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The Madisonville basketball team poses together following their festivities on Senior Night at MHS Friday. Those seniors honors included Doug’kyrn Johnson, Wayne Roundtree, Ronnie Mosley, James Whaley, Ronaldo Willis and Christian Wilson. The Mustangs dropped the district matchup to Mexia by a score of 46-44. They concluded their district slate Tuesday with a matchup in LaVega. COURTESY PHOTO

The Madisonville tennis teams continued to battle through the early portion of their spring season with a home tournament at MHS Friday. A number of Madisonville performers garnered top finishes at the event.

Daniel Young has been hitting extremely well to begin the baseball season. The Madisonville High School graduate batted a team-best .417 through 10 games (9-1) for Tyler Junior College.

The Madisonville men’s basketball team bounced back from a pair of back-to-back district losses last week with three straight victories over Robinson Feb. 1, Mexia Saturday and China Spring Monday. The Mustangs were sitting in third place in district behind Connally and LaVega at the time of this writing.

The Madisonville women’s basketball team won their fifth straight district matchup Monday over China Spring to improve to 7-2 in league play and secure the second seed in the postseason. The team also honored lone senior Ciarria Davis on the court following the 61-51 victory. Despite a number of injuries

Madisonville’s Ke’Myreul Wheaton helps the Lady Mustangs put the finishing touches on China Spring with a late bucket at MHS Monday. The win was the team’s fourth straight and secured the number two spot in district. CAMPBELL ATKINS

The Madisonville soccer team picked up a district victory over Trinity this week by a score of 3-0 with goals coming from Erick Martinez and two from Vladimir Morales. Both Martinez and Morales also recorded assists in the win along with Samuel Cole. (Pictured: Vladimir Morales delivers a free kick at MHS) CAMPBELL ATKINS

The Madisonville men’s basketball team dropped a pair of district matchups with a 67-48 loss to highly-touted La Vega at MHS Friday and a 36-32 loss at China Spring Monday. The Mustangs were 2-2 in district play entering Tuesday’s matchup at Robinson, who they defeated 63-39 in their first matchup Jan. 24. CAMPBELL ATKINS

The Madisonville women’s basketball team split a pair of district matchups with a 57-30 loss to La Vega at MHS Friday and a 49-42 win at China Spring Monday. The split put the Lady Mustangs at 4-2 in district play entering Tuesday’s matchup in Robinson. (Pictured: Head Coach Jeffery Jefferson) CAMPBELL ATKINS