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Texas Tech vs Oklahoma, 2:30 p.m. Saturday, November 15, 2014 at Jones AT&T Stadium

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Into the

Light Winbush perseveres through long nights, brush with tragedy

BY DON WILLIAMS aVALANCHE-JOURNAL

Zach Winbush already knows the date, six months in advance: May 16.

That’s when he’ll have something to show for all those late nights studying and early mornings sweating. The Texas Tech linebacker will graduate with a degree in mechanical engineering, a minor in wind energy.

He’s spent five years making sacrifices for that day, not taking the easy way out, trying to be a major-college football player who bit off as much as he could chew in the classroom.

“It was very hard trying to balance academics and athletics, being the mechanical engineer,” Winbush said this week. “But some of the coaches have been nice and have respected me going to class — sometimes maybe take a test during practice or I have to miss some practice and come back. They’ve generally been good about that, and Kliff (Kingsbury) has done a really good job about it.”

Winbush doesn’t have any story in particular to illustrate the challenge, “other than just being at the library until 3 or 4 o’clock in the morning and then having workout the next morning at 5:45, that kind of stuff.”

You might say academics and discipline are in Winbush’s DNA. His father, Sherwin Winbush, has a degree in architectural engineering from Florida A&M and retired a lieutenant colonel after 21 years in the U.S. Army.

So on the morning of May 16, Winbush will reap the reward.

First comes some recognition today at Jones AT&T Stadium.

The 6-foot-1, 225-pound senior from Schertz Clemens is one of 20 Red Raiders being saluted before their final home game when Texas Tech hosts Oklahoma.

It might be first time this season Winbush has had his name called. As he’s headed toward the finish line academically, his playing time has dried up.

He missed nearly all of spring practice with a hamstring injury and never cracked the linebacker rotation this season. He’s been credited with no tackles and that’s not an easy thing to take, given that he played in 27 games the previous three years and had his moments.

“It (stinks) not playing,” Winbush said, “but I do as much as I can for the team, whether it’s special teams or whether it’s do stuff at practice and try to get people better. I just want the season to go well.”

Winbush hasn’t played much, but he’s always been a backup.

He’s learned how to deal with that. But the trials he’s experienced in the classroom and on the football field don’t compare to what happened June 3. That’s another date that’s not easy to forget.

Touched by tragedy Zach Winbush was working out when his sister was among four Texas A&M-Commerce women’s baseketball players involved in a tragic accident last spring.

Lions players Aubrey Butts and Devon Oliver died when the Nissan Maxima in which they were rear-seat passengers was struck by an 18-wheeler at the intersection of a farm road and Loop 286 in the east Texas town of Paris.

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Texas Tech’s Zach Winbush will play his final home game on Saturday against Oklahoma.

According to reports, Latisha Hearne, the driver of the Nissan, pulled into the truck’s path. Hearne and frontseat passenger Zenobia Winbush were treated at a hospital for nonlife-threatening injuries.

“I didn’t really hear anything about it until three hours after the accident happened,” Zach Winbush said, “because I was in practice. So I was nervous, not knowing what’s going on, trying to figure out how things are going to see if she’s OK.” Later that night, Winbush talked to his sister by phone. He was assured she’d be all right.

Nevertheless, their father said, the Winbushes brought Zenobia to Lubbock the next week.

“It was a good reunion,” Sherwin Winbush said. “We got her up there as fast as we could so he could see her. I tell you, that was a sight, and it was worth the drive. Maybe he sort of floated up a little bit, because a lot of weight was lifted off his shoulders.”

Sherwin said his daughter has recovered well. Her Texas A&MCommerce team opens the season at 3 p.m. today at McMurry in Abilene.

Zach’s game is at 2:30 p.m.

Sherwin and Cynthia Winbush said they’ll be at Jones AT&T Stadium to escort their son down the tunnel on senior day.

Of the 22 high school seniors Tech signed in February 2010, only four are still suiting up for the Red Raiders.

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Quick Hits The quest for 90,000

Baker’s back

Who’s the guy?

Texas Tech needs 83 yards to reach 90,000 yards total offense since going to a spreadpassing attack in 2000. According to Tech’s research, the Red Raiders’ total of 89,917 is the most in the FBS since 2000.

In the same time frame, Oklahoma ranks first in points scored (7,212) and Tech fourth (6,733). In touchdowns, the Sooners (914) and the Red Raiders (885) are third and fourth, respectively.

Former Tech QB Baker Mayfield is expected to be on the Oklahoma sideline today. Mayfield, who transferred to OU in the spring, is inelgible to play this season, so he can’t travel with the team.

However, he was was planning to make the drive to Lubbock, according to the Oklahoman.

Mayfield also was on the OU sideline for the Sooners’ game against TCU this season, and Horned Frogs QB Trevone Boykin accused him of stealing signals.

Texas Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury said Thursday that Davis Webb and Patrick Mahomes have both practiced this week and are available today, Webb after an ankle injury three weeks ago and Mahomes after a shot to the head two weeks ago.

Kingsbury didn’t name a starting quarterback, but said both have looked sharp this week. Kingsbury said Webb’s not full speed, “but him at 80 percent is still pretty good.”

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Breaking down the Sooners

Texas Tech Stats Leaders PASSING C-A-I Yds TD Lg 211-345-13 2,539 24 76 25-44-2 228 2 19 RUSHING

No. Yds. Avg. TD Lg Washington 141 796 5.6 1 48 Stockton 41 365 8.9 4 75 White 28 116 4.1 0 17 RECEIVING

No. Yds Avg. TD Lg Grant 53 709 13.4 5 59 Marquez 53 637 12.0 7 70 R. Davis 28 305 10.9 5 36 Lauderdale 20 326 16.3 3 76 Washington 20 155 7.8 0 17 Cantrell 14 188 13.4 1 34 Sadler 11 137 12.5 1 36 PUNTING

No. Avg. Lg In 20 Symmank 43 43.1 61 15 PUNT RETURNS

No. Avg. TD Lg Batson 18 3.6 0 18 KICKOFF RETURNS

No. Yds Avg. TD Lg. Grant 19 470 24.7 0 54 Stockton 10 154 15.4 0 24 SCORING

TD FG XP 2Pt Pts. Bustin 0 7-8 30-30 0 51 TACKLES Sacks UT AT TT Yards Robertson, OLB 33 29 62 9-52 Ward, FS 46 14 60 0-0 Gaines, SS 30 26 56 0-0 Fehoko, WLB 28 25 53 0-0 Awe, MLB 38 15 53 1-5 Eguavoen, MLB 32 17 49 1-14 Stewart, OLB 30 10 40 0-0 Nelson, CB 30 6 36 1-3 McElrath, DT 23 13 36 1-2 Madison, CB 28 3 31 0-0 Jackson, DE 19 11 30 3-17 Bethel, CB 17 10 27 0-0 Williams, RB 13 8 21 0-0 Smith, NG 9 6 15 0-0 PASSES DEFENDED

Int.-Yds. PBU PD Nelson, CB 0-0 13 13 Gaines, SS 2-0 4 6 Ward, FS 0-0 6 6 Madison, CB 0-0 5 5

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Texas Tech Schedule Date Team Result/Time Aug. 30 Central Arkansas W, 42-35 Sept. 6 at UTEP W, 30-26 Sept. 13 Arkansas L, 49-28 Sept. 25 at Oklahoma State* L, 45-35 Oct. 4 at Kansas State* L, 45-13 Oct. 11 West Virginia* L, 37-34 Oct. 18 Kansas* W, 34-21 Oct. 25 at TCU* L, 82-27 Nov. 1 Texas* L, 34-13 Nov. 15 Oklahoma* 2:30 p.m.

Nov. 22 at Iowa State* 2:30 p.m.

Nov. 29 vs. Baylor at Arlington TBA * — Big 12 Conference game

Texas Tech will be tasked with slowing down Oklahoma running back Samaje Perine.

OU running game could boom or bust

BY Krista Pirtle a-J Media

Oklahoma running back Samaje Perine has been one of the Big 12’s leading rushers this season, and the Sooners might call on him even more than usual today.

With starting quarterback Trevor Knight out and leading receiver Sterling Shepard questionable with a groin injury, Perine should run the ball — a lot.

The 5-foot-11, 243-pound freshman from Pflugerville

Texas Tech Roster No. Name 1 Nigel Bethel II 2 Reginald Davis 3 J.J. Gaines 4 Bradley Marquez 5 Gary Moore 5 Patrick Mahomes 6 Devin Lauderdale 6 Kris Williams 7 Davis Webb 7 D.J. Polite-Bray 8 Austin Stewart 8 Justin Stockton 9 Shawn Corker 9 Branden Jackson 10 Pete Robertson 11 Jakeem Grant 12 Ian Sadler 13 Sam Eguavoen 14 Dylan Cantrell 15 Keenon Ward 16 Dorian Crawford 16 Vincent Testaverde 17 Thierry Nguema 18 Micah Awe 19 Jalen Barnes 20 Tevin Madison 21 DeAndr. Washington 22 Derrick Dixon 23 La’Darius Newbold 25 Sam Atoe 26 John White 27 Zach Winbush 31 Justis Nelson 32 Brandon Bagley 33 Chris Payne 34 Kenny Williams 35 Tyler Scalzi 37 Quinton White 38 Ja’Deion High 38 Kisean Allen 39 Kahlee Woods 40 Rodney Hall 41 Malik Jenkins 42 Taylor Symmank 43 Jackson Richards 45 Kramer Fyfe 46 David Brenner 48 Ryan Bustin 50 Brandon Thorpe 51 Demetrius Alston 52 V.J. Fehoko 56 Alfredo Morales 58 Josh Outlaw 59 Talor Nunez 62 Le’Raven Clark 63 James Polk 65 Baylen Brown 71 Reshod Fortenberry 73 Justin Murphy 75 Jared Kaster 80 Cameron Batson 82 Brent Mitcham 83 Brad Pearson 85 Jordan Davis 90 Keland McElrath 92 Andre Ross 95 Marcus Smith 97 Trey Keenan 98 Anthony Smith 99 Rika Levi

Hendrickson averages 87.6 yards per game and has scored 11 touchdowns.

The Sooners have more than just Perine. Sophomores Alex Ross and Keith Ford have run for 491 and 234 yards, respectively, and a combined eight rushing TDs. Texas Tech’s run defense is last in the Big 12. The Red Raiders have permitted nine individual 100-yard rushers this season, including two each against Arkansas, West Virginia and TCU.

Oklahoma Roster Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl.-Exp. CB 5-9 173 Fr-HS FL 6-0 192 So-1L SS 6-0 185 Jr-2L IR 6-0 203 Sr-3L DE 6-5 226 Fr-RS QB 6-2 212 Fr-HS SE 6-0 180 So-Tr OLB 6-1 230 So-Sq QB 6-5 223 So-1L CB 5-11 183 So-1L OLB 6-0 223 Sr.-2L RB 5-10 180 Fr-HS WR 6-1 186 Sr-3L DE 6-4 275 Jr-2L OLB 6-3 236 Jr-2L IR 5-6 169 Jr-2L IR 5-10 194 Fr-HS MLB 6-1 230 Sr-3L SE 6-3 211 So-1L FS 5-9 199 So-1L OLB 6-2 200 Sr-1L QB 6-1 187 Fr-HS CB 5-10 174 So-1L ILB 6-0 223 Jr-2L S-LB 6-0 189 Fr-RS CB 5-10 160 Fr-HS RB 5-8 201 Jr-2L SS 5-9 185 Fr-HS CB 6-1 201 So-1L WLB 5-11 237 Jr-Tr S 5-10 205 Jr-1L OLB 6-1 226 Sr-3L CB 6-2 177 So-1L CB 5-10 182 Jr-1L OLB 5-10 190 Sr-1L RB 5-11 228 Sr-3L FB 6-4 236 So-1L RB 5-7 203 So-1L FL 5-11 186 Fr-RS S 6-0 165 Fr-HS ILB 6-0 224 Fr-RS FB 5-9 240 Sr-1L ILB 6-1 212 So-1L P-K 6-2 192 Jr-1L DL 6-4 275 Sr-3L K 5-8 169 Sr-2L DS 6-0 212 Jr-1L K 5-11 179 Sr-2L DT 6-3 284 Jr-Tr DL 6-3 275 Jr-1L WLB 5-11 220 Sr-Tr OG 6-4 308 Jr-2L DT 6-4 295 Fr-RS DE 6-4 240 Fr-RS OT 6-6 313 Jr-2L OG 6-6 338 Sr-3L G-C 6-4 293 So-1L OT 6-5 294 Sr-1L T-G 6-7 270 Fr-HS C 6-3 291 Jr-2L IR 5-9 173 Fr-HS IR 5-9 177 Sr-1L IR 6-1 206 Jr-2L IR 5-10 176 Sr-2L DT 6-4 295 Jr-Tr OLB 6-2 234 Jr-1L NG 6-3 302 Jr-Tr TE 6-5 272 So-1L NG 6-0 331 So-Sq NG 6-2 348 Jr-Tr

No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl.-Exp. 1 Dominique Alexander LB 6-0 227 So-1L 1 K.J. Young WR 6-0 177 Fr-RS 2 Julian Wilson CB 6-2 201 Sr-3L 3 Sterling Shepard WR 5-10 195 Jr-2L 4 Hatari Byrd S 6-1 201 So-1L 5 Durron Neal WR 5-11 201 Jr-2L 6 Stanvon Taylor CB 5-10 179 So-1L 7 Jordan Thomas CB 6-1 183 Fr-HS 8 Austin Bennett WR 6-0 175 So-1L 9 Trevor Knight QB 6-1 201 So-1L 10 Blake Bell TE 6-6 259 Sr-3L 10 Quentin Hayes S 6-0 190 Sr-2L 11 Dorial Green-Beckham WR 6-6 225 Jr-TR 11 Steven Parker S 6-1 197 Fr-HS 12 Derrick Woods WR 6-1 186 So-1L 13 Ahmad Thomas S 6-0 209 So-1L 14 Cody Thomas QB 6-4 211 Fr-RS 15 Zack Sanchez CB 5-11 179 So-1L 16 Michiah Quick WR 6-0 170 Fr-HS 17 Jordan Smallwood WR 6-2 212 Fr-RS 18 Michael Hunnicutt K 6-1 180 Sr-3L 19 Eric Striker LB 6-0 221 Jr-2L 21 Keith Ford RB 5-11 206 So-1L 22 Cortez Johnson CB 6-2 206 Jr-1L 23 Devante Bond LB 6-1 236 Jr-TR 24 Brandon Young CB 5-10 178 Sr-SQ 25 Aaron Franklin LB 6-1 226 Sr-3L 25 David Smith RB 5-10 205 So-SQ 26 Jordan Evans LB 6-3 223 So-LB 27 Dakota Austin CB 5-11 164 So-1L 28 Alex Ross RB 6-1 221 So-1L 29 Rashod Favors LB 6-1 253 Sr-2L 31 Londell Taylor LB 6-0 241 Jr-1L 32 Samaje Perine RB 5-11 243 Fr-HS 34 Daniel Brooks RB 5-8 185 So-SQ 36 Dimitri Flowers FB 6-1 244 Fr-HS 38 Jack Steed P 6-5 213 So-SQ 39 Nick Hodgson K 6-2 198 Sr-1L 40 P.L. Lindley LB 6-2 262 Jr-2L 42 Wesley Horky LS 6-2 217 Fr-HS 44 Jed Barnett P 6-2 215 Sr-1L 45 Caleb Gastelum LB 6-2 217 Sr-1L 48 Aaron Ripkowski FB 6-1 257 Sr-3L 49 David Driskill DE 6-1 257 Sr-SQ 53 Tony Feo G 6-3 300 Sr-1L 54 Nila Kasitati G 6-4 315 Jr-2L 55 Josiah St. John T 6-6 300 Jr-TR 56 Ty Darlington C 6-2 286 Jr-2L 71 Tyrus Thompson T 6-5 336 Sr-3L 72 Derek Farniok T 6-9 329 Jr-2L 74 Adam Shead G 6-4 339 Sr-3L 75 Tyler Evans G 6-5 339 Sr-3L 76 Sam Grant T 6-7 281 So-SQ 77 Dionte Savage G 6-4 343 Sr-1L 79 Daryl Williams T 6-6 329 Sr-3L 80 Jordan Phillips DT 6-6 334 So-2L 82 Ogbonnia Okoronkwo LB 6-1 240 Fr-RS 84 Grant Bothun WR 5-11 186 Jr-1L 85 Geneo Grissom LB 6-4 252 Sr-3L 87 Jeffery Mead WR 6-6 184 Fr-HS 87 D.J. Ward DE 6-2 256 Fr-RS 88 Taylor McNamara TE 6-5 245 So-SQ 89 Connor Knight TE 6-4 244 So-1L 90 Matt Dimon DE 6-2 271 So-1L 91 Charles Tapper DE 6-4 281 Jr-2L 92 Matthew Romar DT 6-0 287 Fr-RS 93 Jordan Wade DT 6-4 314 So-1L 94 Torrea Peterson DT 6-3 300 Sr-1L 97 Charles Walker DL 6-2 296 Fr-RS 98 Chuka Ndulue DT 6-3 289 Sr-3L

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Tale of the Tape Texas Tech Oklahoma 28.4 Points per Game 38.4 215 First Downs 211 152.0 Rushing Yards per Game 225.0 265 Rushing Attempts 357 5.2 Average per Rush 5.7 7 Touchdowns Rushing 25 320.3 Passing Yards per Game 250.1 251-417-16 Comp-Att-Int 170-299-11 11.5 Average per Catch 13.2 26 Touchdowns Passing 15 472.3 Total Offense per Game 475.1 682 Total Plays 656 14-6 Fumbles Lost 5.2 83-787 Penalties-Yards 46-448 43.1 Average per Punt 41.5 54-129 Third Down Conversions 48-120 6-16 Fourth Down Conversions 6-12 7-9 Field Goals-Attempts 10-14 24-32 Red Zone Scores 35-43 31-32 PAT-Attempts 44-45

