Monitor Photo/Amber Curtis
Mabank Panthers second baseman Cooper Cline tags out a Brownsboro Bears runner during the April 1 District 15-4A contest in Mabank, which his team won 6-1 to enable a sweep of the Bears before Easter weekend. After the Brownsboro series, Coach Sean McCrossen’s crew stands at 4-2 in District play going into another two-game home-and-away series versus the Athens Hornets April 7 and 10.

Monitor Photo/Blaine Clamon
Katie Neighbors of Kemp keeps her eyes down the bat’s barrel as she makes contact during the March 27 game versus Lindale.

Monitor Photo/Blaine Clamon
Kemp pitcher Emma McAda fires a fastball from her home circle during the Lady Jackets’ District game against Lindale.

ATHENS–Just 10 days after being honored along with his peers by Henderson County Sheriff Botie Hillhouse’s Life Saving Award, a county jail detention officer was killed in the early morning hours of March 26 in a single-vehicle crash on Farm to Market Road 317 near the Blackjack community.

Monitor Photo/Carla Gray
Cedar Creek Pools holds a free Easter event March 28 at Bigfoots Cedar Creek Retreat. Bigfoots Cedar Creek Retreat Park Manager Matt Fisher (left) and Cedar Creek Pools owner Shannon Wiley give out free Easter baskets.