SAVOY, Texas – A black bear has been spotted in Fannin County, Texas Parks and Wildlife officials confirm.

Savoy, Texas black bear

What we know:

Video from a gas station in Savoy, about 70 miles north of Dallas, shows the bear running towards the gas pumps and then taking off in the other direction.

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department biologists confirmed the sighting.

They say that this time of year, young bears leave their mothers and may end up in unusual places.

What You Should Do:

Black bears are normally not aggressive, but can be.

TPWD says that if you see a black bear you should remain calm and stay far away. They also ask that you should not run away from the bear or try to feed it.

Bears will usually move on from an area if they are given space.

TWPD asks anyone who spots a black bear to report it to their department or the Texas Game Warden.

The “Million Dollar Arm” may need a new nickname. After signing a historic million-dollar contract last year, Nijaree Canady has inked another seven-figure NIL deal with Texas Tech.

Canady is partnering with Texas Tech’s NIL collective, The Matador Club, and will make $1.2 million in the new deal.

The Red Raider ace has been stellar in the circle this season. She has a nation leading 0.97 ERA and has recorded 317 strikeouts.

Canady’s thrown every pitch during her team’s run in the WCWS.

In game one of the championship series she held Texas to just two earned runs and four hits and seven strkeouts in the 2-1 loss. Canady bounced back in game two only allowing two earned runs on six hits en route to a 4-3 win.

In 2024, she was named USA Softball’s player of the year and was a top three finalist again this season. She spent two seasons at Stanford before transferring to Texas Tech.

Canady has been dominating the headlines, weather it be her performance in the circle or a certain number that’s been repeatedly spoken on the broadcasts. Either way, this is great for women’s sports. It’s bringing attention and ESPN analyst Jessica Mendoza is thrilled.

“You can have all kinds of theories about what it’s going to take to bring people to our sport, what will get them excited, get their attention,” Mendoza said. Right now, I’m watching all these men’s sports shows, and they’re talking about softball. This is exactly what we’ve wanted. I’ve been waiting for this.”

Canady and the Red Raiders look to take home their first WCWS title in school history. The winner-take-all game three against Texas is set for Friday night at 7:00pm CT.

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OKLAHOMA CITY — NiJaree Canady scattered six hits and pitched her way out of a seventh-inning jam, and Texas Tech forced a decisive third game in the Women’s College World Series with a 4-3 victory over Texas on Thursday night.

The Game 3 showdown Friday matches teams looking for their first national title.

Canady, who allowed a go-ahead, two-run single for Texas while trying to walk a member of the Longhorns in the sixth inning of an eventual 2-1 loss in the series opener Wednesday, again went the distance for the Red Raiders. She has pitched every inning in the super regionals and World Series and carried a 4-1 lead to the seventh.

But Texas’ Katie Stewart reached on an error by the shortstop and Canady hit Victoria Hunter to put runners on first and second with no outs. Leighann Goode doubled to left center, scoring Stewart and moving Hunter to third. Pinch hitter Katie Cimusz lined out to left field and Hunter scored to cut the deficit to 4-3.

But Canady got Ashton Mahoney to ground out and struck out Kayden Henry to end the game.

“Great pitching by NiJa Canady,” Texas Tech coach Gerry Glasco said. “Great clutch play by my team the last three innings. And I’m just elated for my girls. I’m just grateful, thankful to be their coach. I’m so proud to be here with them and see them doing the things they’re doing.”

Mac Morgan started for Texas and pitched two scoreless innings. Cambria Salmon entered and worked two scoreless before running into trouble in the fifth when Texas Tech loaded the bases with two outs. Salmon then hit Alana Johnson with a pitch to score Raegan Jennings from third and then thew a wild pitch that scored Mihyia Davis, giving the Red Raiders a 2-0 lead.

The Longhorns answered in the sixth on a solo home run to left-center to make it 2-1.

Texas Tech responded in its half of the sixth off Longhorns reliever Citlaly Gutierrez. Demi Elder drew a walk, Victoria Valdez reached on a throwing error that allowed pinch runner Mikayla Garcia to advance to third base. Bailey Lindemuth greeted reliever Teagan Kavan with a sacrifice fly to score Garcia, and Davis reached on a fielding error that brought home Valdez.

“An exciting game. A tough finish to it,” Texas coach Mike White said. “Getting down against NiJa 4-1, we made a good fight to come back, but we got down with some uncharacteristic errors there and some missed plays that they took advantage of, some good base running and everything else.

“We’ve got to come back now and face NiJa again for sure, and we’re going to have to kind of work really hard to get some runs and then obviously shut them down as well.”

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes was on hand to root for the Red Raiders. The Texas Tech alum has been a supporter of the team on social media throughout the season and even sent the team sports gear, including varsity jackets and sneakers.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.