Locking up success
Story by Cate Rounds, staff writer
November 9, 2018
The football players work endlessly to make sure they’re ready for the game every Friday. This can be exhausting, and everyone around them knows that. For the past seven years, moms of the players get together, clean out their lockers and give them baskets of encouragement to motivate them for the upcomi...
Halfway there
Story by TJ Wall, sports editor
November 8, 2018
We are about half-way through the 2018 NFL regular season now and there has definitely been a whole lot of action to talk about. Unless you have been sitting under a rock for eight weeks, you probably already have heard about most of the recent NFL news and transactions. However, it is difficult for th...
Best ever
Story by John Morgan, sports editor
November 7, 2018
After a year of countless highlights and moments of history, the Lady Tigers are set to enter uncharted territory. The volleyball team prevailed over the Joshua Lady Owls in four sets, 25-15, 20-25, 25-21, 25-23, on Tuesday night at Whitehouse High School in the regional quarterfinal. This marks the...
Coming back home
Story by Joseph Rodgers, Addison Cross, John Morgan, and Anna Grace Jones
November 5, 2018
It took seven weeks, but finally, the tower shined orange again. In their final home game of the season, the Tigers rediscovered the taste of victory by defeating the Wylie East Raiders, 35-19. This marked the team’s first district win of the season. The Tigers established a lead quickly after they...
Speeding to state
Story by Anna Grace Jones, in-depth editor
October 26, 2018
Junior Owen Likins advanced to the state cross country meet after placing sixth in the UIL 5A Region 2 Championship on Oct. 22. Likins ran the race with a time of 15:37 allowing him to place sixth out of 183 runners in the meet. “Regionals was real exciting. It was a big race and really compe...
Just keep swimming
Story by Logan Diggs, staff writer
October 26, 2018
I saw his face out of the corner of my eye as he threw me into what I thought was a raging, frigid sea. I remember staring at the my him above the water as I sank to the bottom of the pool. The pain of chlorine filling my eyes was blocked out by the intense amount of adrenaline that was coursing through my ve...
Muddy defeat
Story by John Morgan and Anna Grace Jones
October 20, 2018
On a night of on-and-off rain and rough field conditions, the Sherman Bearcats broke the hearts of the Tigers in a 27-21 mudfest on Friday night at Bearcat Stadium. This loss marks the fifth in a row for the Tigers and eliminates them from the race for a potential playoff berth. The Bearcats wasted l...
Pirates sink Tigers
Story by Joseph Rodgers, John Morgan, TJ Wall, and Molly Kyles
October 13, 2018
Once again, the Tigers were unable to stop a potent offense from running up the score. The Tigers lost to the Poteet Pirates 46-28 on Friday night at Tiger Stadium. This brings their record to 2-5 on the season as they remain winless in district play. Familiar shades of slow starts in previous weeks ...
A few more miles to go
Story by John Morgan, sports editor
October 12, 2018
Junior Owen Likins and sophomore Fezeka Barnes advanced to the regional cross country meet after faring well in the district meet in Mount Pleasant on Oct. 9. Likins is looking to build off of his previous state meet appearance. He placed 14th at the regional meet last year. “The district mee...
New district, no problem
Story by John Morgan and Jonathan Naples
October 12, 2018
The Tiger tennis team defeated the Lindale Eagles on Thursday afternoon to secure the District 15-5A championship. The win against Lindale finishes off an undefeated regular season for the tennis team. They hope to ride this success to a spot in the state tournament on Oct. 31. “It was a great tea...
Order on the court
Story by Jonathan Naples, staff writer
October 11, 2018
Their court, pristine and blue. Their spirit, vibrant and orange. Their record — promising and untarnished. After a long summer, the Tiger tennis team is ready to continue their dominant ways on the court. The team has already defeated Frisco Liberty, Tyler Lee and Evangel and has their sights se...
New athlete, same risk
Story by John Morgan, sports editor
October 10, 2018
Nike is a brand that has become synonymous with athletic prowess. The swoosh is a captivating image in worldwide society that has become instantly recognizable. Most importantly, Nike is what Nike is today because in the history of their climb to economic prosperity, they have done what many profitable ...
