CSC Softball splits the opening day against Eastern New Mexico. The Eagles and the Hounds started with outstanding pitching with only one run scored until the bottom of the fourth inning.   The  hounds woke up their bars and scored 11 unanswered runs to take the win. For the double header it was CSC's turn to get some runs in early starting with a solo home run by Arvizo.  The Eagles fended off the hounds for the win seven to six. 

The Eagles face Lubbock Christian Thursday at 1:00 MST.

CSC Teams to Visit Highlands, Pueblo this Weekend

After playing six of their last seven games at home, the Chadron State College basketball teams will hit the road for the next four contests.

The traveling begins this weekend, when the Eagles visit New Mexico Highlands on Friday night and Colorado State-Pueblo on Saturday night. The first of the double-headers will tip off at 5 p.m. and the second at 5:30.

The Chadron State men have won six games in a row to improve their season record to 14-8 and their Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference mark to 11-5. That puts them fifth among the 15 teams in the RMAC standings with six conference games remaining.

The Eagles' smallest player, 5-foot-10 Bryce Latimer, has helped spark the recent surge. In CSC's wins last week, he scored 21 points in the 88-76 victory over Colorado Christian and 25 during an 87-72 victory over Western Colorado. After making nine of 12 field goal shots and going seven of eight at the free throw line against Western, Latimer has scored 97 points while making 37 of 56 (66%) of his shots from the field and going 23 of 25 at the charity stripe in the last four games. He's also been credited with 26 assists in the four contests.

The Highlands men are 9-13 for the season and 7-9 in the RMAC. Pueblo is 10-12 and 6-10. The Eagles defeated both when they visited Chadron in early December. CSC topped Pueblo 83-71 and beat Highlands 71-61.

Last weekend while on the road, the Cowboys were bested by Regis 78-76, but won at Adams State 89-80. They are led by 6-5 Moses Dante, the second leading scorer in the conference with a 23.4-point average while shooting 55.7% from the field.

The CSU-Pueblo men have lost their last four games—one of them 70-69 to Regis and another 68-65 at Fort Lewis. The ThunderWolves don't have anyone who is "shooting the lights out," as they say, but four players are averaging in double figures, led by 6-foot sophomore Lian Ramiro at 13 points a game.

The Chadron State women can expect to meet a fired-up group of Highlands Cowgirls on Friday night. The Cowgirls were 7-0 and the Lady Eagles were 0-7 when they met in Chadron on Dec. 3, and CSC won 89-59.

The CSC women are 4-18 overall and 4-14 in the conference. The Highlands women are 11-11 for the season and 5-11 in the RMAC after losing their last four league contests.

The CSC-Pueblo women began this week at 10-12 for the season and are one of three teams sharing a 7-9 RMAC record and sharing seventh place in the conference standings.

CSU-Pueblo took a 75-66 decision when it visited the Lady Eagles in December while meshing 15 of 33 shots from behind the arc. Charisse Fairley, a 5-11 super senior who formerly played at Fresno State, made seven of the treys while tallying 32 points. Fairley has cooled off some since then, by still leads the ThunderWolves with a 12-point scoring average.

Chadron State's leader, Shay Powers, scored 25 points against Pueblo and has continued to play extra well. She is averaging 17.4 points, tied for second highest in the RMAC, while shooting 56.4% from the field, good for third through 22 games this winter.

The Eagles also will visit Metro State and Colorado Mines on Feb. 17 and 18 before concluding the regular-season by hosting South Dakota Mines and Black Hills State on Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 22 and 23.