UTSA guard/forward Eric Parrish – a first look

Eric Parrish led UTSA with 20 points in the Roadrunners' season opener against UT Permian Basin on Nov. 27, 2020. - photo by Joe Alexander
Eric Parrish led UTSA with 20 points in the Roadrunners’ season opener against UT Permian Basin on Nov. 27, 2020.
Eric Parrish made his UTSA men’s basketball debut in a 97-71 victory over UT Permian Basin in the Roadrunners’ season opener on Nov. 27.

Parrish had a team-high 20 points on 7-of-11 shooting from the field including 2-of-4 on 3-pointers and made 4-of-6 free throws. He recorded four rebounds, four-steals, two assists and a block.

The 6-foot-6 guard/forward from Cypress in the Houston area is a junior transfer from Nevada, where he did not play.

Parrish played his sophomore season at Bossier Parrish Community College in Louisiana, where he averaged 18.4 points. He played at Akron as a freshman and averaged 8.9 points.

UT Rio Grande Valley women topple UTSA

Adryana Quezada had a double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds for UTSA on Monday, Nov. 30, 2020, in a loss to UT Rio Grande Valley at the Convocation Center. - photo by Joe Alexander
Adryana Quezada had a double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds for UTSA.
UT Rio Grande Valley built up its lead in the second and fourth quarters to beat UTSA 60-60 in women’s basketball on Monday, Nov. 30, 2020, at the Convocation Center.

Adryana Quezada led UTSA with 13 points and Yuliyana Valcheva had 12.

Amara Graham led UT Rio Grande Valley with 26 on 10-of-18 shooting.

UT Rio Grande Valley outscored UTSA 19-10 in the second quarter and 18-13 in the fourth quarter.

Former local high school players Sydney Cajero from Steele and Tiffany McGarity from Judson scored 4 points each for UT Rio Grande Valley.

UTSA (1-1) plays its next game on the road Thursday across town at Incarnate Word.

Tiffany McGarity from Judson had 4 points, 7 rebounds and 2 steals for UT Rio Grande Valley in a win over UTSA on Monday, Nov. 30, 2020, at the Convocation Center. - photo by Joe Alexander
Tiffany McGarity from Judson had 4 points, 7 rebounds and 2 steals for UT Rio Grande Valley.
Sydney Cajero from Steele started and recorded 4 points, 5 rebounds and 3 blocked shots for UT Rio Grande Valley in a win over UTSA on Monday, Nov. 30, 2020, at the Convocation Center. - photo by Joe Alexander
Sydney Cajero from Steele started and recorded 4 points, 5 rebounds and 3 blocked shots for UT Rio Grande Valley.

UTSA forward Cedrick Alley Jr. – a first look

Cedrick Alley Jr. scored seven points in the Roadrunners' season opener, a 97-71 victory over UT Permian Basin. - photo by Joe Alexander
Cedrick Alley Jr. scored seven points in the Roadrunners’ season opener, a 97-71 victory over UT Permian Basin.
Cedrick Alley Jr. is one of the new players on the 2020-21 UTSA men’s basketball roster.

Alley is a 6-foot-6 forward and a junior transfer from Houston.

UTSA women’s basketball 2020-21 schedule

UTSA beat UIW 63-56 on Monday at the UTSA Convocation Center. - photo by Joe Alexander
UTSA and Incarnate Word are scheduled to play each other twice this season.
Subject to change – last updated Nov. 24, 2020

NOVEMBER

Wed. Nov. 25 – vs. Sul Ross State – at UTSA – 2 p.m.
Mon. Nov. 30 – vs. UT-Rio Grande Valley – at UTSA – 7 p.m.

DECEMBER

Thur. Dec. 3 – at Incarnate Word – at Incarnate Word – 7 p.m.
Sun. Dec. 13 – vs. Incarnate Word – at UTSA – 2 p.m.
Tue. Dec. 15 – vs. Northwestern State – at UTSA – 7 p.m.
Fri. Dec. 18 – at Sam Houston State – at Huntsville, 6:30 p.m.

