Tim Waits

4 days ago | tdtnews.com | Tim Waits

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1 week ago | tdtnews.com | Tim Waits

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2 weeks ago | tdtnews.com | Tim Waits

It’s another one of those things we may just have to continue getting used to in the ever-evolving world of UIL athletics. For the better part of the last half-century, non-football teams blessed enough to win their region in their respective classification gathered at one site — usually Austin — for a Final Four-style tournament. That wasn’t the case this year. Future years are still apparently negotiable.

3 weeks ago | tdtnews.com | Tim Waits

When the final out was recorded by Bridge City to end Salado’s run through the Class 4A baseball postseason in the Region III finals, so too was the end of the 2024-25 athletic season for area teams. Fittingly enough, it was a Salado team turning off the last switch. The Eagles once again enjoyed a well-rounded academic calendar year from the fall through the spring.

1 month ago | tdtnews.com | Tim Waits

For a coach who retired five years ago, Kirby Johnson has been racking up accolades in much the same way his Temple College teams played — fast and furious. As if being honored as a Distinguished Alumni by the Temple Education Foundation last fall, followed closely by having the basketball court at Temple College named in his honor and later being inducted into the NJCAA Region 5 Hall of Fame wasn’t enough, he did all of those better.