STEPHENVILLE— If football fans followed similar traditions as hockey fans, Tarleton’s administration would still be sweeping hats off of the turf. Derrel Kelley III scored a “hat trick” for the Texans, rushing for three touchdowns in the Texans’ 2410 win over Southwest Baptist at Memorial Stadium.
They’re off to the World Series for a fourth time in six seasons, a remarkable feat of staying power for a franchise in any era of baseball history, let alone one that includes a 12-team playoff gauntlet filled with potential pitfalls.
Schedules better be cleared for everything involving Tarleton, as it is homecoming week. Texan volleyball begins the week for Tarleton athletics on Thursday as they take on Utah Valley in Wisdom Gym.
ARLINGTON — Bruce Bochy has won a World Series in Texas, something the Rangers haven’t done. Now he is coming out of a three-year retirement in hopes of getting the home team back there.
Texans avoid shut out in loss to Utah Valley on Senior Day STEPHENVILLE — A late game goal during Senior Day from the Texans prevented a shutout at home on Sunday, but ultimately Utah Valley took the victory in a decisive 6-1 victory.
HOUSTON — The Houston Texans followed up their only win of the season with their most lopsided loss. Houston beat Jacksonville to get out of the winless column in Week 5, but couldn’t build on that success after its week off, falling apart in the fourth quarter in a 38-20 loss to Las Vegas on Sunday.
FRISCO — Dallas quarterback Dak Prescott’s surgically repaired right thumb felt good enough in his return to the field to make some dangerous throws he knows he should have avoided. As his comfort grows with each week removed from a five-game absence due to the fractured thumb, Prescott will be challenged to remember what kept the Cowboys in contention while he was out: defense.
STEPHENVILLE, Texas — Tarleton State University’s women’s rodeo team captured first place at the annual Vernon College Rodeo last weekend, its third consecutive title. Shyanne Bauerle, one of four Tarleton goat tying competitors in the finals, paced the effort, winning the event championship with a two-head 13.3 time, including a rodeo-best 6.2 in the finals.
NACOGDOCHES — In a game featuring the top two ranked teams in the first official edition of the ASUN-WAC Power rankings, it was Stephen F. Austin who came up on top over Tarleton on Saturday night in Nacogdoches 41-24.