By: Justin Hargrove, Assistant Athletic Director
Northeast Texas Community College Women’s and Men’s Soccer teams returned to campus on August 10th to begin preparing for the upcoming season. Recently promoted Head Coaches, Heather Brady will oversee the Women’s program and Juan (JD) Perales will oversee the Men’s program.
The Women’s team will consist of young ladies from Texas, California, and six international students. The international students are making there way to NTCC from Haiti (two students), Brazil, Colombia (two students), and Kenya. On the Men’s side the roster will be filled with athletes from across Texas, and Eleven international students. The Eagles will have five young men from France, one from Belgium, one from Spain, one from Kenya, and three from England.
NTCC hosted Ranger College on Monday, August 15th for the first scrimmage of the 2022 season. On what would prove to be a very hot day, the Women pulled off a 1-0 win, with Alexis Mendez (Plano, Texas) scoring the goal for the Eagles. On the Men’s side they battled to a 2-2 tie in the heat. David Imbert (France) and fellow countrymen Yanis Lakhlifi provided the offense for NTCC.
Baseball, Rodeo and Softball will start practice on the first day of school, August 22nd. Rodeo will compete in 5 National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association (NIRA) Southern Region Rodeos this fall, followed by five more in the Spring. Coach Justin Hampton hopes of having multiple Eagles qualifying for the College National Finals Rodeo in Casper, Wyoming in June of 2023. NTCC will host a rodeo, October 21st and 22nd at the Mount Pleasant Rodeo Association, Priefert Arena located in Mount Pleasant on Greenhill Road.
Baseball will open their fall season with a game against the Ontario Blue Jays at NTCC on Thursday, September 8th at 2:00pm. Andy Morgan begins his sixth season as Head Coach of the Eagle Baseball program.
Josh Freeman and the Eagle Softball program will open the fall season on the road on September 13thtraveling to Southern Arkansas Community College. The first chance to see the Softball team at home will be on September 17th as they take on Excel Elite at 12:00pm.
You can keep current on Eagle Athletics news and schedules by visiting www.ntcceagles.com. NTCC has moved to digital tickets for the upcoming year, you can purchase your tickets in advance following link on the website or by downloading the Hometown Tickets app to your mobile device. No cash sales at the gate.
