Bass and crappie fishing is reported to be good on area lakes.
Excerpts from the TPWD Fishing Report follow:
LAKE O' THE PINES - Water stained; 47-53 degrees; 0.51' high. Black bass are slow to fair on Texas rigs, weightless flukes or 5" Yum Dingers and Rat-L-Traps. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on nightcrawlers and cut shad. Bream are fair on red wigglers.
BOB SANDLIN - Water fairly clear; 47-54 degrees; 0.37' low. Black bass are fair on chrome jigging spoons, wacky rigs and Texas rigged blue fleck worms. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on nightcrawlers. White bass are fair on live minnows and slabs.
CADDO - Water off color; 48-54 degrees; 0.55' high. Black bass are good on jigs, chrome Rat-L-Traps and flukes fished around vegetation and trees. Crappie are fair on red/white or red/green jigs in Big Cypress channel near Johnson's Ranch. No reports on white bass or catfish.
FORK - Water lightly stained; 48-54 degrees; 0.81' low. Black bass are fair on black/blue jigs around wood in the mouths of coves and white/chartreuse spinnerbaits along main lake grass lines. Crappie are fair on minnows and small jigs under main lake bridges and around brush piles. Catfish are good on prepared bait along creeks.
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With both teams looking for their first 18-2A win, Union Grove leaves New Diana in the cellar with a 48-35 victory.
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In the Cardinal's first district win over the Roughnecks since 2003, Colton Kirk's 21 points lifts Sabine to 1st place in district 18-2A.
The house was packed at Liberty City Friday night, as the Sabine Cardinals and the White Oak Roughnecks renewed an old district rivalry. Both teams came into the game with 4-0 records, and a share of the lead in district 18-2A. Sabine had the edge, having beat the Roughnecks last month at the Last Man Standing tournament, and they didn't disappoint the home crowd.
Matching the point total of White Oak's two top scorers, Sabine's junior point guard Colton Kirk found a seam in White Oak's man-to-man defense that he would exploit all night, bucketing several easy lay-ups, and leading the Cardinals to their fifth district 18-2A victory. The Cardinals, ranked 4th among state 2A teams, claim first place in the district with a perfect 5-0 record.
Scoring in the first half was fairly even, with Sabine taking a slim 30-27 lead into the half. Resuming play in the second half, the Roughnecks were held to just five points, while Sabine added 12. Those twelve points would prove to be key.
In the last period, White Oak outscored Sabine 11-10, but the Cardinal lead was too much to overcome, and the Roughnecks were handed their first district loss.
Kirk led all scorers with 21 points, followed by teammate Tyler Woodrell with 12.
The Roughnecks were paced by Jackson McCurdy with 11 points, and Trevor Wait with 10.
Scoring by Quarter
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | OT | Tot |
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| Sabine | 15 | 15 | 12 | 10 |
| 52 |
White Oak
| 11 | 16 | 5 | 11 |
| 43 |
Box Scores
| Sabine | White Oak
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| Colton Kirk 21 | Jackson McCurdy 11 |
| Tyler Woodrell 12 | Trevor Wait 10 |
| Noah Jackson 10 | Caleb Carr 9 |
| Jacob Kenna 4 | Conner Sharp 6 |
| Josh Montana 3 | Taylor Goll 4 |
| Lie'Quan Byrd 1 | Blake Ware 3 |
The Roughnecks will get another shot at Sabine when the two teams rematch in White Oak on Feb. 10th.
Sabine takes their 5-0 record on the road Tuesday to Union Grove, facing a struggling Lion squad searching for their second district win.
White Oak will look to get back on track on the road against Harmony, who is riding a razor thin 44-42 win over Harleton. They face off Tuesday as well.
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Led by the outside shooting of Eric Dixon, the Eagles post a 57-42 win.
UNION GROVE, TX, Jan. 16, 2009 -- Union Grove has struggled this year in district play. After opening with a win against Winona, the Lions dropped games to Harleton and Harmony. Friday, the struggle continued with a loss at home to New Diana.
Both teams opened slow, with the Eagles holding an 11-7 advantage at the end of the first quarter. But Union Grove closed the gap in the second to one point, closing the half with the Eagles leading 17-16.
Eric Dixon, the Eagle's senior shooting guard, caught the hot hand from outside in the third quarter, and the Eagles outscored Union Grove 17-5 in the period. The Lions turned up the offense in the final eight minutes, scoring 21, but they were outpaced by the Eagles with 23, and the game ended with an Eagles victory, 57-42.
Scoring by Quarter
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | OT | Tot |
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New Diana
| 11 | 6 | 17 | 23 |
| 57 |
Union Grove
| 7 | 9 | 5 | 21 |
| 42 |
New Diana, now 3-2 in district play, travels to Winona Tuesday.
Union Grove, now 1-3 in district, next faces Sabine, ranked 4th in the state, at home Tuesday.
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Holding Winona scoreless for three quarters, New Diana rolls to a 55-5 road win.
WINONA, TX, Jan. 15, 2009 -- Led by the scoring of Kimberly Hendricks and Courtney Rogers, the young Lady Eagles jumped out to a 19-5 first quarter lead, and never looked back.
Meeting the Winona squad at half court with a suffocating man on man defense, the Eagles time and again caused turnovers that led to fast break sprints and easy lay-ups.
