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1. Texas Tech rodeo team member Kipty Watt holds a goat in place before tying the rope during the NIRA Rodeo on Thursday at the Equestrian Center. 2.Texas Tech rodeo team member Cole Churchill rides saddle bronc during the NIRA Rodeo on Thursday at the Equestrian Center.

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tudents participated in events like bareback bronco riding, calf roping and bull riding in the NIRA Rodeo over the weekend.

Members of Texas Tech’s rodeo team made it to the championship round of the NIRA Rodeo, which was hosted Thursday through Saturday night.

Cole Churchill, a Tech contestant and a junior electrical engineering major from British Columbia, Canada, said this will be the last rodeo for the fall.

“For the college rodeos, we have 10 throughout the year,” Churchill said. “Five in the spring, five in the fall.”

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Texas Tech quarterback Patrick Mahomes II prepares to throw to a teammate during the Red Raiders' game against Oklahoma on Oct. 22 at Jones AT&T Stadium.

Texas Tech traveled to Fort Worth to take on the Texas Christian Horned Frogs in a game that ended with Tech winning, 27-24, in double overtime.

Tech freshman running back Da’Leon Ward was an impactful player on the field Saturday carrying the ball 23 times for 98 yards and caught the ball eight times for 49 yards.

Tech junior wide receiver Dylan Cantrell returned to the field on Saturday after sitting out the last game because of an injury to his

hand. Cantrell received three passes for 40 yards and one touchdown.

Tech junior quarterback Patrick Mahomes II completed 24 passes on 39 attempts for 206 yards and two touchdowns.

TCU freshman running back Sewo Olonilua was a key player for the Frogs, running the ball seven times for 48 yards. TCU junior wide receiver Taj Williams was also a strong player for the Frogs on Saturday. Williams received the ball four times for 52 yards.

TCU’s dual-threat junior quarterback Kenny Hill completed 16 passes on 29 attempts for 160 yards, until sophomore quarterback Foster

Sawyer came in for Hill and completed six passes on 17 attempts for 86 yards and one touchdown.

Tech transitioned fast down the field in the first drive at the beginning of the first quarter. However, TCU’s defense was able to turn the ball over when junior safety Nick Orr caught Mahomes’ pass.

TCU’s offense took advantage of the turnover and quickly made its way down the field. With a little under five minutes on the clock, TCU scored the first touchdown of the evening when senior running back Derrick Green ran the ball into the end zone. TCU led Tech, 7-0.

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Montford to give Texas Tech commencement address Former Texas Tech University System chancellor and member of the Texas Senate John T. Montford will deliver the commencement address at the December graduation ceremonies, according to a Tech news release.

Montford, the first chancellor of the Tech System, served in the Senate

from 1983 to 1996, according to the release.

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Tech System.

Under Montford, MONTFORD the system raised more than $500 million to support

Tech and Tech Health Sciences Center. He is a cofounder and former board chairman of the Dolph and Janey Briscoe Museum of Western Art in San Antonio, according to the release.

Most recently, Montford co-authored the best-selling book, “Board Games: Straight Talk for New Di-

rectors and Good Governance,” and provides guidance for future business leaders who serve as corporate directors, according to the release.

His many years of experience in business, government and academia have made him a wellrespected leader and public figure, according to the release.

A veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, Montford served while on active duty as a judge advocate, according to the release. He is an alumnus of the University of Texas School of Law and was elected district attorney of Lubbock County before being elected to the Texas Senate. @ReeceNationsDT

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Fentanyl bust prompts heightened awareness

By MICHAEL CANTU News Editor

More potent than morphine, fentanyl, an opioid analgesic drug, is now a new threat on the streets of Lubbock.

After a Thursday drug bust in two locations in Lubbock, one near 154th Street and another near an apartment complex on 4th Street, Lubbock police and other state and federal agencies have increased investigations into fentanyl and those who use and sell the drug.

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According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse website, fentanyl works by binding opioid receptors that are found in the brain.

Those receptors often control breathing, and when users take a high dose of the drug, it can cause breathing to stop completely, usually resulting in death.

Because of this, fentanyl has been responsible in opioid-related deaths and overdoses across the country, John Parker, U.S. attorney for the northern district of Texas, said. Because of its high potency, the drug also poses a risk to law enforcement officials and healthcare practitioners.

Often, when professional agencies have to deal with this drug, they need to wear hazmat suits, he said.

“On average, here in the United States, approximately 80 (people) a day die from opioid abuse,” Parker said. “That’s about 30,000 a year dead from opioid abuse, and the problem is getting worse and is getting more frightening.”

Over the past three years, agents from the Lubbock Police Department, the Drug Enforcement Administration, Homeland Security and other state agencies have worked in Lubbock to source the problem, Parker said.

As of now, the only people who have been arrested and

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Calvin Bond, assistant special agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration, speaks during a news conference hosted in the U.S. Attorney’s Office on Thursday afternoon. The news conference was hosted to address the arrests of three Lubbock residents on fentanyl-related charges. charged in connection with fentanyl are Sidney Caleb Lanier, Jessica Christine Holl and Jamie Marie Robertson, according to a Department of Justice news release.

“I will tell you, there will be charges filed in the criminal district attorney’s office on the state level,” Matt Powell, Lubbock County district attorney, said. “I anticipate you’ll see charges filed on the state level, as well.”

While the plague that is fentanyl is sweeping across the country, all of the agen-

cies have found that Lubbock is particularly a hot spot for this type of drug, Greg Stevens, Lubbock police chief, said.

Fentanyl use stems mainly from those who are prescribed opioid pills for pain relief, Calvin Bond, assistant special agent in charge with the DEA, said. This type of drug stands on the same danger level as methamphetamine and heroin, and in many cases, people go from those two drugs to fentanyl.

“Unfortunately, a lot of

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these people move away from these pills because it becomes a financial issue,” Bond said. “And they turn to heroin, and sometimes they turn to fentanyl.”

As of now, however, there have been many drug-related deaths and overdoses, but none of them can be pinpointed to fentanyl, Stevens said. However, officials are still looking into those cases and are investigating them thoroughly to be certain.

LPD and the other entities investigating have

reason to believe the shipments of fentanyl are coming directly from China and being cut and sold in Lubbock and the West Texas area, Bond said.

All of the entities involved have also rested the notion that Mexican drug cartels are involved in this drug movement, he said.

“This was a huge stop, and I’m sure that this has saved lives,” Bond said.

