They’re Here at Last!! Fall Seasons Open Next Week VOLUME XVII, NO. 3 KINGSVILLE, TEXAS 78363 AUG. 24, 2016 Football To End Final Preseason Week With ‘Mock Game” Saturday The Texas A&M-Kingsville last year’s game in the Alamo City. Conference play Sept. 17 with football team will have a “mock The Javelinas hold a 3-1 lead Midwestern State in Kingsville game” at 10 a.m. Saturday in in the series. and it will begin a nine-game Javelina Stadium, a week before it The game with UIW will be league schedule for the team. opens the season against one of two non-league contests. Three new conference Incarnate Word in San Antonio. Simon Fraser of Canada will opponents are on the schedule Coach Daren Wilkinson and visit Javelina Stadium Sept. 10 in this year: Oklahoma Panhandle staff will send the team through a the other non-conference State, Texas-Permian Basin and “dress rehearsal” as it prepares for encounter. Western New Mexico. the season opener Sept. 3. The Javelinas open Lone Star The trio joins Angelo State, It will close out the second Eastern New Mexico, Midwestern full week of preseason drills for State, Tarleton State, Texas A&M- the squad. Commerce, West Texas A&M and The Javelinas will be trying to the Javelinas in the LSC. get back on the winning track against the Cardinals, who won an 18-16 decision with a late score in Volleyball To Hold Blue-Gold Scrimmage Weekend Scrimmage Quarterback Conner Smith, 6-5, 225-pound senior from Richmond The Texas A&M-Kingsville (Terry), hands off to Luis Lopez, 5-7, 220-pound junior running back volleyball team will close out its from San Diego, during a weekend scrimmage in Javelina Stadium. final preseason session with a Blue-Gold scrimmage at 2 p.m. Javelinas Receive Votes in Saturday in the Steinke Center. The scrimmage will come five DII Preseason Football Poll days before the Javelinas open The Texas A&M-Kingsville They have been the top two their fall campaign at the Christian football received votes in the ranked teams in the LSC the past Brothers Invitational in Memphis, NCAA Division II preseason poll two seasons. Tenn. released by the American Football Receiving votes along with The Javelinas have been Coaches Association last week. the Javelinas were Angelo State together since late July, preparing Two Lone Star Conference and West Texas A&M. for an exhibition tour to teams were ranked in the top 25 Defending national champion Nicaragua, playing four matches and three others received votes. Northwest Missouri State was against the Nicaragua national Introductions Texas A&M-Commerce was ranked No. 1. The Bearcats team and then beginning Glenn Scholz introduces members of the Javelina volleyball team at ranked in a tie for ninth and received 29 of the 30 first-place preseason drills Aug. 15. last weekend’s Javelina Club Barbecue at the Knights of Columbus Midwestern State was chosen No. votes. (Council 2623) Hall on North 14th Street. The football and cross 14 (Continued on Page 5) country teams were also intoduced at the event. Javelina Hash By Fred Nuesch, Coordinator of Athletic External Affairs SIMON FRASER OF British Columbia, Canada, is picked to finish fifth in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference preseason football poll this fall. The league has five members. Humboldt (Calif.) State is the choice to repeat. Azusa Pacific (Calif.) is tagged second, Western Oregon third and Central Washington fourth. Over the past several years, the Javelinas have played Humboldt, Western Oregon and Central and will host Simon Fraser Sept. 10 in the home opener. SIMON FRASER WAS competitive in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference last season despite finishing in the fifth position. Three of their conference losses were by 10 points or less. The Clan’s strength this fall is expected to be on defense with the return of two-time GNAC player of the year Jordan Herdman. He was an All-American selection last year and led the Lunch With All the Trimmings conference with 133 tackles. Herdman had a conference record 72 solo tackles and 9.5 Knights of Columbus members Joe Cusack, left, and Donnie Skrobarczyk serve the Javelina football players and coaches a steak, chicken and sausage dinner last week. The dinner was hosted by the Knights of tackles for losses. Columbus Council 3389 and is an annual event. He needs 70 tackles, 50 solo tackles and 30 assisted tackles to become the GNAC career leader in all three categories. TAMUC Lions Predicted To His brother, Justin, was All-GNAC first team last season with 83 tackles. Thirteen of these were for losses and he recorded 3.5 Repeat in LSC Football Race sacks. Offensively, the Clan will be led by All-GNAC selections Ante (This is one of an 11-part touchdowns through the air. Milanovic-Litre, senior running back who had 103 all-purpose yards series on the Javelina football Also returning is the leading a game last season and had 38 catches for 272 yards. opponents this fall). receiver, Lance Evans, 6-3, 180- Junior wide receiver Justin Buren had 36 receptions for 644 Texas A&M-Commerce has pound senior wideout from yards. won the past two Lone Star Mansfield who had 50 catches for The all-conference returnees also include lineman Felix Conference championships and if 986 yards and eight touchdowns. Gacusana. 