HUNTSVILLE — Colton Sikes has set a new bar for Alpha Omega Academy as he signed his National Letter of Intent to continue his baseball career at UTSA.

The senior left-handed pitcher will officially head to San Antonio after wrapping up one final football season and baseball season as a Lion.

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