Lake Ray Hubbard fishing guide Brandon Sargent with Lead Slingers Guide Service eased the throttle back on his big 27 foot custom guide boat and studied our route to a fishing hotspot on his GPS. On close inspection, I could readily see the spot we would be fishing had been visited many times, the screen on the graph had saved the previous routes and once over the submerged ridge, the spot was completely blotted out on the graph.
After reaching the region semifinal round of the playoffs and finishing as District 15-5A runners-up, the Midlothian Lady Panthers received recognition from the coaches in the district.
Head Coach of the Year in District 15-5A has been named recently as Heritage Jaguars’ Justin Blackwell. This motivational and encouraging coach has been at the helm of the Jags boys baseball team since 2018.
Many a student athlete has journeyed through the tennis program at Midlothian High School over the years, but none more highly decorated than recent graduate — Class of 2025 — than Gwen Robinson. She is a true tennis star in every sense of the word.
For the past several months my friends Jeff Rice, Larry Weishuhn and I had looked forward to our annual trip to Lake Texoma to catch topwater stripers with Bill and Chris Carey’s Striper Express guide service. The trip is always great fun with lots of fishing action.
ENNIS — The fifth year of the Stampede of Speed will bring big names and incredible family fun to the Texas Motorplex, October 3-12.
DALLAS — A pair of achingly-close extra-inning losses in the Class 5A Division I state quarterfinals last weekend brought the curtain down on a landmark baseball season for the Midlothian Panthers.
DALLAS — The Midlothian Panthers are one series away from making it to the Class 5A Division I state baseball semifinals.
SAN ANTONIO — The Midlothian High School girls’ doubles team of Hannah Hobbs and Gwen Robinson made history last week, becoming the first Midlothian ISD tennis individual or team to win a match at the University Interscholastic League state tennis tournament. Hobbs and Robinson advanced to the Class 5A girls’ doubles state quarterfinals on Thursday, defeating Helena Donovan and Sophia Porter of Austin LASA, 6-3, 6-4.
FORNEY — The Heritage Jaguars quest for a state championship in the Texas high school baseball 2025 playoffs came to an abrupt end on Saturday afternoon, May 17, at the hands of the Lovejoy Leopards by a score of 1-0 in Game 3 at the neutral site of North Forney High School. In the Region II semifinal playoff series, it was a matchup of arguably the top two teams in the region.