Sports

Outdoors Briefs

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Outdoors Writer The folks at Sealy Outdoors are celebrating their 40th Anniversary on Sam Rayburn on April 19-21, and it’s going to be a biggie. Around since 1984, the “Amateur Only” event is considered the granddaddy of all big bass tournaments.

Doing Your Part

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Outdoors Writer It’s springtime in Texas and wildlife managers with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department are looking to their customers for some very valuable feedback. Earlier this year, the department sent out big and small game harvest surveys to nearly 200,000 Texas hunting license holders.

Outdoors Briefs

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Outdoors Writer Lake O.H. Ivie near San Angelo continues to have the hottest hand among Texas lunker lakes.

MPHS Theatre UIL named alternates in One Act Play competition

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The Mount Pleasant High School Theatre department competed in the District 15-5A UIL One Act play competition on Wednesday, March 6 at Texas High in Texarkana. The cast and crew placed 4th, narrowly missing advancing to the bi-district round of competition, their highest placement in One Act in many years.

MPHS golf tees up for district tournament

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The Tiger and Lady Tiger golf teams continued their push toward district, playing in three different tournaments recently trying to improve their scores. The Tigers played in the Twisted 54 tournament on Friday and Saturday, March 1 and 2.

Tigers release 2024 football schedule, to face 6 playoff teams from 2023

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Now that the districts have been decided, the Mount Pleasant Tigers took the time to fill their dance card for the 2024 season on the gridiron, releasing their schedule last week. The Tigers will take on six playoff teams from 2023 as they look to build on the momentum of their first winning season since 2012.

MPHS Powerlifters qualify for state

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Seventeen individual MPHS Powerlifters qualified and competed in Regional Powerlifting, the Lady Tigers at Pine Tree on February 29 and the Tigers at Tyler Chapel Hill on March 6. Five lifters have qualified for their respective state meets.