Author: Dj Ramirez

By DJ Ramirez | Sports Editor, Video by George Schroeder | Broadcast Reporter Baylor athletics is experiencing an outbreak. The athletics department is now monitoring 44 cases across all sports (including primary contacts), according to the COVID-19 test report which was updated Monday. There are 29 new cases since the Oct. 5 report, all of which are active symptomatic cases. The department reports 32 active cases. As of Oct. 5, the Baylor athletic department was monitoring a total of 18 cases across all sports programs, which included primary contacts. Ten of those cases were active and six of those active…

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By DJ Ramirez | Sports EditorBaylor women’s golf redshirt junior Gurleen Kaur was named Big 12 Women’s Golfer of the Month by the conference on Wednesday, becoming the 10th player in program history to receive the award and the first Amy Lee in 2016.Kaur was given the award along with Kansas State’s Reid Issac after the Schooner Fall Classic, where the two were co-medalists. Kaur was the only player to shoot below-par in all three rounds of the tournament with scores of 69-69-67, recording a 54-hole total of 205, good for third-best in program history. The two-time All-American led the…

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By DJ Ramirez | Sports EditorAlexis Lafrenier is the obvious first choiceNo one was surprised when the left winger was taken first overall by the New York Rangers Tuesday night. Known as one of Canada’s top players in the junior circuit both in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and internationally, Lafrernier had been projected as an elite prospect for several years. His high rated puck skills, vision, hockey IQ, competitiveness and ability to create plays and take on defenders one-on-one are part of what could make Lafrenier the NHL’s next star. His skating could use some work though.Quinton Byfield…

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