Sports

The number of Van Zandt County football teams without a win this season dropped from three down to two last week as Fruitvale delivered its most impressive showing of the season in a district-opening win over Savoy. Wills Point and Grand Saline will look to pick up their first wins of the season when they hit the field against Quinlan Ford and Quitman respectively.

With a winning percentage of 86, Scott Myers is the winner of Football Contest No. 7 in the Van Zandt News.

Runners representing both Edgewood and Grand Saline made their way to Commerce last week to compete at this year’s District 12-3A Meet. Commerce took the team title in the varsity boys division, finishing with a meet-best 15 total points.

Van’s quest for a second consecutive District 14-4A title moved on without much resistance last week as the Lady Vandals notched wins against both state-ranked Brownsboro and Athens to run their record to 4-0 with six matches left to play.

The sixth week of high school football brought with it a mixed bag for county schools. Canton, Edgewood and Van each registered impressive wins while Fruitvale and Grand Saline each suffered setbacks. Things should get even more interesting in the weeks ahead with Canton, Fruitvale and Wills all starting district play Oct. 7-8 and Van set to kick off its district run Oct. 15.

With a winning percentage of 74, Glenn McNeill Jr. of Wills Point is the winner of Football Contest No.

The Canton Eaglettes continued to strengthen their bid for a top-four finish in district play last week, tallying two more wins to push their record to 3-0 with seven games left to play. The Eaglettes began play at home Sept.

Eustace was the place to be for local cross country programs last week as Canton, Edgewood, Martins Mill, Van and Wills Point all sent runners to compete at the annual Do It For Dom Invitational Sept. 30.