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KINGSVILLE, TEXAS 78363VOLUME XVI, NO. 15 NOV. 18, 2015

Men’s Basketball toHost West VirginiaTeam Sunday Night

Women’s Basketball To Host St. Mary’s

Thrill of VictoryThe Javelina bench, and fans, erupt as Marcus Frazier, 5-10 junior guard from Arlington, hits the game-winning shot in an overtime victory over Texas-Permian Basin in last weekend’s Emerald Beach Hotel/Javelina Classic in the Steinke Center.

Winning ShotMarcus Frazier, 5-10 juniorguard from Arlington, hit abasket with less than threeseconds remaining to give theJavelina men’s basketball teaman overtime victory over Texas-Permian Basin in the seasonopener last weekend in theSteinke Center.Kaylin Roher

Texas A&M-KingsvilleJavelina Stadium will host a Class5A state football playoff gameFriday night when Calallen andMission Sharyland play in thefacility.

Kickoff time will be 7:30 p.m.The facility hosted playoff

games between Sinton andRaymondville, and Refugio withLaVilla, last weekend.

Sharyland, CalallenMeet Friday in

Javelina Stadium

The Texas A&M-Kingsvillewomen’s basketball team tries toremain undefeated for the seasonwhen it goes to LaredoWednesday night for a rematchwith Texas A&M International.

Game time is 7 p.m.The Javelinas will be home

Saturday to host St. Mary’s at 2p.m. and will be back on the roadTuesday for a 5:30 p.m. game withSt. Edward’s in Austin.

The Javelinas opened with asweep of two games in theTexAnn Tipoff Classic inStephenville last weekend.

The Javelinas downedTAMIU in the opener and beat

Concordia-Irvine (Calif.) in thesecond game.

Kaylin Roher, 5-3 junior guardfrom League City (Clear Springs),led the Javelinas scoring inStephenville, averaging 15 pointsa game.

Joslyn Smith, 5-10 juniorforward from Amarillo (Palo Duro),led the rebounding with a 6.5average.

The Dustdevils are 0-2 for theyear and are led by Jessica Prieto,5-10 senior guard from Laredo(Alexander) who averages 22.5points a game and 5.5 rebounds.

St. Mary’s is 1-1. (Continued on Page 3)

Hoops atHome

Saturday,Sunday

In the SPEC

The Texas A&M-Kingsvillemen’s basketball team, off to a 2-0start after sweeping a pair ofgames in the Emerald Beach Hotel/Javelina Classic in the SteinkeCenter, will face three opponentsover a five-day period beginningWednesday night.

The Javelinas will meet St.Mary’s at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday inSan Antonio and will travel toEdinburg for an exhibition gamewith Texas-Rio Grande ValleyFriday at 7 p.m.

The team returns homeSunday for a 6 p.m. matchup withOhio Valley of West Virginia in theSteinke Center.

The Javelinas won a coupleof close games in the Classic,defeating Texas-Permian Basin in

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Javelina HashBy Fred Nuesch, Coordinator of Athletic External Affairs

2015-16 Javelina Men’s Basketball ScheduleNov. 18 – St. Mary’s in San Antonio, 7:30 p.m.Nov. 20 – Texas-Rio Grande Valley in Edinburg (exhibition), 7 p.m.Nov. 22 – Ohio Valley in Kingsville, 6 p.m.Nov. 27 – Ouachita Baptist (Ark.) in Stephenville, 5 p.m. (Tarleton

Classic).Nov. 28 – Colorado State-Pueblo in Stephenville, 5 p.m. (Tarleton

Classic)Dec. 2 – St. Edward’s in Austin, 7 p.m.Dec. 12 – Texas A&M International in Laredo, 3 p.m.Dec. 14 – St. Mary’s in Kingsville, 7 p.m.Dec. 19 – Virginia State in Daytona Beach, Fla., 4 p.m. (Daytona

Mitsubichi/Kia Shootout).Dec. 20 – Winner of Embry-Riddle (Fla.)/Thomas (Ga.) game in

Daytona Beach, Fla., TBA (Daytona Mitsubichi/Kia Shootout).Jan. 6 - *Texas A&M-Commerce in Commerce, 7:30 p.m.Jan. 9 - *Tarleton State in Kingsville, 8 p.m.Jan. 13 - *Eastern New Mexico in Kingsville, 7:30 p.m.Jan. 16 - *West Texas A&M in Canyon, 4 p.m.Jan. 20 - *Midwestern State in Wichita Falls, 7:30 p.m.Jan. 23 - *Cameron in Kingsville, 8 p.m.Jan. 30 - *Angelo State in San Angelo, 4 p.m.Feb. 3 - *Eastern New Mexico in Portales, N.M., 8:30 p.m.Feb. 6 - *West Texas A&M in Kingsville, 6 p.m.Feb. 10 - *Texas A&M-Commerce in Kingsville, 7:30 p.m.Feb. 13 - *Tarleton State in Stephenville, 7 p.m.Feb. 17 - *Midwestern State in Kingsville, 7:30 p.m.Feb. 20 - *Cameron in Lawton, Okla., 6 p.m.Feb. 28 - *Angelo State in Kingsville, 7:30 p.m.March 2-5 – Lone Star Conference Championships in Allen.*Lone Star Conference games.

High School FootballThe LaVilla High School cheerleaders were on the sidelines whentheir team played Refugio in a state high school football game Fridaynight in Javelina Stadium.

PRIOR TO THE start of athletic events throughout the nationlast weekend, there was a moment of silence in memory of victimsof the terrorist attacks in Paris, France, Friday.

Such was held prior to the Javelina men’s basketball gameSaturday night in the Steinke Center.

Also remembered before the Javelina game was formerJavelina head men’s basketball coach and basketball player DonMcDonald, who had passed away earlier in the week in SanAntonio.

THE JAVELINA FOOTBALL team closed out its season lastweekend with an offensive bang.

The Javelinas amassed 546 total yards against West TexasA&M and it was almost perfectly balanced between rushing andpassing.

There were 274 rushing yards and 272 passing yards.Several individuals had career days.Quarterback Myles Carr completed 29 of 30 (.633) passes for

272 yards and four touchdowns.Running back Greg Pitre rushed for 226 yards and averaged

8.4 yards a carry on 27 attempts. He also had four pass receptionsfor 52 yards and two scores.

Pitre’s rushing figure was the 13th single-game best for theJavelinas.

Receiver Anthony Autry had seven receptions for 145 yards.All three are underclassmen.

OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE STATE had one of the biggestturnarounds of the season Saturday against Tarleton State inStephenville.

The Aggies had dropped an 84-47 decision to the Texans Oct.24 and three weeks later, the Texans squeaked by, 48-47.

OPSU becomes part of the Lone Star Conference in footballnext fall.

WESTERN NEW MEXICO, also coming into the LSC nextyear, played its final Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference footballgame last weekend and defeated Black Hills (S.D.) State, 59-21, inSilver City, N.M.

The Mustangs won two of their last three RMAC contests.

