sTOURNAMENT PAGE | FINAL LEADERBOARDMONTGOMERY, Texas – Houston Baptist is heading back to the NCAA Championships after claiming its second consecutive Southland title at Woodforest Golf Club in Montgomery, Texas.Kaity Cummings of HBU shot one-under in the final round to win the individual title at the 2018 Southland Conference Women’s Golf Championship. After bogeying the third hole to go one-over early, Cummings fired a birdie on No. 8 then sunk a birdie to open up the back nine before adding another one at the par 5, 531-yard 12th hole. She led the Huskies to a nine-stroke victory over Central Arkansas. UCA had the best championship round, carding a 298, but it was not enough to make up the difference against HBU who carried a 12-stroke lead into Wednesday. The Bears placed two in the top five as Fernanda Lira earned third and Emma Svensson took fourth individually.HBU’s Lexi Brooks followed up her under-par performance from a day ago with a three-over round today. She finished second-best for the Huskies for the tournament, good for fifth place individually with Lamar’s Elodie Chapelet. The Huskies’ Alisa Chong, who led after the first and second round, ended eighth and seven strokes back from Cummings.HBU led the field in birdies with 29 for the three rounds. The Huskies performed best on the par 4s, averaging a 4.35 score for the 54 holes. Sam Houston State’s Hannah Alberto climbed three spots on the individual leaderboard as she was the only player today to shoot for par. Her 222 total score gave the sophomore her second straight second place finish. The Bearkats finished third as a team.Lamar placed fourth while Texas A&M-Corpus Christi finished behind at fifth. UIW earned sixth, and McNeese and Stephen F. Austin rounded out the field.HBU will find out its NCAA Championships destination April 25 at 4:30 p.m. CT on the Golf Channel. read more

Nominated by their respective schools, members of the NFF Hampshire Honor Society must have completed their final year of playing eligibility in 2017, achieved a 3.2 cumulative GPA throughout entire course of undergraduate study and met all NCAA-or NAIA-mandated progress toward degree requirements. The honoree list is comprised of college football players from all divisions of play who each maintained a cumulative 3.2 GPA or better throughout their college careers. An all-time high 1,251 players from a record-tying 302 schools qualified for membership in the society’s 12th year. NFF Release | Complete Honoree ListIRVING, Texas – A total of 11 Southland Conference football student-athletes were named to the 2018 National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame (NFF) Hampshire Honor Society, the organization announced Wednesday. Houston Baptist Mev AjdinTrae GardnerChristian GuzmanIsaiah HallChris HardemanTyler HelaireTaaron Timmons Southland Conference NFF Hampshire Society Honorees NichollsBrian Hernandez The initiative has now honored 8,994 student-athletes since its inception, and the program has experienced growth every year in either members or school participation since its launch in 2007. Houston Baptist, Nicholls and Stephen F. Austin earned spots on the list, led by seven total selections for the Huskies. Brian Hernandez was the lone representative from Nicholls while John Franklin, Trent Perriman and Marlon Walls were tabbed from Stephen F. Austin. The 1,251 players honored in 2018 sets a new high mark, eclipsing the previous record of 1,103 honorees in 2017. The 302 schools with members ties the previous mark also set in 2017. Stephen F. Austin John FranklinTrent PerrimanMarlon Walls read more

