Coahoma Bulldogettes will play their first game against Jacksboro at Abilene Cooper tonight at 6 PM for the Regional Quarterfinal round. Game 2 will be on tomorrow at 5 PM w/ Game 3 to follow if needed. 

Forsan Lady Buffs will compete against Floydada for the Regional Quarterfinal Championship in Brownfield Today at 5 PM. and Game 2 will be tomorrow at 5 PM with Game 3 to follow if needed. Send off for the Lady Buffs will be at 1:15 PM today on the three-mile road off of the U.S. Hwy 87 that turns into Forsan.

In Baseball action, the Forsan Buffs play Hamilton for the Area Championship at Abilene Christian University. Game 1 will be on tonight at 7 PM, Game 2 will be tomorrow at 7 PM, and Game 3 if needed will be on Saturday at 7 PM. Send off for the Buffs will be at 2:45 PM today on the three-mile road off of the U.S. Hwy 87 that turns into Forsan.

Big Spring High School’s Phillip Lopez signed his letter of intent to play competitive golf for the University Of The Southwest, a private Christian university in Hobbs, New Mexico on Tuesday morning.

When asked how he felt to be able to have his signing while surrounded by friends and family, Lopez said he was speechless, "I'm glad that everyone got to come. I'm glad I got to sign. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity. I'm just glad that I'm doing it."

Lopez says he’s been playing golf competitively since the 7th grade, but it was in 6th grade that he was taught how to play by his family. 

"I just want to thank my uncle Matt, my uncle JR, and [grandfather] Pano. Their the ones who taught me golf. Without them, I wouldn't be here right now," said Lopez.

While at the University of Southwest Lopez plans to study Finance and Business and hopes to be a financial advisor.

COLLEGE SOFTBALL

On Friday, Howard College recognized donors Sonic and Edward Jones for their donation to purchase the new softball scoreboard at Foundation Field. 

The Howard College Lady Hawks wrapped up their regular softball season with a conference championship! They are now the 2021 WJCAC Softball Conference Champs! This means they are now guaranteed to play at 5:30 pm this Friday, May 14, 2021, at Lubbock Christian.

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL 

Coahoma Bulldogettes swept City View over the weekend to earn the Area Championship! Final scores for those games were 3-1 and 7-2. The Bulldogettes will move on to the Regional Quarterfinal Game where they’ll play Jacksboro at Abilene Cooper. Game 1 will be on Thursday, May 13, 2021, at 6 PM, and Game 2 will be on Friday, May 14, at 5 PM with Game 3 to follow if needed. 

Big Spring Lady Steers lost to Seminole on Saturday in the Area round of the playoffs. Final score Big Spring 4, Seminole 8.

This week, Forsan Lady Buffs will compete against Floydada for the Regional Quarterfinal Championship in Brownfield. Game 1 is Thursday, May 13th, at 5 PM, and Game 2 will be Friday, May 14th, at 5 PM with Game 3 to follow if needed. 

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL 

The Forsan Buffs swept Christoval on Friday afternoon with final scores of 10-9 and 14-7. The Buffs will move on to play Hamilton for the Area Championship at Abilene Christian University. Game 1 will be on Thursday, May 13, at 7 PM, Game 2 will be on Friday, May 14, at 7 PM, and Game 3 if needed will be on Saturday at 7 PM.

Coahoma Bulldogs lost to Wall in their Bi-District round. Final scores 10-0 and 21-2, both in favor of Wall.  

**UPDATED on 05/04/21 to include information about Coahoma Baseball.**

SOFTBALL

Big Spring Lady Steers won Game 2 against Hereford on Saturday, May 1, 2021,  with a final score of 10-3! The Bi-District champs will now face off against Seminole in the next round of the playoffs.

Coahoma Bulldogettes swept Clyde in 2 games to win their Bi-District Championship this weekend. On Friday, April 30, 2021, they won 16-10, and on Saturday, May 1st, they won 20-3. Next, they will play against City View in a three game series for the area round of playoffs. Game one will be held at 6 p.m. Friday, May 7th, at Iowa Park. Game two will start at 4 p.m. Saturday in Coahoma and if necessary, game three will begin 30 minutes after game two. 

Forsan Lady Buffs won their game over Lockney with a final score of 9-0. They will now move on to the Area Playoff games against Clarendon at Littlefield on Thursday, May 6th, at 5 PM. If needed, Game 3 will be on Friday, May 7th, at 5 PM. 

