Five Trinity Valley Community College Agriculture and Ranch Management students competed at the 2018 Texas Junior College Agriculture Association (TJCAA) Convention held April 11-13 at West Texas A&M University in Canyon. The convention featured tours of WTA&M’s campus, ranch and beef cattle cloning program and a local feedyard; a banquet and awards ceremony.
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Lady Cardinals sweep Paris
By Benny Rogers/TVCC Sports Information
The Lady Cardinals had the brooms out Wednesday afternoon at Drumgoole Field at Cain Park.
And the bats!
The Lady Cardinals combined for 34 hits, including three home runs, in a doubleheader sweep of Paris Junior College. They won 14-0 and 13-1.
The sweep improved the Lady Cardinals to 21-17 on the year and 8-6 in Region XIV Conference.
TVCC wins Play 4Kay division for fifth straight year
Press release
The Kay Yow Cancer Fund has announced the top fundraisers in each division for the 2018 Play4Kay initiative. For a fifth straight year, Trinity Valley Community College has won the Junior College Division.
TVCC raised $6,000 this year, according to assistant athletic director Jeremy Richardson.
“We are proud of the support we again received in our annual fundraising effort for this cause,” said TVCC vice president of student services/athletic director Dr. Jay Kinzer. “We would like to thank our athletics staff, administration, faculty, staff, students and fans for joining us in our efforts.”
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TVCC’s Bennett named Conference vice chair
Press release
Dr. Kristen Bennett, vice president of institutional advancement and foundation executive director of Trinity Valley Community College will serve as vice-chair of the 2018 Conference for Community College Advancement. Bennett has served on the Federal Funding Task Force as a volunteer and team captain in 2016 and 2017, and has presented at the District IV Conference and the Annual Conference for Institutionally Related Foundations.
“It has been a career highlight to lead this committee, and Kristen’s excitement and enthusiasm about this committee’s important work has rivaled my own. I look forward to working with Kristen and the team over the next few months as we create something truly memorable for our peers across the nation in community college advancement,” said Doug Ferguson, chair, 2018 Conference for Community College Advancement.
TVCC comeback leads to another Lady Cardinal championship game appearance
By Benny Rogers/TVCC Sports Information
This is it!
Championship Saturday has arrived.
The No. 20 Lady Cards (31-5) will play in their 14th NJCAA championship game and seventh in the last eight years Saturday when they take on No. 11 Tallahassee Community College (28-6). Game time at the Rip Griffin Center on the campus of Lubbock Christian University is 7 p.m.
The opportunity to win the college’s ninth national championship required a comeback for the ages in the semifinals against No. 1 seed and unbeaten Shelton State. With just over five minutes left in third quarter, the Lady Cards were down 16, 45-29. It appeared as though Shelton State was about to exorcise the demon of having lost to the Lady Cards in the semifinals the past two years.
Not so quick.
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