Tarleton State University HUNTSVILLE — Tarleton and Sam Houston were neck and neck for nearly the entire competition on Sunday at Pritchett Field. Each team scored a goal in the 64th minute, but ultimately the Bearkats claimed the 2-1 home victory over the Texans with a late penalty kick in the 85th minute.
It will be a quiet week in Stephenville as all Tarleton sports competing this week hit the road. Women’s Golf teed of the week in Lakewood, Washington, as they compete in the Pat Lesser Harbottle Invitational Monday and Tuesday.
Audrey Brandon recorded a team-high 15 kills and three blocks and Keirstyn Carlson added 12 kills in leading the No. 13 Stephenville Honeybees to an easy 25-8, 25-9, 25-13 victory over Brownwood on Friday night.
FRISCO — Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones hyped a nonexistent quarterback controversy after Cooper Rush won filling in for the injured Dak Prescott last week. Even though Rush did it again in the first NFC East game for the defending division champs, Jones had come back to his senses.
For a few ranked teams, the first month of the season was all about home sweet home. No.
GADSDEN, Alabama — Just one tournament in and the Tarleton Men’s Golf team already has a top-10 individual finisher. Freshman Cristobal Sepulveda went +1 over his final two rounds to shoot +6 overall at the Graeme McDowell Intercollegiate in Gadsden, Alabama, on Monday-Tuesday.
For four quarters, Tennessee quarterback Hendon Hooker and Florida counterpart Anthony Richardson went back and forth before more than 100,000 fans packed inside Neyland Stadium in one of the most entertaining games of the season.
An eye-opening win by Kansas State over Oklahoma and strong starts by Kansas and other Big 12 teams on the road have thrown the early conference standings into an unfamiliar heap. Perennial basement dweller Kansas is 4-0 and on the cusp of its first ranking in 13 years.
DALLAS — Dallas Stars coach Pete DeBoer sees similarities between his new team and the two that he led to the Stanley Cup Final in the first seasons with them. “Everybody said the door was closing on their window to win, and that the core was aging,” said DeBoer, adding bluntly that the New Jersey Devils and San Jose Sharks didn’t really care what others thought when he arrived.