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A late-spring snowstorm in Denver postponed Friday’s opener between the Mets and Rockies and could threaten a doubleheader scheduled for Saturday.

Mercedes had more at the plate than Veterans Memorial in a Class 5A area round softball one-game playoff.

Bryan Gonzalez’s is Martin’s first man out in the rotation. He takes the mound when...

KLEIN COLLINS HAD A STRONG SEASON ON THE COURT ON BOTH THE BOYS AND THE GIRLS SIDES.

Veterans Memorial hit four home runs in a blowout victory against Carroll in District 29-5A high school baseball.

PEOPLE FORGET—KLEIN COLLINS HAS BEEN TO THE STATE FINALS IN 2012 AND 2019, SO THEY KNOW A LOT ABOUT WINNING.

Gregory-Portland's season came to a close after falling to Dripping Springs in the regional semifinals for the third time in the last four seasons.

The Mercedes Tigers picked up their fifth straight win, downing Edcouch-Elsa 6-5 at home.

Here are four takeaways from LSU baseball's series defeat to Texas A&M.

DeAndre Williams had 14 points and Memphis held off a second-half Boise State rally for a 64-53 victory Thursday in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament.

The Islanders put together a season to remember with a new coach and a revamped roster that ended with a berth in the NCAA Tournament.

The Texas A&M- Corpus Christi Islanders men's basketball team took on Texas Southern in the 2022 NCAA Tournament 'First Four' March 15.

The Rattlers had an eclectic finish to their final tournament before district play.San Marcos (8-7-1) began its day with a 10 a.m.[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] Sports San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]

Kansas earned a No. 1 seed for the 15th time on Sunday, second only to North Carolina for most in college hoops history, and will open the NCAA Tournament in the Midwest Region against the play-in winner between Texas Southern and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in Fort Worth, Texas.

Let's go TSU!

The Tigers play five games in the coming week. South Carolina’s week includes hosting No. 1 Texas.

McAllen Memorial's Arian Elizondo scored a game-high 29 points to power the Mustangs past Laredo Martin.

More than 250 miles from Houston, just east of Tyler in the town of Murchison, sits the Black Beauty Ranch. It’s part of the Humane Society of the United States.

Welcome to the 2022 softball season.

LSU has moved into the top 10 of The Associated Press women's basketball poll for the first time in 13 years.

THE SPRING WOODS BOYS SOCCER PROGRAM IS NO STRANGER TO SUCCESS.

Gonzaga has reclaimed the No. 1 ranking in The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll.

The knock on Penny Hardaway early in the season was that he could recruit talent to Memphis, just not win with it.

Before leading the Cincinnati Bengals to the Super Bowl, the former LSU quarterback arrived on the national scene by icing the Longhorns in 2019.

Kobe Brown made two free throws with 9 seconds remaining and finished with 21 points to help Missouri hold off Texas A&M 70-66.

Moody's Jaymez Ramon wins his fourth straight district title at the 15-5A wrestling championships, as Carroll takes the boys team title.

HOUSTON - With 2022 UIL Realignment comes with it sometimes major shakeups of altering the size of teams in districts comes with it.

Jabari Smith bounced back from a rough shooting night with 23 points and 12 rebounds and Walker Kessler scored 21 to lead No. 1 Auburn to an 86-68 victory over Oklahoma.

KATY—The ethos of this year’s Katy High girls basketball team is not unlike its gridiron counterpart. Smart, selfless offensive execution. Irrepressible defensive intensity. Team.

The Valley View Tigers opened District 31-5A play with a dominating victory over the Sharyland High Rattlers on Friday.

LED BY A TRIO OF SOPHOMORES AND A JUNIOR, KLEIN COLLINS GAINED SOME MUCH-NEEDED EXPERIENCE IN THE ROUGH-AND TUMBLE DISTRICT 15-6A.

Martin was red hot from the 3-point lone Tuesday as it hit 17 3s in an 86-56 win over La...

Justin Thomas had 26 points, Lenell Henry scored the eventual game-winning jumper with 1:41 to play and Alcorn State held off Texas Southern for a 73-72 victory.

John Walker III had 16 points to lead five Texas Southern players in double figures as the Tigers rolled past Mississippi Valley State 95-58.

