Made it to game day

Game day is finally here.  Tonight the Tigers host the the Rusk Eagles, kick off is 7:30. These are our body guards for the year.  They are the guys who run up and down the field with the flags after each score.  Lets hope they get worn out tonight.

Jordan era begins 1-0

The Terrell Tigers got off to a fast start under new coach Darrell Jordan last night defeating the Kaufman Lions 44-35.  Tigers QB Shea South ran for 132 yards and scored two touchdowns and RB Dwayne Dowell rushed for 115 yards and also scored twice to lead the Tigers offense.  Frankie Martin let the Tigers receivers with 4 catches for 101 yards.  The Tigers also scored twice on kickoff returns. They next travel to Greenville to take on the Lions on Sept. 2nd.

Tigers QB Shea South sweeps right

Tigers RB Dwayne Dowell cuts back for more yardage

Perfect Saturday morning

The Tigers Freshman and Varsity teams scrimmaged against the Arlington Sam Houston Texans yesterday morning.  It was overcast with a few raindrops, not very hot....A perfect morning.  I will have more pictures on Facebook and iHigh later today.

Picture day

Yesterday was picture day for the Terrell Tigers football squads.  A professional photographer was on hand to take portraits of the players and I was there to take head shots for the program and to capture some candid shots.  The Tigers have their first scrimmage this morning against Arlington Sam Houston.  

New Terrell AD/Head Football coach Darrell Jordan

Tigers at home tonight

Tonight is one of your last chances to see Cody Weishaar and the rest of the Class of 2011 in action at Ben Gill Park.  The Tigers host the Wranglers from West Mesquite, first pitch 7PM.  Weishaar should be awarded the District Defensive Player of the Year Award with his outstanding play in center field.  In their first meeting at West Mesquite, Cody Patton pitched into the 7th inning in route to a 7-3 Tiger win.

Friday night the Tigers travel to Lancaster.  They close out the season on April 29th at home against Ennis.  Make plans to be at the game for Senior Night.

Tiger Alumni

Yesterday afternoon I was able to leave work a little early and watch a couple of Tiger alumni play college ball.  Logan Smith, Class of 2009 and Chuck Daugherty, Class of 2010 both play for LeTourneau University.  They are in Richardson for a 3 game series against UT-Dallas.  Logan is starting centerfielder and Chuck is the starting catcher.  Barrett Calverley, Class of 2010 is also on the LeTourneau roster as a pitcher.

Logan Smith, Terrell class of 2009

The Tigers baseball team lost their game last night to Waxahachie. They are on the road Tuesday night in Red Oak.

Chuck Daugherty, Terrell class of 2010

Meet the newest Tiger

Darrell Jordan accepted the position of Athletic Director/Head Football Coach at Terrell High School a few weeks ago.  Last night was the first chance for the fans of Tiger sports to meet him.  Terrell ISD Kelly Rogers introduced Coach Jordan to the crowd and in his introduction he mentioned that he has never had  more superintendents and educators contact him and tell him what an excellent job they did and how successful Terrell will be under his leadership.

Spring football and 7 on 7 is just around the corner.

The Tigers baseball team travels to Mesquite tonight to take on the Poteet Pirates. The Tigers will have to play a perfect game to defeat the Pirates.  Poteet has won 52 district baseball games in a row.  They finished the first have of district 8-0, while Terrell has a 2-6 district record.  Game time is 7PM.

Are you coming out to Terrell for the Heritage Jubilee?  Below is the ad running on local TV.  Some of the pictures used are from me.

Tigers run rule Lancaster one base at a time

Friday night the Terrell Tigers run ruled the Lancaster Tigers 10-0, but it wasn't easy.  The game got off to a late start when the Lancaster bus didn't show up until 7:05.  Once the game did start, it was slow going.  The Tigers scored their 10 runs with only one extra base hit, a double by Heath Hottinger in the bottom of the first inning.  The Tigers scored 3 times in the 1st inning on 3 singles and a double, 3 times in the 3rd inning on 1 single, 2 walks, an error and a sacrifice fly and 3 times in the 4th inning on 2 walks, 2 errors, 1 single and a sacrifice fly. They added the 10th run in the bottom of the 5th inning on a walk, error and a single.

The Tigers pitchers pitched a 5 inning no-hitter.  Lancaster had only one base runner the entire game who reached on a 4th inning error.  Cale Wardlaw started on the mound for the Tigers, pitching 3 innings, giving up 0 hits, and striking out 4.  Hunter Cheney pitched the final 2 innings, giving up 0 hits and striking out 2.  They didn't walk anyone. 

The Tigers will try for 3 in a row this afternoon in Ennis.  

Tigers get first District win

The Tigers won their first District 15-4A game of the year last night beating the West Mesquite Wranglers 7-3.  Cody Patton pitched 6.1  innings striking out 8, giving up 8 hits and 3 runs.  Heath Hottinger led the hitting attack with an RBI triple and scoring 2 runs.

The Tigers look on make it 2 in a row Friday night at home against the Lancaster Tigers.

Cody Weishaar led off the game with a double and scored on a ground out by Victor Andrade.

Below is my poor attempt to take video of the game.  This is Cody Patton taking a walk and Heath Hottinger hitting a triple to center field to score Cody. 

Rabbit ears get clipped

I was able to shoot some baseball shots yesterday afternoon for the Terrell Athletic Booster Club. This shot didn't make the cut.

The Tigers host Corsicana tonight, first pitch is 7PM.

Seniors Cale Wardlaw, Brandon Martin and Cody Weishaar

How many me's do you see?

