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Duke's Tyrese Proctor to skip senior season and jump to NBA draft

Duke guard Tyrese Proctor is entering the NBA draft and skipping his senior season. The team announced Proctor’s move in a social-media post Friday night. The 6-foot-6, 183-pound junior from Australia was a three-year starter and one of Jon Scheyer’s first incoming recruits when he took over for retired Hall of Famer Mike Krzyzewski.

Texas finds its kicker in adding Mason Shipley

Anyone who watched the Texas Longhorn football team last year understands that Texas needed to upgrade its placekicking position. When former three-year starter Bert Auburn announced on Thursday that he was hitting the portal, that was yet another signal that the Texas staff was making move to beef up the kicking position. Moments ago, Texas secured its man by adding a kicker out of the transfer portal in former Texas State standout Mason Shipley.

PHOTO GALLERY: Amarillo College at Odessa College

Apr. 18—The Odessa College baseball team hosted Amarillo College in a doubleheader Friday at Wrangler Ballpark. © 2025 the Odessa American (Odessa, Texas). Visit www.oaoa.com. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

COLLEGE SOFTBALL: OC sweeps Midland College

Apr. 18—MIDLAND — The No. 9-ranked Odessa College softball team finished off rivals Midland College, winning Friday’s doubleheader by scores of 8-3 and 11-3 on the road. With the wins, the Lady Wranglers got the sweep and improved to 35-4 overall, 16-0 in Western Junior College Athletic Conference play. Midland College fell to 37-8, 10-4. With the series sweep, Odessa College remains at the …

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