They were cleared to return to action against Mercedes and didn’t skip a beat as Weslaco East earned a 52-45 road win over the Tigers. It’s a district game, that got them fired up a little bit,” Weslaco East head coach Esequiel Rodriguez said. During the fourth, Weslaco East freshman point guard EJ Garza dribbled down the left sideline and drew two Mercedes defenders in his direction. Mercedes’ David Clower scored 13 of his game-high 19 during the second half to give the Tigers life late, but Weslaco East had an answer each time. Meanwhile, Weslaco East will look for another district win as it hosts Donna High at 6 p.m. Tuesday.

Lauren Hansen made a driving layup with 0.1 seconds left and Missouri stunned No. 1 South Carolina 70-69 in overtime Thursday night in the Southeastern Conference opener for both teams.

Texas State seemed caught off guard by Paul Quinn College’s physicality.The Tigers came out unafraid of the Bobcats in the opening half of Saturday’s game inside Strahan Arena.[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] Sports San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]

Texas Southern University is cancelling Saturday's men's basketball game against Cincinnati due to two current cases of COVID-19 within the program.

Carroll improved to 3-1 in District 29-5A girls basketball with Tuesday's win against Gregory-Portland at home.

Isaiah Reid scored twice, including a goal just 27 seconds into the match, and Clemson defeated Washington 2-0 to win the NCAA College Cup championship.

One of the most heated rivalries in college basketball will be renewed on Saturday when Missouri visits No. 8 Kansas in a matchup of old Big Eight foes.

HOUSTON—Like its regional semifinal against C.E. King last week, Katy was challenged in its Class 6A-Division II regional final against Summer Creek on Saturday afternoon. The Tigers’ authority was threatened.

Former LSU football coach Ed Orgeron was on the sidelines at Friday night's Acadiana vs. Ponchatoula LHSAA Class 5A playoff game.

Javier Báez agreed to bring his high motor to the Motor City, while other teams around the majors raced to finish up business before Tuesday’s deadline to tender contracts and a likely roster freeze coming when baseball's collective bargaining agreement expires Wednesday.

Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick says he won’t be rushed into finding a replacement for football coach Brian Kelly no matter where the team is going in the postseason.

New LSU football head coach Brian Kelly reached out to Notre Dame defensive coordinator Marcus Freeman to join Kelly in Baton Rouge.

Newly hired LSU coach Brian Kelly is in Baton Rouge after flying in on a private jet with athletic director Scott Woodward.

LSU is hiring Brian Kelly away from Notre Dame, a stunning move by one of the most accomplished coaches in college football jumping from the sport's most storied program to an Southeastern Conference powerhouse. A person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press on Monday night that Kelly was leaving Notre Dame for LSU. It was the second bombshell in college football in as many days, coming a little more than 24 hours after Southern California lured Lincoln Riley away from Oklahoma.

Michigan has jumped four spots to No. 2 in The Associated Press college football poll and Oklahoma State joins the top five for the first time since 2015.

Max Johnson hit Jaray Jenkins with a 28-yard scoring pass down the right sideline with 20 seconds left, and LSU knocked off No. 14 Texas A&M 27-24.

LSU offensive line coach Brad Davis will coach the Tigers in the bowl game.

N.C. State scores twice in 26 seconds in the final two minutes to rally past North Carolina and end Clemson's chance to win ACC Atlantic Division.

KATY—Four takeaways from Katy’s 41-24 Class 6A regional semifinal win over C.E. King on Friday afternoon at Legacy Stadium.

Prairie View was blown out by Texas A&M last week. They still have one more game to play before the SWAC championship

The UTRGV Vaqueros improved to 2-0 at home, cruising past the Paul Quinn Tigers 85-68 on Tuesday at the UTRGV Fieldhouse in Edinburg.

Murphy finished with 27 carries for 245 yards and four touchdowns, while quarterback Braeden Fuller added three touchdown passes. The Rattlers found themselves in a 14-point hole during the first quarter, allowing 180 total yards and three touchdowns on the Tigers’ first three possessions. Sharyland High’s defense buckled down after its slow start, holding the Tigers’ offense to only 53 yards during the second quarter. Senior quarterback Orly Lopez backed his defense with an offensive onslaught of his own, leading the Rattlers on three straight scoring drives to take a 28-21 advantage into the break. The Rattlers finish their season with an 8-3 overall record while earning a share of the District 16-5A DII title during Krell’s first season as head coach.

A recap of the Region IV tournaments for high school volleyball teams from Corpus Christi and the Coastal Bend.

KATY—It’s difficult to beat any team three times in one season. It’s even tougher when that team is a district rival.

