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Douglas Pils
Asst. Sports Editor
Writers handling
Ag basketball
with conviction
xjLs the Assistant Sports Editor
it’s my job to keep track of the Texas
A&M basketball teams, in addition to a
few other spring
sports. With the
exception of
baseball that is,
which the illus
trious Mr. Leh
mann so elo
quently handles.
As most are
aware, watching
or having any
thing to do with
the A&M men’s
team this year has
been painful for
Aggies everywhere — including those of
us who have taken it upon ourselves to
cover the team.
As Aggies, Scott Wudel, Craig Wilson
and I would love nothing better than for
Kermit Davis Jr. and his squad to be
found guilt-free of any wrongdoing and
for them to win every game. But as
sportswriters, we must heed the rule that
umpires and officials everywhere follow
— “We’ve got to call ’em like we see ’em.”
Oh sure, we could sugarcoat all the
details of this and that and make
everything sound peachy, but that would
infringe on something that once it’s lost
is hard to get back — our integrity and
our professionalism.
I, for one, believe that Davis can
rebuild this program from the depths to
which it has sunk. When a basketball
team gets on a roll there’s nothing more
exciting to watch. Just try to sit stul on
press row when Brooks Thompson nails
a three-pointer or after one of those
Thompson-to-Rashone Lewis alley-oops.
But I also believe if Davis is guilty of a
major infraction, then there shouldn’t be
any reason for him to stick around.
Such is the precarious tightrope that
we cautiously navigate. On the one hand
we fight within ourselves to be true to
our school. On the other, we have to
follow our instincts. As being somewhat
in charge of Scott and Craig and what
they write, I applaud their efforts to
bring to the reader an honest approach
to a difficult situation.
Ags compete in SWC meet
By Douglas Pils
The Battalion
The Texas A&M men’s and women’s
track and field teams travel to Fort Worth’s
Will Rogers Coliseum today for the South
west Conference Indoor Track meet.
Highlighting this year’s meet for the Ag
gies will be the final SWC performance by
All-Americans and fellow Jamaicans Rich
ard Bucknor and Howard Davis.
Bucknor is the only returnee from last
year’s squad who won a SWC indoor title as
he attempts to defend his crown in the 55-
meter hurdles. He also will compete in 55-
meter dash.
Bucknor doesn’t have any outdoor eligi
bility left, so his last meet will be the NCAA
Indoor Championships on March 8-9. He
leaves having earned four All-American ci
tations in two years and with three school
records. Those records are, the indoor 55-
meter hurdles (7.18), the outdoor 110-me
ter hurdles (13.43) and as a member of the
400-meter relay team (38.53).
Davis, who is also out of outdoor eligibil
ity, will run the 400-meter dash and the
1600-meter relay. Davis has earned five All-
American citations in two years and is the
school record holder in the indoor 400-me
ters (45.94) and as a member of the outdoor
1600-meter relay (3:00.91).
Last year the A&M men’s team finished
third behind Baylor and Arkansas, who
won its 10th straight champioship. Arkan
sas again is favored to win the meet and Ag
gie head coach Ted Nelson said he hopes to
compete for a top finish.
“Arkansas is the odd-on favorite to win
the indoor champioship, as usual,” Nelson
Photos courtesy of A&M Sports Information
Richard Bucknor, above and bottom left, and first-year
head track and field coach Ted Nelson (top left)lead
the A&M track squad this weekend in the SWC Indoor
Championships in Ft. Worth.
said. “We have a chance to compete for a
top three finish with Texas and Baylor. Our
best event is probably the high hurdles,
with Richard Bucknor, Greg Williams and
Nic Pollard.
“Other good events for us should be the
400-meter dash with Howard Davis and the
shotput with Steve Collier, Scott Paulsen
and Teddy Reynolds.”
Four Aggies already have meet NCAA
qualifying marks for the championships in
March. Bucknor is joined by shot putter
Collier (59-5 3/4), pole vaulter Ricky Barker
(17-1 1/2) and high jumper Lee Pool (7-0
1/2).
A&M was the last team besides the Ra-
zorbacks to win the SWC title.
Lady Ags try to keep hot streak alive
By Craig Wilson
The Battalion
The Texas A&M Lady Aggie basketball team had a big pill to
swallow last weekend.
