One couldn’t help but notice the line of young men in white Panther jerseys collected on the sideline before the start of Alba-Golden’s game against Winona. There were six of them.

A variety of crutches, braces and slings was obvious among them. The players were joined by two more who came out of the locker room with the team.

The very first comments from Mineola Athletic Director Luke Blackwell when sitting down during a football bye-week interview were about the state eighth-ranked girls cross-country team. “They have simply worked very hard, and continuously, to get where they are today,” he stated. He credited the program run by Coach David Smith and the willingness of the squad to want to improve as rationale for their success.

It was a warm week here at beautiful Lake Fork. The water temperatures fell to the upper 80s, and water clarity remained stained. The bass fishing is fair; however, it did pick up a little this week.

The 7th annual Iron Horse Rhythm Run benefiting the rhythm teams of Dance Dimensions had over 150 runners Saturday, Sept. 28 during the Mineola Iron Horse Festival. It was held at the Mineola Nature Preserve with a 1K kids run for 10 and under and a 5K walk/run for all ages.

There is something about class 3A Texas football.  The schools are large enough to field able and talented teams, but small enough to feature plenty of athletes competing on both sides of the …

Perhaps the most telling statistic from Alba-Golden’s opening district loss to Harmony was the line-up. The visiting Eagles dressed out 37 players, the Panthers 26. Despite an amazingly …

It was homecoming week in Quitman. There was the parade, the pep rally, the pre-game ceremony naming Whitnee Weiher queen and Nicholas Barnett king and the American flag and game ball dropped in by skydivers. Unfortunately after that, the Arp Tigers decided to spoil Quitman’s homecoming, running past the Bulldogs 65-6.

The Quitman Lady Bulldogs ran into a buzz saw Saturday morning at Edgewood falling in straight sets 7-25, 7-25 14-25.