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Basketball

UT Tyler women's basketball player Kasey Buggs was named to the D3hoops.com All-South Region third team Wednesday.

Buggs, a senior this past season, is the first UT Tyler women's basketball player to receive All-Region honors. Buggs is one of only 15 players in the South Region to receive the honor. The South Region includes Division III schools in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.

During the 2007-08 season, Buggs averaged 15.8 points and 7.6 rebounds per game. Buggs finished her career at UT Tyler as the school's all-time leading rebounder and second on the school's all-time scoring list.

Buggs was also named American Southwest Conference East Division Player of the Year and was also named to the All-Conference team, All-East Division first team, Academic All-Conference team and ASC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete team.

Buggs joined three other ASC players who were named to South Region teams. Meia Daniels of Howard Payne and Tarra Richardson of McMurry were named to the first team, while Stacey Blalock, also of Howard Payne, was named to the second team. Howard Payne's head coach, Chris Kielsmeir, was named the South Region's Coach of the Year and Daniels was named South Region's Player of the Year.

Running

The 2008 Komen Tyler Race for the Cure is set for May 10 at Bergfeld Park in Tyler, race spokesperson Ellen Peirce said.

Participants who wish to enter as a team must have at least 10 team members. Online team registration is now available and ends April 9. Prospective team captains are encouraged to begin the registration process. All teams are eligible to win prizes. The three largest teams will be announced race day.

Teams can include families, friends, businesses or schools. Team members have the benefit of easy advanced registration, a reduced registration fee of $22 for adults and $15 for children, age 12 and under, and early pickup of race tees and number bibs, Mrs. Peirce said.

Team packet pickup will be available from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. April 22-24 at the Komen office, located at 100 Independence Plaza in the Chase Bank Building.

For more information on how to register as a team, call the Komen Affiliate Office at 903-561-6922 or visit www.komentyler.org.

Baseball

Robert E. Lee and Lindale will face one another on the baseball diamond for the first time in head coach Mike Pirtle's tenure with the Red Raiders. The game is slated for 7 p.m. Thursday at Mike Carter Field.

Lee (9-6) is coming off a 6-4 win Monday against Texas High while Lindale lost to Van 14-2 last week.

Golf

LOMPOC, Calif. - The UT Tyler men's golf team finished fourth out of 13 teams in the California Lutheran Kingsmen Invitational held at the La Purisma Golf Course.

In Wednesday's final round, the fifth-ranked Patriots finished the tournament with a score of 943, just four strokes behind third-place Claremont-Mudd-Scripps and 19 strokes behind 20th-ranked University of the Redlands, which won the tournament.

The Patriots led the field after the first round and trailed Redlands by eight strokes after the second day. In the third round, the Patriots combined for a 318, a team high for the tournament. UT Tyler's third-round score tied them for eighth on the day and forced them to the fourth place finish.

Individually, UT Tyler freshman Jacob Walsh fell from fifth to ninth in the final round, finishing with a three-day total 232. Bullard's Brian Jennings finished two strokes behind Walsh in 12th place, while Athens' Dustin Isabell posted a three-round total 238 and finished in 19th place. Freshman Patrick Norris shot a 243 to finish in 29th place.

UT Tyler will next play in the University of Texas at Dallas Men's Spring Golf Classic. The two-day tournament in Richardson will be held March 31 and April 1, and will be played at Sherrill Park Golf Club No. 1.

LINDALE - The Robert E. Lee girls' team topped the field Wednesday at the Lindale High School/Garden Valley Girls Invitational Golf Tournament held on Wednesday at Garden Valley Golf Resort.

The Lady Raiders combined to shoot 355, 58 shots better than second-place Mabank (413). Spring Hill (422) was third and Sulphur Springs (432) fourth. Host Lindale finished sixth overall.

Lee junior Katelyn Sepmoree also won individual honors, shooting an 80 for first-place medalist. Christa Williams of Martins Mill (81) was second, REL's Kelsey Kipp (82) and Nichole Birdsong (89) were third and fourth and Natalie Holbert of Spring Hill (94) was fifth.

Final team standings were: 1, Robert E. Lee, 255; 2, Mabank, 413; 3, Spring Hill, 422; 4, Sulphur Springs, 432; 5, Hallsville, 441; 6, Lindale, 461; 7, Grace Community, 467; 8, Gilmer, 469; 9, White Oak, 483; 10, Palestine, 484; 11, Quitman, 496.

LUFKIN - The Robert E. Lee B boys golf team prepped for its upcoming challenge in District 12-5A by winning the Central Bulldog Invitational Tuesday at Lufkin Country Club.

Lee freshman Patrick Bosley also captured the individual title for the Red Raiders, outdueling a player from Westwood in a one-hole playoff. Bosley birdied the hole after shooting a round of 74.

"I was real happy with Patrick Bosley," said Lee head boys coach John Taylor. "He came through with a lot of people watching him (in the playoff). He nearly drove the green on a 300-yard Par 4, and then chipped it to within six inches and made the putt."

As a team, REL combined to shoot 328, defeating second-place Bullard Brook Hill (355) by 27 strokes. In third was Lufkin B (358) with Palestine Westwood (361) taking fourth and Lufkin Hudson (371) finishing fifth.

Lee scores were: Bosley (74), Mark Maddux (80), Chapman Herwood (82), Wes Morse (92) and Clay Pollard (93).

The Lee A team will be in action Friday and Saturday in the Jacksonville Invitational at The Woods at Jacksonville.