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A&M gears up to host relays
Crazy man’s game
Photo by Cindy Gee
Members of the Texas A&M men’s lacrosse
[earn go after the ball in a recent practice
iession on the Main Drill Field. The extra
mural team is preparing for its final two
games of the season this weekend when they
ill host the University of Houston Satur-
lay and the Bayou Lacrosse Club also of
Houston on Sunday. Both games will start
at 1 p.m. and will be played on the Main
Drill Field. Pictured from left to right are
Matt Mathews, Jeff Echols, Rod Starnes,
Rick Salerno and Rick Bearden. Dave Hod-
de is on the ground.
Z^Metcalf inks another,
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e a differemfl Sports Editor
y are focuangftis A&M head basketball
o solve thectroach Shelby Metcalf added
Bother name to his roster recent-
nissivenessflyiwith the announcement of the
l a person resigning of Gary Lewis from Tuc-
ae. son, Ariz.
i asked ifkmlewis, a 6-1 guard, averaged 22
iry JamesBrijpoints, 7 rebounds, 5.4 assists and
bullet durojljree steals per game at Sahuaro
i about his if High School in Tucson, where he
was named to the All-city, All-
i his appetfemte. and All-state tournament
team his senior year.
1 discomfortsBLewis brings an abundance of
pent to Texas A&M. While he
e’s that paiimteis a sophomore in high school he
thinkitis^iSasdocked at 10.0 in the 100-yard
dash before giving up track for
itemoon nafibaskctball.
ve foundthalf'1 Also to his credit, he won the
|am dunk title at the San Diego
iperstar Camp and the Southern
izona Basketball Congress last
mmer. One of his most out-
nding attributes is his 38 inch
irtical jump which enables him
—^ - play at some of the higher alti-
Mdes basketball has been known
| tl reach.
J I 111 Metcalf was overjoyed with the
iwis’signing, comparing him to
le style of play Dave Goff was
3 Blown for.
■ “Gary plays a lot like Dave Goff
I his style of play and hall hand-
||ig. He’s team oriented — al-
ys looking for the pass,” Metcalf
16 points and seven rebounds per
game and was named to the first
team All-region team.
“Were real pleased to sign
them. Both have their best basket
ball ahead of them. They were the
two best players on the Blinn
team,” Metcalf said.
“Burton is lefthanded and a
good outside shooter. He can turn
the lights on from the comer. He
and Roy (Jones) are like mirrors of
each other and Bluntson has a
wingspan of 7'4".”
Metcalf said that all three sig-
nees could definitely help the
team next year, and that they all
would before they left.
Assistant coach Barry Davis
echoed Metcalfs feelings of the
. “Ican’tgell
to
.m. Su”
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[“He’s a super kid — a very
hart basketball player and a good
lader,” he said.
llewis makes the third recruit
letcalfhas signed this year to let-
fcrs of intent.
[The two others are Lionniel
Bluntson and August Burton, both
of Blinn Jr. College,
r The duo led Blinn to a 26-6 re-
id and to the finals of the
1 |iJCAA tournament this past
5ason.
Bluntson, a 6-8 center, aver
ted 21 points and 10 rebounds
ergame and was named the MVP
ftheNJCAA tournament in New
Irleans.
Burton, a 6-6 forward, averaged
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By RITCHIE PRIDDY
Sports Editor
The Texas A&M track team is
gearing up for the first annual
Texas A&M Relays to be held this
weekend. Seventeen teams are
expected for the 22 event track
and field meet which features
some outstanding talent.
With the prestigous Drake Re
lays going on this week in Des
Moines, Iowa, head track coach
Charlie Thomas said the meet
would give teams from around the
Southwest, which, due to econo
mice circumstances, may not
otherwise be able to compete this
week a chance to compete in a
highly competitive meet.
“It’s not nearly as large as
Drake, but if we can build up
some prestige for the meet within
a few years we could bring in ab
out 25 or 30 teams,” Thomas said.
Over 100 teams are entered in the
Drake Relays.
Thomas said that it would be
unlikely to bring in many more
teams to compete because of the
limited access to College Station,
but there may be times that more
people would come to see the re
lays.
The only differences between
the Drake and the Texas A&M Re
lays are the fact that Drake in
cludes such events as the decath
lon and marathon. The Texas
A&M meet does not have any such
events. Another difference is the
number of competitors — Drake
has several hundred while Texas
A&M has but 85.
Thomas said, however, that
with a five man limit on each team
that only the best would be com
peting.
Thomas also said the meet
would be very competitive —
which means some of better
athletes from the Southwest, and
in the nation, will be competing.
The events to watch include the
100-meter and 400-meter dashes.
The 100-meters could be a fans
best bet to see some of the fastest
runners in America competing.
That field will include sprinters
such as Rod Richardson, Herkie
Walls, Bruce Davis, Rudy Laver-
die and Efference Colley.
Richardson is from Texas A&M.
“There are five or six good
sprinters competing,” Thomas
said, “it would have to be the fea
ture event.”
Leslie Kerr, 400-meter cham
pion from Texas A&M, will com
pete in the race for only one of the
first times this outdoor season.
He would probably have to be
considered the favorite in the 400.
His best time so far is 46.0.
“That would definitely be a
great race to win.” Thomas said.
The Aggies will enter all but five
of the 22 events but still have some
nagging injuries that could poss
ibly hamper their performance.
“Richard Lamb (javelin) hurt
his back so it’s doubtful he’ll
throw. We need to rest him up
and get him well. Mike Glaspie
(hurdler) has a nagging groin in
jury but we want him to run in the
shuttle hurdle relay,” Thomas
said. “Rod Richardson has a sore
leg but he will run.”
The shuttle hurdle could be the
event for the Aggies with the
speed of such sprinters as Mike
Glaspie, Craig Moody, Rick Tho
mas and Billy Busch.
Thomas said that Bart Daniels
would run in Glaspie’s place
should he not be able to compete
in the shuttle hurdle relay.
“That is definitely one of our
best events. We’ve got the speed
to win it,” Thomas said.
Thomas feels that the Aggies
have an excellent chance to win
several events, including the
quarter mile, 100-meters, shuttle
hurdle relay, the high jump and
pole vault.
Other teams entered in the
meet include Houston, Rice,
Texas, Baylor, TCU, Prairie View,
Texas Southern, North Texas, Pan
American, Lamar, LSU,
McNeese State, Northeast
Louisiana, Houston Baptist and
Northwest State of Louisiana.
Baylor and Northwest
Louisiana are considered two of
the top teams in the meet, but
almost every other school could
step in and take control.
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newly- signed Aggies but added
some caution as well: “All three
have the potential to come in and
help us out next year. All three
will come in here hungry and will
have to get after it. But, they ha
ven’t scored a point or even drib
bled a basketball here yet. We
know what kind of potential they
have, though.”
Metcalf is satisfied with his sig-
nees but is still looking for more
players to build a team around in
the future. He is in the process of
recruiting four more players and
hopes at least one will sign soon.
“We’ll have a little more depth
next year, but we could still use
another big man — a rebounder, ”
Metcalf said.
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