Track & Field Enters LSC Championships in Commerce The Texas A&M-Kingsville Memorial Stadium on campus. get underway at 6:30 p.m. Friday. scorers from last season. men’s and women’s track and field The first of the events are set Saturday’s field event finals Gone are three of the league’s teams will be in Commerce this for Friday. Field event finals begin begin at 11 a.m. and the running all-time best performers: High weekend for the Lone Star at 2 p.m. and the running event event finals start at 8:30 p.m. jumper Jeron Robinson, long Conference Championships. finals in the 3000-meter The Javelina men are the jumper Lutalo Boyce and pole Texas A&M-Commerce will steeplechase are at 6 p.m. defending team champions but vaulter Jordan Yamoah. host the meet and it will be run in Running event preliminaries have lost many of their top (Continued on Page 2) VOLUME XVII, NO. 39 KINGSVILLE, TEXAS 78363 MAY 3, 2017 Baseball Takes LSC Lead Into Final Regular- Season Series With Cameron in Oklahoma The Texas A&M-Kingsville Angelo State (14-5) going into this West Texas A&M is three battling Cameron, ASU and baseball team goes for the Lone weekend’s action. games back at 12-6. WTAM will play each other in a Star Conference championship Lone Star Conference While the Javelinas are (Continued on Page 19) when it faces Cameron in a four- Baseball Standings game series Friday, Saturday and (Conference Only) Sunday in Lawton, Okla. Team W L Pct. Singles In Winning Run Friday’s single game is at 1 A&M-Kingsville 16 4 .800 Hunter Lehman, senior utility p.m., a Saturday doubleheader Angelo State 14 5 .737 player from Kyle (Lehman), drove starts at 1 p.m. and Sunday’s West Texas A&M 12 6 .667 in the winning run in the bottom single game will have a 1 p.m. start Tarleton State 11 12 .478 of the 10th inning as the Javeli- time. E. New Mexico 7 11 .389 nas defeated West Texas A&M The Javelinas (16-4) have a Cameron 6 10 .375 Leading Saturday afternoon at Ryan Field. one and one-half game lead over Texas-Permian Basin 1 19 .050 Hitter Pablo Hernandez, Softball Closes With Twinbill Sweep sophomore The Texas A&M-Kingsville Haley Boyett, junior hit .358 with four doubles, three outfielder softball team closed out its spring outfielder from Waco (Robinson), triples and a home run and Roxy from Havana, season last weekend with a Chapa, sophomore catcher from Cuba, has the doubleheader victory over Final Lone Star Conference McAllen (Sharyland), hit .358 with leading Western New Mexico at Hubert Softball Standings seven doubles and eight home batting Field. (Conference Only) runs. average for the Javelina The Javelinas closed with a Team W L Pct. Rachael Longoria, junior third baseball team 27-24 season’s record and 14-14 in Angelo State 26 3 .897 baseman from Hutto, ended with a at .401. He the Lone Star Conference West Texas A&M 24 6 .800 .349 batting average and nine has 18 standings. Cameron 20 8 .714 doubles and five home runs. doubles. They missed the LSC Texas Woman’s 18 11 .621 Randa Hatter, freshman utility postseason playoffs by a game. Tarleton State 18 12 .600 player form Stratford, Okla., hit VictoriaSchoonard-Saborio, A&M-Commerce 16 14 .533 .341 with eight doubles and seven sophomore infielder from Elk A&M-Kingsville 14 14 .500 home runs. Grove, Calif., captured the batting Midwestern State 10 20 .333 The Javelinas hit .315 as a title with a .447 percentage. She E. New Mexico 10 20 .333 team. had nine doubles, two triples and Texas-Permian Basin 5 25 .167 Breanna Smith, freshman eight home runs. W. New Mexico 1 29 .033 (Continued on Page 6) Track & Field Teams in LSC Meet Javelina Hash (Continued from Page 1) Plaserae Johnson, senior from 183-11. By Fred Nuesch, Coordinator of Athletic External Affairs Still, the Javelinas have Glendale, Ariz. Somoye was second in last threats for gold medals in several Martinez is the defending year’s LSC meet. events. champion in the 200 and 400-meter One of the most interesting TALK ABOUT YOUR temperature changes in Texas. Kaina Martinez, senior from dashes. She hasn’t competing in individual event battles is The Javelina baseball team played West Texas four games in Seine Bight, Belize, who was the the quarter this season. expected in the javelin where March in Canyon. The temperature was in the low 40s for each of top track performer at last year’s Javier Lopez, senior