Category: Spring 2017
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Lady Texans finish January with impressive conference victories
by DOMINICK PUENTE//Editorial Assistant With a shaky beginning to 2017, the South Plains College women’s basketball team has begun to find their rhythm in the late stretch of the season. Going into January with a 17-game winning streak the Lady Texans began the New Year with a crushing 79-72 loss at home against conference foe…
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Texans continue winning streak during conference play
by STEVEN GEHEGAN//Sports Editor The South Plains College men’s basketball team has continued their winning ways into Western Junior College Athletic Conference play. The Texans took on Howard College on Jan. 19 at Texan Dome. They won, 93 – 72, after shooting 40 percent from three-point line. The Texans opened up the first half with…
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Track team starts indoor season strong
by STEVEN GEHEGAN//Sports Editor The South Plains College men’s and women’s track and field teams opened up the indoor season with resounding results. The teams competed in the Sooner Open at Oklahoma University on Jan. 14. In the men’s 600-yard run, sophomore Okeen Williams placed third in 1:12.04, while freshman Rayan Holmes placed fifth with…
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Coaches pulling scholarships causes chaos throughout NCAA
by DOMINICK PUENTE//Editorial Assistant Graduating high school athletes are preparing to make a long-term decision for college, but college coaches have developed a bad habit of pulling scholarships days before signing day. Most recently, head coach Randy Edsall of the University for Connecticut pulled a football scholarship from a high school senior two weeks before…
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Sitting out bowl games should become trend
by STEVEN GEHEGAN//Sports Editor With all of the money that is on the line for star college athletes, it seems that the players should look out for themselves, since it seems that the university will not. During the college football bowl season, two college stars, Leonard Fournette of Louisiana State University, and Christian McCaffrey from…