Shallowater lineman commits to Red Raiders
The Texas Tech football team picked up a commitment from a Lubbock County recruit in the aftermath of the Red Raiders' 37-34 overtime victory Saturday against Texas.
Shallowater offensive tackle prospect Kasen Long, listed at 6-foot-6 and 250 pounds, announced his pledge to Tech on social media. Long was a first-team all-district honoree last season for a Shallowater team that went 10-3 with a loss to Whitesboro in a Class 3A Division I regional semifinal.
Long, a junior this year, was a member of The Avalanche-Journal's preseason Lone Star Varsity small-school Super Team. The Mustangs are 4-1.
Tech football
Texas Tech received six votes from the panel of 63 voters in The Associated Press Top 25 weekly football poll released Sunday, good for 11 points. One voter put the Red Raiders at No. 22, two at No. 24 and three at No. 25.
The Red Raiders (3-1, 1-0) play No. 25 Kansas State at 11 a.m. Saturday in Manhattan, Kansas. The Wildcats are a 7-point favorite in odds released Sunday by betonline.ag.
Tech men's tennis
Texas Tech's Olle Wallin downed Tennessee's Blaise Bicknell 6-4, 6-2 on Sunday in the men's singles championship match of the West Texas Pro Open. Bicknell was the No. 2 seed in the draw.
Wallin, a junior from Halmstad, Sweden, won seven consecutive matches over the past week without losing a set. He won two matches in qualifying to get into the main draw. In the semifinals, Wallin posted a 7-6 (10), 6-3 victory over No. 6 seed Alex Michelsen, who was part of this year's Wimbledon boys' doubles title-winning team.
Wallin and Tech teammate Piotr Pawlak reached the semifinals in doubles. They lost 2-6, 7-5, 1-0 (10) to Kristof Minarik and Alexander Richards from Wichita State.
LCU men's soccer
Lubbock Christian University goalkeeper Tom Miles recorded two saves and the Chaparrals earned a 0-0 tie with No. 4 Midwestern State on Saturday. The two teams are Lone Star Conference members, but it was a non-conference match, the last for the Chaps.
Midwestern State (6-0-2, 1-0) outshot LCU 16-4, but the Mustangs put only two shots on goal. Jeremy Chua took two shots for LCU (3-4-2), and Luke Suarez and Madden Montgomery had one each.
LCU starts the nine-match conference schedule at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at West Texas A&M.
Tech men's golf
Texas Tech is one of 13 teams entered in the two-day Inverness Intercollegiate that starts Monday at Inverness Golf club in Toledo, Ohio. Tech won the tournament the last time it was played, in 2019.
The teams will play 36 holes on Monday and the final 18 on Tuesday. The highest ranked teams in the field are No. 5 Virginia, No. 12 Georgia Tech, No. 16 Texas Tech, No. 23 Washington, No. 27 Southern California and No. 30 North Carolina-Charlotte.
Tech will use a lineup of Ludvig Aberg, Calum Scott, Jack Wall, Tyran Sanders and Ethan Davidson.
Monday's first and second rounds will have a YouTube live stream for holes 12 and 18. ESPN+ will air coverage of Tuesday's third round.
The 7,302-yard course will play to par 71. Inverness has hosted the U.S. Open four times, the PGA Championship twice and the U.S. Amateur.
WBU football
PLAINVIEW — Bryan Ponder threw for 151 yards and three touchdowns and ran for another, helping Wayland Baptist beat Texas College 65-31 Saturday and set a school single-game record for points.
Ponder's scoring passes covered 52 yards to Isaiah Baker, 31 yards to Skyler Whitten and 18 yards to Jacoby Hunt. Willie Phillips, Naaji Gadsden and Damon Ford ran for 62, 56 and 48 yards, respectively, and a touchdown apiece. Ford scored from 11 yards, Gadsden from 3 yards and Phillips the final TD on a 4-yard run.
The old record, set in a 58-37 win over Southwestern Assemblies of God, had stood since 2012 when WBU restarted its program after a 72-year hiatus.
The Pioneers moved to 2-2 and 2-1 in the Sooner Athletic Conference. Isiah Saddler threw for 350 yards and four TDs for Texas College (0-4, 0-3), and T.J. Hookfin had six catches for 181 yards and two TDs.
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