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Wolfe City, Farmersville advance
The Wolfe City Wolves will turn their attention on No. 3 state-ranked Trenton after whipping Waxahachie Faith Family Academy 6-2 in the area round of the Class A baseball playoffs on Saturday.
The Wolves will bring an 18-11 record into the regional quarterfinal against the 24-6 Tigers. They’ll play one game at 7 p.m. Friday at McKinney Boyd.

May 16, 2012
A look back at the state meet
Here’s to the all the state qualifiers from the local area, who worked hard to make it to state. This collection of photos includes athletes from Lone Oak, Commerce, Royse City, Wolfe City, Emory Rains and Cumby.

May 13, 2012 11 Photos
Saving his best for state
Rough weather brought out the best in Commerce junior Buck Wilson at the University Interscholastic League’s State Track and Field Championships on Friday.

May 12, 2012
Sedberry brings back two former assistants
The Greenville Lions will have some very familiar faces on the sidelines for the fall football season.
Not only is head coach Marvin Sedberry back for his third stint with the Lions but he’s also hired two assistant coaches who’ve coached in the past with him in Greenville.

May 9, 2012
Athletes make it to state as wild cards
To take advantage of a nine-lane track, the University Interscholastic League has added a ninth state qualifier to its state track and field meet.
The ninth qualifier, called a wild card by the UIL, joins a field that includes the top two finishers in each of the UIL’s four regions. It’s the athlete with the best time or distance of the third-place finishers at each of the four regions.
Athletes from Lone Oak, Wolfe City and Commerce have earned wild card spots in the UIL’s state meet that starts on Friday at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin.

May 8, 2012
Middlebrooks hits three homers for Boston Red Sox
Hunt County native Will Middlebrooks has slugged three home runs in his last two games for the Boston Red Sox since getting called up from the minor leagues.

May 8, 2012
Hill, Parsons repeat at Caddo Mills Fox Trot 5K
Barry Hill and Rebecca Parsons continued their run of success on Saturday at the 18th Annual Caddo Mills Fot Trot 5K race.
Hill claimed the men’s and overall title for the fourth straight year while Parsons made it a three-peat as the first female finisher.

May 6, 2012 1 Photo
A&M-Commerce claims high jump, discus titles at conference meet
To treat a back injury, Texas A&M University-Commerce high jumper Khalil Henry tried a different way of sleeping on Friday night in his dorm room at Smith Hall.
“I slept with my legs elevated on the wall,” he said.
The technique must have worked because Henry won the Lone Star Conference men’s high jump championship on Saturday at the conference track and field championships at Memorial Stadium. Henry cleared a season-best 2.06 meters (6 feet, 9 3/4 inches).

May 6, 2012 1 Photo
Hargraves leads A&M-C at LSC track and field meet
Triple jumper Whitney Hargraves claimed Texas A&M University-Commerce’s top finish on Friday’s second day of the 2012 Lone Star Conference Track and Field Championships.

May 5, 2012 1 Photo
Caddo Mills Fox Trot 5K race set for Saturday
Another big field of runners is expected for the 18th Annual Caddo Mills Fox Trot 5K race on Saturday.
The 3.1-mile race through the streets of Caddo Mills starts at 8 a.m. in downtown. Registration on race day is $20 per runner and will be conducted from 7 to 8 a.m. at the Caddo Mills Historical Society Building. A one-mile fun run follows at 9 a.m.

May 4, 2012
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