Sports

As the calendar flips to April, the district races have heated up for the local baseball and softball teams. Gladewater baseball opened up their week with the home portion of their two game

The White Oak High School Fishing Team finished the regular season on Sam Rayburn Reservoir, March 2nd. The team of Brayden Elliott and Gavin Burch were the high finishers for White Oak. They

The non-district portion of the schedules came to an end earlier this month for Gladewater and White Oak baseball and softball while Union Grove baseball and softball continued district play. The

AUSTIN — Texas recorded a new all-time low number of hunting-related accidents across the state, according to the 2023 Texas Hunting Accident Report.   A new record low of 10 non-fatal

  ATHENS – Stetson Davis, an 11-year-old angler from Tuttle, Okla., landed 13.31-pound ShareLunker 661 on Wednesday, topping the junior angler waterbody record for largemouth bass by more

The baseball and softball non district seasons continued for all three local teams this week as multiple games were played. Gladewater baseball began play on Thursday in a tournament hosted by

21 AA ALL DISTRICT AWARDS were announced Wednesday. UNION GROVE OFFENSIVE MVP- Ava Wightman SR NEWCOMER- Jamie Webb JR 1st TEAM Sarah Prince JR and Jenna Scott SR 2nd TEAM Keira Taylor and JR

BRYAN – Canadian quarterback Camren Cavalier and Brock linebacker Cooper Massey were named the Blue Bell/Texas Sports Writers Association’s Class 3A players of the year. Cavalier passed for 3,951

By Johna Cravens/Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo FORT WORTH, Texas (Jan. 17, 2024) Creek Young rode his way to the championship of  the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo’s Bulls’ Night Out with

  ATHENS – The 2023 Toyota ShareLunker season was a memorable one, thanks to the 346 anglers from across the nation who entered 497 lunker largemouth bass into the program throughout the

ATHENS – New Year’s Day arrived last week and with it came the kickoff of the 38th Toyota ShareLunker season. Anglers from across Texas and the nation will cast their lines in anticipation of

JANUARY Gladewater began 2023 celebrating its 150th anniversary. The sesquicentennial celebration lasted all year with various annual events and celebrations tweaked to include the city’s long

By Phillip Williams TYLER–To paraphrase the ancient poem, there is no joy in Carthage. The invincible Carthage Bulldogs finally struck out Friday night, courtesy of a team they have

A Gladewater dancer is eager to step out on stage again this holiday season, and she’s deep into rehearsals for Tyler Junior College’s 35th annual production of “The Nucracker.” Cierra Mays says

By Tyler Sutton On a beautiful Friday night that was also senior night for a number of Gladewater Bears playing their final game at Jack V. Murphy stadium as they hosted their rivals right up the

On a rainy and overcast evening in Atlanta Tx, the Gladewater Bears continued their quest of a playoff spot as they traveled to take on the Atlanta Rabbits at Rabbits stadium and came away with a

By Phillip Williams LONGVIEW–Gilmer Buckeyes running back Will Henderson hoofed for a trio of touchdowns in the second quarter alone, while his defensive teammates confiscated two takeaways

    AUSTIN —Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) biologists expect deer hunters statewide to have plenty of opportunities to fill freezers this season thanks to widespread,

  AUSTIN —Texas quail hunting season opens Oct. 28, and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) surveys indicate an increased number of bobwhite and scaled quail in the field thanks to a

A countywide coalition aims to improve paddling possibilities along the Sabine River. The Gregg County communities of Gladewater, Kilgore, Longview, Easton, Lakeport and White Oak are

By Phillip Williams Although the East Texas Yamboree carnival, with its array of dutifully discombobulating attractions, was blocks away from Gilmer’s Jeff Traylor Stadium Friday night, the

On a night where the Gladewater Bears celebrated the Weldon Bumblebees with the 2nd annual Weldon game as they hosted the district leading Jefferson Bulldogs on Friday night. Jefferson jumped out

City council members have greenlit the formation of a summer-collegiate team tied to White Oak’s ballpark. The team name’s to be determined as the organizers of East Texas Sports &