JANUARY

Fri. Jan. 1 – vs. Rice – at UTSA – 2 p.m.
Sat. Jan. 2 – vs. Rice – at UTSA – 1 p.m.
Fri. Jan. 8 – at North Texas – Denton – 6:30 p.m.
Sat. Jan. 9 – at North Texas – Denton – 3:30 p.m.
Fri. Jan. 15 – vs. Louisiana Tech – at UTSA – 6 p.m.
Sat. Jan. 16 – vs. Louisiana Tech – at UTSA – 4 p.m.
Fri. Jan. 22 – at Southern Miss – at Hattiesburg, Miss. – 6 p.m.
Sat. Jan. 23 – at Southern Miss – at Hattiesburg, Miss. – 4 p.m.
Thur. Jan. 28 – at UTEP – at El Paso – 7 p.m.
Sat. Jan. 30 – vs. UTEP – at UTSA 1 p.m.

FEBRUARY

Fri. Feb. 5 – vs. Florida International – at UTSA – 6 p.m.
Sat. Feb. 6 – vs. Florida International – at UTSA – 4 p.m.
Fri. Feb. 12 – at Florida Atlantic – at Boca Raton, Fla. – 4 p.m.
Sat. Feb. 13 – at Florida Atlantic – at Boca Raton, Fla. – 1 p.m.
Fri. Feb. 19 – vs. Charlotte – at UTSA – 6 p.m.
Sat. Feb. 20 – vs. Charlotte – at UTSA – 4 p.m.
Fri. Feb. 26 – at UAB – at Birmingham, Ala. – 2 p.m.
Sat. Feb. 27 – at UAB – at Birmingham, Ala. – 2 p.m.

MARCH

Wed. March 10 – Saturday, March 13 – at Conference USA tournament, Frisco, Texas

Look for updates at UTSA’s official website: goutsa.com

UTSA men’s basketball 2020-21 schedule

UTSA's Jhivvan Jackson has scored 675 points in 25 games so far this season, averaging 27.0 per game. - photo by Joe Alexander
Jhivvan Jackson led the UTSA men’s basketball team in scoring during the 2019-20 season. – photo by Joe Alexander
(schedule updated as of Nov. 24, subject to change)
Times to be announced

NOVEMBER

Wed. Nov. 25 – at Oklahoma – at Norman, Okla., – 7 p.m.
Fri. Nov. 27 – vs. UT-Permian Basin – at UTSA – 3 p.m.
Sat. Nov. 28 – at UT-Rio Grande Valley – at Edinburg – 3 p.m.

DECEMBER

Fri. Dec 4 – vs. opponent to be determined – at UTSA – 6 p.m.
Wed. Dec. 16 – at Oregon State – at Corvallis, Ore. – 4 p.m.
Sun. Dec. 20 – vs. Our Lady of the Lake – at UTSA – 3 p.m.
Tue. Dec. 22 – vs. Lamar – at UTSA – 6 p.m.

JANUARY

Fri. Jan 1 – at Rice * – at Houston
Sat. Jan. 2 – at Rice * – at Houston
Thurs. Jan. 8 – vs. North Texas * – at UTSA – 6 p.m.
Sat. Jan. 9 – vs. North Texas * – at UTSA – 3 p.m.
Thurs. Jan. 15 – at Louisiana Tech * – at Ruston, La. – 6:30 p.m.
Sat. Jan. 16 – at Louisiana Tech * – at Ruston, La. – 6 p.m.
Thurs. Jan. 22 – vs. Southern Miss * – at UTSA – 6 p.m.
Sat. Jan. 23 – vs. Southern Miss * – at UTSA – 3 p.m.
Thurs. Jan. 28 – vs. UTEP * – at UTSA – 6 p.m.
Sat. Jan. 30 – at UTEP * – at El Paso – 8 p.m.

