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The Lone Star Conference partnership with Fox Sports Southwest starts Saturday evening as Tarleton State hosts Midwestern State in a showdown of league leaders for both men’s and women’s basketball.

The games will be streamed live on FoxSportsSouthwest.com and are available to fans free of charge.

Action starts with the women’s game at 5 p.m. featuring a pair of hot teams. The TexAnns (14-5, 11-0) boast a 12-game winning streak, while the Mustangs (14-3, 10-1) have won 10 straight.

A top-10 men’s battle follows between No. 4 Tarleton (18-1, 10-0) and No. 10 MSU (16-1, 9-1), who both have just one loss. The Texans have won 15 consecutive games after suffering its lone loss to Washburn Nov. 19, while the Mustangs started the season 13-0 before falling to Eastern New Mexico Jan. 14.

Additionally, the Tarleton men and women are the league’s only remaining unbeaten teams.

Saturday’s games will also be streamed on FoxSportsHouston.com.

The doubleheader is the first of 16 dates of live LSC competition to be web streamed exclusively at FoxSportsSouthwest.com. The streaming continues Feb. 1 from Portales, NM, as Eastern New Mexico welcomes Texas Woman’s for a women’s hoops contest.

More football recruiting news....

Jordan Thomas, WR San Antonio Stevens - commit to Texas A&M-Kingsville, SA Express 2nd Team All Area, 1st 27-5A, 44 receptions for 783 yds, 10 TDs

Taylor Cauble, FB/LB Marble Falls - commit to Texas A&M-Kingsville (per the Rivers City Daily Tribune)

Ifeanacho Ibik, DL Fort Bend Travis - going to Texas A&M-Kingsville

Donovan Ellis, WR Mansfield Summit - commit to West Texas A&M

Clayton Baker, QB Dumas HS - commit to West Texas A&M (per Lance Lahnert, Amarillo Globe News) threw for 2,147 yds and 10 TDs

Ra'Shondric Sheppard, DE Amarillo Tascosa HS - commit to West Texas A&M (per Lance Lahnert, Amarillo Globe News) chose WTAM over Wyoming, 65 tackles, 7.5 sacks

Kenny Betts, DL Clovis HS (NM) - commit to Eastern New Mexico

Chris Lewis, DL Clovis HS (NM) - commit to Eastern New Mexico

Jeremy Lewis, DB Euless Trinity - visit to Tarleton State

Complete 2012 Recruiting News

Buffs bounced - Lance Lahnert, Amarillo Globe News

Hounds stun Kingsville with game-ending 13-1 run - Dave Wagner Portales News Tribune

ACU men roll past Paul Quinn, look to get better during week break from LSC play - Joey Richards,  Abilene Reporter News

CARDINALS TAKE ANOTHER STEP UPWARD - UIW MBB

Cardinals Top Buffs in Canyon, 63-53 - WTAM MBB

Strong Finish Propels Hounds to Seventh Home Win in Eight games - ENMU MBB

Late Run Stops Hogs - TAMK MBB

Wildcats coast to 88-70 win over Paul Quinn - ACU MBB

Lady Buffs capture close win - Ricky Treon, Amarillo Globe News

Kingsville post too much for Zias - Dave Wagner Portales News Tribune

Unruh, Griffin Lead Lady Buffs Past Cardinals - WTAM WBB

CARDINALS CAN'T FINISH COMEBACK - UIW WBB

Javs Make Their Case - TAMK WBB

Tate Pours in 17 but Zias Drop LSC Match to TAMUK - ENMU WBB

Rambelles Favorite In LSC Preseason Softball Poll - ASU Softball

UIW THOUGHT TO BE SECOND; SANCHEZ BEST - UIW Softball

Lady Buffs Tabbed Third in LSC Softball Preseason Poll - WTAM Softball

Mustangs picked to finish fourth in Lone Star Conference - MSU Softball

Softball tabbed fifth in LSC Preseason Poll, Vrazel named Preseason Player of the Year - TWU Softball

Wildcats Ranked Sixth In Lone Star Conference Pre-Season Poll - ACU Softball

Softball Picked Ninth - TAMK Softball

LANCE FARMER NAMED LIONS' HEAD STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING COACH - TAMC General

ASU favored in 2012 LSC Softball Preseason Poll

Angelo State was tabbed the 2012 Lone Star Conference Softball favorite as the preseason poll was announced by league officials on Thursday.

