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The Aggies will complete the three-game series with the Broncos (2-1) with a doubleheader starting at 1 p.m. Saturday. A&M won all three of their games against UT-Pan Am when the teams met last year in their opening series of the sea son. Junior centerfielder Steve TVuitt said the team has some holes to fill if they want to repeat as Big 12 champions. “Any time you lose key players like you did last year, you have big shoes to fill,” TVuitt said. “It is up to some of the guys who have been here, and some of the new guys to step up and take their place.” Coach Mark Johnson said al though many people have ranked the Aggies highly in the preseason, there are still a lot of questions that need to be answered. “In all honesty, we have been picked pretty good, but there is not another (Jason) Tyner out there,” Johnson said. “He broke the career stolen-base record here. (Craig) Kuzmic broke the home-run record. We had a guy hit 25 home runs, and he is leaving. “For me, one of the best defen sive catchers I ever had was Scott Sandusky. No one notices him. I thought he was outstanding. Eric French really solidified our bullpen. To make the assumption that these guys can be replaced is a little bit erroneous.” Johnson said Casey Possum will start the season opener tomorrow. Chance Caple will start the first game of the doubleheader Satur day, and Matt Ward will start the second game. Other changes in the Aggie lineup include Chris Russ moving into the closer’s role. Shawn Shu- macher will try to fill Sandusky's shoes at catcher, and Dell Lindsey will take over for Kuzmic at third base. Senior first baseman and team captain John Scheschuk said he thinks the new players will be able to help the team. “We have some new guys in here who I think are going to help out a lot,” Scheschuk said. “Time will tell if they are going to put it to gether, but we all think they are go ing to help out a lot.” Johnson said that despite all the changes from last year’s club, he likes the way this team is shaping up. “I like our ball club. I think we carry over from last year the chem istry we had,” Johnson said. “There are enough leaders from that team that know what it takes to be successful.” New Drink Specials 99$ Domestic Drafts $1.99 Domestic Goblets $1.98 House Margaritas $3.45 House Specialty Drinks $1.98 Single Shot Wells ■a? Happy Hour 4-7 p.m. & 9:30-close Mon., Weds., Fri., Sat., Sun. 1/2 appetizers during happy hour! Tuesdays & Thursdays 99tf Margaritas All Day Open till midnight Thursday, Friday & Saturday 1912 S. Texas Ave. • 693-6684 Track teams head to Houston meet BY TOM KENNEDY The Battalion Showdowns — They are the in dividual match-ups that add inten sity and excitement to what is al ready considered a great event. Even in track and field, these ri valries exist, and there will be plenty to go around this weekend as the Texas A&M Men’s and Women’s TVack and Field teams travel to the Univer sity of Houston for the Cougar Invi tational Feb. 6. The men’s meet will be head lined by the University of Texas, ranked eighth by Trackwire On line, 19th-ranked Texas Christian University and 25th-ranked Hous ton. A&M sophomore hurdler Kris Allen will look to continue a suc cessful season against the rival Texas hurdlers “There’s sort of a grudge match between the [Texas] hurdlers and Kris,” Track and Field coach Ted Nelson said. “Because he beat them one week and they beat him one week, so [this race makes] a two out of three thing.” The meet should be a battle ground for the traditional sprint match-ups Texas schools have historically emphasized. Nelson said. “Texas and TCU are very strong in the sprints, and that has been our strength in the past,” he said. In men’s field events, Nelson said senior Mike Lowrance is ready to make a move in the shot put. “We expect him to pick up the pace, because we’ve brought him along a little slower this year,” Nel son said. “He was the Big 12 Indoor Champion last year.” The women’s meet will host the same schools as the men’s except for Texas. Nelson said the meet’s top athletes will be challenged by Aggie sophomore Christina Ohaeri in the hurdles and junior Chimika Carter in the long jump. “Chimika Carter is getting ready to step up and run against the best, and Ohaeri is consistently improving,” he said. “[Competing against Adams] really helps us prepare, be cause she’s better than our competi tion in the Big 12.” Sophomore Meshell TYotter is expected to perform well after breaking her own school record last week in the weight throw. The meet will begin in the Bill Yeoman Fieldhouse with field events at 9:30 a.m. Running events will begin at noon with the women’s 5,000-meter race. NELSON Will I ever make more than $30,000 a year? A law degree from South Texas College of Law can pave the way to business success. The Wall Street Journal notes that today’s corporation often chooses an attorney as its CEO. 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