Sports

The Madisonville varsity tennis team competed in a tournament in Taylor last week and received top results from a number of competitors. The varsity finishers for the Mustangs read as follows: 1st place Mixed Doubles A-Elizabeth Guevara/ Mason Railsback; 1st place Girls Doubles A-Chais DiSanto/Jenna Yeager; 1st place Boys Doubles A-Steven Payan/Leonel Zavala; 2nd place Boys Singles A-Caymen Forrest; 2nd place Boys Singles B-Levi Lovell; 2nd place Girls Singles B-Laynie Nelson; 2nd place Girls Doubles B-Galilea Camarena/McKenna Fraley; 3rd place Girls Singles A-Serena Powers; 5th place Consolation Winner Boys Doubles B-Avery Barker/Nathan Fleck; 5th place Consolation Winner Mixed Doubles B-Maegan Anderson/Eli Risinger.

Madisonville’s own Tra’Dayja Smith was named Spalding MVP of the 2022 Hercules Tires Big South Conference Women’s Basketball Championship Sunday. Smith tallied 21 points and helped lead the Longwood Lancers by Campbell by a score of 86-47. The win will send Longwood to the Division 1 NCAA Tournament for the first time in their history.

The Madisonville Baseball Program is working together to collect non-perishable food items to benefit the Son Shine Center here in Madisonville. Staff and students can drop off can goods to my room #305 here at high school. You can also contact Coach Borgfeld @ aborgfeld@madisonvillecisd.org to arrange drop off or pick up. Food will be collected from March 2ng through April 11th. The Mustangs will also have a drop off box at all home baseball games throughout this time.

The Madisonville track team competed in and hosted their first events of the new season at Mustang Stadium last week. The men’s varsity squad finished fourth with 103 total points while the women’s varsity team finished third with 119.33 points. The JV men’s squad was fourth with 78 points while the JV women’s squad was second with 63 points. The results can be viewed in full at Track-Mate On-Line Results. (Pictured: Kayla Dickey, Chantell Davis and Grayson Bennett)

The North Zulch men’s basketball team advanced to a Tuesday 1A Regional Quarterfinals matchup against Calvert after a pair of postseason victories over Nordheim in the Bi-District round by a score of 52-51 and San Isidro 56-47. This is the first year in the 1A playoffs where fourth place teams were involved in the bracket. North Zulch was the only fourth place 1A team in the state to advance past the Bi-District round. COURTESY PHOTOS

The Madisonville baseball team was 4-0 entering Tuesday’s action with three victories at their annual Mustang Classic Tournament at MHS over the weekend as well as a convincing standalone win over Malakoff Feb. 22. The team’s tournament wins included Fairfield, Caldwell and LaGrange.

After competing in a tournament in Caldwell over the weekend, the Madisonville softball team battled New Waverly in a standalone road matchup Tuesday and will again compete in another road tournament in Franklin Thursday through Saturday. (Pictured: Brynlee Urbantke) CAMPBELL ATKINS