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It’s awards day, as several baseball players were honored and a former K-State basketball coach got a posthumous Hall of Fame induction.
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The All-Big 12 baseball squad was announced on Monday, highlighted by the inclusion of Kansas State left-handed starting pitcher Jordan Wicks on the first team. Wicks was the preseason Big 12 pitcher of the year and posted a 6-3 record with a 3.32 ERA in 14 starts. Joining him on the all-conference list were second-team selections Zach Kokoska and Dylan Phillips, and honorable mention designees Chris Ceballos, Tyler Eckberg and Cameron Thompson. Nick Goodwin was named to the All-Freshman Team.
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TCU got on the board first, plating a run in the second inning. But K-State answered immediately, Cameron Thompson scoring on a Kamron Willman single in the bottom of the inning. Two innings later the BatCats took the lead for good as Thompson and Terrence Spurlin smashed back-to-back homers. TCU got one back in the fifth but the Cats again responded when Caleb Littlejim knocked in Zach Kokoska on a single and an error.
And for the offenses, that was that. TCU got 3
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3 innings of scoreless relief, but Wicks (6-3) hung around and then handed off to Eric Torres with two out in the eighth; Torres got his first save of the season by striking out all four batters he faced.
David Lee Peters, 42, now of Middlesbrough, said he is relieved after being fount not guilty of breaking fox-hunting law A FORMER master of the Jedforest Hunt in the Borders has been cleared of breaking Scotland s fox-hunting law. Countryside campaigners welcomed the verdict while there have been fresh calls for a strengthening of the legislation after yet another case was thrown out of court. Police Scotland and the Crown felt there was enough evidence to press ahead with the prosecution of David Lee Peters, 42, who at the time was the master of the Jedforest Hunt. They relied on the evidence of a video filmed by an investigator from the League Against Cruel Sports animal charity which showed Mr Peters operating a pest control service for local farmers with hounds in December 2019.
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