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Erick Ballenilla homered twice, and former Tyler Legacy standout Walker Freeman highlighted a seven-run sixth inning with a grand slam as the Sherman Shadowcats pulled away for a 14-6 win over the Piney Woods TimberHogs. @TLbaseball @WalkerFreeman7 tylerpaper.com/2025/07/25/for…
Tom Chessell and Brandon Dickinson combined for three home runs and seven RBI, and the Abilene Flying Bison rolled to a 10-1 win over the Piney Woods TimberHogs on Thursday in Mid-America League action at City Park. tylerpaper.com/2025/07/18/abi…
The 2025 Tyler Morning Telegraph All-Rose Country Baseball Team. tylerpaper.com/2025/07/25/all…
Cason Weatherton earned gold medals in shot put and para powerlifting and silvers in discus and javelin competing in the 2025 Hartford Nationals. tylerpaper.com/2025/07/25/072…
The 2025 Tyler Morning Telegraph All-Rose Country Softball Team. tylerpaper.com/2025/07/25/all…
Kilgore ISD recently tapped Brian Malone to take over the boys basketball program and the new coach filled the gym for three days of youth camp this week. Malone comes to Kilgore from Arp, where he coached for three years. tylerpaper.com/2025/07/25/072…

The Tyler Junior College Apaches, reigning regular season champions, Navarro College, reigning postseason champion, and perennial contender Kilgore College are among the favorites to win the Southwest Junior College Football Conference title this season. tylerpaper.com/2025/07/24/tjc…
The 18th Annual Texas Wounded Warrior Foundation Tyler Pro-Am Weekend is scheduled for Oct. 4-6 in the Tyler area. tylerpaper.com/2025/07/23/tex…
Both the UT Tyler men’s and women’s squads were honored as an Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-Academic Team for NCAA Division II. Also, the Patriots team had eight members of each team honored as ITA Scholar-Athletes. tylerpaper.com/2025/07/22/ut-…
UT Tyler athletics, in partnership with UT Health East Texas, is hosting Patriot Sports Camp for a Cause on Aug. 5 and 6 with all the proceeds directly benefiting the Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country’s Kerr County Flood Relief Fund. tylerpaper.com/2025/07/22/ut-…
Jeff Traylor, who built the Gilmer High School football program into a state powerhouse and is now the head football coach at UTSA, was inducted into the Texas High School Coaches Association Hall of Honor. tylerpaper.com/2025/07/21/jef…
Texas safety Michael Taaffe was the keynote speaker at the annual Texas Exes Tyler-Smith County Chapter Scholarship Dinner. Four Tyler ISD students were awarded scholarships, and Melissa Bennett was honored as 2025 Outstanding Texas Ex. tylerpaper.com/2025/07/21/072…
Senior quarterback and former Longview Lobo Haynes King is Georgia Tech’s nominee for the 2025 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team, the American Football Coaches Association announced. tylerpaper.com/2025/07/21/lon…
The Southland Conference released its predicted order of finish on Monday in advance of the day’s Opening Drive media festivities from the Henry B. Gonzalez Center. Landing at No. 2 in the preseason rankings of the 10-team league is SFA. tylerpaper.com/2025/07/21/sfa…
Big changes are coming for Bulldog Stadium in Chapel Hill. @ChapelHillFB tylerpaper.com/2025/07/21/cha…
Tennessee defensive back Jermod McCoy, a former Whitehouse standout, earned first-team honors, while Alabama running back Jam Miller, a former Tyler Legacy star, was picked to the third team on the All-SEC preseason team. @WHSTX_Football @TylerLegacyFB1 tylerpaper.com/2025/07/18/lon…
Former Mineola standout Dawson Pendergrass is heading into his third year with the Baylor Bears and will team up with Bryson Washington to form one of the top rushing duos in the Big 12. @Dawson_penni @mineolahigh @MineolaISD @coach_LB1 tylerpaper.com/2025/07/17/072…
At Big 12 Media Days, some Big 12 players gave some comments on their East Texas teammates. @Gekyle3 @thaboitj @calebmedford @buck__buchanan @JudeaMilon tylerpaper.com/2025/07/17/eas…
Rivals dropped its Rivals300 of the top 300 football prospects for the Class of 2027, and East Texas is well represented. @TylerISD_Ath @TylerLionsFB @KavianBryant27 @903TREY @KidNextDooor5 @Only1_iscamara tylerpaper.com/2025/07/17/072…
Former Tatum standout C.J. Fite and the Arizona State Sun Devils are looking to have another strong season in 2025. @FiteCullen @tatumisd @NETsn_Live @ASUFootball tylerpaper.com/2025/07/16/eas…