FRISCO, Texas – Sam Houston State’s Jenna Phillips is the 2018-19 Women’s Golf Student-Athlete of the Year, the league announced Monday along with its academic all-conference teams. All yearly awards are presented by Ready Nutrition.Phillips makes her way on the all-academic squad for the second time of her collegiate career and does so as a marketing major with a flawless 4.0 GPA. The senior earned top-10 finishes in eight of the Bearkats’ 13 tournaments throughout the 2018-19 campaign. After helping Sam Houston State to a conference title, Phillips was named a second-team all-conference selection. She concluded her senior season with a 74.54 scoring average and recorded a season-low round of 67 on two occasions, once at the UT Arlington Invitational (Oct. 22-23) and again at the Texas State Invitational (Feb. 11-12).Joining Phillips on the all-academic first team is fellow Bearkat teammate and 2018-19 Southland Golfer of the Year, Hanna Alberto. As a public health major, she has maintained a 3.62 GPA and claims her spot as an automatic selection following a first-team all-conference nod. Alberto, a junior, is making her second appearance on the all-academic roster after leading Sam Houston State with a 72.18 scoring average.Central Arkansas senior Emma Svensson landed on the first team for the third consecutive season. Svensson has posted a 3.5 GPA as a management major. Houston Baptist’s Kaity Cummings and Lamar’s Elodie Chapelet round out the first team honorees, each making their second appearance on the Southland All-Academic squad. Cummings maintains a 3.79 GPA in kinesiology: sport management, while Chapelet holds a 3.18 GPA as a general business major.Houston Baptist added two more honorees on the second team in Lexi Brooks and Sara Zrnikova, giving the Huskies three selections to lead the conference. Stephen F. Austin’s Jamee Jorgensen and Alexandra Batista also secured second team bids, while Texas A&M-Corpus Christi’s Daniela Bergmann rounds out the all-academic roster as a second-team selection.   The All-Academic teams are voted on by a head coach, sports information director and academic/compliance staff member from each Southland Conference institution. Student-athletes must possess a 3.0 cumulative GPA, have completed one full academic year at the nominating institution and participated in at least 50 percent of the team’s competition to qualify for All-Academic selection. Nominees who were also named to the All-Conference First Team or CoSIDA Academic All-District team are automatically named Southland All-Academic.The Southland Conference awards committee, which consists of one administrator from each of the 13 member schools, votes for the student-athlete of the year. The Southland student-athlete of the year award is presented to one student-athlete who achieves excellence in both academics and athletics. All nominees must have earned at least a 3.2 GPA on a 4.0 scale and demonstrated athletics achievement for at least two years at the nominating institution.2018-19 Southland Women’s Golf All-Academic TeamStudent-Athlete of the Year: Jenna Phillips, Sam Houston State Lexi Brooks3 Sr. Houston Baptist Kingwood, Texas Medical Humanities 3.72 Jenna Phillips2 Sr. Sam Houston State Austin, Texas Marketing 4.00 Sara Zrnikova So. Houston Baptist Usti Nad Labem, Czech Republic Kinesiology 3.94 Emma Svensson*3 Sr. Central Arkansas Halmstad, Sweden Management 3.50 * 2018-19 First Team All-Conference Selection^ 2018-19 Player of the Year2 Two-time All-Academic selection3 Three-time All-Academic selection Elodie Chapelet*2 Sr. Lamar Souraide, France General Business 3.18 Name Class School Hometown Major GPA Second Team Hanna Alberto*2^ Jr. Sam Houston State Kingwood, Texas Public Health 3.62 First Team Name Class School Hometown Major GPA Kaity Cummings*2 Sr. Houston Baptist Waco, Texas Kinesiology: Sport Management 3.79 Alexandra Batista Jr. Stephen F. Austin Trophy Club, Texas Mutlidisciplinary Studies 3.86 Jamee Jorgensen Sr. Stephen F. Austin Fair Oaks Ranch, Texas Business Administration 4.00 Daniela Bergmann Sr. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Schwabmuenchen, Germany Environmental Science 3.69 read more

