Javelina Hash - Texas A&M Kingsville
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Cross Country Men, Women Open This Weekend<br />
VOLUME VIII, NO. 6 <strong>Kingsville</strong>, <strong>Texas</strong> 78363<br />
Sept. 5, 2007<br />
Football Renews Long-Time Rivalry With <strong>Texas</strong> A&M-Commerce<br />
Arlen Childress<br />
Volleyball Takes on St. Mary’s Tonight<br />
The <strong>Texas</strong> A&M-<strong>Kingsville</strong><br />
volleyball team will be back in San<br />
Antonio tonight (Wednesday) for<br />
a match with St. Mary’s before<br />
taking a week-long break to<br />
prepare for the Lone Star<br />
Conference opener.<br />
The <strong>Javelina</strong>s and Rattlers<br />
meet at 7 p.m.<br />
Adina Gray<br />
Mike Martinez<br />
Stuart Moffitt Rod Mosley<br />
The Javs were in San Antonio<br />
last weekend for the Alamo<br />
Classic and split two matches.<br />
They dropped a decision to<br />
Incarnate Word before beating<br />
Trinity.<br />
Trinity had entered the match<br />
with a 3-0 record and two of the<br />
victories had come over LSC<br />
schools: Abilene Christian and<br />
Tarleton State. Both conference<br />
teams are highly ranked this fall.<br />
Trinity is ranked No. 7 in<br />
NCAA Division III and has been<br />
to the Division III postseason<br />
playoffs 15 consecutive seasons.<br />
The <strong>Javelina</strong>s are 4-3 going<br />
into tonight’s match and St.<br />
Mary’s is 2-5.<br />
Adina Gray, 5-8 sophomore<br />
outside hitter from Corpus Christi<br />
(Flour Bluff), and Mollie Biega, 5-<br />
10 freshman middle blocker from<br />
Houston (Cypress Creek), are<br />
The two winningest programs<br />
in the Lone Star Conference will<br />
clash this weekend when the<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> A&M-<strong>Kingsville</strong> <strong>Javelina</strong>s<br />
travel to Commerce to engage the<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> A&M-Commerce Lions in<br />
an LSC crossover match for the<br />
<strong>Javelina</strong>s.<br />
Kickoff time will be 7 p.m. in<br />
Commerce’s Memorial Stadium.<br />
The game will be a conference<br />
contest for the Lions.<br />
Both schools are looking for<br />
their first victory of the season.<br />
The <strong>Javelina</strong>s dropped a 7-3<br />
defensive struggle to<br />
Southwestern Oklahoma last<br />
weekend in Weatherford, Okla.<br />
The Lions are 0-2 after losing<br />
to nationally ranked Pittsburg State,<br />
28-14, in Pittsburg, Kan., and falling<br />
to Ouachita (Ark.) Baptist, 29-27,<br />
last weekend in Commerce.<br />
Ouachita won on a field goal<br />
as time ran out.<br />
The <strong>Javelina</strong>s and Lions will<br />
be meeting for the 55 th time and<br />
leading the <strong>Javelina</strong> offensive<br />
attack. Gray has 2.96 kills a match<br />
and Biega has a .331 attack<br />
percentage.<br />
Heidi Scheopner, 5-11 senior<br />
setter from Harlingen (South), has<br />
5.91 sets a game and Kirby<br />
Krueger, 5-7 sophomore setter<br />
from New Braunfels (Canyon),<br />
averages 5.61.<br />
Kristin Chancellor, 5-10<br />
sophomore middle blocker from<br />
Bellville, is the block leader with<br />
0.95 a match and Tara Grier, 5-8<br />
sophomore defensive specialist<br />
from Poth, leads the digs with a<br />
3.52 average. Virginia Hernandez,<br />
5-6 freshman libero from Katy,<br />
averages 3.35 digs a match.<br />
After the St. Mary’s match,<br />
the <strong>Javelina</strong>s will be idle until<br />
Sept. 13 when they host LSC<br />
favorite West <strong>Texas</strong> A&M in the<br />
league opener.<br />
the <strong>Javelina</strong>s hold a 33-20-1 series<br />
lead. The Javs have taken the last<br />
four games in a row and have<br />
taken 12 of the last 14 decisions.<br />
TAMUK won last year’s<br />
game, 20-17, in <strong>Kingsville</strong> in<br />
overtime.<br />
The <strong>Javelina</strong>s and Lions have<br />
been the big winners in the LSC.<br />
TAMUK has taken 26 LSC<br />
championships and TAMUC is<br />
second with 10 since 1954, the<br />
year the <strong>Javelina</strong>s entered the<br />
league.<br />
The Lions are charter<br />
members of the LSC, which was<br />
organized in 1931, and they have<br />
won 20 league titles in the 75<br />
years of the conference’s<br />
existence.<br />
Bo Atterberry, in his first<br />
season as head coach of the<br />
<strong>Javelina</strong>s, has a roster that<br />
includes 61 newcomers, and only<br />
three of his staff members are<br />
returnees from last season.<br />
In their opener, the <strong>Javelina</strong>s<br />
had 194 total yards, 60 rushing<br />
and 134 passing. The defensive<br />
unit gave up 273 total yards, 169<br />
rushing and 104 passing.<br />
Quarterbacks Kolten<br />
Thigpen, 6-1, 185-pound freshman<br />
from Hondo, and David Garcia, 6-<br />
0, 200-pound freshman from<br />
Laredo (United), divided time<br />
under. Thigpen completed seven<br />
of 24 passes for 70 yards and<br />
Garza completed seven of 13 for 64<br />
yards.<br />
Billy Martin, 5-9, 201-pound<br />
junior running back from Pittsburg<br />
and Kilgore College, led the<br />
rushing with 39 yards and 3.5<br />
yards a carry.<br />
Ryan Lincoln, 6-0, 175-pound<br />
freshman wideout from Bastrop,<br />
was the top receiver with five<br />
catches for 62 yards.<br />
Arlen Childress, 5-10, 217pound<br />
junior linebacker from<br />
Humble, was the defensive leader<br />
with nine tackles and a forced<br />
Continued on Page 2<br />
Timeout Talk<br />
<strong>Javelina</strong> volleyball coach Shannon Alvarado discusses strategy during<br />
a timeout in last week’s match with <strong>Texas</strong>-Brownsville in the Steinke<br />
Center.
