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Baseball team remains undefeated in LSC play

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By Grant Abston, Sports Editor The No. 15 Wildcat baseball team continued its winning streak, winning its eighth-straight game Saturday afternoon against Central Oklahoma, improving to 9-2 overall and 6-0 in the Lone Star Conference after defeating the Bronchos on Friday, 14-12. ACU scored eight runs in the seventh inning Saturday to break a 2-2 ... [Read More…]

Wildcats ride six-game winning streak to Okla.

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By Grant Abston, Sports Editor The Wildcat baseball team travels to Edmond, Okla., this weekend, looking to extend its six-game winning streak and remain atop the Lone Star Conference standings. After sweeping Southwestern Oklahoma State in their first LSC matchup of the season, the No. 15 Wildcats (7-2, 4-0) are the only undefeated team in LSC ... [Read More…]

Series Sweep: Baseball team extends win streak with four LSC wins

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By Grant Abston, Sports Editor In their first Lone Star Conference series of the season, the Wildcats extended their winning streak to six by sweeping Southwestern Oklahoma State in a four-game home series, improving to 7-2 overall and 4-0 in the LSC. After a dominating 8-1 win Thursday, the Wildcats won two close games Friday 3-2 and 2-1 before ... [Read More…]

Wildcats begin LSC play this weekend at home

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By Grant Abston, Sports Editor After splitting last weekend's series against New Mexico Highlands, the Wildcat baseball team will look to build off head coach Britt Bonneau's milestone victory this weekend against Southwestern Oklahoma State University. Despite splitting the four-game series against New Mexico Highlands, the Wildcats moved to 3-2 ... [Read More…]

Notching No. 500: Bonneau sets milestone as Cats win two of four

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By Grant Abston, Sports Editor After losing the first two of four games against New Mexico Highlands, the Wildcat baseball team knew the importance of winning the second game of the doubleheader on Saturday to salvage a split of the series. Not only did the Wildcats bounce back in a big way, but the win proved to be a milestone, giving head coach ... [Read More…]

Cats Clip Cardinals: Wildcats win first game 5-2 in extra innings

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By Grant Abston, Sports Editor Led by shortstop Willie Uechi and junior college transfer Travis Latz, the 11th-ranked Wildcats opened the 2009 season with a 5-2 win in extra innings against Incarnate Word Tuesday afternoon. Relief pitchers Kevin Justice, Cameron Aspaas and Brad Rutherford combined to allow just four hits after starting pitcher ... [Read More…]

ACU walks away with nine wins on busy Saturday: Bonneau’s 500th win highlights big day

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By Grant Abston, Sports Editor After a busy Saturday that saw seven different ACU teams compete in 13 different events, the Wildcats walked away with nine wins, two track qualifiers and a coaching milestone. Head baseball coach Britt Bonneau won his 500th career game as ACU's head coach, improving to 500-217-1 in his 13th season as head coach, ... [Read More…]

Starting Strong: Wildcats win season opener in extra innings

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By Grant Abston, Sports Editor Led by shortstop Willie Uechi and junior college transfer Travis Latz, the 11th-ranked ACU Wildcats opened the 2009 season with a 5-2 win in extra innings against Incarnate Word Tuesday afternoon. After Incarnate Word tied the game at two in the bottom of the fifth inning, neither team managed a run until ACU broke ... [Read More…]

Mistake leads to interesting discovery: Thoughts from the Bleachers

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By Chandler Harris, Assistant Sports Editor Every little boy has hobbies or pastimes when they are young, like building model cars, skateboarding or reading books. My favorite hobby was collecting baseball cards. Ken Griffey Jr., Mark McGwire and Juan Gonzalez were always popular cards to find in an overpriced foil wrapper known as a pack. I once ... [Read More…]

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