Sports

I’m coming to you from my little writing station at home today, very early in the morning. I’m pushing deadline for my weekly column this week in hopes of getting a ‘fresh’ wild turkey photo for you. While out in the woods near my home yesterday morning, I heard a distant rifle shot which triggered the gobble of a wild turkey only a few yards back in the brush. I was packing in some corn to a feeder I have set up for hogs but when I heard the gobble I forgot all about wild porkers and quietly slipped out of the woods in hopes of calling the bird in for photos today! The Rio Grande subspecies of turkey were stocked not far from my home a few years ago and the birds appear to be doing well. Hopefully there will be a hunting season in a few years but until then, I will continue hunting them with my cameras. I’ve discovered this is almost as much fun as hunting with a gun or bow but I dearly love chicken fried wild turkey breast and fajitas made from the drumsticks and thigh meat. In a few weeks, I will be heading down to the Hill Country to hunt turkey on the famous Y O Ranch near Kerrville. In my opinion, there is no place on earth that is more beautiful during the spring than the rolling hills and bluebonnets this time of year than down in the Texas Hill Country.

The rains have returned, and we have had above average rainfall during the fall and winter, so why are all my trees dying? In September 2011, most of Texas was in a drought - the most severe drought in Texas history. Across the state, trees - particularly mature oaks, elms, pines and junipers - were dying simply from the lack of water.

The Terrell Tiger track and field team got its second taste of competitive action last week, making their way to Greenville’s T.A. Cotton Ford Stadium to participate in the annual Cotton Ford Relays.

The Greater Cedar Creek Lake community will host the 38th Annual KCKL Big Bass Tournament March 18-19. Cedar Creek is located approximately 60 miles southeast of Dallas.

The Terrell Tiger soccer program hit the homestretch of its season over the past week, tangling with Corsicana and Forney in District 14-5A matches. Terrell would go 0-1-1 for the week, running their overall record to 7-7-4 on the season.

The Terrell powerlfifting program will be well represented at regional meets this season, qualifying nine of its athletes over the course of the season. Terrell’s varsity boys program was in action Feb.

The Terrell Tiger and Lady Tigers soccer programs kept scoreboard operators busy this week, putting together back-to-back dominant performances in easy wins over visiting Lancaster. Terrell’s varsity boys program hit the field first, taking on a Lancaster program also represented by a Tiger mascot.

The Terrell powerlifting program continued what has been a busy spring semester last week, making the trek to Community High School to compete in this year’s Braves Invitational Feb. 16.

The Terrell Tiger baseball program shook off the rust from the long offseason on Tuesday night, taking on ultimately go on to get the better of Terrell in the contest, methodically pulling away over the course of seven innings to score a 10-0 win.

The Terrell Tiger and Lady Tiger soccer programs have had little time for rest in recent weeks, tangling with a slew of talented programs in their quest to punch a ticket to this year’s 5A playoffs.