PASSING

C-A-I Yds TD Lg Trevor Knight 162-279-9 2197 14 75 Cody Thomas 7-16-1 50 0 11 RUSHING

No. Yds. Avg. TD Lg Samaje Perine 155 788 5.1 11 38 Alex Ross 64 491 7.7 3 82 Trevor Knight 66 340 5.2 5 31 Keith Ford 42 234 2.6 5 23 RECEIVING

No. Yds Avg. TD Lg S. Shepard 50 957 19.1 5 75 Durron Neal 35 440 12.6 2 43 Michiah Quick 16 177 11.1 1 54 K.J. Young 16 177 11.1 1 23 Blake Bell 13 154 11.8 4 22 PUNTING

No. Avg. Lg In 20 Jed Barnett 44 41.5 70 8 PUNT RETURNS

No. Avg. TD Lg S. Shepard 10 6.3 0 18 Zack Sanchez 1 6.0 0 6 KICKOFF RETURNS

No. Yds Avg. TD Lg. Alex Ross 15 521 34.7 2 100 Durron Neal 6 69 11.5 0 17 SCORING

TD FG XP 2Pt Pts. M. Hunnicutt 0 10-14 44-45 0 74 Samaje Perine 11 0-0 0-0 0 66 Trevor Knight 6 0-0 0-0 0 36 Keith Ford 6 0-0 0-0 0 36 Sterling Shepard 5 0-0 0-0 0 30 Alex Ross 5 0-0 0-0 0 30 TACKLES Sacks UT AT TT Yards D. Alexander, LB 31 48 79 0.5-4 Jordan Evans, LB 43 25 68 0-0 Ahmad Thomas, S 33 19 52 0-0 Quentin Hayes, S 32 12 44 3.0-20 Eric Striker. LB 29 11 40 5.5-26 Geneo Grissom, LB 27 11 38 3.5-27 Julian Wilson, CB 31 7 38 0-0 Chuka Ndulue, DT 15 19 34 2.5-12 Zack Sanchez, CB 25 8 33 0-0 Charles Tapper, DE 9 16 25 3.0-18 Jordan Phillips, DT 10 15 25 2.0-20 PASSES DEFENDED

Int.-Yds. PBU PD Zack Sanchez, CB 5-43 5 10 Julian Wilson, CB 1-100 7 8

Oklahoma Schedule Date Oklahoma Result/Time Aug. 30 Louisiana Tech W, 48-16 Sept. 6 at Tulsa W, 52-7 Sept. 13 Tennessee W, 34-10 Sept. 20 at West Virginia* W, 45-33 Oct. 4 at TCU* L, 37-33 Oct. 11 Texas* in Dallas W, 31-26 Oct. 18 Kansas State* L, 31-30 Nov. 1 at Iowa State* W, 59-14 Nov. 8 Baylor* L, 48-14 Nov. 15 at Texas Tech* 2:30 p.m.

Nov. 22 Kansas* 11 a.m.

Dec. 6 Oklahoma State* TBA * — Big 12 Conference game

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State and Texas battle, with Inside Sports: Oklahoma bowl eligibility on the line. Page C5

Red Raiders roll past Greyhounds

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TECH BASKETBALL/Tubby Smith wins contest vs. son in meeting of coaches’ teams BY krista pirtle

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Texas Tech head coach Tubby Smith (right) embraces his son, Loyola (Md) head coach G.G. Smith (left), before Friday’s game at United Supermarkets Arena.

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do — get the ball inside.

The big guy just killed us inside. It was fun. I’m glad In the 19 head coaching it’s over.” match-ups between father Freshman forward Noand son in college basketrense Odiase led the way ball, the fathers hold a Loyola for the Red Raiders with 16 points and 10 rebounds. decisive 17-2 edge.

He was pleased to get Texas Tech coach Tuba double-double in his

by Smith, when he was first college game, but he at the helm at Kentucky, was even happier that his went 2-0 against his son, team got the win.

G.G. Smith, when he was Tubby was impressed with the point guard at Georgia.

Friday night was the first time Odiase’s physicality throughTubby and G.G. went head-to- out the game.

“He’s hard to guard,” Tubby head as Division I head coaches. said.

“He’s the one post player And it was Tubby who walked away with a 71-59 win over G.G. we have who likes contact and and Loyola Maryland at United doesn’t mind contact.”

Overall, the Red Raiders Supermarkets Arena.

“It was great,” G.G. said. “As dominated the Greyhounds in a player, I played against him. the paint 30-8.

Twenty of those points came It wasn’t quite as new. I kind of knew what they were going to SEE TECH, page C10 A-j media

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Texas Tech forward Kelsi Baker (41) drives against Jacksonville State Friday at United Supermarkets Arena. The Lady Raiders won, 67-59. See Page C10.

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Dons bump Bulldogs in OT

Off and running High SchoolS/Johnson rushes for 276 yards in Plainsmen victory

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Want More? scores, statistics and game summaries PAGE C7 Preview of Saturday’s playoff games. PAGE C8 MOVING ON: Muleshoe beats Kermit 31-7; Seminole routs Fabens 35-0; roundup and more. PAGE C9

Other Friday scores Class 4A Division I Estacado 68, Mountain View 7 Levelland 54, Clint 18 Class 3A Division II Idalou 65, Henrietta 13 Class 2A Division II Quanah 46, Sundown 26 Memphis 26, Smyer 12 Class 2A Division I Stratford 47, New Deal 10 Wellington 58, Floydada 20 Class 1A Division I Grady 78, Ropes 62 Borden County 48, Anton 30 TAPPS Cedar Hill Trinity 42, Lubbock Christian 7

(AP) — Jon Daniels was the youngest general manager ever in the major leagues when the Texas Rangers put him in that position nine years ago.

Daniels now has a new contract that will take him into his 40s with the team he helped direct to its only two World Series appearances before an Daniels injury-plagued 95-loss season.

With a three-year extension Friday, the 37-year-old Daniels is signed with Texas through the 2018 season.

Thad Levine, the assistant GM under Daniels all nine years, also got a three-year extension through 2018.

Across The Nation Pro sports leagues embracing gambling (AP) — We’ve come a long way since Hall of Famers Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays were banned from baseball for associating with gamblers — not betting on games or tipping them off about injuries, but by shaking their hands as Atlantic City casino greeters.

Professional sports leagues that once professed zero tolerance for gambling are moving steadily toward accepting betting on their games, partly because of the futility in fighting it and partly to get a cut of the action.

One day after the NBA signed a sponsorship agreement with FanDuel, a website where fans can win (and lose) money playing daily fantasy sports, commissioner Adam Silver wrote in The New York Times that it was time to consider legalizing sports gambling.

Gordon earns pole for season finale

By Jordan Irvine

PLAINVIEW — Despite losing starting quarterback Paxstyn Oldfield to a inPalo Duro meniscus jury, the Bulldogs dominated every facet of the game in the first half, outscoring Plainview the Dons behind Trendan Jackson’s two rushing touchdowns.

It didn’t last.

Palo Duro rallied and defeated Plainview 31-28 at Bulldog Stadium in the Class 5A bidistrict playoffs.

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Monterey’s Vincent Johnson runs the ball past Americas’ Nathan Carrasco during a Class 6A Division II playoff game on Friday in Lubbock.

By Phil Terringo A-J HS Sports Editor

The length of a football honeymoon phase — if one exists, at all — can be debated, even for a team under the direction of a reigning two-time state champion like Wayne Hutchinson.

So the early season struggles to define a passing game and iron out a fitting defensive scheme weren’t for

naught, because performances like Friday’s for Monterey were the result of many uncrisp moments early on.

The Plainsmen face San Angelo Central 7:30 p.m. Friday at Grande Communications Stadium in Midland in the area round of the Class 6A Division II playoffs after rushing for more than 300 yards and getting three interceptions in a 48-21 home romp over El Paso Americas.

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start out (the year) how we finished tonight,” Monterey’s Shadricke Taylor said. “Everything takes work, time.

We have to work for what we get.”

New Mexico-bound Vincent Johnson finished with 276 rushing

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Ehlers, Cooper dominate Hereford High SchoolS/Quarterback Ehlers boosts Pirates to advance in Class 5A Division II playoffs

By Lee Passmore Amarillo Globe-News

CANYON — In a span of just under 21/2 minutes Friday night, the Hereford Whitefaces found themselves on the wrong end of a couple of body blows from the Cooper Pirates, and while they didn’t go down, they wobbled.

Cooper quarterback Kolton Ehlers hit two big early passes and did some damage with his feet as well, as Hereford seemed to have little answer for him or his offensive teammates. The result was 42

straight points by the Pirates to start the game, as Hereford fell 4514 in a Class 5A Division II bidistrict playoff game at Happy State Bank Field at Kimbrough Memorial Stadium.

Cooper was the superior team statistically for four quarters, as Hereford (3-8) never seriously threatened after the early minutes of the second quarter. “(The Pirates) are a good football team who’s pretty solid up and down when you lok at their roster,” Hereford coach Don DeLozier said.

“When your team is searching for

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answers sometimes it’s hard to handle when bad things happen.”

Cooper dominated the second quarter, scoring 28 points en route to Hereford taking a 35-0 halftime lead.

Cooper (8-3) broke a pair of big plays early to grab an early cushion.

After having to punt the ball away on their first possession, the Pirates drove down to Hereford’s 18-yard line and faced a fourth-and-10. Ehlers hit Evan McHugh for a 17-yard gain down to Hereford’s 1, and Ehlers carried it

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HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) — Jeff Gordon has bounced back from last week’s heartbreaking elimination from the championship race by winning the pole for Sunday’s season finale.

Gordon turned a lap at Gordon 180.747 mph in Friday qualifying to earn the top starting spot. He’s racing only for the trophy because he did not qualify for the fourdriver championship field.

Gordon was bumped from the finale when Ryan Newman used an aggressive pass of Kyle Larson on the last lap at Phoenix to snatch the final spot in the championship round away from Gordon.

Kevin Harvick will lead the title contenders Sunday by starting fifth. Denny Hamlin will start eighth and Joey Logano will start 12th. Newman was the worst qualifier at 21st.

Around The World Djokovic earns No. 1 ranking again LONDON (AP) — It was another easy win for Novak Djokovic, but certainly one that he will remember.

The Serb’s celebrations at the O2 Arena after Tomas Berdych sent a final shot wide on Friday spoke volumes. Djokovic raised his arms above his head and gave a roar of joy, a large grin across his face. His comfortable 6-2, 6-2, win over Berdych had just sealed another year-end No. 1 ranking and a semifinals berth in the ATP Finals.

Djokovic and Roger Federer have swept their groups in London, and are on course to meet in Sunday’s final.

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Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Oklahoma 2:30 p.m.

Tech Men’s Basketball

LSU 9:30 p.m.

Texas State 7 p.m.

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West Virginia 2:30 p.m.

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Sports Briefly Texas A&M signs South Plains runner LEVELLAND — South Plains College sophomore Fred Kerley on Thursday signed a letter of intent with Texas A&M, where he plans to enroll for the 2015-16 school year.

Kerley, from Taylor, finished sixth in the 400 meters at the 2014 NJCAA outdoor track and field championships and ran on South Plains’ runner-up 1,600-meter relay team.

His best times are 46.38 seconds in the 400 and 20.74 in the 200.

Tech tennis team inks California pair Texas Tech on Friday announced the signing of women’s tennis players Felicity Maltby from Sunnyvale, California, and Alexandra Valenstein from Laguna Hills, Calif.

Valenstein is ranked No. 5 in California and Maltby No. 10.

WBU’s Hawkins tops SAC volleyball team PLAINVIEW — Wayland Baptist’s Shahala Hawkins

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Today 1890 - Minnesota and Wisconsin squared 1952 - An NBA-record 13 players fouled out in the Baltimore Bullets 97-91 overtime win over the in Sports off for the first time in what has become the most-played series in college football. Syracuse Nationals. So many players fouled out History The Gophers beat the Badgers 63-0. that the officials let some of the players back in.

Harden lets Rockets slip past 76ers NBA Roundup Associated Press

HOUSTON — James Harden scored 35 points, including an off-balance layup with 9 seconds left, to lead the Houston Rockets to an 88-87 victory over the winless Philadelphia 76ers on Friday night.

The Sixers led by one point before Michael Carter-Williams bounced the ball off his foot and out of bounds to give Houston the ball. Harden powered through the lane to hit the game-winner.

Philadelphia had a chance to win it at the buzzer, but Carter-Williams missed a jump shot.

Tony Wroten scored 19 for the Sixers, who led for most of the game after an embarrassing 53-point loss to Dallas on Thursday night.

The Sixers remained the NBA’s only winless team, dropping to 0-9 for their worst start since opening the 1972-73 season with 15 consecutive losses.

Henry Sims blocked a shot by Harden and Tony Wroten hit a 3-pointer at the other end to give Philadelphia an 87-84 lead with 51 seconds left.

Dwight Howard got an offensive foul but Harden stole the ball right back and was fouled by Carter-

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Houston’s Dwight Howard blocks K.J. McDaniels’ path to the basket on Friday in Houston. The Rockets beat the 76ers, 88-87.

Williams before coach Brett Brown received a technical foul on the play.

Harden missed the technical foul shot but made the next two free throw shots before the late turnovers

by Carter-Williams.

Carter-Williams had 13 points and five assists and Sims had 14 points for Philadelphia.

Howard scored 21 points with 16 rebounds and Trevor Ariza had 13 points for the Rockets.

The Sixers led by as many as 13 points and were up by five at the start of the fourth. n Nuggets 108, Pacers 87 INDIANAPOLIS — Ty Lawson had 11 points and 10 assists, and the Denver Nuggets beat the Indiana Pacers for their first road win of the season.

Denver had seven players score in double figures in just its second victory of the season. Aaron Afflalo scored 10 of his 17 points in the first half, and rookie Gary Harris and Wilson Chandler each finished with 13 points.

The Nuggets outscored the Pacers 34-19 in the second quarter and led by as many as 32 points. Denver shot 49 percent (43 of 87) from the floor. n Hawks 114, Heat 103 ATLANTA — Paul Millsap and Al Horford each scored 19 points to help the Atlanta Hawks get their fourth straight win..

With star guard Dwyane Wade hobbled by a strained left hamstring and unable to play, the Heat never led and trailed by 19 late in the fourth quarter.

Eight players, including all five starters, scored in double figures for Atlanta.

Mario Chalmers finished with 23 points and a gamehigh 11 assists, Shawne Williams scored 21 points and Chris Bosh 20 as Miami lost its second straight.

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was voted Sooner Athletic Conference player and hitter of the year and the Pioneers’ Jim Giacomazzi was named coach of the year on the all-Sooner Athletic Conference volleyball team released Friday.

Hawkins and teammates Chelsey Driskill and Ashlyn Westernman were named to the all-SAC first team, Wayland’s Morgan Seaton made the second team and Emily Welch received honorable mention.

Hawkins is from Denver City, Driskill from Frenship and Welch from Plainview.

Tech’s Caro 14th in Mountain West meet ALBUQUERQUE — Jocelyn Caro finished 14th individually and Texas Tech got 12th in the team standings Friday at the NCAA Mountain West regional cross country meet.

Caro ran the 6,000-meter course in 21 minutes, 36.97 seconds.

The Tech men were 14th in the team standings.

Their best finisher was Evans Tuitoek, who ran the 10,000 meters in 31:39.90 for 56th place.

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Sportsline COLLEGE FOOTBALL Today Favorite Open Today O/U Underdog at North Carolina 2 2 66½ Pittsburgh at NC State 12½ 16½ 46½ Wake Forest at Penn State 10 11 39 Temple Ohio State 12½ 13½ 56½ at Minnesota Iowa 5½ 3½ 55½ at Illinois at W. Kentucky 10 8½ 71 Army at W. Michigan 23½ 27 57 E. Michigan at Wisconsin 6 6½ 57 Nebraska at Tennessee 7½ 11 54 Kentucky at Rutgers 6½ 7 55 Indiana Clemson 1 3 60 at Georgia Tech at Duke 6½ 5 47½ Virginia Tech at Air Force +1 2½ 54 Nevada South Florida 10½ 10½ 48½ at SMU at S. Alabama 4 4 50½ Texas State TCU 28 28 58 at Kansas at Ark. State 14 14½ 65 Appalachian St. at BYU 23½ 26 62½ UNLV at Stanford 8 8 43 Utah at Utah State 16 19 54½ New Mexico at Boise State 14 14 55 San Diego State Oklahoma 12 13 62½ at Texas Tech at Arkansas 1 1 48 LSU Washington at Arizona 9 9½ 59½ at Georgia 2 2½ 69½ Auburn at Florida 5 7 58 South Carolina Florida State 2½ 2½ 61½ at Miami at Navy 3½ 2½ 63½ Georgia Southern at Marshall 19½ 21½ 64½ Rice at Notre Dame 16 17½ 52 Northwestern at Cent. Michigan 14½ 18½ 48 Miami (Ohio) Middle Tenn.

