During their home tournament, the Madisonville Mustangs won against four schools, including Hearne, Canyon Lake, Rockdale, and Westwood. It all started on Thursday, Jan.

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During the Aggieland Classic at Bryan High School Viking g Gym, the Lady Mustangs went 4-1, only losing the last match against Fairfield. On the first day of the tournament on Wednesday, Dec. 27, they faced East Bernard, winning their match with an impressive 43-29 score, soon after they played Stephenville, dominating the competition again 48-35.

During the holiday season, the Madisonville Mustangs boys basketball team (3-11) played in the Conroe tournament, losing all five matches, the next couple of games will be held in Madisonville on Friday, Jan. 5 against Kingwood Park and Tuesday, Jan. 9, against Huntsville

On Wednesday, Dec. 13, the Timpson Bears won the Class 2A Division 1 State Championship with Madisonville Native Austin Ashley by their side. Ashley graduated from Madisonville High School in 2015 and was involved in all sports, especially football.

Normange native Joseph Jones has been named acting Head Coach of the Tarleton State University’s men’s basketball team after head coach Billy Gillispie's ongoing medical issues. Jones has been fulfilling this role since Nov. 19 for the Tarleton Athletics program but has now been announced as acting head coach official on Tuesday, Dec.

During the week of Dec. 15, the Madisonville Lady Mustang racked up a win against Nacogdoches and a loss against Huntsville. The team scored 62 points, holding down the Dragons to 42 to finish off the game on Tuesday, Dec.

During Tuesday's non-league game, the Madisonville Mustangs 3-7 lost to the Rudder Rangers 9-4 with a final score of 77-39.

With the defeat, Madisonville travels to Lake Creek, Montogomery, to face the Lions 10-5, on Tuesday, Dec. 19; stay tuned next week for the results.

On Tuesday, Dec. 12, the Slocum Mustangs defeated the visiting North Zulch Bulldogs by a score of 71-38.

On the week of Dec. 15, the Lady Bulldogs faced Dime Box and McDade, beating both teams and securing two wins for district play.