goll | 9 | Deante Reid
| 8 |
| Blake Ware | 6 | Logan Ashby
| 7 |
| Connor Sharp | 6 | Neronte Threatt
| 6 |
| Joseph Young | 5 | Antonio Graves
| 6 |
| Carr | 2 | CJ Broades
| 5 |
See the updated bracket here.
White Oak, with bracket wins over West Rusk and Pleasant Grove, will advance to the tournament championship round against a district rival, state ranked #5 Sabine, Saturday at 8:00pm.
Pleasant Grove falls to the third place match, and will face another 3A team, Gladewater Saturday at 6:30pm.
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In a rematch from pool play, Sabine bested the Gladewater Bears 39-37, advancing to the championship match.
Sabine led comfortably at the half, but had to fight off a second half surge by the Bears, winning a heart-stopper at the buzzer. The Card's Noah Jackson rebounded a missed shot under the basket and layed in a touch shot off the backboard as time expired, breaking 37-37 tie.
Jackson led the Cardinal scoring, nailing 3 three pointers on the way to a game total of 12 points.
Gladewater's go-to man was DeMarcus Daniels, who led the Bear's with 12 points.
Scoring by Quarter
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | OT | Tot |
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| Sabine | 15 | 7 | 7 | 10 |
| 39 |
| Gladewater | 5 | 6 | 11 | 15 |
| 37 |
Box Scores
| Sabine | Pts | Gladewater | Pts |
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| Jackson | 17 | Daniels | 12 |
Woodrell | 7 | Dougan | 7 |
| Kirk | 7 | Miller | 6 |
| Kenna | 5 | Morgan | 4 |
| Byrd | 3 | Leach | 4 |
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| Boone | 2 |
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| Davis | 2 |
Sabine, 5-0 in the tournament, 16-3 on the year, advances to face White Oak in the 8:00pm Championship match.
Gladewater, 2-3 in tournament play, will face Pleasant Grove in the third place match at 6:30pm.
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