Coach Paul Essary talks about the upcoming season.
Category: Sports
TVCC Cardinals to Open Season Fast
Talk about blazing starts.
The No. 4 ranked TVCC Cardinals will open up at home against No. 13 Tyler Saturday, Aug. 30, and follow that right up on the road the next week against No. 8 Navarro.
Add Cisco and Kilgore (both home games) to the list and you have the Cards kicking off 2014 with four straight conference games, three of them in Athens.
All four games are set for 7 p.m.
We hope you will come out to support the Cardinals and watch players you will soon see on TV on Saturdays and Sundays.
Copeland Wins Mertz Tennis Tournament
Congratulations to Klayton Copeland of Malakoff on winning 1st Place at the Mertz Tennis Tournament this past weekend.
Lady Panthers Take First in Van Tournament
The Mabank varsity volleyball team won first in the Gold Bracket of the Van Varsity Tournament. The Mabank JV and 9th won the gold bracket in the TVVOA tournament. (Thank you to Stacy Shelton for the report)
Cross Roads Ladycats in Dawson Tournament
By Chris Dickson/CRISD
The Cross Roads Ladycats volleyball team began their 2014 season competing in the Dawson Volleyball Invitational Tournament August 14-16. The Ladycats competed in five matches within a best-of-three format over the course of the three-day tournament.
The Ladycats started slow by dropping their first two matches. The Ladycats dropped to the Abbott Lady Panthers (13-25, 21-25) and to the Frost Lady Polar Bears (23-25, 15-25).
However, the Ladycats bounced back with authority as they won two of their last three matches. The Ladycats defeated the Chilton Lady Pirates (25-22, 25-16) and the Milford Lady Bulldogs (25-18, 25-13). The Ladycats found themselves in a rematch in their final game of the tournament with the Frost Lady Polar Bears. They dropped in straight sets 19-25, 17-25.
The Ladycats finished the tournament with a 2-3 season record. They will resume play on Tuesday, August 19, when they take on the Malakoff Lady Tigers at 5 p.m. in Malakoff.