Sports

The Terrell Tigers entered the 2021 season with one of the most challenging schedules in the area, facing a slew of talented opponents including three ranked in the state’s top-10. Those teams mostly lived up to their pre-season billing with Melissa reaching the Regional Semifinals and Argyle reaching the Regional Quarterfinals.

The Terrell Lady Tigers are slated to hit their busiest stretch of the season this week, hitting the court multiple times over the course of a two-day span at Dodd City’s annual Craig Reed Invitational Tournament.

The first domino of the 2022-’24 redistricting and realignment cycle fell recently with districts across the state submitting current enrollment figures. Terrell reportedly submitted an enrollment figure of 1,411 for its high school campus.

The Terrell Tigers returned to the court following the Thanksgiving holiday this week, making the short trek to Mesquite to tangle with North Mesquite Stallions in a non-district showdown. Terrell would come up short in the contest, falling behind in the second quarter and never recovering in a 51-39 setback to the 6A Stallions.

Those of us that hunt and fish and spend a great deal of time in the outdoors can be somewhat difficulty to shop for. Oh, a gift card from one of the big outdoors stores can always be put to good use but really cool gifts under the Christmas tree is what makes a fisherman or hunter smile! In this week’s column, I’ll list a few items that you might not know about but it’s a good bet the angler or hunter on your shopping list would be thrilled to have. Many of these items are not available at local stores and will have to be ordered but there is still plenty of time to do your shopping via the UPS truck!

The Terrell Tigers produced plenty of offense on Nov. 6 in Anna, but the defense struggled to contain the Coyotes as the Tigers fell 52-46 in their season finale.

Poetry Community Christian School hosted its Annual 5K and 1 mile Fun Run/Walk, with more than 120 runners and walkers this year. The race began at 8 a.m.

In honor of both active and retired military, daily entrance fees at Texas State Parks will be waived for all day-use visitors Sunday, Nov. 14.

I wrapped up the month-long bow season without releasing an arrow at a whitetail. I had plenty of opportunities at younger bucks and smaller doe, but my goal was to put venison in the freezer. I was targeting a mature animal packing lots of venison. Each year, I try to take a deer as early in the season as possible so that there will be plenty of venison to prepare at upcoming hunting camps.

The Terrell Tigers took a hit to their playoff hopes with a 36-14 loss to Melissa on Oct. 29 at Memorial Stadium.