The Tribune

By BRENT STUBBS

Chief Sports Editor

bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

ON the heels of winning their District 4-3A Championship title, versatile Terrell McCoy helped the Bulldogs varsity girls’ basketball team add the FHSAA Class 3A regional championship title to their collection at Bolles High School in Jacksonville, Florida.

With her parents - Clementra and Harcourt McCoy - in the stands, the six-foot, three-inch Terrell and the Bulldogs prevailed with a 52-38 victory over Rutherford to remain undefeated at 4-0. 

“I’m very proud of my team. We were the first to it. We’ve been working for about six months on our conditioning and we came out and showed what we were supposed to do and we ended up with a win,” Terrell said. 

“It was a lot of pressure, but I knew my team had my back and I had my team’s back, so if we were feeling scared, we would play for each other,” she said.

The 16-year-old, who averaged 15 points and nine rebounds, said she couldn’t ask for much better team performance because it helped to translate to her performing as well as she did. 

“I feel pretty good about my performance. With all of the hard work that I was able to put in, it’s finally shown on the court,” said the 16-year-old Terrell,  a three-time CARIFTA medallist in the under-17 girls’ shot put and discus. “I feel as if all the work that I’ve been doing is now going into these key moments.”

Looking back at her season, the 16-year-old Terrell McCoy, who hopes to one day become a neurosurgeon, said it would be considered one of the best she’s ever had.

“I’ve had some really good team-mates and some good coaches to really push me through it,” said Terrell, who averaged 12-13 points per game. “From here now, I will get ready for track. I plan to go to state (championship) in shot put and discus and medal.” Her older sister Danielle, 18, is a freshman at Hollins University where she is expected to play both basketball and volleyball.

“As a parent of girls, I’ve always taught them to be committed in whatever they are doing and to have integrity,” said mother Clementra. “Watching them compete and seeing their drive and passion makes me proud beyond words but it also makes me grateful to God for keeping them healthy and safe throughout their sporting seasons.”

While Danielle and Terrell have been making their presence felt in basketball, their younger sister Hardassah has followed in the footsteps of his siblings on the basketball court, but she is also making a name for herself as a high jump. 

The 11-year-old 5-7 sixth grader at Temple Christian Academy competed over the weekend at the Redline Athletics Field Meet at the original Thomas A. Robinson Track and Field Stadium where she won both the under-13 girls high and triple jumps and placed third in the long jump.

“All of them have unique personalities that have placed them in each in unique situations,” Clementra McCoy summed up.