Bryce Young passed for 302 yards and No. 3 Alabama’s defense came up with enough big plays for a 20-14 victory over heavy underdog LSU Saturday night.

KATY—This is the time of the year Katy High has been longing for ever since last year’s run to the regional finals.

Matt Corral threw for a touchdown and ran for another, directing No. 12 Mississippi to a 31-point outburst that spanned the second and third quarters to beat lame-duck coach Ed Orgeron and LSU 31-17.

“We’re a 4-3 team, that’s who we are. That’s what we’ve earned and it’s disappointing.”

The last three weeks have featured a team ranked in the top three of the AP college football poll losing to an unranked team.

Georgia and Alabama could be heading for another showdown in the Southeastern Conference championship game.

Baylor upended ranked BYU, UTSA stayed unbeaten with a shutout of Rice and Texas A&M toppled Missouri on Saturday.

Carroll's sixth finisher broke a tie with Gregory-Portland at the District 29-5A cross country championships on Friday.

KATY — Though Katy's football players would like to say that Friday's District 19-6A showdown against heated rival Tompkins was just another game, it wasn't.

Texas College Roundup: Rice, Houston each win on Saturday; Oklahoma hangs on against West Virginia in thriller.

KASEY PRICE KNOWS WHAT BIG-TIME HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL IN THE STATE OF TEXAS LOOKS LIKE.

It was a weekend of reckoning in Houston prior to the beginning of district play this week and next.

In 1969, Sirhan Sirhan was convicted of killing Robert F. Kennedy in California one year prior. Last month, The California Parole Board found that Sirhan was no longer a threat to society. But Kennedy's widow is opposed to letting the assassin be paroled.

Penny Hardaway says the new name, image and likeness rules have helped him land another top recruiting class at Memphis.

Katy High's receiving corps calls itself the 'Rec Squad.'

Katy High's receiving corps calls itself the 'Wreck Squad.'

As Katy High made its dominant postseason run to a ninth state championship last year, the Tigers did so with a pair of precocious sophomores as catalysts of a prolific offense.

Welcome to the 2021 Texas High School Football season!!

The COVID-19 Pandemic threw every high school program's 2020 season into disarray, but those in 20-6A were particularly affected.

Klein ISD is one of the most iconic brands in the state of Texas.

One of the newest faces for the Katy High volleyball team is a familiar one.

MERCEDES — Mercedes has finished second in district in three of its past four seasons. This year’s group hopes to change things by winning the District 16-5A DII title. They know the pressure is on them, but these guys are very mature,” Mercedes head coach Roger Adame said. Mercedes is set to open non-district play with games Aug. 27 at Brownsville Hanna and Sept. 3 at home against Edinburg North before launching into District 16-5A DII play in Week 3 against PSJA Memorial. We have to practice Mondays the same way we’re going to play Fridays,” Adame said.

He was driving 60 mph over the posted speed limit when the crash occurred, police say.

The annual event aims to raise awareness around the endangered big cats.

WESLACO — The start of Texas high school football is less than three weeks away from kickoff, and after a shortened 2020 season, Rio Grande Valley programs are fired up to hit the field once again. With players from Hidalgo and Starr County on hand at The Monitor’s Football Media Day at Bobby Lackey Stadium in Weslaco on Thursday, the rapidly approaching feel of Friday night lights began to kick in. “It’s a great experience being out here with each other, making that connection for the season,” Rodriguez said. “It feels good to get back in the groove and know football is just around the corner,” Saenz said. Mike Cisneros, the Tigers’ third-year starter at quarterback, said this group is determined to kick that door down.

Malakoff rallied with four runs in the seventh inning to stun London in the Class 3A state title game at Dell Diamond in Round Rock.

A former Valley View Independent School District head softball coach was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated last month, just days after being recommended for employment at Sharyland ISD.

MISSION — Twenty-four teams entered the Sharyland Snakepit 7-on-7 State Qualifying Tournament on Saturday with three spots at the 2021 7-on-7 State Tournament up for grabs. That gave the Patriots a spot in the state qualifying game against McAllen Rowe, which handled its business with three pool wins against McAllen Memorial, San Benito and Weslaco East. We’re going to state and we’re excited.”Reyna, who is entering his third year as a starter for Mission Veterans, quarterbacked the Patriots’ 2019 state qualifying 7-on-7 team. With the COVID-19 pandemic forcing last year’s state tournament to be canceled, this is the Patriots’ second consecutive season heading to state. AT SHARYLAND HIGHThe Tigers ran past Laredo United South 32-20 in the state qualifying game to punch their ticket to state for the first time since 2018.

