Memorials can be made to Alzheimer's Alliance of NE Texas 211 Winchester Tyler, Texas 75701.
Visitation will be from 5:00 to 6:30 Friday, February 10, 2012 at the funeral home
PASADENA - Jaron Johnson hit for 12 points and Tyler Junior College scored a 54-52 win over San Jacinto Central on Wednesday.
It was the second straight win at Anders Gymnaisum for the Apaches (13-6, 6-4 Region XIV). TJC won in Pasadena in 2009, the Apaches' first win in the San Jac gym in 13 years.
"It was a very, very, very physical game," TJC coach Mike Marquis said. "It was a team effort."
With the Apaches ahead 54-52 with 6.7 seconds remaining, the Ravens brought the ball down court, but missed. Marquis said there was a mad scramble for the ball and the clock ran out.
TJC returns to play on Saturday when the Apaches play host to Lon Morris College. The game is scheduled for 4 p.m. at Wagstaff Gymnasium.
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Tyler 54,San Jacinto Central 52
TYLER- Jaron Johnson, 12; Trevor Berkeley, 7; Trent Washington, 2; Tyler Brunson, 3; Hershey Robinson, 0; Kameron LaTouche, 6; Chris Coleman, 8; Ta'Jon Welcome, 4; Winslo Barry, 6; Daniel Edozie, 6.
SAN JACINTO CENTRAL- Danny Lawhorn, 6; Kylel Coleman, 8; Emmanuel Sanchez, 3; Brandon Chatman, 4; Flavien Davis, 10; Teris Bourgeois, 8; Urbane Bingham, 4; Javaria Jones, 3; Chris Richardson, 6.
THREE POINT GOALS- TJC: none. SJC: Sanchez, Chatman.
HALFTIME SCORE- Tyler 26-23.
RECORDS- Tyler 13-6 (6-4), San Jacinto Central 16-4 (7-3).
NEXT UP- Lon Morris at Tyler, 4 p.m. Saturday; San Jacinto Central at Paris, 4 p.m. Saturday.
Apache Ladies 85,San Jacinto North 76
HOUSTON - Ericka House had a game-high 23 points and Kirbi Clark added 19 as the Tyler Junior College Apache Ladies scored an 85-76 win over San Jacinto North on Wednesday at Nichols Gymnasium.
Markisha Hawkins added 12 for the Apache Ladies (17-5, 8-2 Region XIV).
"It was a see-saw battle throughout," TJC coach Trenia Jones said. "We had to battle foul trouble. Ashley Benjamin fouled out and we had a number of players with three and four fouls."
House scored 17 of her 23 points in the second half to help the Apache Ladies capture the win.
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Tyler 85, San Jacinto North 76
TYLER- Ericka House, 23; Markisha Hawkins, 12; Amber Ames, 2; Ashley Benjamin, 7; Keaira Arion, 6; Cecilia Okoye, 8; Shawnee Johnson, 8; Kirbi Clark, 19.
SAN JACINTO NORTH- Olivia Simmons, 13; Olimpiea Hurst, 4; Raiji McWright, 16; Jessica Hines, 20; Adaeze Elonu, 20; Vyshae Holmes, 3.
THREE POINT GOALS- TJC: House (4), Hawkins (2). SJN: McWright, Elonu (3).
HALFTIME SCORE- TJC 39-34.
RECORDS- Tyler 17-5 (8-2), San Jacinto North 8-12 (0-10).
NEXT UP- Lon Morris at Tyler, 2 p.m. Saturday; San Jacinto North at Paris, 2 p.m. Saturday.
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Although he has 47 returning players, Tyler Junior College football coach Danny Palmer and his staff remained aggressive and signed 49 more on Wednesday.
Also, seven Apaches inked with four-year colleges.
"We are extremely happy … we recruited East Texas hard again," Palmer said. "We have a lot of guys coming back. … We went heavy with linemen and defensive people."
The Apaches are coming off a 7-4 campaign in which they finished second to Navarro in the Southwest Junior College Football Conference.
TJC already has three players on campus as mid-term enrollees - December high school graduates, offensive lineman Conner Groom of Lufkin and linebacker Mike Knobloch of Richland Hills. Also, Iowa State transfer strong safety Floyd Mattison of Katy Morton Ranch.
"Mattison will be one of the fastest guys in the conference," Palmer said. "He was his district's champion in the 100 and 200 (meter dashes)."
Apaches going on to four-year schools were quarterback Ryan Black of Jacksonville (Henderson State), defensive back DeKerrian Cooper of Chapel Hill (Panhandle State), offensive lineman Hunter Hogan of Tyler Lee (Murray State), defensive back Broderick Jackson (Rice), defensive lineman Josh Theut (Sam Houston State), wide receiver Randall Weeks (Texas State) and defensive back Duke Wheeler of John Tyler (Texas A&M-Commerce).
Palmer loves having East Texans on his team and his staff went full force in inking the Piney Woods standouts.
