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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 />

The <strong>Javelina</strong> Highlights is published<br />

weekly by the <strong>Kingsville</strong> Publishing Co.<br />

Send address changes, pictures<br />

or correspondence to editor Fred Nuesch<br />

at MSC 114A, 700 University Blvd.,<br />

<strong>Kingsville</strong>, TX 78363


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.

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