Once the drug comes from China, it is then trafficked to Lubbock and diluted to get maximum profit from the drug, Bond said.

The drug is nearly as simple to cook as meth or heroin, he said, but the main danger to fentanyl is there is not a potent scent it carries.

However, in the cooking process the pushers use cans of cooking fuels, known on the street as “heat.”

So, one sign of the drug being cooked is a gassy scent and a lot of cans of the cooking fuel, Bond said.

“All drug traffickers, especially those who deal with opioids including fentanyl should take heed,” Parker said. “The combined law enforcement community — federal, state and local — intend to push back and push back hard against those who pedal this poison in our communities.” @MichaelCantuDT

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Anti-pipeline protestors ask for Weaver selected as $5,000, get $1 million in funds interim city manager CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP) — The crowdsourcing goal was modest: $5,000, enough to help a few dozen people camping in North Dakota to protest the nearby construction of the four-state Dakota Access oil pipeline.

The fund has since topped a staggering $1 million.

The fund is among several cash streams that have provided at least $3 million to help with legal costs, food and other supplies to those opposing the nearly 1,200-mile pipeline. It may also give protesters the ability to prolong their monthslong encampments that have attracted thousands of supporters, as the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe pursues the fight in court.

And as the number of protest-related arrests increased this week, so did contributions: Funds raked in more than $200,000 between Thursday and Friday alone.

But demonstrators are

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quick to note that the amount of money raised and what they have left isn’t the same.

“It still feels unreal sometimes because it is such an astronomical figure to me,” said Ho Waste Wakiya Wicasa, the protester who set up the GoFundMe account that’s raised more than $1 million, primarily for operating expenses at the camp that took root in April.

“The money goes as quickly as it comes, but without it having been as much as it is, we certainly wouldn’t have been able to be as productive as we have been in the fight,” Wicasa said.

For months now, opponents of the $3.8 billion pipeline — which is slated to move oil from North Dakota though South Dakota and Iowa to a shipping point in Illinois — have been camping near the confluence of the Missouri and Cannonball rivers. They worry the project will disrupt cultural artifacts and hurt drinking water sources on the Stand-

ing Rock Sioux’s nearby reservation and farther downstream because the pipeline will cross the Missouri River.

The Texas-based company building the pipeline, Energy Transfer Partners, insists the project is safe. The tribe is fighting the pipeline’s permitting process in federal court.

Since the number of protesters soared in August in North Dakota, donations started rolling in more frequently and more than 400 people have been arrested — including more than 140 on Thursday when officers evicted protesters camping on private land recently acquired

by Energy Transfer Partners.

But running a camp — and readying it for North Dakota’s brutal winter — isn’t cheap. The account Wicasa set up has only about $100,000 left as of Friday night, according to LaDonna Brave Bull Allard, a tribal historian and preservation employee who provided family land for one of the smaller encampments.

City Attorney Chad Weaver has been selected by the Lubbock City Council as interim city manager once current City Manager James Loomis’ retirement is effective Nov. 18.

Weaver will serve in that position until a new city manager is hired, according to a City of Lubbock news release.

Serving the city since 2007, Weaver started his Lubbock career as assistant city attorney and then was named city attorney in 2014, according to the release.

The city council has

named four finalists for the position so far and is currently in the process of conducting interviews for the finalist, according to the release.

“I’m grateful for the confidence that the city council has shown in me, and I am proud to serve along with an excellent team of my fellow city employees, who provide services to our citizens each day,” Weaver said in the release. “We look forward to welcoming a new city manager to Lubbock soon.” @MichaelCantuDT

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Jury selection begins in death of Charleston motorist CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A jury being chosen this week in Charleston will have to decide whether a white former police officer is guilty of murder in the shooting of an unarmed black motorist that shocked the nation after a

bystander released cellphone video of the confrontation.

Michael Slager’s attorney contends there was more to the incident than what appeared on the widely seen video clip showing Walter Scott’s shooting, including a fight between the pair and a tussle over the officer’s Taser.

Coincidentally, the same week that a panel is being seated in the Slager case, jury selection begins for the trial of a former University of Cincinnati police officer who — like Slager — stands accused of murder in the shooting death of an unarmed black man.

Prospective jurors will be questioned Monday for Ray Tensing’s trial on murder and voluntary manslaughter charges in the shooting of Sam DuBose in July 2015. Tensing pulled DuBose over for a missing front license plate. The traffic stop ended in the fatal shooting of DuBose.

The shootings are among a series nationwide that have sparked debates over race and policing in cities from New York and Chicago to Ferguson, Missouri; Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Tulsa, Oklahoma; and Charlotte, North Carolina.

Chris Stewart, an attorney for the Scott family, sees the Slager case as a blueprint for others involving police and minorities.

“When an officer is prosecuted, will you get justice?” he asks.

“The verdict is huge. It needs to serve as a lesson to officers that if you break the law, you don’t just get away.”

Slager, who turns 35 in November, faces 30 years to life in prison if convicted in the shooting that occurred after he pulled Scott over for a broken taillight.

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Elections administrator discusses rules

By KODICHI NWANKWO Staff Writer

Election Day is getting closer, but voters still have four days to cast their early votes. However, voters should be informed of some of the rules and regulations before they vote.

Dorothy Kennedy, Lubbock County elections administrator, said people should take advantage of early voting to avoid standing in line come Election Day on Nov. 8.

“Early voting is going to end on Friday, Nov. 4, so voters should take advantage of these shorter line they see at early voting,” Kennedy said.

Although voters are proud to support their candidates, there are guidelines for clothing while casting votes.

According to the Texas Election Code 61.003, it is prohibited to electioneer within 100 feet of a polling center, which includes expressing preference for or against any candidate, measure or political party.

Kennedy said this includes wearing a shirt, a hat or a pin that says “I’m with her” or “Make America Great Again.”

“This includes using your

cellphones to take ballot selfies or videoing any time in the polling area,” Kennedy said. “All of that is against the election code law and is a criminal offense.”

Most voters who come in to the polling center do not know it is the law, until an election worker explains it to them, Kennedy said.

Recently in Texas, vot-

ers have also been paranoid about their ballots being changed. However, Kennedy said, there is no need to worry.

“We only hear about this during presidential elections,” Kennedy said. “If you think about it, this year the Lubbock county voters have voted six different elections already, and nobody said any-

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thing about flipping votes.”

Kennedy said election officials have gone to every location where they heard of an incident and tried to recreate voting on the same machine, which ultimately resulted in accurately casting a ballot of their choice.