from Division II’s top two throwers will the contests. event, is favored in the 100-meter Cordova, Spain, has the best time compete. Last week, the South Texans got to return the favor…at the and 200-meter dashes, and is in the 110-meter hurdles as he tries Nils Fischer, freshman at opposite end of the thermometer. expected to contend for the long to defend his gold medal. He has Angelo State, has a best of 233-9 It was around 100 for the games Friday and Saturday at Nolan jump title. a best of 13.82. and Javelina freshman Vitaly Ryan Field. She has a best of 11.52 in the Lopez has the second best Zhgun from Moscow, Russia, has For Sunday’s game in Kingsville, it was perfect with the 100 and a 23.3 in the 200, and both time in Division II. a best of 232-5. temperatures in the 70s and throughout the morning, it was in the times not only lead the LSC but Brandon Wilson, freshman Ricky Medrano, sophomore 30s and snowing in Canyon. NCAA Division II as well. from Toronto, Ontario, has the from Pearsall, has the second best Texas is a big state, and the temperatures can vary by many Martinez has a best of 19- second best time in the hurdles time in the 3000-meter degrees from one end to the other. 10.75 in the long jump and that’s (14.39). steeplechase (9:46.88). The Western New Mexico softball team, in town to take on the the third best in the conference. Christian Garcia, senior from The men’s 400-meter relay She runs a leg on the Javelinas in a three-game series Friday and Saturday, also got a Eagle Pass, is the favorite in the team is the defending gold women’s 400-meter relay and it shot put with a best of 56-4. He medalist in its event but the only good taste of the South Texas “spring” heat. has the second best time in the won gold in the event last season. returnee is Lopez. The Mustangs are from Silver City, N.M., and the high LSC and the third best in Division LaGae Brigance, sophomore The Javelina men have won temperature there on Friday was 66, the low Friday night was 37 II. from Missouri City (Hightower), the outdoor championship in two and the high Saturday was 56. The women’s sprint relay is has the best high jump at 5-8.5 of the past three seasons. the defending champion and and Rachael Somoye, sophomore West Texas A&M is the Martinez is a returnee along with from Houston (Alief Taylor), defending champion in the IT WAS GOOD to have so many alumni back for the spring has the best hammer throw of women’s division. football game this year. Martinez Runs It was the best turnout in many seasons. 10th Fastest 200- One fan who was missed was Waldo Cuellar, who passed away meter Dash Time recently. A former Javelina golfer, Waldo was always standing at the Texas A&M-Kingsville southeastern corner of the stadium and talking to the many former sprinter Kaina Martinez had the th athletes and fans he knew. 10 fastest collegiate time in the nation in the 200-meter dash the The loss of fans like Waldo leaves a vacuum and they are week of April 17-23. missed by the those who congregate in that area each home game. Martinez, senior from Seine Bight, Belize, ran a 23.42 in the JOHN RANDLE ANNOUNCED the Minnesota Vikings’ second LSU Alumni Gold meet in Baton round draft pick during the NFL draft last week in Philadelphia. Rouge, La. Randle is a Pro Hall of Fame member. The time automatically He was an All-American defensive lineman for the Javelinas in qualified her for the NCAA the late 1980s and signed as a free agent with the Vikings. Division II Championships. Randle, from Navasota, is hailed as one of the all-time best at Top 10 Fastest 200-meter his position in the NFL. Dash Times April 17-23 1. Ama Pipi, Oklahoma, 22.95. IF INVITATIONS TO the NCAA Division II track and field 2. Shania Collins, Tennessee, 22.99. championships had been issued this week, the Javelinas would have 3. Courtney Blanden, Virginia nine competitors and one relay team receiving bids in 13 events. Tech, 23.01. The Javelinas have automatic qualifiers in four events: 4. Janet Amponsah, Middle …Kaina Martinez in the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes. Tennessee, 23.10. …Javier Lopez in the 110-meter hurdles. 5. Diamond Gause, Alabama, 23.21. …Vitaly Zhgun in the javelin. 6. Takyera Roberson, Alabama, The other nine events would be: 23.22. …LaGae Brigance in the high jump. Jonielle Smith, Auburn, 23.22.