Stanton Lady Buffs lost their Bi-District game against the Ballinger Ladycats on Friday afternoon. Final score was 17-3. Even though they lost the game, the Lady Buffs still made history as this was the first time the softball team had ever made it to the playoffs. 

BASEBALL

Forsan Buffs Baseball team will play against Christoval in Bi-District games on Friday, May 7th, at 4:30 pm in Forsan. If a third game is needed, it will be played on Saturday, May 8th, at Bell St. Complex in San Angelo.

Coahoma Bulldogs won with a final score of 13-4 over Sonora on Monday night, 05/03/21. Coahoma will now face Wall in the Bi-District round. More information will be announced soon.

Big Spring High School’s Track and Field team recently competed in the Regional Meet held in Lubbock this past weekend. Braxton Pearson placed 1st in Discus with a throw of 160’ 1”! Kyler Seymore placed 1st in the High Jump with a high jump of 6’6”! They’ll head to the Track and Field State Meet in Austin on May 6, 2021. 

Coahoma’s Vance Ott is state bound for track and field to compete against the best athletes in his division. 

The three-year Paralympic athlete has the fastest qualifying times in the 100 meter and 400 meter dash, and is third in shot put going into the meet, which will be held on May 8, in Austin. He will compete against the top nine athletes representing schools from Class 1A to 6A.

The Coahoma High School junior repeats as a state qualifier. As a freshman, he competed in all three events at the 2019 UIL state meet. The 2020 track and field season was cut short because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Attachments area

Last week, the Big Spring Steers Men's Golf team competed in the Regional Boys 4A Golf Championship Tournament at Shadow Hills Golf Course in Lubbock, and placed 9th. Congratulations to everyone for a great year!

On Wednesday morning, Big Spring High School Kyler Seymore signed a letter of intent to compete with Tarleton State University in their Track and Field program as a high jumper. 

Seymore has been competing in high jumping for the Steers since his freshman year, but he’s been competing since the 7th grade. Since his time with the Steers, he’s had three different coaches all of whom were at his signing. 

When asked how he felt to be able to celebrate his accomplishment with his friends and family, Seymore told KBest News that it's been a dream of his to compete at a Division I school since he was a kid.

"It's a dream come true," said Seymore.

According to BSHS Principal Mike Ritchey, Seymore is ranked 4th academically in his class of 240. Seymore told KBest News that he plans on studying Biomedics and to become a dentist after earning his Bachelor’s.

Tarleton State University is a NCAA Division I school located in Stephenville, TX.

WALL — The Coahoma High School track team had a very good day at the 5&6 3-A Area meet on Friday. The team captured eight gold medals and advanced in 11 events to the Region I 3-A contest. 

The Coahoma boys relay team won the 4x100 meter and the 4x200 meter race. The team of JR Emerson, Sean Striegler, Billy Bailey, and Austin Perkins clocked a time of 44.46 to capture gold while the 4x200 team of Emerson, Bailey, Striegler, and Tristian Guerrero finished first with a time of 1:32.70.

Striegler picked up gold in the 200 meter dash and bronze in the long jump. Christian Everett finished ahead of the pack in the 100 meter dash. She clocked 12.92 at the finish line to capture gold. 

Vance Ott brought home three golds in the wheelchair events. He threw a 20-03.50 in shot put, finished the 100 yard dash in 21.20 and the 400 yard dash in 1:04.39. 

In field events, MaKynlee Overton’s strong arm took gold in the girls shot put with a throw of 36-00.00. Ashton Kimball earned silver in the boys shot put. He threw a distance of 45-03.75.

Rounding out the top Coahoma finishers of the day, Emerson earned bronze in the 200 meter dash and Julia Cox finished fourth in the girls 200 meter dash. Both athletes will move on to the region meet.

The Region 1 3-A track meet is scheduled for Friday and Saturday at Abilene Chrsitian University in Abilene. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for students and $18 for a two-day pass. 

UIL Area 5&6 3-A Track Meet 

April 15, 2021 

Wall Hawk Stadium, Wall

(Coahoma results only)

Boys Results

Long Jump — 3. Sean Striegler, 19-11.75.

Triple Jump — 7. Sean Striegler, 40-01.25; 8. JR Emerson, 38-10.25.

Discus Throw  — 7. Kolt Redden, 120-07.50.

Shot Put — 2. Ashton Kimball, 45-03.50.

4x100 Meter Relay — 1. JR Emerson, Sean Striegler, Billy Bailey, Austin Perkins, 44.46.