THE STRONACH GROUP & THOROUGHBRED OWNERS OF CALIFORNIA REACH HISTORIC AGREEMENT TO IMPROVE HORSE SAFETY, WELFARE AND INTEGRITY OF HORSE RACING IN CALIFORNIAArcadia, CA (March 16, 2019) – Santa Anita Park, Golden Gate Fields and the Thoroughbred Owners of California (TOC) today reached an historic agreement to protect the safety and welfare of horses and riders in the state. This collective mandate enacts the most stringent medication policy in North America. Belinda Stronach, President and Chairman of The Stronach Group (TSG), which owns both Santa Anita and Golden Gate, outlined these ground-breaking rules earlier this week in an Open Letter. Working with horsemen and internationally renowned veterinarians, TSG and TOC have discussed the best measures to put the horse first and appropriately enact these changes. “This is a complete revision of the current medication policy for Thoroughbred racing. We have worked through the implementation of this groundbreaking model with our stakeholders and the California Horse Racing Board,” said Belinda Stronach. “TSG is committed to the principles of safe horse racing for both equine and human athletes and to making California racing the best in the world. It is my hope the other tracks in California will follow suit. TSG will begin consultation with our stakeholders in other states to put these standards into effect in those jurisdictions, in the best interest of horse racing.” “We appreciate the willingness of Belinda Stronach of TSG and Jim Cassidy (President of California Thoroughbred Trainers) to negotiate in good faith and reach today’s agreement,” said Greg Avioli, President and CEO of TOC. “I am confident we all share the same goal of making California racing safer and doing everything we can to provide additional safety and protection for our horses.” “I very much appreciate the efforts made by The Stronach Group, the TOC, and the CTT in coming to this agreement, to improve and enhance horse and rider safety,” said Chuck Winner, California Horse Racing Board Chairman. “The CHRB will continue to work with the stakeholders as they move forward. I plan to move the previously scheduled March 21st board meeting to March 28th in order for the full board to consider and take action on those items on which CHRB approval is required. March 28th allows for the legally required 10-day public notice.” Santa Anita, Golden Gate and the TOC have agreed to the following initiatives for racing and training: Complete transparency of all veterinary records. Strict limitations on the use of any pain or anti-inflammatory medication and treatment, including legal therapeutic NSAIDS, joint injections, shockwave therapy, and anabolic steroids. Trainers must apply for permission to work a horse (a timed, high-speed training exercise) at least 48 hours in advance. No therapeutic medications of treatments will be allowed without a qualified veterinary diagnosis from a state licensed veterinarian. Significant and strict Out-of-Competition Testing (OCT). Increasing the time required for horses to be on-site prior to a race. A substantial investment by The Stronach Group in diagnostic equipment to aid in the early detection of pre-existing conditions. Santa Anita, Golden Gate and the TOC are also in alliance to change the use of the cushion crop. This evolution of a centuries-old practice will only allow the use of the crop as a corrective safety measure. This new directive has already gone into effect during training hours. This agreement will effectively phase out all race-day medication at Santa Anita and Golden Gate under rules consistent with, or more restrictive than, the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA) standards. The IFHA regulations are in effect at premiere racetracks throughout the world and are the benchmark for equine safety and welfare. All horses born in or after 2018 will race at Santa Anita and Golden Gate with no race- day medication, including the diuretic furosemide, commonly known as Lasix. This means all two-year-old horses starting in 2020 and after will be racing medication free. All horses born prior to 2018 will race at Santa Anita and Golden Gate with