Westberry posts a banner year in the circle
Thursday, June 23
There are tons of statistics in the sporting world. For the typical fan, statistics capture the basics – the hits, runs and errors – of a game. There are notable exceptions.
On …
Mineola athletes named for district awards
Thursday, June 16
Mineola’s Spencer Joyner has been named Pitcher of the Year for District 13-3A Baseball.
Other all-districts selections include the following:
First team selections for Mineola included …
Bulldogs garner district baseball accolades
Thursday, June 16
The Quitman Bulldogs had a pair of athletes make the District 13-3A All-District squad.
Senior Mason Reynolds ended his career being honored as the district’s first team catcher while …
Panthers awarded district baseball honors
Thursday, June 16
The following Alba-Golden players have been named to the all-district baseball team:
District Most Valuable Player, Chaelton Cook
Pitcher Of The Year, Conner Gibson
1st …
Alba-Golden players selected for all-district honors
Thursday, June 9
The Alba-Golden softball team has the following 2022 all-district selections:
1st Team
Pitcher Megan Wallace
Infielder Cacie Lennon
Infielder Kylie Kennedy
2nd …
![Sunni Ruffin holds her follow-through on a tee shot early in her back nine on her way to second-round 87. [see more orange on greens]](https://beta.creativecirclecdn.com/woodcounty/medium/20220523-142646-_1137521%20Sunni%20Ruffin%20follows-thru_resize.jpg)
![Brooklyn Marcee competes in the 100-meter hurdles. [see more sprinters, soarers]](https://beta.creativecirclecdn.com/woodcounty/medium/20220517-133109-_1136915%20Brooklyn%20Marcee%20runs%20100m%20hurdles%20state_resize.jpg)
Local athletes miss out on medals at state track meet
Thursday, May 19
Five student athletes from Quitman, four from Mineola and one from Alba-Golden competed in six events at last week’s state high school track meet in Austin.
In the pole vault, …
Cowboy headed to state final
Thursday, May 12
A Quitman cowboy has made his way to the Texas High School Rodeo Association (THSRA) finals in Abilene in June.
Colt Carpenter, a home-school student, will be competing on the state level in …
Rivercrest ousts Panthers in two games
Thursday, May 12
It sounds silly, but just before Rivercrest came to bat in the bottom of the third inning, a buzzard flew in and landed atop the light tower in left field. At that time Alba-Golden held a 3-0 lead in …
Freshman garners two state berths
Thursday, May 12
On March 3, just a short two months ago, Mineola freshman Olivia Hughes ran her first 800-meter race. Thursday Hughes will compete at the Texas track and field championships. That is hard to believe, …
State meet qualifiers headed to capital
Thursday, May 12
Wood County athletes head to Austin this week to compete in the state track and field championships at the University of Texas, and two have posted the best performances among the nine qualifiers …
![The Riley family and their coaches celeberated Keilee and Kapri signing with LeTourneau University and East Texas Baptist University, respectively. [see more celebrations]](https://beta.creativecirclecdn.com/woodcounty/medium/20220428-113325-_1159309%20coaches%20and%20Rileys_resize.jpg)
Fishing for scholarship
Wednesday, April 20
Jackets edge Bulldogs
Wednesday, April 20
Lady Bulldogs blank Mineola
Wednesday, April 20
Three teams garner district track championships
Wednesday, April 20
Yellowjackets bust it open against Winona
Thursday, April 14
Westberry named conference pitcher of the week
AG squads split games
Lady Jackets blitz Winona for district win
Lady Bulldogs drop pair of district softball games
Bulldogs get pay back against Tigers
First-inning rally too much for Quitman
Panthers strike early, defeat North Hopkins
Marcee signs track scholarship with UA-Little Rock
Winnsboro rolls by Lady Jackets in district softball
Red Raiders grab 6-3 win over Jackets
Lady Panthers fight wind for win
Mineola mixed team, single advance
Quitman Bulldogs defeat Winona
QHS ladies shut out Harmony
Mineola HS names winter sports most valuable players
Alba-Golden tennis team wins district title; five earn places in regional tournament
Lady Jackets district champs
Lady Bulldogs, Jackets compete at Canton meet
Mineola, Quitman boys track teams compete
Mt. Vernon nips Mineola
Panthers blast Owls
Lady Panthers blank Fruitvale
Lady Jackets find tough sledding vs. Mt. Vernon
Lady Bulldogs stay in the hunt with lopsided win over Winona
Jackets get best of pitchers duel with Quitman
Quitman wins as Mineola rally falls short
Alba-Golden hosts relays
other news
Quitman grads walk across the stage
Wednesday, June 1
A capacity crowd gathered Friday night at Delbert Ballard Memorial Gym to honor 79 Quitman High School graduates.
Mineola Class of 22 marches into history
Wednesday, June 1
Following words of wisdom from their principal, Mike Sorenson, and their top two graduates, Sunni Ruffin and Jack Heard, the Mineola High School Class of 2022 added 112 names to the list of Yellowjacket alumni in a ceremony Friday at the high school gym, with the basketball scoreboard clock frozen at 20:22.
Young Eagles take to the skies above Wood County
Wednesday, June 1
Even overused words like “awesome” have a place. That singular word was the description of choice among participants of the Young Eagles day on a recent Saturday morning at Wood County Airport.
Turn out low for state primary runoffs
Wednesday, June 1
Less than 9% of registered voters in Wood County returned to the polls last Tuesday for the party primary runoff election.
Some 2,838 votes were cast by 32,91 registered voters, with the large majority cast in the Republican primary.
Corner Column
Wednesday, June 1
Through tears of grief, anger, frustration, but mostly sadness, the events from Uvalde last week set off ever-evolving thoughts, spurred by recent, at first seemingly unrelated events.
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