TVCC: Monday morning at the NJCAA tournament

By Benny Rogers/TVCC Sports Information

Here we go!

Though separated by around 475 miles, the mission is the same for the Lady Cards and Cardinals. It’s NJCAA tournament time and there are titles to be won.

The Lady Cards (27-5), who received an at-large berth, are in Lubbock, where they are making their 11th straight appearance on the big stage at the national tournament and 23rd overall. They are the 20th seed and are scheduled to play 13th-seeded Northeastern Oklahoma A&M tonight at 6 at the Rip Griffin Center on the campus of Lubbock Christian University.

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Lady Cards softball opens conference play with big wins

By Benny Rogers/TVCC Sports Information

It’s been a record-setting week for the Lady Cardinal softball team.

They opened Region XIV Conference play Thursday at Paris and launched an all-out assault on the record book. They easily swept the doubleheader, winning 13-0 and 28-9 – both in five innings.

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TVCC Lady Cards advance to seminfinals

By Benny Rogers/TVCC Sports Information

The Lady Cards advanced to the Region XIV Tournament semifinals Wednesday night with a 64-49 win against Tyler.

The No. 2-seeded Lady Cards (27-4) are scheduled to face No. 3-seeded Kilgore (20-10) at 3 p.m. Friday. The winner advances to the title game at 4 p.m. Saturday against the Panola-San Jacinto winner.

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TVCC Lady Cards share in conference title

By Benny Rogers/TVCC Sports Information

The streak continues for the Lady Cards.

With a 70-57 road win Saturday against Kilgore, the 15th-ranked Lady Cards claimed a share of the Region XIV Conference title (with Panola) to extend a streak of winning or sharing the title to 17 years. They have also won/shared 26 of the last 27 conference titles.

The Lady Cards (26-4) will head to the Region XIV Tournament this week as the No. 2 seed. They finished tied with Panola atop the conference standings at 16-4, but lost both games to Panola this season, giving the Fillies the No. 1 seed.

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TVCC softball program producing D-1 players

By Benny Rogers/TVCC Sports Information

The softball team at Trinity Valley Community College is without two players who were both expected to play key roles in the 2018 season.

And with good reason and the full blessings of co-head coaches Kathleen and James Rodriguez.

Sophomores Shannon Klaus and Shelby Craig picked up Division 1 offers just before the holiday break and moved on to continue their education and playing careers. Klaus is now at Lamar University and Craig at Abilene Christian University.

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