JIn all the talk of football season gearing up for 2013, lost in all the talk are the Tyler Junior College Apaches.
TJC could be in for a roller coaster of a season this year as many so called “experts” say they wouldn’t be surprised to see them finish first but also wouldn’t be surprised to see them finish near the basement of the conference.
However, in this year’s coaches’ poll the Apaches were picked to finish in fourth place. Of course, they’ll have their hands full with the defending champs in Navarro College who are returning a good chunk of their starters as well as Kilgore College who should be a force to be reckoned with.
TJC has a ton of holes to fill this year as it lost several starters from a year ago but head coach Danny Palmer believes those stepping up into new roles got the necessary experience in 2012 needed to in order to fill those big holes in the absence of last year’s players.
Just a side note, this team is stacked with locals as there about 40 native East Texans on the roster.
Here’s TJC’s 2013 Football schedule:
Aug. 24 vs. Louisiana College (scrimmage in Shreveport) 7 p.m.
Aug. 31 Fort Scott (Kan.) 7 p.m.
Sept. 7 at Kilgore 7 p.m.
Sept. 14 SE Prep 7 p.m.
Sept. 21 *Blinn 7 p.m.
Sept. 26 *at NE Oklahoma 7 p.m.
Oct. 5 *Navarro 7 p.m.
Oct. 12 *at Cisco 7 p.m.
Oct. 19 *at Trinity Valley 3 p.m.
Oct. 26 **Kilgore 3 p.m.
*SWJCFC game
** Homecoming
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