Fall semester sports recap
Amos Perkins, Sports Reporter
December 3, 2019
The sun has set on another semester of maroon and gold athletics. For the senior 'Stangs, this season was the culmination of years of blood, sweat and tears. The athletes that remain now take to the off-season in hopes of coming back the next year better than ever. Football (5-6) For the first time u...
Volleyball secures playoff spot on senior day
Amos Perkins, Sports Reporter
November 18, 2019
Volleyball clinched a playoff berth with a 3-1 victory over Cameron University on senior day, Saturday, Nov. 16 at 2 p.m. The team finished fourth in its division with a 3-7 record, qualifying them for the Lone Star Conference Tournament. This will be the team's first tournament under head coach Valerie...
Men’s hoops comeback falls short
Amos Perkins, Sports Reporter
November 17, 2019
The men’s basketball’s comeback effort came up just short in the 70-66 loss to Texas Wesleyan Saturday, Nov. 16 at 7 p.m. in the Colosseum. The ‘Stangs trailed the Rams 30-21 at the end of the first half, having not led since five minutes into the game. They slowly chipped away at the lead...
Women’s basketball earns first win
Amos Perkins, Sports Reporter
November 9, 2019
Women's hoops got its first tally in the win column with a 73-63 win over Dixie State University on the final day of the Ashbrook Classic Saturday, Nov. 9 at 8 p.m. Hannah Reynolds (No. 11), forward and health science junior, controlled the paint with her signature hook shot and post-moves en route...
Football comes back to beat WNMU
Amos Perkins, Sports Reporter
November 9, 2019
The football team celebrated both the seniors and the armed forces with a 28-13 home win over Western New Mexico University Saturday, Nov. 9 at 1 p.m. After falling behind 10-7 with eight minutes left in the first half, Triston Williams (No. 19), quarterback and agricultural business sophomore, found...
Women’s soccer shuts out UTPB 3-0
Amos Perkins, Sports Reporter
October 28, 2019
Women’s soccer (4-9-1) rode a dominant first half to a 3-0 shutout over the University of Texas of the Permian Basin Saturday, Oct. 26 at 5 p.m. The girls scored all three of their goals in the first 45 minutes of the match. Nicole Marsolek (No. 2), defender and general business freshman, rocke...
Homecoming Sports Recap
Amos Perkins, Sports Reporter
October 23, 2019
Football The football team blew out Texas A&M-Kingsfield 70-35 Homecoming night Saturday, Oct. 19 at 7 p.m. Triston Williams (No.19), quarterback and agricultural business sophomore, led the way with a career-high 354 passing yards and tied the school record with six passing touchdowns. This ...
Athletics staff works to develop effective leaders
Taylor Anderson, Reporter
February 8, 2019
Assistant Athletic Director Amanda Snodgrass is starting a new organization called the Women’s Leadership Circle to provide female, junior athletes the opportunity to build relationships and to create a new culture within the women’s athletic teams. Snodgrass said she saw there were somet...
Women’s soccer player battles cancer
Noah Fazekas
August 13, 2015
Kylie Austin, history freshman and defender for the women's soccer team, was on her way to move into her dorm in Killingsworth Hall when she received a call from a doctor that would change her life forever. Earlier that summer, Austin was seeing a specialist for a respiratory infection when a d...