100 Meter Dash — 7. Isaiah Martin, 12.21.

4x200 Meter Relay — 1. JR Emerson, Tristian Guerrero, Billy Bailey, Sean Striegler, 1:32.70.

400 Meter Dash — 6. Tristan Guerrero, 54.48.

300 Meter Hurdles — 5. Austin Perkins, 41.97.

200 Meter Dash — 1. Sean Striegler, 22.72; 3. JR Emerson, 23.43.

4x400 Meter Relay — 7. Isaiah Martin, Ethan Biddison, Tristian Guerrero, Austin Perkins, Billy Bailey, Billy Starr, 3:38.07.

Shot Put wheelchair — 1. Vance Ott, 20-03.50.

100 Yard Dash Wheelchair — 1. Vance Ott, 21.20.

400 Yard Run Wheelchair — 1. Vance Ott, 1:04.39.

Girls results

Discus Throw — 5. Cayhill Lewis, 90-11.

Shot Put — 1. MaKynlee Overton, 36-00.00.

4x100 Meter Relay — 7., Madison Rodgers, Julia Cox, Jocelyn Torres-Mendoza, Christian Everett, 52.85.

100 Meter Dash Varsity — 1. Christian Everett, 12.92.

4x200 Meter Relay Varsity — 6. Madison Rodgers, Julia Cox, Jocelyn Olivarez, Christian Everett, 1:55.55.

200 Meter Dash — 4. Julia Cox, 27.79.

4x400 Meter Relay —  8. Jocelyn Olivarez, Isabella Cox, Karliegh Burt, Serena Dobbs, Madison Rodgers, Katelyn Johnson, 4:36.49.

Girls Team Rankings: 1. Merkel 130, 2. Sonora 88, 3. Jim Ned 86, 4. Clyde 78, 5. Crane 68.5, 6. Ballinger 46, 7 Wall 38.5, 8. Coahoma 29, 9. Brady 24, 10. San Angelo Grape Creek 12, 11. Odessa Compass Academy 9, 12. San Angelo TLC Academy 6, 13. Reagan County 5. 

Boys Team Rankings - 1. Jim Ned 101, 2. Ballinger 97, 3. Sonora 79, 4. Coahoma 73, 5. Crane 61, 5. Wall 61, 7. Merkel 40, 7. Odessa Compass Academy 40, 9. Brady 18, 10. Clyde 16, 11. Stanton 12, 12. San Angelo Grape Creek 10, 12. Reagan County 10, 14. San Angelo TLC Academy 2. 

Wheelchair - Team Rankings 1. Coahoma 20.

The Big Spring Steer Tennis team recently competed in district competition. Natalia Lopez and Brooklin Mojica qualified for the regional tennis tournament in Lubbock in Girls Doubles.

Ananya Limaye/Kaiden Roberts finished third in mixed doubles and Matthew Salazar/Eric Landin finished fourth in boy's doubles.

Ransom Colette and Eshan Patel posted quarterfinal finishes in boy's singles. Emily Kocak and Felicia Dahya also finished in the quarterfinals.

CRANE — The Coahoma High School track team scooped up nine gold, five silver, and four bronze medals in individual events and five relay teams medaled at the District 5-3A meet on Friday.

MaKynlee Overton turned more than a few heads when she threw her shot put for a gold medal winning distance of 37-00.50, and she set a personal best and new school record for the fourth time in two years. In fact, it was her second record breaking throw of the day in the shot put event and the third this year. 

Overton had plenty of company from the CHS team in the winner circle. Sean Strieigler ran a time of 23:10 to win the 200 meter dash. Christian Everett sprinted to gold in the 100 meter dash with a time of 12:31. 

Tristian Guerrero clocked 53.95 at the finish line to win the 400 meter dash. Madison Rodgers’ swift feet earned gold in the 200 meter dash with a time of 28.20, and Austin Perkins picked up gold in the 300 meter dash. He finished the race in 43.18.

Vance Ott brought home three golds in the wheelchair division. He threw a 19-11 in shot put, and clocked 16.70 and 58.45 in the 100 meter and 400 meter dash respectively. 

The varsity 4x200 relay team of JR Emerson, Tristan Guerrero, Billy Bailey, and Sean Striegler also won gold with a time of 1:34.59. 

The Bulldog team finished second in district and the Bulldogette team was third.

Next: Coahoma will compete in 20 individual events and six relay races at the Area 5&6 UIL meet, which is set for this Thursday in Wall. 

