Aggies face OSU in Big 12 opener
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
      STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — As Oklahoma State continues what it believes will be a climb up the pecking order in the Big 12 Conference, one of the teams it will have to leapfrog is Texas A&M. Saturday's game in Stillwater kicks off at 5 p.m.
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Capsule previews of Saturday games
— BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
      No. 5 Texas (4-0) at Colorado (3-1), 6 p.m. CDT (FSN) Line: Texas by 131/2. Series Record: Texas leads 9- 7. Last meeting: 2005, Texas won 70-3 in Big 12 title game. What's at stake: A win in the Big 12 opener. A Texas victory sets up a big showdown next week with No. 1 Oklahoma in Dallas. A Colorado win makes the Buffaloes serious contenders to win the Big 12 North.
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LC falls to Fannindel; reduced schedule tonight
JUNIOR HIGH FOOTBALL
By REV. EDWIN FINDLEY and MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com
      The Leverett's Chapel junior high six-man football team lost to the Oakwood Panthers, 67- 33, on Thursday night in their final home game of the season. "Our boys played hard," LC coach West McWhorter said. "I am proud of the way they played, with a lot of courage.
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Rangers' owner Hicks says he trusts Nolan Ryan's leadership
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
      ARLINGTON (AP) — Texas Rangers owner Tom Hicks got too vivid a reminder of one of his team's mistakes watching John Danks pitch Chicago to the AL Central title. With Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan now the team president, though, Hicks expects the Rangers to develop their pitching prospects and benefit from them in the major leagues.
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