LUBBOCK — Texas coach Steve Sarkisian isn’t offering any clarity on the injury-clouded situation at quarterback for the 22nd-ranked Longhorns for his first, and possibly only, trip to Texas Tech. The top two options for the Big 12 opener Saturday are quite familiar to Texas Tech’s Joey McGuire, the former Baylor assistant and lifelong Texan who’s now facing the Longhorns for the first time as a head coach.
Baylor heads into its Big 12 opener at Iowa State on Saturday planning to draw on the experience from its double-overtime loss at BYU two weeks ago. The 17th-ranked Bears (2-1) will play in front of another big and loud crowd at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames, just as they did in Provo, Utah, and they’ll face another motivated and hard-hitting opponent.
The Waxahachie Lady Indians cruised to an easy home sweep over Cedar Hill on Friday evening — and found themselves among the state’s elite teams in Class 6A on Monday morning. The Lady Indians extended their winning streak to eight matches with a 25-13, 25-14, 2512 win over the Lady Longhorns at Mike Turner Gymnasium in District 11-6A action.
CORSICANA — The Ennis Lions hit the road on Friday night and traveled down I-45 to take on the Corsicana Tigers in search of their initial win of the season. For a change, fate and opportunity shined brightly on the Lions as they crushed the Tigers by a score of 45-7.
CHICKASHA, Okla. — In their second away conference game at the Drover Fieldhouse, the Lady Lions volleyball team from Southwestern Assemblies of God University paid a visit to the University of Science and Arts.
A non-conference women’s soccer game between Southwestern Assemblies of God University and Louisiana State University Shreveport took place at Life High School in Waxahachie on Saturday. The LSUS team came into the match having established themselves in the national spotlight after tying No.
PALMER — The Class 3A Division II No. 9-ranked Palmer Bulldogs broke into the Dave Campbell’s Texas Football statewide rankings this week following an impressive 36-23 victory over the formerly state-ranked Rogers Eagles on Friday night at Bulldog Stadium.
SYDNEY (AP) — Brittney Griner’s highly publicized legal woes in Russia and the country’s invasion of Ukraine has the top WNBA players opting to take their talents elsewhere this offseason. For the past few decades, Russia has been the preferred offseason destination for WNBA players to compete because of the high salaries that can exceed $1 million — nearly quadruple the base salary of top WNBA players — and the resources and amenities teams offered them.
The Waxahachie Indians were finally able to take a step up the District 11-6A ladder on Friday night at Lumpkins Stadium — but more difficult rungs lie ahead. Once the Class 6A No.
GRANBURY — The Waxahachie Lady Indians started off their fall golf season with a fifth-place finish at the Granbury Tournament held at Harbor Lakes Golf Club this past weekend. The team shot 415 the first day but came back and had the fourth-best team score on Saturday with a 389.