What's Happening in Henderson County

(Travis Tapley photo) This podcast was recorded at the TVCC Field House on Wednesday, Oct. 23, with Coach Sherard Poteete and Michael V. Hannigan. === There’s going to be a battle in Corsicana this Saturday afternoon. The No. 14 TVCC Cardinals will be on the road to take on No. 6 Navarro. Although the Cardinals are lower in the national rankings than the Bulldogs, TVCC is in first place in the con...

This interview was recorded Wednesday, Oct. 5, in the TVCC Field House with Coach Sherard Poteete and Michael V. Hannigan. == The TVCC Cardinals will take an 2-0 SWJCFC record into Saturday’s game against the Blinn Buccaneers. The Cardinals should be well rested coming off an open week while the Buccaneers (1-2) will be looking to rebound after a 39-27 loss to Navarro last week. TVCC has looked be...

This interview was recorded Wednesday, Oct. 5, at the Athens ISD Field House with Coach Zac Harrell and Michael V. Hannigan. == The Athens Hornets will be on the road Friday night and look to bounce back from a tough outing last week when they take on the Henderson Lions. “Our kids continue to fight,” said Coach Zac Harrell, “they continue to play when the odds are against them.” Both teams have s...

This interview was recorded Wednesday, Sept. 28, at the Athens ISD Field House with Coach Zac Harrell and Michael V. Hannigan. == Despite playing well and giving themselves a chance to win in each of their matchups this season, the Athens Hornets (2-3, 0-1) have hit a tough stretch, falling short in their past three games. “We’re really close,” said Coach Zac Harrell. “We just have to break throug...

This interview was recorded Wednesday, Sept. 21, in the TVCC Field House with Coach Sherard Poteete and Michael V. Hannigan. Listen to the complete interview above. == The (2-1, 1-0) TVCC Cardinals will be on the road for the third straight game as they travel to Cisco Saturday night to take on the (2-1, 0-1) Cisco College Wranglers. The Cardinals are coming off a gritty win against Tyler Junior C...

This interview was recorded Wednesday, Sept. 21, at the Athens ISD Field House with Coach Zac Harrell and Michael V. Hannigan. ==== The 2-2 Athens Hornets are banged up but ready to start their run through the District 9-4A competition. As a reminder, besides Athens that district includes: Henderson, Jacksonville, Kilgore, Lindale, Palestine, and Chapel Hill. The Hornets start things off this Frid...

This interview was recorded at the Trinity Valley Community College Field House with Coach Sherard Poteete and Michael V. Hannigan. == Now things get real for the Cardinals. TVCC will open SWJCFC play this Saturday night in Tyler when they take on the Apaches. The Cardinals are 1-1 heading into the match up after a loss to Snow in the opener and a win over Southern University two weeks ago. Tyler...

(Photo by Ashley Shults/AISD) This interview was recorded Wednesday, Sept. 14, at the Athens ISD Field House with Coach Zac Harrell and Michael V. Hannigan. == It's Homecoming Week for Athens ISD and the Hornets are looking to get back into the win column 7:30 p.m. Friday when they host Kaufman at Bruce Field. Athens (2-1) is coming off a tough 45-42 road loss to Rusk that came in the final second...

This interview was recorded at the TVCC Fieldhouse Wednesday, Sept. 7, with Coach Sherard Poteete and Michael V. Hannigan. == Trinity Valley Community College has an open date this weekend but here's an off week interview with Coach Sherard Poteete to give Cardinal fans their fix. The Cardinals return to action next Saturday when they travel to Tyler to take on the Apaches. Watch for my advance co...

This interview was recorded Wednesday, Sept. 7, at the Athens Field House with Coach Zac Harrell and Michael V. Hannigan. Please listen to the complete interview above. == By Michael V. Hannigan The competition takes a step up for the Hornets this week as Athens hits the road to face the Rusk Eagles Friday night. Rusk is 2-0 to start this season and is coming off a playoff run in 2021. The Eagles...

This interview was recorded at the TVCC Fieldhouse on Wednesday, Aug. 31, with Coach Sherard Poteete and Michael V. Hannigan. Listen to the complete interview above. == By Michael V. Hannigan The TVCC Cardinals will look to bounce back from a difficult opener last week when they lost 36-14 to No. 5-ranked Snow College in Utah. This Saturday, the Cards will be in the friendly confines of Bruce Fiel...

This interview was recorded at the Athens ISD Fieldhouse on Wednesday, Aug. 31, with Coach Zac Harrell and Michael V. Hannigan. Listen to the complete interview above. == By Michael V. Hannigan The Athens Hornets will look to improve on their 1-0 record this Friday night when they travel to Waxahachie to take on Life High School. The Life Waxahachie Mustangs are 0-0 on the year after their opener...

