Jack Stallard

Sports Editor at Longview News-Journal

Sports Editor, Longview News-Journal. Covering sports in East Texas for 36 of my 55 years on this planet. Rachel's husband. Kyle's dad. Built Ford Tough board

Articles

ET Baseball: Pine Tree, Spring Hill, Christian Heritage win

1 week ago | news-journal.com | Jack Stallard

P. TREE 10, CUMBERLAND 0: TYLER - Parker Johnson, Zachary Duhart, Bosston Johnson and Peyton Hightree all doubled for the Pirates, with Parker JOhnson Bosston Johnson and Hightree all driving in two runs as Pine Tree romped to a 10-0 win over Cumberland Academy in District 16-4A play. Bosston Johnson, Hightree and Trey Nafrady all had two hits, and Manuel Williams, Chris Nickoles and Duhart drove in runs.
ET Softball: Hallsville's Whatley gets 200th win

1 week ago | news-journal.com | Jack Stallard

GILMER 9, P. TREE 0: Alexis Kemp struck out 13 and walked three while tossing a complete game no-hitter at Pine Tree in Gilmer's 9-0 District 16-4A win. Jayna Rucker and Livi Brown both homered for Gilmer. Rucker drove in two runs. Alex Werbeck doubled and drove in a run. Brie Jones had two hits, and Kara Williams singled and drove in a couple of runs. Lily Henson also contributed an RBI for the Lady Buckeyes.
New Diana, Arp players earn top softball honors

1 week ago | news-journal.com | Jack Stallard

New Diana's Avery Howard and Arp's Addison Carpenter earned top softball honors from the Longview News-Journal for their performances in games played April 7-12). Howard is the Pitcher of the Week, and Carpenter earned Hitter of the Week honors. Howard worked eight total innings in games against Jefferson (5-0 win) and Mount Pleasant Chapel Hill (11-1 win). She struck out 14, walked three and allowed no runs on two hits - earning one win.
Hallsville, Henderson players earn top baseball honors

1 week ago | news-journal.com | Jack Stallard

Hallsville's Dunn Smith and Brian Biggs earned top baseball honors from the Longview News-Journal for games played April 7-12. Smith is the Hitter of the Week and Biggs earned Pitcher of the Week honors. In four games, Smith hit .562 with a home run, two doubles, six RBI, five runs scored and two stolen bases. For the season, he's hitting at a .405 clip with a home run, two triples, six doubles and a team-leading 24 RBI. Biggs tossed a no-hitter in his only outing of the week.
Tatum's Bradley signs basketball letter with SwCC

1 week ago | thehendersonnews.com | Jack Stallard

TATUM — JaCorie Bradley, a three-time district most valuable player and a state champion in his final season with the Tatum Eagles locked up the next two years of his academic and athletic future on Monday. Bradley signed a national letter of intent to play basketball at Southwestern Christian College during a ceremony in front of family, friends, coaches, classmates and teammates.
Ladynecks' McClanahan battles injury to add to HR record

1 week ago | news-journal.com | Jack Stallard

In softball, every pitch is a battle between the pitcher and hitter, and since the pitcher knows what she's throwing and the batter only has a split second to make a decision to swing or not, the pitcher typically has an advantage. For opposing pitchers facing White Oak's Addison McClanahan this season, the battle is lost more often than not - even with McClanahan playing with a bad shoulder. The Ladyneck senior standout went 2 for 3 with a pair of home runs and three RBI on Friday in a loss.
2-minute drill

1 week ago | news-journal.com | Jack Stallard

LOBO TENNIS: The Longview High School tennis team hosted the 14th annual Lobo Invitational over the weekend. Longview finished eighth out of 34 teams entered in the event. Corsicana won the event, and Tyler Legacy placed second. Lobo senior Nate Roberts won the Boys A singles division. He has now won two tournaments and 10 matches in a row. In JV action, the Lobo JV hosted a 24-team event on Monday to end the regular season.
Tatum's Bradley signs basketball letter with SwCC

1 week ago | news-journal.com | Jack Stallard

TATUM - JaCorie Bradley, a three-time district most valuable player and a state champion in his final season with the Tatum Eagles locked up the next two years of his academic and athletic future on Monday. Bradley signed a national letter of intent to play basketball at Southwestern Christian College during a ceremony in front of family, friends, coaches, classmates and teammates.
ASC Softball Standings

1 week ago | news-journal.com | Jack Stallard

AMERICAN SOUTHWESTCONFERENCE SOFTBALLTeam Overall ASCETBU 28-2 6-0H. Simmons 23-4 7-1LeTourneau 12-20 4-6UMHB 19-11 3-5#UT Dallas 13-12 0-0H. Payne 6-22 0-8#Ineligible for ASC and NCAA Championships (NCAA Division II reclassifying)Tuesday, April 15LeTourneau at ETBU, 4 p.m. (2)Thursday, April 17Howard Payne at UMHB, 3 p.m. (2); Hardin Simmons at UT Dallas, 4 p.m. (2)Friday, April 18Hardin-Simmons at UT Dallas, noon (2); Howard Payne at UMHB, noon; ETBU at LeTourneau, noon (2)
Jack Stallard: Just delivering the news

1 week ago | marshallnewsmessenger.com | Jack Stallard

The caller wasn’t happy, and to be honest, that made two of us. I was working on a Sunday. That’s my excuse. It took a while for me to figure out why Mr. Sunshine on the other end of the line was so worked up at 9 a.m. on a Sunday. First, he had to tell me how much he hated my newspaper and offer up some suggestions on where I could stick my reporter’s notebook before he got to his point.