<strong>Javelina</strong> <strong>Hash</strong><br />
By Fred Nuesch, Coordinator of Athletic External Affairs<br />
THE JAVELINA COACHES and players won’t use excuses. But when<br />
excuses are justified, I will.<br />
The <strong>Javelina</strong> football team hasn’t been presented an even playing field thus far<br />
this season.<br />
First, there’s the head coaching situation. In the first 82 years of <strong>Javelina</strong><br />
football, there were seven head coaches. Within the past 12 months, there have been<br />
three.<br />
Current head coach Bo Atterberry didn’t take over his spot until June. That’s<br />
not much time to prepare for an upcoming campaign.<br />
Then there’s the weather. South <strong>Texas</strong> has had as much rain since the start of<br />
preseason drills as it usually gets in a year. Maybe even more.<br />
The team has been forced to practice indoors, on the parking lot or not at all.<br />
This hardly prepares a squad for an upcoming opponent.<br />
At the time this column was being written, the prediction was for rains<br />
throughout this week.<br />
These obstacles come at a time when a majority of the players on the roster are<br />
new. Atterberry has three quarterbacks, and all are freshmen. Two are redshirts and<br />
the other is a true freshman, all with no collegiate experience.<br />
Sixty-one of the names on the team weren’t on the active roster last fall.<br />
But the coaches and players aren’t sighing and hanging their heads. They’re<br />
getting ready for <strong>Texas</strong> A&M-Commerce this week, and a remaining schedule that<br />
will see six of the final nine games on the home field.<br />
When I arrived here in 1968, the big story was the previous season when a<br />
hurricane had blown down the stadium lights, a game had to be cancelled because of<br />
the storm, the team had been forced indoors for a week because of the weather and<br />
things got off to a less than desirable start.<br />
The squad went 9-0, including the big win over Southwest <strong>Texas</strong> in the season<br />
finale, and won the Lone Star Conference championship. The 1967 campaign was<br />
followed by three years in which the <strong>Javelina</strong>s won two national titles, three more<br />
LSC titles and were ranked No. 1 most of the period.<br />
APPALACIAN STATE’S BIG upset over Michigan last weekend brought<br />
numerous stories about the major college football upsets through the years.<br />
I was disappointed, but not really surprised, that a South <strong>Texas</strong> newspaper didn’t<br />
pick up on this and list the <strong>Javelina</strong> stunners through the years. And there have been<br />
some.<br />
In 1934, the <strong>Javelina</strong>s went to College Station and led <strong>Texas</strong> A&M until the<br />
closing minutes when the Aggies scored and forced a 14-14 tie.<br />
The <strong>Javelina</strong>s traveled to the West Coast in 1940 and opened with national power<br />
San Jose State. The Texans took a 10-0 victory and received national attention for<br />
the surprise decision.<br />
The 1968 <strong>Javelina</strong>s went to California for their second game and whipped Long<br />
Beach State, 35-7. The Long Beach team included several players who went on to<br />
pro careers, including wideout Larry Parks, who later played with the Cowboys.<br />
The University of Hawaii opened its Aloha Stadium in 1975 and signed the “small<br />
college” <strong>Javelina</strong>s to a two-year contract to visit the Islands. The game in ’75 would<br />
be the grand opening of the beautiful new stadium located on Pearl Harbor.<br />
The <strong>Javelina</strong>s beat the Rainbow Warriors, 43-9, and then went back in 1976 and<br />
pinned a 56-21 decision on the Rainbows, much to the delight of the 800-plus<br />
<strong>Javelina</strong> fans who made the trip each year.<br />
And then there’s the 1981 game with <strong>Texas</strong>-El Paso, in El Paso. The <strong>Javelina</strong>s<br />
had little trouble in downing the Miners, 37-15, despite being a new member of<br />
NCAA Division II and going against a Division I opponent.<br />
There have been others. Through the years, the <strong>Javelina</strong> football team, whether<br />
NAIA or NCAA Division II, has been avoided by NCAA Division I and I-AA<br />
programs like the plague.<br />
THE NCAA DIVISION I board of directors has enacted a four-year<br />
moratorium on permitting institutions to begin the process of joining the division.<br />
This will prevent a school from moving from another division into Division I or<br />
moving between its subdivisions until August 2011.<br />
It might also be called an act to save many of the Division I-AA and II schools<br />
from self-destructing.<br />
Unfortunately, the moratorium does not affect 20 schools that have entered the<br />
seven-year Division I provisional-membership process for new NCAA members or<br />
the five-year process to move from Division II.<br />
The decision also prevents institutions in Divisions II and III from seeking<br />
reclassification of a specific sport into Division I under multi-division classification<br />
Continued on Page 3<br />
Early Start<br />
The first pallets are in place for the annual <strong>Javelina</strong> homecoming bonfire Oct. 12. The<br />
event is part of a weeklong schedule climaxing with the <strong>Javelina</strong> football game with East<br />
Central Oklahoma in <strong>Javelina</strong> Stadium Oct. 13.<br />
<strong>Javelina</strong> Football Renews Rivalry<br />
With <strong>Texas</strong> A&M-Commerce Lions<br />
Continued from Page 2<br />
fumble. Stuart Moffitt, 5-11, 197-pound<br />
sophomore defensive back from Riviera<br />
(Kaufer), had eight tackles and a pass<br />
broken up.<br />
Rod Mosley, 5-10, 175-pound<br />
senior defensive back from Austin (Reagan),<br />
picked off two of the Bulldog passes and<br />
Mike Martinez, 5-8, 238-pound junior<br />
linebacker from Corpus Christi (Calallen),<br />
had the third <strong>Javelina</strong> interception.<br />
Scotty Conley is in his fourth year as<br />
head coach of the Lions but like the<br />
<strong>Javelina</strong>s, the club has mostly new coaches<br />
and players this year.<br />
Six of the coaching staff are in their first<br />
season with the Lions and there are 50 new<br />
players on the roster, most transfers with<br />
collegiate experience.<br />
The Lions are averaging 325 total yards<br />
a game after two contests, 107.5 rushing and<br />
217.5 passing.<br />
The TAMUC defense has allowed 401.5<br />
total yards a game, 190 rushing and 211.5<br />
passing.<br />
Quarterback Terry Mayo, 6-4, 235pound<br />
junior from Greensboro, N.C., is the<br />
offensive leader with 199.5 total yards a<br />
game. He has completed 27 of 56 passes for<br />
191 yards a game and has thrown three<br />
touchdowns.<br />
He has had one interception.<br />
His favorite targets have been Meldrick<br />
Grice, 6-2, 199-pound senior wide receiver<br />
from Irving (MacArthur) who has seven<br />
catches for 100 yards and a touchdown, and<br />
JaMchael Palmer, 5-8, 179-pound senior<br />
wideout from Terrell who has six catches for<br />
What Do They Have in Common?<br />
Amy Calzada<br />
Softball<br />
1998-2000<br />
Bill Pettijohn<br />
Football<br />
1954-56<br />
113 yards and a score.<br />
Eddie Moss, 5-9, 177-pound senior<br />
running back from Englewood and a<br />
transfer from the U.S. Air Force Academy, is<br />
the leading rusher with 69.5 yards a game<br />
and 4.8 yards a carry.<br />
Nabil El-Amin, 5-10, 198-pound junior<br />
running back from Rochester, N.Y., leads<br />
the team in all-purpose yards with a 92 pergame<br />
average. He has 128 kickoff return<br />
yards on seven attempts.<br />
Defensively, Courtney Edmond, 6-1,<br />
221-pound junior defensive back from<br />
LaMarque and Blinn College, has 21 tackles<br />
and three have been for losses. A.J.<br />
Johnson, 6-1, 265-pound sophomore<br />
defensive lineman from Tyler and Kilgore<br />
Junior College, has 17 tackles and three<br />
have been for losses.<br />
After the two road trips, the <strong>Javelina</strong>s<br />
will open their home schedule Sept. 15 with<br />
Western Oregon.<br />
Six of the final nine games on the slate<br />
are in <strong>Javelina</strong> Stadium.<br />
Grier Named LSC<br />
Defensive Volleyball<br />
Player of the Week<br />
Tara Grier, <strong>Texas</strong> A&M-<strong>Kingsville</strong><br />
libero, has been named the Lone Star<br />
Conference defensive player of the week<br />
for her play in last week’s matches.<br />
Grier, sophomore from Poth, had 21<br />
digs in the <strong>Javelina</strong>s’ victory over<br />
Trinity. She had 17 in an earlier match<br />
with <strong>Texas</strong>-Brownsville.<br />
Dawn Rapp<br />
Basketball<br />
1981-83<br />
....They ‘re Each a <strong>Javelina</strong>!!