HENDERSON (ARK.) STATE defeated Ouachita Baptist(Ark.), 21-17, last weekend.

There probably aren’t many fans who read the Highlightsinterested in that result. But it was a big one for the editor, an HSUalum.

This is one of the biggest rivalries not only in NCAA DivisionII but all of college football.

These two schools are located adjacent to each other inArkadelphia, Ark.

Highway 67 divides the two campuses. Actually, Hendersonhas a few buildings on the same side of the highway as Ouachita.


(Continued from Page 1)overtime and downing TexasA&M International by threepoints.

D.J. Weathers, 6-2 seniorguard from Mexia, led the scoringwith a 16-point average and JamarGoodwin, 6-4 senior forward fromEnnis, topped the reboundingwith 12 in the two games.

St. Mary’s is 1-1 for theseason and is led in scoring byKriston Minor, 6-1 senior guardfrom Huntsville who is hitting 16 agame.

He also tops the reboundingwith a 6.5 average.

Isaiah Parros, 6-5 junior guardfrom Aurora, Colo., averages 11.5points a game.

T-RGV is 0-1 after dropping agame at the University of Miamiand had a Monday night contestat North Florida.

In the opener, ShaquilleHines, 6-8 senior forward fromChicago, Ill., scored 18 and had sixrebounds.

Dan Kimasa, 6-10 sophomoreforward from Kagali City, Rwanda,scored 10.

Ohio Valley was 1-0 goinginto a Tuesday night game withWheeling Jesuit (W. Va.) and thesquad will have a Wednesdaynight game with West Liberty (W.Va.) before coming to Texas.

In the 103-65 victory overPenn State-Beaver, six playersscored in double figures, led byDavid Smickas, 6-4 senior guardfrom Naperville, Ill., with 20.

Robert Smelser, 6-8 seniorforward from Bloomery, W. Va.,had eight rebounds.

Men’s Basketball Host Ohio Valley

Nothing’sBetter Than

Being aJavelina!

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Upcoming Javelina Events

WBB BasketballTo Host St. Mary’s

Nov. 18 – Men’s Basketball: St. Mary’s in San Antonio, 7:30 p.m. Women’s Basketball: Texas A&M International in Laredo, 7 p.m.

Nov. 20 – Men’s Basketball: Texas-Rio Grande Valley in Edinburg(exhibition). 7 p.m.

Nov. 21 – Women’s Basketball: St. Mary’s in Kingsville, 2 p.m.Nov. 22 – Men’s Basketball: Ohio Valley in Kingsville, 7 p.m.Nov. 24 – Women’s Basketball: St. Edward’s in Austin, 5:30 p.m.Nov. 27 – Women’s Basketball: Texas-Permian Basin in Kingsville, 2 p.m.

Men’s Basketball: Ouachita Baptist (Ark.) in Stephenville, 5p.m. (Tarleton Classic).

Nov. 28 – Men’s Basketball: Colorado State-Pueblo in Stephenville, 5p.m. (Tarleton Classic).

Nov. 30 – Women’s Basketball: Texas-Permian Basin in Odessa, 5:30 p.m.Dec. 2 – Women’s Basketball: St. Mary’s in San Antonio, 6 p.m.

Men’s Basketball: St. Edward’s in Austin, 7 p.m.Dec. 5 – Women’s Basketball: Our Lady of the Lake in Kingsville, 7 p.m.Dec. 12 – Women’s Basketball: Texas A&M International in

Kingsville, 7 p.m. Men’s Basketball: Texas A&M International in Laredo, 3 p.m.

Dec. 14 – Men’s Basketball: St. Mary’s in Kingsville, 7 p.m.Dec. 17 – Women’s Basketball: Lamar in Beaumont, 7 p.m.Dec. 19 – Men’s Basketball: Virginia State in Daytona Beach, Fla., 4 p.m.

(Daytona Mitsubichi/Kia Shootout). Women’s Basketball: Texas-San Antonio in San Antonio, 2 p.m.

Dec. 20 – Men’s Basketball: Winner of Embry-Riddle (Fla.)/Thomas (Ga.)game in Daytona Beach, Fla., TBA (DaytonaMitsubichi/Kia Shootout).

Jan. 6 – Men’s & Women’s Basketball: *Texas A&M-Commerce inCommerce, 5:30 & 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 9 – Men’s & Women’s Basketball: *Tarleton State in Kingsville, 6& 8 p.m.

Jan. 13 – Men’s & Women’s Basketball: *Eastern New Mexico inKingsville, 5:30 and 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 15 – Men’s & Women’s Indoor Track & Field: Texas A&MInvitational in College Station.

Jan. 16 – Men’s & Women’s Basketball: *West Texas A&M in Canyon, 2& 4 p.m.

Jan. 20 – Men’s & Women’s Basketball: *Midwestern State in WichitaFalls, 5:30 & 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 21 – Women’s Basketball: *Texas Woman’s in Denton, 7 p.m.Jan. 23 – Men’s & Women’s Basketball: *Cameron in Kingsville, 6 & 8 p.m.Jan. 29 – Men’s & Women’s Indoor Track & Field: Pittsburg State

Invitational in Pittsburg, Kan.Jan. 30 – Men’s & Women’s Basketball: *Angelo State in San Angelo, 2

& 4 p.m.Jan. 31 – Women’s Tennis: Texas-Rio Grande Valley in Edinburg, noon.Feb. 3 – Men’s & Women’s Basketball: *Eastern New Mexico in

Portales, N.M., 6:30 & 8:30 p.m.Feb. 5 – Baseball: Oklahoma Christian in Kingsville, 6 p.m.Feb. 6 – Men’s & Women’s Basketball: *West Texas A&M in

Kingsville, 4 & 6 p.m.Baseball: Oklahoma Christian in Kingsville (DH), 1 p.m.

Feb. 9 – Softball: Texas A&M International in Kingsville (DH), 4 p.m.Baseball: Houston-Victoria in Victoria, 5 p.m.

Feb. 10 – Men’s & Women’s Basketball: *Texas A&M-Commerce inKingsville, 5:30 & 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 11 – Softball: Javelina Softball Classic in KingsvilleTAMUK vs. Southwestern Oklahoma, 5 p.m.

*Lone Star Conference games/matches.Bold-faced events are in Kingsville.

Enjoying the MomentTanya Allen, Javelina headwomen’s volleyball coach, enjoysthe action during a Lone StarConference match last weekendin the Steinke Center.

(Continued from Page 1)Kiara Etheridge, 5-11 junior

forward from San Antonio(Brennan), averages 21.5 pointsand 7.5 rebounds.

Dezirae Elias, 5-3 senior guardfrom Chandler, Ariz., hits 13.5points an outing.

St. Edward’s is 1-0 going intoa Wednesday night game withWest Texas A&M and a Saturdaycontest with crosstown rivalHuston-Tillotson.

Abbey Hopper, 6-1 freshmanforward from Lubbock (Frenship),led the Hilltoppers in their onlygame thus far, hitting 13 points.

Bailey Hill, 5-8 freshmanguard from San Marcos, andMileka Loydrake, 5-6 junior guardfrom Houston (Clear Springs),each had 11 points.