“Voters in Lubbock County can rest assure their security and integrity and the

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4 states to weigh tougher gun control in election The last time voters in Maine were asked about gun rights, they easily passed a constitutional amendment creating a right to own firearms that “shall never be questioned.”

Three decades later, the state known for its hunting tradition will vote on whether to tighten restrictions on gun sales and transfers.

Maine is one of four states, along with California, Nevada and Washington, where voters will decide Nov. 8 whether to enact tougher firearms laws.

In a change from past elections, there are no statewide initiatives seeking to expand gun rights anywhere in the U.S. The presence of so many ballot questions in the same year reflects the strategy, growing power and deep pockets of gun-control supporters, who are outspending opponents in all four states.

They hope passage of the proposals shows widening support for more measures designed to keep firearms away from dangerous people.

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In Maine and Nevada, a group founded by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has spent millions advocating for background checks on nearly all gun sales and transfers. Supporters want to close gaps in the federal system that allow ineligible felons, domestic abusers and the mentally ill to buy firearms from private sellers at gun shows and online without a background check.

“I do call it a movement.

People are really getting fed up with all the violence,” said Judi Richardson, 57, of South Portland, Maine, who gathered signatures to help place the initiative on the ballot.

Her 25-year-old daughter, Darien, was fatally shot in 2010 during a home invasion that remains unsolved. The investigation hit a dead-end because the handgun used to kill her was bought without a background check from a seller who told police he did not know the buyer’s name.

Richardson said the Maine

initiative would help reduce gun violence by making firearms harder to access and easier to trace.

In Washington state, advocates who successfully campaigned for a background check law in 2014 are now seeking passage of a measure that would allow judges to issue orders temporarily seizing guns from people who are deemed a threat. For instance, concerned families could seek the removal of guns from relatives threatening to harm themselves or others.

California’s Democratic lieutenant governor, Gavin Newsom, is leading the campaign for a first-of-its-kind law that would require anyone buying ammunition to pass a background check and obtain a state permit.

Gun-safety groups say a Democratic sweep that includes a White House victory and party gains in Congress would put pressure on federal lawmakers to strengthen the national background-check system.

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Armstrong Energy Center director to speak at Tech Kathleen Hartnett White, director of the Armstrong Center for Energy and the Environment at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, is set to speak at the Texas Tech University School of Law, according to a Tech news release.

White, a distinguished senior fellow at the Armstrong Center and an accomplished author, will be participating in the School of Law’s Energy Law Lecture series, according to the release. The lecture will take place at noon today in the Lanier Auditorium of the

Ziye Dong, a mechanical engineering graduate student, practices swimming the butterfly stroke in the indoor pool at the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center on Sunday afternoon.

way they vote is respected,” she said.

Students who are registered in another county can only vote what is called a limited ballot, located at the office at 1308 Crickets Ave., she said.

“When they come in, we will look them up in the state database, and if we can verify that they are currently

registered in another county, whether it is close by or far away, then they get to vote a limited ballot,” she said.

Matthew Sames, a resident of Lubbock from Laredo, said he has not had the chance to register to vote in Lubbock since he moved here.

With his parents being originally from Mexico, Sames said he was not impressed with either candidate.

“I was not going to vote, so I didn’t see the need to register here in Lubbock,” Sames said.

He said he has since changed his mind and is grateful for another chance of voting.

“I voted during the Obama presidential race, and I do feel it is my duty to let my voice be heard even though I don’t completely agree with the candidate I will be voting for,” Sames said.

There has been a good voter turnout so far during this period of early voting, Kennedy said. This may be because of first-time voters and people who have not voted for a long time but have decided to vote again.

“We encourage everyone to come out and vote,” Dorothy said, “especially taking advantage of early voting.”

School of Law. An alumna of Stanford University, White studied law at Tech under the Lineberry Fellowship, according to the release. She recently co-authored a book titled “Fueling Freedom: Exposing the Mad War on Energy” and has contributed to numerous publications such as The Hill, National Review, Forbes and the Washington Examiner.

She directs research and public policy on energy, climate change, air and water quality, waste disposal and endan-

gered species at the Armstrong Center. Those attending the event are eligible for one hour of Continuing Legal Education credit, according to the release.

White was a chairwoman and commissioner of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality from 2001 to 2007, according to the release. She has served on the Texas Water Development Board, the Texas Economic Development Commission, the Lower Colorado River Authority and the Journal of Regulatory Science. @ReeceNationsDT

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Amy Winehouse’s legacy continues

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my Winehouse was born in London on Sept. 14, 1983.

She had her first brush with the music industry at the ripe age of 16 when she was signed to a label as a jazz vocalist.

Winehouse was a rare musician; her music just has so much depth.

It is a fusion eclec tic mix of jazz, rhythm and blues, pop and soul.

Through her music, she tells the story of her life.

Heartbreakingly, Winehouse died on July 23, 2011, at the age of 27 from alcohol poisoning.

Many now include Winehouse in the “27 Club,” which is based on the belief that some of the most influential rock-culture musicians have died at the age of 27 rather tragically.

Her second album, “Back to Black,” was the final album Winehouse was able to share with the world.

The album features 13 tracks that tell the story of love’s hardest moments.

Every track on this album was artfully crafted t h a t s h o w c a s e s Wi n e house’s ability to find beauty in her own pain.

The af orementioned a l b u m f e a t u r e s Wi n e house’s hit song “Rehab,” which introduced her to the world and is the first song on the album.

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She got the chorus for “Rehab” while on a stroll with Mark Ronson.

Winehouse was telling Ronson about how her family had demanded her to check in to rehab, and she said “No, no, no.”

Then, she went into the studio and turned a failed intervention into one the most success ful singles of her singer/ song-writer career.

Continuing in her successful career, at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards Show back in 2007, Winehouse won five awards.

“Back to Black” was nominated for Album of the Year and won Best Pop Album.

Although it’s been five years since Winehouse died, her influence on today’s music is obvious.

Adele, Lady Gaga, Sam Smith and even the rap star Future have claimed to be greatly affected by the legacy Winehouse left behind.

Therefore, I encourage you to listen to “Back to Black” and remember Amy Winehouse. jward@dailytoreador.com

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Texas’ uncertainty in 2016 election not surprising

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n Oct. 24, early voting for the 2016 presidential election started in Texas.

The Lone Star state did something no one has seen since Jimmy Carter won the state in 1976: Texas became up for grabs.

I’ve seen headlines all week claiming Texas is now a swing state.

