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TIGERS BLOG - Marshall wins it, 34-14
A live blog from Tyler's Rose Stadium as Corsicana faces Marshall in the Region II-4A playoffs.
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NEW - Hubbard, Mildred basketball moved to Mildred
The Mildred and Hubbard boys basketball game, scheduled for tonight in Hubbard, has been moved to Mildred. The gym in Hubbard has a leaking roof, coach Brian Coffman reported.
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Wortham advances on first day of tournament
Wortham was the lone area team to advance in its Girls Basketball tournament Thursday. Mildred and Blooming Grove are also there, and each team fell on Day 1.
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Williams: No second fiddle
Two banks of lights on at Tiger Stadium this week as the sun disappeared on the horizon didn’t mean the soccer team was getting ready for the upcoming season. It did mean that Phil Castles Tigers were getting ready for playoff week 2.
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Tigers get rousing kickoff for second round
The Corsicana Tigers got a big send-off Thursday at Tiger Field in preparation for Friday’s playoff game against the Marshall Mavericks in Tyler.
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Card playoff decides winners at Senior Scramble
All three teams that placed Wednesday at the Senior Scramble at The Oaks Golf Club shot 59.
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Tigers boys golf sixth in Waxahachie
The Tigers placed sixth last weekend at the Jimmy Lofland Tournament in Waxahachie over the weekend. Heath Donica was eighth individually out of 70 players.
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Kerens girls falls to Martins Mill, 48-34, late Tuesday
The Kerens LadyCats fell to 1-1 this season after a 48-34 loss to perennial-power Martins Mill Tuesday.
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REGION II-4A Playoffs: Reputation noted
A few football message board posters in East Texas this week have reminded fans of what to expect from a Phil Castles’ coached football team. Castles developed a reputation in stops at Elysian Fields and Tyler Chapel Hill of mentoring teams that don’t beat themselves. Of teams that minimize turnovers and play fundamentally sound football.
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No. 5 Navarro smothers Hill
Navarro’s secret to success is really no secret at all. The Runnin‘ Bulldogs play punishing defense and get stellar guard play, and both were on display in an 84-61 win over Hill Wednesday at the Wolens Center.
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Late Tuesday HS hoops roundup
Late roundup from Tuesday’s games, including Corsicana and Blooming Grove girls, and the battle of the Bulldogs in Rice.
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Tiger pep rally set for Thursday
A community pep rally and "tailgate party" for the Corsicana Tigers football team are scheduled for 5 p.m. Thursday at Tiger Stadium.
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Area Schedule
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UIL High School Football Playoff Pairings
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Cat fight
In the season opener for both schools, Corsicana was defeated Tuesday night by the Lorena Leopards, 62-47, at Tiger Gym.
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Bizarre period vaults Rice over Wortham
High school basketball’s a 32-minute blur, but Rice only needed eight minutes to dispose of Wortham Tuesday.
In about as surreal a period as you will see, Rice broke open a close game at half and notched a 40-28 win over Wortham, which came into the game off an impressive win over Blooming Grove.
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Area Roundup: Coffman notches first win as Hubbard rolls
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Area High School Basketball Box Scores
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Tigers in the NFL
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Bulldogs to play in Heart of Texas Bowl
The Navarro College Bulldogs will meet Mississippi Gulf Coast in the Heart of Texas Bowl on Dec. 5 at Copperas Cove.
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TIGER TUESDAY: Chemistry project
In the aftermath of Corsicana 32, West Mesquite 21, going back over the weekend and listening to my interviews with Tigers coach Phil Castles, assistant coach Matt Langley and several players, something struck me.
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Rebuilding Tigers must turn to young guns
Here’s all you need to know about the Corsicana boys basketball program — 12 of the 15 players on last season’s varsity roster have graduated. Yes, this is a whole new season for Tigers basketball coach Andy Dotson.
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No. 8 Navarro waltzes past Tomball College, 109-38
Navarro had little trouble moving to 5-0, topping Tomball College Monday night, 109-38. All 12 players that played scored, and six were in double figures.
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Hat Brand Winter Series schedule announced
The Hat Brand Rodeo Winter Series schedule has been released.
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Area Schedule
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Blinn takes title shot away from No. 1 Navarro
Do not let anyone tell you that any penalty is minor.
For Navarro College, three penalties were the difference in playing for a national title.
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Blinn upsets Navarro championship bid, 45-34
The Blinn Buccaneers ended the hopes of the Navarro College Bulldogs to claim the NJCAA championship Sunday with a 45-34 defeat of Navarro.
Below is a "blog" of Sunday's action.
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Navarro Football: Late bloomer
Roddy Green did a lot of odd jobs and worked out alone too many times during his two-year absence from football. The itch was still there and it just wouldn’t go away.
Thankfully for the Navarro College football team, Green is scratching out a successful run as its starting quarterback in the Southwest Junior College Football Conference playoffs.
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Point After: Evans sets records, and that’s only the half of it
What can you write about Tiger Football player Cody Evans that has not already been written? And I referred to Evans as Tiger Football player as opposed to Tiger running back for a purpose.
Evans is so much bigger than just the term running back.
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Area Schedule
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Tigers roll past West Mesquite, 32-21
Cody Evans rushed for 267 yards as the Tigers beat West Mesquite, 32-21, in a Class 4A Division II Region II Bi-district playoff game Friday night at DeSoto's Eagle Stadium.
It's Corsicana's first playoff win since 2005.
The Tigers will play Marshall next Friday in an area-round game at Tyler Rose Stadium.
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God’s Academy wins McCluney Memorial tourney at Corsicana
God’s Academy beat Neches, 75-51, on Saturday to win the first Leslie McCluney Memorial Basketball Tournament at Corsicana High School.
The Lady Tigers lost to Hillcrest on Friday, 33-18.
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HS Cross Country: Local runners gain experience at state
For Amber Libhart, Ben Knight and Zeb Thomas, the 2009 Cross Country State Championships was all about gaining experience, since all three runners will be back next year.
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Wortham girls beats Blooming Grove
The Wortham girls basketball team opened the season Friday night with a 47-37 victory over Blooming Grove.
Anna Jones led the way for the Lady Bulldogs with 14 points.
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GIRLS BASKETBALL PREVIEW: Sharp shooters
Give a basketball coach good guards, and most of them will tell you they’re going to win — a lot.
These days, it’s where the game is won.
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Dawson routs Mart, 44-0
GROESBECK — The Dawson Bulldogs six-game winning streak came to an end in the first round of post-season play as they fell victim to the Mart Panthers in a 44-0 rout Friday night at Groesbeck Stadium.
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Caddo Mills ends season for Kerens, 29-28
A late comeback by the Kerens Bobcats fell short Friday as Caddo Mills eliminated the Bobcats from the playoffs with a 29-28 win.
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Lone Oak ends Mildred's ride, 28-10
Mildred likened its miracle season to a train at Thursday night’s community pep rally. Friday, the train ran out of steam. Lone Oak had 400 yards of offense and an answer every time Mildred tried to erase an early two touchdown deficit in a 28-10 win at Birdwell Stadium.
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