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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.
It was a big Saturday for TVCC with homecoming, hall of fame, and the Cards’ big 55-31 win over Tyler.
The 2013 Trinity Valley Community College Cardinal Hall of Fame class was inducted Saturday during a banquet at the campus Student Union Building Ballroom. This year’s class, the sixth to be inducted, consists of (seated, from left) Angela Ortega, representing women’s basketball; LaKiste Barkus, representing women’s basketball; (standing, from left) Carlton Booe, representing football; Andy Andress, representing his late father and former football coach, Carl Andress; Scott Williams, representing football; and Fabian Stegall, representing football.
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.
From Richard Hawkins
A group of Trinity Valley Community College cheerleaders spent a recent Sunday this month helping to raise Breast Cancer awareness performing in the Dallas Cowboys Breast Cancer awareness halftime show. They performed as a part of Spirit Celebration along with 44 male cheerleaders from various colleges, and the world famous Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders! Everyone involved should be congratulated for an awesome performance! The owner of Spirit Celebration, Billy Roy Smith, did a phenomenal job with putting this performance together! TVCC, and the City of Athens should be very proud of the of the way this phenomenal group of athletes represented our community! I am honored to have been able to capture this amazing opportunity! (Photo by Richard Hawkins)
By Jayson Larson/TVCC Public Information
Trinity Valley Community College has a huge weekend of activities planned as its welcomes back alumni for Homecoming 2013.
Homecoming will be celebrated on Saturday, Oct. 19, when the Cardinals (5-2), ranked No. 17 in the nation, host third-ranked and undefeated Tyler Junior College (7-0). Kickoff is set for 3 p.m. at Bruce Field in Athens.
The annual Homecoming pep rally and carnival will be held Friday evening in the Administration Building parking lot. The carnival, which will include bounce houses, music and games, will begin at4 p.m. The pep rally is scheduled to start at 6 p.m.
Saturday’s festivities will begin with the induction of the sixth class of the Cardinal Hall of Fame at 11 a.m. in the Student Union Building Ballroom. Tickets are $10 at the door. This year’s class consists of Carl Andress, the longest-tenured head football coach in the college’s history; LaKiste Barkus, a Lady Cardinal basketball All-American; Carlton Booe, a running back who led the football team to the 1997 national championship; Lady Cardinal basketball standout Angela Ortega, who is now the Director of Women’s Basketball Operations at the University of Texas; Fabian Stegall, an offensive lineman who helped the football team win the 1994 national title; and Scott Williams, an All-America selection at quarterback in the mid-1980s. Continue reading “Coronation, Hall of Fame to be highlighted at TVCC Homecoming 2013”