I’ve had friends ex press how surprised they are that Texas isn’t as strongly red as we’ve always been.

But if you look at this election logically, it really shouldn’t surprise you that the state is split between Republican Party nominee Donald Trump and Democratic Party nominee Hillary Clinton.

Most Texans never wanted Trump in the first place.

In the primary election

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on March 1, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, almost doubled the votes Trump received.

This should not be surprising given that he’s our senator, and senators tend to do well in their home states.

Greg Abbott, governor of Texas, had backed Cruz.

He later endorsed Trump after the senator dropped out of the race, but the point is not many people here were ever really excited about the idea of a Trump presidency.

Texas voters — like most Republican voters in this country — are doing the best with what they have.

Many of them followed Abbott’s lead and settled in with the Trump camp.

However, as we can see in the latest poll by RealClear Politics, many voters have set up camp with the Clinton team, leaving Trump with a lead of less than 5 percent.

Look at what Trump has said about immigration.

His whole “build a wall” thing has obviously generated a lot of strong opinions.

Well, where would that wall be? The majority of the southwest border is the Texas border, meaning that the majority of that wall The Donald loves to talk about would be on our land.

Like I said, that generates a lot of opinion. On one hand, voters may be ecstatic about the promise of this wall.

Farmers in the region

have been dealing with illegal immigration more immediately than anyone else; this could be big for them.

Also, think of the job opportunities. Someone has to build the wall.

That is if it really goes through, which I don’t think is likely. But let’s say that it does.

Who better to build a border wall on the Texas border than Texans themselves?

However, on the other hand, you have our significant Hispanic population, which probably isn’t too fond of that idea.

You have voters, Hispanic or not, who don’t like the idea of a border wall.

These same voters probably didn’t appreciate Trump’s comments condemning Hispanic immigrants.

As much as people out-

side of Texas like to think the entire state is ranchlands and tumbleweeds run by farmers, that’s only part of it.

I’ve seen headlines all week claiming Texas is now a swing state.

There are big cities like Dallas, Austin and Houston which are easier to reach and influence by campaigning, which could sway voters over to the Clinton camp.

And while the stereotype is that only the downhome country folks are the ones supporting Trump, that just isn’t true.

Nor is it true that all of the educated folks in the big cities are only voting for Clinton.

These two candidates are so polarizing; this election hasn’t played by the rules from the moment it started, and we shouldn’t be surprised that Texas isn’t either.

If we’re being honest, this is temporary.

I have no doubt that in 2020 when Cruz reboots his campaign or Speaker Paul Ryan finally answers the call, Texas will be solid red.

No matter what happens, Texans are going to do what Texans do best: pay as little attention to national politics as we can for as long as we can and then petition to go rogue. hbritzky@dailytoreador.com

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Lubbock community, infrastructure favors trucks

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e see them everywhere. And the bigger the better, right?

Yes, I’m talking about trucks. As ridiculous as they look, trucks may be onto something.

Our city is certainly built for these machines.

The happy truck drivers zoom around, revving their engines to extreme volumes while driving carefree through the streets.

I, on the other hand, am a proud Toyota Corolla owner. However, I find myself frustrated with every twist and turn in our cement city.

I can’t tell you how many times I have scraped the front of my car pulling out of IHOP onto University Avenue or driving past Broadway over the massive dips in the street.

Trucks certainly seem like a sensible vehicle for

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navigating around Lubbock.

Yet, practicality isn’t t h e n a m e o f t he gam e with these gas-guzzlers.

Virtually any sport utility vehicle is capable of maneuvering the Lubbock driving obstacles.

What makes trucks unique is they do it with fashion, the same fashion you might see in a Colt Ford music video or in the parking lot of a tailgate for “WrestleMania.”

Somewhere in the last 20 years or so, the monster trucks we see on television and the trucks we drive to work started looking more and more similar.

On the South Plains, an everyday drive features a view of white-collar men and women driving jackedup, mud-tire clad trucks,

complete with a ranch guard and — to protest Obama’s environmental initiatives — a coal-rolling, black smoke blower.

Countless times, I have been enjoying an outside drink at Starbucks when a massive truck — often without a muffler — comes flying down Glenna Goodacre Boulevard.

Recklessly, it accelerates at top speed, reaching the upcoming stop sign 20 yards ahead of it.

To me, it seems like these vehicles — or their drivers — are trying to prove something.

Now, for farmers and construction workers, these monstrosities make sense.

However, the rest of us seem to be struggling with a false sense of identity.

We want to be rugged and macho so badly that we go wildly out of our way to do so. The off-road-

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ing accessories that one may see on many current trucks are unnecessary.

When it comes to getting from point A to point B, they serve no purpose.

To use these accessories fully, one must first find some mud, drive in the mud — with no destination in mind — and then gloriously get stuck in said mud.

Trucks certainly seem like a sensible vehicle for navigating around Lubbock.

Next, you can call upon your off-roading accomplice, who has the same absurd accouterments, and hope that he can save you from the problem you intentionally created.

Ye t , t h i s d e s i r e t o be rugged goes beyond truck ownership.

The bourgeoisie of Dallas and Houston often inconvenience themselves by purchasing massive ranches.

On these estates, they can slop pigs, herd cattle and perform all kinds of other activities their ancestors moved to the city to avoid.

Purchasing a lake house, beach house or a ski cabin seems like a much better use of that money, to me.

Ye t , m a y b e o n e c a n become so privileged that he desires to work for the ironic novelty. This is a strange paradox, indeed.

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Perhaps, an unspoken realization may occur when this owner notices his gas expenditures are five times more than what I pay to fill up my sedan’s tank. But probably not.

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Tech, community host Day of Dead celebrations

By JACK DENSMORE Staff Writer

With Day of the Dead right around the corner, different organizations from Texas Tech as well as the Lubbock community hosted events celebrating the holiday and showcasing local art.

Day of the Dead celebrates the people and loved ones who have died.

At the International Cultural Center, art work and live mariachi music was played.

Landmark Arts, an exhibition and speaker program through the School of Art, showcased photography by graduate student Carolina Arellanos.

Arellanos said her art was created in memory of those who had died because of gun violence this year.

“I’m originally from Mexico, so all of my art is based off of Mexican iconography or the idea that life is a cycle or death is a cycle,” Arellanos said.

“So I think that was my inspiration for (her art).

It’s not so much as an end to their lives ... It’s just looking at cycles or death in a different way instead of just a final end.”

