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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1977
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By WAYNE NELSON
Outstanding football recruiting is
fast becoming a trademark of Emory
Bellard, and yesterday certainly did
not hurt his record.
Bellard and his coaching staff
once again have prevailed winners
in the annual recruiting campaign
with the signing of 21 high school
athletes to letters of intent.
Because of the loss of so many
seniors on last years team, the 1977
A&M football program will certainly
receive an extra boost with these
signings.
The Aggies were obviously re
cruiting in the areas that were left in
need of help because of graduating
seniors.
According to head coach Emory
Bellard the recruiting went about as
expected.
“It went just like we figured with
no surprises,” Bellard said. “This
group has an awful lot of speed,” he
said. Bellard added that there was
only one recruit who hasn’t been
timed under five seconds for forty
yards, “and that one is 6-6 and
weighs 260,” he added.
At quarterback A&M signed five
prospects including the highly
sought after Mike Mosley of Hum
ble, an all-district, all-Greater
Houston performer. Also signed
was David Beal, an all-state athlete
from Russellville, Ark. and Jennings
Teel, a big lake Reagan County
High School star who was selected
all-district and all-West Texas.
Also signed at quarterback was
Rhett Darnell, a class 2A performer
from DeKalb and John Dawson, a
Dallas Hillcrest product, who was
voted all-district and all-Greater
Dallas.
Another position heavily re
cruited was at linebacker where
coach Bellard and his staff signed a
total of seven players.
Among these include high school
all-American Mike Little, who was
also the Nevada state champion
wrestler in the 191-lb. class. Little’s
home town of Las Vegas, Nev. hap
pens to be the same as former A&M
all-American linebacker Ed Simo-
nini.
Also signed at linebacker were
Cal Peveto, last year’s defensive
player of the year in district 22-4A,
along with being selected as an all
district, all Orange County and all
area star.
Other linebacker stars that were
signed include Jay Dale, an all
district, all-Greater Houston per
former from Houston South Hous
ton High School, and Doug Carr, an
all-district and second team all-state
player from Gainsville. Mark Tull-
ous, an all-district, all-Tarrant
County player from Arlington
Lamar High School was also signed.
The defensive line was also an
area that the Aggies were in need of
help and coach Bellard’s crew came
through again with the signing of
one of the top prospects in the state
in 6-6, 260 lb. Tim Ward, a member
of the Dallas Times Herald blue
chip recruiting list. Ward was also a
high school National Honor Society
member at Conroe.
Also signed was John Osborne, a
6-4 245 lb. defensive tackle from
Long Beach, Miss, and Ben Landry,
an all-state defensive lineman from
Port Arthur Tex., Lincoln High
School.
Many followers of A&M football
feel that the defensive secondary
was one of the weakest positions on
last years’ team. With this in mind,
Bellard signed three players to help
strengthen this area.
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Signed was Leandrew Brown, an
all-district, all-Greater Houston
athlete who was also an all-state
sprinter in track, Dan Davis, of
Texarkana who was selected all
district and all North East Texas.
The Aggies also signed all-state
performer Elroy Steen from Gon
zales, another high school sprint
star.
The Aggies also signed one tight
end prospect, Pat Flinn, an all
district and all-city performer from
Houston Bellaire High School.
Two offensive linemen were also
signed to letters of intent. Scott
Hays a 6-4, 230 lb. all-district tackle
from Houston Lee and Rick Morris,
a 6-3, 215 lb. center from Arlington
Lamar linked with the Aggies.
No running backs were signed
yesterday by A&M.
The Aggies also have enrolled
three junior college transfers in
time for spring training.
The three are E.J. Davis, a 5-10,
18 lb. cornerback from Houston
Wheatley by way of Compton Calif.
Junior College and Floyd Randle, a
linebacker from Blinn Junior Col
lege. Also Kenneth Taylor, a cor
nerback from West,Tex. by way of
Navarro Junior College was also
signed.
If your one who counts quality
and quantity in recruiting, you will
have to count the 1977 A&M crop as
exceptional. If the prospects are all
that they are built up to be, A&M
football fans should have a lot to
look forward to in the years to come.
In other signings around the
Southwest Conference (SWC),
Baylor got one of the most highly
sought after backs in the State in Big
Sandy’s David Overstreet.
Texas Tech signed a prospect that
A&M had hoped for in San Angelo’s
Bill Woodard.
The biggest shock of the day came
for Texas new head coach Fred
Aker’s.
When Aker’s traveled to Odessa
to sign the states number one pros
pect, David Sheppard, he did not
show up. The latest account has it
that Houston is now in the lead for
his services.
Arkansas signed the younger
brother of Texas Ranger pitcher
David Clyde, Steve, a 6-1, 215 lb.
tight end from Houston Stratford.
T.C.U. pulled off a surprise in
signing Chester Strickland, a run
ning from Pittsburgh, who had orig
inally committed to Nebraska.
Battalion photo by Debby Krcnek
slam dunk has brought back an aspect of basketball
jely needed at the college level. This dunk by Steve Jones
i. 33) broke open the ball game for the Aggies early in
second half. Guarding Jones is sophomore sensation
(No. 42).