the same guidelines, however, following the recommendation of veterinary experts for the best interest of the health of the current horse population, Lasix will still be permitted but at a maximum of 50% of the current levels. These modernizations are in addition to the previously announced commitment to the continued engagement of outside experts to regularly review our dirt, turf and synthetic courses to ensure the safest racing surfaces in the world. Once this historic agreement is approved by the CHRB, Santa Anita and Golden Gate will race with these enhanced new safety and welfare protocols in place. Because state regulations require a 10-day approval process, Santa Anita is planning to return to racing on March 29th. read more

JAMES MADDISON snatched a stunning winner after VAR wrecked Tottenham’s hopes of finally winning away.Spurs looked to be heading for a first Premier League away victory since January when Serge Aurier lashed into the net after Harry Kane’s opener.7 James Maddison snatched a stunning winner after VAR wrecked Tottenham’s hopes of finally winning awayCredit: ReutersBut Aurier’s ‘goal’ was chalked off by video-ref Chris Kavanagh back at Stockley Park after Heung-Min Son was ruled offside in the build-up by millimetres, even though he looked onside in replays.And Leicester went up the other end of took full advantage through Ricardo Pereira’s leveller and Maddison’s clincher.Brendan Rodgers’ side, with hopes of joining Spurs in the top four this season, had a goal chalked off themselves through VAR when Wilfred Ndidi bundled in – but that was a for a legitimate offside.Then Kane had Spurs ahead before the break with a goal scored while he was flat on his CHEST.The England striker answered any doubts about him being a diver when he was bundled over by Caglar Soyuncu but scooped the ball home while on the floor.VAR caused all the drama in the second half, with Spurs celebrating a second when Kane pulled back for Aurier to fire into the bottom corner.7 Wilfred Ndidi bundled the ball over the lineCredit: Getty Images – Getty7 The Leicester opener goal was chalked off after a VAR checkCredit: ReutersMost Read in FootballTHROUGH ITRobbie Keane reveals Claudine’s father was ’50-50′ in coronavirus battleTOP SELLERGavin Whelan has gone from League of Ireland to David Beckham’s InstagramExclusiveRIYAD RAIDMan City’s Riyad Mahrez has three luxury watches stolen in £500,000 raidPicturedAN EYEFULMeet Playboy model and football agent Anamaria Prodan bidding to buy her own clubI SAW ROORodallega saw Rooney ‘drinking like madman’ & Gerrard ‘on bar dancing shirtless’NEXT STEPJonny Hayes set to move to English Championship having been let go by CelticREF RELEASEDChampions League ref Vincic released by cops after arrest in prostitution raidKEANE DEALEx Man United youth ace David Jones says Roy Keane negotiated a contract for himBut in the build-up Son was ruled to be just ahead of Soyuncu, when no right-minded football fan would dream of appealing for offside.Leicester took advantage within five minutes through Ricardo lashed in after Vardy crossed to the far post.Maddison was involved in the build-up to that goal and grabbed the winner himself, drilling into the bottom corner after sub Hamza Choudhury teed him up.7 Harry Kane opened the lead after stumbling to the floor but finishing his run with a goalCredit: Reuters 7 Serge Aurier thought he had put Spurs 2-0 up but Son was offside in the build upCredit: Getty Images – Getty7 Son was deemed offside by the smallest of margins, denying Spurs a second7 Ricardo Pereira netted the equaliser for the FoxesCredit: Reuters read more

In the men’s reserve semi-final, the Tigers were too strong, beating the Oilmin Kokofas 7.4 (46) to 4.5 (29). The Tigers will play Defence in the grand final next week.The main game was the A grade match between the Suns and the Oilmin Kokofas. The Suns held on to win 8.8 (56) to 6.8 (44). The Suns will face off with Concept Koboni next week in the grand final.