3½ 5 50 at FIU at San Jose St. 9½ 9½ 54½ Hawaii at Idaho 4 6 66½ Troy at Texas A&M 5½ 4 55½ Missouri Memphis 10½ 9½ 47½ at Tulane La.-Lafayette 7 6½ 51½ at La.-Monroe Arizona State 9 7½ 61 at Oregon State at Alabama 7 9 53 Miss. State Texas 1 2½ 48 at Okla. State Michigan State 11 11½ 58½ at Maryland at UTEP 6½ 6 52½ North Texas ——— NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE Sunday Favorite Open Today O/U Underdog at Cleveland 3 3 41 Houston at Chicago 4½ 3 46½ Minnesota at Green Bay 4½ 6 55 Philadelphia at Kansas City +1 2 42½ Seattle Atlanta +2½ 1 46½ at Carolina Cincinnati at New Orleans 5½ 7 50½ at Washington 7 7½ 45½ Tampa Bay Denver 8 9½ 51 at St. Louis San Francisco 3 4 44 at N.Y. Giants at San Diego 9 10 44½ Oakland at Arizona 3 1½ 41 Detroit at Indianapolis 2½ 3 58 New England Monday Favorite Open Today O/U Underdog Pittsburgh 5½ 6 47 at Tennessee ——— COLLEGE BASKETBALL — MEN Today Favorite Line Underdog at Old Dominion 11 UNC Wilmington at Ohio 13½ Appalachian State at Drake 1 Bowling Green at Nevada 5½ Cal Poly at St. Bonaventure 11 Dartmouth at Youngstown State Pk Kent State at Saint Louis 7 S. Illinois at UAB 9 La.-Monroe San Diego-x 6 SE Missouri Boise State 8 at Loyola Marymount at Florida State 9½ Manhattan at N. Iowa 18½ North Dakota at W. Kentucky 12 Austin Peay at Duke 24½ Fairfield Tulsa 5 at Oral Roberts at Colorado State 14 Montana at Southern Cal 9½ Portland State x-at Los Angeles ——— NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Today Favorite Open O/U Underdog at Washington 9 191 Orlando at Toronto 10 200 Utah at Cleveland 8½ 211½ Atlanta at Chicago 9½ 186 Indiana at Memphis 9 186 Detroit at Dallas 11 210 Minnesota San Antonio 1 199 at Sacramento at Portland 8½ 208 Brooklyn at Golden State 10 200 Charlotte Phoenix at L.A. Clippers 8 212

ProFootball National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East

W L T Pct PF New England 7 2 0 .778 281 Miami 6 4 0 .600 249 Buffalo 5 5 0 .500 200 N.Y. Jets 2 8 0 .200 174 South

W L T Pct PF Indianapolis 6 3 0 .667 290 Houston 4 5 0 .444 206 Tennessee 2 7 0 .222 144 Jacksonville 1 9 0 .100 158

PA 198 180 204 265 PA 211 197 223 282

North W L T Pct PF PA 6 3 0 .667 209 172 5 3 1 .611 197 211 6 4 0 .600 261 239 6 4 0 .600 261 181 West

W L T Pct PF PA Denver 7 2 0 .778 286 202 Kansas City 6 3 0 .667 217 151 San Diego 5 4 0 .556 205 186 Oakland 0 9 0 .000 146 252 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East

W L T Pct PF PA Philadelphia 7 2 0 .778 279 198 Dallas 7 3 0 .700 261 212 N.Y. Giants 3 6 0 .333 195 247 Washington 3 6 0 .333 197 229 South

W L T Pct PF PA New Orleans 4 5 0 .444 251 225 Carolina 3 6 1 .350 198 281 Atlanta 3 6 0 .333 219 238 Tampa Bay 1 8 0 .111 167 272 North

W L T Pct PF PA Detroit 7 2 0 .778 182 142 Green Bay 6 3 0 .667 277 205 Minnesota 4 5 0 .444 168 199 Chicago 3 6 0 .333 194 277 West

W L T Pct PF PA Arizona 8 1 0 .889 223 170 Seattle 6 3 0 .667 240 191 San Francisco 5 4 0 .556 195 202 St. Louis 3 6 0 .333 163 251 Thursday, Nov. 6 Cleveland 24, Cincinnati 3 Sunday’s Results San Francisco 27, New Orleans 24, OT Kansas City 17, Buffalo 13 Detroit 20, Miami 16 Baltimore 21, Tennessee 7 N.Y. Jets 20, Pittsburgh 13 Atlanta 27, Tampa Bay 17 Dallas 31, Jacksonville 17 Denver 41, Oakland 17 Seattle 38, N.Y. Giants 17 Arizona 31, St. Louis 14 Green Bay 55, Chicago 14 Open: Houston, Indianapolis, Minnesota, New England, San Diego, Washington Monday’s Result Philadelphia 45, Carolina 21 Thursday’s Result Miami 22, Buffalo 9 Sunday’s Games Minnesota at Chicago, noon Seattle at Kansas City, noon Cincinnati at New Orleans, noon Denver at St. Louis, noon Houston at Cleveland, noon Atlanta at Carolina, noon Tampa Bay at Washington, noon San Francisco at N.Y. Giants, noon Oakland at San Diego, 3:05 p.m.

Detroit at Arizona, 3:25 p.m.

Philadelphia at Green Bay, 3:25 p.m.

New England at Indianapolis, 7:30 p.m.

Open: Baltimore, Dallas, Jacksonville, N.Y. Jets Monday’s Game Pittsburgh at Tennessee, 7:30 p.m.

Cleveland Cincinnati Pittsburgh Baltimore

CollegeFootball BIG 12 CONFERENCE

Conference All Games

W L PF PA W L PF PA Baylor 5 1 273 162 8 1 451 189 TCU 5 1 291 180 8 1 425 201 Kansas State 5 1 199 126 7 2 326 190 Texas 4 3 171 156 5 5 233 224 West Virginia 4 3 224 194 6 4 341 264 Oklahoma 3 3 212 189 6 3 346 222 Okla. State 3 3 142 199 5 4 256 272 Texas Tech 1 5 156 264 3 6 256 374 Kansas 1 5 103 191 3 6 164 270 Iowa State 0 6 149 259 2 7 220 340 Saturday’s Results Baylor 48, Oklahoma 14 Kansas 34, Iowa State 14 Texas 33, West Virginia 16 TCU 41, Kansas State 20 Texas Tech, open Oklahoma State, open Today’s Games Oklahoma at Texas Tech, 2:30 p.m. (ESPN) TCU at Kansas, 2 p.m. (FS1) Texas at Oklahoma State, 6:30 p.m. (FOX)

ProBasketball National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB Toronto 7 2 .778 — Brooklyn 4 4 .500 2½ Boston 3 5 .375 3½ New York 2 8 .200 5½ Philadelphia 0 9 .000 7 Southeast Division

W L Pct GB Washington 6 2 .750 — Atlanta 5 3 .625 1 Miami 5 4 .556 1½ Orlando 4 6 .400 3 Charlotte 3 5 .375 3

Central Division

W L Pct Chicago 7 2 .778 Cleveland 4 3 .571 .444 Milwaukee 4 5 Indiana 3 7 .300 Detroit 2 6 .250 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division

W L Pct Houston 8 1 .889 Memphis 8 1 .889 Dallas 6 3 .667 New Orleans 5 3 .625 San Antonio 4 3 .571 Northwest Division

W L Pct Portland 6 3 .667 Utah 4 6 .400 Oklahoma City 3 6 .333 Minnesota 2 6 .250 Denver 2 6 .250 Pacific Division

W L Pct Golden State 6 2 .750 Phoenix 5 3 .625 L.A. Clippers 4 3 .571 Sacramento 5 4 .556 L.A. Lakers 1 7 .125 Thursday’s Results Memphis 111, Sacramento 110 Chicago 100, Toronto 93 Dallas 123, Philadelphia 70 Golden State 107, Brooklyn 99 Friday’s Results Orlando 101, Milwaukee 85 Denver 108, Indiana 87 Atlanta 114, Miami 103 Cleveland 122, Boston 121 Utah 102, New York 100 New Orleans 139, Minnesota 91 Houston 88, Philadelphia 87 Detroit at Oklahoma City, (n) Charlotte at Phoenix, (n) San Antonio at L.A. Lakers, (n) Today’s Games Orlando at Washington, 6 p.m.

Utah at Toronto, 6:30 p.m.

Atlanta at Cleveland, 6:30 p.m.

Indiana at Chicago, 7 p.m.

Detroit at Memphis, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

Brooklyn at Portland, 9 p.m.

San Antonio at Sacramento, 9 p.m.

Phoenix at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m.

Charlotte at Golden State, 9:30 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Denver at New York, noon Milwaukee at Miami, 5 p.m.

Houston at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m.

Golden State at L.A. Lakers, 8:30 p.m.

GB — 2 3 4½ 4½ GB — — 2 2½ 3 GB — 2½ 3 3½ 3½ GB — 1 1½ 1½ 5

ProHockey National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts Montreal 17 12 4 1 25 Tampa Bay 17 11 4 2 24 Detroit 16 8 3 5 21 Ottawa 16 8 4 4 20 Toronto 17 9 6 2 20 Boston 18 10 8 0 20 Florida 14 5 4 5 15 Buffalo 18 3 13 2 8 Metropolitan Division

GP W L OT Pts Pittsburgh 15 11 3 1 23 N.Y. Islanders 16 11 5 0 22 New Jersey 17 8 7 2 18 Washington 16 7 6 3 17 N.Y. Rangers 16 7 6 3 17 Philadelphia 15 7 6 2 16 Carolina 15 5 7 3 13 Columbus 16 5 10 1 11 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division

GP W L OT Pts St. Louis 16 11 4 1 23 Nashville 16 10 4 2 22 Winnipeg 17 9 6 2 20 Chicago 17 9 7 1 19 Minnesota 15 8 7 0 16 Dallas 16 6 6 4 16 Colorado 18 5 8 5 15 Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts Anaheim 17 11 3 3 25 Vancouver 17 12 5 0 24 Calgary 18 10 6 2 22 Los Angeles 17 8 5 4 20 San Jose 18 9 7 2 20 Edmonton 17 6 9 2 14 Arizona 16 6 9 1 13 Thursday’s Results Colorado 4, N.Y. Rangers 3, SO Winnipeg 3, Carolina 1 Montreal 5, Boston 1 San Jose 2, Tampa Bay 1 St. Louis 4, Nashville 3 Minnesota 6, Buffalo 3 Calgary 5, Arizona 3 Ottawa 4, Edmonton 3, OT Dallas 2, Los Angeles 0 Friday’s Results N.Y. Islanders 4, Florida 3, SO Columbus 4, Philadelphia 3 New Jersey 1, Washington 0 Pittsburgh 2, Toronto 1

GF 45 61 44 45 54 49 27 24

GA 43 46 38 41 45 48 35 66

GF 57 52 44 49 47 48 36 42

GA 33 45 50 45 50 47 47 58

GF 45 41 33 45 44 46 44

GA 32 34 36 34 35 53 59

GF 47 53 55 42 53 43 40

GA 37 47 48 38 51 58 56

Detroit 4, Chicago 1 Arizona at Vancouver, (n) Today’s Games Carolina at Boston, noon Minnesota at Dallas, 1 p.m.

Anaheim at Los Angeles, 3 p.m.

Toronto at Buffalo, 6 p.m.

Philadelphia at Montreal, 6 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Tampa Bay, 6 p.m.

Colorado at New Jersey, 6 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m.

San Jose at Columbus, 6 p.m.

Winnipeg at Nashville, 6 p.m.

Washington at St. Louis, 7 p.m.

Ottawa at Calgary, 9 p.m.

Sunday’s Games San Jose at Carolina, 4 p.m.

Winnipeg at Minnesota, 4 p.m.

Montreal at Detroit, 6 p.m.

Dallas at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Florida at Anaheim, 7 p.m.

Arizona at Edmonton, 8 p.m.

ProGolf PGA OHL Classic Friday’s Leading Scores At Mayakoba Resort, El Camaleon Golf Club Playa Del Carmen, Mexico Purse: $6.1 million Yardage: 6,987; Par: 71 Second Round Michael Putnam 66-64 — 130 Shawn Stefani 66-65 — 131 Jason Bohn 66-65 — 131 Ken Duke 69-63 — 132 Alex Cejka 66-67 — 133 David Hearn 68-65 — 133 Nicholas Thompson 68-65 — 133 Will MacKenzie 65-68 — 133 Also Retief Goosen 68-71 — 139 Also (missed cut) Justin Leonard 71-69 — 140 Davis Love III 66-74 — 140 Chad Campbell 69-71 — 140 Padraig Harrington 74-72 — 146 ——— LPGA Tour Lorena Ochoa Invitational Friday’s Leading Scores Club de Golf Mexico; Mexico City Purse: $1 million Yardage: 6,804; Par 72 Second Round a-denotes amateur Christina Kim 65-69 — 134 Paula Creamer 70-65 — 135 Suzann Pettersen 71-66 — 137 Pornanong Phatlum 69-68 — 137 Lydia Ko 68-69 — 137 Azahara Munoz 66-71 — 137 Shanshan Feng 72-67 — 139 So Yeon Ryu 70-69 — 139 Gerina Piller 69-70 — 139 Inbee Park 70-70 — 140 Also 70-71 — 141 Brittany Lincicome Michelle Wie 73-69 — 142 Morgan Pressel 70-72 — 142 Lexi Thompson 70-72 — 142

AutoRacing NASCAR Sprint Cup Ford EcoBoost 400 Lineup for Sunday’s race At Homestead-Miami Speedway Homestead, Fla. Lap length: 1.5 miles (Car number in parentheses) 1. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 180.747 mph; 2. (41) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 180.632; 3.

(20) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 180.294; 4. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 179.994; 5. (4) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 179.946; 6. (15) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 179.593; 7. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 179.48; 8.

(11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 179.348; 9. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 179.259; 10. (78) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 179.069.

11. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 178.336; 12. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 176.684; 13. (55) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 179.004; 14. (51) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 178.938; 15.

(99) Carl Edwards, Ford, 178.802; 16. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 178.796; 17. (9) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 178.778; 18. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford, 178.601; 19. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 178.601; 20. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 178.477.

21. (31) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 178.241; 22. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 177.959; 23.

(5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 177.778; 24. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 177.678; 25. (47) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 178.23; 26. (21) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 178.136; 27. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 178.13; 28. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 178.024; 29. (13) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 177.69; 30. (33) Brian Scott, Chevrolet, 177.189.

31. (34) David Ragan, Ford, 177.113; 32.

(10) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 177.072; 33. (40) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 176.344; 34. (83) J.J. Yeley, Toyota, 176.304; 35. (38) David Gilliland, Ford, 176.056; 36. (36) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, 175.638; 37. (98) Josh Wise, Chevrolet, owner points; 38. (95) Michael McDowell, Ford, owner points; 39. (7) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, owner points; 40. (32) Blake Koch, Ford, owner points.

41. (23) Alex Bowman, Toyota, owner points; 42. (26) Cole Whitt, Toyota, owner points; 43. (66) Brett Moffitt, Toyota, owner points.

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Bowl eligibility on line for OSU, Texas

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STILLWATER, Okla. — Whoever wins will become bowl eligible. Whoever loses probably won’t see the postseason.

That’s the bottom line when two of the Big 12’s marquee programs over the last decade — Oklahoma State and Texas — meet Saturday night.

Both struggling teams are trying to reach six victories to become eligible for a bowl. And both face more difficult opponents after this, meaning this game represents their best chance.

Oklahoma State (5-4, 3-3 in Big 12) has lost three straight games by a combined margin of 124-33 before enjoying a bye last week. A school-record bowl streak of eight seasons is on the line.

“It’s an awesome tradition we’ve started here, but we’re just focused on Texas right

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TCU wide receiver David Porter (14) makes a catch against Kansas State in TCU’s 41-20 victory Nov. 8.

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Oklahoma State quarterback Daxx Garman (12) passes to a teammate during the game against Kansas State. Both OSU and Texas need one more win to be bowl eligible. now, we’re not looking past that,” Cowboys fullback Jeremy Seaton said. “We’re not thinking bowl games. We’re just trying to get a win this weekend.”

Texas (5-5, 4-3) has played in a bowl for three consecu-

tive seasons and in 15 of the last 16 years. The Longhorns have won their last two, including a 33-16 victory over then-No. 24 West Virginia last weekend.

“Forget the bowl, it’s about Oklahoma State right

now,” linebacker Jordan Hicks said. “If we can get this, obviously we’ll be bowl eligible, but we want to win this game. We don’t want to lose again. Like always, we hold ourselves to a very high standard.”

Missouri looks forward to trip to A&M

BY KRISTIE RIEKEN ASSOCIATED PRESS

COLLEGE STATION — Normally road games in the Southeastern Conference are a grueling task that no one looks forward to.

That’s not the case for Missouri and its upcoming trip to Texas A&M. The Tigers have won two of their last three games in College Station with squads filled with players from Texas who rarely get to play in their home state since the move from the Big 12 to the SEC. “They’re not going to be intimidated coming in here,” coach Kevin Sumlin said. “They’ve won four of the last five games we’ve played ... they’ve got a lot of kids from the state of Texas and the other day (coach

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Missouri’s Kenya Dennis (7) in the Tigers 20-10 victory over Kentucky. The Tigers are on a three-game winning streak.

Gary) Pinkel’s words were that his guys enjoy playing here. So we’ve got a lot cut out for us this week.”

Missouri boasts 22 players from the Lone Star

State on a team that has won three straight and needs a victory to stay atop the SEC East.

“I think our players really like the environment

there,” Pinkel said. “It’s a great environment to play college football. One of the great things about playing in this league is that there’s a lot of great venues. This is another one.”

The Tigers were off last week and the Aggies are looking to build on a thrilling upset of then-No. 3 Auburn that snapped a threegame SEC skid.

“This team’s been through all kinds of different things from the outside about opinions about us, guys quitting ... so we’ve got to deal with this week,” Sumlin said. “This is a good football team we’re playing and our team understands that. What’s important is the talk in this building, and the talk in this building gave us a chance last week. It’ll have to give us a chance the rest of the year.”

