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by  PHILLIP WILLIAMS The $1.8 million renovation of Buckeye Stadium is “going pretty smoothly” and the facility will be ready to host Gilmer High School commencement exercises Friday, June 7, project manager Brent Bishop told the School Board Monday night. Read more: The Gilmer Mirror - Stadium renovation going pretty smoothly

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by  ELWYN HENDERSON elwynh@juno.com The Gilmer Buckeyes JV and Varsity 7on7 squads traveled to Marshall last Saturday, May 25, to participate in the ETBU Tournament. The team welcomed back Jaidon Parrish, Jamel Jackson and Blevin Burns, all key players from Gilmer’s District Championship baseball team at the tournament, but they were without the services of Josh Walker who assisted in coaching during the day while nursing a sore ankle. Read more: The Gilmer Mirror - Buckeyes compete in ETBU Tournament Daingerfield wins ETBU 7-on-7 tourney By Tyler Clifton   tclifton@news-journal.com MARSHALL — Keris Alexander threw four touchdown passes, including a pair to Keaten Key, while cousin Spencer Alexander’s interception with less than a minute remaining sealed the deal, as Daingerfield beat Mount Pleasant 26-22 in the championship game of the sixth annual ETBU 7-on-7 Football Tournament on Saturday. Read more: Longview News-Journal - Daingerfield ...

view image The Buckeyes defeated Daingerfield to make the finals and then edged Whitehouse in the championship game at Buckeye Stadium. Read more:  The Gilmer Mirror - Host team wins Gilmer Buckeyes Azalea Orthopedics 7on7 Tournament here Saturday

by  ELWYN HENDERSON elwynh@juno.com      The Gilmer Buckeyes officially kicked off their 7on7 season Monday afternoon with a trip to Sulphur Springs for games against the Wildcats at the Sulphur Springs Multi-Purpose Building indoor football facility.  The varsity and junior varsity athletes had their games inside and the younger athletes played outside on the practice field.  Gilmer took approximately 50 athletes to the event. Read more: The Gilmer Mirror - Buckeyes successful in first 7on7 games against Sulphur Springs

Rivals.com Josh Walker - ESPN Video Josh Walker of the Gilmer Buckeyes has become only the fourth Gilmer football player ever to receive a nomination to the prestigious U.S. Army All-American Bowl. Previous nominees have been Curtis Brown, David Snow and Justin Johnson. All three were also selected to play in the game. Walker, an incoming senior outside linebacker and running back for the Buckeyes, has already given a verbal commitment to play for the Texas A&M Aggies. Read more: The Gilmer Mirror - Josh Walker nominated to play in 2014 U S Army All American Bowl Josh Walker of the Buckeyes nominated for 2014 Army All-American Bowl by  ELWYN HENDERSON elwynh@juno.com  |   |  view image GILMER BUCKEYE incoming senior linebacker Josh Walker was announced last week as one of the nominees to play in the 2014 Army All-American Bowl game that will be televised nationally and played at the Alamodome in Sa...

NEWS ABOUT BUCKEYE STADIUM SEATING CHART - RESERVED SEATS Please click on the attachment below for details on the upcoming "View and Verify Buckeye Stadium Seating Charts" Gilmer ISD_Rsvd_Orange_View & Verify notice.pdf Stadium renovation ahead of schedule by  PHILLIP WILLIAMS The $1.8 million renovation of Buckeye Stadium is “progressing well” without major problems, the project manager told the Gilmer School Board on Monday night. Brent Bishop of WRL General Contractors, Ltd. of Flint, which is construction manager for the renovation, said the overall project is on track to use the stadium for Gilmer High School graduation ceremonies in June, although the new 2-story press box won’t be completed until early or mid-summer. The stadium’s home side total seating is being expanded from its past 1,800 to slightly more than 2,900, and the number of orange chairback seats there is being enlarged from the past 600 to about 1,000, sa...