Make-A-Wish Spring Football Game, Activities Saturday It’Ll Be Like September in April a Game-Day Atmosphere Will Be Beginning at 4:30 P.M
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Football, Softball On Local Calendar This Weekend Support Your Javelinas!! VOLUME XV, NO. 38 KINGSVILLE, TEXAS 78363 APRIL 22, 2015 Make-A-Wish Spring Football Game, Activities Saturday It’ll be like September in April A game-day atmosphere will be beginning at 4:30 p.m. and the The football game is set for 6 period before closing out with Saturday when the Texas A&M- in effect from 3-9 p.m. winners will be announced at 5:30 p.m. and donations will be accepted Saturday’s contest. Kingsville football team closes out A tailgate party begins at 3 p.m. p.m. at the gate for the Make-A-Wish There are 39 lettermen on the its spring training period with a and a live band will take the main Entries for the cook-off are Foundation. roster along with 11 returning Make-A-Wish game in Javelina stage at 4 p.m. being accepted at www.tamuk.edu/ The tailgate party resumes, squadmen and 12 redshirts, who Stadium. A fajita cook-off will be held fajita. with a live band, at 7:30 p.m. and were with the program last fall but continues until 9. didn’t play. Fans will see the Javelina Three-year lettermen are football team in action for the first Christian Garcia, 6-5, 320-pound time under new head coach Daren junior from Eagle Pass, and Wilkinson. Lamond Hills, 6-1, 175-pound The squad will have worked 11 junior defensive back from San days during the spring training (Continued on Page 5) Softball Closes Regulation Season With Midwestern Let’s Get It On! Friday, Saturday at Hubert The Javelina football team The Texas A&M-Kingsville will close out its softball team closes out its season spring practice with a four-game Lone Star season with a Conference series with Make-A-Wish Midwestern State Friday and Game at 6 p.m. Saturday at Hubert Field. Saturday in Friday’s doubleheader is set Javelina for 5 p.m. and Saturday’s twinbill Stadium. Other will have a 1 p.m. start time. activities associated with The Javelinas had a Tuesday Javelina game- doubleheader with Houston- day are also Victoria in Victoria and entered scheduled. those games with a 15-25-1 season’s record. The club is 6-17-1 in the LSC standings. Carlie Clark, sophomore pitcher and designated player from Warsaw, Va., leads the Javelinas in hitting but has been out with an injury. She has a .464 batting average. Rachael Longoria, freshman (Continued on Page 2) Rachael Longoria Javelina Hash Softball Hosts MSU in LSC Series Javelina Hash (Continued from Page 1) Javelina head coach Brady Tigert. outfielder from San Antonio By Fred Nuesch, Coordinator of Athletic External Affairs infielder from Hutto, is hitting .387 Three Javelinas are seniors (Roosevelt); Ariel Kellogg, with seven doubles and three and will be recognized at the end outfielder from New Caney, and ARE YOU READY for some football??? home runs and Loren Donaldson, of Saturday’s doubleheader. Valerie Ramirez, third baseman You can get a preview of the 2015 Javelinas Saturday night junior infielder from Alvin, has a These are Jaeleen Castro, from Waco (Midway). when the annual spring game is played in Javelina Stadium. .350 average with 10 doubles and Kickoff time will be 6 p.m. five home runs. Beginning at 3 p.m., there will be a game-day atmosphere at The Javelinas hit .284 as a the stadium with a tailgate party, live bands and a fajita cook-off. team. The tailgate party will take a break for the game and will Clark also has the best pitching record at 5-4 and with a resume after and run until 9 p.m. 4.10 earned run average. The game is free but donations will be accepted for the Make- The Javelina pitchers have a Freshman A-Wish Foundation. cumulative 5.5 ERA. Pitcher Midwestern State had a Bella Rosas, IT WAS A big weekend for the Javelinas. three-game series with Cameron righthander The baseball team kept its lead in the Lone Star Conference Sunday and Monday and had a race as it attempts to take back-to-back championships. pitcher from non-conference doubleheader San Antonio The Javelinas have a two-game lead with six league games with Central Oklahoma Tuesday (Business remaining. before coming to Kingsville. Career), is a The women’s tennis team defeated Tarleton State to take the The Mustangs had a 21-18 freshman runnerup spot in the LSC regular-season standings. overall record and 8-13 LSC mark pitcher for The Javelinas will be seeded No. 2 in the LSC Championships going into the week. the Javelina scheduled for Friday and Saturday in Lawton, Okla. Taylor Bermudes, sophomore softball The men’s and women’s