Khiani Clark, 5-11 juniorforward from Round Rock(Westwood), grabbed six rebounds.

This year’s game was played in Ouachita’s stadium, named forCliff Harris. It lists a capacity of 6,550 and the attendance at lastweekend’s game was 9,868.

When the football teams play the season finale against eachother, the visiting team walks to the game. The Henderson andOBU stadiums are only a few hundred yards apart.

JAVELINA HEAD MEN’S basketball coach Johnny Estellewill be one of the lecturers at the 25th annual South Padre IslandBasketball Clinic May 6-7 on South Padre Island.

He will speak on “Man Offense: 5 Out Motion Principles” and“Developing Mental and Physical Toughness”.

Other speakers include Jack Easley, men’s player developmentcoach at Oklahoma State; Mike Carey, head women’s basketballcoach at West Virginia University, and Reagan Pebley, headwomen’s basketball coach at Texas Christian.

YOU COULD HEAR a sigh of relief when the final Lone StarConference postseason playoff games were played Saturday. Thiswas especially true in Commerce.

The playoffs have been necessary but not popular.They have been held to give each of the LSC teams two extra

games on their schedules. It would have been impossible to gainthese two games had there not been a playoff.

But they haven’t been popular with the fans.At last weekend’s games, there were 5,119 fans at the game

between the two top-ranked teams…Texas A&M-Commerce andMidwestern State—in Commerce. There were 403 at the EasternNew Mexico and Angelo State game in Portales, N.M., pitting theNo. 3 and No. 4 seeds. There were 1,178 at the Javelina gamewith West Texas in Canyon. And there were 1,276 in Stephenvillefor the Tarleton State-Oklahoma Panhandle State contest.

The two years of playoffs have tarnished the glow of winningthe LSC championship for Texas A&M-Commerce.

The Lions have lost in the playoffs each season, dropping adecision to Midwestern State Saturday and having lost to AngeloState the previous year.

After losing to ASU in 2014, the Lions weren’t selected for theNCAA Division II playoffs.

They did get in this year along with Midwestern.

SOUTHWEST BAPTIST (MO.) made one of the biggestjumps of the season when it moved into the No. 6 spot in theNCAA Division II national women’s cross country poll last weekafter not being in the top 25 the previous week.

The Bearcats won the NCAA Division II Central Regionchampionship, its first.

FORMER JAVELINA FOOTBALL player Mark Smith will bea guest speaker at the Hill Country Football Clinic Feb. 12-13 inFredericksburg.




Noon Rotary Club SpeakersWade Scott, second from the left, head women’s basketball coach at Texas A&M-Kingsville, and JohnnyEstelle, right, head men’s basketball coach for the Javelinas, were the guest speakers at the Noon RotaryClub last week. They discussed their players and schedule for the 2015-16 season. Left to right areRotarian Scott Gines, vice president for intercollegiate athletics and campus recreation at TAMUK; Scott;Rotary president Mike Fontaine; assistant men’s basketball coach Mark Mathews; Omar Gonzalez, men’sbasketball assistant coach, and Estelle.

Javelinas to Compete in Beach VolleyballThe Texas A&M-Kingsville

intercollegiate athletic program willadd women’s beach volleyballbeginning in the spring of 2017.

TAMUK becomes theseventh NCAA Division II schoolto announce the addition of thesport. The Javelinas will join 55other schools with the sport, mostat NCAA Division I institutions.

All compete in one divisionfor the NCAA championships.

Outdoor courts will beconstructed on campus for theJavelina home matches.

The Javelinas signed theirfirst beach volleyball prospectslast week.

Tanya Allen, head women’svolleyball coach, will be headcoach of the beach volleyballsquad and she will be assisted byJoe Morales.

Beach volleyball has becomethe fastest growing sport in theNCAA.

TAMUK is the first school inthe Lone Star Conference toannounce the addition of the sportbut several other schools areconsidering adding it.

Since the NCAA announcedthe initiation of the sport, 57

schools have started competing.In matches, each school has a

team of five doubles teams andthey meet each other in a bestthree of five matchup.

Teams must take part in aminimum of eight matches andmost teams play four or fivematches per weekend over a four-weekend period.

Beach volleyball has becomea popular sport in the U.S. afterthe success of the national teamsin the past several OlympicGames.

The 2016 NCAAChampionships will be May 6-8 inGulf Shores, Ala., and the 2017tournament is also at the samesite.

The Division II schools with

beach volleyball are Carson-Newman (Tenn.), Colorado-Mesa,Concordia-Irvine (Calif.), Eckerd(Fla.), Lincoln Memorial (Tenn.)and Spring Hill (Ala.).

Following are the 56 schoolsthat have announced the start ofbeach volleyball programs,according to USA Volleyball:

Alabama-BirminghamArizonaArizona StateBoise StateCalifornia Poly StateCalifornia State-BakersfieldCalifornia State-NorthridgeCalifornia State-SacramentoCalifornia-BerkeleyUCLACarson-Newman (Tenn.)Charleston (S.C.)Colorado-MesaConcordia-Irvine (Calif.)Eckerd (Fla.)Florida AtlanticFlorida Gulf CoastFlorida InternationalFlorida StateGeorgia StateGrand Canyon (Ariz.)HawaiiHouston Baptist


Smith is currently the head football coach at San AntonioMadison High School.

WHEN YOU ARE around long enough, you lose some of yourfriends and cohorts.

Such was the case last week with the passing of DonMcDonald.

When I reported to Texas A&I Aug. 20, 1968, one of the firstpeople to befriend me was Mac. He invited me to his home andhelped me get acclimated to Kingsville.

Along with being the head men’s basketball coach, he was alsoon the football staff. He served as the game filmer and on roadtrips, we roomed together.

Mac had some of the best players in the history of the LoneStar Conference.

Jeff Wildenberg is the school’s all-time leading scorer in acareer and was All-LSC for three consecutive seasons.

Hoegie Simmons is the all-time leading scorer in a two-yearcareer and arguably the most exciting player to ever take an LSCcourt. He was on two All-America teams three times during histwo seasons.

Jeff St. Clair was a standout as a scorer and rebounder andreceived All-America mention.

Chuck Meyer was All-Lone Star Conference and is third in thecareer scoring chart.

Gary Wideman played for McDonald and later returned tocoach the Javelinas.

McDonald himself ranks 16th on the career scoring chart.He was inducted into the Javelina Hall of Fame in 1989.

LONE STAR CONFERENCE notes:…Five Lone Star Conference athletes were named to the NCAA

Division II All-South Central Region cross country team.The honorees are Aly Coughlin and Tye Doty of Tarleton State,

Geoffrey Kipchumba and Blake Whalen of West Texas A&M andLuis Romero of Texas A&M-Commerce.

…Azusa Pacific (Calif.) has announced its 2016 and 2017football schedules and the Cougars will open with West Texas A&Mboth seasons.

The 2016 game will be in Glendora, Calif., and the 2017matchup will be in Canyon.

