Mineola

Hallsville Independent School District wrapped up its search for a head football coach and director of athletics Monday with a big splash. The district's school board approved Mineola's Joe Drennon as its next leader. Drennon will join the Bobcats program on the heels of a Class 3A Division I football state championship won in December and serious pushes for the title in 2014 and 2015.

BRYAN — Mineola quarterback Jeremiah Crawford was the Offensive Player of the Year on the 66th Annual Collin Street Bakery/Texas Sports Writers Association's Class 3A all-state football team. Crawford rushed for 2,869 yards and 45 touchdowns and threw for another 885 yards and 15 touchdowns in leading Mineola to the Division I state title ...

Here is the third team of the ETSN.fm 2016 East Texas Football Super Team, as voted on by the East Texas Sports Network staff. The players honored were chosen from the teams ETSN.fm covers, which you can find here on the schools page...

Here’s a list by school of signees from across the region from Wednesday’s National Signing Day events. This list comes from submissions from the region’s coaches. If you know of any athletes that signed who aren’t on the list, let us know who they are and we will add them...

Emory Rains entered the 2016 season with big expectations. It didn't disappoint. The Ladycats went undefeated in District 13-4A play and clinched the league title with ease. They advanced on to the Region II tournament semifinal round before calling it a year.

7-3A Division I All-District Football Team Most Valuable Player — Jeremiah Crawford, Sr., Mineola Co-Offensive MVPs — Marcus Tucker, Sr., Winnsboro; Caleb Twyford, Sr., Farmersville Defensive MVP — Kourtland Sinches, Sr., Mineola Newcomer of the Year — Kason Fletcher, Soph ... Read More ...

Mineola downed Yoakum, 35-14, Thursday at AT&T Stadium for its first football state championship in school history. Here are ETSN.fm photographer Rob Graham's best pictures from the game and celebration.

ARLINGTON -- Mineola's two-year journey back to the Class 3A Division I state championship game ended Thursday in front of 20,334 fans with the ultimate prize in hand. The Yellowjackets won the big one for the first time in school history and did so in convincing fashion, 35-14, against Yoakum at the Dallas Cowboys' AT&T Stadium in Arlington. A big senior class, which mostly started in a 2014

ARLINGTON -- Before Mineola quarterback Jeremiah Crawford ever took the field at AT&T Stadium on Thursday night, he had cemented his place as one of the most accomplished high school football players in East Texas history. There was just one thing missing: a piece of hardware he and his fellow 18 senior teammates had been chasing for three years. ...

CLASS 3A DIVISION I State Championship Game Yoakum Bulldogs (11-4) vs. Mineola Yellowjackets (13-2) 8 p.m. Thursday AT&T Stadium, Arlington Coaches Yoakum: Bo Robinson Mineola: Joe Drennon Last week Yoakum: def. Malakoff, 28-24 Mineola: def. Wall, 50-8