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The 2022-’23 basketball season was scheduled to hit another gear this week with both the Terrell Tigers and Terrell Lady Tigers set to compete in Royse City’s annual Craig Bowers Invitational Tournament Dec. 1-3.

The Terrell Tigers were a team on a mission during the final weeks of district play and opening weeks of the postseason, ripping off four consecutive wins including routs of Mesquite Poteet, Greenville and Everman, and a gutty overtime win over Texas High.

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The Terrell Tigers have been a team on a mission in recent weeks, closing district play with a flourish before upsetting Texas High in the bi-district round of the playoffs Nov. 11.

The Terrell volleyball program experienced expected growing pains throughout the 2022 season, routinely hitting the court against programs that have been part of the 5A landscape for years. That inconsistency carried over into District 14-5A play where the Lady Tigers were paired with a slate of talented opponents that included Forney, Red Oak, Lancaster, Crandall, Ennis and Corsicana.

The Terrell Tigers have been well tested in recent seasons, routinely taking on some of the state’s top programs during both district and non-district play. That experience proved to be invaluable last week as Terrell rallied from a touchdown deficit on three separate occasions to score a 28-21 overtime win over Texas High Nov.

sports@vanzandtnews.com The Terrell Tigers entered the final week of the regular season with little to play for outside of momentum, having already locked in a top-four position in district play and a spot in this year’s 5A playoffs.

The Terrell Tigers officially punched their ticket to the playoffs on Friday night, overcoming both the rainy weather and the Poteet Pirates to score a dominating 42-7 road win. Terrell’s ground game would prove to be the difference in the contest, totaling 375 yards and four scores.

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The Tigers and Crandall Pirates went toe to toe on Friday night, dueling for 48 minutes at Memorial Stadium in a key district showdown that also served as homecoming night for Terrell. Crandall would ultimately prevail in the contest, doing just enough late to score a 36-29 victory over the Tigers.