<strong>Javelina</strong> <strong>Hash</strong><br />
By Fred<br />
By Fred<br />
Nuesch,<br />
Nuesch,<br />
Coordinator<br />
Coordinator<br />
of Athletic<br />
of Athletic<br />
External<br />
External<br />
Affairs<br />
Continued By Fred from Nuesch, Page 2 Coordinator of Athletic External Affairs<br />
legislation and prevents a new single-sport or multi-sport conference from achieving<br />
Division I membership until the moratorium ends.<br />
During this four-year halt in movement, Division I can reevaluate criteria for<br />
achieving membership. It could see the division also recommending that some of the<br />
schools now in Division I be moved back to a division where their program would be<br />
a better fit.<br />
It’s been obvious for a number of years that many of the schools aren’t capable<br />
of determining what’s best for their programs. Maybe the NCAA will give them a<br />
hand.<br />
FORMER JAVELINA ANDREW Sweet has been traded from River City (Mo.)<br />
to Rockford (Ill.) in the Frontier League.<br />
Sweet played is first game with Rockford Aug. 14 and was hitting .260 after last<br />
weekend’s play. He has three doubles, a triple and two home runs. His slugging<br />
percentage is .403.<br />
Sweet, who was with the <strong>Javelina</strong>s in 2005 and 2006, has caught and played<br />
third base and in the outfield for Rockford.<br />
WEST TEXAS AND South Dakota met in a battle of NCAA Division II nationally<br />
ranked teams last week in Canyon, and the Buffaloes drew a crowd of 12,727.<br />
The contest was heavily promoted in the area and the national rankings added<br />
flavor to the matchup.<br />
Some had expected the Buffs would attract in the 20,000-plus range, as they did<br />
two years ago for several highly promoted contests.<br />
The 55-45 victory for West <strong>Texas</strong> was a plus for the Lone Star Conference.<br />
South Dakota is from the highest respected North Central Conference and is one of<br />
the Division I-AA wannabes that will be moving to the new classification.<br />
LENOIR-RHYNE DIDN’T keep statistics for the visiting teams at its volleyball<br />
tournament two weeks ago.<br />
There’s a school in <strong>Texas</strong> that doesn’t keep volleyball stats for the opponent for a<br />
single match.<br />
Volleyball coaches are constantly trying to improve their sport and get it more<br />
publicity and recognition.<br />
One good move would be establish a rule that a school can’t host a tournament<br />
unless it can take care of the stats requests for all participants. And each school<br />
hosting a volleyball match should be required to furnish final stats to the visiting team<br />
as well as the home squad.<br />
Can’t do? Okay, can’t host.<br />
With today’s software programs for stats, there’s no excuse for not providing<br />
figures for both teams playing on your home court.<br />
.<br />
GEORGE HARRIS, THE former <strong>Javelina</strong> track and field athlete who is football<br />
coach at Gregory-Portland, entered this season with a 160-37-1 career record.<br />
SPORTS ILLUSTRATED’S NFL Preview issue was published last week and<br />
there were interesting notes on a couple of former <strong>Javelina</strong>s.<br />
Writer Peter King picked the top 500 players in the NFL and <strong>Javelina</strong>s Al Harris,<br />
cornerback with the Green Bay Packers, and Roberto Garza, offensive guard for the<br />
Chicago Bears, were both in the top 500.<br />
Harris was No. 13 among the cornerbacks and Garza was No. 28 among the<br />
offensive guards.<br />
There are approximately 190 cornerbacks and offensive guards in the NFL,<br />
giving the <strong>Javelina</strong> athletes a lofty position in the magazine’s rating system.<br />
The publication picked the Bears to win the NFL North Division and the Packers<br />
were the choice for second place.<br />
Under the Green Bay scouting report, it was stated, “Never thought I’d see<br />
Charles Woodson play so hard, and so well, after dogging it in Oakland. It helps that<br />
he’s playing alongside one of the real gamer corners in football, Al Harris.”<br />
AFTER IGNORING THE college division in its college preview issue, it was nice<br />
of Sports Illustrated to give recognition to a couple of CD athletes in last week’s<br />
issue.<br />
Listed under “Who’s Hot” was Danny Woodhead, the outstanding tailback at<br />
NCAA Division II Chadron (Neb.) State. Woodhead is the Harlon Hill Trophy<br />
recipient of last season and is expected to become college football’s all-time leading<br />
rusher this fall.<br />
After-Match Pizza<br />
The <strong>Javelina</strong> volleyball team enjoys pizza after a home match last week in the Steinke<br />
Center. The reception was for family and fans as well.<br />
Upcoming <strong>Javelina</strong> Events<br />
Sept. 5 – Volleyball: St. Mary’s in San Antonio, 7 p.m.<br />
Sept. 8 – Football: +<strong>Texas</strong> A&M-Commerce in Commerce, 7 p.m.<br />
Cross Country: <strong>Texas</strong> State Invitational in San Marcos<br />
Sept. 13 – Volleyball: #West <strong>Texas</strong> A&M in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 7 p.m.<br />
Sept. 15 – Football: Western Oregon in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 7 p.m.<br />
Volleyball: #Eastern New Mexico in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 2 p.m.<br />
Sept. 18 – Volleyball: <strong>Texas</strong> A&M International in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 7 p.m.<br />
Sept. 20 – Volleyball: #Angelo State in San Angelo, 7 p.m.<br />
Sept. 21 - General: <strong>Javelina</strong> Hall of Fame induction banquet in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 5:30 p.m.<br />
Sept. 22 – Football: *+Southeastern Oklahoma in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 7 p.m. (Hall of Fame game)<br />
Volleyball: #Abilene Christian in Abilene, noon<br />
Softball: Alvin College scrimmage in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, noon<br />
Sept. 27 – Volleyball: #<strong>Texas</strong> Woman’s in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 7 p.m.<br />
Sept. 29 – Volleyball: #<strong>Texas</strong> A&M-Commerce in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 2 p.m.<br />
Cross Country: <strong>Texas</strong> A&M-Corpus Christi Invitational in Corpus Christi<br />
Football: *#West <strong>Texas</strong> A&M in Canyon, 6 p.m.<br />
Softball: <strong>Texas</strong> A&M International scrimmage in Laredo, noon<br />
Oct. 2 – Volleyball: <strong>Texas</strong>-Brownsville in Brownsville, 7 p.m.<br />
Oct. 4 – Volleyball: <strong>Texas</strong> A&M International in Laredo, 7 p.m.<br />
Oct. 6 – Football: *#Tarleton State in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 7 p.m.<br />
Cross Country: Incarnate Word Invitational in San Antonio<br />
Oct. 8 - Volleyball: St. Edward’s in Austin, 7 p.m.<br />
Oct. 11 – Volleyball: #Central Oklahoma in Edmond, Okla., 7 p.m.<br />
Cross Country: Angelo State Invitational in San Angelo<br />
Oct. 13 – Football: *+East Central Oklahoma in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 7 p.m. (Homecoming)<br />
Volleyball: #Southwestern Oklahoma in Weatherford, Okla., noon<br />
Softball: <strong>Texas</strong> A&M-Corpus Christi scrimmage in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, noon<br />
Oct. 18 – Baseball: University of Houston-Victoria scrimmage in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 4 p.m.<br />
Volleyball: #Midwestern State in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 7 p.m.<br />
Oct. 20 – Volleyball: #Cameron in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 2 p.m.<br />
Football: *#Midwestern State in Wichita Falls, 8 p.m.<br />
Cross Country: Lone Star Conference Championships in Commerce<br />
Softball: San Jacinto College scrimmage in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, noon<br />
Oct. 27 – Football: *#Eastern New Mexico in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 7 p.m.<br />
Volleyball: #Southeastern Oklahoma in Durant, Okla., noon<br />
Oct. 31 – Volleyball: St. Mary’s in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 7 p.m.<br />
Nov. 3 – Volleyball: #Tarleton State in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 2 p.m.<br />
Football: *#Abilene Christian in Abilene, 2 p.m.<br />
Nov. 4 – Cross Country: NCAA Division II South Central Region Championships in<br />
Warrensburg, Mo.<br />
Nov. 5 – Cross Country: NCAA Division II South Central Region Championships in<br />
Warrensburg, Mo.<br />
Nov. 8 – Volleyball: Lone Star Conference Championships, TBA<br />
Nov. 9 – Volleyball: Lone Star Conference Championships, TBA<br />
