Sports

Body Summer is not done yet, but I always consider the opening of dove season as the beginning stages of fall.

Body The North Texas Longhorns Summer Track Club participated in the TAAF Region 7 Regional Meet July 10-11 and will be taking 33 young athletes to the TAAF State Games of Texas in College Station at Texas A&M University July 31 through Aug. 3.

Body The No. 1 British Flying Training School Museum is offering a free program on at 3:30 p.m.

Body My first experience with using downriggers for stripers and hybrid stripers occurred 30 years ago.

Body The Terrell Dance team performed a high-energy Pom routine as the halftime segment of the Dallas Wings vs. Atlanta Dream WNBA game on June 24. Some of the most featured dancers were Cinciir Anthony- Head Captain, Promise

Body Catching fish can be a challenging endeavor especially when conditions change quickly and patterns that have been as constant as the Polar star fail to produce bites. Such was the case with a striper fishing trip at Lake Texoma last week with my friends at Striper Express.

Body For decades at Lake Tawakoni, the ‘trophy’ blue catfish season began with the first cooling north winds in October and ended with the spring warm up. Fall and winter were the designated time to go hunting for a giant blue catfish.

Body Four Terrell High School senior-student athletes signed to play college soccer with Southwestern Christian College on May 29. RJ Andrade, Joshua Araujo, Erik Reyes and Omar Landa signed after their years of hard work, dedication and talent with Terrell soccer.

Body For the past several months, my friends, Jeff Rice, Larry Weishuhn, and I looked forward to our annual trip to Lake Texoma to catch topwater stripers with Bill and Chris Carey’s Striper Express Guide Service.

Body I’ve got several topics I wish to share with you this week including a couple of tasty outdoor recipes as well as a fishing pattern that is currently underway on a lake near you.