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Game two of the three-game regional finals series between Alto and Maud will be held at 6:30 p.m. Friday at Lear Field in Longview. Game three will immediately follow, if needed. More ... The 2008 All Sports Banquet began with a unique event, a meet-and-greet session with new Rusk Athletic Director and Head Football Coach Ted Patton. Following the meet-and-greet, attendees were treated to dinner before the awards were presented. More ... Rusk Head Baseball Coach George Banda presents the baseball award to Adam Hicks. The baseball award is given to a senior baseball player who stood out on the field. More ... Rusk sophomore l guard John David Beard (left) presents the Doug Jordan Basketball Award to senior guard J.J. Session. Beard made the presentation as the grandson of the late Doug Jordan, a wellremembered athlete and popular coach from Rusk. More ... PHOTOS: LYNN LITTLEJOHN Brittany Lankford and John Trotter were given the Rusk High School Powerlifting m awards. Trotter was a sophomore member of the track and powerlifting teams, and was set to start on the offensive and defensive lines before a knee injury sidelined him for the season. More ... Jared Colville k was given the Class of '63 Players Choice Award for football. Colville was a cornerback, wide receiver and back-up quarterback on the Eagle football team. More ... Damion Hicks' l tenacity on the baseball diamond is probably what earned him the W.R. Philbrick Fighting Heart Award. Hicks had a busy spring semester, balancing baseball with academics and preparing his entry in the Cherokee County Junior Livestock Show. More ... Grace Castillo (right) and Brad Christopher were awarded the Rusk High School Cross Country awards. (Below) Megan Richey won the Jacksonville Daily Progress scholar athlete award for girls. Jared Colville won it for boys. More ... Cambry Blakemore (left) won the J.L. Hassell Award for best all-around female athlete while Horrace Lewis (right) won the E.H. Whitehead Award for best all-around mail athlete. Blakemore played basketball and track, while Lewis played football, basketball and track. More ... Head Softball l Coach Ashley McElroy presented senior shortstop Sierra Smith the Rusk High School Softball Award. Smith played several positions during her four-year varsity career at Rusk, making the alldistrict team three of those years. Smith also received the volleyball award. More ... Alto seemed poised to take control of the three-game regional quarterfinal series against West Sabine Friday but games two and three in the series swung against the Mean Sting. Alto opened the series with a 6-3 win over West Sabine in a game that saw Alto go ahead 4-0 before giving up three runs in the top of the sixth inning. More ... Fourth-grade students from Wells Elementary School took a field trip to Space Center Houston and the Johnson Space Center May 9. The field trip included a stop at the Sonny Carter Training Facility's Neutral Bouyancy Laboratory, where astronauts train for weightless space walks and missions in a tank that holds 6.2 million gallons of water. More ... Alto's string of hits in the fourth inning gave the Lady Jackets a 2-1 win in game one of the three-game regional semifinal series against Detroit Tuesday at the Mineola Youth Foundation softball park in Mineola. Alto went on to win the series by defeating the Lady Eagles 3-0 in game two Friday night in Mineola. More ... Jack Endres, who has served as ETMC Jacksonville's interim administrator since Feb. 11, has been named administrator of the hospital. The announcement of Mr. Endres' appointment has been made by ETMC Senior Vice President for Affiliate Operations Jerry Massey. More ... Gratitude and attitude were the ongoing themes of the Alto Sports Banquet May 15 at the Alto High School Cafetorium. Coach Keith Gardner presented an award to J.D. Pearman, booster club president, for his 30 years of service to Alto sports before praising his coaching staff. More ... Head Basketball Coach Augustus Moore III awards senior Devon Patton the Cody Sell Memorial Award during the Alto Sports Banquet May 15. The Cody Sell Award, given to an Alto High School basketball player, is named after a 1989-1990 member of Alto's area championship basketball team who died in the summer of 1990. Patton played football, baseball and ran track in addition to playing basketball. He also won the Track High-Point Award. More ... Alto Senior Lance Low received the David Holcombe "We Believe" Award. Low, an all-around student who also plays baseball, competes in track, excels academically and has enjoyed success at the Cherokee County Junior Livestock Show, also shared Head Hunter Award honors with Clayton Scott. More ... Senior Michael Parker shows his state championship medal at the Alto Sports Banquet Thursday evening. The members of the football team were given their medals during the banquet. More ... Alto Head Football Coach/Athletic Director Keith Gardner presents Tarlandus Mitchell the Best Male All-Around Athlete Award. Mitchell was quarterback and defensive back for the football team, played basketball, baseball and ran track. He was also given the Most Versatile award, Football MVP and shared outstanding defensive back honors with Michael Parker. Mitchell plans to play football at Navarro College next year. LaQuendal Tyler won the Best Female All-Around Athlete Award, but was not present to receive it. More ... Alto Coach Clint Gardner presents Clint Dover the Ted Moore Award. The Ted Moore Award is presented to an athlete of strong character, who is coachable and plays at least two sports. Dover plays football and baseball, and was one of three athletes named as outstanding line backers on the football team. More ... |
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