Azusa Pacific is a member of the Great Northwest AthleticConference and because of the few members in the league, theschools will continue to play each other twice during a season.

Along with Azusa, GNAC members are Central Washington,Humboldt (Calif.) State, Simon Fraser (British Columbia) andWestern Oregon.

NCAA DIVISION II notes:…A former Central Oklahoma wrestler has pledged a $10

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(Continued from Page 4)Jacksonville (Fla.)Jacksonville (Ala.) StateLincoln Memorial (Tenn.)Long Beach StateLouisiana-MonroeLSULoyola Marymount (Calif.)Mercer (Ga.)Mississippi StateNebraskaNew MexicoNew OrleansNorth Carolina-WilmingtonNorth FloridaOregonPacific (Calif.)Pepperdine (Calif.)Portland (Ore.)San FranciscoSan Jose StateSanta ClaraSouth CarolinaSouthern CaliforniaSpring Hill (Ala.)St. Mary’s (Calif.)StanfordStetson (Fla.)Stevenson (Md.)Texas A&M-Corpus ChristiTexas A&M-KingsvilleTexas ChristianTulaneWashington

Beach VolleyballAdded To JavelinaWomen’s Program

OutrunningGreg Pitre, 5-7,185-poundjunior runningback fromHutto, rushedfor 226 yardsand caughtpasses for 52more in lastweekend’s gamewith West TexasA&M inCanyon. (Photoby Leo Garza)

Twenty-nine Texas A&M-Kingsville athletes are on the 2015-16 Who’sWho in American Colleges and Universities list.

Representatives from the faculty, administration and student bodynominate students for the honor. They are endorsed by the University’sadministration.

The chosen students are selected on scholarship, participation andleadership in their academic college or in the University, and have potentialfor future achievement.

Juniors, seniors and graduate students are eligible for the list.The honorees were recognized at a ceremony recently in Jones

Auditorium on campus.Making the list are:…Mitchell Bro, baseball player from Bedford (Euless Trinity).…Clayton Campbell, baseball player from Sugar Land (Lamar).…Meaghan Cantu, golfer from Monte Alto (Edcouch-Elsa).…Marija Dimitrovska, tennis player from Skopje, Macedonia.…Dylan Dimock, track and field athlete from Toronto, Ontario.…Damian Freeney, track and field/cross country athlete from Thiells,

N.Y.…Ashton Garcia, tennis player from Orange Grove.…Christian Garcia, football player from Eagle Pass.…Wiktor Hudyka, football player from Krakaw, Poland.…Michal Idziak, track and field/cross country athlete from Mosina,

Poland.…Aundra Long, football player from Huntsville.…Greg Pitre, football player from Hutto.…Ashlea Rosenbaum, tennis player from Brownsville (Hanna).…Jessica Sellers, golfer from San Antonio (Steele).…Rowena Trevino, track and field/cross country athlete from San

Diego.…Michelle Wagner, basketball player from Port Lavaca.

29 Javelina Athletes NamedTo 2015-16 Who’s Who List

gift in school history and one of the biggest ever for an NCAADivision II school.

The money is earmarked for facility upgrades.“I came here in 1989 as a student-athlete and while my athletic

career was short-lived, the relationships I made have lastedforever,” Chad Richison said. “I always have been and am todayvery proud to be a Broncho. I’m very hopeful the contribution I’vemade today has the intended affect and is able to make a differencewith the student-athletes.”

Richison is founder and CEO of Paycom Software Inc. Hereceived a bachelor’s in mass communications and journalism fromUCO.

Central Oklahoma is a member of the Mid-AmericaIntercollegiate Athletic Association and a former member of theLone Star Conference.

…Minnesota State, one of the top-ranked teams in NCAADivision II football for the past several years, has given headfootball coach Todd Hoffner a four-year contract extension.

In his six years with the Mavericks, the team has a 57-15record, has won three conference titles, has been in the NCAADivision II playoffs four times and was in the 2014 nationalchampionship game.

Minnesota State is in the Northern Sun IntercollegiateConference.

Two Lone Star Conferenceteams received berths in theNCAA Division II footballplayoffs Sunday.

Midwestern State is seededNo. 1 in Super Region 4 and TexasA&M-Commerce is the No. 7 seed.

TAMUC is the LSCchampion but lost in the league’spostseason playoffs. MSU took a37-33 victory Saturday inCommerce.

MSU has a 10-1 record andreceived a first-round bye.

Commerce is 8-2 and willmeet second-seeded Ferris(Mich.) State Saturday on thelatter’s home field.

Ferris is 10-0.The other pairings will have

defending national championCSU-P (10-1) hosting Indianapolis(Ind.) (10-0) and Ashland (10-0)hosting Grand Valley (Mich.)State.

Midwestern State, CommerceReceive NCAA Playoff Berths

Ashland is seeded third,CSU-P fourth, Indianapolis fifthand Grand Valley sixth.

This weekend’s winners willmeet Nov. 28 in regional semifinalgames and the regionalchampionship will be determinedDec. 5.

The four regional winners willmeet in the national semifinalsDec. 12 and the nationalchampionship will be determinedDec. 19 in Kanseas City, Kan.

Texas A&M-Kingsville metMidwestern in the final game ofthe regulation season and droppeda 49-41 decision after leading by 10at halftime. The game was inWichita Falls.

2015-16 Javelina Women’s Basketball ScheduleNov. 18 – Texas A&M International in Laredo, 7 p.m.Nov. 21 – St. Mary’s in Kingsville, 2 p.m.Nov. 24 – St. Edward’s in Austin, 5:30 p.m.Nov. 27 – Texas-Permian Basin in Kingsville, 2 p.m.Nov. 30 – Texas-Permian Basin in Odessa, 5:30 p.m.Dec. 2 – St. Mary’s in San Antonio, 6 p.m.Dec. 5 – Our Lady of the Lake in Kingsville, 7 p.m.Dec. 12 – Texas A&M International in Kingsville, 7 p.m.Dec. 17 – Lamar in Beaumont, 7 p.m.Dec. 19 – Texas-San Antonio in San Antonio, 2 p.m.Jan. 6 - *Texas A&M-Commerce in Commerce, 5:30 p.m.Jan. 9 - *Tarleton State in Kingsville, 6 p.m.Jan. 13 - *Eastern New Mexico in Kingsville, 5:30 p.m.Jan. 16 - *West Texas A&M in Canyon, 2 p.m.Jan. 20 - *Midwestern State in Wichita Falls, 5:30 p.m.Jan. 21 - *Texas Woman’s in Denton, 7 p.m.Jan. 23 - *Cameron in Kingsville, 6 p.m.Jan. 30 - *Angelo State in San Angelo, 2 p.m.Feb. 3 - *Eastern New Mexico in Portales, N.M., 5:30 p.m.Feb. 6 - *West Texas A&M in Kingsville, 4 p.m.Feb. 10 - *Texas A&M-Commerce in Kingsville, 5:30 p.m.Feb. 13 - *Tarleton State in Stephenville, 5 p.m.Feb. 17 - *Midwestern State in Kingsville, 5:30 p.m.Feb. 18 - *Texas Woman’s in Kingsville, 7 p.m.Feb. 20 - *Cameron in Lawton, Okla., 4 p.m.Feb. 27 - *Angelo State in Kingsville, 5:30 p.m.March 2-5 – Lone Star Conference Championships in Allen.*Lone Star Conference games.

