Sports

Duck hunters bingo on public hunts

Although it was a bit warm for the Southeast Texas duck season opener on Saturday, Nov. 3, most hunters that had access to fresh water did very well with lots of limits that included teal, gadwall, pintails and widgeon.

Beaumont’s Kirby Richards reports that his group had an easy hunt Saturday morning at the McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge.

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15 horses pre-entered for the $1 million Delta Jackpot

Led by Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Sprint champion Hightail, the Delta Downs’ racing office received 15 pre-entries on Nov. 6 for this year’s Grade 3, $1 million Delta Downs Jackpot, which will celebrate its 10th anniversary on Saturday, Nov. 17. The Jackpot Day program will have a special first post time of 1:15 p.m., and it will feature eight stakes races and more than $2.2 million in total purse money awarded.

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Delta picks for Friday, Nov. 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chad Cooper (Sports Editor)
Winners: 27-88, .306
Best Bets: 3-8, .375
Longshots: 3-8, .375
Top 3 picks in the $: .503

Don Stevens (Delta track announcer)
Winners: 25-88, .284
Best Bets: 3-8, .375
Longshots: 0-8, .000
Top 3 picks in the $: .492

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WSOF debuts this Saturday with stacked fight card

This Saturday, Nov. 2, the highly anticipated debut of the MMA World Series of Fighting will be shown live beginning at 9:30 p.m. (Central) on NBC Sports (formerly the Versus Network). Bas Rutten and Todd Harris will handle broadcast duties. The undercard, which includes six fights, will be streamed live and for free on sherdog.com.

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American kickboxer Ky Hollenbeck ready to shock the world at Glory 3

The Glory World Series will hold a one night, 8-man tournament worth $300,000 dollars entitled Glory 3 Final 8 this Saturday, Nov. 2 from Rome. For $15, the show can be seen live via iPPV via http://www.gloryworldseries.com/en/events. Start time is 2:30 p.m. (Central).

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Delta picks for Thursday, Nov. 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chad Cooper (Sports Editor)
Winners: 24-77, .311
Best Bets: 3-7, .428
Longshots: 3-7, .428
Top 3 picks in the $: .506

Don Stevens (Delta track announcer)
Winners: 23-77, .298
Best Bets: 3-7, .428
Longshots: 0-0, .000
Top 3 picks in the $: .499

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Miss the deer? Take a tasty hog

As we are only a few days from the opening of the general Texas whitetail deer season many folks are asking about what to expect. Some of them have yet to book hunting leases. There are still others that have early season spots, but are considering other areas later in the season

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Finally the deer season opener is upon us

There is some very good news coming from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, and it centers on the fact that white-tailed deer are in good condition, with above-average numbers of mature bucks in the herd. That translates into better trophy potential than last season, and more venison for the freezer.

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Record nominations

For the third consecutive year, nominations to the Grade 3, $1 million Delta Downs Jackpot have reached an all-time high. A total of 301 possible candidates have been nominated to the race, which will celebrate its 10th anniversary Saturday, Nov. 17. That number represents a 19.4 percent increase over last year’s total of 252 nominations.

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Lamar’s top running back quits

It’s been another tough season for the Lamar Cardinal football program. After a 56-7 home loss to Sam Houston State last weekend, leading rusher Herschel Sims told head coach Ray Woodard he was leaving the team and would transfer at the end of the semester.

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