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Page 16AThe BattalionAThursday, January 28,1988
A&M Consolidated dropped to 4A
as a result of the new UIL structure
AUSTIN (AP) — After only two
years of competition at the 5A level,
A&M Cnsolidated has been re
turned to 4A.
The Tigers will compete in Dis
trict 21-4A along with Conroe Oak
Ridge, Tomball, Willis, Katy, Bren-
ham, Taylor, Magnolia and Mayde
Creek.
Here, according to the University
Interscholastic League, is the list of
new schools and schools changing
districts.
Class 5A New
Austin Southwest; El Paso Del
Valle: Sugar Land Kempner.
4A to 5A
Houston Scarborough; La Joya;
San Antonio Southwest.
4A New
Canyon Randall; League City
Clear Brook; Mesquite Poteet.
5A to 4A
Austin: Anderson, McCallum,
Travis; College Station A&M Con
solidated; Dallas: Highland Park,
Jefferson, Pinkston; Katy: Mayde
Creek, Taylor; Longview Pine Tree;
Nederland; Port Neches-Groves;
Rosenberg Lamar Consolidated.
4A to 3A
Canyon; Carrizo Springs; Fort
Worth Carter-Riverside; Fredt
burg; Gainesville; Graham;!
Vernon; Waller.
2A to 3A
Boyd; Hardin; Liberty
Orange Grove; San Antoniol
San Elizario.
3A to 2A
Boys Ranch; Bullard; Con;
Camden; Cotulla; Early; F
ersville; Hallettsville; Hii|
Springs; Idalou; Jacksboro;Ker
McGregor; Omaha Pewitt; StaS
Tatum; Van Vleck; Warren.
1A to 2 A
Farwell; Karnack; La Pryor
UIL releases new Class 4A regions, district
AUSTIN —(AP)
CLASS 4A
Region I
District 1 — Borger; Canyon Ran
dall; Dumas; Hereford; Levelland;
Lubbock: Dunbar-Struggs, Esta-
cado; Pampa; Wolfforth Frenship.
District 2 — Bye.
District 3 — Bye.
District 4 — Andrews; Big Spring;
Fort Stockton; Monahans; Pecos;
San Angelo Lakeview; Snyder;
Sweetwater.
District 5 — Azle; Burkburnett;
Fort Worth Boswell; Justin North
west; River Oaks Castleberry; Wi
chita Falls Hirschi.
District 6 — Cedar Hill; Crowley;
Everman; Fort Worth: Brewer,
Northside, Polytechnic.
District 7 — Brownwood; Cle
burne; Granbury; Joshua; Mineral
Wells; Stephenville.
District 8 — Belton; Leander; Pf-
lugerville; Taylor; Waco: Midway,
University.
Region II
District 9 — Allen; Dallas High
land Park; Denison; Lewisville The
Colony; McKinney; Rockwall.
District 10 — Hallsville; Mount
Pleasant; Paris; Powderly Stone; Sul
phur Springs; Texarkana Liberty-
Fylau.
District 1 1 — Dallas: Adamson,
Hillcrest, Jefferson, Lincoln, Mad
ison, North Dallas, Pinkston, Seago-
ville, Smith, Wilson.
District 12 — Bye.
District 13 — Bye.
District 14 — Wilmer-Hutchins;
Lancaster; Mesquite: Poteet, West
Mesquite; Midlothian; Red Oak,
Waxahachie.
District 15 — Athens; Corsicana;
Ennis; Jacksonville; Palestine; Fer
rell.
District 16 — Carthage; Hallsville
(baseball, basketball, volleyball);
Henderson; Kilgore; Longview Pine
Tree; Tyler Chapel Hill; White-
house.
Region III
District 17 — Cleveland; Dayton;
Jasper; Liberty; Livingston; Lum-
berton; Silsbee.
District 18 — Bye.
District 19 — Channelview;
Crosby; Dickinson; Galena Park;
Houston: Furr, King.
District 20 — Bridge City; Neder
land; Orange: Little Cypress-Mauri-
ceville, West Orange-Stark; Port Ar
thur Lincoln; Port Neches-Groves
District 21 — Brenham; College
Station A&M Consolidated; Conroe
Oak Ridge; Katy: Mayde Creek,
Taylor; Magnolia; Tomball; Willis.
District 22 — Bye.
District 23 — Bay City; El(
Freeport Brazosport; Friendtd
League City Clear Brook
team sports except football); SJ
berg Lamar Consolidated; Saniif
West Columbia Columbia; Wha
District 24 — Bye.