Scoring 12 unanswered points in the second quarter, New Diana took a comfortable 31-5 lead into the half, and the break didn't help Winona any. The Eagles would score another 24 points in the second half, and put their biggest win of the season so far in the bag.
Scoring by Quarter
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | OT | Tot |
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New Diana
| 19 | 12 | 14 | 10 |
| 55 |
| Winona | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 |
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Outside shooting lifts Cardinals over the Eagles, 81-35.
Tuesday, fourth ranked Sabine showed why they are climbing the state coaches poll, running over New Diana in a shooting spree.
In an exhibition of three point shooting, the Cardinals used their height advantage and a lack of pressure on the corners to outscore the Eagles in all four quarters.
When they weren't phoning the baskets in, the Cardinals used some remarkable inside passing to pick up the high percentage two pointers, and good pressure the length of the court to frustrate the Eagles, who usually play a good ball control offense.
The Eagles only trailed by ten to open the second quarter, but Sabine noticed they were getting free looks at the corners and the top of the key, and opened up the long ball shooting. Thanks to the hot hands of Colton Kirk and Noah Jackson, the tactic worked, and the cardinals took a 39-19 lead into the half.
Adjustments by New Diana in the second half to pressure the corners were answered by Sabine taking the ball inside, and their two point game proved just as hard to stop. At the end of the third quarter, the Cardinals owned an 60-23 lead.
Diana would add 12 points in the last eight minutes, but the Cards didn't slack off, answering with 21 points of their own to end the game.
Sabine's Colton Kirk led all scorers with 25, followed closely by teammate Noah Jackson with 24, both scoring four 3 point buckets.
Eric Dixon led New Diana with 15 points.
Scoring by Quarter
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | OT | Tot |
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| Sabine | 19 | 20 | 21 | 21 |
| 81 |
| Diana | 9 | 10 | 4 | 12 |
| 35 |
Box Scores
| Sabine | Pts | FG3 | Reb | New Diana
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| Colton Kirk | 24 |
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| Eric Dixon | 15 |
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| Noah Jackson | 23 |
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| Bo Yarborough | 6 |
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| Tyler Woodrell | 10 |
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| Dale Griffith | 4 |
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| Josh Montana | 8 |
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| Shay Bradley | 3 |
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| Jacob Kenna | 6 |
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| Andy Hounsel | 3 |
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| Zach Royce | 4 |
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| Cory Rowden | 2 |
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| Lie'Quan Byrd | 3 |
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| Travis Barton | 2 |
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| Chance Haskins | 3 |
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| Tanner Manteusel | 1 |
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Sabine, now (4-0) in district 18-2A, will host White Oak Friday.
New Diana, (2-2) looks to get back on track Friday as they travel to face Union Grove.
Correction: Original posting of this article said Sabine was ranked third. They remain ranked fourth in the TABC poll of 2A teams.
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Sabine swamped the Lady Eagles tonight, winning 62-17.
Sabine's Lady Cardinals took advantage of some bad Eagle passing Tuesday, holding New Diana scoreless in the first quarter, and allowing only four points in the second.
Relying on quick passing and deadly accurate shooting inside the paint, the Lady Cardinals had rolled up 40 points before the half.
In the second half, the Cardinals dialed the defensive press back a notch, avoiding foul trouble, allowing New Diana 13 points, and tacking on 22 to the final score.
Scoring by Quarter
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | OT | Tot |
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| Sabine | 19 | 21 | 16 | 6 |
| 62 |
New Diana
| 0 | 4 | 9 | 4 |
| 17 |
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Sabine, ranked 4th in statewide 2A schools, improves their record to 23-3 on the year, 3-0 in district play.
SABINE Jan. 9, 2009 -- Sabine rolled up the lopsided win against an under-staffed Yellowjacket team, with Elysian Fields only suiting up five players for the game.
The Yellowjackets, held to single digits in all four quarters, are struggling this year, with an 0-3 record in division play.
They lost their division opener to White Oak 35-65, and dropped the next game to New Diana, 32-54.
Sabine's Lie'Quan Byrd and Noah Jackson tied with 14 points to lead all scorers. Both players netted 4 three-pointers in the game.
Elysian Field's Keyante Byrd paced the Yellowjackets with 12 points.
Scoring by Quarter
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | OT | Tot |
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| Sabine | 19 | 16 | 18 | 6 | | 60 |
Elysian Fields
| 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | | 24 |
Box Scores
| Sabine | Pts | FG3 | Reb | Elysian Fields
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| Lie'Quan Byrd | 14 | 4 | ## | Keyante Byrd | 12 | ## | ## |
| Noah Jackson | 14 | 4 | ## | Alex Mucklin | 8 | ## | ## |
| Tyler Woodrell | 10 | ## | 8 | Aaron White | 2 | ## | ## |
| Jacob Kenna | 6 | ## | ## | Antonie Marrow | 2 | ## | ## |
| Hunter Powdrill | 5 | ## | ## | | | | |
| Josh Montana | 5 | ## | ## | | | | |
| Colton Kirk | 2 | ## | ## | | | | |
| Zach Royce | 2 | ## | ## | | | | |
| Chance Haskins | 1 | ## | ## | | | | |
Sabine will try to extend their ten game winning streak Tuesday, when they travel to New Diana to take on the Eagles, 2-1, coming off a close loss to White Oak, 50-58.
Elysian Fields will be looking for their first division win when they host Winona Friday.
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