Jack Stallard

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The Longview Lobos will close out three weeks of drills with the annual Green/White Spring Game on Monday at Lobo Stadium. A special presentation for Whataburger Super Team selection Brenden Reese will kick things off at 4:58 p.m., followed by the varsity scrimmage at 5 p.m. and the JV at 6 p.m.Head coach John King said after 14 practices, it's time to see how the Lobos handle game situations. "The biggest thing I'm impressed with is the effort and desire to get better as a team," King said.

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HALLSVILLE: LINDALE - Miller Goswick, Ella Baird, Hope Miles and Lindsey Dubberly all went deep for Hallsville, and the Ladycats opened a Class 5A best-of-three regional semifinal playoff series with an 8-2 win over Crandall. Goswick hit a grand slam and added two singles, driving in five runs. Audrey Jones doubled once and singled twice, and Baird added two singles to go along with her home run. Heidi Hart also singled twice for the Ladycats.

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CARTHAGE: MOUNT VERNON - Cade Moore struck out six with no walks and two hits allowed in five innings, and the Carthage Bulldogs opened a Class 4A area playoff series with an 11-0 win over Sunnyvale. Carthage (17-14-1) will look to close out the series back in Mount Vernon at 7 p.m. on Friday. Cale Preston doubled and singled and River Leach doubled and drove in three runs for Carthage. Moore helped his own cause with a double and two RBI. Blayton LaGrone doubled and drove in three runs.

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Editor's note: This column was first published on May 9, 2021. I watched my little redheaded mama take her last breath in June 1998. She was 58. Mom was always a tiny thing, and the battle she fought against cancer for more than seven years took a horrible toll on her little body. To be brutally honest, it was a relief when she took that final breath, because I knew she was no longer in pain. I hate the disease. Hell. I hate the word. It made me pray for my own mama to die.

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Kilgore College outfielder Mary Newville and Tyler Junior College catcher Piper Morton - a former West Rusk High School standout - were second team all-conference selections with the recent release of the Region XIV North All-Conference Softball Team for the 2025 season. Newville hit .368 for Kilgore with two triples, three doubles, seven RBI, 20 runs scored and 12 stolen bases in 14 attempts. Morton hit at a .353 clip with 14 home runs, 11 doubles, 50 RBI and 39 runs scored.