Brandon Ogden
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Husband, father and sports writer for the Tyler Morning Telegraph. Big-time fan of college and high school basketball. Also a big wrestling fan.
Tyler, TX
Joined February 2009
Former Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel weighs in on the topic of Texas and Oklahoma possibly joining the SEC. @etfinalscore
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Just your average 110 from Chicago White Sox prospect Michael Kopech.
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@RobDauster Saw this earlier today. Used to work in Nacogdoches and went to SFA and covered the program before these coaches arrived. I know the guy that wrote the story. I still can’t believe he got the coach to speak and deliver those quotes. Such a wild story.
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Terry Bussey (@Terrybussey12), a five-star football recruit who is the No. 1 athlete in the nation, finished with 33 points, 14 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 steals. He scored 22 after halftime and all of the Bears’ points in OT. @hoopinsider @DCTBasketball @TexasHoopsGASO
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Tyler Legacy RB Jamarion Miller (@JamarionMiller1) just became the all-time rushing leader for @TylerLegacyFB. The previous record was 4,748 yards set by Tyrone Ross. Graphic by @MAlfaroPhoto. @etfinalscore @dctf @justinwells2424
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It’s up, it’s good! Lindale wins 31-28 over Austin LBJ on a walk-off 18-yard field goal by Landon Love. Lindale is headed to the state championship game for the first time. @etfinalscore @dctf #txhsfb
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Texas High defensive end Clayton Smith (@claytonsmith_10) — a future @OU_Football star — spoke to @23Johnanderson after the Tigers’ win over Tyler High tonight. @etfinalscore @Tylerpaper @StanfordGerry
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For the kids who don't think going JUCO is good enough. Jimmy Butler played at Tyler JC. Tonight, he's starting in the NBA All-Star Game.
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I wish I would’ve graduated high school a little later (and been taller and better at basketball) just so I could’ve been recruited by and played for @EricPMusselman.
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Great photo by @TMT_Sarah of Lufkin RB Caleb Berry (@Caleb2Berry) — a @UW_Football commit. Berry finished with 210 yards and 3 TD on 30 carries. @etfinalscore
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Former Tulsa QBs coach Beau Trahan (@CoachBeauTrahan) has been approved as the new head football coach at Tyler Legacy High School. @etfinalscore
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Congratulations to former Tyler Junior College standout Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat for advancing to the NBA Finals. @etfinalscore
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Canton’s Johnnie Krawietz breaks the Texas state record for consecutive scoreless innings at 55 2/3, breaking the mark set by Forney’s Mason Englert in 2018. @etfinalscore @4ATxHsBaseball @MaxPreps @espn
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I'm tired of hearing people say "it's just sports." Sports are my livelihood. Sports are how I support my family. I get the decisions that were made and why they were made, but it's also more than "just sports" to me and a lot of other people who make a living because of sports.
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Lindale’s Jordan Jenkins (@Jenkinsdabeast) signs with Baylor (@BUFootball). @etfinalscore @Tylerpaper @Lindale_FB
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Former @Lufkinfootball standout Jerrin Thompson (@jerrin_thompson) after Texas’ win in the Big 12 Championship.
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Texas commit Jamarion Miller (@JamarionMiller1) with the cut and he’s gone 41 yards for a touchdown. Tyler Legacy 35, Tyler High 14, 3 seconds left in the first quarter. @etfinalscore #txhsfb
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Your 2022 Class 4A State Champions: The Brownsboro Bearettes with a 50-49 win over Hardin-Jefferson. @etfinalscore
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When you’re hanging with daddy for the day, and he has to run errands, he gets to pick what you wear, especially since it fits now. Nolan loves it (and so does daddy). @steelers
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BREAKING (OK, not really breaking): Today is my final day at the Lufkin Daily News. I have accepted a job at the Tyler Morning Telegraph. #ThankYouAngelinaCounty
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Hudson manager Justin Forrest makes the first basket of the game against Jasper. @HoopInsider @TexasHoopsGASO @SportsCenter
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Intercepted by Jayvin Mayfield. Chapel Hill defeats Kilgore 41-35 in double overtime. @etfinalscore #txhsfbplayoffs
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Lufkin is the United States Champions with a 6-5 win over North Carolina. Lufkin will play Japan at 2 p.m. Saturday for the Championship.
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With that carry of 57 yards, Tyler Legacy Jamarion Miller (@JamarionMiller1) has become the second Red Raider to surpass 4,000 career yards in a career, joining Tyrone Ross.
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Whitehouse High School has a new mural up of former Whitehouse and Texas Tech star and current Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes. @PatrickMahomes @WHSTX_Athletics @WHSTX_Football @Chiefs @TexasTechFB
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Former @TylerLionsFB standout Kitan Crawford (@KitanCrawford) after Texas’ Big 12 championship victory.
