LSC Roundup 3-19

McCasland, top D-II coaches unlikely to get offers - Nick Gholson, Times Record News
A good friend called me on Thursday with a good rumor. Another friend of his had told him that Texas Tech was going to hire Grant McCasland to be its next head basketball coach.

"Is it true?" my buddy asked me.

I told him I had talked to McCasland about an hour earlier and the Midwestern State coach had said he was staying put. I had also read where Tech had offered the job to Billy Gillespie and he was expected to accept it. Up in Okie land, the media were asking Central Oklahoma coach Terry Evans if he was interested in replacing Jeff Capel at OU. Evans made it clear that he was. He called it a "dream job" to coach at a place where he had a lot of success as a player. He is the Sooners' all-time assists leader and worked as OU operations director the year that Kelvin Sampson took Oklahoma to the Final Four.

There is no doubt in my mind that McCasland and Evans would both make excellent Division I head coaches.




Playing to Honor Mom and Dad - Jason Notoras, KRISTV

Playing softball for the Javelinas is a way for Amanda Arriaga to move forward in life. Her mom enters stage four in her battle against Leukemia, and Arriaga lost her father suddenly when she was a child.

"I was nine years-old, and we were packing to head out to a (softball) tournament in the (Rio Grande) Valley. He just fell, and we didn't know what happened. It ended up he had an aneurism as big as a grapefruit in his head."

Her father motivated Arriaga to first become involved with softball. She honors him by making a cross every time she has an at-bat.

"It's my way of thinking he is protecting me, and I'll be okay no matter what happens. If only he could watch me now; it would be amazing."

‘Belles Fall to Incarnate Word, 5-1 - ASU Softball
Wildcats top No. 10 Lady Buffs  - ACU Softball
Wildcats Upset #10 Lady Buffs in Game One, 3-1 - WTAM Softball
Softball: Aggie Softball Top Bronchos 2-0 as Harvey Ties School Record - CU Softball
Aggies Shut Down UCO  - UCO Softball
Zias Split LSC South Doubleheader at Texas Woman’s - ENMU Softball
Pioneers steal 17 bases in doubleheader split with Eastern New Mexico - TWU Softball
TSU Outlasts Hoggies - TAMK Sports
TexAnns sweep Javelinas Friday in Kingsville - TSU Softball



UIW FALLS TO WEST TEXAS, 9-6  - UIW Baseball
Late rally lifts Wildcats, 8-5  - ACU Baseball
Texans drop game one to ACU, 8-5  - TSU Baseball
Baseball: No. 20 Aggies Rally Falls Short as Bulldogs Take Opener 5-4 - CU Baseball
Baseball: Baseball Team Bests Cameron, 5-3 - SWO Baseball
Hounds Open Kingsville Series With 12-3 Victory - ENMU Baseball
Big Innings Too Much to Handle - TAMK Baseball
Baseball: SE Holds off Rally for Win at NSU - SOSU Baseball
SE Takes Game 1 of Weekend Series - NSU Baseball
Stern, Bronchos Roll Over ECU - UCO Baseball
Rams Split Doubleheader with No. 13 St. Mary’s  - ASU Baseball