There was also a Gun Show! exhibit about campus carry. The exhibit was featured in the Landmark Gallery of the School of Art and included art

RODEO

CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 Churchill said when it comes to competing, he enjoys the excitement and the opportunity to meet new people.

Other contestants represented different institutions from across Texas and other southern states, including Tarleton State University, Eastern New Mexico University and Odessa College.

One contestant from Eastern New Mexico University was Collyn Heinrich.

Heinrich, a junior education major from Lubbock, said preparing for the rodeo can be stressful, but one can be confident despite the stress.

“If you’re rodeoing at a collegiate level, you know what you’re doing,” Heinrich said.

“So it’s stressful, but at the same time you’re confident in

works from 10 artists.

Arellanos said it is important to bring people together to promote awareness on gun violence.

“I think especially now that guns, now that we can use them in school, it’s a big important issue,” Arellanos said. “I don’t think they should be allowed in school. I don’t know. I think it was a really good issue to bring together, especially with the Gun Show!. And all the mass shootings that have been happening, I think it was an important thing to bring together.”

Tech also hosted two other events, one in The Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts and another in the Buddy Holly Center. In LHUCA, artwork from Lubbock High School and Hutchinson Middle School students was showcased.

There was also live music from the El Ballet Folklorico Nuestra Herencia.

In the Buddy Holly Center, the Fine Arts Gallery featured Celebración, an annual exhibit for Day of the Dead that has been going on for almost 20 years, Tonja Hagy-Valdine, coordinator in marketing and special events for the Buddy Holly Center, said. Typically, 700900 people attend the annual event.

The exhibit showcased

the history and meaning behind the holiday.

“This is actually an event that has been in existence, I want to say we’re in our 18th or 19th year. It is actually spearheaded by Jane Bell at the International Cultural Center on the Texas Tech campus, and we’ve been a part of that since its inception,” Hagy-Valdine said. “So, this is actually a progressive event, thus the name Procession.”

The number of Tech students in the Buddy Holly Center indicates the popularity of art among the younger generation, Hagy-Valdine said.

“The arts I think for a long time are seen as an older thing that older people went and did, and when I say older I mean 35,” Hagy-Valdine said. “I realize when you’re in college that seems really old, but Procession is becoming younger and younger and more embraced by the younger community.”

Arellanos said the events hosted by Tech and the community promote and help represent the Mexican community.

“I think it’s great, now it’s more diverse, so now I think that the Mexican community feels more integrated, and there’s actually a lot of Caucasian people that are into Day of the Dead,” Arellanos said. “There was more artist

what you’re doing, too.”

Heinrich took part in the calf roping event, and Churchill took part in saddle buck riding.

Aaron Mchone, a Tarleton contestant and sophomore animal production major from Mooresville, North Carolina, said he enjoys the atmosphere of rodeos.

“As a kid I moved around a lot,” Mchone said, “so rodeos always felt like home to me, like my one constant place.”

The events were scored based on time, with the fa s t e r s co re s c ount i ng more. For example, one contestant from Eastern New Mexico in the steer wrestling event scored a 5.9, as in five seconds to catch the steer and nine seconds to wrestle it to the ground.

Churchill said taking care of the animals in-

volved in the events and maintaining their health takes quite a bit of work.

“You gotta get up every morning and feed them,” Churchill said. “Make sure they have water and clean their stalls.”

Mchone, a bull rider, said the bulls have to be respected for who they are, and they will respect the rider in turn.

When it comes to the competition between the schools, Heinrich said each school had a number of successful athletes. “ E v e r y b o d y ’s p r e t t y equal,” Heinrich said. “I mean every team has one or two people that are consistently placing every week that helps their team win.”

Numerous people filled the bleachers, with many being families with children and

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Attendees eat dinner and listen to a band play Hispanic music at the Buddy Holly Center as part of the Dia De Los Muertos celebration on Friday night. that were Caucasian at the Buddy Holly Day of the Dead than there were Mexicans.

So, I like that it’s bringing that diversity together.”

For minority students, she said they are becoming more integrated with Te c h b e c a u s e o f t h e s e events.

The art world and Lubbock are changing, Arellanos said, and they are no longer one-sided.

“I think it’s huge, not only for students, but for minority students, like we feel like we’re being integrated, we feel like we’re being represented, especially in the arts, in the art world. It’s very one-sided, or used to be,” Arellanos said. “It’s changing.” @JackDensmore_DT

young adults, who came to support their fellow students.

Heinrich said after watching this event, she hopes people will develop a more positive view of the rodeo and see it as a legitimate sport.

“It’s not a seasonal sport,” Heinrich said. “I mean you’re doing it all year. So, I hope they just really appreciate what we do as much they do, you know, professional athletes in any sport.” @DailyToreador

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Rapper’s widow removed as estate administrator BEAUMONT (AP) — A Texas judge has removed the widow of rapper Pimp C as the administrator of his estate after the rapper's son raised concerns about the management of his father's finances since his death.

An attorney for Chad Butler Jr., the rapper's oldest son, told a judge that his father's home in Port Arthur is in foreclosure,

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At a court hearing Wednesday, Josh Heinz, an attorney for Chad Butler, presented financial documents that showed Chinara Butler, Pimp C's widow, spent $150,000 of the estate's revenue from 2011 to 2013 and more

than $80,000 in the past two years.

Public records show the estate has a $7.2 million federal tax lien and owes $5.1 million to a former manager.

"Nobody's gotten any money," said Heinz. "She's on red carpets in Los Angeles and New York and these kids have nothing."

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is Chad Butler Jr.'s stepmother, said she never kept Pimp C's family members from using his likeness to make money.

"I have not left (Pimp C's) kids abandoned," said Chinara Butler, who is the mother of Pimp C's youngest child. "I've invested my own money into this estate and done my best to keep Pimp C relevant."

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Fall Fest attracts variety of vendors

By REECE NATIONS Staff Writer

Fall Fest on Buddy Holly Avenue on Saturday was an overwhelming success for vendors in the Lubbock community.

In Lubbock’s Depot District, south of 19th Street, a variety of vendors set up tents and sold their wares to event-goers.

“We wanted to set up shop at this event because it’s been such a fantastic day,” Jacoba Bartholomae, a local vendor at the event, said. “This has been a great day for the community to come together.”

Bartholomae’s tent sold a variety of Texas-themed graphic T-shirts, and, she said, business was good throughout the day.

It’s a real privilege to be a part of a cause like this one.

Also, getting to play with puppies all day doesn’t hurt.

