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The Mabank Panthers win bronze at the Boys 4A UIL Golf Tournament in Kingsville. Mabank golfers Cameron Van Horn, Dalton Irvin, Gunnar McGilvra, Lawrence Shackleford and Mateo Main bettered their third place 2025 score by 21 strokes.
The TVCC softball team beat Kilgore to reach a school record 50 wins.
Athens senior Mia Tinsley was named the 15-4A softball Offensive Player of the Year. She compiled a. 420 career batting average and was a two-time first team all-district pick.
Malakoff junior Miley Dowell won Bronze at the state 3A track meet in Austin. Her time of 14.72 in the 100 meter hurdles was. 30 better than her regional showing.
The TVCC Cardinals were upset in the Region 14 softball tournament, but went to the national tournament as an at-large team where they won one of three games. The win was TVCC’ s first ever at the NJCAA Tournament.
Rich Flowers / staff The opening of the new Rip Drumgoole Field at Trinity Valley Community College and the Cardinal softball team’ s long home winning streak were among the top stories in the first six months of 2026.
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