BOYS BASKETBALL: Memorial championship parade set for Saturday

Published 5:26 pm Tuesday, March 13, 2018

A parade celebrating Port Arthur Memorial’s first boys basketball state championship will be held starting at 3 p.m. Saturday.

The parade route will begin at the Jefferson City Shopping Center and conclude at Memorial Stadium.

Memorial won the UIL 5A championship 75-69 over Justin Northwest on Saturday in San Antonio.

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I.C. Murrell was promoted to editor of The News, effective Oct. 14, 2019. He previously served as sports editor since August 2015 and has won or shared eight first-place awards from state newspaper associations and corporations. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee, grew up mostly in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and graduated from the University of Arkansas at Monticello.

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