Sports

Area champs!! Twelve Tiger athletes qualify for Regionals

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The Mount Pleasant Tiger Track team continued their historic run on Wednesday as they competed in the Area Meet held in Whitehouse and came home as Area Champions. Mount Pleasant posted 105 points on the day to take the title followed by Whitehouse and Tyler both with 78 points. Eleven Tigers and one Lady Tiger finished in the top four in their respective events to qualify for the regional meet to be held at UT Arlington next weekend. In total, Mount Pleasant brought in eleven medals including three gold, two silver, and six bronze.

Tiger Track Takes District Championship, Qualify 17 for Area

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The Mount Pleasant Tiger Track team continued their season trend of dominating track meet at the District Meet held last Thursday at Hallsville. Originally scheduled to be a two-day meet with field events and prelims on Wednesday and finals on Thursday, the meet was condensed to a one-day meet with weather forcing the cancellation of Wednesday’s plans. This did not phase the Tigers as Mount Pleasant put up 179 team points besting second place Hallsville who only mustered 111 points. Mount Pleasant saw 17 athletes advance to the Area meet this Wednesday by finishing in fourth or better in their respective events.

Chapel Hill track sends 8 to area meet

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Eight Chapel Hill track athletes will advance to the area meet after placing in the top four at the District 13-3A track meet, held last week at Mineola’s Meredith Memorial Stadium. Also running at the meet were Mineola, Winnsboro, Quitman, Mount Vernon, Harmony and Winona.

Rivercrest sends 24 athletes to area round

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RIvercrest was one of the first area schools to hold their area track meet, and will be well-represented in this week’s area meet in Cooper. In all, 24 Rebel and Lady Rebel athletes will advance to Wednesday’s area track meet.

Red Devils split games with Quitman, MV

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The Chapel Hill Red Devils split their last two games as the team competes in the midst of a strong district race. In their game Friday, the Red Devils took a lead and held off a last-inning comeback attempt to beat Quitman, 5-3.