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Future Aggie QB falls short in 7-on-7 finals
By Jacquelyn Spruce
THE BATTALION
Odessa Permian High School defeated
Burnet High School 41-27 in Saturday’s 7-on-7
State Championship game at Kyle Field, but
that didn’t discourage Texas A&M’s future
quarterback, Stephen McGee.
McGee, Burnet’s senior quarterback, who
has verbally committed to A&M, said that
despite coming up short in Saturday’s game, he
expects to come back to Kyle Field as an Aggie
and expects the results to be different.
Originally recruited by former A&M coach
R.C. Slocum, McGee said he is excited to have
a chance to play under new head coach Dennis
Franchione.
“There’s a lot to look forward to,” McGee
said. “I’m extremely excited about the
opportunities here at A&M, and I think coach
Fran and his staff are just going to do an
incredible job.”
McGee went 17-of-23 with four touch
downs for Burnet, giving Burnet a 20-19 lead
at halftime. But Permian struck back in the
second half, scoring on every possession to
win the game.
Permian’s 7-on-7 head coach Jerry Hix said
the team had a mission: to win the champi
onship game for their teammate,Trey Howell,
who was injured in a roll-over car accident two
weeks prior.
“They wanted (to win) and it was just a team
effort,” Hix said. “This was a mission for Trey
without a doubt.”
The 17-year-old defensive back has been in
a coma since the accident, but, according to
doctors, seems to be recovering. After the
game, some of Howell’s teammates went to see
him in the hospital to share the good news of
their first 7-on-7 championship.
Tim Cassidy, associate athletics director,
said the use of Kyle Field to play the games
was a great opportunity for everyone.
“A lot of these kids have never been here
before,” Cassidy said. “Some of these kids, it
really gives them a chance to see our facilities.”
Not only does the 7-on-7 game allow future
Aggies to see the facilities, but it develops bet
ter players, Cassidy said.
As for 18-year-old McGee, he said
he’s excited about his decision to play for
A&M.
“I never really considered A&M until last
year. Then, (the A&M coaches) got big on me
after that and kind of set my career off here at
7-on-7,” he said. “I think everyone here is
headed in the right direction and hopefully
toward the National Championship here in a
couple of years.”
McGee said he respects the decision of a
new coach and thinks Francione will do an
incredible job.
“He’s proven and he’s going to win,”
McGee said. “I think everybody here in this
program is excited.”
Burnet High School quarterback Steven McGee throws a
game at Kyle Field. McGee has verbally committed to play
JP BEATO III • THE BATTALION
pass during Saturday’s 7-on-7 State Championship
for the Aggies following high school.
Curtis wins Champion Golfer of the Year in miracle weekend
By Doug Ferguson
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SANDWICH, England — Hardly
anyone knew Ben Curtis before the
British Open.
He was a PGA Tour rookie who had
never cracked the top 10. He was No.
396 in the world ranking and a 500-1
longshot with the British bookies. The
first reaction from the local caddie hired
on the spot to guide Curtis around Royal
St. George’s was, “Ben who?”
Strangely, the answer now is British
Open champion.
Surprised?
Not on the most unpredictable links in
golf. Not after one of the wackiest weeks
in the game’s oldest championship. Not
even with Tiger Woods and an All-Star
cast in position to restore order.
“Many people are probably saying,
‘Well, he doesn’t really belong there,”’
Curtis said. “But I know I do, so that’s all
that matters.”
He earned his spot in golfing lore by
closing with a 2-under 69, leaving him
the only player to break par at 283.
He got plenty of help from Thomas
Bjom, who took three shots to escape a
pot bunker, dropped four shots on the
final four holes and finished as the hard-
luck runner-up with Vijay Singh.
“Major championships are sometimes
won out of the blue,” Bjom said. “This is
one ‘won out of the blue’ for sure.”
The Open took a zany turn right from
the start when Woods, the world’s most
watched player, lost his opening tee shot
in the rough.
It ended with a player hardly anyone
knew holding the claret jug.
Bjom still had a chance to force a
playoff with a birdie chip from just short
of the 18th green. When the ball turned
away, caddie Andy Sutton turned to
Curtis on the practice range and said,
“Ben, you’re the Open champion.”
The words might not have sounded so
strange had he been talking to Hogan.
Then again, he was the perfect winner
to cap the craziness that didn’t end until
Curtis’ name was engraved on the jug.
The final surprise was the biggest of
them all.
Curtis is believed to be the first play
er since Francis Ouimet at the 1913 U.S.
Open to win a major championship in his
first try.
“I came in here this week just trying
to play the best I could, hopefully make
the cut and compete on the weekend,” he
said. “Obviously, I did that and went out
there and probably played the best week
end of my life.”
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