Texas Tech women set for Stanford Regional
The Texas Tech women's golf team starts play Monday as the No. 4 seed among 12 teams in the NCAA Stanford Regional at Stanford Golf Course in Stanford, California.
Tech is in a regional for the 21st time, the past 11 during JoJo Robertson's coaching tenure.
Stanford is the No. 1 seed, followed by Southern California, LSU, Tech, Kentucky and Iowa State. Behind them, by order of seed, are Northwestern, Purdue, Nevada-Las Vegas, Cal Poly, Princeton and Sacred Heart.
All six regionals across the country are scheduled for Monday through Wednesday with 12 teams apiece. From each regional, the top four teams and the two lowest-scoring individuals not on those teams advance to the NCAA championship tournament May 20-25 at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona.
In addition to Stanford, Oklahoma State is the only other No. 1 seed playing on its home course. Oregon is the No. 1 seed in Albuquerque, New Mexico; San Jose State the top seed in Ann Arbor, Michigan; South Carolina the No. 1 seed in Tallahassee, Florida; and Wake Forest the top seed in Franklin, Tennessee.
The Tech women last advanced to the NCAA championship final site five years ago, when they finished fifth at the Rawls Course in the 2017 Lubbock Regional. They also made it out of regional in 1996 and 2015.
In 12 tournaments this school year, the Red Raiders have won two team championships, finished second four times, third once and fifth once.
Tech's Amy Taylor, Gala Dumez and Chiara Horder have played in 11 tournaments and 33 rounds apiece. Taylor is averaging a team-best 71.88 strokes per round, Dumez is next at 72.91 and Horder is averaging 72.97. Anna Dong has played in 10 events and has a 72.40 stroke average over 30 rounds.
Tech players will tee off at 10 a.m. CDT Monday, grouped with players from Kentucky and Iowa State. Live scoring can be viewed at golfstat.com.
Football
Texas Tech coach Joey McGuire, along with former Red Raiders players Rodney Allison and Dick Stafford, were among nine men honored Saturday night with induction into the Texas High School Football Hall of Fame.
The group also included Roosevelt graduate John Parchman, who coached at his alma mater as well as at Dimmitt, Coronado and Frenship before he became best known for his time at Midland Lee.
The inductions took place at the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in Waco.
Stafford, a fullback and linebacker at Temple, lettered for Tech in 1959 and 1960 after transferring from Midwestern State. He played defensive end for the Philadelphia Eagles in 1962 and 1963.
Allison was an all-state and all-America honoree as a high-school quarterback for Odessa, rushing for 1,140 yards and passing for 1,115 yards his senior year. He was an all-Southwest Conference honoree for Tech in 1976, when he led the Red Raiders to a 10-2 record.
McGuire went 141-42 as head coach at Cedar Hill from 2003-16. Taking over a program that had never won a playoff game, he led the Longhorns to 12 consecutive postseason appearances, including state championships in 2006, 2013 and 2014 and a runner-up finish in 2012.
Parchman coached Midland Lee, now Midland Legacy, to three consecutive state championships from 1998 through 2000. He was 152-73-1 in 20 years as a head coach at Frenship, El Paso Socorro, Llano and Lee.
McGuire and Parchman were inducted into the Texas High School Coaches Association Hall of Honor as part of its 2020 class.
The former players honored were selected by decade: Stafford (1959 and before), Ray Rhodes from Mexia (1960s), Allison (1970s), Shea Walker from Port Arthur (1980s), Tony Brackens from Fairfield (1990s), and Colt McCoy from Tuscola Jim Ned (2000s).
The Dave Campbell Contributor to the Game Award was bestowed upon Robert Wilcox, the Iowa Park stadium announcer for more than 70 years beginning in 1947.
This article originally appeared on Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: Texas Tech women set for Stanford Regional
