TISD narrows AD search

The Terrell ISD board has narrowed their search for a new athletic director and head football coach to three candidates, but they have not yet released the names of the finalists.

"We have told them that they need to inform their district because we will be calling references, but we want to give them the opportunity to have the conversation," said TISD Human Resources Director Stacey Ellis. "We will publicly release those names on Wednesday."

Ellis said 42 candidates applied for the position. A committee of board members and administrators selected 11 for interviews over the last two weeks, but two of those candidates withdrew.

Do not jump to conclusions

Judging from the Terrell boys basketball team's 2-5 district record, you might think they would be out of the District 15 playoff race. Think again.
Terrell stands two games behind Red Oak for the fourth and final playoff spot.
The thing is, there are nine games remaining inside the district so the Tigers control their own destiny when it comes to making the playoffs.

Terrell has lost four of their district games by a combined 11 points to Ennis, Waxahachie, Forney and West Mesquite.

The Tigers have held at least a seven point lead in every district game so far except Lancaster where they were close at halftime.

Anyone who has watched Terrell this year knows there may not be a more athletic group out there and they have not been overmatched at all.

With a full round of district play still left, THS coach Willie Coulter has to sell to his team that there is not a team left on the schedule the Tigers cannot beat.

Say what you want but these next five weeks should be nothing but interesting.

Tigers victorious in Forney

Friday night's football game had a little more drama than seemed necessary for Tiger fans, but the 24-21 double-overtime win allows THS to keep playoff hopes alive.

See Sunday's Tribune for a full game story. A slideshow of images from the game is up on the Tribune website here.

Band fun from Friday's pep rally

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