Tim Waits

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Sports Correspondent at Temple Daily Telegram

Cristina's husband. Emily & Allison's father. Daniel Timothy's grandpa. Texas sportswriter since 1985. Hebrews 13:8

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Column: Roberts, Cougars harken to traditional norms

1 week ago | tdtnews.com | Tim Waits

An ominous bit of deja vu crept in as the last 2 minutes of the men’s NCAA basketball championship game began to wind down Monday night. It was particularly sensitive for those of us pulling for the University of Houston to at long last capture its first national title after threatening numerous times over the last 50-plus years. Beyond that, on a local level, a Cougars victory over Florida would have secured the first title for a male basketball player hailing from a Bell County school.
Tem-Cats rout Killeen to stay in thick of postseason hunt

2 weeks ago | kdhnews.com | Tim Waits

TEMPLE - Remaining in the playoff picture was the primary goal Tuesday night for the Temple Tem-Cats. Staying sharp while doing so was a bonus as Temple routed Killeen 18-2 in four innings at Tem-Cat Field to remain in the thick of the District 12-6A postseason picture.
Tem-Cats rout Killeen to stay in thick of postseason hunt

2 weeks ago | tdtnews.com | Tim Waits

Remaining in the playoff picture was the primary goal Tuesday night for the Temple Tem-Cats. Staying sharp while doing so was a bonus as Temple routed Killeen 18-2 in four innings at Tem-Cat Field to remain in the thick of the District 12-6A postseason picture. Temple (11-9-1, 5-4) rang up nine runs on four hits in the first inning to take total command early.
Residents reflect on memories of now closed downtown Temple Dairy Queen

2 weeks ago | kdhnews.com | Tim Waits

By TIM WAITS | TELEGRAM CORRESPONDENT The lights are still on but nobody's home at the decades-old Dairy Queen on North 7th Street in Temple. There is no signage to depict that the beloved Dairy Queen is no longer operating. The outdoor sign still has a long ago promotion for the "reaper taco." The outdoor menu still has items, though there is a note apologizing that, due to a failed delivery, some of the items would not be available.
Residents reflect on memories of now closed downtown Temple Dairy Queen

2 weeks ago | tdtnews.com | Tim Waits

The lights are still on but nobody’s home at the decades-old Dairy Queen on North 7th Street in Temple. There is no signage to depict that the beloved Dairy Queen is no longer operating. The outdoor sign still has a long ago promotion for the “reaper taco.” The outdoor menu still has items, though there is a note apologizing that, due to a failed delivery, some of the items would not be available.
Column: Former Tem-Cats impacting softball as coaches

2 weeks ago | tdtnews.com | Tim Waits

Coaching wasn’t necessarily the end goal for some of the greatest softball players to ever put on a Temple uniform, but it came naturally for athletes so steeped in the game that they can hardly imagine doing anything else. “Oddly enough, no, I was not planning on coaching,” said Lexi Smith, a 2014 Temple graduate who rang up more than 1,000 strikeouts in her prolific high school career before becoming a cog in the circle for Temple College and Texas A&M.
Column: Holland's Spinn making most of new start at Lamar

3 weeks ago | tdtnews.com | Tim Waits

Zane Spinn has found his baseball home at long last. It is in a place where he least expected to find it after taking a circuitous route around Texas before landing at Lamar University in Beaumont. “I thank God for the blessings of the different places,” the Holland native said. “He finally gave me a place where they believe in me. The atmosphere here is more in my favor.
Lady Knights score in top of seventh to edge Temple 3-2

4 weeks ago | kdhnews.com | Tim Waits

By Tim Waits | FME News Service TEMPLE - With a bevy of clutch hits and near misses from both teams, it was Harker Heights shortstop MacKenzie Uschan who came up big at the exact right time. Uschan delivered a two-out single to shallow right field to drive in Bevin Parker with the game-deciding run in the top of the seventh inning as the Lady Knights overtook Temple for a 3-2 victory Tuesday night at Tem-Cat Field.
Temple clipped by Heights, 3-2: Lady Knights score in top of seventh to edge Tem-Cats

4 weeks ago | tdtnews.com | Tim Waits

With a bevy of clutch hits and near misses from both teams, it was Harker Heights shortstop MacKenzie Uschan who came up big at the exact right time. Uschan delivered a two-out single to shallow right field to drive in Bevin Parker with the game-deciding run in the top of the seventh inning as the Lady Knights overtook Temple for a 3-2 victory Tuesday night at Tem-Cat Field.
Column: Impressive coaching lineage leads Kuhn to Academy

1 month ago | tdtnews.com | Tim Waits

Becoming the new Academy head football coach wasn’t the first time Ty Kuhn’s career put him in Bell County, but he would just as soon it be the last. “In my interview, they asked me what was my plan for the future after Academy,” said the 39-year-old Kuhn, who began work on the Academy campus last Monday. “I told them, honestly, I haven’t even thought about it. Maybe, by the time I’m 95, they’ll have to bus me out of here. I’m a loyal person and I’m going to work hard for Academy.