TCU looks for style points on Saturday

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LAWRENCE, Kan. — Gary Patterson didn’t need to deliver any rah-rah speeches last week. Every player in the TCU locker room knew what was at stake against Kansas State, the only team ahead of them in the Big 12 standings and a team still in playoff contention.

Patterson doesn’t think he’ll need to this week, either, for a different reason.

“You wouldn’t think with everything that you have in front of you that you would have to get ‘em fired up to go play Saturday,” he said.

“You wouldn’t think you would have to do that.”

He’s referring, of course,

to the fact that the fifthranked Horned Frogs are now fourth in the college playoff selection committee’s rankings. If they manage to hang onto that spot through the final three games of the season, they would be headed for a national semifinal.

The finishing kick starts Saturday at Kansas, a team coming off its second Big 12 win in the past four years.

Then, games against Texas and conference cellardweller Iowa State.

It’s not exactly a rough road, nor is it a chance to impress the committee with one last marquee win. So the burden is on TCU (8-1, 5-1) to take care of business crisply and efficiently.

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Denver City, Shallowater advance Region I-3A Volleyball Tourney

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ABILENE — The Denver City Fillies had their backs to the walls of Bulldog Gym on the campus of Abilene Wylie on Friday afternoon in their Region I-3A semifinal matchup against Breckenridge.

The Lady Buckaroos had taken the first two games of the best-of-five match 25-20 and 25-11 and had all the momentum in the gym and were playing loose.Then the nerves and pressure of making the deepest run for Breckenridge since 1992 set in, allowing the Fillies to storm back and take the next three games by scores of 25-14, 25-17 and 16-14 to move to today’s Class 3A Region I final against rival Shallowater.

The winner advances to the state semifinals in Garland on Thursday.

“That was (intense),” Denver City coach Megan David said. “The same thing happened to us against Al-

and I actually broke my clipboard.

We just had to play like we play all the time.”

In the third and fourth games, Denver City seized control early to force the fifth game. The final game was a see-saw back-and-forth battle that saw the Lady Buckaroos save a match point when down 14-13, but a service error gave the third-ranked Fillies a second chance to close it out and they capitalized.

Denver City and Shallowater split the season series between the two teams with the visiting team winning each time. To make the district rematch a reality, Shallowater defeated Colorado City 25-20, 25-13, 25-23 to also advance to the region final.

Kelsee Smith led Ninth-ranked Shallowater, which improved its record to 35-7 with the win, with 10 kills and added two blocks. Kaley Shots had seven kills for the Fillies and Hannah Almsted had 12 assists, 15 digs, four blocks and three aces.

Taylor Tetens added four aces and 15 digs. Morgan Bennett had 16 digs.

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pine where we won the first two and we barely squeaked by in the fifth.

We competed well and I’m proud of them.”

The Lady Buckaroos jumped out to an early 10-4 lead in the first game before No. 2 Denver City (36-6) scored eight of the next 14 points to cut the deficit to 16-12. After Breckenridge pushed the lead to 21-16, the Fillies took their final time out. Coming out of the stoppage, the teams split the final eight points allowing Breckenridge the opening game.

Breckenridge then had all the momentum following the second game as it had a 12-9 lead early. After the Lady Buckaroos scored the next two points, Denver City called its first time out of the game.

That didn’t stop Breckenridge, however, which only allowed the Lady Fillies to score two more points the rest of the game in taking a 2-0 lead in the match.

“We weren’t playing like the team that we are,” David said. “I took them in the hall (between games)

GLEN ROSE — One of the Coronado volleyball team’s season goals was making the Region I-6A tournament.

Unfortunately for the Lady Mustangs, that’s where the road ended.

Lewisville Hebron swept Coronado, 25-15, 25-13, 25-

21, Friday night in the first of two regional semifinals.

The Hawks await the winner of Friday’s late Southlake Carroll-Amarillo High matchup, and they’ll meet in Saturday’s 11 a.m. regional final.

“I feel very proud of the girls for the run they made,” Coronado coach Casey Trout said. “Nobody expected them to get this far. They really showed

their hearts and determination to get to the regional tournament.

“Getting to the regional tournament was one of our goals, so I’m very proud of the girls for meeting that goal.”

Coronado finished 30-12.

Zari McMillian led the Lady Mustangs with eight kills and 10 digs, and Emily Ladd and Courtney Barnhill added five kills

apiece. Shanae Swack had 21 assists and 20 digs.

Kayci Meeks and Barnhill suppplied 15 and four digs, respectively.

“I think we had a slow start,” Trout said. “We kind of picked it up, but we didn’t seem to find any weak spots on the Hebron side of the net. I thought we served pretty aggressively. We just couldn’t seem to put the ball away.”

Colorado Springs halts LCU’s streak Area Small Colleges FROM STAFF REPORTS

GOLDEN, Colo. — Abby Kirchoff scored 26 points and the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs needed it all to beat Lubbock Christian University 93-90 Friday, snapping the Lady Chaparrals’ 23-game win streak in their season opener.

Brittany Hernandez scored 20 points for UCColorado Springs, whose victory ended what had been the second-longest active winning streak in NCAA Division II women’s basketball. The game was part of the Tony Corbetta Classic.

Haley Burton scored a ca-

reer-high 29 points for LCU, which last lost in its third game of last season on Nov. 16 against Tarleton State.

With top seniors Nicole Hampton and Kelsey Hoppel redshirting, LCU will depend heavily this season on Burton, who’s also a senior guard. She showed she could shoulder some extra load in the season opener.

The lefty from Shallowater set a program single-game record with eight 3-point goals and passed 1,000 career points with a 21-point first half, which ended with LCU up 44-37.

Lady Chaps freshman Tess Bruffey debuted with 16 points, 10 rebounds and four assists, and juniorcollege transfer Bailey Haist added 14 points. Ha-

ley Fowler scored 11 to go with six rebounds and four assists.

LCU led by 13 midway through the first half.

The Chaps are back in action at 7 p.m. today against tournament host Colorado School of Mines. n A&M-Commerce 83 LCU men 76 STEPHENVILLE — Darrell Williams poured in 21 points, Eddie Leal and Anthony Adams were good for 15 apiece and Texas A&MCommerce beat Lubbock Christian University 83-76 Friday in the Chaparrals’ season opener.

The game was part of the NCAA Division II In-Region Challenge at Tarleton State. The Chaparrals take on Tarleton at 7 p.m. today.

LCU had five doublefigure scorers, a good sign for a team missing four of its top five scorers from last year. Junior guard A.J. Luckey, the only one of the top five returning, lit it up for 24 points.

The Chaps got 13 from junior forward Beau Durham and 10 apiece from Matthew Alford, Ridrell Holman and Isaac Cardona.

Point guard Marcus Arrington scored five points and two of the Chaps’ top signees, freshmen Marcos Schuster from Frenship and forward Scout Teal from Abernathy, debuted with two apiece. Schuster and Teal each averaged a tick better than 20 points per game as high-school seniors.

High School Basketball Roundup

Trinity Christian defeats Hebron FROM STAFF REPORTS

COLLEYVILLE — Ashtyn Thorne scored 20 points and Trinity Christian downed Lewisville Hebron 77-66 Friday in the consolation quarterfinals of the First Choice Emergency Room Classic.

Breklyn Wentz and Emma Hardin added 14 and 13 points, respectively, for Trinity, which advanced to a consolation semifinal later Friday against Plano John Paul II. Trinity’s Lauren Parker was good for 10.

Mary Leigh Rock led Hebron with 18 points.

FIRST CHOICE EMERGENCY ROOM CLASSIC at Heritage HS, Colleyville Consolation Quarterfinal TRINITY CHRISTIAN 77 LEWISVILLE HEBRON 66 Trinity Christian 18 22 18 19 — 77 Lewisville Hebron 12 14 21 19 — 66 Individual scoring: Trinity Christian, Thorne 20, Wentz 14, Hardin 13, Parker 10, Cowan 7, Sosebee 6, Duncan 4, Wheeler 3; Lewisville Hebron, Rock 18, M. Pospichal 13, G. Pospichal 12, Miller 11, Sherrod 9, Gilley 2, Blauchard 1.

n Coronado FRISCO — Andrea Martinez poured in 19 points and Plano East beat Coronado in the silver bracket first round of the Frisco ISD Tip-Off Classic, dealing the Lady Mustangs their second loss of the day in the tournament.

Earlier Friday, McKinney Boyd downed Coronado 40-34 behind 12 points from Carlie Kauffman and 11 from Lauryn DeBoue.

Coronado will play a silver bracket consolation game at 11:30 a.m. Saturday against Frisco Wakeland.

The Lady Mustangs’ Ani Trevino scored eight points in the loss to Plano East, and Carly Ritchey had 10 in the game against Plano East.

On Thursday, Ritchey and Bailey Walden scored 12 points apiece and Coronado notched its first win of the season, beating Mesquite Poteet in the first round.

Savannah Cognasi scored eight points for Coronado (1-1), which rallied from a 39-32 deficit starting the fourth quarter.

Taylor Sinclair and Mariah Garza added seven and six points, respectively, for the Lady Mustangs.

Mesquite Poteet’s Victoria George scored 14 points.

FRISCO ISD TIP-OFF CLASSIC Championship Bracket Second Round MCKINNEY BOYD 40 CORONADO 34 Coronado 9 11 4 10 — 34 McKinney Boyd 13 11 3 13 — 40 Individual scoring: Coronado, Ritchey 10, Walden 7, Cordova 5, Trevino 4, Cognasi 2, Perez 2, Garza 2, Sinclair 2; McKinney Boyd, Kauffman 12, DeBoue 11, Hernandez 5, Kuehne 4, Disney 4, Houston 2, Hocamp 1, Garza 1.

PLANO EAST 77, CORONADO 38 Coronado 9 12 12 5 — 38 Plano East 15 16 24 22 — 77 Individual scoring: Coronado, Trevino 8, Sinclair 7, Ritchey 6, Walden 6, Garza 5, Cordova 2, Cristan 2, Hood 1, Cognasi 1; Plano East, Martinez 19, Corbin 12, Gatson 11, McCutcheon 7, Shaw 6, Austin 5, Briseno 5, Brantley 4, Propes 4, Baldwin 2, Waters 2.

Thursday’s Late Result First Round CORONADO 47, MESQUITE POTEET 41 Mesq. Poteet 13 14 11 3 — 41 Coronado 7 15 10 15 — 47 Individual scoring: Mesquite Poteet, George 14, Jennings 11, Del Campo 6, Nelson 6, Richard 4; Coronado, Ritchey 12, Walden 12, Cognasi 8, Sinclair 7, Garza 6, Cordova 2.

Record: Coronado 1-1.

n Monterey FRISCO — Ciera Johnson, a 6-foot-4 center, scored 11 points and 6-foot guard Zarielle Green as last year’s state runner-up Duncanville beat Monterey 58-31 Friday in the championship bracket round of 16 at the Frisco ISD Tip-Off Classic.

Rosie Davis and Tae Davis added eight and seven points, respectively, for the Pantherettes, who started this season ranked No. 13.

Chelsea Hunter and Jodi Davis scored seven points apiece to lead Monterey.

On Thursday, Libby Sloan scored 14 points, Hunter scored 10 and Monterey got past Red Oak in the first round.

Lexi Bandy and Jodi Davis added nine and eight points, respectively, for Monterey.

The Lady Plainsmen lost a late game Friday to Wylie East 62-48.

FRISCO ISD TIP-OFF CLASSIC Championship Bracket Second Round DUNCANVILLE 58, MONTEREY 31 Individual scorers: Monterey, Hunter 7, Davis 7, Sloan 6, Hansard 4, Bandy 3, Heinrich 2, Flournoy 2; Duncanville, Johnson 11, Green 10, R. Davis 8, T. Davis 8, Caldwell 5, Townley 5, Silas 4, Tryon 4, Davis 2, Leary 1.

MONTEREY 62, WYLIE EAST 48 Monterey 18 20 14 10 — 62 Wylie East 12 18 12 6 — 48 Individual Scorers: Monterey, Hunter 17, Davis 13, Sloan 10, Hansard 8, Stormes 8, Bandy 4, Heinrich 2; Wylie East, Stephens 12, Murray 8, Thigpen 8, Lee 6, Moya 6, Shields 6, Jefferson 2.

Thursday’s Game First Round MONTEREY 54, RED OAK 50 Monterey 9 18 15 12 — 54 Red Oak 5 19 18 8 — 50 Individual scorers: Monterey, Sloan 14, Hunter 10, Bandy 9, Davis 8, Heinrich 4, Flournoy 3, Hansard 2, Gonzales 2, Stormes 2; Red Oak, Warren 20, Sneed 8, Bowie 8, Wright 5, Lollie 4, Evans 3, Lafime 1, Barker 1.

——— Friday’s Area Results GIRLS PLAINS 92, MONAHANS 29 6 2 11 10 — 29 Monahans Plains 39 22 9 22 — 92 Individual scoring: Monahans, Haynes 14, Holly 5, Irons 4, Subia 3, Breeding 2, Brandonburg 1; Plains, Broome 15, Si. Sosa 13, Davis 12, Earnest 12, So. Sosa 12, Corrales 10, Lowrey 8, Rios 6, Henderson 2, Michaleson 2. Records: Monahans 0-2, Plains 2-0. JV score: Plains 38, Mohanans 30.

CHRIST THE KING 50 WILSON 22 Wilson 3 2 11 6 — 22 Christ the King 19 15 5 11 — 50 Individual scoring: Wilson, Matthews 7, Joplin 7, Marquez 6, Nino 2; Christ the King, C. Pekowski 14, Gonzales 12, Quigley 11, M. Pekowski 4, Hernandez 3, Flores 2, Marzack 2, Garcia 1, Majors 1. Records: Wilson 0-1, Christ the King 1-0.

——— Smyer Lady Cats Tournament Friday’s results GIRLS FORSAN 45, SPRINGLAKE-EARTH 43 Forsan 9 13 12 11 — 45 Springlake-Earth 17 6 8 12 — 43 Individual scoring: Forsan, Roman 8; Springlake-Earth, Samarron 13.

VALLEY 71, SEAGRAVES 41 Valley 24 22 10 16 — 71 Seagraves 12 11 8 10 — 41 Individual scoring: Valley, Hill 20, Wheeler 19; Seagraves, V. Minjarez 17, B. Minjarez 10.

MIDLAND CHRISTIAN 46, OLTON 28 Midland Christian 12 10 11 13 — 46 Olton 6 7 10 5 — 28 Individual scoring: Midland Christian, Wright 17, Neatherland 11; Olton, A. Alcorn 11.

SPRINGLAKE-EARTH 51, SEAGRAVES 42 Springlake-Earth 13 11 18 9 — 51 Seagraves 10 5 14 13 — 42 Individual scoring: Springlake-Earth, Weldon 13, Samarron 13; Seagraves, Shanklin 16, V. Minjarez 16 VALLEY 58, OLTON 54 Valley 15 16 18 9 —58 Olton 15 14 14 11 —54 Individual scoring: Valley, Wheeler 24, Hill 13; Olton, Sandoval 15, A. Alcorn 11, Guerrero 11.

SMYER 62, FORSAN 24 Smyer 19 17 11 15 —62 Forsan 4 10 4 6 —24 Individual scoring: Smyer, Murphy 14, Fowler 14, Martinez 10, Tate 7, Ramirez 6, Lee 6, A. McCullough 4, S. McCullough 1; Forsan, McDaniel 7, Boeker 5, Grantham 5, Evans 4, Philips 3 ——— BOYS ALL-SAINTS EPISCOPAL 85 AMARILLO ASCENSION ACADEMY 49 Ama. Ascension 11 8 12 18 — 49 All Saints 31 20 19 15 — 85 Individual scorers: Amarillo, S. Lang 18, Crosson 3, Koetting 8, Lewis 6, Bonner 6 S. Lang 4, Saldana 2, Mulhall 2; All Saints, Burger 31, Stewart 21, Hickle 14, Logan 5, Cates 5, Tipton 3, Nix 2, Bayouth 2, Sharp 2. Records: Amarillo Ascension 1-1; All-Saints 3-0.

Top 25 Men’s College Basketball Highlights No. 1 Kentucky 85, Grand Canyon 45

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Texas’ Myles Turner (52) scores against North Dakota State during the Longhorns’ 85-50 win on Friday in Austin.

Turner leads Texas over North Dakota State Associated press

AUSTIN — Freshman Myles Turner scored 15 points in his college debut and No. 10 Texas romped to an 85-50 season-opening win over North Dakota State on Friday night.

Turner scored 11 in the first half as Texas jumped out to a 20-point lead by halftime.

Isaiah Taylor scored 18 points and Jonathan Holmes added 15 points for the Longhorns.

Texas has returned to having high expectations after

a surprising 24-11 finish last season. The Longhorns returned all five starters and with the addition of Turner, one of the top recruits in the country, are expected to challenge for the league title this season.

And coach Rick Barnes hasn’t been shy about cranking up the Longhorns’ profile, comparing this year’s squad to the one that reached the Final Four in 2003.

Lawrence Alexander scored 18 for North Dakota State (0-1).

Turner is the latest top

recruit corralled by Barnes and Texas fans hope Turner can have the same kind of impact T.J. Ford and Kevin Durant did when both claimed national player of the year awards.

Turner started the game on the bench but quickly made an impact when he scored on three straight possessions.

Turner later started a fast break with a block Taylor finished it with a behind-the-back pass to Cam Ridley for a dunk that made it 28-7. Turner finished the game 6 of 8 shoot-

ing with six rebounds.

Holmes could have a huge impact for Texas this season as well. At 6-foot-8, he was one of Texas’ most consistent scorers last season, and has slimmed down and moved from power forward to small forward.

Holmes made consecutive 3-pointers in the early minutes to show off his range.

North Dakota State won the Summit league and advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament last season but lost three starters and their muscle under the basket.

