PATTONVILLE — Prairiland High School’s athletic director, Greg Mouser, resigned from his A.D. position, which has been confirmed by Prairiland ISD superintendent Jeff Ballard. He said he received Mouser’s letter of resignation before Christmas break, and the resignation became official after…

With 29 seconds left in regulation, the North Lamar Pantherettes took their first lead of the game over their district and crosstown rival Paris Lady Wildcats. Paris led wire-to-wire until the waning seconds of the fourth quarter, when North Lamar sophomore guard Mylee Nottingham stepped beh…

COOPER — In the boys game, the Prairiland Patriots were able to get out to and early lead and hold off Cooper early, then put the Bulldogs away late to secure their first district win. Prairiland won the game in Cooper by a final score of 59-36.

NEW ORLEANS — From small-town Ohio kid to Louisiana legend, Joe Burrow capped his record-breaking, Heisman-winning season by bringing a national championship to LSU.

WACO — It’s always good to learn and perfect your craft from people who do the same thing you’re doing, especially when they are better or have more experience. The Chisum Mustangs boys varsity basketball team did just that when they took a trip down south.

LINDEN — An ugly win is better than a pretty loss.

The Chisum Lady Mustangs were in a battle at home against their district foe Commerce on Tuesday night. The Lady Mustangs held a slim lead through most of the game, but couldn’t put Commerce away until the end when Chisum recorded the 46-42 home win.

The Chisum Mustangs basketball team played in its second district game of the season, this time at home against Commerce.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — David Tepper is entrusting Baylor’s Matt Rhule to lead the Carolina Panthers out of what he views as a cycle of “long term mediocrity.”

COOPER — The Chisum Mustangs opened district play on the hardwood with an impressive win at Cooper. The Mustangs won its first district game over the Bulldogs by a final score of 79-47.

On Monday night the North Lamar Pantherettes finished their pre-district schedule against Como Pickton and they couldn’t have picked a better way to end it. North Lamar scored in double digits in every quarter while holding the visitors in single digits for all four frames in a 59–24 victory.

DALLAS — It wasn’t the 38 points, the 11 rebounds or the 10 assists from Luka Doncic that most impressed his coach on Monday night.

These are the five candidates for the Paris Regional Medical Center Red River Valley Athlete of the Week award, which is based on performance from the past week. Voting is open on theparisnews.com and will remain open until 5 p.m. on Wednesday. The winner will be announced on Thursday.

FRISCO — A person with direct knowledge of the decision says the Dallas Cowboys and Mike McCarthy have agreed on a deal for the former Green Bay coach to replace Jason Garrett.