Sports

Tigers, Cru Selected To Win Softball Divisions RICHARDSON, Texas –Thursday, the league’s head coaches and directors of sports information voted. The results indicate that East Texas Baptist and Mary Hardin-Baylor are picked to win the 2020 American Southwest Conference East and West Divisions, respectively,  The Tigers are coming off their eighth consecutive trip to ...

Lion Athletics represented on multiple platforms at NCAA Convention. ANAHEIM, Calif. – Texas A&M University-Commerce will be represented in multiple capacities at the annual NCAA Convention over the next two days as a student-athlete, and three administrators are presenters in key sessions.  Football student-athlete and Division II National Student-Athlete Advisory Committee ...

The Paris High varsity boys soccer team won the Championship of the Terrell Winter Classic tournament over the weekend to stay undefeated on the season through ten games. The tournament was an eight-team mix of 4A and 5A schools. On Tuesday night the North Lamar a Pantherettes defeated Bonham 7-1. Jaycie ...

Paris Optimist Baseball registration is on Saturday (Feb 1), and Saturday (Feb 8) at the Lamar Avenue Church of Christ across from Burger King from 10:00 am until 2:00 pm. Baseball leagues are available for players who are at least three years old by Apr 30, 2020, and runs through ...

UTD, HSU Selected Tops in ASC Women’s Tennis RICHARDSON, Texas – After a vote of the league’s head coaches, they announced that UT Dallas and Hardin-Simmons would win the 2020 American Southwest Conference women’s tennis East and West Division titles, respectively.  The Comets received 72 points and all 12 first-place votes to secure the ...

Mount Pleasant High School swimmers advance to regionals The Mount Pleasant High School Swim Team competed at the District meet in Texarkana on Saturday, January 18. The MPHS boys and girls teams each placed 3rd overall. MPHS will send twelve swimmers to the Regional meet in Lewisville on January 31-February ...

Boys: Paris 89 Pittsburg 71 Paris scoring: Jaelyn Lee 20 Trae Johnson 14 Jameon Mitchell 17 Gavyn Hollje 17 Trevon Dennis 7 Braylon Mickens 9 Garius Savage 3 Troy Jones 2 Girls Paris 56 Pittsburg 51 Boys. Liberty Eylau 60 North Lamar 50 Girls. Liberty Eylau 64 North Lamar 49 Winnsboro ...

Svaerd, Rotich claim LSC Indoor Track Athlete of the Week honors RICHARDSON – The league office named Texas A&M University-Commerce’s Minna Svaerd and Nicodemus Rotich as the Lone Star Conference’s Indoor Track Athletes of the Week.  Svaerd – a junior from Karlstad, Sweden – set the top time in the LSC and sixth-quickest time in ...

The Paris girls and boys basketball teams continue district play tonight at Pittsburg. The girls are looking for their first win of the district while the boys try and go 2-0. The North Lamar boys will open district play in Texarkana against Liberty Eylau. The girls will also play LE ...

Whitfield, Holt Selected for Women’s Hoops Honors AMERICAN SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Games: January 16-18, 2020 EAST DIVISION PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Keauna Whitfield, Jr., G, LeTourneau LeTourneau junior guard Keauna Whitfield (Rosebud, Texas) averaged 22.0 points, 7.5 rebounds, and 2.5 steals per game as the YellowJackets picked up a ...

In Miami two weeks from Sunday, the San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs will face off for the Championship. Whitehouse, TX, native, Patrick Mahomes, helped Kansas City Chiefs secure a spot in Super Bowl LIV (54) with a 35-24 victory over the Titans. The Titans led 17-7 before ...

  Open tryouts for the Paris Junior College men’s and women’s soccer teams will be at Noyes Stadium on Saturday (Jan 25). The women start at 9:00 am to 12:00 pm, and the men is from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Participants should bring cleats, shin guards, and water. A ...

No. 6 Lions earn 91-64 win over Oklahoma Christian, 500th win in program history. COMMERCE— The No. 6 Texas A&M University-Commerce women’s basketball team scored a 91-64 win over Oklahoma Christian on Saturday afternoon. The Lions jumped out to a lead early in the first quarter and never trailed in the ...

Texas Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame Announces 2020 Inductee  ATHENS – The Texas Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame committee announced Shane Wilson, retired public educator and founder of Fishing’s Future, will be inducted into the hall of fame in 2020.  “This year’s inductee to the Texas Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame has ...

At Chisum high school, both the Mustangs and Lady Mustangs will host Prairiland in district action. Girls at 6:00 pm with the boys following. The Paris Wildcats begin district play while the Paris Lady Cats try to bounce back from a loss to North Lamar as they host Liberty Eylau. ...

Late run, Stewart heroics lift Lions to 83-75 win over UAFS. COMMERCE—The Texas A&M University-Commerce men’s basketball team picked up a thrilling 83-75 win over Arkansas-Fort Smith on Thursday evening. After trailing by double figures midway through the second half, the Lions made a massive push at the end of ...

The Mavs’ 20-year old sensation Luka Doncic recorded his 13th triple-double of the season and the 20th of his career in a 127-123 win over Sacramento last night. Doncic finished with 25 points, 15 rebounds, and 17 assists. He is the youngest player ever to record a 25-15-15 triple-double and ...

More Than 5,200 Visitors Roared Into 2020 With a First Day Hike at a Texas State Park AUSTIN— Visitors from every corner of the state headed to a Texas State Park on Jan. 1 to help usher in the new decade with a First Day Hike in a big way. The roaring ...

BLM announces upcoming fee-free days on public lands in 2020 Find your adventure on more than 245 million acres of public lands across the West and Alaska! WASHINGTON – To encourage visitation and appreciation for America’s public lands, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced that it would waive recreation-related visitor ...