The president of Barcelona, Josep Maria Bartomeu, opened the presentation of Quique Setién as the new coach of the club thanking the coach who accepted the challenge. “We know him as a coach and as a great player who was characterized by his treatment of the ball, who took care of the game and style in the manner of Barça. We fully agree with him, ”he said.Bartomeu thanked “The two and a half years with Ernesto, with whom we had a very close relationship and made us improve, an endearing person. The change responds to how long we knew that The dynamics of the team were improved even though the results were good. We had commented on this fact several times with Valverde, with whom we maintained a very complicit relationship. The team was very improvable and we decided to change mid-season to give a boost in the second half of the course. I would have liked to do things differently. Our way of acting is not what we have seen. We have talked to many coaches because it is our obligation. It was kept secret, but the work was doneHas the board been touched?Things have gone as they have gone. We talked to coaches for a long time. It tastes bad, because Ernesto is a person we talked to in a good way, but there were shortcomings. He is a person who contributes and is very intelligent. We wanted everything to be different. Do you feel that you have been unfair to Valverde and that the process has not been the desired one?I reiterate that we had been talking with discretion for some time, but a name came out that shouldn’t have come out.When did you lose confidence in Valverde if you trusted him?A year ago I personally trusted him despite what was said and the requests for cessation, but in recent weeks the dynamics were not good. The sports team spoke with him, was aware of everything and we thought it was best to give the team a boost. And we started well, as first. Valverde has made a letter like he is, we are friends and he is a great person.Have you talked to any staff member about the change of coach?This morning I have been in the Ciutat Esportiva, we have given ourselves a big hug with Valverde and he with Quique. I have talked to them and they are professionals. He is known as a coach, less as a player. He has also been unanimously accepted on the board of directors.Is Xavi ruled out for next season?Setién has a contract until 22, but as there are elections there is a clause so that the next president can decide about it. read more

Now the former coach wanted to take the Monaco to a player you trust to improve the back of your team for the second part of the season. To please your coach, Monegasque emissaries have traveled to San Sebastián to make an offer for Llorente and negotiate in person his signing seriously. The Madrid has a clause of 50 million in the Royal, but the proposal of Monaco it seems that he was not approaching that figure, although it would be an important amount that would have been reconsidered in the offices of Anoeta. But in this case the sports necessity would have been imposed, because La Real could not part with the last day of the market of its most used plant by Imanol Alguacil, however much he is now injured and Sunday’s game is going to be lost. His departure would be very much behind realistic, and also La Real would not have the capacity to go to the signing market to find a substitute. Representatives of Monaco they have moved in the last hours until Saint Sebastian for Negotiate with Real Sociedad the signing on property of the absolute international central Madrid with the Spanish team Diego Llorente. The intention was very clear and determined, sign Llorente to strengthen your defense as an express request of his coach Robert Moreno, the former Spanish coach who had him at his command during his stay at ‘La Roja’. The Madrid began to be a regular of the selection with Luis Enrique, who started calling him in his first call in 2018, even being injured in Madrid. But then he had a lot of continuity during the short stage of Brown. The answer that would have found the emissaries of Monaco is a ‘no’ to negotiate for Llorente, also because the Madrid player has doubts about the step of leaving Real to play in France at the moment, however much he can value the confidence in his work of Robert Moreno. In the Monegasque club you can theoretically have many minutes for obvious reasons, but in the Real you have them insured. And the central of Leganés you play a lot in this second part of the season to be on the final list of the team that will take you to play the Eurocup Of summer. He needs minutes that allow him to stand out, and in Real he has them, because he is a very important player. And is that his departure at this time would do a lot of damage in the Real, that where less effective it has is in the axis of the rear, with the own Llorente, Le Normand Y Aritz Elustondo, in addition to the help of Zubeldia, which is pivot. Because french Modibo Sagnan does not count for Imanol.Sagnan will play on loan at Mirandés until the end of the seasonPrecisely, a movement that still closes the exit doors of Diego Llorente to Monaco is the transfer of Modibo Sagnan to Mirandés. The French, signed in summer for five million euros, does not count for Imanol, who doesn’t see him yet ready to debut in First. You need minutes in Second To finish adapting to Spanish football. For that reason, after offering it to other clubs of Second, Mirandés accepts the assignment until the end of the season. The Frenchman has moved tonight to Anduva to get to know your new house and your new partners. It has been accompanied by Imanol Agirretxe, former player and currently in charge of tracking the transfers. Sagnan will play on loan until the end of the season at Mirandés, where it will coincide with other realists yielded there, Merquelanz Y Guridi. 3 read more

