Men's Basketball Opens This Weekend at Home
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Football Hosting Missouri Team in Season Finale The Texas A&M-Kingsville Kickoff will be at 7 p.m. in the Great Lakes Valley Conference. The South Texans are football team closes out its 2017 Javelina Stadium. The Javelinas have a 3-7 averaging 391.6 total yards a season Saturday night when it It will be the first meeting of season’s record and finished Lone game, 135.8 rushing and 255.8 hosts the William Jewell Cardinals the two schools. Star Conference play with a 2-6 passing. of Missouri. William Jewell is a member of record. (Continued on Page 2) VOLUME XVIII, NO. 14 KINGSVILLE, TEXAS 78363 NOV. 8, 2017 Men’s Basketball Opens This Weekend at Home The Texas A&M-Kingsville The two games in Kingsville Ten of the 19 players on the West, 6-3 guard from League City men’s basketball team opens its are part of the 27-game schedule roster are seniors. (Clear Lake). season Friday and Saturday with between the two conferences this Three of the lettermen have Robert Stevenson,6-7 junior Big Shot two games in the Lone Star weekend. three letters: Trey Sumpter, 6-5 forward from Houston Trey Sumpter, 6-5 senior guard Conference/Rocky Mountain The Javelinas have 12 guard/forward from Birmingham, (Eisenhower), is a two-year from Birmingham, Ala., hit a Athletic Conference Challenge. lettermen and four transfers with Ala.; Elliot Taylor,6-7 forward from letterman. three-point shot with five The Javelinas will take on college experience. Houston (Marshall), and Will (Continued on Page 5) seconds remaining in an exhibition game with Texas South Dakota School of Mines A&M-Corpus Christi last week and Technology at 7 p.m. Friday in in Corpus Christi to force an the Steinke Center and will meet overtime, which the Javelinas Chadron (Neb.) State at 2 p.m. won, 82-80. Saturday. Women’s Basketball Opens With Games in South Dakota, Nebraska The Texas A&M-Kingsville three-year letterwinner returning women’s basketball team opens its for the squad and Renisha Alfred, season Friday and Saturday in the 5-10 junior forward/guard from Lone Star Conference/Rocky New Iberia, La., has two letters. Mountain Athletic Conference Alfred could be redshirted this Challenge. season while recovering from an The Javelinas will take on injury. Black Hills State Friday in The remaining letterwinners Spearfish, S.D., and will meet are: Chadron State Saturday in …Emmeri Archer, 5-9 senior Chadron, Neb. guard from Brooklyn, N.Y. Wade Scott, beginning his …Madison Crawford, 5-9 fourth season as head coach of junior guard from Fort Worth the Javelinas, has seven (Fossil Ridge). letterwinners and five transfers …Shaqueria Debose, 5-4 Halloween Fun with collegiate experience on the junior guard from Houston These Javelina athletic staff members dressed for the occasion at Halloween. Left to right are coordinator roster. (Eisenhower). of student-athlete services Fred Holmes, head women’s tennis coach Autumn Williams, head track and field Opemipo Ibrahim, 5-11 …Jaiton Walls, 6-2 senior coach Ryan Dall, assistant track and field coach Tim Miller and assistant track and field coach Aared forward from Houston (Bush), is a (Continued on Page 4) Sampson. Football Hosts Missouri Team in Season Finale Javelina Hash (Continued from Page 1) Defensively, the Javelinas are By Fred Nuesch, Coordinator of Athletic External Affairs allowing 380.8 total yards a game, 16 Football Seniors In Final Games 131.0 rushing and 249.8 passing. Sixteen senior members of the Texas A&M-Kingsville football team EACH YEAR, THE NCAA Division II websites list the number Quarterback Cade Dyal, 5-11, will be recognized Saturday night as they play their final games with the 195-pound freshman from Javelinas. of basketball teams from the division that defeat clubs from NCAA Kerrville, is the individual The senior members of the team are: Division I schools. offensive leader with 179.1 …Carlos Cuellar, defensive lineman from Weslaco (East). The Javelinas got their name on the list last week with an 82- passing yards a game. He has …Kuziah Ferebee, defensive back from San Diego, Calif. 