Nov. 10 – Football: *#Angelo State in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 7 p.m.<br />
Volleyball: Lone Star Conference Championships, TBA<br />
Nov. 15 – Women’s Basketball: Louisiana State-Shreveport in Shreveport, La., 6 p.m.<br />
Nov. 17 – Football: NCAA Division II Championship playoffs, TBA<br />
Cross Country: NCAA Division II National Championships in Joplin, Mo.<br />
Bold faced dates are in <strong>Kingsville</strong><br />
*Lone Star Conference South Division matches/games
<strong>Javelina</strong> <strong>Javelina</strong> <strong>Hash</strong><br />
<strong>Hash</strong><br />
By Fred<br />
By Fred<br />
Nuesch,<br />
Nuesch,<br />
Coordinator<br />
Coordinator<br />
of Athletic<br />
of Athletic<br />
External<br />
External<br />
Affairs<br />
Continued By Fred from Nuesch, Page 3 Coordinator of Athletic External Affairs<br />
And there was an article on linebacker Mike Flynt, the 59-year-old who is trying<br />
to make the team at Division III Sul Ross State this fall.<br />
BEEVILLE IS BEING picked to compete for the District 30-4A title this fall.<br />
Former <strong>Javelina</strong> quarterback Chris Soza is the head coach of the Trojans and his<br />
son, Eric, is the junior quarterback. Eric had 1,951 passing yards and 20<br />
touchdowns last season and was selected as the district offensive player of the<br />
year….as a sophomore.<br />
Eric’s sister, Felicia, is a sophomore on the <strong>Javelina</strong> women’s basketball team this<br />
year and an older brother, Justin, played football for the Javs before graduating two<br />
years ago.<br />
TWO LONG-RANGE <strong>Javelina</strong> fans will be at next week’s <strong>Javelina</strong> home opener<br />
with Western Oregon.<br />
Mike Roley, who was an offensive lineman for the <strong>Javelina</strong>s in 1968-70 and lives<br />
in Oregon, will be at the <strong>Texas</strong> A&M-Commerce this weekend in Commerce and will<br />
be in <strong>Kingsville</strong> next week to catch the <strong>Javelina</strong> matchup with Western Oregon.<br />
Larry Snyder, who lives in San Miguel, Mexico, will be in town for the Sept. 15<br />
game with Western Oregon and will stay in <strong>Kingsville</strong> for the Sept. 22 contest with<br />
Southeastern Oklahoma.<br />
Snyder usually makes several trips a year for football and basketball games but<br />
missed last season.<br />
ONE OF THOSE killed when the bridge collapsed in Minneapolis last month was<br />
Patrick Holmes, 36, a former pitcher for Division II Winona (Minn.) State.<br />
NCAA DIVISION II news:<br />
…..There are 620 colleges competing in NCAA football this fall, an increase of<br />
four over 2006.<br />
The new schools are Birmingham Southern (Ala.) in Division I, North Carolina-<br />
Pembroke in Division II and Gallaudet (D.C.) and St. Vincent’s (Pa.) in Division III.<br />
Football attendance was 47.9 million last year<br />
…..The NCAA baseball rules committee emphasized the improving of the pace of<br />
play at its recent meeting in Denver and the actions taken are designed to keep the<br />
game moving.<br />
Among the proposals is a batter’s box rule that will force the batter to keep one<br />
foot in the box during an at-bat, the handling of offensive and defensive conferences<br />
and the speeding up the time between innings and during pitcher changes.<br />
The committee voted to allow a jacket, which includes the team’s official logo, in<br />
the coaching boxes if it is consistent with the team’s uniform color and apparel. If<br />
both coaches opt to wear a jacket, the jackets must be uniform.<br />
The penalty for pitchers who receive a post-game ejection was adjusted. The<br />
penalty will carry a four-game suspension. This is for post-game ejections only.<br />
The head coach, during the first game of a weekend series or any nonconference<br />
game, must attend the pre-game plate conference.<br />
It was reemphasized that a batter must make an attempt to avoid being hit by a<br />
pitch in order to be awarded first base.<br />
Not only in the collegiate circles but the professional ranks as well, there have<br />
been complaints that the game is too slow and needs to make adjustments that will<br />
improve the action.<br />
…..Six Habitat for Humanity homes, built with the assistance of about 400<br />
student-athletes, coaches and administrators participating in the Division II Fall<br />
Championships Festival, were dedicated July 30 in Pensacola, Fla.<br />
The homes are the result of collaboration between the NCAA and Habitat for<br />
Humanity International called NCAA Home Team.<br />
More than 1,000 student-athletes have contributed to the Home Team project,<br />
building nearly 25 homes for families in the Gulf Coast region. Division II has been a<br />
leader in the project from the beginning when it donated $1 million in 2005. The<br />
Division II Fall Championships Festival marked the largest number of homes and<br />
student-athlete volunteers at one time.<br />
“The Division II response to (the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita)<br />
through Habitat for Humanity is reflective of our membership’s engagement and<br />
service to the communities we serve,” Charles Ambrose of Pfeiffer University and<br />
chair of the Division II Presidents Council, said. “The efforts during the Division II<br />
Fall Championships Festival last November demonstrated Division II’s desire to take<br />
an active part in building community.”<br />
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Jallai Finish<br />
Former <strong>Javelina</strong><br />
hurdler Tarmo Jallai,<br />
running for Estonia, is<br />
shown finishing his<br />
race in the 110-meter<br />
hurdles at the World<br />
Championships last<br />
week in Osaka, Japan.<br />
The photo is from the<br />
photofinish of the race.<br />
Jallai is currently a<br />
coach of the <strong>Javelina</strong><br />
track and field team.<br />
<strong>Javelina</strong> Stadium One of Biggest in DII<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> A&M-<strong>Kingsville</strong>’s <strong>Javelina</strong><br />
Angelo State’s San Angelo Memorial<br />
Stadium has the fourth biggest capacity of has 17,500 seats and <strong>Javelina</strong> Stadium and<br />
any football stadium in NCAA Division II. Abilene Christian’s Shotwell Stadium are<br />
Five of the top six capacities in fourth with 15,000 seats.<br />
Division II are at Lone Star Conference<br />
Midwestern State’s Memorial Stadium<br />
schools.<br />
in Wichita Falls is sixth with 14,362 seats.<br />
West <strong>Texas</strong> A&M’s Kimbrough<br />
Northeastern Oklahoma’s Gable Field<br />
Stadium in Canyon has 20,000 seats and is has a capacity of 12,000 and is tied for ninth<br />
the biggest in Division II.<br />
on the chart, Central Oklahoma’s Wantland<br />
The University of Charleston (W. Va.) Stadium and <strong>Texas</strong> A&M-Commerce’s<br />
has a 18,600-seat stadium and that ranks Memorial Stadium seat 10,000 and are tied<br />
second.<br />
for 15th .<br />
Top 25 Stadium Capacities in NCAA Division II<br />
Team Stadium Year Built Capacity<br />
West <strong>Texas</strong> A&M Kimbrough 1959 20,000<br />
Charleston (W. Va.) Charleston 1964 18,600<br />
Angelo State San Angelo 1962 17,500<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> A&M-<strong>Kingsville</strong> <strong>Javelina</strong> 1951 15,000<br />
Abilene Christian Shotwell 1959 15,000<br />
Midwestern State Memorial NA 14,362<br />
North Alabama Braly 1940 14,215<br />
North Dakota Alerus Center 2001 13,500<br />
Virginia State Rogers 1950 12,000<br />
Northeastern Oklahoma Gable Field NA 12,000<br />
North Carolina Central O’Kelly-Riddick 1975 11,500<br />
Benedict (S.C.) Johnson 2006 11,026<br />
Albany (Ga.) State Mills Memorial 1957 11,000<br />
Valdosta (Ga.) State Cleveland Field 2004 10,500<br />
Augustana (S.D.) Howard Wood 1957 10,000<br />
Central Missouri Walton 1995 10,000<br />
Central Oklahoma Wantland 1965 10,000<br />
Slippery Rock (Pa.) Thompson 1974 10,000<br />
South Dakota DakotaDome 1979 10,000<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> A&M-Commerce Memorial 1950 10,000<br />
Tuskegee (Ala.) Abbott Alumni 1925 10,000<br />
Virginia Union Havey Field 1907 10,000<br />
Morehouse (Ga.) Harvey 1983 9,850<br />
Henderson (Ark.) State Carpenter-Haygood 1968 9,600<br />
Nebraska-Omaha Caniglia Field 1949 9,500<br />
Volleyball Huddle<br />
The <strong>Javelina</strong> volleyball<br />
players huddle at<br />
midcourt prior to their<br />
home opener with <strong>Texas</strong>-<br />
Brownsville last week in<br />
the SPEC.