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By TONY GALLUCCI
Robinson is back,
jnember that all-American
ulsa; the guy who was a cinch
from the outside when it was
as the Aggies threaded their
the Southwest Conference
t year; the guy who started
i the season for the Ags and
10, 12 and 14 ponts in three
st five games?
well if you remember that
iu’11 be glad to hear he’s back,
is time he has brought some
features with him.
r hitting his career high of 14
against St Louis, Robinson
ir nine against Oregon State
[hen could manage only six
at the most in the next nine
, despite being given the
to start in three,
change occurred at Fayet-
. “Coach chewed my rear off
re and I decided that I could
tter, ’ said Robinson. “They
een running me after practice
am in better shape.
Jy statistics may not show it,
pelieve my floor game has got-
tter,” Robinson said,
id coach Shelby Metcalf is in
to agree, “This is his best de-
e game (Baylor) since he has
at A&M.”
itcalf also cites Arkansas as the
[ng point. “Joey and Willie
man) made up their minds that
ivas how they were going to
They’ve both had five good
|s in a row. ”
inson’s statistics have not
overwhelming but his deter-
:ion and defense have made his
for him. He scored four points
pkansas and at home against
before again hitting a career
of 14 here against Rice. He
put in 12 against TCU in Ft.
. Last night, he scored six
against Baylor,
e has collected 17 rebounds in
itfive games. His highest pre
number for the same stretch
was 11. Once again the turnaround
point is more than obvious; Robin
son didn’t have a single rebound in
the three games prior to Arkansas.
His four points and two rebounds
in that game were not very indica
tive of a turnaround but, then again,
Robinson had to contend with Sid
ney Moncrief. “I thought I covered
Moncrief pretty "well, said Robin
son, Tt made me think I could cover
anybody I wanted to.”
Robinson is currently the sixth
leading scorer on the team, averag
ing 6.2 points per game for the sea
son and five points per game in
SWC play. He is averaging around
two rebounds per game. He has the
least turnovers of anybody who has
played every game this season.
Joey, like so many others, is sur
prised at the quality of his team’s
record. “Back at the first part of the
season I’d thought we’d win a few;
but not this many.
“If we can just beat SMU it will
keep our confidence up for the rest
of the season,” said Robinson.
Where will his team finish?
“I think we can hold on for sec
ond,” Robinson said.
Robinson won everything they
had to give out in Oklahoma when
he played for coach Terry West at
Memorial High in Tulsa. They had
no choice since he set the Tulsa city
scoring record, played on the state
championship team and on two all-
star teams;
As a freshman at A&M he aver
aged 3.5 points and 1.4 rebounds
and scored highs of 11 points twice
in early season against Southwest
Texas and Sam Houston State.
Why would Robinson choose
A&M?
A good bet would be the fact that
he comes from the same hometown
as Metcalf and lists as a hobby, fish
ing. Where else could a fishing bas
ketball player be happier than at a
school with a championship basket
ball program and the king of cat-
fishermen in residence?
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Five minutes elapsed before the
screaming in the dressing room sub
sided long enough for coach Kay
Don to tell her girls, “You kept your
cool. I knew you could do it.
Her Aggies took a 69-69 tie score
with 20 seconds left in the game and
turned it into a 71-69 win over the
Lamar University Cardinals here
last night.
The Ags trailed Lamar by as
much as 10 points until early in the
second half when four consecutive
baskets brought them to within two
points of the Cardinals. A basket by
A&M’s Cindy Gough and two good
free throws by Sally Morisse put the
Aggies ahead for the first time. The
contest turned out to be a battle
down to the wire with each team
alternating the lead and never dif
fering by more than four points.
“That was the longest damn half I
played in my life, Karen Muskiet
said. Nods of agreement at that
came from every player on the
team.
Freshman Von Bunn took the in
tense pressure of the game in stxide
and gave the Aggies the three points
they needed to win the game.
The Cardinals led 69-6S with 37
seconds left on the clock. A Cardinal
player fouled Bunn and she made
the two free shots which gave the
Aggies the lead 70-69 with 20 sec
onds left on the clock.
The Cardinals took the ball and
fouled Gough; however she missed
her free throws and Lamar once
again had possession with five sec
onds left on the clock. A pass from
back court by one of the Cardinal
players was intercepted in mid
court by Bunn with three seconds
left on the clock, and the Aggies left
for the dressing room with a 10-8
season record.
Bunn thrives on pressure, Don
said. “She doesn’t get nervous eas
ily.”
“I wanted the game awfully bad,”
Bunn said’ “and I was determined to
get those free throws. I had come
up against that same situation in
high school and missed the free
throws. I wasn’t going to let that
happen again.”
Even though the Aggies had a
better shooting average than Lamar
the first half, they trailed the Cardi
nals in rebounds the first half, caus
ing A&M to fall behind.
“The girls were being too nice the
first half and letting Lamar push
them around,” coach Don said. “I
told them to be more aggressive
since Lamar is an especially aggres
sive team, and that worked.”
The Aggies shot 38 per cent from
the floor and made 71 per cent of
their free throw attempts. Lamar
averaged 36 per cent on field goals
and 66 per cent from the free throw
line.
Bunn led the scoring with 18
points followed by Morisse and
Gough with 12 each. Pat Bond had
eight, Margaret Byrne and Susan
Kimbro each had six, Muskiet had
five, Cindy Horton had two and
Denise Bettis, one.
The women head to the Houston
City Tournament this weekend
where they face the University of
Nevada at 1:30 p.m.
Sixteen teams will be competing
in the tournament which will be
held at Fonde Recreation Center in
downtown Houston.
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