5-3A District Track Results

Crane, Texas

April 9, 2021

Note: Varsity athletes who placed in the top four of their event qualified for area 

Varsity Boys

100M Dash — 4. Austin Perkins, 11.78; 5. Billy Bailey, 11.98; 6. Isaiah Martin, 12.03 

200M Dash — 1. Sean Streigler, 23.10; 3. JR Emerson, 23.56

400M Dash — 1. Tristian Guerrero, 53.95.

800M Run — 10. Nicolas Biddison, 2:24.60; 11. Ethan Biddison, 2:26.49; 12. D’Kota Harrison 2:30.84.

1600M Run — 14. D’Kota Harrison, 6:27.77.

3200M Run — 10. Tanner Atkins, 13:15.17.

110M Hurdles — 6. Billy Starr, 18.67; 7. Tanner Atkins, 20.70.

300M Hurdles — 1. Austin Perkins, 43.18.

4x100M Relay — 3.  Coahoma A — JR Emerson, Sean Streigler, Isaiah Martin, Billy Bailey, 44.89.

4x200M Relay — 1. Coahoma A  — JR Emerson, Tristan Guerrero, Billy Bailey, Sean Striegler, 1:34.59.

4x400M Relay — 2. Coahoma A — Isaiah Martin, Ethan Biddison, Tristan Guerrero, Austin Perkins, 3:39.84.

High Jump — 7. Martin, Isaiah, 5-04.00; 7. Billy Bailey, 5-04.00; 10. JR Emerson, 5-02.00.

Long Jump — 2. Sean Streigler, 21-04.00; 5. Tristan Guerrero, 19-07.75; 8. Isaiah Martin, 18-07.50.

Triple Jump — 2. Sean Streigler, 40-09.50; 3. JR Emerson, 40-04.75; 6. Billy Bailey, 38-10.00.

Shot Put — 2. Ashton Kimball, 44-05.50; 6. Kolt Redden, 39-03.25.

Discus Throw — 3. Kolt Redden, 134-06.75

Varsity Girls

100M Dash — 1. Christian Everett,12.91, 7. Karleigh Burt, 14.30.

200M Dash — 1. Madison Rogers, 28.20; 2. Julia Cox, 28.81.

400M Dash — 5. Isabella Cox, 1:11.48.

800M Run — 5. Serena Dobbs, 2:45.20; 7. Isabella Cox, 2:45.60

100M Hurdles — 6. Katelyn Johnson, 21.04.

4x100M Relay — 3. Coahoma A — Madison Rodgers, Julia Cox, Jocelyn Torres-Mendoza, Christian Everett, 52.68. 

4x200M Relay — 2. Coahoma A — Madison Rodgers, Julia Cox, Jocelyn Torres-Mendoza, Christian Everett, 1:54.24.

4x400M Relay — 4. Coahoma A — Jocelyn Torres-Mendoza, Isabella Cox, Karleigh Burt, Serena Dobbs, 4:46.51.

High Jump — 8. Jocelyn Torres-Mendoza 4-02.00.

Pole Vault — 3. Jocelyn Torres-Mendoza, 6-06.00.

Women Triple Jump — 4. Christian Everett, 33-02.25); 5. Julia Cox, 31-00.00; 7. Isabella Cox, 29-03.25.

Shot Put — 1. MaKynlee Overton, 37-00.50; 8. Nyssa Tran, 27-10.25; 12. Cayhill Lewis, 24-05.50.

Discus Throw — 2. Cayhill Lewis, 104-03.

Team Rankings

Varsity Girls — 1. Crane 211.5, 2. Sonora 154, 3. Coahoma 99.5, 4. Reagan County 75, 5. Odessa Compass Academy 69; Stanton 8. 

Varsity Boys — 1. Crane 157.5, 2. Coahoma 132, 3. Sonora 125, 4. Stanton 77.5, 5. Odessa Compass Academy 75, 6. Reagan County 48. 

Forsan Buffs won their baseball game over Ozona with a final score of 15-6.

Big Spring Lady Steers won their softball game over Lubbock Estacado with a final score of 14-0. Big Spring Steers lost to Lakeview with a final score of 6-11.

Howard College Lady Hawks Softball team swept Midland College in 2 double headers this weekend. On Friday they won both games with scores of 26-7 and 15-1. On Saturday they won again with scores of 9-3 and 10-1.

Coahoma Bulldogettes took on the Forsan Lady Buffs in a non-district softball game. Final score was 19-5 in favor of Coahoma.