Kill Attempt<br />
Shaday Smith (11),<br />
<strong>Javelina</strong> outside<br />
hitter, goes for a<br />
kill in the team’s<br />
match with Catawba<br />
(N.C.) in the<br />
Lenoir-Rhyne<br />
tournament<br />
recently. Outside<br />
hitter Adina Gray is<br />
No. 6. (Photo by<br />
Dan Krueger).<br />
Four LSC Schools Remain in National Poll<br />
Four Lone Star Conference teams<br />
remained in the NCAA Division II top 25<br />
rankings last week.<br />
The poll, the first of the regular season,<br />
is conducted weekly by the American<br />
Football Coaches Association.<br />
Abilene Christian remained at No. 11,<br />
Southeastern Oklahoma was at No. 18,<br />
Midwestern State moved from No. 23 to No.<br />
19 and West <strong>Texas</strong> A&M was still at No. 24.<br />
Grand Valley (Mich.) State was at the<br />
top of the rankings.<br />
Tarleton State didn’t crack the top 25<br />
but received 19 points and <strong>Texas</strong> A&M-<br />
Commerce had five points.<br />
The <strong>Javelina</strong>s, who had a point in the<br />
preseason poll, didn’t receive votes last<br />
week.<br />
NCAA Division II Football Broadband Schedule for September<br />
Sept. 8 West <strong>Texas</strong> A&M at Adams (Colo.) State<br />
Bloomsburg (Pa.) at California (Pa.)<br />
Humboldt (Calif.) State at Central Washington<br />
Tusculum (Tenn.) at North Alabama<br />
Sept. 14 Bryant (R.I.) at Merrimack (Mass.)<br />
Sept. 15 Truman (Mo.) State at Central Missouri<br />
Shepherd (W. Va.) at Glenville (W. Va.) State<br />
Albany (Ga.) State at Stillman (Ala.)<br />
Sept. 22 Mary (N.D.) at Concordia-St. Paul (Minn.)<br />
Mesa (Colo.) State at Fort Lewis (Colo.)<br />
West Chester (Pa.) at Shippensburg (Pa.)<br />
Johnston C. Smith (N.C.) at St. Augustine’s (N.C.)<br />
Sept. 29 Eastern New Mexico at Abilene Christian<br />
Newberry (S.C.) at Carson-Newman (Tenn.)<br />
Concord (W. Va.) at Charleston (W. Va.)<br />
News Tidbits From <strong>Javelina</strong><br />
Football Opponents’ Camps<br />
West <strong>Texas</strong> A&M<br />
When questioned why West <strong>Texas</strong><br />
A&M scheduled the No. 10 team in NCAA<br />
Division II for the opening game, director<br />
of athletics Michael McBroom says, “If<br />
you’ve got a good team—and we’ve got a<br />
good team—schedule good teams. We’ve<br />
won back-to-back conference<br />
championships and advanced to the<br />
playoffs. That’s been our goal. But we’ve<br />
gotten out of the conference and been<br />
manhandled. Our eyes are on a national<br />
championship.”<br />
The Buffaloes faced South Dakota in<br />
the season opener last Thursday in<br />
Canyon.<br />
“This is a major departure for us,”<br />
McBroom said. “South Dakota is awfully<br />
tough and good and physical. They will be<br />
a real test for us but I think it will pay<br />
dividends down the road. This is how we<br />
get to the big prize.”<br />
“I think we will put a consistently<br />
winning team on the field, a team that will<br />
compete for conference and national<br />
championships. We want that for every<br />
single one of our programs, not just<br />
football.”<br />
McBroom said he envisions playing<br />
two teams from the Mid-America<br />
Intercollegiate Athletics Association before<br />
conference play begins. “These games will<br />
be closer in proximity and our fans can<br />
travel and t heir fans can come here,” he<br />
said.<br />
Western Oregon<br />
The Wolves appear to be a stronger<br />
club this year than last when they downed<br />
the <strong>Javelina</strong>s in Oregon.<br />
Four of the offensive line starters are<br />
back after helping the team average 408<br />
total yards a game. Allan Mikolas, Paul<br />
Wright, Brett Rhodes and Brandon O’Neil<br />
are seniors and another senior, Cory<br />
Perkins, has been out with a foot injury but<br />
is expected to return in the “coming weeks”.<br />
The Wolves’ opponents won be able to<br />
concentrate on just two major receiving<br />
threats like in 2006 (Kevin Boss and Tyler<br />
Knudsen). As many as eight players will be<br />
used at wideout and flanker, led by Isaiah<br />
Smith, who had 24 catches for 481 yards<br />
last season.<br />
The WOU defense had two shutouts<br />
last year, the first time that had been done<br />
since 1986, and gave up only 13.5 points a<br />
game, lowest since 1975.<br />
The Wolves’ defense recorded 38 sacks<br />
last year and had 84 tackles for losses.<br />
Fourteen different players took down a<br />
quarterback last fall.<br />
Head coach Arne Ferguson is entering<br />
his third season at the school. He has<br />
spent half of his life as a Western Oregon<br />
player, assistant coach and head coach.<br />
Abilene Christian<br />
The Wildcats will retire Johnny Perkins’<br />
number at the Sept. 15 home opener with<br />
Southeastern Oklahoma.<br />
Perkins, who died April 25, wore No. 44<br />
in 1974-76 while a wideout with the<br />
Wildcats.<br />
He is the fourth ACU player to have his<br />
jersey retired. Continued on Page 6<br />
Football Supporting Volleyball<br />
Members of the <strong>Javelina</strong> football team were in attendance at the volleyball squad’s home<br />
game last week in the SPEC.<br />
<strong>Javelina</strong> Hall of Fame Induction Banquet<br />
5:30 p.m. - Sept. 21 - Memorial Student Union Building Ballrooms<br />
2007 Inductees<br />
Livia Diaz - Maria Gutierrez - Matt Hickl - Hall Whitley<br />
Tickets on Sale at the <strong>Javelina</strong> Athletic Ticket Office, McCulley Hall or by phoning (361) 593-4030
Coach, Athlete<br />
Former <strong>Javelina</strong> track and field coach Ken Kelley of <strong>Kingsville</strong> and one of his former<br />
athletes, Robert Gonzalez, recently visited at Gonzalez’s restaurant, Star of <strong>Texas</strong>, in<br />
Falfurrias. Gonzalez was a distance runner for the <strong>Javelina</strong>s in 1969-72. Both are<br />
members of the <strong>Javelina</strong> Hall of Fame.<br />
Bailey Holds Seven NCAA DII Records<br />
Johnny Bailey, <strong>Texas</strong> A&I running back<br />
in 1986-89, still holds seven NCAA Division<br />
II records and ranks as one of collegiate<br />
football’s all-time leading rushers.<br />
News Tidbits From<br />
<strong>Javelina</strong> Football<br />
Opponent Camps<br />
Continued from Page 5<br />
Eastern New Mexico<br />
When the Greyhounds downed Bacone<br />
(Okla.), 63-20, in the season opener, they set<br />
a team rushing record with 512 yards.<br />
The victory marked the eighth time in<br />
the past 11 years that the Greyhounds have<br />
