Nationally Ranked Baseball, Softball Teams In Action Here This Weekend VOLUME XIV, NO. 32 KINGSVILLE, TEXAS 78363 APRIL 2, 2014 Baseball Battles West Texas Double For Top Position in Lone Star Double Day The Texas A&M-Kingsville in one of the polls. (Churchill), has a .309 average Brian Frazier, baseball team will battle West The Javelinas are 20-12 for with a double, a triple and a home senior out- Texas A&M for first place in the the year and dropped three of four run and Justin Lee, senior infielder fielder and Lone Star Conference Friday and games to the Buffaloes earlier in from Strathmore, Alberta, has a designated Saturday when the clubs meet at Canyon. .306 average with eight doubles hitter from Nolan Ryan Field. Ryan Gudery, senior catcher and a triple. Houston West Texas is 15-5 and in from Houston (Christian), leads Blake Johnson, junior (Kingwood), first place while the Javelinas are the Javelina hitting with a .347 outfielder from Sugar Land is at second 13-7 and in second. average. He has six doubles. (Clements), is above .300 with a after getting a The squads play a three- Derrick Walls, senior (Continued on Page 2) double that game series. A single game is set infielder from San Antonio scored two for 6 p.m. Friday and a Saturday (Reagan), is hitting .342 with three LSC Baseball Standings runs in the doubleheader starts at 1 p.m. doubles and two triples and Brian Team W L Pct. Javelinas’ West Texas was the No. 1 Frazier, senior outfielder from West Texas A&M 15 5 .750 fourth game team in the NCAA Division II Houston (Kingwood), has a .317 A&M-Kingsville 13 7 .650 victory over South Central Region poll last average with five doubles and a Angelo State 10 10 .500 Tarleton State week in a poll conducted by the home run. Tarleton State 8 10 .444 Sunday at National College Baseball Writers Dustin Aguilar, senior Cameron 6 12 .333 Nolan Ryan Association. infielder from San Antonio E. New Mexico 6 14 .300 Field. He had The Javelinas were No. 6 in two doubles in the listing. the game and A poll by had three D2baseballnews.com had West runs batted in. Texas second and the Javelinas seventh. Nationally, the Buffaloes were as high as No. 3 and No. 5 in in polls last week.. The Javelinas received votes Track & Field Competes in San Angelo The Texas A&M-Kingsville All events are in the LeGrand athletes in the nation, saw two men’s and women’s track and field Sports Complex on campus. NCAA Division II national meet teams will travel to San Angelo this The Javelinas are coming off automatic performances, 12 weekend for the Angelo State Relays. a successful weekend where provisional showings, a first-place The Saturday event will have athletes competed in the Texas finish and three second-place finishes. the field event finals beginning at Relays in Austin and the Tiger Over and In 12:30 p.m. as well as the running Relays in San Antonio. Jordan Yamoah, sophomore Jordan Yamoah, sophomore from Arlington, N.Y., cleared event preliminaries. The Austin meet, which from Arlington, N.Y., pole vaulted 17-6.5 at the Texas Relays last week to automatically Running event finals start at included competition against 17-6.5 to automatically qualify for qualify for the NCAA Division II national meet. He is the 5:10 p.m. some of the top track and field (Continued on Page 8) defending national champion in the event. Javelina Hash Baseball Battles West Texas By Fred Nuesch, Coordinator of Athletic External Affairs For Top Position in Lone Star THIS WILL BE a big weekend for Lone Star Conference (Continued from Page 1) Dylan James, senior The Devils have a team .280 baseball fans, and the focus will be on Nolan Ryan Field. .303 average and three doubles righthander from Las Cruces, batting average. and a triple. N.M., has a 6-1 record on the Baylr Bickerton, senior The Javelinas will be hosting West Texas A&M in a battle for Taylor Taska, senior first mound and has a 1.77 earned run righthander from McAllen, has a first place in the standings. baseman and pitcher from average. 