Big DayMyles Carr, 6-2, 215-pound quarterback from Arcadia, Calif., com-pleted 19 of 30 passes (.633) for 272 yards and four touchdowns lastweekend in the Lone Star Conference playoffs with West Texas A&Min Canyon.

Volleyball Meets Cameron in LSC Playoffs Opening RoundThe Texas A&M-Kingsville

volleyball team will face Cameronin the opening round of the LoneStar Conference tournamentThursday in Stephenville.

The match is set for 5 p.m.The Javelinas enter the meet

as the No. 4 seed and Cameron isseeded fifth.

In other first-round actionThursday, No. 3 seed TexasWoman’s meets No. 6 seed TexasA&M-Commerce at noon, No. 2seeded Angelo State faces No. 7seed West Texas at 2:30 p.m. andtop-seed Tarleton State takes onNo. 8 seed Eastern New Mexico at7:30 p.m.

The semifinals are set for 5and 7:30 p.m. Friday and thechampionship match is at 3 p.m.Saturday.

The winner of the tournament

will receive the LSC’s automaticberth in the NCAA Division IInational playoffs.

The winner of the Javelina-Aggie match will meet the winnerof the Tarleton-Eastern match inthe 7:30 semifinal match Friday.

The Javelinas and Cameronwill be meeting for the third timethis season and the squads splitearlier.

Cameron took a 3-0 victory inKingsville and the Javelinas won,3-2, in Lawton, Okla.

The Javelinas ended theregulation season with a 19-14record and 8-8 in the LSC.

Casey Klobedans, 5-9sophomore setter from Boerne(Champion), has led the Javelinasin attack percentage (.287) andsets (10.05).

Krystal Faison, 5-7

sophomore outside hitter from SanAntonio (Judson), leads in killswith a 3.04 average per set andBrett Zaccardo, 5-7 sophomorelibero from Amarillo (Bushland),

averages 5.0 digs.Cameron closed with a 16-9

overall record and 7-9 in the LSC.Jeanna Gillean, 5-10 freshman

middle hitter from Midland, led the

team in attack percentage (.278).Kat Evans, 6-0 senior outside

hitter from Pearland, averages 2.93kills a set and Tori Luckenbill, 5-9freshman setter from Richmond(George Ranch), averages 8.49sets.

Crista Viera, 5-6 sophomorelibero from Montevideo, Uruguay,averages 4.11 digs a set.

Each of the LSC tournamentmatches will be streamed free athttp://portal.stretchinternet.com/lonestar.

Lone Star Conference FinalVolleyball Standings

Team W L Pct.Tarleton State 15 1 .938Angelo State 14 2 .875Texas Woman’s 12 4 .750A&M-Kingsville 8 8 .500Cameron 7 9 .438A&M-Commerce 7 9 .438West Texas A&M 5 11 .313E. New Mexico 4 12 .250Midwestern State 0 16 .000

NCAA Division IIVolleyball Poll

Compiled by the AmericanVolleyball Coaches Association

Rank Team1. Concordia-St. Paul (Minn.)2. Southwest Minnesota3. Northern (S.D.) State4. Ferris (Mich.) State

Wayne (Neb.) State6. Wheeling Jesuit (W. Va.)7. Rockhurst (Mo.)8. Tampa (Fla.)9. Minnesota-Duluth10. Palm Beach Atlantic (Fla.)11. Alaska-Anchorage12. Nebraska-Kearney13. Central Missouri14. Washburn (Kan.)15. Central Oklahoma16. Western Washington17. Florida Southern18. Sonoma (Calif.) State19. Colorado Mines20. Augustana (S.D.)

Other teams receiving votesincludes Angelo State, TarletonState and Texas Woman’s.

(Bold-faced and italicizedteams are in the Lone StarConference)

The Texas A&M-Kingsvillevolleyball team was ranked No. 10in the NCAA Division II SouthCentral Region poll last week,three notches below its rankingthe previous week.

Five Lone Star Conferenceteams were in the top 10: AngeloState No. 1, Tarleton State No. 2,Texas Woman’s No. 5, CameronNo. 8 and the Javelinas No. 10.

Western New Mexico, whichbecomes a member of the LSC in2016-17, was ranked No. 9.

The top eight teams in thefinal regional poll will advanceinto the NCAA Division IInational playoffs.

Volleyball 10th in Region PollNCAA Division II

South Central RegionVolleyball Poll

Compiled by the NCAADivision II Volleyball CommitteeRank Team1. Angelo State2. Tarleton State3. Metro (Colo.) State4. Arkansas-Fort Smith5. Texas Woman’s6. Colorado Mines7. Newman (Kan.)8. Cameron9. Western New Mexico10. Texas A&M-Kingsville (Bold-faced and italicized teamsare in the Lone Star Conference)

The Lone Star ConferenceIn 2016-17

Angelo State University Rams & Rambelles

Cameron University Aggies

Eastern New Mexico University Greyhounds & Zias

Midwestern State University Mustangs

Oklahoma Panhandle State University Aggies(football only)

Tarleton State University Texans & TexAnns

University of Texas-Permian Basin Falcons

Texas Woman’s University Pioneers

Texas A&M University-Commerce Lions

Texas A&M University-Kingsville Javelinas

West Texas A&M University Buffaloes

Western New Mexico University Mustangs

The 84-Year Tradition Continues...To Grow!!!

Cheering For RefugioA Refugio High School cheer-leader roots for her team during ahigh school football playoff gameFriday night in Javelina Stadium.

Twenty-nine Texas A&M-Kingsville athletes and trainers arecandidates for graduation at theDecember Commencement in theSteinke Center.

Three are receiving master’sdegrees:

…Tressor Baptiste, footballplayer from New York, N.Y.

…Devin Shaw, football playerfrom Katy (Seven Lakes)

…Monica Valdez, athletictrainer from Alice.

Receiving bachelor’s degreesare:

…Dustin Aguilar, baseballplayer from San Antonio(Churchill)

…Mayra Alvarado, track andfield athlete from Brownsville(Pace)

…Raymon Alvear, footballplayer from Kenedy.

…Ollie Brady, football playerfrom Missouri City (Elkins)

…Aaron Bueno, footballplayer from Ben Bolt.

…Clayton Campbell, baseballplayer from Sugar Land (Lamar)

…Andrew Cecil, baseballplayer from Houston (Christian)

…Denver Diefenbach,baseball player from Victoria (St.Joseph).

…Dylan Dimock, track andfield athlete from Toronto, Ontario.

…Chastity Estrello, softballplayer from Richwood(Brazoswood)

…Michael Evans, basketballplayer from Arlington (Seguin)

…Jose Galvan, track and fieldathlete from Los Fresnos.

