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The A&M-Commerce Lions almost pull off a huge upset over Old Dominion in a low-scoring affair that came down to the Lions going for two...and the win...in the waning seconds of the game.

The A&M-Commerce men's basketball team faced some big Division 1 schools to begin the basketball season, and were often competitive. This clips covers an early portion of the game where the Lions erased a huge deficit against the Aggies.

Kevin Jefferies an Brian Ball provide the call of the final game of the regular season, with the inner going to the playoffs. The Commerce Tigers got on a roll at the end of the first half and never looked back, taking a 49-21 win.

On April 16, the second annual Texas Broadcast News Awards recognized the Texas television and radio broadcast stations that produced the top news content in 2022.

A move by A&M-Commerce to NCAA Division 1 in 2022 meant playing some big schools, like the University of Texas. This clip covers the first half of the A&M-Commerce Lions at the Moody Center in Austin. Charlie Chitwood is joined by Brock Callaway to see the Longhorns pull away on the incredible shooting of Marcus Carr, who sank eight three-pointers in the first half.

The Texas A&M University-Commerce Lions took the field in their inaugural season in NCAA Division 1 FCS play as part of the Southland Conference in 2022, and this clip with Charlie Chitwood and Brock Callaway covers the beginning of the 4th quarter vs McNeese State, as a competitive game turns into a runaway victory for A&M-Commerce, who eventually won the game 40-15.

Evening storms brought dangerous tornadoes to the region, and KETR was live with wall-to-wall coverage for the duration. News Director Mark Haslett, Producer Ryan Fulkerson, and Operations Manager Kevin Jefferies were live with coverage for the duration of the imminent threats to the region.

Early morning tornadoes blew through the KETR listening area, and KETR was live with severe weather coverage for over two hours, with updates throughout the day following the immediate threats. News Director Mark Haslett and General Manager Jerrod Knight were on-air for the entirety of the active tornado coverage.

Commerce notched its first win of the 2022 football season over the previously undefeated Howe Bulldogs, 59-42 on Friday, September 9th, 2022. This clip covers the flurry of early scoring.Howe’s standout quarterback Austin Haley gave the Bulldogs the early lead as he saw the Tigers jump offside and launched a pass to the end zone on the free play to favorite target Cooper Jones, who leaped over three Commerce defenders to nab a 30-yard touchdown on Howe’s first drive. Haley connected with Jones twice more on free plays as he drew Commerce offside throughout the evening.But Commerce answered immediately as Kendrick Greer began his impressive night returning an onside kick 60 yards to paydirt, tying the game at 7 after the extra point.Carlos Aubrey then intercepted a Bulldog pass on Howe’s ensuing possession, going 56 yards for the score to take a 14-7 lead for Commerce.Commerce’s standout athlete Da’Shawn Jackson then made his presence known by forcing a Howe fumble and catching a 46-yard scoring pass from Michael Orso to give Commerce a 21-7 lead just three minutes into the game.

The Big Friday Night Scoreboard Program features pregame radio coverage for more than 30 high school football matchups each week with Terry Bennett and Grant Goodwin on Sideline to Sideline, live scoring updates from all games interspersed throughout wall-to-wall play-by-play of Commerce Tigers Football, and a 'fifth quarter'-type segment where fans and parents and players and coaches and referees and band members from throughout Northeast Texas all interact and share their accounts of the games with the listening and viewing audience.