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Welcome Back To Campus 1968, 1993, 1998, 2003 Javelina Football Players VOLUME XIV, NO. 12 KINGSVILLE, TEXAS 78363 OCT. 30, 2013 Football Hosting LSC-Leading Tarleton State The Texas A&M-Kingsville The Javelinas are averaging completed 47 of 99 (.475) passes football team returns home this 291.6 total yards a game, 161.1 for 89.4 yards a game. He has weekend after a two-week road rushing and 130.4 passing. thrown for two touchdowns and trip and will host Lone Star The defense is allowing 349.3 has had seven interceptions. Conference-leading Tarleton State total yards an outing, 149.6 Robert Armstrong, 6-2, 200- Saturday night in Javelina rushing and 199.7 passing. pound senior wideout from Cuero, Stadium. Cornelius Shackelford, 5-9, has caught 42 passes for 382 Kickoff time is 7 p.m. and 210-pound senior running back yards and three touchdowns. Community Appreciate Night will from Tyler, is the leading rusher Mark Savere, 6-0, 200-pound be celebrated. with 53.5 yards a game. He junior defensive back from San The Javelinas are still averages 4.8 yards a game and has Antonio (Warren), has 60 tackles searching for their first LSC two touchdowns. and seven have been for losses. victory, having lost four decisions Caleb Bedford, 6-3, 210- Zane Brown, 5-11, 280-pound in a row. pound freshman quarterback from senior defensive lineman from The squad is 2-5 overall. Houston (Alief Elsik), has (Continued on Page 2) Tarleton State is 4-1 in the LSC standings and one-half game in front of West Texas A&M and Midwestern State. The Texans have defeated WTAM and MSU. The Texans are 5-2 overall and were nationally ranked last week. This will be the 27th meeting of the Javelinas and Texans and Javelina Blockers the Javelinas hold a 20-6 series Stephanie Johns (14), junior from Lubbock (Coronado), and lead. Kayla McGlathery (4), freshman from Coeur d’Alene, TAMUK won last year’s Idaho, are the top blockers for the Javelina volleyball team game, 35-23, in Stephenville and this season. Johns averages 0.88 a set and McGlathery the Texans downed the Javelinas averages 0.64. two years ago in Kingsville. Volleyball Travels For Three Matches The Texas A&M-Kingsville Angelo State and will close out LSC standings and 13-12 for the volleyball team, in fifth place in the tour at 2 p.m. Saturday with an year. the Lone Star Conference LSC match at Tarleton State in Sarah Fountain, 5-9 junior standings and a game out of the Stephenville. setter from Las Cruces, N.M., No. 3 spot, will be on the road for The Javelinas will be meeting leads the Javelinas’ attack three matches this weekend. each of this week’s opponents for percentage with a .308 average. The Javelinas face Our Lady a second time this season. They She is also the set leader with an of the Lake at 6 p.m. Thursday in beat Our Lady of the Lake earlier 8.55 average. San Antonio in a non-conference in Kingsville but dropped Dedra Brown, 5-9 senior match. decisions to Angelo State and outside hitter from Sweetwater, Top Tackler They move to San Angelo Tarleton. averages 2.89 kills a match and Brandon James, 5-10, 231-pound senior linebacker from Friday for a 7 p.m. LSC match with The Javelinas are 5-5 in the (Continued on Page 4) Houston, had 15 tackles last weekend and 13 were solos. LSC Football Standings Football Hosts League- (Conference Only) Javelina Hash Team W L Pct. Tarleton State 4 1 .800 By Fred Nuesch, Coordinator of Athletic External Affairs Leading Tarleton State West Texas A&M 3 1 .750 (Continued from Page 1) six picked off. Midwestern State 3 1 .750 FOUR JAVELINA CHAMPIONSHIP football teams are Houston (Travis), has 10 tackles Le’Nard Meyers, 6-0, 185- E. New Mexico 2 1 .667 celebrating anniversaries this fall and they will hold reunions this for losses. pound sophomore wideout from A&M-Commerce 2 2 .500 weekend. Tarleton averages 460.1 total Gatesville, has 45 catches for 589 A&M-Kingsville 0 4 .000 The 1968, 1993, 1998 and 2003 squads are the clubs being yards a game, 148.6 rushing and yards and three scores. Angelo State 0 4 .000 311.6 passing. recognized. Isaac Arellano, 5-11, 180- Last weekend’s results: The Texan defense has The 1968 team is celebrating its 45th anniversary and that has pound junior from Euless, has one *Eastern New Mexico 13, Texas allowed 413.7 total yards a game, of the top punting averages in the special meaning to me. That was my first year as a Javelina and as A&M-Kingsville 