A recap of the regional semifinal round of the high school softball playoffs for Coastal Bend teams.

MERCEDES — Mercedes senior pitcher Kassidie Rodriguez became a key contributor upon arrival for the Tigers, but punctuated her decorated high school career with an exclamation point. “I just remember feeling very comfortable in the circle, confident with my pitches and confident in Coach (Leal)’s game plan defensively,” Rodriguez said. She signs with the Hornets after tallying a 1.47 career ERA, a .169 batting average against and 312 career strikeouts as Mercedes’ ace in the circle. Rodriguez also provided a steady offensive presence at the plate with a .359 career average with 80 runs, 34 RBIs and 33 steals. “Having some people I know going into makes me a lot more comfortable knowing that I’m going to have my softball sisters by my side not only in softball but in the classroom as well,” Rodriguez said.

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The Weslaco High Panthers and Sharyland Pioneer Diamondbacks each picked up a pair of pivotal victories to highlight Friday’s area-round playoff softball slate across the Rio Grande Valley. A potential Game 3 between Weslaco and Harlan would be set to begin 30 minutes after the conclusion of Game 2. Pioneer pounced on the Hornets early by plating a pair of runs in both the first and second innings while maximizing limited scoring opportunities. The Diamondbacks and Hornets will square off in a decisive Game 3, the first for any RGV softball team this postseason, at 3 p.m. Saturday in Hebbronville. CORPUS CHRISTI CARROLL RUN RULES WESLACO EASTThe Weslaco East Wildcats (16-6-1) were outgunned in a five-inning 13-0 run-rule loss to Corpus Christi Carroll at Corpus Christi’s Cabaniss Field on Friday night.

The Weslaco High Panthers and PSJA North Raiders each picked up crucial wins in shutout victories to highlight Friday’s bi-district action across the Rio Grande Valley in the Class 6A softball playoffs. PSJA North, meanwhile, kicked off its postseason Friday with a 5-0 home victory over San Benito to take the first game of their best-of-three bi-district series. Brownsville Vets improves to 18-5 with the win and will play either Corpus Christi Ray or Rio Grande City in the area round. Mercedes, the District 32-5A champion, advances to face Victoria West in the area round next weekend with game times and locations still to be determined. Mission Vets traveled to Robstown to face Victoria West in a one-game, winner-take-all bi-district round matchup but struggled to generate enough offensive consistency to keep pace with the Warriors.

Fernandez’s RBI triple helped Palmview find its mojo and pull ahead for a 4-2 victory over Valley View at home Tuesday night to give the Lobos their eighth consecutive win in a matchup between two of the Rio Grande Valley’s hottest teams in Class 5A. She gunned down runners at second in both the fourth and fifth to record the third out of the inning each time and stymie Valley View rallies. “Defensively, we put in the work that any coach would want to put in during a warm-up game,” Cardenas-Russell said. “This was a good warm-up game against a really great Valley View team,” Cardenas-Russell said. “They were aggressive baserunners and I told them that’s what we’ll look to see when we go up against Flour Bluff.

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Hole 18 Par 5That drive is way left, which is not at all what Tiger needed off this tee box. That approach isnt particularly close, but a birdie putt coming up nonetheless. The birdie putt is short, the second one slides past and were looking at a downhill bogey save. The chip runs out a little more than hed like, but that birdie putt goes down with authority from just inside 15 feet. Putting from above the hole, Tiger played easily a foot of left-to-right break and got it.

Woods has teed it up at Torrey Pines plenty and found success here eight times (seven Farmers Insurance Open titles plus the 2008 U.S. Open). After chipping up to about 5 feet, Tiger holes a par putt. Facing a steep hill and a little over 100 yards to the green, Tiger leaves it to the right and in deep rough. TIGER ON THE DAY: 1 under thru 12Hole 11 Par 3Insert cringe emoji, Tiger loses that shot right at the 215-yard par 3. Despite a beautiful draw off the tee, Tiger has a relatively long, uphill putt left to a back right pin.

That changes this week as Woods makes his 2020 debut at the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. TIGER ON THE DAY: 2 under thru 16Hole 6 Par 4Another smooth driver swing and Tiger is in the fairway. This time, however, the birdie putt is too soft and no gains made. Another birdie putt, but its going to be a long one. The par putt was equally bold and he walks away with par.