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Cross Country Men, Women Open This Weekend VOLUME VIII, NO. 6 Kingsville, Texas 78363 Sept. 5, 2007 Football Renews Long-Time Rivalry With Texas A&M-Commerce Arlen Childress Volleyball Takes on St. Mary’s Tonight The Texas A&M-Kingsville volleyball team will be back in San Antonio tonight (Wednesday) for a match with St. Mary’s before taking a week-long break to prepare for the Lone Star Conference opener. The Javelinas and Rattlers meet at 7 p.m. Adina Gray Mike Martinez Stuart Moffitt Rod Mosley The Javs were in San Antonio last weekend for the Alamo Classic and split two matches. They dropped a decision to Incarnate Word before beating Trinity. Trinity had entered the match with a 3-0 record and two of the victories had come over LSC schools: Abilene Christian and Tarleton State. Both conference teams are highly ranked this fall. Trinity is ranked No. 7 in NCAA Division III and has been to the Division III postseason playoffs 15 consecutive seasons. The Javelinas are 4-3 going into tonight’s match and St. Mary’s is 2-5. Adina Gray, 5-8 sophomore outside hitter from Corpus Christi (Flour Bluff), and Mollie Biega, 5- 10 freshman middle blocker from Houston (Cypress Creek), are The two winningest programs in the Lone Star Conference will clash this weekend when the Texas A&M-Kingsville Javelinas travel to Commerce to engage the Texas A&M-Commerce Lions in an LSC crossover match for the Javelinas. Kickoff time will be 7 p.m. in Commerce’s Memorial Stadium. The game will be a conference contest for the Lions. Both schools are looking for their first victory of the season. The Javelinas dropped a 7-3 defensive struggle to Southwestern Oklahoma last weekend in Weatherford, Okla. The Lions are 0-2 after losing to nationally ranked Pittsburg State, 28-14, in Pittsburg, Kan., and falling to Ouachita (Ark.) Baptist, 29-27, last weekend in Commerce. Ouachita won on a field goal as time ran out. The Javelinas and Lions will be meeting for the 55 th time and leading the Javelina offensive attack. Gray has 2.96 kills a match and Biega has a .331 attack percentage. Heidi Scheopner, 5-11 senior setter from Harlingen (South), has 5.91 sets a game and Kirby Krueger, 5-7 sophomore setter from New Braunfels (Canyon), averages 5.61. Kristin Chancellor, 5-10 sophomore middle blocker from Bellville, is the block leader with 0.95 a match and Tara Grier, 5-8 sophomore defensive specialist from Poth, leads the digs with a 3.52 average. Virginia Hernandez, 5-6 freshman libero from Katy, averages 3.35 digs a match. After the St. Mary’s match, the Javelinas will be idle until Sept. 13 when they host LSC favorite West Texas A&M in the league opener. the Javelinas hold a 33-20-1 series lead. The Javs have taken the last four games in a row and have taken 12 of the last 14 decisions. TAMUK won last year’s game, 20-17, in Kingsville in overtime. The Javelinas and Lions have been the big winners in the LSC. TAMUK has taken 26 LSC championships and TAMUC is second with 10 since 1954, the year the Javelinas entered the league. The Lions are charter members of the LSC, which was organized in 1931, and they have won 20 league titles in the 75 years of the conference’s existence. Bo Atterberry, in his first season as head coach of the Javelinas, has a roster that includes 61 newcomers, and only three of his staff members are returnees from last season. In their opener, the Javelinas had 194 total yards, 60 rushing and 134 passing. The defensive unit gave up 273 total yards, 169 rushing and 104 passing. Quarterbacks Kolten Thigpen, 6-1, 185-pound freshman from Hondo, and David Garcia, 6- 0, 200-pound freshman from Laredo (United), divided time under. Thigpen completed seven of 24 passes for 70 yards and Garza completed seven of 13 for 64 yards. Billy Martin, 5-9, 201-pound junior running back from Pittsburg and Kilgore College, led the rushing with 39 yards and 3.5 yards a carry. Ryan Lincoln, 6-0, 175-pound freshman wideout from Bastrop, was the top receiver with five catches for 62 yards. Arlen Childress, 5-10, 217pound junior linebacker from Humble, was the defensive leader with nine tackles and a forced Continued on Page 2 Timeout Talk Javelina volleyball coach Shannon Alvarado discusses strategy during a timeout in last week’s match with Texas-Brownsville in the Steinke Center.

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 />

www.javelinaathletics.com<br />

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 />

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Kutztown (Pa.) * Lake Superior (Mich.) * Lander (S.C.) * Lane (Tenn.) * Le Moyne (N.Y.) * Lees-McRae (N.C.)<br />

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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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