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EMORY -- The Van Vandals earned an 8-3 win over Emory Rains on Thursday afternoon in their District 14-3A opener.

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Senior quarterback ReShod Williams of West Sabine was named Most Valuable Player on the 10-2A Division I All-District Team, which was voted on by league coaches. Williams was one of six individuals in the district to earn a superlative, the only Tigers player on a well-distributed signature list.

NEW CHAPEL HILL -- Jeffery Minor, Sir Cederic Suell, Andrew Anderson and Kris Davis were just too much for Pine Tree to overcome in the Bulldogs' 61-47 home win. Minor and Suell scored 14 points each and Anderson chipped in another 12 for Chapel Hill. Davis rounded out Bulldogs double-digit scorers with 10 points.

The journey from high school sports to college athletics is never easy, but baseball recruiting is a different animal altogether. Not only are high school players competing against each other for just a few scholarships, as NCAA baseball is an equivalency sport, they're also competing with refined junior college players and transfers between four-year universities.

Venture into deep East Texas and you'll find athletes, and many of them, no matter the size of the town or school. District 10-2A Division I is a six-team league full of them.

BRYAN – Douglass' Matthew Wallace and Anson's Matt Villanueva, a pair of pitchers who each were 13-1, shared player of the year honors on the Texas Sports Writers Association/Collin Street Bakery Class A All-State Baseball Team.

The following is a list of the available softball scores for games played Saturday, May 10:

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Below is a list of softball regional quarterfinal playoff matchups.