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8-LEVELLAND & HOCKLEY COUNTY NEWS-PRESS, Wednesday, March 1, 2000
Apprehensive track coach pleased with outcome
Coaches are always a little ap-
prehensive going into their first
track meet of the season; but,
Levelland Loboette head coach
Frank Barker came away from the
ABC Relays in Wolfforth this past
weekend with a big smile.
<• “We did things well enough in
the events we scored in to overcome
the events we did not score in and
finished well,” said Barker.
The Levelland Loboettes
finished in second place with a
team total of 121 points and this
was without scoring in six out of
the 17 events.
' I was very, very, very pleased
with the overall performance of the
kids,” said Barker. “They all did a
super job.”
“I was a little concerned about
the freshmen,” explained Barker.
“All of the freshmen that we took to
the competition had the willingness
to win. They lost their timidness to
compete against the upperclassmen.
They were disappointed where they
placed against some of the seniors
but this will help them to do better
(next time).”
Pampa was the top ladies team
with an outstanding score of 235.5
points. Estacado finished behind
Levelland in third place with a total
of 73 points.
The Lobo track team under the
direction of second year head coach
Tony Anthony finished in eighth
place as a team with 39 points.
Estacado won the boys division.
Plainview finished just ahead of
Levelland and Frenship was just
behind the Lobos.
“The kids ran hard,” said An-
thony. “The weather did play some
part in the overall outcome in some
of the events.”
Friday’s weather was not the
best. It blew all day long. Satur-
day’s weather was cool in the morn-
ing and turned off nice for the rest
of the day.
The Lobos had some good per-
formances from their younger ath-
letes as well as the Loboettes.
“The younger kids did not
place but they did well,” Anthony
reported. “1 am excited about the
meets ahead. We showed that we
can compete.”
The Lobos are still not up to
peak performance. Some of the
athletes from the basketball pro-
gram had only been in training for a
few days.
Both the Loboettes and Lobos
will be competing in the South
Plains College Invitational set for
this coming Saturday, Mar. 4, at the
college track.
The girls division will not have
a 200 meter, 400 meter, and 800
meter individual races. They will,
however, have four relays plus the
2000 meter steeple chase.
“These events allow all of the
SPC track breaks out at ASU Classic
The South Plains College
track program kick started its 2000
season with a total of three first
place finishes and several other
strong performances Wednesday at
the Angelo State University
Mid-Winter Track Classic in San
Angelo.
The SPC men competed
against the Angelo State men’s
team while the women battled
against Angelo State and Odessa
College.
“It was an impressive
performance for us,” head track
coach James Morris said. “I think
this is the best we have performed
at this particular meet. There were
some real intense races and
everyone raced hard.”
Sophomore Silverus Kimeli
from Eldoret, Kenya took first
place in the men’s 1,500-meter run
by running a time of four minutes
flat. He was followed closely by
teammate Thomas Sang, who
finished with a time of 4:02.2.
Also in the 1,500, freshman
Jason Sepeda took third place
while Miguel Lira from Brownfield
finished fifth. Both runners
finished with times under
four-and-a-half minutes.
The Lady Texan’s Mary Ann
Hernandez posted two great
performances at the meet by
finishing first in the 3,000-meters
and second in the 600. Hernandez
ran a time of 11:20.6 for the win in
the 3,000 and a time of 1:43.4 in
the 600.
In the 600, Hernandez
finished just ahead of SPC’s
Marissa Hernandez from
Levelland, who ran a 1:44.6.
Lori Sanchez, a freshman
from Ozona, won her first
collegiate track competition by
clocking in at 5:10.8 in the 1,500.
In the men’s 3,000, Lira took
second place by running a time of
9:25.4. Landon Sims finished fifth
with a time of 9:45.0 while SPC’s
Tim Vega took ninth place with his
time of 10:01.8.
Sang was the Texans highest
finisher in the men’s 600 thanks to
a time of 1:22.9. Freshman Josh
Selfridge from Leander, Texas
placed fifth with a time of 1:24.3.
Also running in the 600 were
Billy Rodriguez, a seventh place
finisher, and Juan Reyes, an eighth
place finisher.
Besides Hernandez, the Lady
Texans had four other runners
finish in the top ten in the women’s
3,000. In fact, SPC took the fourth
through the seventh places with
sophomore Bonnie DeBorde
placing in fourth place with a time
of 12:06.2
Kelly Temple took fifth place
with her time of 12; 18.0 while
Julie Simone and Cheryl Lane
finished sixth and seventh
respectively.
The next meet for SPC will
be the Howard Payne University
Bluebonnet Relays in Brownwood,
Texas on March 4. SPC will only
send a portion of the team to the
meet, Morris said.
Tickets on sale for NJCAA tourney
For the first time, the NJCAA
Region V Men’s and Women’s
Basketball Tournarrtent will be
held in Lubbock at the United
Spirit Arena March 2-5.
