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Courtney Lewis is quietly making big moves on the field
Continuation of the volley
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BRIEFLY
A&M running back Courtney
Lewis is expected to miss Sat
urday's Wyoming game with a
minor injury, but is expected
back by the Clemson game.
Roy Oswalt became the
NL's first 17-game winner and
the Houston Astros extended
their winning streak to 11
games with a 9-7 victory over
the Cincinnati Reds.
The Texas Rangers capital
ized on a seven-run second
inning to defeat the Chicago
White Sox 10-3 to stay 7.5
I games behind the Red Sox for
| the AL Wild Card race.
The "Lone Star Showdown"
is now the official moniker for
any athletic games between
[ A&M and the University of Texas.
By Jordan Meserole
THE BATTALION
This moment was THE mo
ment. The next six seconds
would be the rest of Courtney
Lewis' career. As he stepped up
and took his place behind quar
terback Reggie McNeal and the
75,0()()-plus crowd hushed to a
slight hum, butterflies began to
flutter in Lewis’ stomach more
than ever. This was the moment
he had been working and waiting
for and, as the ball slipped into
McNeal's hands, Kyle Field sud
denly turned into a blur.
Seven yards later, Lewis
had just finished his first col
legiate rushing attempt in front
of a near-capacity Texas A&M
home crowd, a feat many high
school running backs strive to
accomplish. Not many fans in
the stands knew the redshirt
freshman’s name then, but Lew
is didn’t care he just wanted
the ball again.
“At first 1 was nervous — real
“But after that 1 was excited and
and more eager to get on the field
Coming to A&M. a school wh
top high school recruits, Lewis
John C. Livas • THE BATTALION
A&M sophomore running back Courtney Lewis quietly gained 1,024 yards last season while splitting
time. The back has earned full-time duties this season and is looking to repeat last season's success.
Lewis said.
I was more
nervous,
relieved,
again.”
ere fans salivate over
came from Madison
High School virtually unknown. He was a small back,
weighing in around 175 pounds, known for his speed
and not much else. Many fans were more preoccu
pied with Derek Farmer, who was a little more highly
touted than Lewis.
“When 1 first came here, 1
didn’t have much that was ap
pealing to too many coaches,”
Lewis said. “I’m sure they prob
ably thought I wasn’t going to
make it through a season or even
a game. But I worked hard in the
weight room my redshirt year
andiearned my role.”
A&M head coach Dennis
Franchione said there wasn’t
much he knew about Lewis
upon his arrival to College Sta
tion in the summer of 2003.
Franchione said he watched
some game tape of Lewis in
high school but beyond that
was clueless to his potential.
“Courtney’s abilities started to
really register with me at the Ar
kansas State game,” Franchione
said. “1 had seen him working
hard in practices, but 1 didn’t re
ally know what he could do until
he got out there.”
If Lewis had only one game
to catch the coaches’ eye, he
certainly did it in the Aug 30
game against Arkansas State
In just two quarters, Lewis gained 74
carries and made it into the end zone
University,
yards on 13
twice. His second touchdown, which came near the
See Lewis on page 9
A&M volleyball 3-0 win over Texas State has family ties
By Jon Gilbert
THE BATTALION
It was a reunion of sorts for the Kolk-
horst family last night at G. Rollie White
Coliseum. Yet, it was Texas A&M ju*
nior Kari Kelly who came out on top
as she defeated her cousin, Texas State
senior Krystal Kolkhorst, to win family
bragging rights.
The Aggies also established brag
ging rights over their interstate com
petitor, as they beat the Bobcats for the
11 th consecutive time 30-14, 30-22 and
30-13. A&M got back on the winning
track after a recent loss to UCLA with
a thrashing that took only one hour and
20 minutes.
“We were able to put it to them right
away,” said A&M head coach Laurie
Corbelli. “I thought we came out ready to
play. I did see a letdown, but 1 thought
they recovered very well. We had each
player focus on a few things to work on.
We wanted to not make any defensive er
rors, and we did a good job of that.”
The Aggies set the tempo from the
very first point of game one. Junior
Kendra Felder’s well-placed serves
helped the Aggies jump to a 5-0 lead.
The Aggies had an enormous advantage
on the front line against the much short
er Texas State.
A&M had 43 kills compared to the
See Volleyball on page 9
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