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Sports RoundupEllis Hayden

Union Grove Lions honored on All-District Basketball Team

Sophomore Matt Bower of Union Grove was named as the New-comer of the Year to lead Union Grove’s honorees on the 2019 All-District 16-2A Basketball Team. The Lions’ Kole Burns and Carson Daniels were named to the First Team All District. Cade Judd was selected to the Second Team. Earning Honorable Mention recognition from Union Grove were Elijah Baker, Blain Burge and Kyle Turner.

Union Grove Lions earning All-Academic honors were Elijah Baker, Kellen Williams, Kole Burns and Kyle Turner.

Boys 16-2A All District Basketball TeamJosiah Johnson, Big Sandy – Most Valuable PlayerJosh Shipman. Big Sandy - Defensive Player of the Year Coach Kerry Strong, Big Sandy – Coach of the Year Gerald Turner, Carlisle - Offensive Player of the Year Matthew Bower, Union Grove- Newcomer of the Year.FIRST TEAM: Beckville: Taylor Hightower; Big Sandy: Elijah

Beard, Gabriel Lemons; Carlisle: Brayden Martin; Hawkins: Tris-tian Garrett, Akim Richmond, Cameron Taylor; Union Grove: Kole Burns, Carson Daniels.

SECOND TEAM: Beckville: Austin Roys, Ryan Harris; Big San-dy: Caden Minter, Carter Oswalt; Hawkins: Paeton Smith, Collin Barber, Zach Conde; Overton: Brady Brown; Union Grove: Cade Judd.

HONORABLE MENTION: Beckville: C.J. Robinson, Elijah Ramsey, Abrum Hairgrove; Big Sandy: Dakarai Menefee, Khmaron Pippins; Carlisle: Brett Roland, Jonathan Fraser, Jay Price; Harleton: Cole Ring, Garrett Handlin; Hawkins: Jayden Dacus, Chris Jackson; Overton: Cole Marshall, Kevin Biddle, Chris Henson; Union Grove: Elijah Baker, Blain Burge, Kyle Turner.

ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT: Big Sandy: Ashton Benson, Caden Minter, Carter Oswalt, Dakarai Menefee, Elijah Beard, Josh-ua Shipman, Josiah Johnson, Khameron Pippins; Carlisle: Brayden Martin, Brett Roland, Carolos Deleon, Casey Yoquelet, Eric Mendo-za, Jonathan Fraser; Harleton: Cooper Ward, David Danna, Garrett Handlin; Hawkins: Paeton Smith, Zach Conde; Union Grove: Elijah Baker, Kellen Williams, Kole Burns, Kyle Turner.

Bears split in district contests, Gladewater Routs Winona, 21-7

The Gladewater Bears routed the Winona Wildcats, 21-7, in a 16-3A contest last Friday night in Winona. The Bears notched 13 hits and took advantage of seven errors by Winona to post runs in every inning including 7 in the top of the fourth. Robbie Hodges had a big game going 3 for 4 with a triple, two double and six RBI. Hodges, Hayden Turnage, Garrett Glenn and Ben Alvarez each had 3 hits on the night. Turnage was on the mound for Gladewater to earn the win. He tossed for four innings surrendering 3 runs, allowing only two hits while striking out six and walking four.

Troup blanks Gladewater, 7-0Troup’s Jordon Lewis pitched five no-hit innings and combined

with reliever Jordon Eliot for a 7-0 shut out of the Gladewater Bears in Tuesday’s District with 16-2A match-up. Blake Johnson was the Tigers top hitter with two hits including a two RBI homerun. Jordon Lewis went 2 for 3 with 3 RBI. The Bears lone hit was a double by Danny Badger, who also took the loss on the mound for Gladewater.

Lions remain unbeaten with wins over Carlisle

The Union Grove Lions improved to 10-0 on the season with two victories over district opponent, Carlisle. Outstanding pitching per-formances by Matt Bower and Noah Mayhan were the key to vic-tories. The Lions will face Union Hill in district contests this week with a home game on Tuesday, March 19 and on the road on Friday, March 22.

Union Grove shuts out Carlisle, 8-0Union Grove’s Matthew Bower pitched a one hit, 8-0 shut out

against the Carlisle Indians on Friday night. Bower struck out three and walked three to get the victory on the mound. At the plate, Car-son Daniels led the way, going three for four with two RBI on two doubles. Noah Mayhan went 1 for 2 with 3 RBI.

Lions defeat Carlisle, 5-1Noah Mayhan pitched the Lions to a 5-1 win over the Carlisle

Indians in Tuesday’s contest at Union Grove. Mayhan surrendered one run on four hits over seven innings, striking out nine and walk-ing zero. Mikie Webb went 2 for 2 at the plate to lead Union Grove in hits.

UG Lion Holman takes gold in shot at AtlantaUnion Grove Lions placing at the Atlanta Runnin’ Rabbits track

meet included Colton Holman with a first place in shot put with a throw of 50’4”. Kellen Williams had a standout meet taking the sil-

ver in long jump with 22’2.5”, a bronze in the 300 meter hurdles at 40.53 seconds and fourth place in the triple jump with a distance of 43’6”. Jose Fernandez took fifth place in the 800 meter at 2.08.74 and Nathan Ferrell had a distance of 126’3.5” in discus to take fifth place. The team placed ninth in the meet.

