Sports

TUESDAY

In a heavyweight clash of titans, the Texas State Bobcats were able to put away the Southern Miss Golden Eagles for a massive 8-5 win.

The Bobcats series finale against the Troy Trojans would end in a 2-2 draw after seven innings due to Texas State’s travel conditionings prohibiting the team from continuing play into extra innings.

I was talking with some friends this week about some of the different kinds of books that they have read and enjoyed. Some were fiction and easy reading and others were factual accounts of events or people that are part of history. There were also some that were more on the scientific end of things. It was an interesting conversation. It made me think of the different forms of reading. A trail guide can read tracks of animals. There are people that can read impressions on the surface and determine that the various indentations and grooves were made by some traveler many decades ago. One story relates that the width of railroad tracks were made centuries ago by ancient Roman chariot wheels that were determined by the width of foot imprints of two horses side by side pulling the chariot. Then there are palm readers that can determine your life span and love life from the different creases and folds in the palm of your hand. The one type of reading that I do not see as often is the ability to read a running shoe. It is amazing what the shoe of a runner tells you about his or her running form.

NACOGDOCHES – Texas State made 14 three-pointers and scored 53 points in the second half, but Stephen F. Austin backed up its 16-point halftime lead with a 63 percent shooting performance in the final 20 minutes to eliminate the Bobcats from the WNIT with an 8979 decision in the tournament’s first round on Thursday at the Johnson Coliseum.

Another solid pitching performance from the San Marcos pitchers clinched the series win over Schertz Clemens in a 5-1 victory.

Texas State could not overcome an early deficit as the Bobcats fell to the Southern Miss Golden Eagles 4-2 in the conference opener.

Tuesday

It was another busy weekend for the Texas State Bobcats as both baseball and tennis teams will be hosting Southern Miss over the weekend in the lone sporting events happening here in San Marcos.

It will be the clash of titans come this weekend as the Texas State Bobcats host the No. 25 ranked Southern Miss Golden Eagles in the conference opener for both teams.