track and field team had some of the outfielder from Houston (Bellaire), team this spring. best performances of the season in NCAA Division II at the LSU leads the MSU hitting with a .340 Relays in Baton Rouge, La. average. She has eight doubles, Jeron Robinson won the high jump, defeating a field of NCAA three triples and a home run. Division I jumpers. Katy Vandewater, senior Amber Perry was second in the 400-meter dash, also going shortstop from Arlington against DI runners. (O’Connor), and Kelley Schaefer, senior third baseman from Waco The softball team was still playing at the time this column was (Midway), each are hitting .333. written. Vandewater has six doubles Rain delays in Stephenville forced the games with Tarleton and 10 home runs while Schaefer 2015 Javelina Football Schedule State to be rescheduled several times. has hit seven doubles and five Sept. 5 – Incarnate Word in San Antonio, 7 p.m. The second half of a doubleheader Saturday afternoon was homers. Sept. 12 – Missouri S&T in Kingsville, 7 p.m. (Hall of Fame suspended because of adverse weather conditions and continued MSU has six players hitting Weekend) Sunday afternoon. A doubleheader was to have followed that .300 or better. Sept. 19 – *Texas A&M-Commerce in Kingsville, 7 p.m. continuation. The Mustangs have a (Hispanic Heritage Weekend) A good weekend to be a Javelina…but aren’t they all?? cumulative batting average of Sept. 26 – West Alabama in Kingsville, 7 p.m. (Family Fiesta .310. Weekend) THE LONE STAR conference track and field programs are Erin Knox, sophomore Oct. 3 - *Eastern New Mexico in Portales, N.M., 3 p.m. flexing their muscles this spring. righthander from West, has a 7-5 Oct. 10 - *Tarleton State in Kingsville, 7 p.m. (Kingsville In the men’s conference index top 10 last week, the LSC was record in the circle and her ERA is Community Appreciation Weekend). second behind the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. 4.90. Oct. 17 - *Angelo State in San Angelo, 7 p.m. The LSC was 21 points behind the GLIAC and over 100 points The team’s cumulative ERA Oct. 24 - *West Texas A&M in Kingsville, 7 p.m. (Kleberg Bank ahead of the third place league. is 4.57. Homecoming Game). In the women’s index, the LSC was fourth behind the Mid- MSU is coached by former Oct. 31 - *Midwestern State in Wichita Falls, 1 p.m. America Intercollegiate Athletic Association, the GLIAC, and the Nov. 7 – Lone Star Conference Playoffs, TBA. Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. Nov. 14 – Lone Star Conference Playoffs, TBA. Nov. 21 – NCAA Division II First Round Playoffs, TBA. WHILE THE LSC is showing strength in the Division II ranks Nov. 28 – NCAA Division II Second Round Playoffs, TBA. Dec. 5 – NCAA Division II Quarterfinals, TBA. in track and field, it’s too bad the national meet isn’t scheduled for Dec. 12 – NCAA Division II Semifinals, TBA. the Southwest over the next five seasons. Dec. 19 – NCAA Division II Championship in Kansas City, Kan. It returns for a second year to Allendale, Mich., this spring and (The Sporting Park). will be at Bradenton, Fla., in 2016 and 2017 and at Sioux Falls, *Lone Star Conference games. S.D., in 2018. (Continued on Page 3) JavelinaJavelina Hash Hash Upcoming Javelina Events Javelina Hash April 22 – Football: Spring workouts in Javelina Stadium, 4:15 p.m. By Fred Nuesch, Coordinator of Athletic External Affairs April 23 – General: Region IV-4A Area 31-32 high school track and field meet in Kingsville (Javelina Stadium). (Continued from Page 2) April 24 – Softball: *Midwestern State in Kingsville (DH), 5 p.m. Grand Valley State hosts this year, the University of Tampa will Baseball: *Angelo State in San Angelo, 6 p.m. Women’s Tennis: Lone Star Conference Championships in host in Bradenton and the University of Sioux Falls will be the host Lawton, Okla. in Sioux Falls. April 25 – Softball: *Midwestern State in Kingsville (DH), 1 p.m. Football: Make-A-Wish Spring Football Game in Javelina JAVELINA SOPHOMORE LUTALO Boyce got to compete in Stadium, 6 p.m. a special invitational long jump at the LSU Relays last weekend in Baseball: *Angelo State in San Angelo (DH), 1 p.m. Baton Rouge, La. Women’s Tennis: Lone Star Conference Championships in He was in the event with NCAA Division I athletes from the Lawton, Okla. Tiger Olympians, Tulane, Northwest Louisiana, Louisiana-Lafayette Men’s & Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Individuals: Drake and Louisiana Tech. And there was an entry from the NIKE team. Relays in Des Moines, Iowa. Boyce jumped 25-0 and finished third. Men’s & Women’s Outdoor Track & Field: Rice Twilight Meet He has a best of 25-3.5 this spring.