Knocked out

The Terrell Lady Tigers had a chance to keep their playoff hopes alive last night when they hosted the Wranglers from West Mesquite.  Unfortunately, the they were on the short end of a 53-32 score ending any hopes for the playoffs, at least for this year.

The ladies have played hard all year for first year Coach Mike Halac.  They have two games remaining.  They will play at Lancaster tonight, and Senior night Thursday night against Ennis.

The boys and girls soccer teams got off to good started in District 23-4A.  They both shut out Crandall.  The girls won 4-0, the boys score, 3-0.

Terrell will get a chance to see their former AD and Head Football Coach Chris Gilbert tonight.  Coach Gilbert was to have accepted the Assistant AD and Head Football Coach at Lancaster during last nights LISD School Board meeting.

Lady Tigers start slow but still beat Forney

The big news yesterday reported by the Terrell Tribune, is that Terrell Athletic Director and head football coach Chris Gilbert is leaving to take the head coaching job at Lancaster.  But the games still go on.

The Lady Tigers hosted the Forney Jackrabbits at the TISD Complex Tuesday night in a District 15-4A contest.  For the Lady Tigers to keep their slim playoff hopes alive, they would have to complete the sweep of Forney.  They defeated them in December 54-42.

The Lady Tigers started slow, but once they got it going, there was no looking back.  Forney had a 9-2 lead with only 1:19 left in the first quarter.  A stiff Terrell defense held the Jackrabbits to only 1 more point the rest of the first half.  Terrell scored 6 points in the last 1:19 of the quarter and trailed only 9-8 after one.  In the second quarter Terrell's full court defense threw Forney off of its game and they never recovered.  Terrell led at half time 20-10.

Forney came out after the half and attempted to get back into the game, in the third quarter the best they could do was stay even, and after three Terrell still held a 10 point lead, 28-18. Forney cut the Tigers lead to 29-22 in the fourth quarter but the Tigers finished the game on a 13-2 run and won going away 42-24.



The Lady Tigers are 6-6 in district and a full 2 games behind Red Oak, who had a bye last night.  Terrell plays at Corsicana on Friday night.  In their first meeting the Lady Tigers won 42-17.  Red Oak plays at Forney on Friday night. Red Oak won their first meeting 59-32.

Terrell: 8-12-8-14-42
Forney: 9-1- 8-6- 24

Terrell:
#20 - Tonisha Dean - 11pts
#21 - Ty Bolden - 8pts
#3 - Gabby Wren - 7pts
#5 - Tiara White - 6pts
#32 Cortney Hubbard - 5pts
#10 - Kelcee Derrick - 5pts

Forney:
#11 - Carter - 10pts
#23 - Harvey - 6pts
#3 - Spring - 3pts
#31 - Tate - 2pts
#41 - Davis - 2pts
#5 - Morrow - 1pt

The boys basketball team went on the road and defeated Forney 57-45.

Terrell defeats Greenville 42-7

Terrell trailed 7-0 after giving up an early TD to Greenville off of a fumble but they didn't make many other mistakes. They scored the next 42 points. The Tigers (2-0) begin district play next week facing Mesquite Poteet (2-0) at home.

Shea South, Adrian Oliver and Demarcus Ayers provided the offensive fire power.

Above Quarterback Shea South runs a sweep around the right.

Running back Adrian Oliver scored 3 rushing touchdowns.

Demarcus Ayers provided excitement playing quarterback, running back and wide receiver.

JV scrimmage

The JV coach said that so far this season, out of 21 days of practice the JV team has only been able to practice 3 days.

Friday night the scrimmaged against Desoto, games that count start Tuesday, weather permitting.

Friday bonus

A few more shots from the baseball scrimmage between Terrell and Kaufman. Over 40 pictures have been uploaded to the Terrell Daily Photo Facebook fan page.

Skywatch Friday- Baseball, finally!

I have been waiting for baseball season since last years playoffs. The regular season hasn't started yet, but the Tigers did scrimmage against the Kaufman Lions last night. How could I resist not making my Skywatch Friday picture from the field. Click to enlarge.

More Skywatch Friday sites are here.

I will post a few more baseball shots from last night in my Friday bonus post later today.

Lady Tigers soccer

The Lady Tigers traveled to Forney Tuesday night to face the North Forney Falcons. Terrell dominated the match winning 5-0.

Lady Tiger basketball

Tuesday night was the final game of the season for the Terrell Lady Tigers.

A few more soccer shots

Just a couple more soccer pictures from Saturday. Look for more pictures from the match tomorrow morning on the Terrell Daily Photo Facebook Fan page.

Boys Soccer....Terrell 3 Royse City 0

In a game that was moved from Terrell to Royse City because of field conditions, the Tigers started fast and defeated the Royse City Bulldogs 3-0. Because of the game move and a temperature in the low 30s, the game was watched by 2 photographers, the JV team and I think someones parents.

Terrell Coach Joe Stephens told his players to be ready at the start. He said many teams lose games in cold weather because they are not ready to play when the game begins. Terrell didn't have that problem. They scored once early in the first half, and then put the game away with two goals in the second half. Royse City never really threatened.



More pictures from the game tomorrow.

soccer schedule change

The Terrell boys soccer game scheduled for tonight at home has been moved. The tigers will play tomorrow in Royse City, jv will start at 12:30 and varsity at 2PM.

Wednesday bonus

Another shot

I am sure the Tigers would like one more shot to replay the last 6 seconds of the game last night. Terrell stayed within striking distance during most of the first half and into the third quarter but let the Wranglers outscore the Tigers 13-3 over the last five and a half minutes of the third quarter to take a 39-29 lead into the final period. Terrell fought back with 3 pointers and had tied the score with 50 seconds left. A few time outs and turnovers later the Tigers had their chance to complete the comeback but fell short when they failed to get a shot off at the buzzer.

Lady Tigers fall short

The Terrell Lady Tigers fell behind early against the Lady Hawks from Red Oak and never were able to recover. Final score was 64-56

Photos posted today are also posted on the Terrell Daily Photo Facebook page.

Eye of the Tiger

A few non basketball pictures at the complex during the Lady Tiger vs. Red Oak Lady Hawks basketball game. The Lady Tigers rally fall just short. I will have basketball pictures this afternoon.

Tribune reporter and photographer Don Johnson trying to capture the eye of the tiger.

Terrell 74 Mabank 69

A few more of my photos from Tuesday nights basketball game.

The Lady Tigers also won Tuesday night at Mabank 71-53.

Have you ever had Which Wich? We don't have one in Terrell, but do have one in Rockwall on the way home from work. May have to stop by their on the way home. I have a coupon for buy one get one for 99 cents.

The St. Louis Cardinals resigned Matt Holliday, keeping the 1-2 combo of Pujols and Holliday in the middle of the lineup. The Cardinals have been my favorite team since I was little. People are saying they overpaid for him, but its not my money and I wanted him on my team so I can live with it.

Freezing temperatures again, I wonder how many businesses ran sprinklers last night? Sure makes for a dangerous drive to work.