Sports

The Daingerfield Lady Tigers came up big on the diamond on Wednesday, when they welcomed the Linden-Kildare Lady Tigers to Town. The home Tigers won the clash, 17 to 2.

Pitcher Camryn Byrd brought her season record to within one game of .500 with the win. Byrd gave up one hit and one base on balls. Byrd was also a force at the plate, as well, knocking a single and a double. She also accounted for seven runs for Daingerfield, scoring three and batting in four. Byrd also added a stolen base.

Alexis Porter was also a giant at the plate, with a single and a double on her was to scoring three runs. Porter also stole three bases on Linden pitchers, as well. Denver Mims added a single with two runs scored and two stolen bases, and Meme Black a double with two runs scored and two runs batted for the hometown Tigers.

The District 16AAA Tennis Tournament was recently held in Hughes Springs. The Daingerfield duo of Nic Ayers and Tucker Bass, pictured, once again won the boys doubles District 16AAA title; 6-4, 6-4.

The win qualified Ayers and Bass for the Regional Tournament, which will be held in Tyler on April 19 and 20.

The 16AAA District Tournament was held last week in Hughes Springs Springs. The Hughes Springs Varsity Girls were crowned Team Champions, while the varsity boys were the runner up.

For the Varsity, Nayla Girard was the District Champion in girls’ singles. Carson Moreland and Cypress Wright placed second in girls’ doubles. Savannah Wright and Austin King placed third in mixed doubles, while Cody Williams and John Willis placed third in boy’s doubles.

For the Junior Varsity, Raphael Guilherme placed first in boys singles, followed by Denum Curry in third place. Kirbie Young placed 3rd in girls singles. Austin Sampson and Joseph Montalvo placed first in boys doubles, while Noah Childress and Camden Skinner placed second. Dylan Freeman and Jaley Wallace rounded the tournament for Hughes Springs, placing second in mixed doubles.

By Rick Colegrove

The ability to strike quick in sports is a mentally demoralizing tool that teams can use.

The Hughes Springs Lady Mustangs use a quick strike offense in this way. They have used their quick strike offense to score an eye-popping 65 runs in the first 2 innings over the last 10 games. No wonder they are 10-0 in that stretch.

With that being said, the ladies followed suit this last week, scoring 13 runs in the first two innings against Queen City and Linden-Kildare, winning both games, 10-3, against Queen City and 11-0 versus Linden.

On Tuesday, Hughes Springs welcomed rival Queen City to town, and the Lady Mustangs brought the “lumber,” smashing three home runs on the night.

By: Toni Walker

Editor

news@steelcountrybee.com

The Daingerfield Tigers have a new athletic director, and they will also be working with new coordinators on both sides of the ball. Athletic Director Mike Waldie has brought in two coordinators from Woodville to take the same positions here.

The new defensive coordinator Davin Nelson. Nelson has three years’ experience as a coordinator, and ten total years of experience. Daingerfield will be Nelson’s third position under Waldie; the two also teamed up at Jacksonville and Woodville. When asked what made him follow Waldie, Nelson stated, “He is just a good guy to work for. When he left Woodville to come here, he told me I was his first choice, if I wanted. At first, I wanted to see if I received the head position there, but things worked out for me to join him here.”

By: Toni Walker

Editor news@steelcountrybee.com

April 7 brought the return of the Mickey Mayne Relays to Mickey Mayne Tiger Stadium in Daingerfield.

“First of all let me say a big "thank you" to all the people who helped run this meet off. We could not have done it without of any of you. All in all I think the meet went very well. It was great to see the field/track covered with kids and the bleachers full with spectators,” said girls head track coach, Dana Carter.

The Varsity Girls Lady Tigers were the meet Champions with 190 points, and the JV Girl Lady Tigers were runner up with 64 points. Individual results for the girls are as follows.

By Rick Colegrove

In case you didn't know, it's baseball season, and in case you didn't know, baseball and softball is kind of a big thing in Hughes Springs. The phrase "start 'em young" applies its self just fine with citizens of this town. On almost every night of the week, you will find parents and coaches, offering instruction to the littlest of the t-ballers, to the oldest group of 14 year olds.

When a little girl or little guy comes to play ball, he or she can rest assured that from the time they are 4 years old to 14, they will have the age group to fit them, and coaches who have devoted their time and attention to provide all the knowledge that they have to try and grow and develop aspiring talent. There are 31 Teams in baseball and softball. Of those groups, there is a total of 351 playing in Hughes Springs this year, the most ever for our town.

By: Toni Walker

Editor

news@steelcountrybee.com

The Daingerfield Tigers dropped two more district games in the last week, losing to Hughes Springs and Queen City last week.

On Tuesday, the Tigers were shutout by the Lady Mustangs, 11-0 in five innings.

On Friday, The Tigers traveled to Queen City, to take on the Lady Bulldogs. The Tigers were able to squeeze out two singles in the game, but with three errors, could not limit the damage by Bulldog hitters. The Tigers gave up three unearned runs, leading to a Camryn Byrd loss. Byrd allowed seven hits, and struck out three in the loss.

The ladies will host the Linden-Kildare Lady Tigers on April 12, and will visit the Paul Pewitt Brahmas on April 15. The Lady Tigers will then finish out the season next week with a home game against Chapel Hill before traveling to Mount Vernon for their final game on April 22.

By Rick Colegrove

Hughes Springs softball is in the home stretch of the regular season. They are also playing some darn good ball right now. At 22-5 on the year, and undefeated in district, the ladies are steamrolling right along. With a single game last week against the Daingerfield Lady Tigers, the Lady Mustangs were able to get in some much needed rest. But first things first, the ladies matched up with Daingerfield on Tuesday and were looking to make a season sweep of the team just to the west of Hughes Springs.

The first meeting between the two teams was a lopsided win for Hughes Springs, by the tune of 14-0. The Lady Mustangs on the year have made it somewhat of a signature to jump out to early leads. The second game with the Lady Tigers followed the script with Hughes Springs jumping on the Daingerfield squad early and didn't let up, winning 11-0 in only 5 innings.

The Daingerfield High School Varsity Girls Track team participated in the Mo’ Parker Relays in Hooks on Thursday, March 17. As a team they finished second behind Pittsburg.

Due to the rain, the field events were cancelled. Head track coach Dana Carter said, “I am very proud of their effort considering it was cold and rainy for most of the night.” The following are the individual results:

Yesenia Bravo placed sixth in the 3200m run. Nekoda Coleman placed third in the 100m hurdles. The 400m relay team of Kahleyia Johnson, Denver Mims, Alexis Porter and Layla Johnston placed first, while the 800m relay team consisting of Johnson, Mims, Porter and Courtney Makepeace placed fourth.

Unique Walker placed sixth in the 100m dash. Johnston placed first in the 400m dash, and Mims placed first in the 200m dash.