ASU earned eight first-place votes and 232 overall points in the poll selected by LSC coaches, sports information directors and various media representatives. The Rambelles, who are coming off a 45-14 overall record in 2011 and their seventh NCAA Division II regional appearance, earned a share of the South Division title last season.

Texas Woman’s sophomore Bailey Vrazel was named LSC Preseason Player of the Year. The shortstop from Danbury, Texas, stole 74 bases on 77 attempts last season to pace all collegiate softball players (NCAA Division I, II, III and NAIA) in steals while setting a new TWU and Lone Star Conference single-season stolen base record. She also led the Pioneers in batting average (.423), at-bats (189), runs (43), hits (80), triples (4) and on-base percentage (.483) to earn NFCA All-American, Daktronics South Central Regional Player of the Year and LSC South Division Co-Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year distinction.

Incarnate Word’s Briana Sanchez claimed LSC Preseason Pitcher of the Year honors. The junior from San Antonio, boasted a 21-11 record in the circle with a 1.89 earned run average and 267 strikeouts in 218.1 innings last season. She threw two no-hitters to earn second-team Daktronics South Central Region, LSC South Division Pitcher of the Year and first-team acclaim.

UIW, who shared the 2011 South Division title with ASU, was second with a pair of first-place nods for 214 points, to edge the defending LSC champions, West Texas A&M. The Lady Buffs were the top pick on seven ballots for 212 points after winning a regional championship last season.

Midwestern State garnered the most first-place votes with nine to rank fourth with 206 points, after a banner 2011 season that ended in the national semifinals. The Mustangs recorded 54 wins for the second consecutive season including regional and super regional titles.

TWU was fifth with 142 points, followed by Abilene Christian sixth (135) and Tarleton State seventh (102). Cameron (87), Texas A&M-Kingsville (68) and Eastern New Mexico (32) rounded out the poll.

The 2012 season starts in early February with LSC teams playing a single round-robin schedule with a three-game series against every other team. Each series shall consist of a doubleheader one day and single 7-inning game the other day.

The overall LSC Champion will be the team(s) with the best winning percentage in regular-season conference games, while the winner of the postseason championship will be recognized as LSC Tournament Champion and receive the league’s automatic qualification into NCAA postseason. The single-elimination championship will be played April 27-28 in Denton, Texas.

Here’s a closer look at the voting breakdown:

Some more recruiting news.....

Afternoon update

Devere Carrington, LB Cibolo Steele - commit to Angelo State (per the HS Sports Blog at the San Antonio Express)

Lee Henderson, TE Cibolo Steele - Commit to Texas A&M-Kingsville (per the HS Sports Blog at the San Antonio Express)

Evan Lyons, DB Cibolo Steele - Commit to West Texas A&M (per the HS Sports Blog at the San Antonio Express)

from the morning

Deaveron Dean, DB, Chapel Hill HS - Commit to Tarleton State (per Clint Buckly, Tyler Telegraph)

Phillip Sorrells, LB, Amarillo HS - Commit to West Texas A&M (per Lance Lahnert, Amarillo Globe News), 123 tackles, 2-5A Def POY, HM All State 5-A, picked WTAM over Midwestern State

Kendall Jackson, QB Arlington Sam Houston  - Commit to Midwestern State - he tells us that the team at MSU is a family and they made him feel that he was already a part of the family.  More important to Kendall was the GREAT academic surroundings at MSU.

Dilyn Lyles, DL Fort Bend Travis HS - Commit to Texas A&M-Kingsville, 1st Team 23-5A

Brandon Lee, DE Plano East HS - Commit to Angelo State, (per Damon Sayles, ESPN Recruiting Nation), interest from Texas Southern, Southeastern Oklahoma and Abilene Christian, but Angelo was his only offer.

TE/LB - Linus Boley, Austin High - commit to Midwestern State (per Friday Night Fanstand)

RB/DB - Martin Alvarez, Keller HS - Commit to Southwestern Oklahoma.  1st 7-5A RB and safety. Had 139 tackles as a junior, 117 as a senior, plus 795 yards and 8 TDs rushing.  Picked SWOSU over ACU and ASU.