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Andrew Harrison scored 16 points and No. 1 Kentucky dominated Grand Canyon in every phase during an 85-45, season-opening blowout.

Beginning their second straight season atop the rankings thanks to a 10-deep roster that coach John Calipari utilized through a two-platoon system, the Wildcats exploited their substantial height and talent advantages through both units against a young Antelopes squad featuring seven true or redshirt freshmen among nine newcomers.

No. 2 ARIZONA 78, MOUNT ST. MARY’S 55

TUCSON, Ariz. — Brandon Ashley scored a career-high 21 points in his return to the lineup, and Arizona shook off a shaky start to open the season with a win over Mount St. Mary’s.

Arizona was out of sorts early before closing the first half with a big run to build a 15-point lead that was barely challenged.

Ashley played confidently and moved freely, finishing 9 of 10 from the floor in his return from

missing the final 16 games last season with a broken foot.

No. 4 DUKE 113 PRESBYTERIAN 44

DURHAM, N.C. — Preseason All-American Jahlil Okafor scored 19 points in his college debut and Duke routed Presbyterian in the opening round of the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic.

All four members of a heavily hyped freshman class scored in double figures for the Blue Devils (1-0): Greyson Allen had 18, and Justise Winslow and Tyus Jones had 15 apiece.

No. 5 KANSAS 69, UCSANTA BARBARA 59

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Freshman Devonte’ Graham scored 14 points off the bench, Perry Ellis had 13 points and 10 rebounds and Kansas beat UCSanta Barbara.

Frank Mason III added 12 points and Wayne Selden Jr. had 10 for the Jayhawks, who committed 16 turnovers, struggled with their shooting and didn’t put away the pesky Gauchos until a late big charge midway through the second half provided a comfortable cushion.

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Friday’s Game Summaries LEVELLAND 54, CLINT 18 Levelland 7 20 20 7 — 54 Clint 7 3 0 8 — 18 First Quarter CHS — Jesus Almanza 1 run (kick good) LHS — Tranton Jones 57 pass from Nick Gerber (Jeffrey Elliott kick) Second Quarter LHS — Caleb Weatherred 55 punt return (Elliott kick) CHS — Marco Vega 26 field goal LHS — Tandon Jones 10 pass from Gerber (Elliott kick) LHS — Michael Lopez 16 pass from Gerber (kick failed) Third Quarter LHS — Qualin Miller 50 run (Elliott kick) LHS — Lopez 21 pass from Gerber (Elliott kick) LHS — Miller 48 run (kick failed) Fourth Quarter LHS — 45 run (Elliott kick) CHS — 13 run (Two-point conversion)

LHS CHS First downs 16 15 Rushes-yards 15-179 61-271 Passing yards 237 0 Comp.-att.-int. 13-26-1 0-6-0 Punts-avg.

1-27 RUSHING: LHS, Qualin Miller 6-121-2.

CHS, J Almanza 20-128-1.

PASSING: LHS, Nick Gerber 13-26237-1—4.

RECEIVING: LHS, Tandon Jones 2-79-1.

——— IDALOU 65, Henrietta 13 Henrietta 0 7 0 6 — 13 Idalou 21 30 0 14 — 65 First Quarter IDA — Brandt Schilling 29 run (Zach Garcia kick) 10:35 IDA — Schilling 89 run (Garcia kick) 9:20 IDA — Schilling 6 run (Garcia kick) 2:45 Second Quarter IDA — Aaron Wordard 28 interception (Garcia kick) 11:50 IDA — Hayden Davey 30 pass from Zach Kirkpatrick (garcia kick) 11:15 IDA — Safety 9:45 IDA — Kirkpatrick 25 run (Garcia kick) 9:20 HEN — Ruben Ruiz 10 run (Timothy Thorton kick) 4:50

IDA, Brandt Schilling 21-244-3.

PASSING: HEN, Ruben Ruiz 7-162—0. IDA, Zack Kirkpatrick 3-4-0—0.

RECEIVER: HEN Timothy Thorton 4-23. IDA Hayden Davey 2-39-1.

——— MULESHOE 31, KERMIT 7 Kermit 7 0 0 0 — 7 Muleshoe 3 7 7 14 — 31 First Quarter KER — Jantzen Michel 55 run (kick good) 8:40 MUL — Felipe Gurrero 20 field goal 5:25 Second Quarter MUL — Keagan Gonzalez 22 run 10:07 (kick good) 10:07 Third Quarter MUL — Gonzalez 1 run (kick good) 6:12 Fourth Quarter MUL — Josh Lopez 11 run (kick good) 11:12 MUL — Gonzalez 1 run (kick good) 9:13

KER MUL First downs 3 19 Rushes-yards 12-131 50-384 Passing yards 49 103 Comp.-att.-int.

5-16-0 8-16-0 Punts-avg.

6-19.3 2-34 Fumbles-lost 1-0 1-1 Penalties-yards 6-55 7-80 ———

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Floydada receiver Tucker Lowrance gets behind Wellington’s Jonathon Townsend (8) and Ricky Cruz to haul in a touchdown catch during their playoff game on Friday at Dick Bivins Stadium in Amarillo. Wellingon won, 58-20.

IDA — Kirkpatrick 1 run (Garcia kick) 0:09 Fourth Quarter IDA — Ty Nickles 5 run (Garcia kick) 11:55 IDA — Zack Sperry 1 run (Garcia

kick) 4:45 HEN — Zack West 5 run (kick failed) 0:01

HEN IDA First downs 11 20 Rushes-yards 42-167 49-405

Passing yards 60 50 Comp.-att.-int.

7-16-2 3-4-0 Punts-avg.

5-32 1-30 Fumbles-lost 4-1 3-2 Penalties-yards 7-66 4-39 RUSHING: HEN, Ruben Ruiz 24-98-1.

STRATFORD 47, NEW DEAL 10 New Deal 0 10 0 0 — 10 Stratford 26 0 14 7 — 47 First Quarter STR — Ty Hess 49 pass from Jack McBryde (kick failed) 9:51 STR — Kevin Hernendez 1 run (run failed) 7:44 STR — Gage Brooks 3 run (Jesus Tarango kick) 4:38 STR — Rett Schoonover 3 run (Tarango kick) :14 Second Quarter ND — Sebastion Hartless 18 pass from Baylor Bean (Blake Meil kick) 10:11 ND — Meil 36 field goal 0:40 Third Quarter STR — Brooks 1 run (Tarango kick) 7:58 STR — Brooks 6 run (Tarango kick) 5:29

Fourth Quarter STR — Brooks 56 run (Tarango kick) 8:06

ND STR 12 16 First downs Rushes-yards 38-186 45-371 Passing yards 68 66 Comp.-att.-int.

8-24-1 2-5-0 Punts-avg.

4-13 1-63 Fumbles-lost 1-1 1-1 Penalties-yards 2-15 4-40 RUSHING: ND, Demetrius Jackson 25155. STR, Gage Brooks 11-103-4.

PASSING: ND, Baylor Bean 8-22-680—1. STR, Jack McBryde 2-5-66-0—1.

——— QUANAH 46, SUNDOWN 26 Sundown 7 6 0 13 — 26 Quanah 20 6 13 7 — 46 First Quarter QUA — Craig Miles 33 run (run failed) 9:10 SUN — Bryan Smith 44 run (Marc Cabrera kick) 6:08 QUA — Miles 70 pass from Clay Robertson (kick blocked) 5:10 QUA — Adam Medina 1 run (Mayson Leija pass from Robertson) 1:37 Second Quarter QUA — Miles 12 run (pass failed) 11:49 SUN — Smith 11 run (kick failed) 2:20 Third Quarter QUA — Miles 63 run (pass failed) QUA — Cory Bodine 25 pass from Robertson (Leija kick) 5:02 Fourth Quarter SUN — Smith 1 run (kick failed) 11:10 QUA — Miles 2 run (Leija kick) 7:17 SUN — Drew Berry 3 run (Cabrera kick) 0:06

SUN QUA First downs 16 22 Rushes-yards 55-238 27-276 Passing yards 22 279 Comp.-att.-int.

2-5-0 13-22-0 Punts-avg.

5-27.8 0-0 Fumbles-lost 0-0 0-0 Penalties-yards 4-15 15-115 RUSHING: SUN, Bryan Smith 31140-3. QUA, Craig Miles 14-199-4.

PASSING: SUN, Bryan Smith 2-5-220—0. QUA, Clay Robertson 13-22-2790—2.

RECEIVING: SUN, Drew Berry 1-14.

QUA, Cory Bodine 4-63-1.

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REGION I PLAYOFF PAIRINGS Bi-District All Times CST CLASS 6A DIVISION I Amarillo Tascosa 31, El Paso Franklin

Odessa Permian 31, Arlington Houston 7 Plano West 66, Keller 41 Euless Trinity (9-1) vs. South Grand Prairie (5-5), 8 p.m. Saturday, AT&T Stadium, Arlington Amarillo 41, EP El Dorado 27 Arlington Martin 43, Midland 14 Allen (10-0) vs. Keller Central (6-4), 5 p.m. Saturday, AT&T Stadium, Arlington DeSoto 52, Coppell 35 ——— CLASS 6A DIVISION II Region I Bi-District Monterey 48, EP Americas 21 San Angelo Central 55, Arlington Bowie 52, 2OT Denton Guyer (9-1) vs. Plano (7-3), 11 a.m. Saturday, AT&T Stadium, Arlington Southlake Carroll 38, Mansfield 31 Frenship 52, EP Eastwood 21 Abilene 31, Arlington Lamar 13 McKinney Boyd 42, Keller Fossil Ridge 23 Cedar Hill (8-2) vs. Colleyville Heritage (5-5), 2 p.m. Saturday, AT&T Stadium, Arlington ——— CLASS 5A DIVISION I EP Andress 42, EP Bel Air 14 Randall 34, Abilene Cooper 27 WF Rider 35, Grapevine 21 FW Arlington Heights 70, Burleson Centennial 28 EP Del Valle 42, EP Chapin 35 Amarillo Palo Duro 31, Plainview 28 Denton 40, Birdville 33 Aledo 69, FW Trimble Tech 0 ——— CLASS 5A DIVISION II Canutillo 63, EP Ysleta 28 San Angelo Lake View 26, Canyon 21 Azle 73, FW Dunbar 24 Burleson 37, FW South Hills 21 EP Eastlake 41, EP Bowie 7 Cooper 45, Hereford 14 Wichita Falls 17, Lake Dallas 14 Everman 51, FW Wyatt 12 ——— CLASS 4A DIVISION I Estacado 68, Clint Mountain View 7 Stephenville 66, Decatur 64, 4OT Andrews 61, Borger 20 Big Spring 35, Gainesville 17 Abilene Wylie 44, WF Hirschi 0 Levelland 54, Clint 18 Graham 52, Brownwood 11 Seminole 35, Fabens 0 ——— CLASS 4A DIVISION II Vernon 43, Fort Stockton 18 Krum 40, Dallas Lincoln 6 Sweetwater 50, Perryton 13 Bridgeport 35, Ferris 14 Celina 67, Dallas Madison 2 Monahans 54, Bushland 39 Venus (5-5) vs. Anna (3-7), 1 p.m.

Saturday, Pennington Field, Bedford Iowa Park (6-4) vs. Greenwood (5-5), 2 p.m. Saturday, Abilene Wylie ——— CLASS 3A DIVISION I Muleshoe 31, Kermit 7 Breckenridge 23, Clyde 16 Shallowater 42, Friona 6 Brady (8-2) vs. Boyd (4-6), (n) Wall 30, Ponder 7 Brownfield 35, Childress 28 Brock 57, Bangs 13 Littlefield (6-4) vs. Denver City (7-3), 7 p.m. Saturday, Frenship ——— CLASS 3A DIVISION II Spearman 48, WF City View 7 Alpine (5-5) vs. Colorado (6-4), 8 p.m. Saturday, Grande Communications Stadium, Midland Cisco 53, Amarillo Highland Park 7 Post 62, San Angelo Grape Creek 21 Coleman 51, Crane 0 Eastland 30, Tulia 6 Sonora 35, Coahoma 18 Idalou 65, Henrietta 13 ——— CLASS 2A DIVISION I Canadian (10-0), bye Windthorst 33, McCamey 12 Ozona (8-2), bye Stratford 47, New Deal 10 Stamford (8-2), bye Wellington 58, Floydada 20 Abernathy (10-0), bye Hawley 40, Christoval 13 ——— CLASS 2A DIVISION II Booker (10-0), bye Quanah 46, Sundown 26 Crosbyton (10-0), bye Sunray 21, Vega 14 Seagraves (10-0), bye

Gruver (8-2) vs. Springlake-Earth (6-4), 3 p.m. Saturday, Dick Bivins Stadium, Amarillo Farwell (8-2), bye Memphis 26, Smyer 12 ——— CLASS 1A DIVISION I Region I Happy 66, Spur 8 Grady 78, Ropes 62 Borden County 75, Anton 44 Valley 78, Nazareth 28 ——— CLASS 1A DIVISION II Region I Follett 46, McLean 0 Whitharral 46, Kress 34 Southland 56, Lazbuddie 8 Groom 56, Lefors 0 Region II Sands 96, Balmorhea 50 Blackwell 52, Rising Star 6 Loraine 70, Blanket 36 Buena Vista 46, Sierra Blanca 20 Region III Guthrie 84, Jayton 34 Chillicothe 58, Forestburg 41 Throckmorton 48, Harrold 2 Lueders-Avoca (5-5) vs. Motley County (6-3), 7 p.m. Saturday, Knox City ——— TAPPS 11-MAN DIVISION III First Round Cedar Hill Trinity 42, Lubbock Christian 7 ——— STATEWIDE PLAYOFF SCORES Bi-District CLASS 6A DIVISION I Region II Austin Bowie 33, Round Rock Ced. Ridge 21 Dallas Skyline 41, Lake Highlands 14 Klein Collins 38, Conroe Oak Ridge 20 Klein Oak 38, The Woodlands 20 Mesquite Horn 48, Irving MacArthur 34 Round Rock 16, Austin Westlake 14 Region III Cypress Fairbanks 31, Aldine Eisenhower 3 Cypress Ranch 52, Aldine 0 Dickinson 49, Alief Taylor 7 GP North Shore 38, Pasadena Dobie 17 Houston Lamar 38, Katy Seven Lakes 31 League City Clear Springs 28, Alief Elsik 21 Pearland 41, Deer Park 12 Region IV Converse Judson 28, SA Churchill 10 Del Rio 35, McAllen Memorial 20 Laredo United 62, La Joya 7 Los Fresnos 42, Edinburg North 7 Weslaco 3, Harlingen 0 CLASS 6A DIVISION II Region II Dallas Highland Park 49, Irving Nimitz 17 Dallas Jesuit 59, Richardson Pearce 7 Hewitt Midway 76, Tyler Lee 47 Pflugerville Hendrickson 56, Austin High 14 Spring Westfield 49, The Wdlns Coll.

Park 21 Region III Friendswood 35, Fort Bend Austin 29 Manvel 45, Beaumont West Brook 22 Pearland Dawson 35, La Porte 28 Region IV Brownsville Rivera 49, PSJA North 42 SA Northside Brandeis 63, CC Carroll 14 SA Northside Brennan 29, CC King 0 Weslaco East 42, San Benito 14 CLASS 5A DIVISION I Region II Longview 43, Lufkin 42 Mansfield Lake Ridge 42, Dallas Kimball 17 McKinney North 24, Frisco Wakeland 21, OT Rockwall-Heath 48, Carrollton Smith 0 Tyler 58, Texarkana Texas 23 West Mesquite 34, Carrollton Creekview 20 Wylie 42, Frisco Centennial 31 Region III Bryan 48, Manor 27 Houston King 48, Beaumont Central 15 Houston Stratford 48, Houston Waltrip 0 Magnolia West 45, Houston Madison 36 Temple 58, A&M Consolidated 14 Region IV CC Flour Bluff 42, SA Southside 21 Mission Memorial 17, Donna 0 SA Alamo Heights 48, SA Harlandale 17 Victoria West 47, Uvalde 28 CLASS 5A DIVISION II

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Region II Dallas South Oak Cliff 37, Lancaster