…Ashton Garcia, tennisplayer from Orange Grove.

…Jesus Garza, track and fieldathlete from Round Rock (StonyPoint)

…Tristan Hernandez, footballplayer from San Antonio (Judson)

…Kamry Horton, track andfield athlete from Cuero.

…Stephanie Johns, volleyballplayer from Lubbock (Coronado).

…Justin Lundgren, baseball

29 Athletes, TrainersTo Receive Degrees atDecember Graduation

player from Elgin…Amber Perry, track and field

athlete from Goliad.…Valerie Ramirez, softball

player from Waco (Midway)…Trey Mitchell, football

player from Clovis, Calif.…Wes Silverberg, baseball

player from Katy (Taylor)

…Ashley Tipps, volleyballplayer from Houston (CypressWoods)

…Brittany Torres, trainer fromAransas Pass.

Don McDonald, 80, formerTexas A&I head men’s basketballcoach and Javelina guard, passedaway Nov. 9 in San Antonio.

A native of Ozona, he is amember of the Javelina Hall ofFame.

He was a member of theJavelina basketball team in 1956-58and was NAIA All-America andAll-Lone Star Conference twice.

After finishing at Texas A&I,he coached Texas high schoolbasketball for eight years beforereturning to his alma mater wherehe was the head coach for nineseasons.

McDonald also served as anassistant coach in football andwas on the staff of nationalchampionship teams in 1979, 1970and 1974.

While head of the Javelinaprogram, he coached several ofthe best players in the history ofthe school and LSC.

Jeff Wildenberg remains theJavelinas’ all-time leading scorerand Hoegie Simmons holds thescoring record in a two-yearcareer.

McDonald is survived by hiswife, Nina; sons Don and wifeLaura, Jon and wife Julia, Lyn and

Former Javelina Men’s BasketballCoach, Player Dies in San Antonio

Don McDonaldcoaching fromthe sidelinesduring hisnine seasonsat the helm ofthe Javelinamen’s basket-ball team.

Don McDonald

wife Lauren and Lee; fivegrandchildren and his first wife,Sandra Lee McDonald.

He was preceded in death bybrothers Charles, Dick and Bill andsister Patsy.

Private services will be held.

Memorial donations may bemade to the Javelina men’sbasketball program, 700 UniversityBlvd., MSC 173, Kingsville, TX78363. Please indicate inmemoriam of Coach DonMcDonald in the memo line.

Texas A&M-Kingsvillebasketball guard Kaylin Roher andJavelina running back Greg Pitrewere named the IBC Bank athletesof the week for their performanceslast week.

Roher, 5-3 junior guard fromLeague City (Clear Springs),averaged 15 points in two gamesat the TexAnn Tipoff Classic inStephenville. She had six stealsand four rebounds.

Pitre, 5-7, 185-pound juniorrunning back from Hutto, rushedfor 226 yards in the Javelinas’game with West Texas A&M. Hecarried 27 times for an 8.4 average.

He also caught four passesfor 52 yards and two touchdowns.

Pitre received the honor forthe third consecutive week.

IBC Bank Athletes of the WeekAug. 31-Sept. 5 –

Krystal Faison, volleyballDevonte Williams, football

Sept. 7-12Brett Zaccardo, volleyballShawn Vasquez, football

Sept. 14-19Analysa Coy, golfJordan Thomas, football

Sept. 21-26Jade Guerrero, cross countryMyles Carr, football

Sept. 28-Oct. 3Valarie Moehrig, volleyballAnthony Autry, football

Oct. 5-7Valarie Moehrig, volleyballJordan Thomas, football

Oct. 9-17Haley Hutchinson, volleyballMichal Idziak, cross country

Oct. 19-24Krystal Faison, volleyballAAVaaulu football

Roher, Pitre Named IBCBank Athletes of the Week

Oct. 26-31Jade Guerrero, cross countryGreg Pitre, football

Nov. 2-Nov. 7Madison Brabham, volleyballGreg Pitre, football

LSC Drops to No.2 in Football Poll

The Lone Star Conferenceslipped into the No. 2 spot in theNCAA Division II ConferenceFootball Ratings byHeroSports.com last week.

The LSC had held the topspot most of the season.

The Gulf South Conferencemoved into the No. 1 position.

NCAA Division II ConferenceFootball Rankings

Compiled by HEROSports.comRank Conference1. Gulf South Conference2. Lone Star Conference3. South Atlantic Conference4. Rocky Mountain Athletic

Conference5. Northern Sun Intercollegiate

Conference6. Mid-America Intercollegiate

Athletic Association7. Pennsylvania State Athletic

Conference8. Great American Conference9. Great Lakes Intercollegiate

Athletic Conference10. Great Northwest Conference11. Northeast 10 Conference12. Central Intercollegiate

Athletic Conference13. Mountain East Conference14. Southern Intercollegiate

Athletic Conference15. Great Lakes Valley

Conference

Fans in the StandsMembers of the Javelina women’s basketball team watch the men’s game Saturday night after arriving backin Kingsville from their two games in Stephenville . The women went 2-0 in the TexAnn Tipoff Classic.

Halftime HuddleJavelina head men’s coach Johnny Estelle talks to his team before it left the floor in the season opener withTexas-Permian Basin Saturday night in the Steinke Center.

Midwestern State defeatedLone Star Conference championTexas A&M-Commerce, 37-33,Saturday to take the top spot inthe LSC postseason playoffs.

It is the second yearTAMUC has taken the LSC titleonly to lose in the playoffs.

In the third-place game,Angelo State defeated Eastern

Midwestern No. 1 in LSC Football PlayoffsNew Mexico, 63-20.

West Texas A&M downedTexas A&M-Kingsville, 51-45, forfifth place and Tarleton Stateedged Oklahoma Panhandle State,48-47, in the seventh-placematchup.

This is the last year for theplayoffs, which were held to gaineach of the LSC teams two extra

games.The conference will have 10

football-playing institutions nextyear.

Two Lone Star Conferenceteams were ranked in the NCAADivision II Super Region 4rankings last week.

The poll is used to determinethe seven teams advancing intothe NCAA national playoffs laterthis month.

Texas A&M-Commerce wasNo. 3 and Midwestern State No. 4.NCAA Division II Super Region 4

PollCompiled by the NCAA Division

II Football CommitteeRank Team1. Ferris (Mich.) State2. Ashland (Ohio)3. Texas A&M-Commerce4. Midwestern State

Two LSC Teams in Region Football Poll5. Colorado State-Pueblo6. Indianapolis (Ind.)7. Grand Valley (Mich.) State8. Colorado-Mesa9. Colorado Mines10. Michigan Tech


The Texas A&M-Kingsvillewomen’s cross country team is rankedNo. 19 in the final NCAA Division IISouth Central Region poll.

