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The Angelina College softball program can add two more names to its growing list of All-American players, with Miranda Wiggins and Kaylee Parker making the lists as announced on Wednesday.

The 2017 UIL Track and Field State Championships in Austin will get underway Thursday evening, May 11th and continue through Saturday, May13th, and Deep East Texas will be well-represented at the meet.

When you have the kind of success that the Angelina College softball team has had this season, which includes record setting totals in wins and homers, you're bound to put a few players on the Region XIV All-Conference team.

(From Gary Stallard, AC Sports) First they honored the sophomores on Sophomore Night. Then the Lady Roadrunners clinched a playoff berth in their very first season. And then Freddy Drago got himself a celebratory ice-water bath from his guys.

Angelina College has named their finalized rosters for their first ever men's and women's soccer teams, and the Pineywoods is well-represented.

(From AC News Service) The Angelina College Roadrunners were a couple of outs away from having to perform some serious mathematical equations to determine their chances for making the post-season. But after a seven-run, ninth-inning rally ended in a walk-off and a dog pile, the ‘Runners can now book their hotel rooms in Sugar Land.

According to a press release from Angelina College, Kaylee “KK” Parker signed a letter of intent to join the Lady ‘Runners beginning in the fall of 2016.

The rumors started swirling Sunday and this afternoon, the SFA Athletic Department has made it official.  Texas A&M Assistant Coach Kyle Keller has been selected as the new Lumberjack Head Coach.

The Stephen F. Austin basketball team spent the Thanksgiving holidays in Las Vegas at the Continental Tires Invitational Basketball Tournament.  Although the Lumberjacks may have missed out on the traditional Thanksgiving dinner with family and friends, they did feast on the competition and ended up bringing home the tourney championship.

The Texas UIL Cross Country State Championships were held Saturday morning in Round Rock and several East Texas schools did the Pineywoods proud.

There's winning and then there's dominating. The Nacogdoches 8 and under Dixie Youth Baseball Coach Pitch All-Stars have been dominating, and even that's an understatement.

And then there were two. It's down to two teams in the quest to bring home the WBI Championship trophy and the SFA Ladyjacks locked up their spot in the title game with a 78-74 win over the College of Charleston Thursday night in South Carolina.