Nicole Griffith
Sports Reporter
Bryan, Texas
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Nicole joined the KBTX sports team during the hottest week of the summer in July 2022. She calls western South Dakota home and graduated from the University of South Dakota. Nicole has spent time reporting in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and most recently Lincoln, Nebraska covering the Cornhuskers. She's excited for the Texas heat and to trade in the Big Ten for the SEC.
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The Hearne Eagles are coming off an 8-4 season that ended in the second round of the playoffs.
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For the Lexington Eagles last season was full of ups and downs and injuries. They went 6-5 and lost in the first round of the playoffs.
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Texas A&M softball head coach Trisha Ford announced the addition of Allie Enright to the team’s roster Friday.
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The Snook Bluejays enter their second season with Dylan Conway at the helm. Conway has 13 starters returning from last season.
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Texas A&M Athletics and 12th Man Films debuts the much-anticipated STANDING ROOM ONLY - The Legend of the 12th Man on Saturday, Aug. 20 at 7 p.m. at Rudder Auditorium on the Texas A&M campus.
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After a year away from the grid iron, Rick Frey and the Dime Box Longhorns will compete in District 11 Division II with Calvert.
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For the third consecutive season the Calvert Trojans will have a new head coach. Eric Johnson will take over for Michael Thomas.
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Two years ago the Aggie offensive line was one of the best in the country. That unit is trying to get back to that point this season.
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The Texas A&M soccer team plays its final tune-up prior to the 2022 campaign Thursday when the Aggies host the SFA Ladyjacks in a 7 p.m. contest on Ellis Field.
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Leon started strong and ended strong with the sweep in three sets 25-12, 26-24 and 25-11.
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Our final SEC Football Preview features the Crimson Tide. Alabama is coming off a runner-up finish at the National Championship.
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Texas A&M track & field Olympian Lindon Victor won the Commonwealth Games decathlon with 8,233 points, while Texas A&M All-American Deborah Acquah advanced to the women’s long jump Friday evening at Alexander Stadium.
Cathy Capps, longtime assistant athletics director and executive director of the Texas A&M Lettermen’s Association, has been named the 2022 Hall of Honor recipient.
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Texas A&M women’s basketball head coach Joni Taylor announced the non-conference schedule for the 2022-23 campaign on Friday which features seven home games and five marquee road matchups.
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he Texas Aggie football team will have six days of practice under their belts before they have a day off.
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Rudder Volleyball is beginning its 15th season and all have been under head coach Jacky Pence. The Lady Rangers wrapped up two-a-days and tryouts earlier this week.
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A new scholarship named after legendary Texas A&M University football head coach R.C. Slocum will help develop future coaches in the School of Education and Human Development (SEHD).
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Texas A&M track & field sophomore Heather Abadie finished eighth in women’s pole vault at the World Athletics U20 Championships .
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Allen Academy Class of 2024, Jackson Funkhouser placed 1st winning the Elites Cup Invitational at TPC Las Colinas in Irving TX on August 2-3.
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Long time Texas A&M head softball coach Jo Evans has found a new home. On Thursday, Evans shared on social media that she has been named UC Santa Barbara’s new head coach.
Madison Preston has been added to the Texas A&M softball roster for the 2023 season, head coach Trisha Ford announced Thursday.
Texas A&M track & field All-American Ashton Schwartzman placed 10th in the men’s 400m semifinals at the World Athletics U20 Championships Wednesday evening.
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It’s Mike Leach’s third season leading the Bulldogs, and this team feels comfortable and ready entering the 2022 campaign.
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The Texas A&M football team reported for the start of fall camp on Tuesday and today held their first practice in preparation for the 2022 season.
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Texas A&M volleyball head coach Bird Kuhn added Kyle Ferguson to her staff Tuesday as the program’s volunteer assistant coach for the 2022 season.
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A youth baseball team from Australia is getting a taste of Texas this weekend.
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The Brazos Valley Bombers hosted the Acadiana Cane Cutters in their final home game of the regular season.
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Arkansas football got a taste of success last season, and this season they want more.
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Texas A&M women’s basketball head coach Joni Taylor was named an assistant coach for the 2022 USA Basketball Women’s National Team.
Texas A&M track & field head coach Pat Henry announced the hiring of two-time national assistant coach of the year Mario Sategna on Thursday.
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Kentucky is coming off a 10 win season and Head Coach Mark Stoops is entering his 10th season which is a record for the program.
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College Station attorney Craig Greening has confirmed that all of Ainias Smith’s charges have been dropped, that according to KRIV’s Mark Berman.
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Now in its 13th season, the Paul Hornung Award is given annually to the most versatile player in major college football.
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Texas A&M soccer head coach G Guerrieri recently agreed to a four-year contract extension through 2026, the Texas A&M Athletics Department announced Wednesday.
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Texas A&M football’s Nik Constantinou was selected to the Ray Guy Award Preseason Watch List, the Augusta Sports Council announced Wednesday morning.
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Texas A&M took the podium on the last day with topics ranging from drama with Jimbo Fisher and Nick Saban plus standout Anias Smith not making the trip after being arrested earlier this week.
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Billy Napier is the next man to lead the Gators.
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Ainias Smith A&M WR was arrested overnight. The charges are listed as driving while intoxicated, carrying a weapon and drug possession.
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The SEC host cities are working together to showcase what each town has to offer outside of Saturdays in the fall.
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LSU kicks things off at SEC Media Days. The purple and gold are a popular team this offseason with 1st year Head Coach Brian Kelly at the helm.
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On Wednesday Humble Mayor Norman Funderburk declared July 13, 2022 as Kenyon Green Day in Humble.