NCAA Division II SouthCentral Regional Final

Cross Country PollsCompiled by U.S. Track & Field/

Cross Country CoachesAssociation

Women’s DivisionRank Team1. Adams (Colo.) State2. Western (Colo.) State3. Colorado Mines4. Dallas Baptist5. Fort Lewis (Colo.)6. Colorado State-Pueblo7. Colorado-Colorado Springs8. Chadron (Neb.) State9. Colorado Christian10. Eastern New Mexico11. Colorado-Mesa12. Metro (Colo.) State13. Texas A&M International14. Midwestern State15. Oklahoma Christian16. Lubbock Christian

Women Ranked in FinalRegion X-Country Poll

17. South Dakota Tech18. Texas A&M-Commerce19. Texas A&M-Kingsville20. New Mexico Highlands

Men’s DivisionRank Team1. Adams (Colo.) State2. Colorado Mines3. Western (Colo.) State4. Metro (Colo.) State5. West Texas A&M6. Black Hills (S.D.) State7. Colorado-Mesa8. Oklahoma Christian9. Colorado-Colorado Springs10. Colorado State-Pueblo11. New Mexico Highlands12. Tarleton State13. Chadron (Neb.) State14. Dallas Baptist15. Fort Lewis (Colo.)16. Texas A&M-Commerce17. South Dakota Tech18. Newman (Kan.)19. Regis (Colo.)20. Colorado Christian


Twin SigneesTwins Kadi, left, and Marci Shipman signed national letters of intentwith the Javelina beach volleyball team last week. The Javelinas begincompeting in the sport in 2016-17.

Valerie Ruiz

Kelby Sprinkles

Texas A&M-Kingsvilleathletic teams signed 11 tonational letters of intent last week,including three for the newlyannounced beach volleyball team.

Each will become part of theJavelina program in 2016-17.

The signees are:…William Arnold, baseball,

catcher, 6-0, 195, Magnolia (West).…Amanda Bakonyi,

volleyball, 6-0, Bulverde(Smithson Valley).

…Randa Hatter, softball,pitcher and infielder, 5-11,Stratford, Okla.

…Nick Hutchison, baseball,righthanded pitcher, 6-4, 190, Katy(Tompkins)

…Elijah Rodriguez, baseball,righthanded pitcher, 5-11, 190, SanAntonio (Central Catholic) andAngelina Junior College.

…Valerie Ruiz, tennis, 5-5, SanAntonio (Reagan).

…Victoria Salinas, basketball,5-8 guard from Corpus Christi(Ray).

…Kadi Shipman, beachvolleyball, 5-4, Georgetown.

…Marci Shipman, beachvolleyball, 5-6, Georgetown.

…Maelee Sowa, beachvolleyball, 5-8, Sealy.

…Kelby Sprinkles, volleyball,outside hitter from Little River(Academy).

Arnold has lettered fourseasons in high school and hasbeen on the All-District 19-5Ateam the past two seasons.

He plays for the HoustonSaints club team and has hit .400the two seasons he has been onthe squad.

Hatter has lettered four yearsin fastpitch and slow pitch softballin high school.

She had a 2.04 earned runaverage last season and recorded154 strikeouts in 165 inningspitched.

She had a 27-7 record.Hatter hit .564 with 47 runs

batted in. She had eighthomeruns, five triples and 13doubles.

She has been an all-statepitcher and has been all-conference for two seasons.

Javelinas Sign 11 To National Letters of IntentHatter has been with the

Tuttle (Okla.) Ultimate club teamfor two seasons. The squad wonthe Oklahoma state championshipin 2014 and was runnerup thisyear. The club also won the NorthTexas Showcase championship in2015.

Hutchison has been with theTompkins baseball team for fouryears.

He has been on the HoustonWarrior club team for the pastthree years.

Rodriguez played at AngelinaJunior College the past twoseasons.

He pitched 23.1 innings lastseason and has a 2.70 earned runaverage. He recorded 20strikeouts.

Rodriguez lettered threeseasons at Central Catholic.

He has played for theHouston Cardinal club team forthree years.

Ruiz lettered three years atMontgomery High School beforetransferring to Reagan.

She has been a statesemifinalist, regional championand district titlist.

Ruiz has played three yearsfor the Walden Racquet Club teamin Montgomery.

Salinas is currently in hersenior season at Ray and has runcross country as well as playedbasketball.

She has earned three letterswith the Texans and averaged 16.3points and 7.2 rebounds her juniorseason.

Salinas has been was All-District 28-6A first team as a juniorand senior.

She was All-South Texas in2014-15.

Salinas averaged 10 points agame her sophomore season.

She was a member of the SanAntonio Islanders club team thatwon the Prime Time nationalchampionship in 2012 and wasnational runnerup in 2011.

The Shipman are twins andare part of the Bobby JonesProject Serve Volleyball.

Sowa has been involved inindoor volleyball, softball and

track and field at Sealy.This fall, she has averaged

3.06 kills and 2.7 digs a set andhas 47 service aces.

She has been All-District 25-4A in volleyball and basketball,and has been on all-academicteams in both sports.

Sprinkles has been a four-year letterwinner in volleyball andbasketball and played softball forone season.

She has been All-District 22-2A first team in volleyball for fouryears and has been named the

most valuable player in thedistrict.

Sprinkles led the team to thestate volleyball playoffs thisseason and had 400 kills, 83 aces,297 digs and 65 blocks going intothe state playoffs.

She was also on the Academyteam that reached the stateplayoffs her sophomore season.

In basketball, she has beenall-district first team for threeseasons and has been on teamsthat reached the state playoffs forthree consecutive seasons.

Sprinkles, whose father Kevinplayed football at Texas Tech, hasbeen academic all-district involleyball and basketball.

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Javelina SigneeVictoria Salinas, 5-8 guard at Corpus Christi Ray High School, signeda national letter of intent with the Javelina women’s basketball teamlast week.

Closely GuardedBrandon Etienne, 5-11 sophomore guard from Houston (North Shore),guards an opponent player during last weekend’s season opener withTexas-Permian Basin.

64 Receive 2015 Football LettersSixty-four members of the

Texas A&M-Kingsville footballteam have been recommended forletters by head coach DarenWilkinson.

Lettering for a fourth time areChristian Garcia, offensive linemanfrom Eagle Pass, and LamondHills, defensive back from SanAntonio (Stevens).

Eleven are receiving thirdletters. These are:

…Kelechi Amushie, juniordefensive back from Richmond(Terry).

…Ollie Brady, senioroffensive lineman from MissouriCity (Elkins).

…Joe Crowe, junior defensiveback from Houston (AldineNimitz).

…Ifey Ibik, junior defensivelineman from Sugar Land (Travis).

…Miles Kirksey, juniorlinebacker from Missouri City(Elkins).

…Aundra Long, junioroffensive lineman from Huntsville.

…Mike O’Neal, junioroffensive lineman from SanAntonio (Steele).

…Greg Pitre, junior runningback from Hutto.

…Daniel Ramirez, junior tightend from Harlingen.

…Payton Tilley, juniorwideout from Leander.

…Bo Villarreal, junioroffensive lineman from SanAntonio (McCollum).

Seventeen are lettering for thesecond time. These are:

…Aaron Bueno, seniorquarterback from Ben Bolt.

