In case you missed it, the young Cardinals rolled up a perfect season
Liberty City - The '72 NFL Dolphins aren't the only team to post a perfect championship season.
Averaging 34 points per game, Sabine's 8th grade Cardinals ended this year 8-0, with some impressive scoring to boot:
Sabine 50, Beckville 14
Sabine 36, Union Grove 8
Sabine 50, Winona 12,
Sabine 28, Harleton 0,
Sabine 26, Harmony 0,
Sabine 12, Elysian Fields 6,
Sabine 42, New Diana 16,
Sabine 26, White Oak 18.
Sabine won the District 18-2A championship, scoring 270 points, and giving up 74.
The Kilgore News reports Bryan Chumely scored 14 touchdowns, Tevin Alexander nine, and Jared Streeter had four touchdown passes.
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Scores of the areas big games
Arp 20, Teague 0
Carthage 62, Tatum 20
Daingerfield 49, Harleton 0
Gilmer 51, Dibol 0
Hughes Springs 34, Harmony 14
Kilgore 31, Marshall 28
Jacksonville 14, Longview 61
Lindale 14, Sulphur Springs 42
Texas High 49, Whitehouse 13
West Rusk 24, Hearn 22
White Oak 35, Jefferson 39
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Current fishing conditions reported by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
BOB SANDLIN - Water fairly clear; 59-64 degrees; 0.36' low. Black bass are good on clear topwaters Spooks early, midday switching to wacky rigs, Rat-L-Traps and Texas rigs. White bass are good on slabs and Rooster Tails. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs around the Hwy 21 bridge columns a few cranks off the bottom. Catfish are fair to good on nightcrawlers and cut bait.
LAKE O' THE PINES - Water stained; 59-64 degrees; 0.08' low. Black bass are fair to good on chatterbaits, Texas rigs, flukes and wacky rigs. Crappie are good on minnows over brush piles. Catfish are good on nightcrawlers and cut shad. Bream are fair to good on red wigglers.
WRIGHT PATMAN - Water lightly stained; 59-64 degrees; 4.03' high. Black bass are fair on Texas rigs, shad pattern crankbaits and Carolina rigs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs over brush piles. Catfish are good on nightcrawlers and cut shad.
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Looking for that lunker to hang on your wall? Austin and Nacogdoches Lakes might be the place to cast a line.
ATHENS, Texas-Texas Parks and Wildlife Department this week stocked 32,000 six-inch largemouth bass with trophy genes into Lakes Austin and Nacogdoches.
The fish were produced at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens for use in Operation World Record, an on-going research project to determine if fish descended from 13-pound or bigger bass will grow faster and/or bigger than "wild" fish naturally occurring in a reservoir.
Because hatchery production was exceptionally successful, about 33,000 six-inch bass are available in addition to the 27,000 needed for the research project.
"Lake Austin was chosen as one of the sites to stock the excess fish because of its history of producing trophy largemouth bass," said Steve Magnelia, the TPWD Inland Fisheries biologist in charge of the lake. "Seven Budweiser ShareLunkers have come from Lake Austin, and the lake record is 14.35 pounds. Habitat is good on the upper end of the reservoir."
Lake Austin will receive nearly 13,000 fish.
Lake Nacogdoches, a 2,212-acre lake near the city of the same name, will be stocked with about 20,000 fish. "Since our management goal for this lake is to maximize the production of trophy fish, it seems like a good fit for the OWR fish," said Todd Driscoll, the TPWD Inland Fisheries biologist in charge of the lake. "Current vegetative coverage is over 40 percent, so there is ample habitat to ensure stocking survival."
Read the full TPWD article here.
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TPWD is asking for public comment on a number of changes under consideration
Changes that could affect Upshur and the surrounding areas follow:
Biologists are also looking to implement a special muzzleloader season in additional counties, lengthen the existing muzzleloader season by five days to be equivalent in length with the special antlerless and spike buck seasons in other counties, and alter the current muzzleloader bag composition to allow the harvest of any buck (not just spike bucks) and antlerless deer without permits if the county has "doe days" during the general season.
further expansion of the department’s successful antler restriction regulations into 52 additional counties where biologists have identified a need to provide greater protection of younger buck deer. In these counties, data indicates more than 55 percent of the harvested bucks are two-and-a-half years of age or younger, which creates an imbalance in the deer herd age structure.
