25 Oct 2016
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By Brianna Harmon Managing Editor @BHarmonETC The Eastfield soccer team finished conference with a 7-3 record, 14-6 overall for the season. Though the stats might show a different story, coach Dustin Stein said the Harvesters are going into the conference tournament playing their best soccer...
Read more → 25 Oct 2016
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By Brianna Harmon Managing Editor @BHarmonETC The Eastfield volleyball team clinched conference for the first time since 1994 and will host the conference tournament for the first time in school history. “I’ve never had a winning season in volleyball,” outside hitter Cailey Clogston said....
Read more → 13 Oct 2016
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By BRIANNA HARMON Managing Editor @BHarmonETC Conditions are not ideal. The wind is blowing so hard that the disc flies off the track once it’s thrown. But the moment you hear the chains cling as the disc flies through them into the hole is the most satisfying feeling, said Upward Bound’s...
Read more → 06 Oct 2016
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The Texas Rangers have clinched the American League West title, and while they’re known to play some sound baseball during the regular season, they usually blow it when they get to the playoffs. Now is the perfect time to dig up and relive all the moments where the wheels fell off. — Compiled...
Read more → 14 Sep 2016
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By BRIANNA HARMON @BHarmonETC After a successful freshman season on the soccer field, Karla Gutierrez was preparing to move away and further her college sports career. On April 28 her plans changed, starting with a text message from girlfriend Teresa Balderas. “If you come over and the top lock...
Read more → 14 Sep 2016
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The Harvesters volleyball team started the season unranked, but two weeks into the season they are No. 4 in the nation. Eastfield started the season quick, getting wins against Arlington Baptist and Dallas Christian. The Harvesters lost their first two games against Frank Phillips and Vernon College...
Read more → 29 Aug 2016
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By Brianna Harmon @BHarmonETC The volleyball team won its season-opening match Aug. 22, but the soccer team lost it first game – an exhibition – on Aug. 25. Both teams play again today. Volleyball hosts Dallas Christian College at 7 p.m., and soccer travels to Paris Junior College. The soccer...
Read more → 22 May 2016
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By James Hartley After pounding the Brookhaven College Bears 11-1 Friday, the Eastfield Harvesters fell twice Saturday, wiping their hopes of a championship bid and ending their season. This was the last season for short stop Casey Maack, pitcher Brandon Saddler and third baseman Connor Scruggs. The...
Read more → 10 May 2016
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By Brianna Harmon Gabriel “Cookie” Gonzalez almost gave up baseball due to his ambivalence toward school. But after a heart-to-heart with Texas Rangers pitcher Shawn Tolleson, Gonzalez found the motivation to get back in school and play baseball. “He told me that I have to push myself...
Read more → 06 May 2016
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By Gabriel Flores Sophomore guard Tre Anderson was the catalyst for the Eastfield Harvesters basketball team’s success this season, especially during the second half. For his efforts, he was selected as a National Junior College Athletic Association First-Team All-American and earned an invitation...
Read more → 06 May 2016
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The Eastfield Harvesters are going to the postseason again. Meet some of the key players. Video shot and edited by Gabriel Flores/The Et Cetera. https://youtu.be/4CJPCysEyAE
Read more → 15 Apr 2016
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By Brianna Harmon The Texas Rangers unexpectedly made the playoffs last year and won the American League West after being the worst team in the division for part of the season. The team rallied around their new manager Jeff Bannister, who ended the season as AL Manager of the Year. The team continues...
Read more → 15 Apr 2016
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By Gabriel Flores The warm spring sun beats down on the damp infield dirt and stretches into the outfield, creating a reflection across a sea of tapered blades of grass. There is a rhythmic crackling of metal spikes on the cement floor of the dugout as, one by one, the Eastfield Harvesters trot onto...
Read more → 01 Apr 2016
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By Brianna Harmon LOCH SHELDRAKE, N.Y. — After a first-game loss in the National Junior College Athletic Association Division III national tournament, the Eastfield Harvesters basketball team rallied with back-to-back victories to finish fourth in the nation. Eastfield lost its tournament opener...
Read more → 20 Mar 2016
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By Brianna Harmon LOCH SHELDRAKE, N.Y. -- The Harvesters finished fourth in the national tournament after beating Mohawk Valley Community College of Utica, New York, in overtime 96-90. Ed Williams led the team's victory by scoring 29 points. Williams also racked up 14 rebounds in the tournament...