The JV Lions say Sabetay Fernandez take the silver in the 800 meters with a time of 2:10.73 and fourth place in the 1600 meters at 5.02.97. Kole Burns earned a double bronze in the 800 meters with a time of 2:11.31 and the 1600 meters with a time of 5:02.95.

Lady Lion Sela Aguilar earned the silver at the state powerlifiting meet recently in her weight class while Madi Newman finished sixth in her weight class proudly representing Union Grove High School. Courtesy Photo

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The Gladewater Garden Club met last week with a program by Longview Natural Grocers Amber Lankford on edible flowers. Hostesses for the January meeting were Tammy White, Nancy Holly, Lorraine Clark and Barbara Kennedy. The next meeting will be presented by Longview Lawn & Garden’s Danny Armstrong on “Hate, Hardy Hostas” at 1 p.m., Monday, Feb. 25 at the Gardens of Gladewater 108 N. Lee Street. All area gardeners are warmly invited to attend.

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Dean elected to represent East Texas on Policy Committee

Before gaveling in last Tuesday’s Legislative Session, members of the Texas House Republican Caucus met to elect representatives to the Caucus Policy Committee. For the second session in a row, Rep. Jay Dean was unanimously elected by his peers to inform policy positions on behalf of the East Texas Region.

“It’s an honor to have the support of my East Texas colleagues, and to have again earned their trust to represent our interests be-fore the whole caucus,” stated Dean. “It is vitally important that East Texas has a voice in the policy debates that are beginning to take shape--especially those surrounding Property Tax Relief and Public School Finance Reform. What works in the urban metropolises is not always best for our rural communities, and vice versa. East Tex-as needs a strong unified voice on these policies and I’m honored to take that mantle on behalf of my ETX colleagues to advance the interests of our area.”

The House Republican Caucus Committee meets before every Legislative Session to discuss the merits and drawbacks of each bill set for a vote. The state is subdivided into five regions, and an equal number of members from each region serve on the committee.

Trent Bolt, a member of Gladewater FFA, caught a calf during Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo’s Calf Scramble February 1, 2019, earning a $500 purchase certificate for a show heifer and the chance for up to $12,500 in schol-arship awards. Bolt’s parents are Michael and Laura Bolt. Bolt’s award was sponsored by Joshua Fierer.

2/6, WednesdayWeldon Elem. Spring

& Group pictures2/8, Friday

Solo & Ensemble@PTKilgore Varsity Tennis Tourney

3:30-4:30 p.m. GMS NJHS Meeting4:30/7 p.m. Baseball@Van5/6:15 p.m. JV/V Boys BB

@West Rusk5 p.m. Softball vs. New Diana-H

2/9, Saturday6 pm. Spotlight on GHS

2/12, Tuesday4:30/7 p.m. Baseball@Brownsboro5/6:15 p.m. JV/V Bear BB vs. Arp-H

5/7 p.m. B/G Soccer vs. Tatum-H2/13, Wednesday

Bears & Nobles Book Club to Weldon

4 p.m. HoneyBear Officer Tryouts2/15, Friday

5/7 p.m. G/B/Soccer vs. Kilgore-H2/15, Saturday

9 a.m.-3 p.m. 100 Inning Game2/18, Monday

Presidents’ Day-School Holiday

Gladewater Bear Gage Mitchell along with mixed dou-bles partner Michelle Teve took the court in last Friday’s Gladewater Tennis Tourney.

Photo By Mike Peery

Caleb Williams, a former multi-sport athlete at Gladewater High School, led the Richland College to a third place finish in the Nation-al Junior College Athletic Association Divsion III Basketball Cham-pionship. In the National Championship tournament, Williams led the Thunderducks in scoring averaging 24 points per game and was named to All-Tournament Team in the Championships.

Richland College defeated Middlesex County, 91-87 in overtime in the quarterfinals. They lost to Herkimer, 63-59 in the semi-final round. In the third place game, Richland defeated Central Lakes, 92-73.

Williams was chosen as the MVP and First Team All Conference of the Dallas Athletic Conference Region 5 All-Conference Basket-ball Team. Williams is a sophomore at Richland College in Dal-las, TX. He averaged 19.9 per game during his sophomore season. Richland College finished the season with 24-6 overall record and 9-1 in conference play.

The Richland Thunderducks, coached by Coach Jon Havens, defeated Eastfield in the Region V DIII Basketball Championship game by a score of 82-80.

Caleb Williams leads Richland College to National NJCAA tourney

Aguillar, Newman place at Power Lifting MeetUnion Grove was well represented at the 2019 Women’s State

High School Powerlifting Meet in Waco, TX last weekend. Sela Aguillar captured 2nd place and Madi Newman placed in 6th place in the Class 2A 123 lb. Division.

Aguillar lifted a total of 800 lbs with 310 lb in the squat; 190 in the bench press; and 300 in the dead lift. She surpassed her regional meet lifts by a total of 55 lbs.

Newman posted a total of 745 lbs with 295 in the squat;, 175 in the bench press; and 275 in the dead lift. She equaled her total at the regional meet.

Amanda Imes of Watauga Harvest Christian Academy was the Class 2A 123 lb. Division Champion posting a total of 810 lbs.

Out of 35 teams competing in the State Meet, Aguillar and New-man placed 15th overall as a team in the Class 2A Division.