Another issue where deer surveys indicate a need for change involves additional antlerless deer harvest opportunities. Therefore, the department is looking to increase antlerless deer hunting or "doe days"
The biggest changes for Upshur look to be added "doe days" and a muzzle loader season, with a reduction in allowable spike kills.
The complete text is on the TWPD website. Be sure to read it and weigh in on the Public Comments.
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Lady Cougars prove too strong for Diana
New Diana was eliminated from play-off contention Thursday, as the Jewett-Leon Lady Cougars swept them in three games, 25-11, 25-14 and 25-7.
Jewett-Leon, state finalists two years ago, enjoyed a bye during the district play-offs, while Diana faced a determined Daingerfield team.
Leon faces White Oak next in the Regional Quarter Finals next week.
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Solid serving and dominant hitting lifts Lady Eagles past Daingerfield's Lady Tigers
Ore City - Both teams traveled to Ore City for the first round of Bi-District playoffs last night.
New Diana won the lop-sided first game 25-7 on dominant net play.
Daingerfield began to find their stride in the second game, scoring a few kills of their own. Diana continued solid service and good net play, however, and triumphed 25-18.
The third game saw several lead changes, and the Eagles rallied late to pull it out 25-21.
In all, Diana had 32 kills for the win.
In other action here, Harmony's lady Eagles beat Hughes Springs 25-14, 25-15, 25-10 to advance as well.
Harmony moves on to face Arp in the next round, while New Diana takes on Leon.
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The Eagles survive an effective Cardinal aerial assault to win 38-20
DIANA - The Sabine Cardinals came to play, and weren't shy about airing things out.
New Diana had good control of the line during most of the game, forcing the Cardinals to go the air when their ground game proved less effective. Swing passes were the weapons of choice for Sabine, and they had several good gainers with them.
Two Eagle punt return mistakes in the first half gave Sabine easy scoring opportunities, which the Cardinals capitalized on. The first coming after the Cardinal's initial possession, which went three and out.
Diana bobbled the ensuing punt, and the Cardinals recovered on the twenty yard line. The Cardinals then ran three quick plays which resulted in a touchdown. A two point conversion failed.
Diana stuck to the ground on their next possession, marching in for 6 points, but missed the point after kick.
The lead then see-sawed back and forth, and the teams hit the lockers with Diana leading 19-12 at the half.
Halftime was marked by performances of the Cardinal and Eagle bands, both sounding great and looking sharp.
This was the Eagle's last home game of the year, and Diana honored their departing seniors in a ceremony that reminded onlookers of the bright prospects of young Upshurites. Future plans of the seniors were mentioned, including nursing and engineering aspirations.
Diana's ground assault continued in the second half. The Eagles sprinkled in enough passing to keep the Cardinal's secondary honest, allowing several long runs by Diana's backfield.
Both teams had trouble with fumbles in the second half, at one point swapping possession on back to back plays.
Penalties also hampered the Eagles, costing them a touchdown called back for holding, and a questionable call by referees in the fourth quarter cost Diana an interception.
In the end, New Diana chalked up a hard won win over a team far more competitive than their record shows.
Diana travels to finish out the season at Union Grove, while Sabine will wind out the year at home against White Oak.
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In a contest dominated by the ground game, the Roughneck's premier running backs prove too much for the Eagles.
The agressive running of Roughnecks Orlando Humble and Jackson McCurty, paired with a swarming White Oak defense had the Eagles on their heels all night.
White Oak took to the air for the first score, and 18 yard strike from QB Austin Tubbs to Blake Ware. From then on, it was all turf warfare.
Humble ran for 111 yards and two touchdowns. That puts him over a 1000 yards on the season. McCurty added 73 yards and one touchdown. Junior Hamilton rumbled twenty-six yards for the last Roughneck touchdown, early in the fourth quarter.
White Oak's kicker, Trevor Waite was perfect on the night, booting 5 PAT's.
New Diana was outsized on the line on both sides of the ball, but proved game nonetheless.
QB Travis Barton and RB Shay Bradley both scored touchdowns in the first half. Desmond Johnson pounded in from the five yard line early in the fourth, and Barton scored a two point conversion on keeper up the middle.
The Eagles efforts were hampered most by their kicking game. After missing the first PAT, Diana was forced to play catch-up and try for two pointers the rest of night.
New Diana hosts Sabine next week, and Harleton will be at White Oak.
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