won their season opener.<br />
Tarleton State<br />
Tarleton set a season-opener record in<br />
attendance with 5,618 fans at the East<br />
Central Oklahoma game.<br />
The Texans won, 44-7.<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> A&M-Commerce<br />
Kenny Ford first reported to play<br />
football at <strong>Texas</strong> A&M-Commerce 10 years<br />
ago. He had trouble adjusting to college<br />
and joined the military.<br />
He has served in the Middle East and<br />
was a member of a team of 13 corpsmen<br />
who called themselves “Unit 13”.<br />
He had expressed a desire to go back<br />
and play college football again.<br />
This fall, he’s a 30-year-old linebacker<br />
with the Lions and wears No. 13 in honor of<br />
his Unit.<br />
Bailey, from Houston (Yates), has these<br />
records:<br />
…..Most yards rushing in the first<br />
game of his career: 238 vs. <strong>Texas</strong> Southern<br />
in 1986.<br />
…..Most 200-yard rushing games as a<br />
freshman: 5 in 1986.<br />
…..Most yards rushing by two players<br />
in a season: 320.5, Bailey and Heath<br />
Sherman in 1986.<br />
…..Most yards rushing by two players<br />
in a career: 8,594, Bailey and Sherman in<br />
1986-88.<br />
…..Most seasons rushing for 1,000 or<br />
more yards: 4 by Bailey in 1986.<br />
…..Most 100-yard games rushing as a<br />
freshman: 11 by Bailey in 1986.<br />
…..Most consecutive 100-yard games<br />
rushing as a freshman: 11 by Bailey in 1986.<br />
Bailey is the most honored college<br />
player in history. He was named to 14 All-<br />
America first teams and was the three-time<br />
recipient of the Harlon Hill Trophy that<br />
goes to the NCAA Division II player of the<br />
year. He was runnerup for the honor as a<br />
freshman.<br />
Bailey held the college career rushing<br />
record when he concluded his play with the<br />
<strong>Javelina</strong>s after the 1989 season.<br />
54-Game Schedule Announced<br />
For ‘08 Baseball Spring Season<br />
Two games with <strong>Texas</strong> A&M International have increased the <strong>Texas</strong> A&M-<strong>Kingsville</strong><br />
baseball team’s schedule to 54 games for next spring.<br />
The <strong>Javelina</strong>s and Dustdevils will play a home-and-home series, meeting Feb. 5 in<br />
Laredo and Feb. 12 in <strong>Kingsville</strong>. It will be the first meeting of the neighboring schools in<br />
the sport.<br />
The <strong>Javelina</strong>s open Feb. 2 with Incarnate Word in <strong>Kingsville</strong> and have 29 home<br />
appearances.<br />
Other non-conference opponents for the <strong>Javelina</strong>s are St. Mary’s, St. Edward’s, <strong>Texas</strong><br />
State and Houston Baptist.<br />
The Lone Star Conference schedule opens Feb. 14 with a four-game series against East<br />
Central Oklahoma in Ada, Okla.<br />
2008 JAVELINA BASEBALL SCHEDULE<br />
Feb. 2 – Incarnate Word in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 2 p.m.<br />
Feb. 5 – <strong>Texas</strong> A&M International in Laredo, 5 p.m.<br />
Feb. 12 – <strong>Texas</strong> A&M International in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 5 p.m.<br />
Feb. 14 – *East Central Oklahoma in Ada, Okla., 1 p.m.<br />
Feb. 15 – *East Central Oklahoma in Ada, Okla. (2), noon<br />
Feb. 16 – *East Central Oklahoma in Ada, Okla., noon<br />
Feb. 21 - *Southwestern Oklahoma in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 5 p.m.<br />
Feb. 22 - *Southwestern Oklahoma in <strong>Kingsville</strong> (2), 3 p.m.<br />
Feb. 23 - *Southwestern Oklahoma in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, noon<br />
Feb. 26 – St. Mary’s in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 5 p.m.<br />
Feb. 29 - *Abilene Christian in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 5 p.m.<br />
March 1 - *Abilene Christian in <strong>Kingsville</strong> (2), 3 p.m.<br />
March 2 - *Abilene Christian in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 1 p.m.<br />
March 5 – St. Edward’s in Austin, 1 p.m.<br />
March 6 - *Central Oklahoma in Edmond, Okla., 2 p.m.<br />
March 7 - *Central Oklahoma in Edmond, Okla. (2), noon<br />
March 8 - *Central Oklahoma in Edmond, Okla., noon<br />
March 12 – <strong>Texas</strong> State in San Marcos, 2 p.m.<br />
March 13 - *Eastern New Mexico in Portales, N.M., 5 p.m.<br />
March 14 - *Eastern New Mexico in Portales, N.M. (2), 3 p.m.<br />
March 15 - *Eastern New Mexico at Portales, N.M., noon<br />
March 18 – Houston Baptist in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 5 p.m.<br />
March 20 - *West <strong>Texas</strong> A&M in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 5 p.m.<br />
March 21 - *West <strong>Texas</strong> A&M in <strong>Kingsville</strong> (2), 3 p.m.<br />
March 22 - *West <strong>Texas</strong> A&M in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, noon<br />
March 25 – Houston Baptist in Houston, 2 p.m.<br />
March 28 – *Northeastern Oklahoma in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 5 p.m.<br />
March 29 - *Northeastern Oklahoma in <strong>Kingsville</strong> (2), 3 p.m.<br />
March 30 - *Northeastern Oklahoma in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, noon<br />
April 1 – St. Mary’s in San Antonio, 6 p.m.<br />
April 4 - *Tarleton State in Stephenville, 5 p.m.<br />
April 5 - *Tarleton State in Stephenville (2), 3 p.m.<br />
April 6 - *Tarleton State in Stephenville, 1 p.m.<br />
April 10 - *Cameron in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 5 p.m.<br />
April 11 - *Cameron in <strong>Kingsville</strong> (2), 3 p.m.<br />
April 12 - *Cameron in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, noon<br />
April 15 – St. Edward’s in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 5 p.m.<br />
April 18 - *Southeastern Oklahoma in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 5 p.m.<br />
April 19 - *Southeastern Oklahoma in <strong>Kingsville</strong> (2), 3 p.m.<br />
April 20 - *Southeastern Oklahoma in <strong>Kingsville</strong>, 1 p.m.<br />
April 25 - *Angelo State in San Angelo, 6 p.m.<br />
April 26 - *Angelo State in San Angelo (2), 4 p.m.<br />
April 27 - *Angelo State in San Angelo, 4 p.m.<br />
May 1-3 – Lone Star Conference Championships in Abilene.<br />
Fall Scrimmage Set With Houston-Victoria<br />
The <strong>Texas</strong> A&M-<strong>Kingsville</strong> baseball<br />
team has scheduled a fall scrimmage with<br />
the University of Houston-Victoria,<br />
according to head coach Russell Stockton.<br />
The squads will have a 4 p.m. start time<br />