80 victory over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. completed 166 of 272 (.610) and …Jamal Foote, defensive lineman from Richmond (Lamar It was an exhibition game and won’t count in the season’s has thrown for 16 touchdowns Consolidated). record or the season statistics. But it is a game, played with the while having had nine intercepted. …Gayln Griffin, defensive lineman from Marble Falls. same clock, referees, etc. Nick Pelrean, 5-9, 185-pound …Edmond Hobbs, defensive back from Freeport (Brazosport). It was the first time in several years that the Javelinas and junior running back from Houston …Trevor Moses, linebacker from Corpus Christi (Calallen). Islanders have met in basketball. (Chavez), leads the rushing with …Stehly Reden, tight end from Valley Center, Calif. The schools compete in track and field meets together each 85.9 yards a game and 6.7 yards a …Braedon Robinson, defensive lineman from San Antonio (East winter and spring. The beach volleyball teams played twice last carry. He has seven rushing Central). spring. The Javelina women’s golf team is invited to the TAMUCC touchdowns. …Ralph Rubalcaba, offensive lineman from Raymondville. tournament each spring. Jordan Thomas, 6-0, 165-pound …Stuart Sanchez, offensive lineman from Corpus Christi (Carroll). senior wideout from San Antonio …DeMarcus Spurlock, linebacker from Houston (North Forest). NCAA.COM RAN a “bucket list” of NCAA Division II football (Stevens), has had 54 receptions for …Christian Taylor, wideout from Irving (MacArthur). 978 yards and 10 touchdowns. …Jordan Thomas, wideout from San Antonio (Stevens). stadiums all fans should visit. Trevor Moses, 6-0, 200- …Peyton Tilley, linebacker from Leander. Second on the list was Javelina Stadium. pound senior linebacker from …Jake Wallace, offensive lineman from Victoria (East). The writer listed briefly the reasons he picked each of the facilities. Corpus Christi (Calallen), tops the …Keith Whitely, running back from Houston (LaPorte). And while Javelina Stadium was cited for having been a huge tackle chart with 73. advantage for the home team, it didn’t go into many other reasons it Brandon Jones, 6-3, 250-pound should always be listed among the top stadiums not only in Division junior lineman from Houston II but college football. (Nimitz), has 12 tackles for losses Some of these would be: and has recorded five sacks. …Has palm trees at both ends, making it unique in this respect. The Cardinals are 2-8 overall …Is the home of a team that has won seven national and finished their conference championships. campaign with a 2-5 record. …Has seen three Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees (Darrell The Redbirds average 363.8 Green, John Randle and Gene Upshaw) play their home games total yards a game, 116.1 rushing there. and 247.7 passing. …Has a motorcycle lead the team onto the field before each The defense has allowed 445.5 total yards an outing, 195.6 home game. It is driven by former football player Rodney Serpa. rushing and 249.9 passing. …Is the site of the best tailgate party in Division II before each Brad Strauss, 6-0, 195-pound home game. And it may not be as big as some of the Division I senior quarterback from Lawrence, tailgates, it is just as good and probably more friendly. Kan., leads the Cards in passing …Hosts Blue Angels pilots every two years for a pep rally with and rushing. area middle school and elementary school students. He has completed 216 of 359 …Will be the site of the 2019 and 2020 NCAA Division II (.602) passes for 235.4 yards a game. national track and field championships, being one of the few on- He has thrown for 11 touchdowns and campus stadiums to serve as such. has had 15 picked off. …Has drawn crowds that have ranked among the largest in the Strauss averages 47.6 yards a NAIA and Division II for decades. game rushing and 4.0 yards a …Has hosted hundreds of high school football games and track carry. He has four rushing scores. and field meets through the years. Trejuan Mask, 5-11, 215- …Hosted a sitting president when George H. Bush spoke at a pound senior running game from University commencement. Sherman, has 42 receptions for 386 yards and three touchdowns to …Was the site of the annual Cactus Bowl, the NCAA Division top the receiving game. II football all-star game, for several years and each of the events Quayde Bauman, 5-10, 202- All-American Returns was telecast nationally. pound junior linebacker from Keithen DeGrate, left, All-American football player for the Javelinas And the list can go on and on. Rosendale, Mo., leads the in 1988-90, returned to campus recently when San Diego High School Cardinals in tackles with 93. He played Santa Gertrudis Academy High School in Javelina Stadium. HEAD TRACK AND field coach Ryan Dall released the has 15.5 tackles for losses and has DeGrate is an assistant football coach at San Diego. Right is Fred (Continued on Page 3) had 5 5 sacks Holmes, athletic coordinator of student-athlete services. Upcoming Javelina Events Javelina Hash Nov. 10 – Men’s Basketball: South Dakota Mines in Kingsville, 7 p.m. By Fred Nuesch, Coordinator of Athletic External Affairs Volleyball: *Midwestern State in Wichita Falls, 6 p.m. Women’s Basketball: Black Hills (S.D.) State in Spearfish, (Continued from Page 2) S.D., 5:30 p.m. Nov. 11 – Men’s Basketball: Chadron (Neb.) State in Kingsville, 2 p.m.