This interview was recorded Wednesday, Aug. 24, in the Athens ISD Fieldhouse with Coach Zac Harrell and Michael V. Hannigan. == The regular season is here and it is time to get to work. The Athens Hornets will welcome the Brownsboro Bears into Bruce Field Friday night for the annual Battle of Highway 31. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. "The kids are excited about opening up at Bruce Field again...

This interview was recorded Tuesday morning at the TVCC Fieldhouse with Coach Sherard Poteete and Michael V. Hannigan. == The TVCC Cardinals will be kicking off the season in Utah Thursday night when they face No. 5 Snow College. Coach Sherard Poteete isn't surprised the Badgers are ranked that high to start the season. "Week in week out, year in year out, they're always a Top 5 team," he said. "I...

This interview was recorded at Athens High School on Friday, Aug. 19, with Coach Aaron Austin and Michael V. Hannigan. == Coach Aaron Austin is entering his third season at the helm of the Athens ISD volleyball program. In this episode, we discuss the growth of the program throughout the district and some of the steps Coach Austin is taking to make volleyball more mainstream in Athens. "We've work...

This interview was recorded Wednesday, Aug. 17, in the Athens ISD Fieldhouse. == Football that counts is almost here. The Athens Hornets have been working long hours getting ready for their season opener next week against Brownsboro. "Most of the time this week in practice has been on improving what we have to improve on from position to position for our kids to be able to play at a high level," s...

This interview was recorded at the Athens ISD Fieldhouse Wednesday, Aug. 10, with Coach Zac Harrell and Michael V. Hannigan. == The Athens Hornets will be on the road this week for their first official scrimmage of the 2022 season. The Hornets will be facing the Fairfield Eagles. The scrimmage will start with the Freshman and JV teams at 5:30 p.m. The varsity will take the field at 7 p.m. The vars...

This interview was recorded on the campus of Athens Christian Preparatory Academy (ACPA) with Athletic Director and Head WBB Coach Ronnie Raines, Head Football Coach Hanner Shipley, and Michael V. Hannigan. == The 2022-23 sports year got underway for the ACPA Storm this week with soccer, volleyball, and cross country beginning practice. Friday, I had the opportunity to talk with the architect of A...

This interview was recorded at the Athens High School Fieldhouse with Coach Zac Harrell and Michael V. Hannigan. == The Athens Hornets began practice this week for the 2022 football season. I will meet with Coach Harrell each week to talk about the team and the upcoming opponent. This week we discuss the first couple of days of practice, Meet the Hornets night, and Saturday's Maroon and White Scri...

This interview was recorded at the TVCC Cardinals Fieldhouse on Tuesday, Aug. 2, with Coach Sherard Poteete and Michael V. Hannigan. === The TVCC Cardinals held their first official practice of the 2022 season Monday. Tuesday, I caught up with Coach Poteete for o ur first podcast of the season. We talked about the high roster turnover, looked at the offense and defense, and talk about the first ga...

This interview was recorded at the Athens ISD Fieldhouse Wednesday, July 13, with Coach Zac Harrell and Michael V. Hannigan. == You might not have noticed here in the depths of summer, but the Athens Hornets will face Fairfield in the first scrimmage of 2022 in just one month. I stopped by to check in on the SWARM to see how things are going with the season on the horizon. I. Summer Conditioning P...

This interview was recorded Friday, Feb. 18, on the campus of Athens Christian Preparatory Academy. == The No. 4-ranked Athens Christian Preparatory Academy (ACPA) Lady Storm will take on Faustina Academy 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Trinity Valley Community College in TAPPS playoff action. The Lady Storm finished the regular season on a 15-game win streak. They boast a 22-5 record and went 8-0 in distric...

(Photo from last week’s win over Pottsboro via the Malakoff ISD Facebook page. Find more photos here .) This interview was recorded at Malakoff High School Wednesday, Nov. 23. == The Malakoff Tigers will face their most difficult challenge of the playoffs when they face the undefeated West Trojans 2 p.m. Friday at E.H. Hanby Stadium in Mesquite. "They're really good at what they do," said Malakoff...

This interview was recorded Tuesday, Nov. 15, at Malakoff High School. == (NOTE: Coach Driskell and I spend some time talking about X's and O's before getting into this week's game. We discuss the importance of different formations both on offense and defense. Listen to that from 1:15 to 10:30.) The Malakoff Tigers will face a familiar opponent in their Area Round playoff game this week. Malakoff...

(Duce Hart breaks lose against Fairfield last week. — Photo via the Malakoff ISD Facebook page .) This interview was recorded Wednesday, Nov. 10, at Malakoff High School. == It's that time of year for the Malakoff Tigers. The No. 10-ranked Tigers will begin their annual playoff run this Friday against Maypearl at Midway Panther Stadium in Hewitt, just outside of Waco. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:30...