Ennis 52, Sulphur Springs 47 Frisco Heritage 77, Wylie East 63 Marshall 67, Nacogdoches 42 Mesquite Poteet 36, Dallas Wilson 0 Terrell 30, Dallas Hillcrest 22 Region III Angleton 33, Texas City 7 Brenham 61, Houston Yates 12 Elgin 24, Huntsville 20 Hutto 56, College Station 52 Port Lavaca Calhoun 30, Fort Bd Marshall 14 Region IV Boerne-Champion 57, SA Edison 14 CC Calallen 57, Somerset 14 Georgetown East View 31, Bastrop 0 Kerrville Tivy 54, SA Houston 7 Mission Sharyland 29, EdcouchElsa 0 Roma 28, Mercedes 21, OT CLASS 4A DIVISION I Region II Argyle 70, Lake Worth 7 Athens 47, Pittsburg 27 Carrollton Ranchview 44, Alvarado 34 Kaufman 42, Princeton 35 Kennedale 62, Wilmer-Hutchins 20 Sanger 31, Springtown 21 Region III Henderson 48, Silsbee 22 Navasota 55, Needville 15 Stafford 33, Sealy 3 West Columbia 57, Houston Wheatley 0 Region IV Burnet 42, Taylor 10 Fischer Canyon Lake 59, Waco La Vega 26 Kingsville King 23, Pleasanton 0 Liberty Hill 51, China Spring 22 Robinson 45, Boerne 21 Rockport-Fulton 52, Zapata 16 CLASS 4A DIVISION II Region II Atlanta 55, Melissa 34 Coldspring-Oakhurst 28, Lorena 21 Fairfield 24, Shepherd 16 Gilmer 50, Texarkana Pleasant Grove 7 Waco Connally 35, Madisonville 7 Region III Bellville 24, Smithville 7 La Marque 45, Hamshire-Fannett 27 Sweeny 32, Caldwell 27 Region IV Cuero 55, Rio Hondo 14 Devine 28, Lytle 12 Geronimo Navarro 51, Carrizo Springs 20 Hondo 30, Crystal City 13 Sinton 52, Port Isabel 22 Yoakum 44, Raymondville 27 CLASS 3A DIVISION I Region II Commerce 22, Farmersville 7 Mineola 52, Pattonville Prairiland 14 Pilot Point 50, Red Oak Life 27 Pottsboro 44, Caddo Mills 13 Whitesboro 47, Sunnyvale 39 Region III Buna 34, Malakoff 24 Cameron Yoe 41, Glen Rose 21 East Chambers 41, Palestine Westwood 7 Kirbyville 37, Elkhart 7 Rockdale 48, Comanche 18 Region IV Altair Rice 35, Comfort 29 Edna 38, Universal City Randolph 22 Goliad 61, Santa Rosa 7 Hallettsville 44, Lyford 6 Hempstead 32, Luling 0 Ingram Moore 51, Hitchcock 40 CLASS 3A DIVISION II Region II Arp 44, Hooks 0 Howe 30, Cooper 20 Hughes Springs 49, New Diana 19 S&S Consolidated 33, Lone Oak 28 Waskom 48, Linden-Kildare 26 Region III Crockett 34, Trinity 27 Dublin 54, Corsicana Mildred 6 Newton 46, New Waverly 6 Region IV East Bernard 47, Stockdale 0 Hebbronville 33, Banquete 26 Karnes City 33, El Maton Tidehaven 22, 2OT Odem 66, Freer 6 Van Vleck 46, Nixon-Smiley 7 CLASS 2A DIVISION I Region II Crawford 38, Goldthwaite 8 Tolar 32, Bosqueville 13 Wolfe City 48, Valley View 7 Region III Lovelady 17, Kerens 16 Ore City 46, Shelbyville 0 Price Carlisle 30, Groveton 13 Region IV Holland 35, Junction 6 Johnson City 48, Thrall 7 CLASS 2A DIVISION II

Region II Munday 47, Baird 0 Santo 47, Electra 20 Region III Hubbard 56, Cumby 0 Normangee 34, Overton 28 Timpson 45, Evadale 39 Region IV Burton 18, Yorktown 13 La Pryor 67, Agua Dulce 20 Louise 25, Milano 6 Rocksprings 35, Woodsboro 21 CLASS 1A DIVISION I Region II Crowell 52, Roscoe Highland 0 Garden City 64, Sterling City 16 Ira 58, Knox City 8 Water Valley 86, Marfa 36 Region III Gordon 48, Newcastle 30 Santa Anna 71, Rochelle 56 Region IV Abbott 46, Aquilla 0 Blum 85, Milford 24 Chester 63, Campbell 51

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CLASS 1A DIVISION II Region IV Jonesboro 64, Mullin 38 Richland Springs 64, Oglesby 35 TAPPS 11-MAN Division I First Round Argyle Liberty 50, Tomball Concordia

Dallas Bishop Lynch 30, Houston St. Pius 26 Midland Christian 56, SA Central Catholic 0 Division II First Round Bullard Brook Hill 35, Houston Northland 34 Dallas Christian 49, Fort Bend Christian 14 FW Christian 20, Austin Hyde Park 10 Grapevine Faith 42, Austin Regents 35 Houston Lutheran South 43, Tyler Grace 36 SA Holy Cross 43, Pantego Christian 22 Tyler Gorman 21, Houston Second Baptist 17

Division III First Round Bryan Brazos 48, Hallettsville Sacred Heart 8 Dallas First Bapt 54, Colleyville Covenant 14 FW Temple Christian 48, McKinney Chr. 14 Lg City Bay Area 63, Schertz John Paul II 7 Muenster Sacred Heart 27, Waco Reicher 21 Shiner St. Paul 74, Bryan St. Joseph 48 The Woodlands Chrstn 41, Irving Highlands 7 TAPPS 6 Man Division I Austin Hill Country 48, Abilene Christian 40 Logos Prep 75, Waco Vanguard 28 TCAL 6-MAN DIVISION I First Round Bryan Allen Academy 58, Hou. Mt. Carmel 8

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Class 2A Division II Springlake-earth (6-4) vs. gruver (8-2)

3 P.M., AMARILLO’S DICK BIVINS STADIUM The Wolverines can keep this game close if: they get production from running backs Elijah Ramon and Ethan McClain and regain the offensive spark they showed in a four-game winning streak over Claude, Ralls, Sudan and Bovina. Springlake-Earth ended the season on a two-game losing streak.

Gruver has the pedigree to win this game because: it beat Clarendon, one of the only teams to challenge 10-0 Crosbyton, 41-0. In a head-to-head matchup, Springlake-Earth topped Clarendon 26-13 earlier this year.

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7 P.M., Wolfforth’s Peoples Bank Stadium Dontra Ewing and Da’Madrick Moore need to: be absolutely huge for Littlefield. Bryan Huseman’s squad was disappointed with how it finished against Muleshoe last week, but it should be encouraged by how dominant it looked early on. The Wildcats can control the clock and move the ball consistentlY, which will be crucial in keeping Denver City’s offense on the sideline.

Saul Gutierrez might find himself more active than usual because: everyone knows about the Denver City running back tandem of Daniel Garcia (1,159 yards and 16 touchdowns) and Cole McLeroy (752 yards and 11 touchdowns). The Littlefield defensive front was stout against Muleshoe, making Keagan Gonzales rush in the pocket for much of last week’s contest. If the Wildcats deliver a similar effort, it will be crucial for Gutierrez to link up with Garcia, Hunter Hemmeline and David Palma.

FROM page C3 in on the next play for a 7-0 lead.

Hereford had a threeand-out on the ensuing series, and two plays later, Ehlers hit wide open running back Seth Watts in the flat, and he took it untouched 70 yards for a touchdown and a 14-0 lead.

On Hereford’s next possession, Payton Gonzales was intercepted by A.J. Perez at Cooper’s 29. Three Ehlers carries picked up 58 yards before Watts ran in from 23 yards out and a 21-0 lead. Gonzales, a senior, suffered a lower leg injury a week earlier against Palo Duro, and junior Bailey

McMillan actually started the game, as he hit Isaiah Garcia for a 54-yard gain to open the game.

“Bailey was prepared all week to get ready for this game and he threa a great deep ball,” DeLozier said.

“I thought Payton could give us some more options with his mobility. It’s a hard situation because you want to play a kid who has helped you get this far.”

Hereford got on the board in the third quarter when Chris Zepeda sacked Cooper backup Grady Atkins on a blitz to jar the ball loose, and Alex Gaytan picked it up and returned it 50 yards for a touchdown.

Later in the quarter, Brandon Cloud scored on a 67yard run and finished with 107 yards on 17 carries.

Otherwise, it was all Cooper. “(The big plays) kind of woke us up because I thought we came out a little tentative,” Cooper coach Max Kattwinkel said. “Our bye week was last week, and we were off two weeks, and I think that could have affected us.”

Cooper 45, Hereford 14 Cooper 7 28 10 0 — 45 Hereford 0 0 14 0 — 14 First Quarter LC—Kolton Ehlers 1 run (Ehtan Ekdahl kick), 1:17 Second Quarter LC—Seth Watts 70 pass from Ehlers (Ekdahl kick), 10:53 LC—Watts 23 run (Ekdahl kick), 7:45

LC—Bryson Shive 36 pass from Ehlers (Ekdahl kick), 4:39 LC—Ehlers 16 run (Ekdahl kick), 2:05 Third Quarter LC—Evan McHugh 19 pass from Ehlers (Ekdahl kick), 7:52 H—Alex Gaytan 50 fiumble return (Eduardo Arceo kick), 3:18 LC—Ekdahl FG 24, 1:32 H—Brandon Cloud 67 run (Arceo kick), 0:35

Cooper Hereford First downs 26 9 Rushing 338 120 Passing 213 137 Total yards 551 257 C-A-I 12-16-0 10-18-2 Punts 3-28.0 3-44.3 Fumbles-lost 0-0 2-2 Penalties-yards 10-73 5-47 RUSHING: Cooper, Ehlers 14-154, Alek Cruz 4-14, Anthony Gonzales 2-21, Watts 7-43, Johnny Alonzo 11-87, Grady Atkins 3-6, Shive 1-8, Dillan Smith 4-2, Ryan Punchard 1-0, Justin Rodriguez 1-3, Reagan Schulte 2-0. Hereford: Cloud 17-107, Jacob San Miguel 3-2, Bailey McMillan 1-4, Payton Gonzales 4-7.

PASSING: Cooper, Ehlers 11-13-0-207, Atkins 1-3-0-6. Hereford: McMillan 5-8-0-97, Gonzales 5-10-2-40.

RECEIVING: Cooper, Jordan Salas 3-22, Shive 2-39, McHugh 6-82, Watts 1-70. Hereford: Isaiah Garcia 4-62, Hank Urbanczyk 2-55, Jonathan Alaniz 2-13, Christian Lucio 1-5, Kaden Hicks 1-2.

PLAINVIEW: Palo Duro rallies to push overtime, winning FG FROM page C3 Quenion Hines picked off Kendrick Buckingham’s first pass of the game, giving his offense great field position.

Sophomore quarterback Wrangler Haresnape connected with Jackson on a 6-yard bootleg that gave Plainview (6-5) an early 7-0 lead with 4:38 left in the first quarter.

After forcing the Dons (7-4) to three and out, running back Warren Flye hooked up with Braxton Riddley on a 25-yard flea flicker. Jackson then took a handoff straight up the gut for a 35-yard touchdown, extending the lead to two scores.

The Dons returned fire.

McLain finished the game with 263 yards on 31 carries.

After Anthony McLain took a sweep 20 yards to the Bulldogs’ three yard line, Kendrick Buckingham lowered his head and rumbled his way into the end zone, bring his team within a touchdown.

Plainview answered right back when Wrangler scampered his way into the end zone on a 4-yard run, giving the Dogs all the momentum heading into half-time.

Palo Duro knew they were in for a fight in the second half, and came out swinging to set the tone early in the third quarter.

On the second play from scrimmage, Buckingham threw a laser to slot receiver Tevin Donald, who ran by everybody on his was to a 59-yard touchdown reception.

After a Trendan Jackson 6-yard touchdown run that gave the Dogs a 14-point lead, Senior running back Anthony McLain carried three Bulldog defenders on his way to a 2-yard touchdown run.

He wasn’t done.

After Plainview was unable to convert on fourth and 9, McLain bulldozed his was through the defense, picking up 43 yards and gave the Dons a first and goal from the one.

McLain lowered the boom on the next play, tying the game on a 1-yard touchdown run with 6:12 left in regulation.

“We have a lot of seniors on this squad, and at halftime I gave the team

a speech,” McLain said.

“I told our guys we either go out there and do it, or we’re going to be turning our pads in. I saw it in my linemen’s eyes, I saw it in my quarterback’s eyes.

They had my back and I had theirs. I knew I was going to have to carry my team the rest of the game, and I wouldn’t have done anything with my offensive line.”

After Plainview drove the length of the field, the Bulldogs were unable to convert fumbling the ball on another fourth and 9.

Giving the Dons one last chance to steal a victory.

After back-to-back rushes by McLain, there was time for one more shot at the end zone. Kendrick Buckingham put up a 35yard pass on fourth down to his outside receiver, who was able to get a step on the defender. The pass was incomplete, but pass interference was called after the receiver was tackled in the end zone before the ball came down.

With one second left on the scoreboard, Julio Molina kicked the game winning 37-yard field goal, giving the Dons a 31-28 victory, and a chance to play one more week.

“Both teams played extremely hard tonight,” said Palo Duro head coach Steve Parr. “We knew our season was over if we didn’t come out and compete. It’s said tough times don’t last, tough people do, and tonight, our kids were tough people.”

PALO DURO 31, PLAINVIEW 28 Palo Duro 0 7 14 10 — 31 Friona 7 1 4 7 0 — 28 First Quarter PLA — Trendan Jackson 6 run (Pierre Perrey kick); 4:38 Second Quarter PLA — Jackson 35 run (Perrey kick); 11:28 PD — Kendrick Buckingham 3 run (Malik Allen kick); 6:23 PLA — Wrangler Haresnape 4 run (Perrey kick); 0:01 Third Quarter PD — Tevin Donald 59 pass from Buckingham (Allen kick); 11:06 PLA — Jackson 6 run (Perrey kick); 7:11 PD — Anthony McLain 3 run (Allen kick); 1:34 Fourth Quarter PD — McLain 1 run (Allen kick); 6:12 PD — Julio Molina 37 FG; 0:00

PD PLA 15 First downs 17 Rushes-yards 44-353 48-324 Passing yards 63 48 Comp.-att.-int.

3-6-1 4-6 Punts-avg.

4-32 4-44 Fumbles-lost 3-1 2-0 Penalties-yards 3-40 4-30 RUSHING: Palo Duro, Anthony McLain 31263 2TD. Plainview, Warren Flye 21-152, Trendan Jackson 11-79 3TD. PASSING: Palo Duro, Kendrick Buckingham 3-6-1—63 1TD. Plainview, Wrangler Haresnape 3-5— 23.

RECEIVING: Palo Duro, Tevin Donald 1-59 1TD. Plainview, Braxton Riddley 1-25.

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Both teams played extremely hard tonight. We knew our season was over if we didn’t come out and compete.

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Monterey’s Hunter Spaeth (6) and Jared Frankhouser (15) congratulate Landin Terry (19) after scoring a touchdown against Americas during their Class 6A playoff game on Friday in Lubbock.

MONTEREY: Johnson adds four TDs in win FROM page C3 yards and four touchdowns, and quarterback Baylor Mitchell combined for 270 yards and two touchdowns for the Plainsmen (5-6), who were 3-8 last season and lost in the bi-district round of the playoffs to Amarillo High 55-27.

The biggest scare the Trailblazers gave the Plainsmen came early in the second half after Johnson fumbled and Americas scooped it up before Nick Carillo hit Eric Foster for a 40-yard touchdown pass.

After Monterey tackled the placeholder on the ensuing extra point attempt, the Plainsmen led 28-13.

Americas spoiled a strong opportunity on the next kickoff as one of the Monterey linebackers on the special teams unit fumbled the kickoff and the Trailblazers (5-6) recovered it, but a defensive offside penalty was called and its chance was lost.

Mitchell ended the next drive with a 9-yard touchdown run and all Americas answered with for the rest of the game was a 10-yard pass to Foster, making the score 35-21.

Monterey added a 65yard touchdown run from Johnson and a 3-yard run from back-up quarterback Kevin McGinnis in the fourth quarter to seal the win.

Johnson opened the scoring with a 76-yard touchdown rush and added a 36yard rushing score within the first seven minutes of the first quarter to put the Plainsmen up 14-0.

Americas answered with a one-yard touchdown from running back Joshua Fields to make the score 14-7 late in the second half.

Monterey’s touchdowns

averages 260.5 pounds per player — kept the Americas playmakers from the escaping on the edges.

“I think we sealed the edges pretty good,” Freeman said. “But on some of them, (Drennan) ran off a little bit. But the inside, we got it real good. We’re going to work on it.”

Hunter Spaeth, who started the season as the Plainsmen’s quarterback and was lost to a knee injury for several weeks and did not regain the starting position upon his return, caught three passes for 38 yards from Mitchell.

Terry caught two passes for 74 yards and Branson Hall had 35 receiving yards.

“We definitely worked on our pass game, because it wasn’t where we wanted it to be at the beginning of the season,” Terry said.

“There’s always frustrating moments in a season, but we pulled it together.”

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Monterey’s Vincent Johnson runs the ball against Americas during their Class 6A playoff game on Friday in Lubbock. in the second quarter came on a 49-yard Landin Terry reception and an 8-yard run from Johnson.

In his weekly LISD media luncheon address Thursday, Monterey coach Wayne Hutchinson complimented Americas quarterback Q Drennan on his ability to improvise in an unstructured offense and break big plays.

Drennan’s stats coming into the game against Monterey proved it: the senior accounted for 1,432 passing yards and 1,130 rushing yards in the regular season.

In the first half against Monterey, Americas was held to 72 rushing yards

and Drennan was limited to 79 passing yards and the 6-foot-3, 185-pound senior threw three interceptions.

Fields, who came into the contest with just under 1,000 rushing yards during the regular season, struggled to get off on any long runs because of the Plainsmen even defensive front.

Despite a neck injury that kept middle linebacker Nathan Neal from playing in this game, Monterey’s two linebacker scheme behind Xavier Freeman, Alazea Douglas, Sam Bartholomae and newcomer Adam Benitez on the line — a defensive front that

Monterey 48, EL PASO Americas 21 Americas 7 0 14 0 — 21 Monterey 14 14 7 13 — 48 First Quarter MON — Johnson 76 run (Wiliamson kick) 10:45 MON — Johnson 36 rush (Williamson kick) AME – Fields 1 run (Gomez kick) 1:00 Second Quarter MON — Terry 49 pass (Williamson kick) 11:40 MON — Johnson 8 run (Williamson kick) 9:33 Third Quarter AME — Zamudio 40 pass (kick miss) 8:30 MON — Mitchell 9 run (Williamson kick) 6:25 AME — Foster 10 pass (pass conversion) 1:29 Fourth Quarter MON — Johnson 65 run (Williamson kick) 11:48 MON — McGinnis 13 run (kick miss) 2:00

Americas Monterey First downs 12 16 Rushes-Yards 25-136 32-386 Passing-Yards 12-188 9-162 Comp-Att-Int 12-18-3 9-15-0 Punts 3-40 1-40 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1 Penalties – Yards 3-45 2-20 RUSHING — AME: Drennan 13-106, Fields 10-16, Foster 2-14; MON — Johnson 16-276, Mitchell 14-108, Brown 1-2, McGinnis 2-7.

