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Alice vs. Calallen 7:30 p.m. Friday Orange Grove vs. Port Isabel 2 p.m. Saturday Javelina Stadium VOLUME XIV, NO. 15 KINGSVILLE, TEXAS 78363 NOV. 20, 2013 Men’s Basketball Hosting Classic Friday, Saturday The Texas A&M-Kingsville from Austin (Lake Travis), made his men’s basketball team will host the debut with the Javelinas last two-day, four-game Emerald Beach weekend and hit for 13 points. Hotel Javelina Classic Friday and Ronald Scott, 6-0 junior guard Saturday in the Steinke Center. from Baltimore, Md., is averaging The Javelinas take on Texas- 4.7 assists a game. Permian Basin at 5 p.m. Friday and UTPB brings a 3-1 record into will meet Texas A&M International the Classic. at 5 p.m. Saturday. Dwayne Soders, 6-6 senior Other games will see Cameron forward from Fort Worth, is the big meeting TAMIU at 2:30 p.m. Friday gun for the Falcons, averaging 22.8 and UTPB at 2:30 p.m. Saturday. points and 15.3 rebounds a game. The Javelinas entered a Four other Falcon players are Tuesday night game with St. averaging in double figures in the Edward’s in Austin with a 1-2 scoring column. record. TAMIU has a 2-3 record as it Rashad Basey, 6-4 senior guard enters the Classic. from Louisville, Ky., leads the The Dustdevils will meet Javelina scoring with 19.3 points a Cameron Saturday before facing the game and he is the top rebounder Javelinas Saturday. with a 4.7 per-game average. The squad is 2-3 for the year Dinner Attendees Basey has eight steals in the and has three players averaging in Among the Javelina athletes attending the annual Javelina Scholarship Dinner last week three games played. double figures. in the Memorial Student Union Building were, left to right, tennis player Marija Jordan Jahr, 6-7 junior forward (Continued on Page 14) Dimitrovsika, sophomore from Macedonia; golfer Jessica Sellers, sophomore from San Antonio (Steele); basketball player Micah Weaver, freshman from Poth; golfer Analysa Coy, sophomore from Bastrop, and golfer Ashley Rivera, senior from McAllen. Message From Kuwait Sgt. Masumi Williams Volleyball Enters LSC Postseason of Victoria is stationed in Kuwait and couldn’t Play, Meets West Texas in Opener attend her husband’s final Javelina football The Texas A&M-Kingsville automatic berth in the NCAA Sarah Fountain, junior setter from Las Cruces, N.M., is the game last weekend. volleyball team will open play in Division II national playoffs. She send a video that the Lone Star Conference The Javelinas are the No. 7 statistical leader in attack percentage (.294) and sets (7.88). was shown on the Championship tournament at 2:30 seed in the tournament and TWU Javelina Stadium p.m. Thursday when it takes on is seeded No. 2. TWU has a 21-9 record and finished 11-5 in the LSC. scoreboard. Robert Texas Woman’s. in Canyon. The Javelinas closed with a Williams (2) is a defen- West Texas A&M, the 15-18 overall record and 6-10 in Marcela Alves, 6-1 senior middle blocker from Rio de sive end from Dallas conference regular-season the conference standings. (Kimball). Sgt. Will- champion, is host of the three-day Kelsey Washington, junior Janeiro, Brazil, leads the Pioneers in attack percentage (.276), blocks iams is a 2008 graduate meet. outside hitter from Cuero, leads of TAMUK. The winner of the postseason the Javelinas in kills (2.92) and (1.32) and scoring (3.15). tournament will receive the LSC’s digs (3.33). (Continued on Page 3) LSC Final Football Javelina Hash Standings Javelina Hash (Conference Only) By Fred Nuesch, Coordinator of Athletic External Affairs Team W L Pct. E. New Mexico 5 1 .833 Tarleton State 5 1 .833 AREA SPORTS FANS can get their fill again this weekend. West Texas A&M 4 2 .667 The Javelina men’s basketball team will host the Emerald Beach Midwestern State 3 3 .500 Hotel Javelina Classic Friday and Saturday with Cameron, Texas- A&M-Commerce 2 4 .333 Permian Basin and Texas A&M International coming to town for Angelo State 2 4 .333 doubleheaders each day. A&M-Kingsville 0 6 .000 The Javelina women’s basketball squad will host Our Lady of NCAA Division II Football the Lake at 7:30 p.m. Friday. Regional Polls Two high school area playoff games are scheduled for Javelina Compiled by the NCAA Stadium. Division II Football Alice and Calallen will meet in a Class 4A clash at 7:30 p.m. Committee Friday and thousands of fans are expected on campus for the Super Region Four renewal of a long-time rivalry. Rank Team 1. Colorado State-Pueblo Orange Grove and Port Isabel will be here Saturday for a 2 2. Ohio Dominican p.m. kickoff. 3. Saginaw Valley (Mich.) That game, too, is expected to bring several thousand fans to 4. Indianapolis (Ind.) the campus. 