KAITLYN BECKERT LONE STAR GUIDE DOG RAISERS

Whenever a customer came through, he never failed to strike up a friendly conversation, Bartholomae said. The pleasant atmosphere contributed to Fall Fest’s local charm.

“We’re glad to be here, it’s been fun,” she said. “Selling a few shirts here and there doesn’t hurt, either.”

The festival also served as a way for community service organizations to get the word out about their causes.

The Lubbock division of Lone Star Guide Dog Raisers had a booth at Fall Fest.

“The festival has been a great way for us to spread

awareness about what we do,” Vivian Helms, treasurer of Lone Star Guide Dog Raisers, said. “Our goal has been to make it so our dogs are used to noisy crowds and situations they aren’t familiar with.”

People were encouraged to approach Lone Star Guide Dog Raisers’ booth and ask questions, Helms said. Patrons were allowed to pet the dogs to train their behavioral skills around strangers.

The organization was also selling chew toys to raise funds for supporting the dogs, she said. Some of the expenses include food, housing, crates and medical costs for the dogs.

“A lot of our current volunteers are students at Texas Tech, so we’re hoping we can get more people to volunteer with us,” Kaitlyn Beckert, president of the Lubbock division of the organization, said. “That way we can have people here to take care of the dogs, while most of the students are away during school breaks.”

Lone Star is looking for volunteers, dog raisers and dog sitters, Beckert said. Currently, Lone Star Guide Dog Raisers is raising more than 100 guide dog candidates.

A puppy raiser with Lone Star is responsible for training his puppy in basic commands and good house behaviors while also socializing his puppy on a regular basis, she said.

The future guide dog will continue to grow and learn under the care of the raiser until the age of 15 months.

“It’s a real privilege to be a part of a cause like this one,” Beckert said. “Also, getting to play with puppies all day doesn’t hurt.”

The event also featured several food trucks, many of which were run by Tech students. The opportunity to be a part of Fall Fest could not be passed on, Al-

1. bert Gutierrez, street food specialist with the Now We Taco’N food truck, said.

“Being here at Fall Fest is mainly just a way for us to promote our brand,” Gutierrez said. “Getting to advertise ourselves at an event like this will be good for business in the future.”

The taco truck usually sets up shop at Broadway and Avenue X, he said. Its business hours are from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. in order to appeal to college students who may be up late at night.

The truck prepares its tacos fresh as they are ordered, Gutierrez said. It offers authentic street-style tacos at a friendly cost to patrons.

“It’s always our pleasure to get to serve all the nice people at events like this one,” he said. “The Lubbock community is a great place to be if you’re in the food truck business.” @ReeceNationsDT

2.

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1. Fall Fest, a family-oriented community event, on Buddy Holly Avenue provides fun for all ages, with activities ranging from bounce houses to shopping at vendors. The festival ran from 1-6 p.m. Saturday. 2. Fall Fest featured Halloween-themed decorations alongside food trucks and various vendor booths.

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Students become involved in waterfowl conservation group

By ALEXIS CARDEN Staff Writer

The end of October is here, which means duckhunting season is about to begin. An organization on campus called Ducks Unlimited has had this date marked on its calendar.

Ducks Unlimited is an organization that people on and off college campuses can be involved in. It promotes the conservation of waterfowls and wetlands, according to its website.

Hunter Armstrong, a sophomore mechanical engineering major from Clear Lake, is the vice president of the Texas Tech chapter of Ducks Unlimited.

“The main basis for the

organization is for the conservation of waterfowl,” Armstrong said.

Te c h ’s c h a p t e r h e l p s with the conservation aspect by hosting an annual banquet, he said.

“At the banquet, we auction off stuff from the Ducks Unlimited catalog,” Armstrong said. “We order what they have to offer, and we sell it.”

Armstrong said the members send about 90 percent of the proceeds from the banquet to the Ducks Unlimited headquarters in Memphis, Tennessee.

The money there goes to help maintain wetland environments and rebuild waterfowl habitats.

“We are a completely

nonprofit organization,” Armstrong said.

Jennifer Hand, a senior agriculture and applied economics major from Houston, is the treasurer for the organization.

Ducks Unlimited has started hosting nighttime clay-shooting events, Hand said. The first one was last month.

“We went where a couple of the guys work for the owner of the cotton farm,” Hand said. “We brought in a light tower, and there was about 25 members that came out, and we grilled burgers and shot clay for a couple of hours.”

Hand said the members also host tailgates before home football games, and

the meat they use is from the members’ hunt from the previous week.

Another thing they do, which they started this year, is participate in intramural sports, Armstrong said.

In addition to the conservation aspect, which involves hunting and hosting events, Ducks Unlimited also tries to get people more involved with outdoors, in general, because that is what the conservation is essentially about.

“I really enjoy being in (Ducks Unlimited),” Hand said. “It is kind of a hunting club, while also doing wetland and waterfowl conservation, and I enjoy both of those.” @LexiCardenDT

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Powder sprinkled into opera pit may have been human ashes NEW YORK (AP) — A powdery substance a man sprinkled into the orchestra pit at New York’s Metropolitan Opera may have been an opera lover’s ashes, police say.

The freakish incident during a Saturday afternoon

performance of Rossini’s “Guillaume Tell” forced Met officials to cancel the rest of the show as well as an evening performance of a second opera.

John Miller, the New York Police Department’s deputy commissioner in charge of

intelligence and counterterrorism, said several audience members said a man told them he was there to sprinkle the ashes of a friend, his mentor in the opera.

Miller said the man was in front of the first row of seats when he sprinkled the

powder into the orchestra pit during the second intermission when most of the musicians were not present.

He said the powder will be tested, but the possibility that it was in fact human ashes “is certainly an area that we are pursuing.”

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Team saves season in double overtime

By ALEXA BOUTWELL Staff Writer

With the end of the season staring the Red Raiders in the face, the Texas Tech soccer team rose to the occasion and defeated No. 24 Oklahoma, 1-0, in double overtime Friday to advance to the Big 12 Conference tournament.

Tech’s overall record now sits at 9-7-2 with a Big 12 record of 2-6.

This is the 10th straight s e a s o n t h a t c o a c h To m Stone has taken his team to the tournament.

“The season was literally six minutes from being over, and I thought we played like there was six minutes left from the opening whistle,” Stone said.

“We played like it had to be the game of our lives for this season anyway.”

Seniors Lauren Watson, Jade Dapaah, Maddy Crabtree and Meagan McCullough were honored in a pregame ceremony. The packed crowd at the John Walker Soccer Complex erupted in cheers when the seniors took the field.

