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Trinity Valley Community College’s Iota Alpha chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, the national honor society for two-year colleges, inducted 57 members in a ceremony held Sunday, March 20 in the Student Union Building on the Athens Campus.
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Trinity Valley Community College’s Beef Cattle Show Team won the 2016 Good Herdsman Award in the Open Charolais Division at the 2016 Houston Livestock Show, held Mar. 1 at NRG Park in Houston. The group also took home 1st place in the Senior Bull Calves class with TVCC Unlimited Reward 1431 P, shown by Taylor Davis of Brownsboro.
By Benny Rogers/TVCC Sports Information
The 2016 NJCAA Men’s and Women’s National Basketball Tournaments began Monday morning at 10. For the first time since 1997, the two tournaments aren’t 60 miles apart in the heartland of America in Kansas.
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The men’s tournament remains in Hutchinson, Kansas, where it will be played for at least another 25 years. The women’s tournament, after an 18-year run in nearby Salina, has moved to the Lubbock in the Lone Star State for at least three years.
TVCC has double representation at the tournaments for a third straight year and for the sixth time in school history. The Cardinals, winners of 27 straight going into the tournament are the No. 1 seed in the 24-team men’s bracket. The Lady Cards, making their ninth straight trip to the event, are the No. 6 seed in the women’s bracket, also 24 teams.
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Michael Battle Day is scheduled Saturday, Feb. 27, at Cardinal Gym, when Trinity Valley Community will remember one of the all-time great Cardinal basketball players and a member of the Cardinal Hall of Fame.
A brief ceremony is scheduled at halftime of the women’s basketball game, which tips off at 2 p.m.
Battle died at age 56 in August. He was fan favorite during his playing career at the college (1977-79) and was inducted into the Cardinal Hall of Fame in 2009. He was an NJCAA All-American as a sophomore in the 1978-79 season.
The college invites the public to attend as a special person is remembered.
By Mark Meredith/TVCC Public Information
Trinity Valley Community College Cardettes will hold their annual Middle School Jazz Dance workshop Saturday, Feb. 27, from 1-3:30 p.m. in the Student Union Building ballroom on the Athens campus.
The workshop is geared toward dance, cheer and gymnastics and is open to dancers age 11 and up. Participants will learn the tricks and tools of the trade from current Cardettes and Assistant Cardette Choreographer Sarah Cadungug. Cost of the workshop is $20 and includes admission to the Cardinals basketball game at 4 p.m.
Online registration is available through Feb. 26 at www.tvcc.edu/cardettes. For more information, email [email protected] or call the Cardettes office at 903-675-6225.