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— The Eustace Bulldogs improve to 2-0 after beating Rice, 24-7.
— Cross Roads (1-1) fell to Hawkins tonight, 54-14.
— Athens shuts out Spring Hill, 42-0, and improves to 2-0 on the year.
— Malakoff (2-0) routed Italy in the 2013 Dale Hansen Classic, 67-15.
— Brownsboro lost to Trinity Christian tonight, 58-14, falling to 0-2 on the year.
— Mabank lost to Wills Point, 41-36, dropping to 0-2 on the year.
We are going to be tracking 6 area football games tonight on the Henderson County Now Facebook page (kickoff of all games tonight at 7:30) … we will report halftime scores and final scores here on the website:
— Athens (1-0) is on the road against Spring Hill
— Brownsboro (0-1) is on the road against Trinity Christian
— Cross Roads (1-0) is on the road against Hawkins
— Malakoff (1-0) is in Waxahachie to take on Italy in the 2013 Dale Hansen Classic … I was in Waxahachie for last year’s matchup, and I’ll have more to say about that later.
— Mabank (0-1) is on the road against Wills Point
— Eustace (1-0) is the only team at home tonight, hosting Rice … I’ll be in Eustace early to take some photos before returning to the HCN Sports Desk for the night.
… The Trinidad Trojans (1-0) will be playing tomorrow. They will be on the road against Greenville Christian with kickoff at 2 p.m. We’ll have updates from that game here for you tomorrow.
By Benny Rogers/TVCC Sports Information
The fall exhibition softball season begins for the Trinity Valley Community College Lady Cardinals in Mount Pleasant this weekend with tournament action at Northeast Texas Community College.
Coach Ashley Johnston’s squad, coming off the best season in school history, is scheduled to play North Central Texas College in a doubleheader at 2 and 4 p.m. Friday. Saturday, the Lady Cardinals take on Rose State Community College at 12:30 p.m. and Bossier Parish Community College at 2 p.m.
The Lady Cardinals went 33-27 in the spring season and qualified for the national tournament with a runner-up finish at the Region XIV tournament.
The Lady Cardinals are scheduled to play their home opener Wednesday, Sept. 18 against McLennan Community College. Doubleheader action at Cain Park begins at 3 p.m.
By Benny Rogers/TVCC Sports Information
Road show continues for Lady Cardinal volleyball team
Eleven games into the volleyball season, the Trinity Valley Community College Lady Cardinals have yet to play at home. That will not change until next week.
The Lady Cardinals continue their road show Friday and Saturday in tournament action at North Central Texas College in Gainesville.
Friday’s schedule has Coach Tosha Spain’s 5-6 squad, which last year posted the best season in school history, taking on Lee College at 10 a.m. and host NCTC at 3:15 p.m.
Saturday, the Lady Cardinals tangle with Neosho Community College at 10 a.m. and Panola College at 3:15 p.m.
The tournament features two five-team pools. The winner of each pool will square off in the championship game at 5 p.m. Saturday.
The Lady Cardinals are scheduled to finally play in the friendly confines of Cardinal Gym on Wednesday, Sept. 11, when they host Paris Junior College in their conference opener. Action begins at 7 p.m.
Athens: Athens came from behind in the second half to beat Kaufman, 31-25.
Brownsboro: The Bears had a couple of late scores, but couldn’t overcome a big deficit and fell to Crandall, 27-14.
Cross Roads: New head coach Jim Bradford gets his first win by beating Dawson, 46-13.
Eustace: The Bulldogs won a tight game against Canton, 26-21.
Malakoff/Mabank: The Malakoff Tigers outscored the Mabank Panthers, 56-17.
Trinidad: The Trojans only had to play half a game tonight because of the 6-man mercy rule, rolling over Bynum 57-0 to give new head coach Tom McVey his first win.