Read more → 12 Mar 2016
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By Brianna Harmon LOCH SHELDRAKE, NEW YORK -- The Harvesters captured their first win of the national tournament Friday in a consolation game against Bunker Hill Community College of Boston with a score of 93-86. The Harvesters started the game on a 10-2 run and led the entire game except...
Read more → 11 Mar 2016
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By Brianna Harmon Ed Williams hit eight 3-pointers and finished with a season-high 39 points, but it wasn't enough as the Eastfield Harvesters lost to Nassau Community College 97-86 Thursday in the first round of the NJCAA Division III Men's Basketball Championships in Loch Sheldrake,...
Read more → 08 Mar 2016
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Eastfield won the Metro Athletic Conference tournament with an 83-68 win over North Lake on Feb. 20, which advanced them to the National Junior College Athletic Association Division III championship tournament in Loch Sheldrake, New York. This will be the third appearance in four years for the Harvesters. Et...
Read more → 03 Mar 2016
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By Brianna Harmon Three soccer players signed Thursday to continue their careers at Texas A&M-Texarkana. Forward Hazel Espinoza, defender April Rodriguez and midfielder Liliana Cardozo were some of the first players that coach Dustin Stein recruited when he came to Eastfield 2013. Stein...
Read more → 25 Feb 2016
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By Brianna Harmon Growing up watching his father risk his life as a police officer, Connor Scruggs learned many lessons about leadership. Scruggs is a sophomore third baseman on the Harvesters baseball team and has played a key role in the team’s success. Head coach Michael Martin describes Scruggs...
Read more → 24 Feb 2016
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By Brianna Harmon Chase Fletcher climbs a ladder toward the basketball goal, his father, coach Anthony Fletcher, following close behind. Chase uses scissors to snip away the last pieces of the net. This was a new experience for 6-year-old Chase, but not for his father. Fletcher has cut down...
Read more → 19 Feb 2016
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Mesquite, TX- The Eastfield Harvesters basketball team defeat Cedar Valley in the second round of the Metro Athletic Conference tournament on Feb. 18. Eastfield led at halftime 46-36 and ended up winning 93-89. Photos by Luis Gonzales, David Sanchez, and Jonathan Wences/The Et Cetera
Read more → 11 Feb 2016
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By Gabriel Flores The No. 4-ranked Eastfield Harvesters come into this baseball season with the same expectations the program has had for the past 15 years under coach Michael Martin – to win and win big. During that time, the Harvesters won eight Metro Athletic Conference championships, including...
Read more → 11 Feb 2016
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By Brianna Harmon After 23 seasons as head coach, 15 conference titles and one national championship, former Eastfield basketball coach Bob Flickner has been selected to be inducted into the National Junior College Athletic Association Men’s Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame. Flickner...
Read more → 11 Feb 2016
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By Brianna Harmon The Eastfield Harvesters have compiled a 5-2 record in conference play since losing star player Tevin Corprew to academic eligibility after the fall semester. Corprew was a five-time Region V Player of the Week during nonconference play. He led the nation in points, assists...
Read more → 11 Feb 2016
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Different countries, identical obsessions By Brianna Harmon Eastfield sophomores Din Androk and Teekay Biti left their home countries as children for different reasons, but both came to the college for the same reason: basketball. Androk was born in Bosnia, while Biti was born in Zimbabwe. Both...
Read more → 29 Jan 2016
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By Brianna Harmon Former Eastfield basketball coach Bob Flickner was selected yesterday into the 2016 class of NJCAA Men’s Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame. The Harvesters won a national title in 1997 under his guidance. In his 23 seasons as head coach, Flickner racked up 423 wins...
Read more → 21 Jan 2016
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By Brianna Harmon Mesquite, TX-- The Eastfield Harvesters defeated Mountain View on January 13 in the final seconds of the game with a shot from Shooting Guard Donald McBride who had 20 points. Eastfield led Mountain View 55-42 at halftime. LeTron Manning led the way for Eastfield scoring 34 points.
Read more → 10 Dec 2015
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By Brianna Harmon Fewer than 11 of every 100 college baseball players make it to the show. But a pair of Harvester baseball players -- shortstop Casey Maack and pitcher Blake Barr -- have received scholarships to play at the next level. Maack and Barr will play one last season for the Harvesters...
Read more → 10 Dec 2015
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By Brianna Harmon At 7 a.m., English professor Nina Lambert walks into the computer lab and sees Myka Morehead already with her head in her books studying and grinding through her homework. Morehead is a full-time student and plays on the Harvesters volleyball team. “She...
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