Sports

 Why play sports? You might say, “To get exercise” and you’d be right. To have fun? That’s true, too. But there’s more. In fact, there are at least five more reasons. According to the Women’s Sports Foundation, girls who play sports get a lot more than just fit.

Girls who play sports do better in school. You might think that athletics will take up all your study time. But research shows that girls who play sports do better in school than those who don’t. Exercise improves learning, memory, and concentration, which can give active girls an advantage in the classroom.

Girls who play sports learn teamwork and goalsetting skills. Sports teach valuable life skills. When you working with coaches, trainers, and teammates to win games and achieve goals, you’re learning how to be successful. Those skills will serve you well at work and in family life.

By: Toni Walker

Editor news@steelcountrybee.com

The Daingerfield Tigers took to the diamond on Tuesday, March 15, hoping for a good start to their district schedule. Unfortunately, things did not go the way of the Tiger, as they fell to the Bulldogs, 11- 0.

Dalton Morgan took the mound for the Tigers, and pitched into the fifth inning before giving way to Jansen Laney. Between the two, they recorded six strikeouts. Morgan allowed three runs in four innings. Offensively, Laney and Derek Strickland ha base hits for the Tigers.

The Tigers play in Linden on Friday, March 18, and will welcome Paul Pewitt to town on Tuesday, March 22.

By Toni Walker

The week after spring break was almost as gloomy on the diamond for the Daingerfield Lady Tigers as the previous week had been due to the weather.

On Monday, March 14, the tigers took on the Lady Mustangs from neighboring Hughes Springs. In the junior varsity game, Daingerfield fell, 4 to 9 to the Mustangs. Hope Driggers had a double, with two runs batted in and one run scored. Claire Smith scored two runs for the Tigers. Pearl Perry had a double with two runs batted in and two runs scored for the Lady Mustangs. Zaida Lanier was the winning pitcher for the Mustangs, while Makayla Robinson took the loss for the Tigers. The Tigers committed two errors in the game.

The Daingerfield High School Varsity Tennis team competed in the Hughes Springs Varsity Tennis Tournament onFriday, March 18. Daingerfield’s boys doubles team of Nic Ayers/Tucker Bass won the Boys Doubles Championship match by defeating Gabriel D o m i n g u e z / B r i a n Hollingsworth of Ore City (8-4).

The championship match took place in Ore City at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 19 due to rain Friday evening. En route to the championship, on Friday, Ayers/Bass had defeated Tanner Jackson/Noah Thompson of Redwater (8-4); Neil Cecil/Ethan McKeever of Hooks (8-5); and Cody Williams/John Willis of Hughes Springs (8-3) before the rain started. Also participating in the tournament for Daingerfield in girls singles was Madison Cox and in girls doubles were Bayley Sullivan/Kallye Sullivan.

Next up for DHS Tiger Tennis is a match at home with the Tigers of Linden- Kildare on Monday, March 21 starting at 3:00 p.m.

By Rick Colegrove

Spring showers are supposed to bring flowers and all that, but come softball season, they bring chaos and confusion.

The Hughes Springs Lady Mustangs were limited to one game last week, playing one before rain moved in. They were unable to get in a second game due to field conditions.

The softball team was able to get in a game against the lady Tigers from Daingerfield, but were forced to play the waiting game with the Queen City Lady Bulldogs, concerning their game which was scheduled for Friday. That game was pushed back until Saturday, and then postponed to a date to be determined.

By Toni Walker

Photos by Darren and Derrick Rawls

In March of 1996, the Avinger Indians had just won their second State Championship. This had come 19 years after their first, in 1977. Now, 20 years after that 1996 championship, the Indians have once again cut the net, and are the Texas 1A State Champions.

Twenty years later, a key player from that championship team, Treston Dowell, is the head coach at Avinger ISD. The boys who play for him were not born in 1996, but you can bet they have heard about that team. As a matter of fact, at this year’s homecoming game, the school honored the 1996 team on the twentieth anniversary of their championship. Now, 20 years from now, these boys will be honored as State Champions, as well. And their coach will have the distinction of being a champion both as a player and a coach.

The Daingerfield Tigers men’s basketball team advanced to the Regional Tournament for the first time in 18 years, before falling to two games shy of advancing to the Final Four State Tournament. The Tigers roared out to a 15-0 lead, and led by 19 early in the second quarter. Daingerfield saw their advantage nearly completely disappear with 11 minutes left before rallying for a 61-56 victory over Alba-Golden on Tuesday, March 1st at Rivercrest High School in the regional quarterfinals. The No. 25 Tigers (24-5) advanced to play sixthranked Life Red Oak (34-3) in the 8 p.m. Region II-3A semifinal game at Rockwall Heath High School Friday, March 4. Alba-Golden’s season ends at 24-8. Tigers’ season came to an end against Life Red Oak, 54-40 with the Mustangs pulling away 12-4 in the first half, Daingerfield cut their deficit 44-33 before each team matched nearly point for point the rest of the final half.

By Rick Colegrove

The Daingerfield Tigers put their newly surfaced tennis courts to good use on March 3, as seven of the 14 teams that particapated in the Hughes Springs Junior Varsity tournament played at Daingerfield. The other seven teams played at Hughes Springs. All of the matches were pro sets, which means first team to eight games wins, with no adds or tie breakers.

Madison Cox played girls singles and won her first match by defeating B. Radcliffe of Bloomburg. 8 – 6. In her second match, she lost to L. Niesmann of Elysian Fields, 8 – 3.

Daingerfield power lifter Chablis Barber competed in the Class 3 Region 3 Regional Powerlifting Meet on March 3 in Troup. Barber not only won her weight class, but was also named “Outstanding Lifter” of the meet.

Barber set Meet Records in Squat (345 pounds), Dead Lift (360 pounds), and total weight at 850 pounds. Jana McGoldrick, one of Barber’s former coaches, said “Chablis Barber is a very hard working young lady and is passionate about her sport of powerlifting. She has battled through a lot in her young life and I am very proud of her and all she has been able to accomplish.”

Barber will compete in the State Powerlifting Meet in Corpus Christi in two weeks, and is coached by Stephen Coleman.