3-3 record and a 5.46 ERA. Going into the three-game series, the Buffaloes hold a two- Houston (Woodlands), has a .301 Joshua Weyker, senior The pitching staff has a 4.93 game lead over the Javelinas. average with three doubles and righthander from Tucson, has a 6- ERA. WT is 15-5 in the league and the Javelinas are 13-7. three home runs. 2 record and a 1.53 ERA. The International game will Angelo State is three-games behind the Javelinas in third with a The Javelinas hit .280 as a Kyle Oalson, junior leftie end a nine-game home stand for 10-10 record and the other three clubs are under .500. team. from Blaine, Wash., has a 4-0 the Javelinas. The squads will play a single game at 6 p.m. Friday and a West Texas is 26-7 for the record and a 2.38 ERA while Scott doubleheader at 1 p.m. Saturday. year. Cone, senior lefthander from Nick Chapman, junior South Wales, Australia, has a 4-1 ACROSS THE STREET at Hubert Field, the Javelina softball outfielder from Tucson, Ariz., hits record and a 2.85 ERA. team will be hosting the No. 1 team in NCAA Division II. .380 with six doubles, three triples The West Texas pitchers West Texas A&M has been at the top of the poll most of the and two home runs. have a cumulative 2.53 ERA. season. Tyler McKnight, senior The Javelinas will remain at While the Buffs have a 31-4 record, best overall among the outfielder from Durango, Colo., home Tuesday to host Texas LSC teams, Angelo State has a one-game lead over them in the has a .379 average with 10 doubles A&M International in a single conference standings. The Rambelles are 13-3 and WT is 12-4. and two triples. game. David Hebert, senior infielder The Javelinas downed the FOOTBALL FANS CAN get a preview of the 2014 team from Colleyville, has a .336 Dustdevils last week in Laredo. Saturday when the Javelinas play their spring game in Javelina average with six doubles and a The Devils is 12-21 going triple and Dylan Dyson, junior into a three-game weekend series Stadium. infielder from Tucson, hits .336 with McMurry. Most of the players who will take the field in September will be with six doubles and a triple. Alex McKeon, junior catcher participating. Nine of the Buffaloes are from Hopewell, N.Y., leads the There are several who are not in spring training who will be hitting .300 or better. team’s hitting with a .360 average. with the squad in the fall, and some will join the team for the first The team has a .309 He has 11 doubles, a triple and a time when preseason workouts start in August. cumulative batting average. home run. But you’ll be seeing a majority of the 2014 lineup. The spring game more or less ends the spring training period Baseball Sixth in Region Poll for the Javelinas. They do have one more workout remaining next The Texas A&M-Kingsville 7. Oklahoma Christian Tuesday before hanging up the gear for five months. baseball team moved up two 8. Tarleton State The Javelinas open their season Sept. 6 against Humboldt notches to No. 6 in the NCAA 9. Angelo State (Calif.) State in Javelina Stadium. Division II South Central Region 10. New Mexico Highlands Poll selected by the National (Bold-faced and italicized THE FOOTBALL FANS can’t help but get excited about next College Baseball Writers teams are in the Lone Star fall’s schedule. Association last week. Conference) The Javelinas will play five games in Javelina Stadium for sure. West Texas A&M continued There are two Lone Star Conference postseason playoff in the No. 1 spot. rounds and if the Javelinas are seeded high enough, they could host Other Lone Star Conference Junior Pitcher two more games during these playoffs. teams ranked were Tarleton State Mitchell Bro, junior from And if the Javelinas make the postseason playoffs, and are No. 8 and Angelo State No. 9. Bedford (Euless Trinity), is ranked high, they could host even more games. NCAA Division II South Central a member of the Javelina Region Baseball Poll pitching staff. He trans- ferred from Paris Junior WHEN JAVELINA HIGH jumper Jeron Robinson cleared 7-6 Compiled by the National College this season. in the IBC Bank Cactus Cup meet recently, he became the top College Baseball Writers college jumper in the nation. Association Rank Team In last week’s listings, Robinson was much higher than any 2014 Remaining Javelina Women’s Tennis Schedule 1. West Texas A&M other jumper. April 5 – McMurry in San Antonio, 9 a.m. 2. St. Mary’s Ricky Robertson of Mississippi had the best in NCAA Division April 13 - St. Edward’s in Austin, 1 p.m. 3. Colorado-Mesa April 19 - Tarleton State in Stephenville, 9 a.m. I at 7-5. 4. Lubbock Christian Cody Blankenship of East Texas Baptist had the best height in April 25-26 – Lone Star Conference Championships in Southlake 5. St. Edward’s (Southlake Tennis Center), TBA. NCAA Division III at 6-8. 6. Texas A&M-Kingsville (Continued on Page 3) Upcoming Javelina Events Javelina Hash April 3 – Football: Spring practice in Javelina Stadium, 4 p.m.