Four of the players are members of Chapel Hill's Class 3A Division I state championship team - defensive lineman Kendall Beal, cornerback Jay Reagan, quarterback Avery Saenz and offensive lineman Daniel Smith.
Saenz was happy to be playing a couple of more seasons with his Bulldog buddies.
"It always helps to know somebody where you're going," Saenz said. "Obviously, me and my teammates know how to win and we can spread that fire to the rest of the team."
Other Tyler athletes signing with the Black & Gold were defensive end William Coleman and Idong Okon of Robert E. Lee; and Caleb Williams of Bishop T.K. Gorman.
Additional East Texans in the Apache class are offensive lineman Colton Campbell of Bullard Brook Hill, wide receiver Eddie Fluellen and cornerback Traylon Webb of Gilmer; offensive lineman Joseph Hale of Athens; offensive lineman Jordan Lewis of Diboll; linebacker Donte Marsh of Lindale; running back Urian Nevels and wide receiver Trey Rush of Texas High; and defensive end Larry Thomas and Deontre Wilson of Longview.
Kimo Tipoti, an offensive lineman from Hurst L.D. Bell, double-signed. If he does not gain entrance to Texas A&M, he will go to TJC.
Palmer said his staff hit the Metroplex, getting many linemen from the Hurst-Euless-Bedford area and Fort Worth.
Palmer also used a connection to land Lewis.
Lewis' uncle is Jerry LeVias, the first African-American scholarship athlete in the Southwest Conference. LeVias was a star at SMU. The longtime successful Garland High School coach Chuck Curtis, who moved to SMU, recruited LeVias to the Hilltop. Curtis gave Palmer his first college job at UT Arlington.
Palmer added he will probably sign a Division I quarterback transfer in a few days.
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Staff writer Clint Buckley contributed to this report.
Freshman Zach Aitken pitched two scoreless innings to get the win.
Tyler (3-0) trailed Division-I Texarkana 3-1 in the seventh when left fielder Nico Moran made a huge throw home to catcher Blaine Hashagen to deny Levi Saxby's attempt to score for the final out of the inning.
"Baseball has a lot of momentum swings, and when he threw him out, it really got the team fired up," Apaches coach Doug Wren said. "That was the momentum swing we needed for the seventh and eighth innings."
Ron Reemts led off the Apache half of the seventh by being hit by a pitch, then advanced on an error. Reemts scored from second when Tyler Ernest's single was misplayed in center field. Ernest advanced to second on a ground out and tied the game at 3-3 when Hunter Sutton's grounder was misplayed by the TC shortstop Jon Phillips.
The Apaches then plated two runs in the eighth inning to take the lead.
Connor Lewis led off with a single and was sacrificed to second on a bunt by Jacob Soisson. Lewis made it to third base as Reemts reached on an error by the Texarkana first baseman.
With Ernest at the plate, TC pitcher Caleb Hawkins committed a balk, scoring Lewis with the go-ahead run. After a Bulldog pitching change, Nico Moran's infield single scored Reemts for an insurance run and a 5-3 lead.
Aitken gave up one hit, a walk and struck out one in his two innings to register the win.
The Apaches scratched out five runs on seven hits, and took advantage of four errors from Texarkana.
"Both sides had some ups and downs," Wren said. "It was a back-and-forth ball game, but it was good to see our guys respond to being down early."
Gaining hits for TJC were Lewis (two), Ernest, Moran, Jon McManemin, PJ Worthen and Reemts.
Phillips led the Bulldogs with two hits, while Smith, Justin Copeland of Lindale, Dylan Brown of Spring Hill and Levi Saxby each recorded a hit apiece.
The Apaches play at 2 p.m. Friday at Richland College before returning to Mike Carter Field for a doubleheader on Saturday against Cedar Valley. The first game begins at noon.
Texarkana (1-2) plays Eastern Oklahoma Saturday in Wilburton, Okla. The first game begins at noon.
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The Tyler Junior College basketball teams took two very different routes on Saturday, but the destination was the same.
The Apache Ladies, behind seven players in double figures, scored an easy 105-62 win over Jacksonville College in the first game, while the Apaches used tough, second-half defense and rebounding to register a 65-60 win over the Jaguars.
Men
With Jaron Johnson out with a "tweaked ankle" and Alton Tanner receiving limited playing time with an ankle injury, the remainder of the Apaches had to step up in the Region XIV Conference game.
Ta'Jon Welcome led the way for TJC (12-6, 5-4) with 19 points, while Hersey Robinson and Trent Washington were next in line with 13 and 12 points, respectively.
Malik Smith topped Jacksonville (14-6, 4-5) with 13 points, while Chris Thomas added 12.
In the first half, Jacksonville, backed by its 3-point shooting, reeled off a 16-0 run to go up 26-17 and the Jaguars eventually went ahead 32-22 on a trey by Cory Carden with 3:03 to go in the first half.
The Apaches then scored the final 11 points of the half to take a 33-32 lead at intermission.
Washington had two 3-pointers and two free throws to spark the run, while Welcome hit a trey with 4.7 seconds showing for the halftime lead.
