Temple Daily Telegram's Daily Sports Articles http://www.tdtnews.com Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:35:05 -0600 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:00:00 -0600 Sports tdt@temple-telegram.com (Carroll Wilson) webadmin@temple-telegram.com (Jonathan Dwinell) en-us Copyright 2009, Temple Daily Telegram http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/11/08/61905 BROWNWOOD - Mary Hardin-Baylor was forced to play without the man referred to as its "fearless leader." The absence of Pete Fredenburg's footsteps along the sideline was hardly noticeable, though, because his fingerprints remained all over the Crusaders program. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:00:00 -0600 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/11/08/61905 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/11/08/61906 Competing in the state playoffs is standard operating procedure for the six area football teams making repeat trips this season - Copperas Cove, Killeen, Rockdale, Troy, Rogers and Bartlett. On the other hand, getting into postseason play is a fresh opportunity for the other four local squads still alive - Belton, Lampasas, Gatesville and Rosebud-Lott. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:00:00 -0600 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/11/08/61906 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/11/08/61907 COLUMBIA, Mo. - A record-setting day from a freshman quarterback who began the season as the third-stringer helped Baylor win at Missouri for the first time in 36 seasons. Nick Florence passed for a school-record 427 yards and three touchdowns and ran for a fourth, spurring a second-half comeback in a 40-32 victory on Saturday. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:00:00 -0600 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/11/08/61907 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/11/08/61908 BOULDER, Colo. - The fans were protesting by wearing powder blue and booing, the Colorado Buffaloes were reeling and Tyler Hansen's head had to be spinning. He had just been sacked for the seventh time and was about to go down again when he got off a shovel pass in the nick of time to tailback Demetrius Sumler, bringing up third-and-16 from his 33-yard line with the Buffs trailing by six and time running out. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:00:00 -0600 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/11/08/61908 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/11/08/61909 AUSTIN - At the end of his big day, a group of Texas fans were chanting Jordan Shipley's name when he was pushed out of a group of Longhorns players, flashed a quick "Hook'em Horns" salute and jumped back into the pack. For a guy who seldom likes to talk about himself, even he had to acknowledge the best day ever by a Longhorns receiver. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:00:00 -0600 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/11/08/61909 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/11/08/61910 Decades are a neat and tidy way of looking at trends of where you were then and where you are now. Since the electronic and print media age blossomed in the 20th century, we tend to look at decades or eras, give them a moniker and put a bow on them based on the pop culture fazes of the time. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:00:00 -0600 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/11/08/61910 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/11/08/61911 Belton senior Regan Tindell is headed back to the University Interscholastic League Cross Country Meet for another shot at a state title. Tindell finished third at Saturday's Class 5A Region II meet in Arlington, giving her a chance to improve on third- and fifth-place finishes in the last two seasons. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:00:00 -0600 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/11/08/61911 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/11/08/61912 DALLAS - Two down, one to go. The Temple College Lady Leopards won both matches on Saturday on the opening day of the Northern Texas Junior College Athletic Conference volleyball tournament to advance to today's 4 p.m. championship match. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:00:00 -0600 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/11/08/61912 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/11/08/61913 BELTON - Mary Hardin-Baylor claimed the first American Southwest Conference Tournament win in program history by beating Schreiner 1-0 in a semfinal Saturday afternoon at Cru Sports Plex. The Crusaders (14-3) advanced to today's 1 p.m. championship match against Hardin-Simmons. The winner receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Tournament. UMHB won the regular season matchup 1-0. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:00:00 -0600 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/11/08/61913 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/11/08/61914 BI-DISTRICT - CLASS 5A - Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:00:00 -0600 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/11/08/61914 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/11/08/61915 Marlon Miller scored 18 points to lead seven Temple College men's basketball players in double figures as the Leopards tuned up for Monday's home showdown with No. 10-ranked South Plains College by dominating Fort Sam Houston 130-64 on Saturday at TC Gym. Alex Lewis scored 16 points for TC (2-0), Joseph Okeke had 15 in his college debut and Rayland Robinson, Sully Haywood, Keenen Owoigbe added 14 apiece. Derrick McDowell (13 points) made four of the Leopards' 16 3-point baskets, as did fellow freshman Lewis. Haywood and Owoigbe hit three 3-pointers apiece and Belton graduate Miller had two. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:00:00 -0600 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/11/08/61915