FEBRUARY

Thurs. Feb. 5 – at Florida International * – at Miami, Fla. – 6 p.m.
Sat. Feb. 6 – at Florida International * – at Miami, Fla. – 2 p.m.
Thurs. Feb. 12 – vs. Florida Atlantic * – at UTSA – 6 p.m.
Sat. Feb. 13 – vs. Florida Atlantic * – at UTSA – 3 p.m.
Thurs. Feb. 19 – at Charlotte * – at Charlotte, N.C.
Sat. Feb. 20 – at Charlotte * – at Charlotte, N.C.
Thurs. Feb. 26 – vs. UAB * – at UTSA – 6 p.m.
Sat. Feb. 27 – vs. UAB * – at UTSA – 3 p.m.

MARCH

Thurs.-Sat. March 10-13 – Conference USA Championship – at Frisco
Tues.-Wed. March 16-17 – NCAA First Four – at Dayton, Ohio
Thurs.-Fri. March 18-19 – NCAA First Round
Sat.-Sun. March 20-21 – NCAA Second Round
Thurs.-Fri. March 25-26 – NCAA Sweet 16
Sat.-Sun. March 27-28 – Elite Eight
Sat.-Mon. April 3-5 – NCAA Final Four – at Indianapolis, Ind.

schedule is subject to change
UTSA home games at UTSA’s Convocation Center
* Conference USA game

Official site: goUTSA.com

Flying Chanclas’ busiest relief pitchers entering the playoffs

Arturo Guajardo, pitching against the Amarillo Sod Squad at Wolff Stadium on July 29, led the Flying Chanclas de San Antonio in strikeouts this season. - photo by Joe Alexander
Arturo Guajardo, pitching against the Amarillo Sod Squad at Wolff Stadium on July 29, led the Flying Chanclas de San Antonio in strikeouts this season.
The Flying Chanclas de San Antonio had eight pitchers who appeared in at least eight games this summer.

Tyler Flores led the team with 10 appearances.

Connor Schmidt, Arturo Guajardo, Johnny Panatex and Garrett Egli had nine appearances each. Zach DeLeon, Matthew Sesler and Jaime Ramirez Jr. had eight each.

Guajardo led the Chanclas in strikeouts with 30 in 17 1/3 innings. Of the busiest relievers, Flores had the best ERA at 0.61, followed by Schmidt at 0.69.

– Tyler Flores, No. 16, 6-foot-1 left-hander from A&M-Kingsville and Clark High School

– Connor Schmidt, No. 10, 6-foot-7 right-hander from St. Mary’s and Devine High School

– Arturo Guajardo, No. 28, 6-foot-2 right-hander from UTSA and Laredo United High School

– Garrett Egli, No. 47, 6-foot-4 right-hander from Sam Houston State and Smithson Valley High School

– Johnny Panatex, No. 4, 5-foot-8 right-hander from St. Mary’s and Pflugerville High School

– Matthew Sesler, No. 40, 6-foot-5 left-hander from A&M-Kingsville and Harlingen High School

– Jaime Ramirez Jr., No. 14, 5-foot-11 left-hander from A&M-Corpus Christi and Holy Cross High School

– Zach DeLeon, No. 32, 6-foot right-hander from UTSA, UT-Rio Grande Valley and Hondo High School

Leyton Barry of the Flying Chanclas de San Antonio

Leyton Barry from UTSA playing for the Flying Chanclas at Wolff Stadium during the 2020 Texas Collegiate League season. - photo by Joe Alexander
Leyton Barry from UTSA playing for the Flying Chanclas at Wolff Stadium during the 2020 Texas Collegiate League season.
Leyton Barry was one of the Flying Chanclas de San Antonio’s best hitters early in the season.

Barry, who saw his last action on July 16, batted .279 in 12 games with one home run, seven RBIs and eight runs scored.

Barry is listed as an infielder from Houston and UTSA. He played third base and left field for the Chanclas.

During the shortened 2020 college season, he batted .375 in seven games at UTSA with two home runs.

