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THE BAIT
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY!?,’
Aggie captain speaks out
Thornton desires Tech rematd
By DAVID WALKER
Staff Sports Writer
“We just want a chance to play
Tech again so we can prove that we
are the best team in the confer
ence. ’
Those were the words of Aggie
captain John Thornton Wednesday
after he and his teammates had been
through a brisk one hour workout in
preparation for TCU.
The Aggies play TCU Saturday in
Fort Worth for the first of three
must games. The Ags are tied for
first place in the Southwest Confer
ence with the Texas Tech Red Raid
ers who aren’t expected to lose
another game in the regular season.
“These last three games mean ev
erything to us, said Thornton.
“These games mean the difference
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between a great season and a fair
season.’
Thornton couldn t explain the
Aggies lackluster game against the
Red Raiders Tuesday night.
“I just can’t explain it, I thought
we were ready but we just weren’t
at a mental peak,” he said.
Thornton does think that the Ag
gies learned something from the
game. “We know what we did
wrong against Tech and it’s not too
late for us to correct our mistakes.
“We really want a chance to play
Tech again, he said. “We realize
we can make it and I think we will do
it.
“We’ve got the caliber guys to
win it and I think we will win it.
We’ve come too far to not win it.
We’ve practiced hard and had a
great year so far and we just aren’t
going to let it get away.
“I hope our fans aren’t down be
cause of the Tech game. It is really
frustrating to let such a chance get
away but we’ve just got to suck it up
and come back; we re still in first
place.”
Thornton is in his second year
with the Aggies after transfering
from San Antonio Jr. College after
an outstanding career at San An
tonio Holmes.
Assistant
gets job
at SFA
He was twice all-city and!
district at Holmes. Last year he erview.
the Aggies most valuable player® ability to
is the captain of this year’s Aggi
team.
Thornton who is admittedly"!
really upset by the Tech g*!
vows that the Aggies will he
“We’ve been number one too
now and we aren’t going to mv?
up.”
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NACOGDOCHES, Tex. (AP)—
Richard Munzinger, defensive line
coach at Stephen F. Austin State
University the past four seasons,
was elevated to athletic director and
head football coach Wednesday.
Munzinger, 39, replaces John
Levra, who resigned last week to
become offensive coordinator at
Kansas University.
Munzinger is beginning his 12th
year as a college football coach, be
ginning at New Mexico Highlands
University in Las Vegas, N.M. in
1964 and serving there until 1969.
He was on Levra s staff the last three
seasons there.
In 1970 Munzinger was on the
staff at New Mexico State Univer
sity in Las Cruces before rejoining
Levra when Levra took over at SFA
in 1971.
Fencing, golf,
soccer sign-up
dates nearing
(Photo by Steve Krauss)
John Thornton puts one up against Arkansas.
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Kentucky State
remains on top
(AP) — While the Kentucky State
Thorobreds gallop to the close of
another winning season, their coach
is foraging for additional worthy op
ponents.
The Thorobreds are 22-2 after
defeating North Kentucky State
108-94 Monday night and Coach
Lucius Mitchell feels they deserve
an invitation to the NIT playoffs.
“The NIT playoffs is what we’ve
been gunning for all season,” says
Mitchell. “I believe we have one of
the top teams in the country, and
the fact that we dominated the poll
this year shows that other people
feel that way too.
“There really aren’t too many
other teams with better records
than ours and so we re hoping we ll
get a shot at it.”
Kentucky State retained for the
second week their grip on the top
spot in The Associated Press college
division basketball poll, tallying
nine first-place votes and 245 points
on the strength of their 56-54 trim
ming of Carson-Newman last
weekend.
Jackson State, also hoping for an
•NIT bid, remained in the No. 2 pos
ition, gathering five first-place votes
and 206 points from a nationwide
panel of sportswriters and broadcas
ters following three straight vi<&-
tories.
Jackson State nipped Grambling
100-99 in regular season play and
then slammed the Tigers 103-87 in
the semi-finals of the Southwest
Athletic Conference tournament.
Jackson State went on to defeat Al
corn 87-76 in the SWAC finals.
Bentley was steady at third place
after trouncing Babson 110-84 and
Quinnipiac 101-80. The Falcons
were awarded one first-place vote
and 165 points.
There was a wholesale reshuffling
among the other ranked schools.
Gardner-Webb moved up a notch
from fifth place with 150 points,
beating Livingstone 119-96 and
Charleston Baptist 106-92.
Randolph-Macon, formerly
fourth, fell to fifth with 109 points
after bowing to Old Dominion 86-85
in overtime. The Bulldogs reco
vered to blitz Washington & Lee
67-62 and Hampden-Sydney 92-56.
Gannon, boasting three consecu
tive victories, climbed from eightli
to sixth with two first-place votes
and 96 points. Old Dominion was
next with two first-place votes and
94 points, scoring triumphs over
Randolph-Macon and Charleston
Baptist.
St. Mary’s, Texas, dropped from
sixth to eighth with one first-place
vote and 88 points, while St.
Joseph’s, Ind. vaidted from 13th to
ninth with two first-place votes and
57 points.
New Orleans slipped from
seventh to 10th place among the
select group, collecting 54 points.
Rounding out the top 15 were
newcomers Guilford and Cameron,
Marymount, Kan., down from 11th
to 13th, UT-Chattanooga, previ
ously 12th, and North Dakota.
Registration for intramural golf,
soccer and fencing ends in early
March at Texas A&M University.
Soccer sign-up closes March 4
with play beginning April 1 on the
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elimination activity.
Golf doubles are planned March 9
at the TAMU course. Registration
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ticipants will pay a green fee and
provide their own clubs.
Fencing groups close ranks
March 6 with play getting under
way March 8 at DeWare Field
House.
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name on the roster for the activities
at the Intramural Office in DeWare.
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