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LSC Softball Action Friday & Saturday Hubert Field Lions Come Calling VOLUME XV, NO. 31 KINGSVILLE, TEXAS 78363 MARCH 4, 2015 Men’s Basketball Enters League Championship Playoffs in Allen The Texas A&M-Kingsville ASU is seeded No. 2 in the men’s basketball team will face playoffs and the Javelinas are the Angelo State in the quarterfinal seventh seed. round of the Lone Star Conference The Javelinas take an 8-18 Championships at 2:30 p.m. season’s record into the Wednesday in Allen. postseason action. It will be the second time the Troy Jones, 6-7 junior teams have met in less than a forward from Alexandria, La., leads week. the Javelina scoring with an 11.9 They closed out the regular average and he pulls down 5.8 season against each other rebounds a game. Saturday night in San Angelo, and Jordan Jahr, 6-7 senior the nationally ranked Rams took forward from Austin (Lake Travis), an 88-70 victory. (Continued on Page 8) Softball Hosts Commerce In Four-Game LSC Series The Texas A&M-Kingsville The home stand continues softball team will play a four-game Tuesday when the Javelinas host Lone Star Conference series with St. Edward’s in a 4 p.m. non- Texas A&M-Commerce Friday and conference doubleheader. Saturday at Hubert Field and it This is the first year of opens a five-game home stand for softball for the Lions. Kingsville or Canyon? the Javelinas. The Javelinas are 6-7 for the Friday’s doubleheader will Javelina baseball fans, accustomed to warm, dry weather, got the year and 0-2 in the LSC standings. extreme last weekend as the Javelinas hosted West Texas A&M in a start at 4 p.m. and Saturday’s They were scheduled to meet Lone Star Conference baseball series. The teams played a Friday twinbill will have a 1 p.m. start Angelo State in two doubleheader in the cold with a steady drizzle. time. doubleheaders last weekend in San Angelo but bad weather cut Baseball Faces Busy Road Schedule the series to two. Carlie Clark, sophomore The Texas A&M-Kingsville series against Cameron Friday, St. Mary’s in a single game at pitcher from Warsaw, Va., leads baseball team, fresh from taking a Saturday and Sunday. Nolan Ryan Field. Game time will the Javelinas at the plate with a Fastest in the LSC Lone Star Conference series from The Javelinas will meet be 6 p.m. .467 average. She has two Kaina Martinez, junior from nationally ranked West Texas Cameron in a single game at 2 p.m. The Javelinas won three of doubles. Belize, was a double winner at the A&M, will be on the road this Friday, will play a doubleheader four from West Texas to open LSC Loren Donaldson, junior first Lone Star Conference Indoor week for five games. beginning at 1 p.m. Saturday and play last weekend. baseman from Alvin, is hitting .400 Track & Field Championships The Javelinas will face will close out the LSC series with a The team has a 9-5 season’s with five doubles and two home last weekend in Lubbock. She won the 55-meter and 200-meter Houston-Victoria Wednesday at 6 1 p.m. single game Sunday. record with the 3-1 conference runs, and Ariana Munoz, junior dashes, and had swept the 100- p.m. in Victoria before going to The squad returns home mark. outfielder from Alice, also hits .400 Lawton, Okla., for a four-game Tuesday to host nationally ranked (Continued on Page 6) meter and 200-meter titles last (Continued on Page 15) spring outdoors. Javelina Signees Football Javelina Hash Justin Aminzadeh, Corpus Christi (King), 6-1, 165, kicker/punter, Fr. Nicholas Bowerman, Amarillo, 6-2, 200, linebacker. By Fred Nuesch, Coordinator of Athletic External Affairs Myles Carr, Arcadia, Calif., and Fresno State, 6-2, 215, quarterback, Jr. Justin Carroll, Dickinson, 5-10, 210, linebacker. FRIDAY WASN’T A good day, weather-wise, for the Javelina Brian Chisum, Eagle Pass, 6-3, 190, quarterback, Fr. athletic teams. Zach Davis, Sugar Land (Austin), 6-1, 180, safety, Fr. Four were scheduled to travel to areas where it was cold and Steven De Luna, Edinburg (Vela), 6-2, 220, fullback, Fr. in most cases snowing. Aaron Dilworth, Corpus Christi (Flour Bluff), 6-1, 180, wide receiver, Fr. The women’s tennis team was already in San Antonio, having Jackson Effiom, Austin (Hyde Park), 5-10, 192, running back, Fr. played two matches on Thursday. Two more were scheduled for Jonathon General, Ocala, Fla. (Trinity Catholic) and Allan Hancock Friday and the temperature was in the 30s. (Calif.) College, 6-0, 190, defensive lineman. The matches were postponed and will be scheduled at a later, Brandon Graham, Corpus Christi (King), 6-5, 290, offensive tackle, Fr. and warmer, date. Tyler Handson, Sinton, 6-1, 185, quarterback, Fr. The