Chanclas to face lots of local talent in TCL

UTSA's Jack Engelmann pitching against Grambling on Friday. - photo by Joe Alexander
UTSA pitcher Jack Engelmann is listed on the roster of the Victoria Generals of the Texas Collegiate League.
The Texas Collegiate League is loaded with players who have ties to San Antonio or South Texas at the high school and college levels.

Here are players you could see at Wolff Stadium when teams come to town to play the Flying Chanclas de San Antonio.

The Round Rock Hairy Men preliminary roster includes:

RHP Luke Malone – UTSA/A&M-Corpus Christ – Round Rock
IF Kendall Achilles – Incarnate Word – Round Rock
LHP Wes Engle – Texas State – Bedford TX
RHP Jacob Little – Texas State – Salado

Round Rock plays three games at Wolff Stadium against the Chanclas on July 10, July 12 and Aug. 1.

The Brazos Valley Bombers announced on Monday they signed four UTSA players:

OF Sean Arnold – UTSA/Incarnate Word – Bryan
OF Shane Sirdashney – UTSA – The Woodlands
P Zachary Griggs – UTSA – Medina Valley
P Pepper Jones – UTSA/Navarro JC – McKinney

Brazos Valley plays the Chanclas at Wolff Stadium on July 21-23.

The Victoria Generals have these players currently listed on their roster:

IF Jonathan Tapia – UTSA – O’Connor
OF Hobbs Price – UTSA – Fredericksburg
P Jack Engelmann – UTSA/Paris JC – Georgetown
P Jose Diaz – OLLU – Judson

One local player who won’t be coming to Wolff will instead see the Chanclas in the opening series of the season.

Zane Badmaev Jr. of Boerne is pitching for the Amarillo Sod Squad. Badmaev is a 6-foot-8 right-hander from Tarleton State. The Sod Squad open the TCL season at home with a three-game series against the Chanclas.

Flying Chanclas 2020 TCL roster

Updated on June 24, 2020

NO. PITCHERS (16) B/T HT. WT. BORN HOMETOWN HIGH SCHOOL 2020 COLLEGE/2021 COLLEGE
– 32 DeLeon, Zach R/R 6-0 205 6/22/99 Hondo, TX Hondo UTSA/UTRGV
– 47 Egli, Garrett R/R 6-4 215 7/29/98 San Antonio, TX Smithson Valley Sam Houston State/Sam Houston State
– 16 Flores, Tyler L/L 6-1 195 2/16/99 San Antonio, TX Clark A&M-Kingsville/A&M-Kingsville
– 30 Garza, Logan R/L 5-11 180 1/6/99 Round Rock, TX Stony Point Our Lady of the Lake/Our Lady of the Lake
– 28 Guajardo, Arturo R/R 6-2 200 4/3/97 Laredo, TX United Laredo UTSA/UTSA
– 1 Jaramillo, Kobe R/R 5-10 174 6/1/01 Bishop, TX Bishop UTSA/UTSA
– 18 Klosowski, Derek R/R 6-1 198 10/6/00 San Antonio, TX Madison Midland JC/Midland JC
– 23 Krob, Austin L/L 6-3 215 9/20/99 Lisbon, IA Lisbon TCU/TCU
– 11 Lusk, Lance R/R 6-1 185 9/5/98 Spring, TX Spring Sam Houston State/Sam Houston State
– 4 Panatex, Johnny R/R 5-8 175 2/3/98 Pflugerville, TX Pflugerville St. Mary’s University/St. Mary’s University
– 38 Perez, Marcelo R/R 5-11 180 11/16/99 Laredo, TX John B. Alexander TCU/TCU
– 14 Ramirez Jr., Jaime L/L 5-11 190 3/17/99 San Antonio, TX Holy Cross of San Antonio A&M-Corpus Christi/A&M-Corpus Christi
– 10 Schmidt, Connor R/R 6-7 185 7/27/99 Devine, TX Devine St. Mary’s University/St. Mary’s University
– 40 Sesler, Matthew L/L 6-5 230 11/29/99 Harlingen, TX Harlingen A&M-Kingsville/A&M-Kingsville
– 6 Stevens, Kevin R/R 6-2 215 1/26/98 Tucson, AZ Cienega UTRGV/UTRGV
– 21 Threadgill, Riggs R/R 6-4 220 9/14/99 Fredericksburg, TX Fredericksburg McLennan CC/McLennan CC

