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One Hughes Springs resident will continue his rodeo career at the collegiate level. Hughes Springs student Rowdy Murray has signed with Panola College Rodeo Team. Rowdy is a senior at HSHS, and will attend Panola in the fall.

Daingerfield High School hosted a tennis meet on March 28. On what turned out to be a beautiful day for tennis, there were four schools represented at the match: Daingerfield, Paul Pewitt, Chapel Hill, and Linden- Kildare.

The boy’s doubles team of Nic Ayers and Tucker Bass was once again the team to beat. Ayers and Bass defeated the Pewitt teams of T. Rozell and S. Martinez, 8-5; and C. McRight and D. Lucas, 8-2. Ayers and Bass also defeated the team of J. Sanchez and E. Gonzales from Chapel Hill, 8-5.

In boy’s singles, Dustin Cofer lost to P. Byrant of Pewitt, 2-8, before defeating J. Bautista, also of Pewitt, 8-0.

Twins Bayley Sullivan and Kallye Sullivan lost to S. Green/A. Brown of Linden, 0-8; and lost to K. Traylor/B. Lawings of Pewitt, 4-8. Lady Tiger Bri Coker defeated K. Traylor, of Pewitt, 8-2before losing to E. Hernandez of Chapel Hill, 1-8.

 Over the past several weeks, the Daingerfield Tigers have been on the short side of several 10-run games. The Tigers broke that trend on March 29, with a 4-3 win over Mount Vernon at home.

Dalton Morgan picked up the win after pitching four-plus innings. Morgan registered eight strikeouts, and induced multiple fly outs from the purple Tigers. Morgan also walked and scored in the win.

The Tigers showed patience at the plate, drawing two walks and registering multiple hits after working the count full.

The Tigers will welcome the Hughes Springs Mustangs to town on April 5 for a 7 p.m. matchup. The Tigers will then travel to Queen City on April 8 for another district matchup.

by Rick Colegrove

At the start of the season, everyone knew the Lady Mustang’s offense was going to be good. The question that had to be answered was how the pitching was going to hold up. Over the course of the season, and specifically this past week, those questions can be and should be put to rest. With Zoe Lanier, Abbye McKinney and Becca Bates on the mound, the ladies from Hughes Springs are shutting down opposing offenses and leaving them little to hit. With each pitcher having an array of pitches, they keep the hitters guessing and induce lots of ground outs while making quick work of them, to boot.

This past week, the ladies went 2-0 and limited Chapel Hill and Mt. Vernon to three total runs. Chapel Hill could only muster on run, while Mount Vernon was able to crank a couple home runs, but that was it.

The Hughes Springs Lady Mustangs played three games last week, scoring 34 runs, while only surrendering 10. The ladies started off the week, playing Queen City on Monday. It was a game that was supposed to have been played on the previous Friday but due to field conditions in Queen City, it was postponed. It was a win for Zoe Lanier, who surrendered only one earned run. But nine Mustang errors led to six unearned runs. Lanier was solid on the mound, churning out a monster number of 155 pitches in seven innings.

Hughes Springs was paced by Haylee Wilson and Bailey Tenbrook, with Wilson going two for four with three runs batted in, while Tenbrook went four for four with three RBI’s and two runs scored. Both ladies belted home runs in the win.

Karate team wins tournament championship Students from the Killyon School of Isshin Ryu in Daingerfield participated inWarrior of God Martial Arts Championships in Gladewater on March 5.

Despite having one of the smaller representations present, the Killyon School, by virtue of the amount of events the students placed in, won the 2016 Team Championship.

Pictured, kneeling from left, are Shane Burnamen and Jonah Walker. Standing, from left, are Miguel Gonzalez, Toni Walker, Daniel Walker, Jordan Welchel, Lisa O’Dell, Celeste O’Dell, and Ian O’Dell. Not pictured, but also competing were Theresa Henderson, Kayla White, and Trenton Hurley.

The school is operated by Paula Killyon, and meets at the West Elementary gym on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

The Lady Tigers have dropped to 1-3 in District 16-AAA softball action, after falling to the Lady Brahmas from Paul Pewitt, 5-1, on March 22. The Tigers are 9-7 overall on the season. 

Pitcher Camryn Byrd held the Brahmas scoreless the first two innings, before being tagged forthree runs in the third inning. Byrd struck out nine and walked only two in seven innings of work for the Tigers. Byrd allowed five runs, only two of which were earned, on four hits to the Brahmas. The Lady Tigers committed five errors in the game.

Byrd supported herself at the plate, as well, going two for three with a double while scoring the lone Daingerfield run. Ashlyn Fomby, Meme Black, and Asha Buford all had hits for the Lady Tigers. Black was credited with the RBI which scored Byrd.

The Lady Tigers traveled to Chapel Hill on Friday for a Good Friday matchup with the Lady Red Devils. As of press time, the outcome of that game was unkown.

 By: Toni Walker

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The Daingerfield Tigers dropped two more games to district opponents in the past week, falling to Pewitt and Chapel Hill on the diamond.

The Tigers welcomed the Pewitt Brahmas to town on Tuesday, March 22. After tying the game in the third inning at 4-4, the Tigers would eventually fall in six innings, 14- 4. Jansen Laney, Dalton Morgan and two other Tiger pitchers combined for the loss.

Good Friday was not that good to the Tigers, as they fell to the Red Devils in six innings, 10-0. Although the Tigers threatened to score in the fourth, they could not push a run across. The Tigers were plagued by errors in both losses, leading to multiple runs for the opposition.

The Tigers will visit the Bulldogs of Queen City on April 8. The Tigers next home action will against the Chapel Hill Red Devils on April 11.

By: Toni Walker

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The celebrations have not ended for the 2016 State Champion Avinger Indians. The “Magnificent Seven,” as they have become known across the state, were honored at multiple events on March 17.

The community was invited to the school at 2:40 to meet and congratulate the team on their accomplishments, and they packed the gymnasium. Assistant Coach Lane Loyd, who also serves as the Avinger High School principal, said, “One of the most amazing things is that we were able to accomplish this feat without being able to run a full practice. We never could practice against a full five, because we only had seven guys.”

By: Toni Walker

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news@steelcountrybee.com

Fresh off a season where they advanced to the Regional tournament for the first time in 18 years, Coach Curtis Lewis and his Tigers were well represented in District 16AAA selections.

District Most Valuable Player honors were bestowed on Keke Chism, while fellow senior Deonte’ Allen was named the Defensive Player of the Year.

Daingerfield had three Tigers named to both the first and the second All District teams. Denzel Mims, Rickey Lee, and Mikal Reeves received first team honors. Keylan Fomby, Reggie Jeter, and Darrian Terry received second team honors. Daingerfield coaches Curtis Lewis and Bruce Harris both received Coach of the Year honors.

The Tigers went undefeated in district play, winning the district crown with an 11-0 record. Daingerfield finished the 2015-2016 season at 21-6, falling to Life Red Oak in the Regional Tournament.