The Silsbee Tigers baseball team lost in the series opener to the Huffman Hargrave Falcons 4-7 last week, before defeating the Falcons in the next two games to advance to Area competition (see separate story).

The Silsbee Tigers are Bi-District champions after two hard fought wins against the Huffman Hargrave Falcons Saturday. Silsbee will advance to the area round by facing Carthage at Hudson High School, with the first game at 7 p.m. Thursday.

A Bi-District win by a fourth place team over a first place team in a three game playoff is almost unheard of. Silsbee finished fourth in the District 19-4A race and had to battle to the very last game to ensure themselves of the fourth place spot. Their reward was the opportunity to take on the champs from District 20-4A.

All District girls and boys team members have been selected District 19 has selected its All District golf team for the 2024 season. Most Valuable Player for the year in girls’ bracket is Annie Whitehead from Lumberton. “Newcomer of the Year” is Aubrey Carpenter of Bridge City, and “Coach of the Year” is Ray Weaver from Bridge City Here are the girls teams as follows: First Team Girls

Up-and-coming racer Ryder Wells and Seaboard Controls entered a long-term partnership, marking the company’s first venture into motorsports as Ryder relocates from Lumberton, Texas, to stock car racing’s home turf in North Carolina.

The Silsbee Tigers are heading back to the playoffs after they roared past Little Cypress Mauriceville Friday winning 4-2. Matsyn Morris who stepped to the mound for the Tigers was a big key to Silsbee’s victory with 11 strikeouts. He gave up only 4 hits and two runs the entire game only walking three.

London Jessie set a new school record and recently advanced to the state track meet at the Regional meet, Jessie, who already held the school record, ran a 1:55.69 at the Regional competition for a new school record.

The Silsbee Tigers battled back from an 0-6-1 start to claim a spot in the Class 4A playoffs for the 14th straight year. To make matters worse, the Tigers were “no-hit” in three of the first seven games.

The Silsbee Tigers will play Huffman Hargrave in the Bi-District round of the playoffs. The two teams will meet in a three game series.

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