9 Days the league’s preseason poll is The top five tacklers on the correct, the Lions will make it three defensive unit are gone. The Javelinas will become the first Texas college team to play in a row this fall. The Lions, located in an opponent from Canada. Until Javelina There is reason for optimism Commerce, have been in the LSC Football Team in the Lion camp. since its first season in 1932. SPORTS ILLUSTRATED CONTINUES to disappoint by Opens 2016 The team returns 55 lettermen The school has won 22 having only NCAA Division I schools in its college football issue. and 10 are starters. league championships. It had articles, although brief, on the other divisions until a year Season at Richard Cooper, 5-9, 185- The Lions were 8-4 last or two ago. pound senior running back from season and finished unbeaten in The decision makers at SI need to check out the number of Incarnate Word Angleton, was NCAA Division II the conference. schools, and thus fans, there are in Division I-AA, II and III as well All-America last year and was the Founded in 1889, TAMUC as the NAIA. LSC offensive back of the year. has an enrollment of 13,000 and 16 Days Until He is the preseason plays its home games in Memorial THE MASSEY’S RATINGS preseason football poll is amusing. offensive back of the year again Stadium which has a capacity of It has Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association teams First Home this season. 10,000. ranked in the top four positions and in seven of the top 10 positions. Football Game Cooper rushed for 110.9 The Javelinas will meet the Another ranking system, Herosports.com, rates the NCAA yards a game last season and Lions Sept. 24 in Commerce. Division II football conferences in a preseason prediction. with Simon averaged 6.5 yards a carry. He It has the MIAA ranked eighth among the 15 football had seven rushing touchdowns. conferences. Fraser Finished with his eligibility is The Gulf South Conference is No. 1 in the Herosports.com quarterback Harrison Stewart who poll, the South Atlantic Conference is second and the Lone Star completed 306 of 374 (.551) passes for 264.4 yards a game. He had 30 Conference is third (Continued on Page 3) Upcoming Javelina Events Javelina Hash Aug. 27 – Football: Mock game, Javelina Stadium, 10 a.m. By Fred Nuesch, Coordinator of Athletic External Affairs Volleyball: Blue-Gold scrimmage, Steinke Center, 2 p.m. Sept. 2 – Volleyball: Christian Brothers Tournament in Memphis, Tenn. vs. Southwest Baptist (Mo.), 12:30 p.m. (Continued from Page 2) vs. St. Joseph’s (Ind.), 5 p.m. THE NCAA PLAYING Rules Oversight Panel has approved a Sept. 3 - Football: Incarnate Word in San Antonio, 6 p.m. proposal that allows conferences and schools to use the video Volleyball: Christian Brothers Tournament in Memphis, Tenn. replay rule in baseball’s regular-season games starting next spring. vs. Barton (N.C.), 10:15 a.m. The rule has been used on an experimental basis at the College vs. Arkansas Tech, 2:45 p.m. Sept. 6 – Volleyball: St. Mary’s in Kingsville, 7 p.m. World Series since 2012 and was available in the Division I baseball Sept. 9 – Volleyball: Colorado State-Pueblo Tournament in Pueblo, Colo. championship super regionals for the past two years. vs. Adams (Colo.) State, 9 a.m. The plays that can be reviewed are: vs. Colorado State-Pueblo, 1 p.m. …Deciding if an apparent home run is fair or foul. Sept. 10 - Football: Simon Fraser in Kingsville, 7 p.m. (Military …Deciding if a batted ball left the playing field for a home run Appreciation Weekend). or a ground-rule double. Volleyball: Colorado State-Pueblo Tournament in Pueblo, Colo. …Spectator inference plays. vs. Wayne (Neb.) State, 9 a.m. …Deciding if a batted ball is fair or foul. vs. Nova Southeastern (Fla.), 3 p.m. …Deciding whether a fielder did or didn’t make a catch on a Men’s & Women’s Cross Country: Our Lady of the Lake fair batted ball hit into the outfield or on any foul ball.