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Trinity Valley Community College added another national championship trophy to their collection of hardware Sunday. The Cardettes Showgirls earned a championship in the Open Pom division at the DTU & College Classic Nationals competition in Orlando, Florida.

Scoring a 96.3982 in the Junior College Advanced Small Coed finals at the NCA Championships April 8 in Daytona Beach, Fla., Cardinal Cheer topped the six-team division. The championship-netting performance followed a deduction-free 95.8148 effort in Thursday’s preliminary round.

Dallas McKinney and the rest of the Terrell Lady Tigers are scheduled to wrap up District 13-4A play with a road trip to Quinlan to take on the Ford Lady Panthers April 19 and a home date against the Farmersville Lady Farmers April 22. Terrell earned a split against the two programs during the first round of district play, edging past the Lady Panthers in extra innings before falling to the Lady Farmers. Courtesy photo

Terrell made it look easy in their first game against Ford, limiting the Panthers to just two hits in a 13-1 rout April 5. Beau Smith was dominant both at the plate and on the mound in the contest, going 3/4 with three triples, 4 RBI and three runs scored at the plate while also allowing just two hits and an unearned run in a complete game effort.

The Terrell track and field team continued its preparations for the upcoming District 13- 4A Meet last week, competing at the annual Naaman Forest Relays in Garland March 31. Terrell came in seventh overall in the varsity girls division out of 17 competing schools.

The Terrell Tigers wrapped up their season series with Sunnyvale last week, watching their late rally come up short in a 6-4 setback to the Raiders. Sunnyvale got the better of Terrell throughout the early stages of the contest, scoring a run in the first and one in the fourth to take a 2-0 lead.

The Terrell Lady Tigers have been a team on a mission during district play, entering last week with a 3-0 mark following wins over Caddo Mills, Kaufman and Nevada Community. Terrell would continue to play well last week, outdueling Quinlan Ford in an extra inning thriller before falling short against district-leading Farmersville March 29.

The Terrell track and field program faced one of its stiffest tests of the season last week, traveling to compete at the Garland Relays March 24. Terrell would go on to finish 14 th overall out of qualifying teams in the men’s varsity division in a field that also included Naaman Forest, Mesquite Horn, Highland Park, West Mesquite, North Mesquite and others.

The Terrell Tigers continued their push for a spot in this year’s 4A UIL Playoffs last week, hitting the field twice in key District 13-4A showdowns against Nevada Community and Sunnyvale. Terrell would ultimately drop both contests, watching their overall district mark drop to 0-5 with seven games left to play.

The Terrell Lady Tiger soccer program entered the playoffs riding high, having gone 13-1-1 over the season’s final 15 games. That closing flourish was enough to give the Lady Tigers their first-ever district title in a loaded field that also included Mabank, Kaufman, A+ Academy, Sunnyvale, Ferris, Kemp and Athens.