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The real cause of the ref shortage? Verbal abuse (USA TODAY) There is an overwhelming shortage of high school sports officials working across the country. That’s true in Texas, too, where the state’s obsession with football doesn’t stretch far enough to ensure there are people to officiate every game. Now, ...

    Hobbs & Martinez named Preseason All-Americans by Lindy’s; Lions ranked No. 7 in the preseason poll. COMMERCE – The 2017 National Champion Texas A&M University-Commerce football team has been ranked No. 7 nationally in the Lindy’s Sports College Football Preseason Poll. Lion tight end Vincent Hobbs has been ...

  The 2017 National Champion Texas A&M University-Commerce football team has been ranked No. 7 nationally in the Lindy’s Sports College Football Preseason Poll. Lion tight end Vincent Hobbs has been named a first-team preseason All-American, while kicker Kristov Martinez has been named a second-team preseason All-American. The Lions will ...

  It’s official, Coach Joe Thomas is no longer the Boys basketball coach at Mt Vernon High School. Thomas, who led his team to the state championship game in San Antonio this year, had not only been the boy’s coach but also the girls’ volleyball coach. After being told he ...

  North Lamar Panther football season is just around the corner. Along with important dates is the reminder that physical forms need to be turned in before the first day of practice. “Paperwork should be turned in to North Lamar’s athletic trainer, Cole Barker,” said NL head football coach Aaron Emeyabbi. “Athletes ...

The Mount Pleasant ISD Athletic Department will hold the Tiger Youth Football Camp Monday, July 30, Tuesday, July 31 and Wednesday, August 1 from 5:30-8:00 p.m. at Sam Parker Field. The camp is open to all students in second-grade through incoming ninth graders and will be taught by the Tiger ...

    Lions to participate in annual LSC Media Day on Tuesday, July 24. SAN ANTONIO – The 2017 National Champion Texas A&M University-Commerce football team will participate in the annual Lone Star Conference Media Day on Tuesday, July 24, at the San Antonio Marriott Riverwalk. The Lions will be ...

    LEXINGTON, Kent. – The LeTourneau University volleyball team was honored with an American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award for academic excellence, praising their accomplishments in the classroom for the 2017-18 academic year. The award, which was initiated in the 1992-93 academic year, honors collegiate and high ...

  Texas A&M University-Commerce senior defensive back Chris Smith has been announced as one of 169 nominees for the 2018 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team®, one of the most prestigious off-the-field honors in college football. To be in consideration for this award, each player must be actively involved with a ...

  Congratulations to North Lamar senior Reagan Richardson. Richardson was voted Class 4A first-team all-state pitcher by the Texas Sports Writers Association. Reagan finishes her high school softball career making the all-state team each of her four years in high school. Thanks in part to nine home runs in 47 ...

    The Paris Optimist Club will hold registration for Fall Baseball on Saturday (Jul 28 & Aug 4) at the Woodall Meeting room from 10:00 am until 2:00 pm. Leagues are available for players ages 5-14. Players are assigned to leagues based on what their age will be on ...

  Kylian Mbappe capped his debut World Cup by becoming the first teenager to score in the final since Pele in 1958 as France beat Croatia to become world champions for the second time. Mbappe, only 19, scored the fourth goal in France’s 4-2 victory in Moscow to take his tally ...

  Baylor University has settled a federal Title IX lawsuit brought by a former volleyball player who alleged that she was drugged and gang-raped by at least four football players. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed. It’s the fifth Title IX lawsuit the university has settled. Fifteen former female ...

    LeTourneau University Athletic Director Terri Deike has announced the hiring of J. Paul Leslie III as the new YellowJacket men’s and women’s golf coach, effectively immediately. Leslie joins the YellowJacket family after spending the past two years as a teacher and head men’s golf coach at New Diana ...

Paris Lady Cat Volleyball Camp for Incoming 4th- 6th Graders We will be hosting our Annual Lady Cat Volleyball Camp again this year from Monday through Wednesday (Jul 6-18). During this camp, campers will learn the basic fundamentals of the game of volleyball and go through various drills to develop ...

    Mariah Jameyson and Brianna Wise nominated for 2018 NCAA Woman of the Year. INDIANAPOLIS – Texas A&M University-Commerce’s Mariah Jameyson and Brianna Wise have been nominated for the 2018 NCAA Woman of the Year award, as announced by the NCAA. The NCAA Woman of the Year award, established ...

  The Texas Rangers were off last night after being swept in a series with Boston. They start a three-game weekend series tonight in Baltimore before the start of the All-Star break. First pitch at 6:05 pm. The Rangers record going into this series is 40-54. Even after more than ...

  Chris Sale struck out 12 in seven innings of shutout ball in his final start before the All-Star Game, and major league batting leader Mookie Betts had two more hits on Wednesday night to lead the Boston Red Sox to their ninth straight victory, beating the Texas Rangers 4-2…Shin-Soo ...

  Missed opportunities sunk the Texas Rangers last night as they fell to the Red Sox 8-4 at Fenway Park. But it didn’t look that way at first as Rougned Odor crushed Hector Velasquez’s 91-mile-per-hour sinker over the right-field wall for a 447 foot home run to give the Rangers ...

  Mike minor made just one mistake on Monday night and the Red Sox made the Rangers pay for. In the bottom of the first Steve Pierce took a 3-2 fastball from the Texas starter over the Green Monster in left field plating JD Martinez in the process to give ...