Sports

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. THE SHAD SPAWN TRIGGERS GOOD BANK FISHING: Shad are currently spawning which triggers one of the best shallow water bites of the year for several species.

editor@terrelltribune.com The Kaufman Lions edged the Terrell Tigers in their district road game on Friday, April 18. A three-run burst in the fifth inning propelled the Lions over the Tigers, handing them a 6-4 win.

The Terrell Lady Tigers softball team dropped their final game of the 2025 regular season to the Midlothian Lady Panthers on Thursday, April 17. Midlothian scored runs in all four innings as they shutout Terrell 11-0 in five innings of play.

Terrell Track athletes place third and fourth.

editor@terrelltribune.com The Terrell Tigers baseball team dropped another district contest to the Kaufman Lions on the road Tuesday, April 15. The Lions scored in the final three innings of their five-inning, 10-0 shutout victory over the Tigers.

editor@terrelltribune.com The Terrell Lady Tigers dropped their district game against the Kaufman Lady Lions on Tuesday night at home. After taking an early lead, Terrell surrendered four-run innings in the fifth and seventh as they fell 11-4.