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March 9 sports calendar

March 9, 2012

TODAY

Baseball
Big Spring High School Varsity Tournament (Steers vs. Brownfield, 2 p.m.; vs. Levelland, 7 p.m.), Steer Park.
Coahoma at Denver City, TBA.

Softball
Frank Phillips College at Howard College (DH), 1 p.m. (CANCELLED)
Big Spring at Snyder tournament, times TBA.
Coahoma at Crane, 6:30 p.m.
Forsan at Lamesa, 6:30 p.m. (CANCELLED)

Tennis
Forsan at Class 2A state team tournament, 8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., Round Rock.

Golf
Big Spring boys at San Angelo tournament.
Big Spring girls at Andrews tournament.

Track and field

BSHS basketball players earn all-district honors

March 7, 2012

A quartet of Big Spring High School basketball players received first team recognition on the All-District 5-3A team which was announced this week.

Seniors Cerbi Ritchey and Bridgette Tuitt were named to the girls first team, while senior Marc Segundo and junior Chazzell Robertson were named to the boys first team.

Ritchey and Tuitt were mainstays on a BSHS squad that finished third in District 5-3A and advanced to the second round of the state playoffs.

Monday roundup: Hawks sweep McMurry

March 6, 2012

ABILENE — The Howard College baseball team improved to 16-2 for the season by sweeping a doubleheader with McMurry University Monday afternoon.

In Monday's first game, the Hawks broke open a tie game with three runs in the fifth inning, then held on for an 8-5 win. Dominic Moreno took the win in relief of Howard starter Ethan Carnes, and Nick Sawyer recorded the last four outs to earn the save.

Offensively, Howard's 12-hit attack was paced by Dexter Kjerstad, who belted a home run, and Jordan Allen, who added a double.

Sands, Grady vie for state berth

March 3, 2012

The Sands Mustangs and Grady Wildcats have played plenty of big games over the years, but none will be bigger than Saturday's basketball contest between the two schools.

The Mustangs and Wildcats were scheduled to play at 2 p.m. Saturday in the championship game of the Region I-1A Div. II Tournament at South Plains College in Levelland. And the stakes — a spot in the state basketball tournament for the winner — couldn't be bigger.