Despite the Stingarees knocking off the Tors 4-0 on Tuesday night, the postseason hopes for both schools ended when La Porte topped Manvel 3-0.
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In a tiebreaker game to determine District 18-5A’s fourth and final playoff team, the Lady Stings struggled from the start and fell 12-1 in five innings to the Lady Bulldogs on Monday night at Manvel High School.
Survivors of the 1947 Texas City Disaster sit for their annual photograph at the Showboat Pavilion in Texas City on Saturday, April 13, 2024.
Editor’s Note: Today marks the 77th anniversary of the Texas City Disaster. On April 16, 1947, the cargo ship Grandcamp was docked at the Port of Texas City with a hold full of ammonium nitrate fertilizer. The ship caught fire and exploded.
The Lady Stingarees came out with a fury, blistering the ball to send the Lady Mustangs home reeling after a 11-1, six-inning victory on Friday night.
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The 4-1 Santa Fe victory over Texas City gave the Indians an 16-8-1 record overall and a 5-1 mark in-district. Meanwhile, the Stingarees fell to 12-14-1 overall and 2-6 in league play.
The Stings gave a tenacious effort in its Region III-5A bi-district playoff match, but it would be the hosting Cougars that came away with the victory in a 2-0 final tally.
Texas City ended a long losing streak to Santa Fe with a 3-2 come-from-behind win Friday night.
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Entries continue to be accepted for the FeatherFest PhotoFest Contest, held in the weeks leading up to Galveston’s annual spring birding and nature photography festival, which this year is April 18-21.
After the Lady Tors took a 5-4 lead after a wild first inning, the Lady Stings settled in behind pitching ace Yasmyn Stewart and posted a 16-6, six-inning softball victory on Friday night.
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Headlined by a pair of superlatives earned by the District 18-5A champion Ball High Tors, locals were well represented in the boys basketball all-district awards.
Leaders of the Ball High Lady Tors and Santa Fe Lady Indians took home top honors to highlight the 18-5A all-district girls basketball awards for Galveston County players.
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Beginning March 1, entries will be accepted for the FeatherFest PhotoFest Contest, held in the weeks leading up to the 22nd anniversary of Galveston’s annual spring birding and nature photography festival which is April 18-21 this year.
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Texas City got a jump on Mardi Gras festivities Saturday at the annual Mainland Mardi Gras Parade.
The only numbers which truly counted, favored the Mustangs, who shot just 5 of 35 from the field in the first three periods, but caught fire in the fourth quarter for a gritty 43-30 boys win over Texas City on Friday night.
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To pretty much no one’s surprise, rivals Ball High and Texas City engaged in a hard-fought, tightly contested District 18-5A boys basketball game Friday night.
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A strong start was enough for the No. 23 state-ranked Class 6A The Woodlands College Park Cavaliers to top the Tors, as they hung on for a 53-46 win at Clear Creek High School’s Carlisle Field House.
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The Ball High Tors booked their ticket to the final four, while the other Galveston County entrants — the Clear Creek Wildcats, Clear Falls Knights and Clear Falls Knights — have chances for consolation hardware after Friday’s slate of high school basketball action at the Carlisle-Krueger Classic at Clear Creek High School.
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