(our former conference mates at Southwestern Oklahoma have also picked up L.D. Bell defensive back Noe Kipula, and mid-year transfers Terrance Franklin, a DB from Cisco JC and Jared Patterson, an OL from Trinity Valley CC)

Complete 2012 Recruiting Listings

Foster adjusts role to help WT win - Lance Lahnert, Amarillo Globe News

Lady Buffs learn about road woes - Ricky Treon, Amarillo Globe News

MSU women win 10th in row - J. Scott Russell, Times Record News

Flying along - Nick Gholson, Times Record News

Hot-shooting No. 4 Texans survive at Cameron - Brad Keith, Stephenville Empire Tribune

TexAnns bury CU down stretch - Brad Keith, Stephenville Empire Tribune

Texans keep it interesting in Cameron, win 65-62 nail-biter - TSU MBB

#10 Mustangs use quick start to bury Texas A&M-Commerce, 69-50 - MSU MBB

SLOW START DOOMS LIONS IN 69-50 LOSS TO 10TH-RANKED MUSTANGS - TAMC MBB

Midwestern makes it 10 straight, cages Lions 74-58 - MSU WBB

TexAnns make it 12 in a row with win over Aggies - TSU WBB

Defense earns Pioneers 53-47 win over Angelo State - TWU WBB

Belles Drop Road Contest at Texas Woman’s, 53-47 - ASU WBB

LIONS TRIPPED UP AGAINST THE MUSTANGS, 74-58 - TAMC WBB

Pitcher says he likes that UIW is picked to win - San Antonio Express News

LONE STAR NAMES UIW PRESEASON #1 - UIW Baseball

Texans picked second in LSC Preseason baseball poll - TSU Baseball

Wildcats tabbed fourth in LSC pre-season baseball poll - ACU Baseball

ASU Baseball Picked Fourth in LSC Preseason Poll - ASU Baseball

Baseball Tabbed to Finish Sixth in LSC - WTAM Baseball

Javs Seventh in Preseason Poll - TAMK Baseball

Rams get big showcase in Arlington - Charles Bryce, San Angelo Standard Times

Here's a recruit that is flying under the radar.  Despite being 1st team 24-5A, 1st team All County (and one of three finalists for Defensive MVP) and racking up 108 solo tackles and 7 interceptions, Clear Creek's Logan Jentzen is not being as heavily recruited as he should be.  He does have several NAIA offers, and has be talking with several DI schools, but so far has only spoken to Abilene Christian and West Texas A&M from the LSC.

LSC Scoop - Logan, what an outstanding senior season individually and Clear Creek made the playoffs. What will you remember most from last year?    Yes we had a great season but what I will remember most is probably the great group of teammates I had.  Actually I wouldn't call them teammates more like brothers. I think that was the great thing about our team was the relationship everybody had with each other.  Most of those guys I have played with since little league and intermediate, those memories I will keep forever. 

LSC Scoop - Who are the schools interested in you?     I have a lot of interest from schools at the NAIA level ,but also West Texas A&M and other schools in the Lone Star Conference.

LSC Scoop - What schools are you most interested in?    I'm most interested in any school at the D2 level in Texas, although I think I am D1 capable -I started the recruiting process late.  I think I could excel and be a great asset at any division 2 school.

LSC Scoop - Have you decided on a major?       I have decided on a biology major (wildlife or marine) or environmental sciences.

LSC Scoop -What strengths do you have that will help you be successful at the collegiate level?         I am one of the smartest safeties there is, wherever the ball is I will be there.  I'm an extremely physical player, laying hits, stuffing the hole, and eliminating players that come across the middle.  I also have great hands and I'm a big safety so if the ball is near me I will come up with it.

LSC Scoop - Who are your role models, or the people that have helped you get where you are today?      My role model would have to be a guy like Rodney Harrison ..a smart safety ..but very physical. and Walter Payton a guy who is mild mannered but went through a lot and overcame his trials to become one of the best!

LSC Scoop -Any advice for guys that will be going through this process in the next year or two?       Start early, Send film out as soon as you can, especially junior year. And just to keep calm, it can be a stressful but exciting process.

LSC Scoop - What teammates do you think have the ability to play at the collegiate level? Are they being recruited?    Dion Lewis & Ty Jentzen (my younger brother,) WR not being recruited. Colby Davis RB not being recruited. Brandon Martin LB not being recruited & Austin Smith QB signed with A&M Commerce.

http://www.hudl.com/athlete/838365/logan-jentzen