Cory Raley had his sights set on Michael Davis.
As soon as Davis fielded a grounder and threw the ball to first for the final out of the super regional to punch Texas Tech’s ticket to Omaha, Raley — the former starting quarterback for Uvalde High School — was gunning for the sophomore.
“I was head hunting,” Raley said with a smile. “He never played football before. I wanted him to know what that was like. I got him. I got him good.”
It was the first Omaha dog pile for those two Red Raiders.
For Raley — whose father and two older brothers played collegiate baseball — he’s the first member of his family to advance to the College World Series.