December 2022

sports@vanzandtnews.com The Martins Mill Mustangs played host to some of the top teams from across the area Dec. 15-17, kicking off another installment of the Mewbourn Tournament with games against Redwater, Beckville, New Home and Timpson.

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The Van Lady Vandals got their first taste of District 16-4A play this week, kicking off their most important stretch of the 2022-’23 season with a game against Cumberland Academy. Van would deliver a dominant performance in the contest, getting all the offense they would need in the opening quarter on their way to a 66-10 rout of the Knights.

The Canton Eagles continued their early season run of dominance this past week, completing an unscathed slate with wins over Caddo Mills, Nevada Community, Tenaha, Henderson, North McKinney, and Kilgore to capture the Great East Texas Shootout Championship.

The Edgewood Lady Dogs have been the gold standard among District 12-3A basketball programs in recent seasons, going undefeated in district play during both their 2020-’21 and 2021-’22 campaigns. Following a sixth place finish at the Great East Texas Shootout in Brownsboro Dec.

On Friday, Dec. 2, Representative Keith Bell (R-Forney) filed House Bill 868 to lower the maximum appraisal increase rate of homestead exempted properties from 10 percent to 3.5 percent.

The Van Zandt County Sheriff’s Office released the following arrest report from Dec. 7-Dec.

Tyler Junior College’s student media, The DrumBeat, recently won several awards at the Texas Community College Journalism Association’s annual conference, which recognizes the best in community college journalism statewide.

Trinity Valley Community College recently passed a preliminary assessment of seven dual-credit sites by a visiting committee of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on College Board of Trustees. This assessment affirms the high quality of the dual-credit programs offered by TVCC.