Setbacks have occurred for the Apaches as TJC is seeking their fourth consecutive NJCAA Division I Men’s National Tennis Tournament Championship.

Martin’s Mill golfer Mia Nixon, seeking to become a three-time state champion, leads the Class 2A medalist race after the first day of the UIL Girls State Golf Tournament.

LINDALE — Libbi Rozell didn’t get to play in her final high school softball game.

Three Tyler Legacy Lady Raider basketball players and two Red Raider soccer players signed to play at the collegiate level on Monday morning inside Tyler Legacy Varsity Gym.

Class 6A

Class 6A

PHOENIX (AP) — Luka Doncic scored 35 points, Spencer Dinwiddie added 30 and the Dallas Mavericks stunned the top-seeded Phoenix Suns with a 123-90 Game 7 blowout Sunday night, advancing to the Western Conference finals for the first time since 2011.

McKINNEY (AP) — K.H. Lee ran across the fairway to try to get a better view of the key shot in his second consecutive victory in the Byron Nelson.

Grayson Murry tossed a no-hitter while striking out 16 in leading the Brook Hill Guard to a 7-0 win over Fort Worth Southwest Christian in a regional final on Friday at Bishop Lynch High School in Dallas, clinching in a berth in the TAPPS Division II state baseball tournament.

Two big innings were the deciding factor in Saturday’s Class 6A baseball area playoff series in Tyler.

Quarterback General Booty has decided to forgo another season at Tyler Junior College and head to Oklahoma, where he will have three remaining years of eligibility for the Sooners.

No. 1 UT Tyler won two games against No. 16 Lubbock Christian on Saturday at Suddenlink Field to win the NCAA Division II South Central Regional.

Ever since he was a youngster, Debbie Jackson said her son always dreamed of playing college football.

East Texas is sending a number golfers to the state tournament, including two veterans — Hallsville’s Kinley Pessel and Martin’s Mill’s Mia Nixon.

DALLAS (AP) — Joe Pavelski and the Dallas Stars were skating with urgency in the third period. If not, it could easily have been their last one of the season.

Big Sandy’s Jeremy Dezelle and Calle Minter, Jacksonville’s Aiden Gay and Henderson’s Cason Weatherton all captured silver medals on Friday at the UIL State Track and Field Championships at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin.

WAXAHACHIE — Waxahachie scored a 4-1 win over Tyler Legacy on Friday to take Game 1 of their best-of-three Class 6A area baseball series at Paul Richards Park.

WHITEHOUSE — For the third time in eight days, the Canton Eaglettes had some Whitehouse magic.

Bullard scored five runs in the bottom of the sixth to rally past Canton, 7-5, on Friday to sweep their Class 4A area baseball series at Christus Trinity Mother Frances Mike Carter Field.

Tatum Goff pitched a complete-game shutout as UT Tyler staved off elimination with a 2-0 win over Angelo State Friday night in the NCAA Division II South Central Softball Regional at Suddenlink Field in Tyler.

Martin’s Mill has hired Jay Bruce as its new head girls basketball coach.

RUSK — Rusk student-athlete Lexie Stanley on Thursday was joined by family and friends at the Rusk Coliseum as she signed her letter of intent to continue her cheerleading career at Tyler Junior College.

DALLAS (AP) — Luka Doncic scored 33 points and the Dallas Mavericks beat the Phoenix Suns 113-86 on Thursday night to force a Game 7 in the Western Conference semifinals.

ARLINGTON (AP) — Taylor Hearn allowed only one hit in five scoreless innings, Brad Miller homered and the Texas Rangers defeated the Kansas City Royals 3-1 on Thursday night.

The 30th KTBB Scholastic All-Star Banquet honored 20 East Texas student/athletes during the annual ceremony on Thursday at First Christian Church of Tyler.

Barrett Lin, one of the most highly decorated soccer players in All Saints soccer program history, signed a letter of commitment to attend Washington University of St. Louis during a ceremony on Thursday at the All Saints Episcopal School’s Brookshire Gym.

There was an unlikely hero in Game 1 of a Class 4A area round baseball playoff series between Bullard and Canton Thursday night at Mike Carter Field.

Lindale’s Casey Poe, Bullard’s Garrett Nuckolls, Kilgore’s Matthew Tyeskie and West Rusk’s 4x200-meter relay team captured gold medals at the UIL State Track and Field Championships Thursday at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin.

Tatum Goff gave herself an early lead with a three-run home run in the first inning.

BULLARD — With UT Tyler getting ready to play in an NCAA Division II regional, the program added an outfielder from a successful high school program south of Tyler.

TJC Coach Trenia Tillis Hoard had a tear in her eye and a smile on her face.

Garrett Nuckolls is now a two-time state champion.

Tuesday, Dec. 7