The learning process of Renan Lodi also goes through the bench. The Brazilian side has become a usual change for Simeone despite not having a natural substitute in the template. The Cholo withdrew to the left side at 59 minutes of the game against Granada although he was not keeping up or leaving a bad performance on the pitch. A change that Lodi didn’t seem to like, annoying after leaving the field for the fourth time in the last six starts, with substitution before the Eibar and rest by technical decision against the Cultural Leonesa in between. Simeone is dosing the Brazilian while working on his defensive aspect, basic facet in the game for Cholo. In addition, a Lodi injury would be fatal, as it would leave Atlético’s first squad without a left back. The Brazilian is one of the only eight players who have not been injured So far this course. However, it is strange to see in a team that a side is replaced so regularly. Simeone gave Lodi confidence in the eleven from day one and He completed nine of his first 13 games, where in his debut he did not have the opportunity for an expulsion that took him off the field in 42 minutes. But the Cholo began to turn to Saul in that position when the result did not favor Atlético, adding an attacking player in the place of Lodi. Change that has already become popular regardless of the score. Against Granada, winning 1-0, Carrasco supplied the ’12’ to get up, with Saúl on the side and Correa on the band. But the substitution did not have the desired effect and Atleti was not revitalized in attack, leaving Saul engaged in his defensive work in a place where he is not comfortable on the field. In the semifinals of the Super Cup, the entrance of Vitolo by Lodi yes that served to give a new air to the team, which by then fell 2-1 against Barça and ended up winning 2-3. El Cholo prefers to resort to Saul’s experience than to the natural position of the Brazilian, who will have to gain that wisdom with the passing of the matches. Lodi is the second summer signing with more minutes so far this season (2,057 ‘) and only Felipe has played more (2,221’), with the participation of the plant increasing rapidly since November. Trippier’s injury has left English in 1,885 minutes. In total, the 21-year-old is the fifth member of the squad that has played the most, surpassed by Saúl (2,850 ‘), Oblak (2,796’), Thomas (2,379 ‘) and Felipe. He has scored a goal against Granada, and three assists thanks to his side centers. But Simeone’s obsession is back, in the defensive section.There Lodi suffers when they attack him frontally or look for two against one with the appearance of the side, something where Liverpool has a cannon with Alexander-Arnold playing behind Salah. In the Bernabéu, a safer Lodi was seen in defense, something that earned him to complete the meeting. Despite the latest changes, the Brazilian is considered one of the most promising players in that position and his evolution will depend largely on the future of Atlético in that position and that of the Brazilian team, where he has already made his debut with the absolute. read more

When the Spanish Football Federation’s tweet account uploaded a video in which Luis Enrique analyzed the possible selectable in the next call, to Valencianista, what he said about a still mysterious footballer did not go unnoticed: “It’s a plane, it has a change of pace that is brutal.”And last Friday against Atlético de Madrid, Ferran Torres showed again that, if he is not the player mentioned by Luis Enrique, his characteristics are more than similar. Foios was the player more unbalanced on the pitch, he drove the entire Athletic defense crazy and He was close to giving assistance which would have been the final 3-2, first Gameiro and then Maxi Gomez, but no striker aimed well. The Cholo could not stop him. Simeone tried by all means that Ferran would not overflow to its sides. But neither Lodi nor Saul nor Vrsaljko could stop him. In fact, Torres put Mestalla on his feet when he hagged Lodi and Sau with two touchesl in the 50th minute. But his center found no auctioneer. After a couple of games in which he was seen without his usual spark, something logical considering that He has started the last 7 games. With a week in between to rest since his team does not play the Cup, the youth player recovered his usual overflow from Madrid, He completed 8 dribbles and was the one who generated more danger occasions. UnrenewedFerran Torres is a plane that today has a takeoff date. Next 2021 the canterano concludes his relationship with Valencia and although the talks for its renewal began long ago, it has not yet transcended any progress.With a president who defines the project as ‘of commitment to young people’, that the renewal of Ferran ended without giving would be a double blow. First because it would leave the team without one of his best talents. But above all, because the ‘quarry’ project that claims to have Meriton would be compromised. For now, there is still time. read more