Region IV
District 25 — Austin: Andf
McCallum, Travis; Bastrop;
Hays; Del Valle; Lockhart.
District 26 — Bye.
District 27 — Boerne; Ke;
Tivy; New Braunfels: Canyod
Braunfels, Smithson Valley;
tonio Alamo Heights; SchertzGj
ens.
District 28 — Bye.
District 29 — Pleasanton;
tonio: Fdgewood, Kennedy,)
rial. South San Antonio lj
Uvalde.
District 30 — Beeviile Jones:;
pus Christi: Calallen, Flour!
Tuloso-Midway; Gregory-Pott!
Port I^avaca Calhoun; Rol
Rock port-Fulton.
District 31 — Bye.
District 32 — Edcouch-Ek|
redo Cigarroa; Los Fresnos;
cedes; Raymondville; Roma
honors football).
Pepsi Games to bring festive end
to the summer for B-CS area, A&l
By Tom Cawthra
Reporter
The 1988 Pepsi Games of Texas, a
state-wide sports festival for amateur
athletes, will officially begin on Fri
day evening, Aug. 5 at Texas A&M’s
Olsen Field, College Station Parks
and Recreation Department Direc
tor Steve Beachy said at a press con
ference Wednesday at the Clayton
W. Williams Alumni Center.
There are twelve sports events
scheduled for the first week Aug. 4-
7, and five sports events will be held
the second week Aug. 9-14.
Seven special events will be held
before the opening ceremonies to
start the games.
Beachy said scheduled opening
ceremonies for the games include a
parade of athletes, bands, former
Olympic stars and a torch lighting.
Fireworks, skydivers and other
spectacles are also anticipated, he
added.
Beachy said the games, endorsed
by the Governor’s Commission on
Physical Fitness and patterned after
the Olympic Games, will be held in
sports facilities in the cities of Bryan
and College Station and on the A&M
campus.
As of Jan. 26, A&M Consolidated
High School, Bryan Utility Lake
Park, Brazos Valley Gun Club, Cen
tral Park in College Station, East
Kyle Field Raquetball Courts, and
the MSC (bowling) are among desig
nated game sites.
He said over a period of two main
weeks, the games will include 25 in
dividual and team sporting events
ranging from boxing and baseball to
figure skating and wheelchair bas
ketball.
In addition, he said the games will
include Special Olympics swimming
events.
The 1988 Pepsi Games of Texas
Schedule from Aug. 5 includes:
• Track and field events
• Men’s open/major fastpitch
softball
• Women’s open slowpitch
softball
• Men’s A/major slowpitch
softball
• Women’s fastpitch softball
• 18 and under senior girl’s
softball
• Ice Skating
• Raquetball
• Soccer
• Bowling
• Horseshoes
• Golf
• Baseball
• Boxing
• Tennis
Beachy said the Pepsi Texas
Games (originally Texas Games) be
gan three years ago in San Antonio
with 11 scheduled events.
He said, “The Texas Games
started in the city of San Antonio in
1985. That city put forth the idea of
having a state-wide amateur Olym
pic-type sports festival, and got orga
nized to host the first games in 1986.
“The city of Fort Worth hosted
the games in 1987 with 16 sporting
events. It was a very successful ven
ture on both of their (the cities’)
parts.”
He said, the city of College Sta
tion, the city of Bryan, and A&M
mm
joined the Bryan-College
Chamber of Commerce ;
Bryan-College Station Athletic
eration to hid on future game;
held in the A&M area.
“We were successful in that
he said, “and we feel the
are going to he great.”
Beachy said the 1988 games
mittee expects an estimated
participants and 25,000 spectatt
attendance over an 11-day
based on past successes of theat
games.
He said the event brought
$ 1 million to the city of San Am
and about $3 million to Fort)'
Beachy said the economici
of the games will hopefully bnt
equal, if not greater, revenue#
Bryan-College Station areaovfj
several months the games are
uled.
Texas Amateur Athletic ft
ation (T.A.A.F.) President
Swafford added that the game|
draw added interest due to
Olympic Games.
T.A.A.F. is a nonprofit orj
tion representing amateur
and athletic organizations in To
Swafford announced the loci'
for f uture Pepsi GamesofTesl
The La Porte area is the site('1
1989 games and Carrollton, i
urb of Dallas, was selected fd
1990 site.
Dr. John V. Blackburn,reprt
ing the city of Bryan on the
games steering committee, I
events will actually begin befo#
opening ceremonies at Olsen L
in August. \
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