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Lady Mustangs honor seniors

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The Madisonville softball team honored their three seniors for senior night at MHS Thursday after falling 7-1 to first place China Spring in their final home district bout. The Lady Mustangs entered Tuesday’s district finale against Connally tied for the fourth and final playoff spot with La Vega, but could potentially finish as high as the three seed.
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Madisonville Track Qualifiers

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Numerous Madisonville track athletes advanced to the Area Meet for their performances in the District Meet in La Vega last week. The Area Meet began in Madisonville Monday and resumed Wednesday (the comprehensive results will run in next week’s publication). The Regional Meet will take place April 29-30 at Clear Creek ISD Challenger Stadium in Webster. COURTESY PHOTOS OF MADISONVILLE TRACK & FIELD TWITTER
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CHAMPIONS

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All six Madisonville Lil Dribblers All-Star teams took first place in the Regional Tournament this month to advance to the National Tournament in Franklin and surrounding areas last week. The 9/10 Boys (coached by Chris Whaley, Bobby Jones and Yolanda Whaley) and 9/10 Girls (coached by Cyrus Byrd, Chantel Briggs and Monita Byrd) squads took first at Nationals while the 11/12 Boys (coached by Brian McCloud, Lee Juarez and Keisha Johnson) and 13/14 Boys (coached by Alvin Dickey, Keelan Jones and Genique Merchant) teams both took second and the 11/12 Girls (coached by Rob Nellums, Unique Johnson and Shanae Johnson) and 13/14 Girls (coached by Otis Moten, Nefeteria Davis and Shemeka Morning) both took third. COURTESY PHOTO
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OPENING ACT

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Students from Lori’s School of Dance, Tumbling and Cheerleading set the tone at Saturday’s First Annual Madisonville Mudbugs and Music Festival at the Madison County Fairgrounds by entertaining citizens as the day’s first act. TIFFANY SCHULZ MCCLURE
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Lady Mustangs find offensive rhythm

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The Madisonville softball team posted a whopping 35 runs in their last three district matchups, earning wins over Mexia and La Vega and falling to Robinson despite an impressive comeback effort Monday. The Lady Mustangs are tied for third place in district and will honor three players for senior night Thursday at MHS.

MUSTANG TRACK

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The Madisonville track program showed out at the Jackbacker Relays at Diboll High School April 7 with top finishes from both varsity squads. The men’s varsity team scored a total of 104 points to edge out second place Huntington, who had 98. They saw top event finishes from Rayce Hudson in the 400 M Dash as well as Blessing Ngene, Lorenzo Johnson, Jeramiah Burns and Devin Wheaton, who took first in both the 4x100 M Relay and the 4x200 M Relay. The women’s side towered over the competition with 142 points, 47 more than second place Jasper with 98. They saw top finishes from Lindsie Smith in the 100 M Dash, Zoee Newton in the 800 M Run, Kayla Dickey in Triple Jump and Grayson Bennett in Pole Vault.