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College Park, Md. – Texas Western, tabbed as the underdog, used a scurrying defense and a champion’s poise to defeat No. 1 ranked University of Kentucky 72-65 and win the NCAA national ...

The Odessa College baseball team hosted Western Texas College in a Western Junior College Athletic Conference doubleheader Friday at Wrangler Ballpark. © 2025 the (Odessa, Texas). Visit Distributed ...

Lubbock, Tex.-Texas Western downed Kansas University 81-80 in a thrilling double-overtime finish here Saturday night to win the championship of the NCAA Mid-West Region and earn the right to ...

The Badgers split the doubleheader today with the Westerners, but the Badgers walk away with the series win after winning ...

After four years of military service, George returned to El Paso and enrolled at Texas Western University (now University of Texas at El Paso) to study engineering. In 1960, he moved to Austin to ...