Lady Hornet golfer Samantha Smith took the second-place trophy at the Quitman Invitational at Peach Tree Golf Course recently. Samantha shot an 83. The girls team came in third place with a combined score of 406. #AHSproud #HornetNation
Category: Sports
From the Mean Streets to the Coach’s Seat
Gerald Anthony’s life journey
has been a remarkable one
By Toni Garrard Clay/AISD Communications Specialist
Gerald Anthony grew up in Washington, D. C. — not the postcard version, with its iconic landmarks and pearly domes, but the hardscrabble D.C. with catastrophically high crime rates and housing projects.
“D.C. was wild,” he said. “You could walk outside of my front door and get a contact high from marijuana. The police didn’t even come through there, and when they did, they brought the SWAT team. … When I visit home now, it’s not much better.”
Anthony was the oldest of nine children. His father, a barber, died when Anthony was in the 10th grade. He helped his mother take care of the younger children, kept his grades up and played baseball, basketball and football. The same year his father died, he switched from playing football for his high school to playing for the semi-pro Eastgate Bears, which he kept up until he graduated from high school. “It was fun, but when they found out you were a high school guy, you had a target on you,” said Anthony, who played on the offensive line. Continue reading “From the Mean Streets to the Coach’s Seat”
Lady Cards Advance; Cardinals Head Home
By Benny Rogers/TVCC Sports Information
Wednesday was a day of mixed results for the Lady Cards and Cardinals.
It’s 39 and cloudy in Salina this morning. The high is expected to reach 56 and there is a 20 percent chance of rain. The high Friday is expected to be 74.
Lady Cardinals
The third-seeded Lady Cards (30-3) finally opened play in the college’s 20th national tournament appearance late in the day, making the wait pay off with a 64-49 win against 19th-seeded Wallace State, which closed the season 28-6.
That moves first-year coach Gerald’s Ewing’s squad to the Elite 8 to face No. 6 seed Iowa Western (31-3) in the quarterfinals tonight at 7. Iowa Western was a 57-46 winner against Salt Lake in its tournament opener. Continue reading “Lady Cards Advance; Cardinals Head Home”
Cards, Lady Cards Both Play At National Tournament Today
By Benny Rogers/TVCC Sports Information
A busy day ahead here in The Sunflower State.
Both the Lady Cards and Cardinals are scheduled to be in action later today. At stake are the right to advance to the national quarterfinals — the Elite 8.
While the Lady Cards, who drew the No. 3 seed, will finally play their tournament opener today at 5 p.m. against No. 19 seed Wallace State, the Cardinals face the difficult task of taking on No. 6 Hutchinson on the Blue Dragons’ homecourt in front of a crowd that will probably be near capacity (7,600) at 8 p.m.
By the time the Lady Cards (29-3) take to the Bicentennial Floor for the 74th national tournament game, 14 — yes, 14 — teams will already have been eliminated from the single-elimination tournament. Continue reading “Cards, Lady Cards Both Play At National Tournament Today”
News Clipped: Special Guest Benny Rogers
It’s time to for TVCC to start playing basketball in the national tournament! … Get ready for the action with this audiocast with TVCC Sports Information Officer Benny Rogers talking about his many years covering the tournament.