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Apparently I reached 10,000 followers on X/Twitter last night. Hard to believe. I appreciate everyone who follows along with my rambling/nonsense.
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Chapel Hill’s Bulldog Stadium now has a mini 30-yard field behind one of the end zones, where the 15 is the “50”.
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So we get an analytics report every Wednesday that shows the most-visited stories on our website from the previous week. Near the top of the list this week is this story from more than two years ago on @brittanylynne8 —
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Like @GaryParrishCBS always says, when you seed a team wrong, you’re not just punishing them, you’re punishing their opponents. Illinois is finding that out right now.
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Western Kentucky (@WKUFootball) QB Bailey Zappe (@baileyzappe04) has won the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award. @etfinalscore @mikeforman21 @dctf
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Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award finalists Kaidon Salter (@07ksalt), Ashton Jeanty (@AshtonJeanty2) and Ollie Gordon II (@Ollie_Gordon2) with the legend himself.
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Congratulations to former Lufkin High School and Angelina College standout Natasha Mack on getting selected 16th overall in the WNBA Draft by the Chicago Sky.
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Oh my!!! Luke Wolf (@Luke_Wolf_11) with the hurdle and the game-tying touchdown. Tyler Legacy (@TylerLegacyFB) 24, North Forney 24, 6:14 left in the game. @etfinalscore @dctf #txhsfb
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Texas commit Jamarion Miller (@JamarionMiller1) went 22 yards on fourth down and then scored from 15 yards out on the next play. Tyler Legacy 7, Lufkin 0, 10:14 left in the first quarter. @etfinalscore #txhsfb
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Freshman Jaylen Hale finds Zion Stanley, who hits a 3 at the buzzer to give Longview a 56-54 win over Tyler Lee. @etfinalscore @hoopinsider @PhilHicksETFS @lnjsports @hayden_h @DCTBasketball
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Shahada Wells (@hada_wells13) for the win. No. 6 Tyler 88, Navarro 85, final. Apaches remain undefeated. @etfinalscore @PhilHicksETFS @ApacheAthletics @timdrain @KevinVestAD
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At Tyler Legacy this morning for the Red Raiders’ first practice as 6A/5A schools can officially hit the field. @etfinalscore
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Jackson Mahomes (@jacksonmahomes) speaks as he gets ready to present shoes to @WhitehouseISD from Patrick Mahomes’ (@PatrickMahomes) @15andMahomies Foundation. @etfinalscore
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Lufkin is the United States Champions with a 6-5 win over North Carolina. Lufkin will play Japan at 2 p.m. Sunday for the Championship.
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Former Hudson catcher Kyle Lovelace making his first start for Houston today. Wearing No. 34 can only mean great things in that city. @lovelacekyle
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And your winner … Rey Mysterio. @etfinalscore @TJCBaseball @WWE @WWEUniverse @SportsCenter @PatMcAfeeShow @kadesanchez @reymysterio @HulkHogan
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Jackson Mahomes, brother of Texas Tech QB @PatrickMahomes5 , playing basketball for Whitehouse.
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BREAKING: Harmony head football coach Tim Russell is the new head football coach at Grace Community School. @etfinalscore @lnjsports @Matt_Stepp817
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Isaiah Lawson gives Pine Tree a 71-70 lead over John Tyler with 10.1 seconds remaining. @hoopinsider
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Former @TylerLegacyFB standout and current Alabama RB Jamarion Miller (@JamarionMiller1) showed up to see his former and future teammate Jordan Renaud (@JordanX7even) celebrate his signing to Alabama.
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Former John Tyler, Tyler Junior College, @IowaHoops standout Justin Johnson has been named the new boys basketball coach at Tyler High. Johnson previously coached at JT, TJC and Tyler Legacy. @etfinalscore @hoopinsider @ApacheAthletics @TylerLionsBB.
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Went to Whitehouse to talk to Oregon State football (@BeaverFootball) signee Jermod McCoy (@Jermodmccoy), who will compete in both the long jump and triple jump at the UIL State Track and Field Meet on Friday. On Thursday and Saturday, McCoy will play in the baseball playoffs.
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This Father’s Day is going to be a tough one. My father, Hiram Benjamin Ogden III, passed away at 4:30 a.m. today. Met him late in life, but he treated me like his own and later adopted me. Couldn’t have asked for better father and a grandfather to Nolan. I will miss him so much.
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Congratulaions to Carthage RB Mason Courtney and QB Kai Horton. They just won a second striaght state title and then announced in the postgame press conference that they will be signing with Tulane together.
