CLYDE — The Comanche softball team upended Coahoma 9-1 Saturday afternoon at Clyde High School to complete a two-game sweep over the Bulldogettes and punch its ticket to the Region I-2A final next week against Hawley.

The Shady Spring Open Golf Tournament helped raise money for a couple of community organizations April 26 at Columbia Lakes Resort.

MIDLAND — There are opportunities in every game on which to capitalize, and the magnifying glass for the Wylie Bulldogs will be focused on the third inning of their playoff baseball game Saturday afternoon against Lubbock Cooper.

Houston Texans quarterback and 2004 Wylie graduate Case Keenum may have been the keynote speaker at the Fellowship of Christian Athletes All-Star Festival Awards Banquet on Saturday night, but for one award recipient, he wasn’t the biggest name around.

The exact lowest point of the UTEP athletic program is a question with no end of answers, but May 26, 1998, rises to the top of any list.

Lee and Toni Percivill will add a third Original Team Roping Association district to their schedule next year, creating a “tri-district” within the OTRA structure.

VICTORIA — Danbury head coach Ronald Berryhill didn’t know whether his Lady Panthers had more trouble with the Santa Gertrudis Lady Lions or the infield at the Victoria St. Joseph softball complex Sat

PITTSBURGH — Jason Castro led off the 11th inning with a double and scored the go-ahead run on a close play at the plate as the Houston Astros topped the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-2 on Saturday night.

Castro doubled off the top of the center-field fence against Bryan Morris (1-2), and Carlos Pena was intentionally walked one out later. The runners moved up on a wild pitch and Castro scored when he beat second baseman Neil Walker’s throw home on Matt Dominguez’s fielder’s choice grounder.

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ABILENE -- In two games this weekend, the difference between Midland High and the No. 4 team in the state was two swings of the bat -- one that got out for Southlake Carroll on Friday and one that did

The Garland Express? Thomas The Terrific? Canyon’s Cannon?

After the two-game performance against Amarillo High by Canyon High sidewinder Thomas Garland, the senior deserves the honor of a nickname.

Garland was a series saver for Canyon, pitching 5⅔ innings of relief Saturday — the final five innings scoreless — to secure the 8-7 win of Game 2 in Canyon’s sweep of AHS in a Region I-4A quarterfinal series played out over two days before 2,000 fans at West Texas A&M’s Wilder Park in Canyon.

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Right from the start, a horse trained by one not so over-the-hill Hall of Famer and ridden by another took control of the Preakness. The result: a huge upset and the end of any hopes for a Triple Crown attempt at the Belmont Stakes.