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The Athens Middle School cross country team competed Monday in the district meet in Canton. Pictured (from left) are Shae Rimpel, who took fourth place among a field of some 40 runners; Jalei Lerma; Lily Mahmoud; Sydney Roberson; Madeline Clay; Grace McCool and Destinee Autry.
(Photo by proud mom Toni Garrard Clay)
The TVCC Cardinals are 5-1 in conference play and wrapped up the No. 1 seed in the SWJCFC playoffs with a big 55-31 win against Tyler last Saturday.
What I liked best was Coach Brad Smiley’s description of his team following the game.
Smiley said: “It’s a team. We play so many guys … There’s no egos, it is all about team. Nobody cares who gets the credit. We play five different running back, we’ll have 13 – 14 guys catch passes. Everybody is involved, everybody is just having fun. Having fun being together.”
The Cardinals will finish the regular season against Southeast Prep at Bruce Field this Saturday starting at 3 p.m. … Then the playoffs begin. … At home.
The Trinity Valley Community College Athens campus will erupt Tuesday night, Oct. 22, beginning at 9 p.m. when Cardinal Gym hosts “Moonlight Madness.”
The event will offer fans and students an opportunity to meet the 2013-14 basketball players, and the first 100 students to attend will receive free pizza (sponsored by Ken’s Pizza of Athens). Additionally, there will be a three-point contest, a slam dunk contest and a half-court shot contest.
The foursome of Jeff Patterson, John Wood, Walter Bingham and Larry Benningfield shot a 10-under 61 to take first-place Friday morning at Trinity Valley Community College’s 2nd Annual Rip Drumgoole Homecoming Golf Classic. This year’s event was held at Athens Country Club. The team of Brad Burnett, David Starrett, Scott Warner, Travis Dungan and Martin McCann shot a 9-under to take second, while the team of Leon Spencer, Mary Ensign, David King and James Hooks shot a 6-under to grab third. The tournament is held in honor of the late W.P. “Rip” Drumgoole, who worked at TVCC for four decades and last served as vice president of student services before his death in 2011.
By the Eustace Athletic Booster Club covering prior week
The Lady Dogs Varsity still remain undefeated in district.
On Tuesday the varsity defeated Hampton Prep in a 3-set match. JV and Freshman were idle.
Then the varsity defeated the Malakoff Lady Tigers on Friday in Malakoff in a hard-fought 4-set match. Way to go Ladies!
The JV was unable to pull a win. They are now 9-1 in district. The Freshman were idle.
Also the Lady Dogs are continuing to raise money for DIG Pink. There will be items (good baked items) for auction at all home Volleyball and Football Games.
Our JV and Varsity Football fell to the Quitman Panthers.
The Eustace Cross Country teams competed at home this weekend, just two miles south of the High School at Four Pines Ranch. race course offers true cross country challenges with rolling hills and a fair amount of zig zags that weave in and out of the east Texas country side.
The Varsity Girls finished 2nd out of 6 teams and 46 individuals. The team was lead by freshman Skye Burns who placed 6th and ran a 13:05, next was Shelby White who placed 8th, then Chloe Moore place 9th, Chanda Westbrook placed 11th, Breanna Ragan placed 12th, Alyssa Shaddox placed 15th, and Harley Kile placed 18th.
The Varsity Boys were meet champions out the 11 teams and 73 individuals represented there. The team was lead by junior Mark Zimmerer who ran a 16:49 and placed 3rd, next was Hunter Rose who placed 5th, then Brandon Richardson who placed 8th, Ayden Reed placed 9th, and Preston Schwartz placed 12th. Continue reading “The Bulldog Report”