After learning that junior forward Dena Russo would no
longer play due to bad knees, the Ags could have laid down and
died. But the Lady Ags did not, and are now riding a two-game
winning streak after defeating the SMU Lady Mustangs, 84-77,
Tuesday night.
Saturday, A&M (11-11, 6-6) will face the Southeastern Loui
siana University Lady Lions (13-8) in a non-conference tilt at 7:30
in G. Rollie White Coliseum.
The pressure was on for junior forward Karey Janak Tuesday,
who was forced into the starting lineup due to Russo’s injury.
She responded with two key rebounds down the stretch to
help secure A&M’s victory over SMU.
Senior forward Yvonne Hill continues to lead the Lady Ags in
scoring at 15.1 points per game.
Junior guard Sheri Dillard is averaging just under double-fig
ures at 9.9 points a contest.
Dillard has had five consecutive 10-plus point games, and also
leads the team in steals (45) and assists (70).
Junior center Vanessa Edwards leads the Lady Ags in re
bounding at 5.4 boards per outing.
Against SMU Shawn Medlock was hot. The junior guard
scored a career-high 16 points off the bench Tuesday night.
Medlock is also one of the SWC’s leading players at the free
throw line, shooting 75.4 percent from the charity stripe.
Aggies set
for 3-game
matchup
By Steve O'Brien
The Battalion
The Texas A&M baseball team, cur
rently ranked No. 14 by Baseball Amer
ica, starts a three-game series against
Northeast Louisiana today at Olsen
Field.
Today’s first pitch is set for 3 p.m.
The Aggies (4-2) are coming off a 6-0
trouncing of Mary Hardin-Baylor
Wednesday after a disappointing two-
game split with Southwest Texas State
earlier in the week.
Northeastern Louisiana was 3-1 enter
ing a Thursday night twinbill with Hous
ton Baptist.
A&M pitcher Ronnie Allen (1-0) will
take the mound today in his second ap
pearance of the season. In the Aggies’
season opener, Allen pitched seven in
nings, allowing only two runs.
The teams square-off in a 1 p.m. dou
ble-header at Olsen Field Saturday.
Jason Bullard (2-0) will open the
twinbill for A&M and Jason Hutchins
will pitch the second game.
Bullard carries a 2.16 ERA into Satur
day’s game and Hutchins has a 5.40
ERA.
So far, A&M’s transfers have pro
vided the bulk of the team’s power, ac
counting for three of the team’s four
homers.
Brett Weinberger, a junior transfer
from Glendale (Arizona) Junior College,
was the suprise hero of Wednesday’s
game. He went three for four, blasting a
two-run homer and a two-run triple.
Sophomore transfer Mike Hickey is
hitting .357 with a triple and a homer.
Junior transfer Conrad Colby is batting
.300 with a homer and two doubles.
Today’s game will be Schedule Poster
Day with the first 1,000 fans receiving a
1991 A&M baseball schedule poster.
Saturday’s games will be Collector
Card Day with the first 1,000 fans receiv
ing collector cards.
As of Thursday morning, a record
1,458 season tickets had been sold.
Fewer than 50 remain.
! ^ MSC ALL NIGHT FAIR WOULD
LIKE TO THANK THE FOLLOWING
■I ORGANIZATIONS FOR REGISTERING IN
THE 1991 LIGHTS, CAMERA,
ACTION FAIR:
Aggies for Diabetes Awareness
Aggie Toasters
Agronomy Society
Alpha Phi Omega
Asian American Association
ATMiga Users Group
Campus Crusade
Class of 1992
Class of 1994
Dance Arts Society
Data Processing Management Association
Hillel
Hart Hall
Keathley Hall
Hughes Hall
LASSO
Lambda Sigma
MSC CAMAC
MSC Aggie Cinema
MSC College Bowl
MSC Cepheid Variable
MSC Literary Arts
MSC Hospitality
MSC NOVA
MSC MBA/ Law Committee
MSC Variety Show
MSC OPAS
Off Campus Aggies
MSC Visual Arts
Pre-Vet Society
National Society of Black Engineers
Sailing Club
S.M.A.R.T.
Squadron 11
Society forCreative Anachronism
Student Y Association
Student Council for Exceptional Children
TAMU Photography Club
12th Man Foundation
TAMU Zoological Society
TAMU Scuba Club
Wildlife Biology Society
Texas A&M Association
of Black Journalists
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