"I thought that was a huge momentum builder right before halftime," TJC coach Mike Marquis said. "We were on the verge of collapse."
In the first half, the Jaguars hit eight 3-pointers. The Apaches, who broke a three-game losing streak to JC, limited the squad to three in the second half thanks to a more aggressive zone defense.
The Apaches gradually pulled ahead in the second half 63-54 thanks in part to a key play by Welcome and Washington. Welcome swiped the basketball and saved it from going out of bounds. He tipped the ball to Washington who dealt it back to Welcome for a slam dunk.
From there, it got a bit tight for TJC, but the Apaches held on thanks in part to two steals by Robinson.
"I thought our depth came through in the second half even though we were down two (Johnson, Tanner)," Marquis said.
JC coach Jody Bailey added, "I was not proud of our execution, but I was proud of our effort, character and attitude."
Robinson led TJC with nine rebounds, while Chris Coleman and Daniel Edozie had seven apiece.
Women
The Apache Ladies (16-5, 7-2 Region XIV) scored the first 11 points of the game and Ericka House had a game-high 24 points en route to the win.
"We came out ready to play," TJC coach Trenia Jones said. "It was also an opportunity to get everyone some playing time."
Along with House, other TJC players in double figures were Ashley Benjamin (17 points), Markisha Hawkins (15), Shawnee Johnson (11), Keaira Arion (10), Cecilia Okoye (10) and Kirbi Clark (10).
The Lady Jaguars (4-17, 1-8) had three players in double digit scoring - Chelsea Rogers (18 points), Brooke Taylor (17) and Jinaki Robinson (11).
"You know the teams at the bottom of the standings are going to get their wins, you just hope it's not against you," Jones said.
Jones added she was pleased with the way the team shot "the 3-ball for once" and the way her posts Okoye and Clark played.
Okoye paced TJC with 11 rebounds, while Hawkins had nine.
Jasmine Robinson led the Lady Jags with seven rebounds, while Anna Mburu had six.
The Apache Ladies and Lady Jaguars meet again on Feb. 22 in Jacksonville.
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Women
Tyler JC 105, Jacksonville College 62
JACKSONVILLE - Brooke Taylor, 17; Chelsea Rogers, 18; Shelby Petross, 0; Sierra Nevels, 0; Jinaki Robinson, 11; Jasmine Robinson, 4; Anna Mburu, 6; Creshay Thompson, 0; Daria Kryuchkova, 6.
TYLER - Ericka House, 24; Markisha Hawkins, 15; Amber Ames, 6; Ashley Benjamin, 17; Keaira Arion, 10; Tayshia Hunt, 2; Cecilia Okoye, 10; Shawnee Johnson, 11; Kirbi Clark, 10.
THREE POINT GOALS - JC: Taylor (2), Rogers (4), Ji. Robinson (3). TJC: House (6), Arion (2), Johnson.
HALFTIME SCORE - Tyler 48, Jacksonville 62.
FREE THROWS - Jacksonville 11-14, Tyler 22-30.
RECORDS - Jacksonville 4-17 (1-8), Tyler 16-5 (7-2).
NEXT UP - Paris at Jacksonville, 5:30 p.m. Wednesday; Tyler at San Jacinto North, 5:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Men
Tyler JC 65, Jacksonville College 60
JACKSONVILLE - J.J. Williams, 2; Nikola Gajic, 7; Jerel Williams, 2; Malik Smith, 13; Edgardo Castro, 0; Chris Singateh, 2; Cory Carden, 9; Nelson Kirksey, 7; Deondre Logan, 6; Chris Thomas, 12; Maurice County, 0.
TYLER - Trevor Berkeley, 0; Trent Washington, 12; Tyler Brunson, 0; Hersey Robinson, 13; Kameron LaTouche, 4; Chris Coleman, 9; Ta'Jon Welcome, 19; Abdi Nur, 2; Winslo Barry, 2; Alton Tanner, 2; Daniel Edozie, 2.
THREE POINT GOALS - JC: Gajic, Je. Williams, Smith (3), Carden (3), Kirksey, Logan. TJC: Washington (3), Welcome (2).
HALFTIME SCORE - Tyler 33, Jacksonville 32.
FREE THROWS - Jacksonville 12-19, Tyler 10-22.
RECORDS - Jacksonville 14-6 (4-5), Tyler 12-6 (5-4).
NEXT UP - Paris at Jacksonville, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday; Tyler at San Jacinto Central, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.
ATT. - 900.
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Due to field availability, Saturday's doubleheader vs. Dallas Christian has been moved from Dallas to a home game at Mike Carter Field. The first pitch will remain at 12 noon. Game one will be 7 innings, and game two will be a full nine.
The April home date vs Dallas Christian will remain in Tyler.
Former Apache Dom Dwyer was selected #16 in the first round by Sporting Kansas City in the 2012 MLS Super Draft.
Dwyer shares his thoughts after being selected: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysBU4zWpY8o