men’s and women’s basketball teams, and the softball Stephen Irby, San Antonio (Brennan), 5-10, 205, running back, Fr. Shannon Joseph, Houston (Hightower), 6-1, 210, linebacker/defensive squad, were headed to San Angelo where it was snowing and end, Fr. classes were dismissed for the day at Angelo State. Justin Lofton, Missouri City (Marshall), 6-1, 170, defensive back, Fr. The two softball doubleheaders were set for Friday and Jordan Martinez, New Braunfels, 6-2, 190, offensive line, Fr. Saturday, then moved to Saturday and Sunday, and eventually the Christian McFerrin, Humble Kingwood, 6-4, 265, offensive lineman, Fr. Saturday games were cancelled and the teams played two on Devin Mendez, San Antonio (Roosevelt), 5-11, 185, defensive back, Fr. Sunday. Alex Merchant, Houston (Dulles), 5-11, 190, safety, Fr. The men’s and women’s indoor track and field teams were Jared Mosley, Orchard Park, Mich., 6-2, 252, defensive end/linebacker traveling to Lubbock for the Lone Star Conference Championships. Jonathon General Confidence Okpoko, Sugar Land (Fort Bend Clements), 6-1, 231, Snow was also in the forecast for the Lubbock area. defensive lineman, Fr. Things were not snowy in Kingsville but the cold was a factor Football Adds Nick Pelrean, Houston (Chavez), 5-10, 180, running back, Fr. as the baseball team was scheduled to host West Texas A&M in Ian Perry, Houston (Hightower), 5-10, 225, linebacker, Fr. Friday and Saturday doubleheaders. California Juco Roe Posada, Katy (Seven Lakes), 6-3, 215, tight end, Fr. As it turned out, the teams played twice on Friday, mostly Luke Spies, Katy, 6-4, 290, offensive line, Fr. in drizzle, and Saturday’s doubleheader had to be moved to DL To Signees Gary Stinnette, Round Rock (Stony Point), 6-0, 205, running back, Fr. Sunday. The Texas A&M-Kingsville Torrey Thomas, Katy (Morton Ranch), 6-4, 210, tight end, Fr. Not your typical late February weather for South Texas, or the football team added another Malik Tisdale, Houston (Lamar), 6-3, 220, linebacker, Fr. remainder of the state. signee to its list last week with the Nathan Turner, San Antonio (Warren), 6-2, 247, guard, Fr. signing of Jonathon General, 6-0, Omar Wilkins, Houston (Elkins), 6-1, 300, offensive line, Fr. 190-pound defensive lineman from MOSES HORN. Softball Ocala, Fla., and Allan Hancock Just writing or speaking his name makes me smile. Arabella Acosta-Cantu, Portland (Gregory-Portland), infield. (Calif.) College. Lindsey Angelico, San Antonio (Johnson), outfield. Whenever Moses was around, there was usually laughter. He had 63 tackles last fall and Roxanne Chapa, McAllen (Sharyland), catcher. He was at the center of any reunion or gathering and there were is also a track and field athlete. He Lauren Oatman, North Richland Hills (Richland), oiutfield. always laughs when stories were told of his playing days with the won a conference title in the 100- Sage Martinez, La Vernia, infield. Javelinas. meter dash with a time of 10.85. Victoria Schoonard-Saborio, Elk Grove, Calif., shortstop/second base/ Through emails, exchanges between Moses and his teammates General played at Trinity outfield were classic and would have made a great comedy routine. Catholic High School in Ocala. Angelina Villarreal, Neew Braunfels (Canyon), outfield. He was simply a fun person. He becomes the 31st signee Track & Field Moses passed away last week at his home in the Houston area. for the football team this season. Adriana Bonin, Conroe (Oak Ridge), hurdles, 400-meter dash, 800- Other than through emails, my last visit with Moses came NCAA Division II South Central meter run. when we served on the search committee for the new Javelina Region Men’s Basketball Poll Michael Cavazos, Edinburg (Vela), 400-meter dash, relays. head football coach in December. Compiled by the NCAA Deana Richardson, San Antonio (Brennan), sprinter, relays. It was enjoyable being with him and the other Javelina players Basketball Committee Kendall Torres, Geronimo (Navarro), 400-meter dash, 800-meter run. who served on the committee. Rank Team Volleyball But the real fun with Moses came when there was a gathering 1. Tarleton State Abbey Wells, San Antonio (Steele), setter. where stories would flow about the late 1980s when Moses and his 2. Metro (Colo.) State Women’s Golf 3. Colorado Mines teammates were taking the field for the Javelinas. Reanna De La Cruz, Austin (Westlake). 4. Angelo State Moses was in his element at those type of events. 5. Colorado-Colorado Springs He will be greatly missed by all who knew him. And there are 6. Midwestern State 2014-15 Javelina Men’s Remaining Basketball Schedule many. The messages of shock and sympathy were constant after 7.