The Terrell Daily Photo Facebook page almost has 500 fans. I added some photos from Tuesdays Terrell vs Forney baseball game to Facebook and iHigh.

Don J., photographer/writer/story teller for the Terrell Tribune has a neat post up about baseball photography on his personal site, East Texas Photo.  He posted his view of the same action I posted yesterday.  His last post was a play at first base that I didn't post yesterday, but its the one below.  It was already getting pretty dark, so my shot isn't that great.  It looks like we snapped at the exact same time.  Check out the chalk coming up off the back foot of the runner in both pics.

Don says photography is competitive, and I guess it is. I am always thinking, I wonder what Don's shot looks like.   But, Don always has tips or settings that can help get a better picture. He also has a professional site with some awesome photos for sale.

Tigers take it on the chin again

The Tigers will have to wait for another day to earn their first District win.  They traveled to Forney last night and were run ruled by the Jackrabbits 15-3.

Cody Weishaar did have an outstanding catch in centerfield for the Tigers early in the game.

Painful tournament in Rockwall

The Tigers are having a tough time at the I-30 Classic in Rockwall.  They have lost 4 games in two days.  They have one more game today at 10AM against Royse City in Royse City.

Lane Jackson took this pitch off his wrist.  He stayed in the game to run the bases, but was replaced in the bottom of the inning.

Bracket play begins at I-30 Classic in Rockwall

Terrell has a tough opening game in today's bracket play at the I-30 Baseball Classic matching up against Rockwall Heath at 10AM. If they win that game they move on to play at 7PM tonight, if they lose they play at 4PM this afternoon.












Here is the complete day 1 schedule.


At Royse City High School

Royse City vs. El Paso Montwood, 10 a.m
Forney vs. Longview, 1 p.m.
losers play at 4 p.m.; winners play at 7 p.m.

At Rockwall Heath High School

Rockwall Heath vs. Terrell, 10 a.m
Burleson vs. Arlington Bowie, 1 p.m.
losers play at 4 p.m.; winners play at 7 p.m.

At Rockwall High School

Rockwall vs. Corsicana, 10 a.m.
McKinney Boyd vs. Sherman, 1 p.m.
losers play at 4 p.m.; winners play at 7 p.m.

Check the iHigh calendar for the complete Tiger athletic schedule for Friday.

Fundamentals

The Mesquite Poteet Pirates, using a starting a lineup of 9 seniors, sent a message to District 15-4A that they are ready to defend their district championship.  Unfortunately the young Terrell squad was on the other end of the message and a 16-1 score.  The Pirates scored 5 times in the first inning, and added 11 more in innings two through five.  The game ended after five inning because of the 10 run rule. Blake Giffin pitched 4 solid inning, giving up 1 hit, 3 walks while striking out 9 for the Pirates.  Poteet lead off batter Arrington Alexander walked twice, scored 3 runs and had a 3 RBI triple.  The Pirates haven't lost a district game since 2007.

Please visit the Terrell iHigh site, and dont forget to vote for my picture in the contest.  You can vote as often as you want.

There was a story on iHigh posted Feb 9th about Lancaster wanting to hire La Marque AD/FC Darrell Jordan for their vacant head coaching job before they offered the position to former Terrell AD/HC Chris Gilbert. I mentioned on Facebook on the same day that maybe Coach Jordan would be interested in the Terrell job. It was reported by The Galveston County Daily News that he was offered a contract extension in January but had not yet accepted it. No new coaching news for Terrell, but additional news out of Galveston is that Coach Jordan was named by the Houston Texans as Coach of the Year for leading his team to the state championship this past year.

Theme day - Favorite part of town

Today is Theme Day in the City Daily Photo world.  The theme for March is favorite part of town.  For me thats easy.

The Tigers baseball team begins district play tonight at home against 2010 District Champions Mesquite Poteet.  Last year, playing in the old District 15-4A Poteet went 12-0 in district and 24-4 overall.  This year the Pirates are one of the favorites in the realigned District 15-4A and will be a tough test for the Tigers.  JV plays at 4:30PM, the varsity will follow.

The Lady Tigers soccer team has an important district contest tonight at Memorial Stadium against district leader Forney.  In their first meeting in Forney on Valentines day, Forney shut out the Lady Tigers and won 3-0.  Forney is 7-0 in district play outscoring their opponents 34-2 in those 7 games.  The Lady Tigers are 12-5-1 overall and 5-2 in district.  The match starts at 7PM.  Photos have been added to iHigh and the Facebook page from last weeks 5-0 win over Crandall.

The Lady Tigers softball team travels to Waxahachie tonight, and the boys soccer team will travel to Forney.

Vote for my photo in the iHigh contest by following the link to the right.

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Ready for the games to count

Yesterday the Tigers held a fund raiser by having a 100 inning game.  Varsity and Junior Varsity were split up into red and white teams.  Look for baseball pictures all week.

Tigers tuneup

Last night was the final scrimmage for the Tigers.   They have a fund raiser today at the ball field, then start their non-district schedule Tuesday night at home against Garland Lakeview.

Monthly Theme Day-Time

The Tigers ran out of time last night losing in overtime to Waxahachie 58-55.



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University of Houston recruit Jherrod Stiggers led all scorers with 26 points. More photos from the game tomorrow on Facebook.

Tigers are back in it now

Terrell fell behind 9-0 to the Hawks from Red Oak Friday night in Terrell, but the Tigers scored the final 14 points to win 14-9 on Homecoming night.

Devante Turner scored what ended up being the game winner, hauling in a 24 yard pass from Shea South. Tigers district record is now 1-2. They travel to Forney next Friday night.

Look for more photos later today or Sunday.