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Having been raised on a small farm in northeast Texas, it’s hard for me to look at a hog, feral or domestic, as a pest but when it comes to feral hogs, I’ve had to change my thinking. Wild hogs do a great deal of damage to ranch and farmland and create problems for native wildlife, especially ground nesting birds such as turkey and quail. Their numbers have to be controlled, I get that. But, it’s still hard for me to see all that good eating pork going to waste.

The Terrell High School cross country program continued its fall campaign last week, traveling to the Waxahachie Sports Complex Sept. 22 to race at the annual Mustang Stampede.

editor@terrelltribune.com The Terrell Tigers had their hands full Sept. 23, taking on a highly-regarded Melissa Cardinals’ program with a reputation for explosive offensive play and lengthy playoff runs.

Terrell ISD proudly announces the 2022 Tiger Athletic Hall of Fame inductees, Jimmy Brewster, Bervin Brown, Monty Westbrook, Tarren Dabney, Chad Jobe, Jarrod McCullar, DaVeida Pierson, Antwain Thomas, Shawana Watkins, and Richard Ryan.

sports@vanzandtnews.com The Terrell Tigers got their first taste of district play on Friday night, hitting the road to take on a Lovejoy Leopards squad carrying a deceptive 1-2 record after highly competitive games against College Station, Argyle and North Crowley during the opening weeks of the season.

We have an abundance of free, wild pork roaming the hills and creek bottoms across most of the Lone Star State. Yes, larger boars, if they are in good condition and not actively breeding, make excellent table fare but the meat does need to be tenderized before cooking. Younger animals obviously are tenderer and require less time to prepare. I’m often quizzed about cooking wild pork.

The Terrell Tiger cross country program made its way to Crandall Sept. 10, competing against a deep field of competitors at the annual Pirate Invitational.

sports@terrelltribune.com Terrell and Kaufman renewed their longstanding rival at Memorial Stadium on Friday night, dueling down to the wire in what would ultimately become a 24-21 victory for the visiting Lions.

DAVID KAPITAN sports@vanzandtnews.com The Terrell Tigers lit up the Memorial Stadium scoreboard on Friday night, setting the pace early in a 42-22 runaway win over the visiting Sunnyvale Raiders. The ground game would prove to be the difference as Terrell outpaced Sunnyvale 418-179 en route to victory.

The Terrell cross country program shook off the rust from a long offseason Sept. 2 at the Yellowjacket Invitational in Mineola.