Here's your local news at a glance for Wednesday, the 30th of September.
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🏘️ Community
Longview topped Tyler in the annual Spread the Love peanut butter drive to benefit the East Texas Food Bank by collecting 8,657 pounds of peanut butter and $16,121 during September.
Community efforts — including local high school and bank drives — boosted this year's totals over last year's contest.
💼 Business
Kelly Hall, CEO of the Chamber, was named one of eight Preparing Tomorrow’s Workforce Champions nationwide at the Sept.
27 U.S. Chamber meeting — the award honors her work promoting AP business courses and helping prepare Gregg County students for future careers as she nears her December departure.
🏈 Sports
Landry Tubb was named the East Texas Volleyball Player of the Week by the Longview News-Journal after she helped the Lady Lobos secure a district win on Friday.
Tubb recorded her 1,000th career dig and has 418 digs for the season heading into today's home battle against Tyler Legacy.
Local sports polls released Tuesday showed Carthage leading the Fabulous 15 with 224 points while Malakoff claimed the top spot in the Class 3A/2A/TAPPS poll with 222 points after Troup’s 33-21 loss to Tatum.
The rankings highlight shifting orders among local high school teams.
Legacy beat Longview 3-1 in the District10-6A volleyball opener at Lobo Coliseum on Tuesday, Sept.
29; standout plays from Annie Trahan and Haley Herndon helped Legacy improve to a 21-6 record while Longview dropped to 22-9.
At various local high school games today, standout players recorded impressive passing, rushing, and defensive stats during wins and losses, with Longview’s Jacaiden Davis completing 9 of 11 passes for 170 yards and two touchdowns in a 42-7 win over Royse City.
Local teams show seasonal potential.
Pine Tree’s Bosston Johnson earned Week 5 Defensive Player honors after a 98-yard pick-six against Kilgore while Big Sandy’s Evan Jitjaeng broke a touchdown record with seven scores in their win over Hemphill.
Pine Tree will visit Palestine on Friday and Big Sandy will open district play Oct. 9.
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