NO. CATCHERS (2) B/T HT. WT. BORN HOMETOWN HIGH SCHOOL 2020 COLLEGE/2021 COLLEGE
– 45 LaRue, Tyler R/R 6-1 220 7/12/00 Kendalia, TX Blanco Rice/Grayson
– 26 Wolff, Nick L/R 6-3 200 5/28/99 Klein, TX Northside Homeschool Blinn/UTSA

NO. INFIELDERS (9) B/T HT. WT. BORN HOMETOWN HIGH SCHOOL 2020 COLLEGE/2021 COLLEGE
– Barry, Leyton L/R 6-2 190 7/18/00 Houston, TX IMG Academy (FL) UTSA/UTSA
– 27 Flores, Ryan L/L 5-11 210 6/24/99 Corpus Christi, TX Carroll UIW/UIW
– 9 Gonzales, Brandon R/R 6-3 165 4/17/01 San Antonio, TX Madison Grayson/Grayson
– 15 Gonzales, Garrett L/R 6-0 195 7/13/98 San Antonio, TX Madison Mary Hardin-Baylor/Mary Hardin-Baylor
– 2 Hernandez, Johnny R/R 5-9 190 7/26/97 El Paso, TX Montwood St. Mary’s University/St. Mary’s University
– 19 McDowall, Peyton R/R 6-3 220 6/28/99 Cibolo, TX Clemens Connors State/Connors State
– 33 Shepherd, Conner L/R 6-1 215 5/21/97 Upland, CA Upland TCU/TCU
– 17 Smith, Grant R/R 6-0 185 10/2/00 Albuquerque, NM St. Pius X UIW/UIW
– 24 Thomas, Lee L/L 6-2 210 12/16/97 Katy, TX Cinco Ranch UIW/UIW

NO. OUTFIELDERS (3) B/T HT. WT. BORN HOMETOWN HIGH SCHOOL 2020 COLLEGE/2021 COLLEGE
– 12 Brown, Porter L/L 6-0 195 8/7/00 San Antonio, TX Reagan TCU/TCU
– 25 McDonald, Kyte R/R 5-10 185 7/5/00 San Antonio, TX Antonian College Prep Mississippi State/Mississippi State
– 8 Thompson, Jordan R/R 5-9 165 8/31/00 Boerne, TX Boerne-Champion Grayson/Texas A&M

7 Manager – John McLaren
Pitching Coach – Calvin Schiraldi
20 Hitting Coach – Bryan Aughney
Clubhouse Manager – Jason Schweinsberg

Chanclas sign four TCU players

The Flying Chanclas de San Antonio announced on Thursday they signed four TCU players to 2020 Texas Collegiate League summer baseball roster:

IF Conner Shepherd, Upland, Calif.
OF Porter Brown, San Antonio, Reagan
P Marcelo Perez (RH), Laredo
P Austin Krob (LH), Lisbon, Iowa

The Chanclas are the TCL entry of the San Antonio Missions.

Also on Thursday, the Round Rock Hairy Men announced their 2020 TCL roster, including two players from San Antonio colleges:

P Luke Malone, UTSA, Round Rock
IF Kendall Achilles, Incarnate Word, Cedar Ridge

UTSA pitcher Luke Malone has signed to play for the Round Rock Hairy Men for the 2020 TCL season. - photo by Joe Alexander
UTSA pitcher Luke Malone has signed to play for the Round Rock Hairy Men for the 2020 TCL season. – photo by Joe Alexander