Sports

The Madisonville Track program is holding the 1st Annual Mustang Speed School camp at Mustang Stadium this week for grade school athletes. The camp, which encompasses grades third through eighth, began Monday and will conclude Wednesday evening. Pictured is MHS head track coach Brad Taylor working with athletes on drills Monday. COURTESY PHOTO

The Madisonville men’s 4x200 relay squad finished second at Regionals to qualify for the State Meet and set a school record in the category, running it at 1:28.52. The team consists of Ronnie Mosley, Devin Wheaton, Jeramiah Burns, Rayce Hudson, Blessing Ngene and Lorenzo Johnson and will compete at the State Meet at the University of Texas Thursday. COURTESY PHOTO

The Madisonville baseball team concluded their season with losses to Lufkin-Hudson in games one and two of the best-of-three Bi-District series over the weekend. The Mustangs were edged by Hudson 4-3 on the road Friday and fell 4-0 in game two at MHS Saturday.

Madisonville’s Sam Bennett was named the first ever Ben Hogan Award Finalist from Texas A&M University last week. He is one of three finalists for the distinction, which annually awards the top men’s NCAA Division I, II or III, NAIA or NJCAA college golfer based on all collegiate, amateur and professional events over the previous 12 months. The winner will be announced at the Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth May 23. TEXAS A&M ATHLETICS

As the lone freshman on the Howard Payne University men’s golf team, Rainer Horne competed in three tournaments this year. The Normangee High School graduate competed as an individual in one fall event and also in one of the two spring events in which he played.

Lexi Harris has been an accomplished hitter her whole college softball career, but the Normangee High School graduate has taken her hitting to another level. After batting a career-high .378 last year for University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, the senior led the starters with a .416 average through the first 34 games this season.

The Madisonville softball team concluded their season with a pair of losses in the Bi-District playoffs to top-ranked Jasper. The team qualified for the playoffs during the last week of the season in their first season under head coach James Croley (pictured with Kyndall Creighton at MHS). CAMPBELL ATKINS