PASSING — AME: Carillo 1-40; Drennan 11-148-3; MON: Mitchell 9-15-162.

RECEIVING — AME: Foster 4-34, Stapleton 1-12; Zamudio 2-60, Chesnutt 1-9, Carrasco 1-20, Carillo 1-19, Drennan 1-13, Morales 1-21; MON: Spaeth 3-38, Landin Terry 2-74, Frankenhouser 1-8, Hall 2-35.

RECORDS — Americas 5-6; Monterey 5-6.

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Muleshoe defenders David Rodriguez, on the ground, and Braden Bessire, right, team up to tackle Kermit’s Jantzen Michel during their Class 3A playoff game on Friday at People’s Bank Stadium in Wolfforth. Muleshoe won, 31-7.

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WOLFFORTH — Muleshoe suffered a slow start Friday night in bi-district play against Kermit, but overcame any lethargy to take a 31-7 win and a new Class 3A Division I bi-district trophy.

“We came off a little sluggish (and) shot ourselves in the foot,” Muleshoe coach David Wood said.

Next in the Mules’ playoff schedule is an area round matchup against Breckenridge.

Muleshoe ran all four of its touchdowns — three by senior Keagan Gonzales, a 6-foot-4 quarterback who took over from an injured Danny Campos.

The Mules didn’t score first, though.

Kermit ran its only touchdown three and a half minutes into the game on a 55-yard sprint by Jantzen Michel, a senior wide receiver and quarterback.

Muleshoe entered with the match with a perfect 5-0 district season and overall record tainted only by a three-game losing streak in September.

Kermit, on the other hand, finished 2-3 in district and 3-8 overall. The two teams faced each other in a preseason game that Muleshoe took 41-13.

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Muleshoe’s Josh Lopez runs the ball against Kermit during their Class 3A playoff game on Friday.

This wasn’t much different. Wood attributed the slow start to burnout from last week. The Mules wrapped up their regular season — and secured it as undefeated — with a 3427 comeback win against longtime rivals Littlefield.

“After a big win last week against Littlefield, it was hard to keep that intensity, and we came out flat,” he said.

But they stepped up de-

fensive efforts, never letting the Yellow Jackets return near their goal line.

The Mules’ other points came from a 20-yard field goal by Felipe Guerrero and an 11-yard run by junior running back Josh Lopez. While the Mules took turns admiring their trophy, Wood advised them to play all four quarters next week with the ambition they showed Friday in the last three.

Breckenridge is located in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. Wood suspects stopping their running game will be key to advancing toward regional play, but has more research to do first.

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Defending champ knocks out Floydada

BY LANCE LAHNERT Amarillo Globe-News

If it’s playoff time.

It’s Wellington time. It took a quarter to get going but defending state Class 1A Division II champion Wellington eventual put the pedal to metal opening the 2014 Texas high school football playoffs in impressive fashion Friday night.

Wellington cranked out 42 points in the second and third quarters finding its running game led by D.J. McKnight coming away with a 58-20 win over Floydada in Class 2A Division I bi-distict action Friday at Dick Bivins Stadium.

“There were a little bit of nerves early for us being the first playoff game,” Wellington quarterback Kelton Long said. “The second half we got to being who we are and went to really rolling.”

Wellington rolled up 407 yards of offense — 192 of that on McKnight runs and receptions — and overcome Floydada’s effort to change the momentum of the game in big way a second quarter 90-yard kickoff return by Kyi Baker.

Baker’s ran all the way across the field, found the sideline then zig-zagged back to for the touchdown closing the Wellington lead to 16-13 with 6:51 to play in the first half.

But Wellington found its groove on offense and took over the game scoring the next three touchdowns and holding a 36-13 lead with 6:06 to play in third after McKnight scored the third of his four touchdowns on the game.

McKnight scored on a trio of runs in a length of 52, 7 and 4 yards and showed his pass catch skills taking as wing pass from Long and scoring on a 22-yard play.

McKnight ran for 145 yards and caught five passes for 47 yards.

“DJ is just a great athlete,” said Long who also was a Floydada nemesis running for 101 yards and two touchdowns, while throwing for 93 yards and a touchdown.

Wellington coach Wade Williams, replacing the majority of key skill players from last year, was pleased with the way his team avoided allowing Floydada big plays.

“We knew we played good defense and we always felt comfortable about the game but we were disturbed with the offense in the first half kept stubbing our toe,” said Williams who has won six playoff games in a row. “But we are pleased we challenged our lkne at halftime and DJ came up with some big plays. He’s an exciting runner.”

Wellington held Floydada to 207 total yards limiting its running game to four carries of 10 or more yards.

The Skyrockets put the icing on the game on defense when linebacker Sonny Bohannon returned a fumble 22 yards for a touchdown with 6:35 remaining for its final score.

Floydada did beat the Wellington defense twice on big plays as Tucker Lowrance hauled in 38 and 45 yard passes. The first TD catch by Lowrance from quarterback Aaron Chavarria put Floydada ahead 7-0 in the first quarter.

Chavarria led Floydada with 49 yards rushing and 63 yards passing.

“That was supposed the turning point right there,”

Chavarria said of Baker’s kickoff return. “We should have taken advantage and simply didn’t and then things got out of hand. ... I’m very proud and thought we were going to make something happen from the get go. We were 1-9 last year and weren’t supposed to be in the playoffs.”

Wellington 58, Floydada 20 Floydada 7 6 7 0 — 20 Wellington 0 22 20 16 — 58 First Quarter FLO — Tucker Lowrance 54 pass from Aaron Chavarria (Miguel Pena kick) Second Quarter WEL — D.J. McKnight 4 run (Kelton Long conversion) WEL — Keaston Warren 6 run (Long conversion) FLO — Kyi Baker 82 kickoff return (Conversion failed) WEL — Long 17 run (Conversion failed) Third Quarter WEL — McKnight 22 pass from Long (Conversion failed) WEL — McKnight 6 run (Long conversion) FLO — Lowrance 55 pass from Chavarria (Pena kick) WEL — McKnight 52 run (Conversion failed) Fourth Quarter WEL — Long 5 run (McKnight conversion) WEL — Sonny Bohannon 36 fumble recovery (Warren conversion)

FLO WEL First downs 9 25 Rushes-yards 29-102 51-407 Passing yards 108 88 Comp.-att.-int.

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3-37.3 2-3.0 Fumbles-lost 3-3 2-2 Penalties-yards 10-80 3-30 RUSHING: Floydada, Aaron Chavarria 15-40, Albert DeHoyas 4-22. Wellington, D.J. McKnight 19-161, Kelton Long 12-131.

PASSING: Floydada, Aaron Chavarria 5-12-1108. Wellington, Kelton Long 8-14-0-88.

RECEIVING: Floydada, Tucker Lowrance 4-122. Wellington, D.J. McKnight 5-51.

PECOS — Estacado’s first-round playoff opponent wasn’t as strong as any of its regular-season opponents. Either that, or the Matadors have really turned it up a notch when it counts.

David Smith ran for three first-quarter touchdowns and was one of four Matadors 100-yard rushers as Estacado routed Clint Mountain View 68-7 Friday in a Class 4A Divsion I bidistrict playoff.

It was Estacado’s largest margin of victory, the most lopsided win before that a 46-13 conquest of Seminole two weeks ago.

Estacado (9-2) will play Stephenville (7-3) next week in area. Mountain View finished 6-5.

Smith got the Mats off and running, scoring from 72, 6 and 15 yards in the first 10 minutes of the game. He finished with 116 yards on five carries.

The Matadors also got 195 rushing yards from Tyrese Nathan, 134 from Keshondrick Essix and 101 from quarterback Jaleen Tennison.

Estacado hurt Mountain View over and over with big plays. In the second quarter, Essix scored on an 87-yard run and Nathan on a 51-yard run. In the third quarter, Jacoybe Bracy returned a punt 65 yards for a score.

Estacado finished with 489 yards rushing and 542 total offense.

CLASS 4A DIVISION I BI-DISTRICT PLAYOFF at Pecos ESTACADO 68 CLINT MOUNTAIN VIEW 7 Clint Mtn. View 0 0 7 0 — 7 Estacado 21 22 12 13 — 68 First Quarter EST—David Smith 72 run (Kenaris Jackson pass from Jaleen Tennison), 8:01 EST—Smith 6 run (kick failed), 5:32 EST—Smith 15 run (Carlos Garcia kick), 2:23 Second Quarter EST—Keshondrick Essix 87 run (Garcia kick), 8:41 EST—Tyrese Nathan 51 run (Tennison run), 3:32 EST­—Tennison 21 run (kick failed), 1:23 Third Quarter EST—Tennison 54 run (kick failed), 9:29 EST—Jacoybe Bracy 65 punt return (kick failed), 6:00 CMV—6 run (kick good), 2:02 Fourth Quarter EST—Nathan 17 run (Garcia kick), 7:52 EST—Nathan 17 run (kick failed), 1:49

CMV EST First downs

10 Rushing yards

37-489 Passing-Yards

53 Comp-Att-Int

2-5-0 Punts

0-0 Fumbles-Lost

4-2 Penalties – Yards

8-80 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Mountain View, statistics not provided; Estacado, Nathan 9-195, Essix 6-134, Smith 5-116, Tennison 7-101, Jones 1-7.

PASSING: Mountain View, statistics not provided; Estacado, Tennison 2-5-0—53.

RECEIVING: Mountain View, statistics not provided; Estacado, Jackson 2-53.

 Levelland 54, Clint 7 FORT STOCKTON — Nick Gerber passed for 237 yards and four touchdowns, helping Levelland topple Clint 54-7 in a Class 4A Divison I bi-district playoff game on Friday night.

Levelland (5-6) tied the game in the first quarter after Gerber teamed with Trenton Jones on a 57-yard touchdown pass. The Lobos pulled ahead for good early in the second quarter when Caleb Weatherred returned a punt 55 yards.

After Clint (6-5) closed the gap to 14-10 on a 26yard field goal by Marco Vega, Gerber connected with Tandon Jones on a 10-yard touchdown pass, and then hit Michael Lopez with a 16-yard scoring toss, both in the second quarter.

Gerber found Lopez again for a 21-yard touchdown pass in the third quarter. The Lobos added two more touchdowns in the third quarter on runs of 50 and 48 yards by Qualin Miller, who finished the game with 121 yards on six carries.  Idalou 65, Henrietta 13 ABILENE — Brandt Schilling rushed for three touchdowns and Zack Kirkpatrick rushed for two more as Idalou cruised past Henrietta 65-13 in a Class 3A Division II bi-dis-

trict playoff clash on Friday night.

Schilling scored on runs of 29, 89 and 6 yards, all in the first quarter, boosting Idalou (8-3) to a 21-0 advantage. Schilling finished the game with 244 yards on 21 carries.

Kirkpatrick found the endzone twice in the second quarter on runs of 25 yards and 1 yard. He also connected with Hayden Davey on a 30-yard touchdown pass at the 11:15 mark in the second quarter.

The Wildcats also got help from their defense, sparked by a 28-yard interception return by Aaron Wordard and a safety, both coming in the second quarter.

Henrietta, which concluded the season at 8-3 overall, scored on a 10-yard run by Ruben Ruiz and a 5-yard run by Zach West, the latter coming with just one second left to play in the game.  Stratford 47, New Deal 10 AMARILLO — Stratford’s Gage Brooks rushed for 103 yards and four touchdowns, including three in the second half, en route to a 47-10 victory against New Deal in a Class 2A Division I bi-district playoff game at Dick Bivins Stadium.

Brooks scored on a 3-yard run at the 4:38 mark in the first quarter, then added touchdown runs of 1 yard and 6 yards in the third quarter and a 56yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter.

The Elks (8-2) jumped out to a 26-0 lead in the first quarter and never trailed throughtout the contest.

New Deal, which ends its season at 7-4, got on the scoreboard at the 10:11 mark in the second quarter on an 18-yard pass from Baylor Bean to Sebastian Hartless. Blake Meil then booted the extra point, before adding a 36-yard field goal for the Lions with just 40 seconds remaining in the first half.  Quanah 46, Sundown 26 AMARILLO — Craig Miles rushed for 199 yards and four touchdowns, powering Quanah to a 46-26 victory against Sundown in a Class 2A Division II bi-district playoff game on Friday night at River Road High School.

Miles scored on a 33-yard run at the 9:10 mark in the first quarter, before Sundown (5-6) pulled ahead on a 44-yard touchdown run by Bryan Smith, who finished the game with 140 yards on 31 carries, and extra-point kick by Marc Cabrera.

Miles than hauled in a 70-yard touchdown pass from Clay Robertson with 5:10 left to play in the first quarter to put the Indians (8-3) ahead to stay. Miles also scored on a 12-yard run in the second quarter, a 63-yard run in the third quarter and a 2-yard run in the fourth quarter.

Smith added an 11yard touchdown run in the second quarter and a 1-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter for the Roughnecks.  Seminole 35, Fabens 0 MONAHANS — Seminole shut down every aspect of the Fabens Wilcats game plan in route to a win Friday in the Class 4A Division I bi-district championship.

The Indians’ Sabraun Adams took it into the end zone on the first play of a brief possession. With the next Fabens possession, Indian middle linebacker Steven Day scooped up a Wildcat fumble and raced in for a second touchdown with just three minutes off the clock.

With just over a minute to go, Brett Hicks found Cox downfield on a long pass play, then Adams in the end zone for Seminole’s third touchdown.

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Texas Tech’s overwhelming victory over Prairie View A&M meant a giant boost in momentum as they continue their run in the NCAA Division I Women’s Soccer Championship, but for Janine Beckie it meant much more.

The junior forward met with her teammates after the game and celebrated the opportunity to break records in front of a home crowd, with her teammates and honored her father in the process, who passed away 13 years ago to the day.

“It was really special for me to be able to play and to be able to score those goals,” Beckie said, “because I know if he were here he would be really proud of me.”

Beckie had a hat trick and became the all-time career leader for goals in Tech history with 42 as the Raiders defeated Prairie View A&M (11-8-1) 8-0 Friday at the John B. Walker Soccer Complex in Lubbock.

“The anniversary of her dad passing away is like every year the opening weekend,” Tech coach Tom Stone said. “So we deal with this incredible emotional swell because our team really gets around Janine for it.”

Tech (14-3-2) was two goals away from tieing the NCAA record for team goals in a tournament match set by Texas A&M in 2004, and continue to have never given up a goal while hosting a NCAA match.

Tech’s Maddy Crabtree (four shots) had two goals on the night, and Caity

Heap (three shots) had one on a assist from Ashley Casey who totaled six shots and two goals.

“The fact that I could get three goals to get us started is awesome,” Beckie said.

“I love that feeling but the fact that we had two other players with two goals and a couple other players with a goal just shows how this team can score and how we’re very dangerous.”

Tech controlled possession of the ball for the majority of the match and totaled 33 shots on the Lady Panther’s Bianca Garza who had nine saves.

In the 22nd minute, Beckie received a cross from the right side of the field and hit the back of the net on a header.

The shot by Beckie completed her first career hat trick, the sixth in Tech history, and was only one away from tieing the most goals scored by an individual in a NCAA match.

The Red Raiders advance to play the winner of Saturday’s Florida Gulf Coast and Auburn match at a time and site to be determined on Sunday following the Florida and Mercer match.

Leading 4-0, the Raiders replaced Beckie, Paige Strahan and Casey with fresh legs before the end of the half to prevent any unnecessary injuries.

“They came in here and wanted to make it difficult on us,” Stone said. “I think the explosion that we kind of gave in the first half just beat down their belief level.” bryan.navarette@lubbockonline.com  766-8733 Follow Bryan on Twitter @AJ_BNavarette

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Meagan McCollough (14) congratulates Janine Beckie (12) after scoring a goal against Prairie View A&M during their NCAA opener on Friday in Lubbock. Tech won, 8-0.

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Tech prepares to face Mountaineers BY krista pirtle A-j media

Record countdown Senior libero Rachel Brummitt is currently 12 digs away from becoming Texas Tech’s all-time leader.

More impressively, she is on the verge of breaking the record in just her third season.

Brummitt transferred in to Tech from Radford and was eligible to play her sophomore year.

That season, 2012, Brummitt recorded the best single-season defensive performance in school history with 510 digs.

Last time vs. West Virginia The Mountaineers gave the Red Raiders the first loss of the season, 3-1, back in late September.

Tech fought back from down 0-2 but couldn’t force a fifth set.

West Virginia recorded

more kills that Texas Tech, 53-44, led by Jordan Anderson with 24.

Defensively, Tech finished with 7 blocks and 54 digs, led by 14 digs from Brummitt.

At the net Leaderboard

Texas Tech (15-9, 3-9) Kills per set: Jenna Allen 3.14 Assists per set: Marguerite Grubb 9.67 Digs per set: Rachel Brummitt 4.98 West Virginia (13-13, 3-9) Kills per set: Jordan Anderson 4.61 Assists per set: Lamprini Konstantinidou 10.18 Digs per set: Gianna Gotterba 2.96

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Lady Raiders hold off Jacksonville State

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Kelsi Baker admitted she was rusty.

But, she shook off just enough rust to match a career-high with 18 points and help lead the Texas Tech to a 67-59 win over Jacksonville State in Friday’s season opener at United Supermarkets Arena.

“I felt like I played,” Baker said. “I kind of felt like it was an out-of-body experience. ... When you get back for the first time you don’t feel the same.

