A truck made contact with a low-bearing power line on Cottonwood Street Tuesday morning, causing outages in the area. PHOTO BY CAMPBELL ATKINS.

Madisonville FFA held their annual end of the year banquet in the MHS competition gym Thursday and honored their students for their many accomplishments throughout the 2020-21 school year. The group also named their new chapter officers for the 2021-22 school year.

The North Zulch Bulldogs baseball team continued their run through the 1A postseason with a 10-2 victory over Zavalla in Crockett Friday by a score of 10-2 to advance to the Regional Semifinals. They will compete against Kennard in Madisonville Friday with a trip to the Regional Finals on the line.

Madisonville Police Department members pose together after defeating city employees 13-4 at a friendly softball matchup at Lake Madison Park Friday. PHOTO BY CAMPBELL ATKINS.

Former Madisonville High School and current Sam Houston State University defensive lineman Chris Scott and the Bearkats won the FCS National Championship Sunday by defeating South Dakota State 23-21 at Toyota Stadium in Frisco. SHSU went a perfect 10-0 on the year to claim their first FCS title in program history. They won postseason matchups over Monmouth (21-15), North Dakota State (24-20) and James Madison (38-35) to advance to Sunday’s Championship. GOBEARKATS.COM

The North Zulch softball team advanced to the 1A Regional Finals with a 3-0 win over Bartlett Friday in the Regional Semis and a 22-1 win over Medina in the Regional Quarters May 7. The Lady Bulldogs will take on D’Hanis Wednesday at 4 p.m. in a best-of-three series with a trip to State on the line.