5. Grand Valley (Mich.) 6. Tarleton State THERE’S NO GRANDER night in sports than a hall of fame 7. West Texas A&M gathering. 8. Chadron (Neb.) State 9. Midwestern State The memories, stories and camaraderie are unlike any other 10. Ferris (Mich.) State event. (Bold-faced and italicized teams Such was certainly the case last weekend when the 2013 are in the Lone Star Conference) Javelina Hall of Fame induction ceremonies were held. Facelifting Super Region One It brought back to campus, for induction and for reunions, Mike Evans, senior forward from Arlington (Seguin), was Rank Team some of the Javelina greats. one of the Javelina men’s basketball players who gave the 1. Shepherd (W. Va.) Some notes from the evening: 2. Winston-Salem (N.C.) Memorial Middle Schools Native Plant Garden a facelift 3. Bloomsburg (Pa.) …..Seeing Anthony Phillips inducted for his feats in football last week. 4. West Chester (Pa.) and track brought a flood of memories. NCAA Division II Men’s Basketball Preseason Poll 5. Slippery Rock (Pa.) Anthony’s running of the 100-meter dash was a thing of Compiled by t he National Association of 6. Virginia State beauty. Basketball Coaches 7. American International (Mass.) First, he was usually twice the size of the other runners in the 24. Livingstone (N.C.) 8. Stonehill (Mass.) Rank Team 9. Concord (W. Va.) race. And to see a big man out-run the sprint-size athletes was 1. Metro (Colo.) State 25. Harding (Ark.) awesome, and especially since he wore blue and gold. 10. Indiana (Pa.) 2. Seattle Pacific (Wash.) Other teams receiving votes Super Region Two Phillips had world-class times in the 100 and as a member of 3. West Liberty (W. Va.) includes Tarleton State. Rank Team the sprint relay team. 4. Bellarmine (Ky.) (Bold-faced and italicized teams 1. Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.) Another memory associated with Anthony was his long kickoff 5. Minnesota State are in the Lone Star Conference) 2. North Carolina-Pembroke returns for touchdowns. The most memorable came against Angelo 6. South Carolina-Aiken NCAA Division II 3. North Alabama State when a 100-yard plus return furnished the Javelinas with their 7. California Poly-Pomona 4. Carson-Newman (Tenn.) South Central Region 5. Newberry (S.C.) victory margin. 8. Drury (Mo.) Volleyball Poll …..Darryl Johnson, who was inducted with the 1991-92 men’s 9. Florida Southern 6. West Alabama Compiled by NCAA Division II 7. Tuskegee (Ala.) basketball team, had one of the biggest shots ever for the Javelinas. 10. Western Washington Volleyball Committee 8. Delta (Miss.) State 11. Findlay (Ohio) He hit a three-pointer, buzzer-beater in the Lone Star Rank Team 9. Miles (Ala.) 12. Kentucky Wesleyan Conference championship game in 1992 that gave the Javelinas 1. Angelo State 10. Lane (Tenn.) 13. Midwestern State their first-ever league title and a trip to the NCAA Division II 2. Colorado Mines Super Region Three 14. Indiana (Pa.) national playoffs. 3. Regis (Colo.) Rank Team 15. Lincoln Memorial (Tenn.) 1. Northwest Missouri That shot goes along with the field goal by John Kardow in 4. West Texas A&M 16. Saint Anselm (N.H.) 2. Minnesota State 1967 that gave the Javelinas a 23-21 victory over undefeated 5. Texas Woman’s 17. Northeastern Oklahoma 3. Henderson (Ark.) State Southwest Texas in Javelina Stadium; Ashley White’s game-winning 6. Metro (Colo.) State 18. Southern Indiana 4. Minnesota-Duluth field goal at the buzzer in the 2001 NCAA Division II South Division 7. Colorado-Mesa 19. Alabama-Huntsville 5. Pittsburg (Kan.) State championship game and Hoegie Simmons’ amazing shot from the 8. Adams (Colo.) State 20. Winona (Minn.) State 6. Emporia (Kan.) State corner as time expired in a game with Southwest Texas in the 9. Western New Mexico 7. St. Cloud (Minn.) State 21. Winston-Salem (N.C.) 10. Arkansas-Fort Smith 8. Missouri Western SPEC. 22. Carson-Newman (Tenn.) (Bold-faced and italicized teams 9. Washburn (Kan.) After Simmons put up his shot, he ran out the doors at the 23. North Alabama (Continued on Page 3) are in the Lone Star Conference) 10. Harding (Ark.) Javelina Hash Volleyball Enters Upcoming Javelina Events JavelinaJavelina HashHash LSC Playoffs Nov. 21 – Volleyball: Lone Star Conference Championships in Canyon. By Fred Nuesch, Coordinator of Athletic External Affairs (Continued from Page 1) vs. Texas Woman’s, 2:30 p.m. Josie Santos, 6-0 senior Nov. 22 – Men’s basketball: Emerald Beach Hotel Javelina Men’s (Continued from Page 2) outside hitter from Sao Paulo, Basketball Classic in Kingsville Brazil, leads in kills with a 2.48 vs.