But, once you start playing, but there was a lot of things I could do better.

“I felt like everything was rust. But, I have great teammates who kept giving me the ball in great positions.”

She also had some help down-low.

Daya Olabode had the first double-double in a debut by a Texas Tech freshman in more than 20 years.

She scored 14 points and pulled down 10 rebounds.

“I am very fortunate and happy that I had the opportunity to come here and play and every day I am going to go after it hard and a double-double will be what I try to go for every single game,” Olabode said.

Minta Spears also had three crucial 3-pointers and scored 11 points for Texas Tech (1-0). The Lady Raiders got off to a fast start against the Gamecocks, but could never quite pull away. Olabode got two inside baskets and Rayven Brooks hit a 3 pointer in the opening two minutes as Tech jumped up to a 9-0 lead in the first five minutes.

After that Jacksonville State hung with the Lady Raiders.

“I think Jacksonville State made plays at the right time to hold serve and stay in the ball game and we gave up too many offensive rebounds at crucial times,” Tech coach Candi Whitaker said.

The majority of Jacksonville State’s offense came

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Texas Tech freshman guard/forward Dayo Olabode (32) shoots against Jacksonville State Friday at United Supermarkets Arena. The Lady Raiders won, 67-59.

Lady Raiders Box Score Texas Tech 67, Jacksonville State 59

JACKSONVILLE STATE 59

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Min. M-A M-A O T PF A Benson 14 1-2 1-2 0 1 2 0 Morton 30 3-13 6-6 1 4 1 1 C. Strain 26 3-7 0-0 2 3 1 0 James 23 1-5 1-1 0 3 4 3 Cantrell 24 2-6 2-2 6 7 4 2 Naughton 9 0-0 0-0 0 1 2 1 Horton 1 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 0 L. Strain 8 0-2 0-0 1 2 0 1 McLin 24 3-12 0-0 0 6 4 1 Morrison 17 2-4 0-0 0 1 0 0 Phelion 24 6-8 0-2 5 8 2 0

1 3 Totals 200 21-59 11-15 16 39 20 9

TP 4 13 8 4 6 0 1 0 6 6 12 59

TEXAS TECH 67

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Min. M-A M-A O T PF A TP Spears 34 3-6 2-2 0 1 3 1 11 Brooks 27 2-4 1-2 1 3 2 1 6 Olabode 28 6-10 2-2 3 10 2 4 14 Roe 28 3-6 2-6 2 4 2 2 9 Baker 28 6-17 6-9 1 5 3 3 18 CookTaylor 28 4-8 0-1 1 4 0 1 9 Bowser 10 0-1 0-0 0 0 2 1 0 Mousty 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Parliament 4 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 McKenzie 10 0-1 0-0 0 3 2 0 0

0 1 Totals 200 24-53 13-22 12 35 17 13 67

Jacksonville State 34 25 — 59 Texas Tech 37 30 — 67 Records: Jacksonville State 0-1, Texas Tech 1-0. Shooting percentages: Jacksonville State 35.6% FG, 40.0% 3-pt. FG, 73.3% FT; Texas Tech 45.3% FG, 42.9% 3-pt. FG, 59.1% FT. 3-point goals: Jacksonville State 6-15 (C. Strain 2-4, Morrison 2-4, Benson 1-2, Morton 1-3, Cantrell 0-1, L. Strain 0-1), Texas Tech 6-14 (Spears 3-5, CookTaylor 1-1, Brooks 1-2, Roe 1-2, Bowser 0-1, Baker 0-3). Steals: Jacksonville State 1 (McLin), Texas Tech 7 (Brooks 3, Spears, Olabode, Baker, Bowser). Blocked shots: Jacksonville State 0, Texas Tech 4 (Brooks 2, Olabode, CookTaylor). Turnovers: Jacksonville State 9 (C. Strain 2, Cantrell 2, Naughton 2, McLin, Morrison, Phelion), Texas Tech 9 (Brooks 2, Spears, Roe, Baker, CookTaylor, Bowser, Parliament, McKenzie). Technical fouls: None. Officials: Maj Forsberg, Brian Garland, Esrael Silva. Attendance: 3,033.

from beyond the arc (6 fort 15) and that allowed the Gamecocks to hang around, slowly chipping away at Tech’s initial burst, including a 10-4 run from in five-minute stretch late in the first half. Tech only led 37-34 at halftime. After Jacksonville State cut the lead to 37-36 minutes into the second half, Spears dropped another 3-pointer to give Tech its razor thin cushion back and Ivonne CookTaylor, who scored all nine of Tech’s points off

the bench, hit a long 2 and a pull up jumper to twice push the Lady Raider lead back to five points midway through the half.

Spear’s third 3 put the Lady Raiders up 58-50, but their largest lead of the game came with 10:08 left in the first half, and the Lady Raiders only once pushed the lead back to double digits.

That came when Rayven Brooks hit a jumper with 2:41 remaining to put Tech up 64-54.

“I thought we were very good in the last two mintues,” Whitaker said. “When it was a five-point game. We waited a little more and got to the free-throw line and took care of the basketball.

We are going to have a lot of close games and we need to be good down the stretch.”

Player of the Game: Dayo Olabode. The freshman had the first double-double for a Texas Tech freshman in more than 20 years, scoring 14 points and pulling down 14 rebounds.

Why they won: The Lady Raiders hit key shots when they needed them, whether it was key 3-pointer from Spears or a couple of free throws (also from Spears).

Tech also outscored Jacksonville State 28-16 in the paint.

What it means: At this point, not much in the long term. But, it did break a 20-gam losing streak for the Lady Raiders, who lost all 18 games in the Big 12 last season.

Notes: Baker started her first game since March 23, 2013 in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament against South Florida. ... Six Lady Raiders picked up their first minutes at Texas Tech - Dayo Olabode, Rayven Brooks, Jamie Roe, Ryann Bowser, Paige Parliament and Jocelyn Mousty.

TECH: Red Raiders have board advantage FROM page C3 in the second half for Texas Tech.

“In the second half, I thought they played a lot harder,” G.G. said. “We couldn’t really match that intensity, that toughness.”

Even though the Red Raiders were out-rebounded 40-37 for the game, Texas Tech held the edge on the boards 21-19 in the second half.

“Rebounding was key because they were killing us on the boards (in the first half),” Odiase said. “Once we got more physical we got better.”

Texas Tech’s physicality wasn’t limited to the paint. After Loyola started the game 5-for-5 from the 3-point line to get out to a 12-2 lead, the Red Raider guards increased their physicality out on the perimeter.

G.G. said that pressure made it hard for his team to get into its offense in the half court.

“We were out there on the catch and denied,” junior guard Devaugntah Williams said. “(We) pressured

the shooters.”

While the extra physicality propelled the Red Raiders to a victory, it was the play of the bench that kept them in the game early on.

Midway through the first half, Texas Tech went on a 16-8 run over 6:00 to take the lead.

And it happened with players off the bench — junior guards Toddrick Gotcher and Devaugntah Williams, sophomore forward Alex Foster as well as freshmen point guard Keenan Evans and center Isaiah Manderson.

The only starter to play during that stretch of time was Odiase.

“That’s our strength,” Tubby said.

“We really have to do it as a team. We play a lot of guys. We wanted to try to wear them down. ... That’s what we do. Our bench has been our key. We have guys like Devaugntah Williams and Toddrick Gotcher who came off the bench and stepped up after not starting. Everybody who came off the bench contributed.”

Player of the game Franz Rassman shot 37.5 percent from three a year ago, and I wasn’t sure how well Odiase could step out and defend him.

Once the game started, Rassman struggled keeping both Odiase’s feet out of the paint.

The Red Raider freshman dominated down low with 10 of Tech’s total 30 points in the paint.

Why Texas Tech won Texas Tech played well on the defensive end with 23 points off Loyola’s 15 turnovers.

The Red Raiders recorded 10 blocks, led by freshman Zach Smith with four, and 9 steals, led by sophomore guard Randy Onwuasor with 4. Most of Loyola’s mishaps were live ball turnovers which helped Texas Tech get out in transition and score.

What it means This win gives a young Red Raider team a bit of a boost with an SEC road game next on the schedule.

“You hate to see what it’d be like if we’d lost tonight,” Tubby said. “We know LSU is a very talented team. We know it’ll be tough in Baton Rouge. I’ve been there a few times in the past. It’s a tough place to play.”

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Tech WR Brad Pearson

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Le’Raven Clark Alfredo Morales

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Baylen Brown

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Reshod Fortenberry

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DeAndre Washington

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Has outside shot at 1,000-yard season

Sr.

Sooners could run a lot with Knight out

Jackson

Jr.

Only had 1 tackle against Texas Jr.

Keeps on sacking quarterbacks (9) Sr.

Stepped up with 8 tackles against Horns Jr.

Richards

Should be back in place of Micah Awe Jr.

Becoming integral for the defense Fr.

Has had a lot of learning opportunities SS J.J. Gaines

Jr.

Had career-high 12 tackles against Texas FS

Keenon Ward

Smith

So.

Is 2 behind for team lead in tackles (60) CB Justis Nelson

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Recovered fumble against Longhorns P

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Texas Tech’s quarterbacks will have to account for Oklahoma linebacker Eric Striker.

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CB Nigel Bethel

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Branden Jackson

Back to the outside to create a rush

OLB Austin Stewart

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Prediction: Oklahoma 38, Texas Tech 24

Brown

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MLB Sam Eguavoen

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Advantage: Oklahoma

Advantage: Even

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WLB V.J. Fehoko

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The Sooners have an effective rushing attack — a concern for Tech’s 119th-ranked rush defense. Samaje Perine is third in the Big 12 in rushing yards with 788 and the Sooners are No. 25 in the country at 225 yards per game. A difference between Perine and Washington — Perine finds the end zone, scoring 11 touchdowns this season to Washington’s one. The Sooners also feature Alex Ross (491 yards, three TDs). With Knight out, both could have a heavier workload as Stoops probably won’t put too much on the shoulders of freshman quarterback Cody Thomas.

Ryan Bustin

Needs two to break Tech FG record (still)

OLB Pete Robertson

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When Oklahoma runs

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DT Marcus Smith

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Advantage: Texas Tech

Bradley Marquez

NG Jackson Richards

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Only Texas Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury and his staff know for sure whether Davis Webb or Patrick Mahomes will open at quarterback. If it’s Webb, Tech should be able to carve up a Sooners secondary that is 111th in the FBS in yards allowed a game — provided the protection can keep OU pass rusher Eric Striker in check.

Oklahoma has intercepted 10 passes this season — CB Zack Sanchez has five — and Webb and the Red Raiders have thrown a whopping 14.

Special teams Oklahoma is below average in punt coverage. Tech is abysmal in punt returns.

Maybe this is the Red Raiders’ time to actually return a kick for more than 18 yards — Cameron Batson’s longest of the season. Both teams have good kickers, though OU’s Michael Hunnicutt has had some uncharacteristic big misses. Tech’s kick and punt coverage teams have been solid, but OU’s Alex Ross, who had kickoff-return TDs against West Virginia and Texas, poses a major threat.

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Led team in catches against Texas (6)

DE

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When Tech passes

Kaster

Making plays; 7 catches last 2 home games

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Defense: Projected starters

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Editor’s note: Texas Tech inside receiver Brad Pearson plans to graduate early with a degree in energy commerce and leave the football program with one year of eligibility remaining. He tied a career high with three receptions in his last game against Texas.

A former walk-on from Monterey, he also plays on special teams.

Advantage: Oklahoma

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Jakeem Grant

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What’s been your favorite moment?

That’s tough.

Either winning the Meineke Car Care Bowl or the Holiday Bowl.

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What did it mean to go from Monterey to Texas Tech?

It was always a dream to play for Tech. I’ve been through the hard years. Two coaching staffs. But I got a scholarship. It’s just a huge blessing for me and my family.

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Lubbock to Pittsburgh?

It’s going to be a change. It’s going to be a culture shock for sure. I think I’ll be ready for it.

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Great catches, but only 14 receptions

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Good thing for Tech that quarterback Trevor Knight is out. Thomas, who is only 7 of 16 passing for 50 yards and an interception, gets his first career start, and big-play receiver Sterling Shepard (groin) is questionable. While Tech’s secondary is young and prone to mistakes, outside of Pete Robertson, who is leading the Big 12 with nine sacks, it has been one of the strongest aspects of the Red Raiders’ rather porous defense. If Robertson gets another sack or two, Texas Tech could potentially shut down the Sooners’ passing game.

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Dylan Cantrell

IR Ian Sadler

DeAndre Washington is one of the top running backs in the Big 12. He is second to only Baylor’s Shock Linwood in rushing yards this season (864 to 796). But, the Sooners are strong against the run. And Tech has yet to force teams to stop its ground attack, instead continuing to use it to set up 40 to 50 passes a game. That won’t work against Oklahoma, which is ranked No. 18 in FBS against the run, giving up only 121.8 yards per game. The Sooners got torched against Baylor. Don’t expect that to happen to Bob Stoops and his defense again.

Morales

Has a decent shot at 1,000 yards (796)

IR

When Oklahoma passes

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This could be Mahomes

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When Tech runs

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Davis Webb

What are some other nerdy things you do?

I do crossword puzzles a lot.

What led you to graduate with one year of eligibility remaining?

I’m taking a job for Noble Energy in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I interned this past summer in Denver. They offered me a job. It’s too hard to pass up.

So.

He, Clark have big duty against Striker

RB

Oklahoma should rely on rushing attack against Tech

Jr.

Should hold down the spot

Why would that be obvious?

I’ve got a 3.9 GPA in college.

Have you done a New York Times Sunday edition?

I haven’t. Just the Daily Toreador. I’m in the minor leagues doing those now.

Clark

Has started 22 straight games now

QB

Jakeem Grant is Texas Tech’s leading receiver with 53 catches for 709 yards.

Jr.

Jared Kaster

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Ground game still churning

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I guess you could say I’m a little bit of a nerd, if that’s not obvious.

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Line gave up 1 sack to Texas vs. 9 in 2013

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Oklahoma leads the all-time series 15-6.• Texas Tech and Oklahoma did not meet until 1992 — a 34-9 win by the Sooners at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock

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By the Numbers 35: Junior offensive lineman Le’Raven Clark leads the team with the most consecutive starts.

216: Texas Tech has scored in 216 consecutive games dating back to Oct. 25, 1997.

4: Texas Tech is the fourth most penalized team in the nation with 83 total penalties for 787 yards.

Young secondary Texas Tech has used a total of 26 newcomers on both sides of the ball this season, including nine true freshmen. Of that group, 17 are listed as defensive players. Texas Tech has used four true freshmen in its secondary alone as Nigel Bethel II, Derrick Dixon, Jah’Shawn Johnson and

Robertson

Tevin Madison have all seen action this year.

Mr. Reliable Keenon Ward has turned into one of Texas Tech’s most reliable options in the secondary. Ward, a native of nearby Snyder, has totaled 60 tackles this season, including 46 solo tackles.

Filling up Jones Texas Tech will add yet another attendance record to the books on Saturday when the Red Raiders play host to Oklahoma at Jones AT&T Stadium. For the third consecutive year, Texas Tech will break its average home attendance record as a near sellout crowd is expected for the final home game of the season.

Winbush: Toughing it out in school and sport pays off in long run FROM page C1 That Winbush is one should come as no surprise.

Always determined Zach Winbush did it all at Schertz Clemens. He racked up a triple-digit tackle total in football. He was a regional champion 110-meter hurdler and sixth-place finisher at the Class 4A state meet in track. He played basketball.

But his academics didn’t suffer for it.

“He’s been one of these children, you never had to ask him to do his homework,” Cynthia Winbush

said. “He always was ahead on his homework. He was always very focused, very driven, always wanted to be the best at what he was doing.”

Micah Awe can relate to Winbush. They’re both Tech linebackers. They’re both pursuing engineering degrees, in Awe’s case petroleum engineering.

“I always call him ‘Mister Engineer’ in the locker room,” Awe said. “It’s really a great accomplishment to, first off, make it through football in Division I for four years, but also having a mechanical engineering

degree. I think that’s incredible. I look up to him and I wish him the best, because I know he’s worked very hard for that.”

Winbush has the engineering part almost whipped.

Most of the classes in his 18hour courseload this semester are in wind energy.

He chose engineering because he was always good at, and liked, math.

“Going and doing some of the intro classes to engineering, it kind of got me hooked,” he said. “Working with wind turbines, compressors, those kind of things was really interest-

ing. It caught my eye.”

Before this season, thenTech defensive coordinator Matt Wallerstedt spoke in glowing terms of Winbush’s dedication to chart a course and stick to it.

“He’s a great kid — very strong, very levelheaded, knows what he wants to do,” Wallerstedt said in August.

“At times academically he’s been challenged with that (major), but has stayed the course and refuses to go another direction. He just says, ‘Hey, this is what I want to get done.’”

Winbush said he thought at one point he might have

Senior day Texas Tech will recognize 20 players today before their final career home game. They are: RB Kenny Williams LB Dorian Crawford FB Rodney Hall LB Sam Eguavoen WR Shawn Corker LB V.J. Fehoko WR Bradley Marquez LB Chris Payne IR Jordan Davis LB Austin Stewart IR Brent Mitcham LB Zach Winbush IR Brad Pearson CB Brandon Bagley OT Reshod Fortenberry CB Martin Hill OG James Polk PK Ryan Bustin DL Jackson Richards PK Kramer Fyfe

to give up one or the other.

He talked to coaches. He talked it over with an adviser. He talked it out with his parents. Ultimately, he decided to stick to it.

“I just figured staying in

football and trying to tough it out in engineering,” he said, “will pay off in the long run.” don.williams@lubbockonline.com  766-8736 Follow Don on Twitter @AJ_DonWilliams

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