at Nolan Ryan Field.<br />
The scrimmage comes during the<br />
<strong>Javelina</strong>s’ fall workout period.<br />
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Send address changes, pictures<br />
or correspondence to editor Fred Nuesch<br />
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NCAA Division II Volleyball - 273 Teams Strong!!<br />
Playing Some of the Best Collegiate Volleyball in the Country<br />
Abilene Christian * Adams (Colo.) State * Adelphi (N.Y.) * Alabama-Huntsville * Alaska-Anchorage * Alaska-Fairbanks<br />
Albany (Ga.) State * Alderson-Broaddus (W. Va.) * American International (Mass.) * Anderson (S.C.) * Angelo State<br />
Arkansas Tech * Arkansas-Monticello * Armstrong Atlantic (Ga.) State * Ashland (Ohio) * Assumption (Mass.) * Augusta (Ga.) State<br />
Augustana (S.D.) * Barry (Fla.) * Barton (N.C.) * Bellarmine (Ky.) * Belmont Abbey (N.C.) * Bemidji (Minn.) State * Benedict (S.C.)<br />
Bentley (Mass.) * Bloomfield (N.J.) * Bluefield (W. Va.) State * Bowie (Md.) State * Brevard (N.C.) * Bridgeport (Conn.)<br />
Brigham Young-Hawaii * Bryant (R.I.) * C.W. Post (N.Y.) * Caldwell (N.J.) * California State-Bakersfield * California State-Chico<br />
California State-Dominguez Hills * California State-Los Angeles * California State-Monterey Bay * California State-San Bernardino<br />
California State-Stanislaus * California Poly-Pomona * California (Pa.) * California-San Diego * Cameron * Carson-Newman (Tenn.)<br />
Catawba (N.C.) * Central Missouri State * Central Oklahoma * Central (Ohio) State * Central Washington * Chadron (Neb.) State<br />
Chaminade (Hawaii) * Charleston (W. Va.) * Cheyney (Pa.) * Christian Brothers (Tenn.) * Claflin (S.C.) * Clarion (Pa.)<br />
Clark Atlanta (Ga.) * Coker (S.C.) * Colorado Christian * Colorado School of Mines * Colorado State-Pueblo<br />
Colorado-Colorado Springs * Concord (W. Va.) * Concordia (N.Y.) * Concordia-St. Paul (Minn.) * Converse (S.C.) * Dallas Baptist<br />
Davis & Elkins (W. Va.) * District of Columbia * Dixie (Utah) State * Dominican (N.Y.) * Dowling (N.Y.) * Drury (Mo.)<br />
East Stroudsburg (Pa.) * Eastern New Mexico * Eckerd (Fla.) * Edinboro (Pa.) * Elizabeth City (N.C.) * Emporia (Kan.) State<br />
Fairmont (W. Va.) State * Fayetteville (N.C.) State * Felician (N.J.) * Ferris (Mich.) State * Findlay (Ohio) * Flagler (Fla.)<br />
Florida Gulf Coast * Florida Tech * Florida Southern * Fort Hays (Kan.) State * Fort Lewis (Colo.) * Fort Valley (Ga.) State<br />
Francis Marion (S.C.) * Franklin Pierce (N.H.) * Gannon (Pa.) * Georgian Court (N.J.) * Glenville (W. Va.) State<br />
Goldey-Beacom (Del.) * Grand Canyon (Ariz.) * Grand Valley (Mich.) State * Green Mountain (Vt.) * Harding (Ark.) * Hawaii Pacific<br />
Hawaii-Hilo * Henderson (Ark.) State * Hillsdale (Mich.) * Holy Family (Pa.) * Humboldt (Calif.) State * Incarnate Word<br />
Indiana (Pa.) * Indianapolis (Ind.) * Johnson C. Smith (N.C.) * Kennesaw (Ga.) State * Kentucky State * Kentucky Wesleyan<br />
Kutztown (Pa.) * Lake Superior (Mich.) * Lander (S.C.) * Lane (Tenn.) * Le Moyne (N.Y.) * Lees-McRae (N.C.)<br />
LeMoyne-Owen (Tenn.) * Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.) * Lewis (Ill.) * Limestone (S.C.) * Lincoln Memorial (Tenn.) * Livingstone (N.C.)<br />
Lock Haven (Pa.) * Lynn (Fla.) * Mars Hill (N.C.) * Mary (N.D.) * Massachusetts-Lowell * Mercy (N.Y.) * Mercyhurst (Pa.)<br />
Merrimack (Mass.) * Mesa (Colo.) State * Metropolitan (Colo.) State * Michigan Tech * Midwestern State * Miles (Ala.)<br />
Millersville (Pa.) * Minnesota State-Mankato * Minnesota State-Moorhead * Minnesota-Crookston * Minnesota-Duluth<br />
Minnesota-Morris * Missouri Southern * Missouri Western * Missouri-St. Louis * Molloy (N.Y.) * Montana State-Billings<br />
Montevallo (Ala.) * Mount Olive (N.C.) * Nebraska-Kearney * Nebraska-Omaha * New Haven (Conn.) * New Jersey Tech<br />
New Mexico Highlands * New York Tech * Newberry (S.C.) * Newman (Kan.) * North Alabama * North Carolina Central<br />
North Carolina-Pembroke * North Dakota * North Florida * North Greenville (S.C.) * Northern Kentucky * Northern Michigan<br />
Northern (S.D.) State * Northwest Missouri State * Northwest Nazarene (Idaho) * Northwood (Mich.) * Notre Dame de Namur (Calif.)<br />
Nova Southeastern (Fla.) * Nyack (N.Y.) * Oakland City (Ind.) * Ohio Valley (W. Va.) * Oklahoma Panhandle State<br />
Ouachita Baptist (Ark.) * Pace (N.Y.) * Paine (Ga.) * Palm Beach Atlantic (Fla.) * Pfeiffer (N.C.) * Philadelphia (Pa.)<br />
Pittsburg (Kan.) State * Pittsburgh-Johnston (Pa.) * Post (Conn.) * Presbyterian (S.C.) * Puerto Rico-Bayamon * Puerto Rico-Cayey<br />
Puerto Rico-Mayaquez * Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras * Queens (N.Y.) * Queens (N.C.) * Quincy (Ill.) * Regis (Colo.) * Rockhurst (Mo.)<br />
Rollins (Fla.) * Saginaw (Mich.) State * Salem (W. Va.) International * Sciences-Philadelphia (Pa.) * Seattle Pacific (Wash.)<br />
Seattle (Wash.) * Seton Hill (Pa.) * Shaw (N.C.) * Shepherd (W. Va.) * Shippensburg (Pa.) * Slippery Rock (Pa.)<br />
Sonoma (Calif.) State * South Carolina-Aiken * South Carolina Upstate * South Dakota * Southeastern Oklahoma State<br />
Southern Arkansas * Southern Connecticut State * Southern Illinois-Edwardsville * Southern Indiana * Southern New Hampshire<br />
Southwest Baptist (Mo.) * Southwest Minnesota State * Southwestern Oklahoma State * St. Andrews Presbyterian (N.C.)<br />
Saint Anselm (N.H.) * St. Augustine’s (N.C.) * St. Cloud (Minn.) State * St. Edward’s * Saint Joseph’s (Ind.) * Saint Leo (Fla.)<br />
St. Martin’s (Wash.) * St. Mary’s * Saint Michael’s (Vt.) * St. Paul’s (Va.) * Saint Rose (N.Y.) * Stillman (Ala.) * Stonehill (Mass.)<br />
Tampa (Fla.) * Tarleton State * <strong>Texas</strong> A&M International * <strong>Texas</strong> A&M-Commerce * <strong>Texas</strong> A&M-<strong>Kingsville</strong><br />
<strong>Texas</strong>-Permian Basin * <strong>Texas</strong> Woman’s * Tiffin (Ohio) * Truman (Mo.) State * Tusculum (Tenn.) * Tuskegee (Ala.) * Upper Iowa<br />
Valdosta (Ga.) State * Virginia State * Virginia Union * Washburn (Kan.) * Wayne (Mich.) State * Wayne (Neb.) State * West Alabama<br />
West Chester (Pa.) * West Florida * West Georgia * West Liberty (W. Va.) State * West <strong>Texas</strong> A&M * West Virginia State<br />
West Virginia Wesleyan * Western New Mexico * Western Oregon * Western (Colo.) State * Western Washington<br />
Wheeling Jesuit (W. Va.) * Wilmington (Del.) * Wingate (N.C.) * Winona (Minn.) State * Winston-Salem (N.C.) * Wisconsin-Parkside<br />
NCAA Division II.....Where It’s Happening in College Sports!