…Chris Cooper, junior tightend from San Antonio(Southwest).

…ZeMarcus Green,sophomore linebacker fromPasadena (Dobie).

…Edmond Hobbs, sophomoredefensive back from Detroit, Mich.

…Will Juarez, juniordefensive lineman from Carrollton(Hebron).

…Alex Kuyinu, juniordefensive lineman from MissouriCity (Dulles).

…Trey Mitchell, seniorquarterback from Clovis, Calif.

…Trevor Moses, sophomorelinebacker from Corpus Christi(Calallen).

…Tre Oliver, junior linebackerfrom Pearland (Dawson).

…Shavon Pennie, juniordefensive back from Bryan.

…Braedon Robinson, juniordefensive lineman from SanAntonio (East Central).

…Demarcus Spurlock, juniorlinebacker from Houston (NorthForest).

…Joe Te’o, senior runningback from Fairfield, Calif.

…Jordan Thomas, juniorwideout from San Antonio(Stevens).

…Augafa Vaaulu, seniordefensive lineman from LosAngeles, Calif.

…Shawn Vasquez, seniorrunning back from Brentwood,Calif.

…Jake Wallace, junioroffensive lineman from Victoria(East).

The remaining 34 arereceiving their initial letters and 20are freshmen. They are:

…Jacob Armstrong, freshmanwideout from Victoria (West).

…Anthony Autry, juniorwideout from Norcross, Ga.

…Myles Carr, juniorquarterback from Arcadia, Calif.

…Armando Celedon,freshman defensive lineman fromEdinburg.

…Richard Cervantes,freshman defensive lineman from


Two Lone Star Conferencefootball teams were ranked in theNCAA Division II football pollcompiled by D2Football.com lastweek.

Texas A&M-Commerce wasNo. 8 and Midwestern State No.11. Both climbed a notch from theprevious week.

NCAA Division IIFootball Poll

Compiled by D2Football.comRank Team1. Ferris (Mich.) State2. Northwest Missouri State3. Colorado State-Pueblo4. Ashland (Ohio)5. Minnesota State6. West Georgia7. Shepherd (W. Va.)8. Texas A&M-Commerce9. Slippery Rock (Pa.)10. North Alabama11. Midwestern State12. Humboldt (Calif.) State13. Central Missouri14. Grand Valley (Mich.) State15. Henderson (Ark.) State16. Valdosta (Ga.) State17 Sioux Falls (S D )

Two LSC Squads Ranked inD2Football.com National Poll

18. Assumption (Mass.)19. Minnesota-Duluth20. Tuskegee (Ala.)21. Charleston (W. Va.)22. Augustana (S.D.)23. Emporia (Kan.) State24. Florida Tech25. Indianapolis (Ind.) (Bold-faced and italicized teamsare in the Lone Star Conference)

Two BasketballPlayers All-Tourney

Two members of the TexasA&M-Kingsville women’sbasketball team were named to theall-tournament team at the end ofthe TexAnn Tipoff Classic lastweekend in Stephenville.

Kaylin Roher, 5-3 junior guardfrom League City (Clear Springs),and Jamesha Wade, 5-7 junior guardfrom Dallas (Lakeview Centennial),were on the squad.

Bailey Wipff of Tarleton Statewas the most valuable player andIkspeaker Iwobi and MeaganO’Dell of Tarleton were on theteam along with Jessica Prieto ofTexas A&M International.

Pre-Game at The Big TexanThe Javelina football team and staff had its pre-game meal at The Big Texan in Amarillo last weekend while in the area for the Saturday afternoon football game with West Texas A&Min Canyon. The Big Texan is nationally known for its king-sized steaks and offers to feed anyone free who can finish off one of its 72-ounce streaks.

(Continued from Page 11)Mission (Sharyland).

…Tommy Chavez, sophomorelinebacker from Weslaco.

…Vernon Chevis, seniorlinebacker from Houston(Sharpstown).

…Brian Chisum, freshmanquarterback from Eagle Pass.

…Fred Conyers, juniordefensive lineman from Houston(Clear Brook).

…Stevie Dorman, juniorquarterback from Somerset.

…Julio De La Garza, freshmankicker from Brownsville (Lopez).

…Jonathon General, juniordefensive lineman from Reddick,Fla.

…Gaylin Griffin, juniordefensive lineman from MarbleFalls.

…Marcus Green, juniorwideout from Elk Grove, Calif.

…Tristan Hernandez, seniorkicker from San Antonio (Judson).

64 Recommended To Receive 2015 Football Letters…Jaylen Hunter, freshman

defensive back from Katy (CincoRanch).

…Marcus Johnson, freshmanwideout from Missouri City(Clements).

…Brandon Jones, freshmandefensive lineman from Houston(Nimitz).

…Forrest Jones, freshmandefensive back from Manvel.

…Shannon Joseph, freshmanlinebacker from Houston(Hightower).

…Sean Landez, freshmandefensive back from Sharyland.

…Jared Mosley, freshmandefensive back from FarmingtonHills, Mich.

…Nick Pelrean, freshmanrunning back from Houston(Chavez).

…Roe Posada, freshman tightend from Katy (Steven Lakes).

…Matt Priddy, freshmanwideout from Orange Grove.

…Rafael Rubalcaba,sophomore offensive lineman fromRaymondville.

…Stuart Sanchez, freshmanoffensive lineman from CorpusChristi (Carroll).

…Luke Spies, freshmanoffensive lineman from Katy.

…Torrey Thomas, freshmantight end from Katy (MortonRanch).

…Demarcus Tillman,sophomore linebacker from EagleLake (Rice).

…Sione Tupouata, juniordefensive lineman from Oakland,Calif.

…Dashon Wade, juniordefensive back from East Orange,N.J.

…Blake Wesley, freshmandefensive back from Missouri City(Ridge Point).

…Devonte Williams,freshman defensive back fromHouston (Travis).

Two Lone Star Conferenceteams were ranked in the NCAADivision II football poll releasedby the American Football CoachesAssociation last week.

Midwestern State was No. 10and Texas A&M-Commerce wasNo. 11.

Northwest Missouri Statemoved into the No. 1 spot afterWest Georgia suffered its firstsetback of the season.

NCAA Division II Football Poll

Compiled by the AmericanFootball Coaches Association

Rank Team1. Northwest Missouri State2. Ferris (Mich.) State3. Ashland (Ohio)4. Colorado State-Pueblo5. Shepherd (W. Va.)

Two LSC Teams in Football Poll6. Minnesota State7. West Georgia8. Henderson (Ark.) State9. Slippery Rock (Pa.)10. Midwestern State11. Texas A&M-Commerce12. Humboldt (Calif.) State13. Indianapolis (Ind.)14. Grand Valley (Mich.) State15. North Alabama16. Charleston (W. Va.)17. Sioux Falls (S.D.)18. Valdosta (Ga.) State19. Emporia (Kan.) State20. Central Missouri21. Colorado-Mesa22. Bowie (Md.) State23. Assumption (Mass.)24. Tuskegee (Ala.)25. Carson-Newman (Tenn.)


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