By Phillip Williams TEXARKANA–Were you to inquire of both the Gilmer Buckeyes and the Liberty-Eylau Leopards whether there is any validity to the long-held superstition that Friday the

The Gladewater Bears made the very short trip to Sabine Friday night to take on the Sabine Cardinals as they continued district play looking for the first taste of victory on the season. The

By Phillip Williams The Football Fates conspired against the Gilmer Buckeyes on Friday night  at their Jeff Traylor Stadium as the team lost its district debut by a massive margin, its starting

      By Tyler Sutton The 2023 high school volleyball season continued this week for both the Gladewater Lady Bears and White Oak LadyNecks. The LadyBears went 0-2 this week

With projects underway at the Gladewater Youth Baseball & Softball Complex, council members on Sept. 21 opted to waive the annual lease fee for the facility. The city’s elected officials went

The Frankston Indians rolled to a 61-7 win Friday over the Union Grove Lions. The Indians started scoring early when running back Kaymon Davis scored after breaking a tackle. But Union Grove

By Phillip Williams In what was presumably the highest-scoring game in Gilmer school history, the Gilmer Buckeyes hoisted a Homecoming Hurrah as they plundered a team from a new Prosper ISD high

By Phillip Williams GILMER–Afforded a second chance at airlifting a wargame-winning field goal due to a roughing-the-kicker penalty, Brayden Pate pinged a 26-yarder at contest’s end

The Gladewater Bears had a tough task on Friday night as they took on the 4 th ranked Malakoff Tigers at Jack V. Murphy stadium and after falling behind 14-0 early in the 1 st quarter, the Bears

Haddassah Balcorta was named 2023 Gladewater High School Homecoming Queen at Friday night’s game which saw Spring Hill beat the Bears, 35 – 21.  

By Phillip Williams PARIS–And it came to pass that the Big Bopper for the previous winless Gilmer Buckeyes’ truncated 43-40 plastering of the Paris Wildcats here Friday night was

By Phillip Williams KILGORE–After what has beset them in their initial two outings this season, should the Gilmer Buckeyes be paired against yet another battalion of Bulldogs any time in

The Gladewater Bears fell in their home opener at Jack V. Murphy Stadium, 42-26, to the Mount Vernon Tigers. The loss leaves the Bears at 0-2. Next week the Bears will host the Spring Hill

    AUSTIN—With the summer boating season winding down, many Texans are making plans to escape the unrelenting heat by hitting the water one last time. This holiday weekend, Texas Game

By Dalton LaFerney Stacey Hall has taught and coached for nearly 30 years, the last decade of which as White Oak ISD’s head cheer coach. She’s planned dozens of pep rallies and shuttled

  AUSTIN— It’s August, which means kids are back in school and the fall hunting and fishing seasons are quickly approaching. Before packing your favorite tackle and camo for trips, be sure

Dirt Road Tickets is the official ticketing company for the Gladewater Round-Up Rodeo, which is JUne 7-10. If you purchase tickets through any other website/entity, you risk being scammed or

Texas happens to be the battiest state in the country. It is home to 32 of the 47 species of bats found in the United States. Not only does it hold the distinction of having the most kinds of

 CAVENDER’S GLADEWATER ROUND-UP XTREME BULLS “JOHN QUINTANA MEMORIAL” GLADEWATER, TEXAS Wednesday – June 8, 2022 – 8:15 PM 7:45PM Justin Boots Mutton Bustin’ |

By Phillip Williams GILMER–The No. 2-ranked Gilmer Buckeyes, whose arsenal of swiftness is sufficient to stultify Superman, totted up a 36-14 lead at Twirling Time in harrowing the

Brooks, Jackson are players of the year, D.J. Allen, Trent Bolt make All State selections   BRYAN – Hallettsville running back Jonathon Brooks and Canadian linebacker Ethan Jackson are the

By Phillip Williams PROSPER–The Gilmer Buckeyes ascended to Friday’s state championship wargame by toting up a 35-7 lead at twirling time before weathering an unsettling comeback by

By Elizabeth McKamy It was heartbreak city in Rains Friday night as our hometown Bears fell short 51-43 to the Mt Vernon Tigers in the first round of the Texas State 3A D1 Playoffs.  “Our