Watermelon Treat<br />
The <strong>Javelina</strong> football team was treated to watermelon after a practice last week. The<br />
melons were furnished by <strong>Javelina</strong> fan Lel Villarreal.<br />
9<br />
Days Until<br />
The <strong>Javelina</strong>s Open<br />
Their Home Season<br />
Against Western Oregon<br />
In <strong>Javelina</strong> Stadium<br />
Cross Country Runners Open<br />
Saturday in San Marcos Meet<br />
The <strong>Texas</strong> A&M-<strong>Kingsville</strong> men’s and<br />
women’s cross country teams will open their<br />
fall season Saturday at the <strong>Texas</strong> State<br />
invitational in San Marcos.<br />
The event will be run on the Gary Job<br />
Corps field.<br />
The men begin at 8 a.m. and will<br />
compete on a five-mile course and the<br />
women start at 8:35 a.m. and will have a<br />
three-mile course.<br />
The returning lettermen for the men are<br />
Ray Acuna, sophomore from Orange Grove,<br />
and Daniel Castro, junior from Pasadena<br />
(Dobie).<br />
Women with letters are Erica Alvarado,<br />
junior from Falfurrias; Denise Bazan, junior<br />
from Rio Grande City; Raquel Tidwell,<br />
sophomore from Katy (Cinco Ranch), and<br />
Kylie Ward, sophomore from Amarillo.<br />
Alvarado, Bazan and Castro each have<br />
two letters.<br />
This will be the first of one of seven<br />
meets for the <strong>Javelina</strong>s.<br />
The closest meet for the <strong>Javelina</strong>s will<br />
be the <strong>Texas</strong> A&M-Corpus Christi<br />
invitational Sept. 29 at West Guth Park in<br />
Corpus Christi.<br />
The Lone Star Conference<br />
Championships are set for Oct. 20 in<br />
Commerce.<br />
2007 <strong>Javelina</strong> Men’s and Women’s<br />
Cross Country Schedule<br />
Sept. 8 – <strong>Texas</strong> State invitational in San<br />
Marcos<br />
Sept. 15 – Rice Invitational in Houston<br />
Sept. 21 – <strong>Texas</strong>-San Antonio<br />
Invitational in San Antonio<br />
Sept. 29 – <strong>Texas</strong> A&M-Corpus Christi<br />
Invitational in Corpus Christi (West Guth<br />
Park)<br />
Oct. 6 – Incarnate Word invitational in<br />
San Antonio<br />
Oct. 9 – Angelo State invitational in<br />
San Angelo<br />
Oct. 20 – Lone Star Conference<br />
Championships in Commerce<br />
<strong>Javelina</strong>, Lion Football Rivalry Extends Back to Early 1930s<br />
The Lone Star Conference’s oldest<br />
football rivalry will resume this weekend<br />
when the <strong>Texas</strong> A&M-<strong>Kingsville</strong> <strong>Javelina</strong>s<br />
do battle with the <strong>Texas</strong> A&M-Commerce<br />
Lions in Commerce.<br />
These two schools, who met for years<br />
as <strong>Texas</strong> A&I and East <strong>Texas</strong> State, have<br />
played each season but one since 1954, the<br />
year the <strong>Javelina</strong>s entered the LSC. Their<br />
first two games came in 1930 and 1931 and<br />
they didn’t meet again until 1954.<br />
The teams had met for 51 consecutive<br />
seasons before an LSC realignment in 2005<br />
ended the streak. The squads did return to<br />
each other’s schedule last year.<br />
TAMUC is the oldest member of the<br />
LSC, having been a charter member when<br />
the league formed in 1931. The <strong>Javelina</strong>s<br />
became affiliated in 1954 and the next oldest<br />
member after TAMUK is Angelo State,<br />
which joined in 1968.<br />
Some of the storybook contests in the<br />
75-year history of the conference have<br />
come between these two schools on the<br />
football field. Each has ended victory<br />
streaks of the other and each has spoiled<br />
an otherwise perfect record by the rival.<br />
The <strong>Javelina</strong>s and Lions have<br />
dominated the LSC championships. Since<br />
1954, when the <strong>Javelina</strong>s joined the league,<br />
the South Texans have won 26 conference<br />
titles. During the same period, TAMUC has<br />
taken 10. The most any other school has<br />
taken has been eight.<br />
The Lions have won 20 titles since the<br />
first was decided in 1932.<br />
The <strong>Javelina</strong>s have dominated the<br />
series between the schools, posting a 33-<br />
20-1 record, and have won four in a row.<br />
The Javs have taken 12 of the last 14<br />
decisions.<br />
TAMUK came out on top in last year’s<br />
clash , 20-17, in <strong>Kingsville</strong> in overtime.<br />
The Long-Time Series<br />
Between the <strong>Javelina</strong>s and Lions<br />
2006 TAMUK 20, TAMUC 17 (ot)<br />
2004 TAMUK 31, TAMU 13<br />
2003 TAMUK 31, TAMUC 7<br />
2002 TAMUK 37, TAMUC 15<br />
2001 TAMUC 30, TAMUK 24<br />
2000 TAMUK 7, TAMUC 0<br />
1999 TAMUC 14, TAMUK 10<br />
1998 TAMUK 42, TAMUC 18<br />
1997 TAMUK 34, TAMUC 6<br />
1996 TAMUK 35, TAMUC 28<br />
1995 TAMUK 37, ETSU 18<br />
1994 TAMUK 31, ETSU 0<br />
1993 TAMUK 28, ETSU 3<br />
1992 TAMUK 17, ETSU 10<br />
1991 ETSU 24, A&I 22<br />
1990 ETSU 26, A&I 6<br />
1989 A&I 48, ETSU 7<br />
1988 ETSU 42, A&I 35<br />
1987 A&I 42, ETSU 20<br />
1986 A&I 42, ETSU 0<br />
1985 A&I 22, ETSU 19<br />
1984 A&I 29, ETSU 23<br />
1983 ETSU 35, A&I 24<br />
1982 ETSU 37, A&I 22<br />
1981 ETSU 37, A&I 13<br />
1980 A&I 14, ETSU 7<br />
1979 ETSU 3, A&I 0<br />
1978 ETSU 32, A&I 17<br />
1977 ETSU 7, A&I 6<br />
1976 A&I 37, ETSU 0<br />
1975 A&I 36, ETSU 7<br />
1974 A&I 27, ETSU 20<br />
1973 ETSU 28, A&I 7<br />
1972 ETSU 29, A&I 17<br />
1971 A&I 16, ETSU 10<br />
1970 A&I 43, ETSU 28<br />
1969 A&I 28, ETSU 14<br />
1968 ETSU 35, A&I 27<br />
1967 A&I 24, ETSU 6<br />
1966 ETSU 25, A&I 24<br />
1965 A&I 26, ETSU 12<br />
1964 A&I 20, ETSU 9<br />
1963 A&I 17, ETSU 0<br />
1962 Tie 3-3<br />
1961 A&I 22, ETSU 6<br />
1960 ETSU 14, A&I 6<br />
1959 A&I 7, ETSU 0<br />
1958 ETSU 13, A&I 7<br />
1957 ETSU 42, A&I 12<br />
1956 A&I 27, ETSU 14<br />
1955 ETSU 14, A&I 7<br />
1954 ETSU 26, A&I 6<br />
1931 A&I 7, ETSU 6<br />
1930 A&I 25, ETSU 6<br />
Out of Chute No.<br />
4<br />
The <strong>Javelina</strong> football<br />
team used the J.K.<br />
Northway Coliseum<br />
for a workout last<br />
week after rains left<br />
the <strong>Javelina</strong> Stadium<br />
practice field too wet<br />
for drills.