Category: TVCC

By Benny Rogers/TVCC Sports Information

After a day off, it’s back to the business at hand for the Lady Cardinals and Cardinals today.

The stakes are high as the NJCAA tournaments reach the quarterfinal round. At stake are berths in the Final Four.

The top-seeded Lady Cardinals (33-1) are scheduled to take on No. 9 seed Northwest Florida State at 1 p.m.Northwest Florida State is 26-6 after opening the tournament with wins against Denmark Tech and South Georgia Tech.

The TVCC-Northwest Florida State winner advances to the semifinals Friday at 6 p.m. to face the Central Arizona-Blinn winner. Central Arizona is the No. 5 seed and Blinn is the No. 13 seed.

On the other side of the bracket, No. 2 Chipola plays No. 10 Butler and No. 3 Hutchinson takes on No. 11 Tyler. Hutchinson is the lone unbeaten team left in the tournament.

The Cardinals (29-6) are scheduled to battle Harcum (31-3) at 2 p.m. The Cardinals are the No. 12 seed and Harcum is the No. 13 seed.

Both the Cardinals and Harcum were at-large entries into the tournament. Through Wednesday’s action, at-large teams were a combined 8-0 in the event.

The TVCC-Harcum winner moves into the semifinalsFriday at 6 p.m. against the Indian Hills-South Plains winner. Indian Hills is the No. 1 seed and South Plains the No. 9 seed.

On the other side of the bracket, No. 2 Vincennes plays No. 10 Columbia State and No. 3 Chipola takes on No. 11 Jones County.

The championship game is on tap Saturday at 7 p.m. after the 5 p.m. third-place game.

All Lady Cardinal and Cardinal tournament games will be available for viewing online at www.njcaatv.ihigh.com. In fact, all tournament games will be webcast. Also, for audio only, you can hear the games at www.KSAL.com.

It’s 32 and clear in Salina this morning. The high is expected to reach a very nice 74 today.

With the stakes increasingly higher today, make sure to keep those positive thoughts and vibes in the directions of the Lady Cardinals and Cardinals. Wear RED!!!

By Benny Rogers/TVCC Sports Information

It’s on to the quarterfinals for the Cardinals and Lady Cardinals!

Both teams scored wins yesterday in the second rounds of the NJCAA tournaments. The 12th-seeded Cardinals rallied from a 16-point deficit in the first half to nab an 88-85 win against No. 5-seeded and 31-3 Northeastern. The top-seeded Lady Cardinals took care of 17th-seeded Western Nebraska in 77-48 fashion.

The Cardinals’ game was originally scheduled to tip off at 8:30 p.m. Instead, due to a pair of overtime games earlier in the day, it began at 10:10 p.m. and didn’t finish until 12:10 a.m.

Midway through the first half, the Cardinals trailed 27-11. By halftime they had pulled within five, 42-37.

Dedrick Basile led the Cardinals with 18 points. Malcolm Riley had 14, Octavius Ellis 14, Patrick Ingram 12, Josh Robinson 11 and Aldonis Foote 10.

The Cardinals were 9 of 14 from three-point range and 23 of 30 from the free throw line.

Next up for the Cardinals is 13th-seeded Harcum 2 p.m. Thursday in the quarterfinals. Harcum scored a 92-74 win against South Georgia Tech to improve to 31-3.

The Cardinals, who are now 10-4 in national tournament games, will carry a 29-6 record into Thursday’s game. The 29 wins is the third most in a season in school history, trailing only 33 in 1982 and 30 in 1995.

In their 70th national tournament game in 19 national tournament appearances, the Lady Cardinals hit midway through the first half and build a 40-20 lead en route to improving to 33-1 on the year. Western Nebraska closed with a 31-5 record.

Adut Bulgak topped the Lady Cardinal scoring with 15 points. She also had 12 rebounds. Also scoring in double figures were LeeLee Grant with 14, Jazmine Spears 12, Deborah Meeks 11 and Shlonte’ Allen 11.

The Lady Cardinals are now 54-16 in national tournament games and have won 26 straight games and nine straight national tournament games.

Next up for the Lady Cardinals is ninth-seeded Northwest Florida State (26-6) at 1 p.m. Thursday. Northwest Florida State advance with an 81-80 overtime win over eighth-seed South Georgia Tech.

TVCC is one of two NJCAA Division 1 schools with both its teams still alive in the tournaments. Chipola is the other.

On hand for the Lady Cardinals’ game were John and Mary Margaret Budke, the parents of Kurt Budke, the former Lady Cardinal, Louisiana Tech and Oklahoma State coach, who was killed in a plane crash in November of 2011. The Budkes are regulars at the tournament, which has been played in their hometown of Salina since 1998.

All Lady Cardinal tournament games will be available for viewing online atwww.njcaatv.ihigh.com. In fact, all tournament games will be webcast. Also, for audio only, you can hear the games at www.KSAL.com.

By Benny Rogers/TVCC Sports Information

Here we go!

The 2014 NJCAA Women’s and Men’s National Basketball Tournaments begins this morning at 10 a.m. The women’s tournament is being played at the Bicentennial Center here in Salina, Kan.. and the men’s tournament in at The Sports Arena in Hutchinson, which is about 50 miles southwest of Salina.

TVCC has double representation this year with both the Lady Cardinals, who have won the past two national titles and have played in the last three national title games, and Cardinals on hand.

The Lady Cardinals qualified for a seventh straight year by winning the Region XIV Tournament championship. The Cardinals, who received an at-large berth after finishing runner-up in the Region XIV Tournament, are playing in the national tournament for the first time since 1999. Continue reading “AT THE NJCAA TOURNAMENT: Monday morning”

Trinity Valley Press Release

Trinity Valley Community College Head Cheer Coach Khris Franklin says the overall skill set that Torey “T.J.” Ollison possesses rivals that of any freshman in the nation. A recent, prestigious honor bestowed upon Ollison makes statements like that hold a lot of credibility.

Ollison, a 20-year-old kinesiology major from Grand Saline, was named last week to the list of Nfinity Legends selected for 2014. Nfinity is a company that manufactures shoes and other equipment for various sports and activities, including cheerleading. Nfinity picked only 50 athletes for the list from a nationwide pool of nearly 300 applicants.

Nfinity posted its list of selectees on its Facebook page on Feb. 19, saying, “This was the most unbelievable year of videos we have ever had by far. … This was definitely the toughest decision we have ever had to make.” The company said it could have easily selected 75 athletes for the elite list, but ultimately opted to keep the list at 50, as was promised before the competition began. Continue reading “TVCC Cheer freshman Ollison Earns Prestigious National Honor”