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Longview’s Haynes King led A&M in rushing in his debut with 5 carries for 43 yards against Alabama. What a team to debut against.
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I see a lot of basketball scorebooks every Tuesday and Friday. Teams that win a lot, their players ride back on the bus together as a team. Teams that lose a lot, their players ride back with their parents.
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Got my first call this year of “my kid isn’t going to get to play in college because they weren’t higher up on your All-East Texas Team.”.
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Kilgore four-star cornerback Jayden Sanders (@JSanders2025) announces his commitment to Michigan.
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San Francisco @49ers running back Jeffery Wilson Jr. (@WakeEmupJeff903) is presented with his framed jersey, which will be displayed at Elkhart High School. @etfinalscore @CoachFiacco @MeanGreenFB
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My favorite quote from new @SFA_Football coach @CoachCarthel press conference: If there’s a good football player that fits what we do, and he’s a good student in the classroom, and if there’s a pine tree within 100 yards of his front door, that sucker better be wearing purple.
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Before the No. 1 Trinity Valley Lady Cardinals head to Lubbock for the NJCAA Tournament in search of their ninth national title, they made a TikTok at Media Day. @etfinalscore @TVCCsports
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Whitehouse head coach Brent Kelley cuts the final part of the net after Whitehouse’s regional quarterfinal win. @etfinalscore @hoopinsider @whousehoops
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Chapel Hill’s Deuce McGregor (@2023_luldeuce) has signed to play football for for Hardin-Simmons (@HSUCowboys). @etfinalscore @ChapelHillFB
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Lindale fans are chanting "USA" after the celebration and school song.
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Chapel Hill head coach @coachriordan following his team’s 49-37 bi-district win over Livingston on Saturday — the program’s first playoff win since 2014. @etfinalscore
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Arp's DeMarvion Overshown has been drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the third round with the No. 90th pick overall.
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Here is Jackson Mahomes (@jacksonmahomes) handing out the shoes from Patrick Mahomes’ (@PatrickMahomes) @15andMahomies Foundation. @etfinalscore
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Texas Tech head football coach Joey McGuire on former @TylerLegacyFB RB Bryson Donnell (@ix_b22): Very physical. He weighs 215 pounds right now. I think he’s going to have a great year. And he’s had a great spring and summer. So we’re excited about him.
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Lufkin's @bugg_4 had fun with the trophy following Lufkin's 14-11 win over Spring Westfield today. These were some of the many amazing photos taken today by @caragcampbell @caragphotograph
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The Lufkin Panthers qualify for th 7-on-7 state championships in College Station.
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On third and 7, Luke Wolf throws it to the end zone and it’s an incredible grab for the @TylerLegacyFB TD. Not sure who No. 4 is that made the grab.
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And then here comes unsigned 5-star football player Terry Bussey (@Terrybussey12), the No. 1 athlete in the nation, at the buzzer. No. 15 Timpson 35, No. 1 Martin’s Mill 27, halftime. Bussey has 11 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists. @etfinalscore @hoopinsider @DCTBasketball
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No. 9 batter Zach Graham with a two-run walk-off single with two outs in the bottom of the ninth to give Whitehouse a 6-5 win over Texas High. Whitehouse sweeps the series. @etfinalscore @5ATxHSBaseball @Cats_Baseball19
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The Zone is here! Nearly 140 pages of preseason football content on 21 districts and 141 schools.
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Baylor commit Jordan Jenkins (@Jenkinsdabeast) of @Lindale_FB carried the ball 18 times for 200 yards and two touchdowns — in the second half. He finished with 28 carries for 278 yards. He now has 23 TDs through 5 playoff games.
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Wow! Double play! Coahoma and Whitesboro going to the ninth in the 3A semifinals tied at 8.
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Gilmer is the Class 4A Division II state champion with a 28-26 win over Bellville. @etfinalscore
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In 2012, Patrick Mahomes (@PatrickMahomes) and Tyus Bowser (@tbowser23) were opponents for @WHSFootball_DUB and @TylerLionsFB. Tonight, they’re meeting on @SNFonNBC for the @Chiefs and @Ravens. Photo by @SmillerPhoto. @etfinalscore
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Mississippi State commit Jasmine Shavers (@JazzShavers) from way downtown as time expires. Mesquite Horn 34, Tyler Legacy 33, end of third quarter. @etfinalscore @TXHSGBB @DCTBasketball
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Class 4A Region II quarterfinals: Chapel Hill 66, Quinlan Ford 56, final. Chapel Hill advances to the regional tournament to take on No. 3 Oak Cliff Faith Family or No. 12 Dallas Lincoln at 8 p.m. Friday at Texas A&M-Commerce. @etfinalscore @hoopinsider @DCTBasketball
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