Sports

The Terrell Tigers continued their march towards postseason play last week, hitting the court twice for district contests against Caddo Mills and Sunnyvale. Terrell would win each matchup, running their season-long winning streak to five during the most crucial stretch of the season.

The Terrell Lady Tigers had their hands full this week, hitting the court in Sunnyvale Jan. 18 to clash with the state-ranked Sunnyvale Lady Raiders.

Join Texas Arena League at Legends Polo Club (3018 FM 2578, Kaufman) for the fast-paced action of arena polo. Players and horses compete in events around Texas to determine the Texas Arena League Champions.

The Terrell Tigers have been a team on a mission in recent weeks, playing some of their best basketball of the season since District 13-4A play began back on Dec. 21.

Sportsman’s Connection, a Texas-based outdoors publisher, announced today the publication of its latest fishing guides. The East and West Metro Fishing Atlases are the first and second in a five book series that includes the recently published East Texas Atlas, along with forthcoming atlases on the Hill Country and West regions of the state.

The Terrell Tigers shook off the rust from the holiday break this week, returning to the court Jan. 4 to square off against the Nevada Community Braves. A strong third quarter push would prove to be the difference in the game as Terrell secured a 43-37 win.

The final domino of the University Interscholastic League’s biennial redistrict process is scheduled to fall Feb. 3 with the announcement of district alignments for the 2022-’23 and 2023-’24 school years.

At the close of each year, I always reflect upon all the great times I enjoyed in the outdoors and wonderful people I had the privilege of spending time with. Each year, one could almost ‘set his watch’ to the timing for a year in the outdoors. Beginning with late winter, white bass and striper fishing during the spawn, then spring turkey season and when the water warms around April, fishing for most species begins to heat up. Then in fall the hunting seasons once again kick in. Life in the outdoors for me has been a glorious merry-go-round of activities, each of which occur on a yearly basis at about the same time.

While sitting in a deer blind looking over a West Texas vista that seemed to stretch on forever, the tune, “Miles and Miles of Texas” came to mind. Songwriters Diane Johnston and Tommy Camfield surely must have spent time on this ranch in Mitchell County 60 years ago when they penned the words to their famous song.

The Terrell Tigers reached their busiest stretch of the season last week, making the short trek to Royse City to compete in the annual Craig Bowers Memorial Tournament Dec. 2-4.