Throughout the first 45 minutes of play, both teams played aggressively, obtaining six fouls each.

A yellow card was given to sophomore midfielder Carly Wickenheiser after she collided with Jemma Cota, which resulted in the Sooner to go down hard on the field. She stayed down and was escorted out of the game for her injury.

The Red Raider offense was in full force, getting off the first shot in the game.

Sophomore defender Margaret Begley struck one from outside the box, but it went slightly high of the goal.

The Sooners’ first shot attempt came shortly after from forward Madison Saliba but her shot was not on target, as it went wide left.

Freshman forward Jade King executed on an open look to get one in the net.

She was called offside, and

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Texas Tech forward Gwennie Puente kicks the ball down the field during the game against No. 24 Oklahoma at the John Walker Soccer Complex on Friday. Tech won in double overtime, 1-0. the goal did not count.

Both teams struggled to capitalize on the shots given, as the game remained scoreless at the end of the first half.

It just feels good to get a win on our home field, and knowing that this is getting us to the tournament is even better.

JADE KING FRESHMAN FORWARD Tech created more opportunities on the field with three corner kicks and four shots. Oklahoma was allowed two corner kicks and five shot opportunities during the first

45 minutes of play.

Begley ran the offense, getting two shots up but both were slightly off target.

Sophomore forward Gwennie Puente had one shot in the first half as did King.

The Sooners did not put much pressure on Tech goalkeeper Lauren Watson, as she came up with one save in the first half.

During the second half, Tech got off eight shots as well as five corner kick opportunities. Oklahoma struggled on offense, getting off four shots and no corner kicks.

The first attempt came from junior defender Rebekah O’Brien, but her shot went far right of the net.

O’Brien sent another one flying shortly after, but her second shot rolled into the hands of Oklahoma goal-

keeper Kassadie Stade.

King had a close chance near the net, as she dribbled past defenders for an open shot. King’s strike was on target, but it was corralled

by Stade.

With 15 minutes left remaining in the game, the Red Raider offense kept its momentum up, getting off three shots within two minutes.

After several corner kick opportunities for Tech, Wickenheiser got a forceful shot off from outside of the box, but it was just high of a Red Raider goal.

The last shot of the second half came from the Sooners within seconds of the buzzer. The shot inside of the box was corralled by Watson, as she had a diving save to keep the game scoreless and head into overtime.

During the first over-

time, the Red Raiders kept possession of the ball and attacked the net with some strong shot opportunities.

The Sooners had no score attempts, whereas Tech got two shots off.

None of the shots taken could materialize, and both teams headed into double overtime.

The savior for the Red Raiders was King, who shot one past defenders and into the net during double overtime to give Tech the win, 1-0.

That goal scored by King increased her total to six on the season. Despite being the only one to score, King said she gives all the credit to the team.

“I owe it all to my team.

We played so hard, and we haven’t played this hard in a long time,” King said.

“It just feels good to get a

win on our home field, and knowing that this is getting us to the tournament is even better.”

With the win against the Sooners, the Red Raiders get a shot to take on some Big 12 teams that have already taken them down this season.

“We are eager to play these teams again” Stone said. “The problem is we’ve got to go through the brick wall before we can get to those other teams that we feel like we didn’t play as well against. So, if we can get through that game then there is a lot of revenge on our minds. I don’t think that’s the word for West Virginia. I think it’s respect, it’s organization, it’s discipline, and we’ve got to do on Wednesday what we did tonight which was defend like mad men.” @ABoutwellDT

CROSS COUNTRY

Tech finishes Big 12 championships with three All-Conference honors The Texas Tech Red Raiders hosted and participated in the Big 12 Conference Cross Country Championship Saturday morning at The Rawls Course. The Tech men’s team finished fifth overall, while the women’s team placed ninth.

The Red Raiders combined for a total of 327 points. The men were responsible for 123 points, and the women racked up 204 points.

Senior Benard Keter led the Big 12 pack, as he finished in first place after running a 25:28.7 8k.

Junior Miguel Bautista finished in second place

behind Keter after running a 25:30.8.

This is the first time in school history that two Red Raiders finished first and second in the conference championship.

Tech coach Jon Murray said the team knew Keter and Bautista were going to finish in the top of the race but did not know where exactly.

“Miguel and Benard both ran the race with such maturity which was exciting to see,” Murray said. “We knew they would be in the top-five spots, we just didn’t know for sure exactly where.”

For the women, senior Jocelyn Caro finished in 10th place after running a 20:59 in the 6k.

Caro’s time was a personal best for the experienced runner. According to Tech Athletics, Caro claimed her fifth consecutive first-place finish among her team this year.

K e t e r, B a u t i s t a a n d Caro finished the meet with All-Big 12 honors.

Tech will hit the trail N o v. 11 a t t h e N C A A Mountain Regional at the Steve and Dona Reeder Cross Country Course in Logan, Utah. @BSoliz_DT

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Tech cross country runner Jocelyn Caro leads at the halfway point of the race during the Big 12 Cross Country Championship at The Rawls Course on Saturday. Caro finished No. 10 in the 6k race.

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Watson motivates, leads Red Raiders

By ALEXA BOUTWELL Staff Writer

The Texas Tech soccer team’s season is winding down, and that means more experienced players will be graduating and moving on to the next level. For senior goalkeeper Lauren Watson, that is a huge reality.

Thinking back four years ago to when she began her collegiate career, Watson said the decision to play for the Red Raiders was an easy one.

“When I got here (Tech coach Tom Stone) was very invested in me, and he thought I could do well here,” Watson said. “He really sold me on this school.”

The now experienced senior said she had options to play elsewhere, but something about Tech just made her feel at ease.

“Compared to all the other options I had at the time, this place just seemed like the right fit,” Watson said. “It felt like home. I just got a feeling when I came here that this is where I needed to be.”

The Woodlands native is no stranger to winning as she took her high school team to the 2010 5A State Soccer Championship and came out victorious.

Watson said it was a great feeling to accomplish that feat.

“I was only a sophomore at the time, but I just felt like being a part of that team and being a

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Texas Tech senior goalkeeper Lauren Watson has allowed 18 goals over the course of 18 games this season and has saved a total of 77 goals. The Red Raiders compete as the No. 8 seed against No. 1 West Virginia in the Big 12 Championships Tuesday. part of that environment is an awesome experience and helps you when you get to the collegiate level, because you’re used to playing in that big environment,” Watson said.

