It’s that crossover time of year, where basketball is wrapping up and the spring sports are in full gear. Just last Saturday we had seven teams competing, so you have plenty of chances to get out and support your HSU teams.
It has been a roller coaster year for the men’s hoops teams, but the Cowboys go into this weekend’s games tied for third place in the ASC West Division. They close the season with four straight games on the road, but they are all against teams that the Cowboys are tied with or below in the conference standings. It would be quite an accomplishment for this team to make it to the ASC Tournament and as we have seen in the past anything can happen once you get into the tournament. The ASC is probably a one bid conference this season so it could be an all out battle royal in Richardson for the tournament. UTD has not clinched, but they are in the driver’s seat to host.
The Cowgirls continue to rack up the victories and they are one game behind McMurry in the standings. HSU needs help to host the ASC Tournament. The Cowgirls need to win out and have someone beat McMurry. HSU would have the tiebreaker over McMurry if HSU wins out and they ended in a tie, by virtue of HSU sweeping Concordia and McMurry losing to Concordia. The Cowgirls are looking for their 11th straight 20-win season.
Congrats to Lindsey Newcombe for being selected to the D3Hoops.com team of the week. She won her fourth ASC West Player of the Week this week. She is putting together one of the best seasons in Cowgirl history.
Congratulations go out to Ashley Huston who provisionally qualified for the NCAA Indoor meet in the pentathlon. She won the Texas Tech meet last weekend.
The Cowgirl tennis team opened the season with a win over Division I Prairie View A&M.
The basketball teams had senior day last Saturday and the six seniors were recognized. Mollie Brawner and Kristen Harris for the women’s team and Marcus Smith, Terrence Willis, Rian Stubbs and Rob Yeatts all got starts ton Saturday. Smith is out of the season with a broken foot, but he participated in the opening tip and was immediately subbed out.
Stay tuned to www.hsuathletics.com for all of the new of HSU athletics. Also, the dates have been set for the Lettermen’s Golf Tournament (June 19) and the Joe Black Golf Tournament (Sept. 11). There is also a reunion of 20 years of Cowboy football being planned alongside the lettermen’s tournament.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Catching Up
What a historic day for our country, it is an amazing day when you see something that has never happened before. I hope President Obama is ready for the huge undertaking of getting our country back in order.
I apologize for taking so long to update my blog. Sometimes things just start flying by and you forget some things. It amazes me that it is already the 20th of the month.
Not only has it been a historic day for our country, I was telling coach Briggs earlier today that she made some history – not really her but her team. In particular the starting five of Haylee Allen, Lindsey Newcombe, Bo Warm, Kristen Harris and Mollie Brawner all have GPAs of 3.55 or above and this morning I nominated all five for Academic all-American. That is a first for me to nominate the whole starting lineup. No wonder they have been doing so well on the court, they are a smart group.
If you have not seen the Cowgirls play, they are really an exciting team to watch. They play extremely well together as a team and do not care who is the leading scorer. In fact four players average more than 12 points per game and the team is averaging close to 87 points per game over the last 10 games or so. They have so many ways to beat you on the offensive end. This team really, really has a chance to do some damage in March. They are 11-3 with two 1-point losses. In case you haven’t noticed, the ASC continues to be a brutally tough league. Outsiders don’t see how tough it is, especially the top eight or nine teams.
As for the men’s team, the Cowboys snapped a seven-game losing streak on Saturday against Texas Lutheran. Casey Riddle was great down the stretch and willed the team to victory with 13 straight points in the final five minutes, then Carlos Singer hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 13 seconds to play. I must admit I was particularly happy for Casey’s performance. I have always admired the underdog and Casey has persevered his way into the starting lineup and took advantage of it. I also like seeing kids from small towns succeed. So many times the kids from small schools are overlooked and all they really need is a chance.
The Cowboys continue to work really hard and is getting better and better. The good thing is that at least three of the spots for West teams are up for grabs and the Cowboys are right in the mix for one of those three spots.
Thursday night HSU hosts Howard Payne and everyone needs to come out and support the teams. They really appreciate it when you come to the games and make noise.
Congrats to the track team on their first meet last weekend at Texas Tech. They will run two of the next three weekends at Texas Tech to conclude the indoor season.
Spring sports are firing up practices over the next few days and will be going before we know it.
Just a note of condolences to Sul Ross State on the loss of Jermaine Swearington, an All-ASC running back. He was killed in Midland earlier this week. Ironically, it was on the one year anniversary of the death of our own Brentdrick Walker.
Another person I would like for you to keep in your prayers is David Bates. David was the longtime bus driver for the Cowboys and Cowgirls and he was the team's number one fand and official's number one nightmare. He always was so good to our coaches and players and always got us to places safe and secure. Dave has been diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease and we really need to keep him in our prayers.
I apologize for taking so long to update my blog. Sometimes things just start flying by and you forget some things. It amazes me that it is already the 20th of the month.
Not only has it been a historic day for our country, I was telling coach Briggs earlier today that she made some history – not really her but her team. In particular the starting five of Haylee Allen, Lindsey Newcombe, Bo Warm, Kristen Harris and Mollie Brawner all have GPAs of 3.55 or above and this morning I nominated all five for Academic all-American. That is a first for me to nominate the whole starting lineup. No wonder they have been doing so well on the court, they are a smart group.
If you have not seen the Cowgirls play, they are really an exciting team to watch. They play extremely well together as a team and do not care who is the leading scorer. In fact four players average more than 12 points per game and the team is averaging close to 87 points per game over the last 10 games or so. They have so many ways to beat you on the offensive end. This team really, really has a chance to do some damage in March. They are 11-3 with two 1-point losses. In case you haven’t noticed, the ASC continues to be a brutally tough league. Outsiders don’t see how tough it is, especially the top eight or nine teams.
As for the men’s team, the Cowboys snapped a seven-game losing streak on Saturday against Texas Lutheran. Casey Riddle was great down the stretch and willed the team to victory with 13 straight points in the final five minutes, then Carlos Singer hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 13 seconds to play. I must admit I was particularly happy for Casey’s performance. I have always admired the underdog and Casey has persevered his way into the starting lineup and took advantage of it. I also like seeing kids from small towns succeed. So many times the kids from small schools are overlooked and all they really need is a chance.
The Cowboys continue to work really hard and is getting better and better. The good thing is that at least three of the spots for West teams are up for grabs and the Cowboys are right in the mix for one of those three spots.
Thursday night HSU hosts Howard Payne and everyone needs to come out and support the teams. They really appreciate it when you come to the games and make noise.
Congrats to the track team on their first meet last weekend at Texas Tech. They will run two of the next three weekends at Texas Tech to conclude the indoor season.
Spring sports are firing up practices over the next few days and will be going before we know it.
Just a note of condolences to Sul Ross State on the loss of Jermaine Swearington, an All-ASC running back. He was killed in Midland earlier this week. Ironically, it was on the one year anniversary of the death of our own Brentdrick Walker.
Another person I would like for you to keep in your prayers is David Bates. David was the longtime bus driver for the Cowboys and Cowgirls and he was the team's number one fand and official's number one nightmare. He always was so good to our coaches and players and always got us to places safe and secure. Dave has been diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease and we really need to keep him in our prayers.
Saturday, December 20, 2008
HSU Wins in Overtime
Newcombe MVP and Allen on the all-tournament team. Check the web site in about an hour for the story and boxscore.
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