Diboll tight end Antonio Johnson, 6-7, 270, has given a verbal commitment to play college football at UL-Monroe.

Johnson also has an offer from UT-El Paso, and is scheduled to visit Houston in late-July, and is being recruited to play offensive tackle in college.

Johnson will be a member of the Class of 2010.

David Smoak

Carthage lost to West in the Division II 7-on-7 State Tournament Consolation Championship on Friday.

Texas Tech defensive tackle McKinner Dixon will enter the NFL Supplemental Draft, this according to ProFootballWeekly.com.

The former Lufkin star has been on academic probation at Texas Tech.

NFL Supplemental Draft

Robert Sampson has been named the new boys basketball coach at Bullard High School.

Athletic director Jim Taylor confirmed the hire on Tuesday afternoon.

Sampson, 44, has been an assistant at John Tyler for the past four years, and replaces Hank Hargraves who left for an administrative job in the Whitehouse school district.

The Winona school board voted unanimously on Monday night to hire Darold Turner as athletic director and head football coach.

Turner, who has been at Big Sandy for the past three years replaces Mike Sorenson who reached a settlement agreement with Winona two weeks ago.

Turner called KTBB's David Smoak on Monday and confirmed his hiring, "This will be a great opportunity for my family, and I'm excited to get straight to work."