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06/24/2026

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06/24/2026

Congratulations to Coach Jacqueline Barnes of San Augustine.

Coach Barnes is being recognized as a THSCA Regional Coach Of The Year

06/23/2026

06/23/2026

We also have a special guest joining us today at 5, on our live stream.

06/23/2026

Hey friends and followers, to those that don't get to catch the live streams, they will be posted on our YouTube channel, BallTalkEastTexas123.

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06/23/2026

Yall go give Mr Kaegan Ash of Mount Enterprise a vote for male athlete of the year

Kaegan Ash of Mount Enterprise High School is up for the Dick's Sporting Goods Male Athlete of the Year! Voting is taking place on texasfootball.com

Link to vote: https://www.texasfootball.com/athlete-of-the-month/form



Voting is UNLIMITED through July 1st!

06/23/2026

Come and join us today as we host a live stream at 5 p.m.

06/23/2026

Big News in Cushing !!!!

Congratulations to Coach Josh Moore.

New Head Football Coach at Cushing

06/22/2026

This is a pretty cool read

Long before "Friday Night Lights" was a book, a movie, or a phrase every Texan knows, there was a field in a small East Texas town called New London. In 1934, that field became the very first high school football stadium in the entire state to have lights for night games. The original Friday Night Lights, three years before anyone outside Texas would know the name New London at all.
Then came March 18th, 1937. A gas leak beneath the school next to that same field led to an explosion that killed 295 students and teachers, one of the deadliest school tragedies in American history. The whole town changed in an instant, the names lost still spoken in New London to this day.
The field never closed. It still hosts the West Rusk Raiders every fall. But look closer and you'll see the town never stopped remembering either. Every single night, the stadium lights switch on at 8pm and stay lit for exactly 37 minutes, one for every year that's passed. The hashmarks at the 37 yard line are painted gold.
Friday Night Lights started here. So did one of Texas's deepest griefs. Both still shine the same way, every single night.

06/19/2026

Congratulations to Coach Justin Garcia of Liberty-Eylau.

Coach Garcia has achieved and been recognized by the THSCA as the Track and Field Regional Assistant Coach Of The Year.