10; West Texas 134.4 rushing and 279.3 passing. LSC at 41.82 a kick. A&M 90, McMurry 57; sports information director at Texas A&I. Jerome Regal, 5-10, 195- Marquis Wadley, 5-9, 215- *Midwestern State 49, Angelo I couldn’t have stepped into the program at a better time. It pound sophomore running back pound senior linebacker from State 43; *Texas A&M-Commerce was during one of the great streaks in Javelina football history. from Garland (Namaan Forest), Mesquite, has 75 tackles to lead 22, Tarleton State 20. The 1967 team had been 9-0-0 and won the Lone Star averages 67.7 rushing yards a the Texans defensively. This weekend’s schedule: Conference title. game. He has four touchdowns After this weekend’s home *Tarleton State at Texas A&M- It wasn’t known at the time, but 1968, 1969 and 1970 would and averages 4.7 yards a carry. appearance, the Javelinas will go Kingsville, 7 p.m.; *Angelo State continue the success and bring national and conference Jake Fenske, 6-4, 220-pound to San Angelo to engage Angelo at Texas A&M-Commerece, 2 p.m.; championships to the program. senior quarterback from Round State Nov. 9 and will close out the *Eastern New Mexico at West I doubt any sports information director has ever had a more Rock (McNeil), has completed 146 season Nov. 16 with Valdosta (Ga.) Texas A&M, 6 p.m.; Menlo (Calif.) exciting debut season in college football. of 246 (.594) passes for 236.3 State in Javelina Stadium. at Midwestern State, 1 p.m. Only a month after I reported to work, the Javelinas played yards a game. He has 13 *Lone Star Conference Long Beach State in California and I got my first road trip. touchdown tosses and has had matches. What an experience. The Javelinas drove to San Antonio to catch a commercial flight to the West Coast. We stopped to eat at a cafeteria in a mall in San Antonio and 2013 Javelina Hall of Fame Induction Coach Gil Steinke gave the players a time to be back to the bus. When Coach Steinke’s watch showed that it was time to depart for the airport, he told the bus driver to take off. A couple of the players were coming across the parking lot, running a few Nov. 15 - Memorial Student Union minutes late. The bus driver told Coach Steinke there were some players still coming. Steinke gave him orders to go. And he did. Building Ballrooms Somehow, the players got to the airport on their own for the flight. I learned then that when Coach said we were leaving at a Inductees certain time, you better be there, no matter how important you might be. *Sheila Dotson, softball/basketball The Long Beach trip was a dream for a guy who had never *Cal Hutzler, football been to Southern California. The game was on Friday night and the Javelinas spent *Ed LaTouf, football Saturday playing tourists. *Anthony Phillips, football/track We went to Disneyland and on Saturday night, drove, in the bus, down Sunset Boulevard, seeing a lot of the well-known spots *1991-92 men’s basketball team where the movie stars reportedly hung out. There were several spottings, by the players, of stars on the *1969/1970 men’s track & field teams street. I think there was probably a lot of mistaken identities that night. Tickets for the Hall of Fame induction banquet may be purchased at The Javelinas compiled a 9-1 regular-season record in 1968 www.javelinatickets.com. and made the NAIA national playoffs. After beating Northern (S.D.) State, 20-0, in the opening round $25 per person. in Javelina Stadium, the Javelinas went to Montgomery, Ala., for the title game against Troy (Ala.) State. Online address for the Hall of Fame Marketplace Store is Troy defeated the Javelinas, 43-35, and that is the only loss for https://moneyconnect.tamuk.edu/C20209_ustores/web/ the Javelinas in their 18 NAIA postseason playoff contests. store_main.jsp?STOREID=15". It was terribly cold for the game and Caller-Times sportswriter (Continued on Page 3) Upcoming Javelina Events Javelina Hash Oct. 31 – Volleyball: Our Lady of the Lake in San Antonio, 6 p.m. By Fred Nuesch, Coordinator of Athletic External Affairs Nov. 1 – Volleyball: *Angelo State in San Angelo, 7 p.m. Nov. 2 – Football: *Tarleton State in Kingsville, 7 p.m. (Community By Fred Nuesch, Coordinator of Athletic External AffairTsJave Appreciation Night). (Continued from Page 2) Volleyball: *Tarleton State in Stephenville, 2 p.m. Emil Tagliabue and I had to phone our stories in from a pay phone Men’s Basketball: Texas-Pan American in Edinburg, 7 p.m. booth outside the stadium.