Through her four years as a Red Raider and three as the starting goalkeeper, Watson said she has improved her game through the experience of moving up to the next level.

“Going from club level

to collegiate level, you have to have a different mindset and style of play.

Throughout the years, just getting that experience really helped me develop mentally and physically,” Watson said. “It’s all just a learning experience.”

Watson is not the only athlete in the family. Her father was a member of the University of Texas baseball team for two season.

The senior said despite

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the rivalry, her father was supportive of her decision to become a Red Raider.

“My dad honestly just wanted to support me in whatever I wanted to do,” Watson said. “He had a good career at UT, but he saw how much I liked it here, and he just wanted to be supportive of me.”

In the hard-fought game against No. 1 West Virginia on Oct. 14, Watson dominated the defensive end,

coming up with eight total saves as the Mountaineers kept attacking.

Her season-high saves came in the hard fought g a m e a g a i n s t Te x a s , where she totaled nine saves in the loss to the Longhorns, 2-0.

Stone said he saw how strongly Watson performed and protected the goal and was not surprised she played her heart out against a higher-ranked opponent.

“I think the bigger the games, the better Lauren (Watson) has always been.

She’s like me. She doesn’t like the game against a team we know we are going to beat, and she’s just kind of standing there (in the) back,” Stone said. “She likes these tough games.

The more intense and the more chaos, the calmer she seems to be, which is a great quality.”

Going through a fivegame losing streak was not easy for the Red Raiders or Watson. Friday, Tech rallied back from that losing streak and defeated No. 24 Oklahoma 1-0 in double overtime.

Watson said she tried to motivate her team before the last regular season game and let them know they cannot dwell on the past.

“I try to keep their heads up, because we can’t walk around with our heads down and dwell on these losses,” Watson said.

The senior is not one to shy away from physical games. Watson said she is a player who loves to do her job in the net and stop the opponent’s momentum.

“I think it’s easier as a goalkeeper when a team keeps on coming at you,” Watson said. “It’s easier to keep your focus rather than just standing there and waiting for something to come your way.

I think I live for those kinds of games.” @ABoutwellDT

VOLLEYBALL

Mahomes’ father arrested Saturday Red Raiders drop match to West Virginia Patrick Mahomes, father of Texas Tech junior quarterback Patrick Mahomes II, was arrested for public intoxication Saturday, according to a police report acquired by the StarTelegram. The arrest occurred during the game against TCU

at Amon G. Carter Stadium.

Patrick Mahomes was released from jail by Sunday morning. The arrest was made by an off-duty police officer who was working at the game, Fort Worth police spokesperson and officer Tamara Valle said

to Star-Telegram. However, Valle could not comment on the details of the incident because TCU police handled the arrest.

Patrick Mahomes retired in 2003 after playing 11 seasons in the MLB. @JackDensmore_DT

The Texas Tech volleyball team nearly pulled off its first Big 12 Conference win of the season. The West Virginia Mountaineers, however, came back from a 2-1 deficit Saturday evening at WVU Coliseum, according to a Tech Athletics news release.

Every set the Red Raiders disputed, except for the second set, came down to less than five points. To start the match, the Tech front court kept the Mountaineers at bay by breaking an 8-8 tie with an 8-2 run. Senior middle blocker Lauren Douglass and freshman outside hitter Chandler Atwood led Tech’s attack in the first frame with four kills each.

In the second, Tech committed nine errors and only six kills in a 25-13 loss. West Virginia’s defense hampered the Red Raider ’s offense throughout the frame as Tech hit a negative .107.

Tech bounced back with a 25-21 win in the third frame by gaining a four-point lead at 19-15 before sophomore outside hitter Sarah Redding placed one away from the set’s final point. An attack error by West Virginia’s freshman outside hitter Caffrey Payton then closed the frame for Tech.

Facing elimination, West Virginia stayed on pace with the Red Raiders and after falling behind 27-26, two Tech errors brought the lead

towards the Mountaineer side. An ace by freshman outside hitter Katelyn Evans forced a fifth-set as the Mountaineers reached closer to a comeback victory.

Tech nearly took the fifth set with a 14-13 lead, but a 4-1 run by the Mountaineers completed the West Virginia comeback.

The loss to West Virginia dropped Tech to 10-15 with an 0-10 conference record. Douglass, Redding and freshman outside hitter Toni McDougald all finished with 13 kills.

Baylor visits the Red Raiders next for a midweek bout at 6 p.m.

Wednesday in the United Supermarkets Arena.

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wide receiver Reginald Davis III for a 33-yard touchdown pass to tie the game. The score stood 7-7, with a little more than 13 minutes left in the second quarter.

Tech’s defense was able to hold TCU on third down and forced them to attempt a field goal, which was successful.

With a little under seven minutes remaining in the first half, Tech’s offense was forced to make a field goal by sophomore kicker Clayton Hatfield for 41 yards, to tie up the score to 10-10.

At the end of the first half,

neither of the teams could score again, making it 10.

Tech and TCU battled it out in long and lengthy drives in the third quarter, until TCU made a break and managed to snag the ball away from Tech in a turnover with a minute left in the third quarter.

At the start of the fourth quarter, TCU acted on the turnover, and with a little more than 14:30 left on the clock, TCU scored a touchdown after junior running back Trevorris Johnson ran the ball. TCU led Tech, 17-10.

In almost seven minutes, the Red Raiders managed to come up with a touchdown after an 8-yard pass to Cantrell from Mahomes with a minute and a half left in the fourth quarter.

The TCU offense attempted to march down the field in the minute and a half left in the fourth quarter, but Tech’s defense was able to combat the Horned Frogs and regulation ended in a tie.

The teams went into overtime and Mahomes quickly found the end zone and ran the ball in for 15 yards to set the Red Raiders ahead, 24-17.

However, the lead was short lived after Sawyer chunked a ball down the field to connect with junior wide receiver Desmon White for a 25-yard touchdown pass making the score, 24-24.

The two teams were thrown into a second overtime, and Tech’s defense held TCU from scoring. Tech made short strides down the field before Hatfield connected on a 37-yard gamewinning field goal to finalize the score with Tech winning, 27-24.

Tech will host Texas in its final home game of the season at 11 a.m. Saturday at Jones AT&T Stadium.

Tech’s offense attempted to make a comeback after TCU’s touchdown and was unsuccessful. TCU’s defense stopped the Red Raiders with its second turnover of the evening. However, Tech’s defense survived the turnover and held TCU from scoring again.

Entering the second quarter, Tech redeemed itself when Mahomes connected with senior

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