'■ The regional tournament is
an. annual event that pits the first
through fourth teams in the
Western Junior College Athletic
Conference against the first
through fourth teams in the North
Texas Junior College Athletic
Conference. The winner of the
tournament advances to the
NJCAA National Tournament.
“It should be some fabulous
basketball from teams that are
ranked nationally,” South Plains
College Athletic director Joe Tubb
said. “We are hoping to make this
event something special for
Lubbock and our area.”
The tournament begins on
Thursday, with the men's first
round games starting at 12 p.m.
Three more games will be played
at 2 p.m., 5 p.m. and 7 p.m:- the
women's first round games are on
Friday at 10:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m. and
4:30 p.m.
The semi-finals are on
Saturday as the men play at 2:30
p.m. and 4:30 p.m. while the
women play at 6:30 p.m. and 8:30
p.m. Championships games are on
Sunday at 2 p.m. with the men’s
final and 5 p.m. with women’s
final.'
Until Wednesday, SPC is
providing local fans the
opportunity to buy tickets at a
reduced rate.
Tournament passes may be
purchased at the SPC athletic
office for two-dollars off the door
price. Passes are $20 for adults and
$10 for students.
Passes for fans who are
attending just one day’s events can
be purchased at the United Spirit '
Arena for $7 for an adult and $4
for students.
For ticket information,
contact the SPC Athletic
Department at (806)894-9611, ext.
2221.
2000 season filled with ups & downs
By the third game of the
basketball season, the South Plains
College Lady Texans knew that
this season wasn't going to be an
easy one.
Head coach Lyndon Hardin
and his Lady Texans won their first
two games of the season but were
dealt a demoralizing blow when
starting senior wing Monica
I rimble went down with a season
ending knee injury in the
championship of the Breakfast
Rotary Tournament at Texan
Bowling Results
Thursday Mixers
2/17/00
Team High Game: Nine and a Wiggle
1046
Team High Series: Nine and a Wiggle
2820
Individual
High Game Women: Pam Lawson 224
High Game Men: Larry Verschueren
245
High Series Women: Pam Lawson 571
High Series Men: Kelly Kiser 621
Directors League
2/17/00
l earn High Game: Last Call 574
Team High Series: Last Call 1606
Individual
High Game Women: Terri Coleman
208
High Game Men: Donnie Martin 224
High Series Women: Terri Coleman
535
High Series Men: Donnie Martin 605
Ladies Nite Out
2/21/00
Team High Game: The Energizers 862
Team High Series: The Energizers
2446
Individual High Game: Helen Morris
207
Individual High Series: Pam Lawson
558
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Sheriff
Of
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• Most drug cases made in county history, due to the use
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cooperation with other counties and with other agencies.
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Dome.
The injury limited the Lady
Texans to just seven active players
on their roster and signified the
challenges that SPC faced the rest
of the season. Forced to rely on
leading returning scorer Katrina
Jordan and the emerging Lahna
Quintyne for most of the offense,
the Lady Texans struggled against
teams with more depth .
SPC lost five of their next
seven games but went into
conference play with a respectable
8-7 record.
In conference, the Lady
Texans were 2-2 when facing
defending conference champion
Midland College. In the second
half of that game, Jordan crumbled
to the floor with a knee injury that
would spell doom for most teams.
The Lady Texans lost their
next two games but won three in a
row including surprisingly
dominant wins over Odessa
College and New Mexico Junior
College.
Keying the Lady Texans was
Quintyne. She averaged 31 points
and 11 rebounds during the three
game winning streak and broke a
school record for most
three-pointers made in a game with
seven against Clarendon College.
Also during that stretch, Quintyne
made II-of-11 free throws and
shot*53 percent from the field.
Jordan, who experienced
surgery less than three weeks
before, also miraculously returned
to the lineup to spark the team
against New Mexico Junior
College.
On Feb. 14, SPC was in a
good position to make the Region
V Tournament and sweeten all of
the discouraging things that had
occurred throughout the season.
But a 50-47 loss to Western Texas
College at home put the Lady
Texans in a situation where they
needed help to make the regional
tournament. The would win one
more game before losing to
Howard College in the final game
of the season to be eliminated from
any post season play.
They finished the season
14-15 on the year and 6-8 in
Conference play.
According to Hardin, the
Lady Texans showed character in
making the season as successful as
it could be.
SPC will lose Jordan and
Quintyne for next year’s team but
should return point guard Trineka
Freeman, shooting guard Meredith
Coleman and wing Danelle Evans,
as well as a medical redshirted
Trimble.
Texans waste 4-0
start in sad season
The problem with starting the
conference schedule 4-0 with big
wins on the road is the potential
and foundation for success that an
accomplishment like that
symbolizes.
“Our guys made a mistake by
showing me that they had the
ability to win with our 4-0
conference start.” said SPC head
men’s basketball coach Shawn
Scanlan. “A team doesn’t play with
that kind of effort and purpose and
lose nine out of their next 10
games. Something went wrong and
I am not sure what happened.”
o
What happened was a team
that appeared to be in the upper
tier among conference teams
couldn't beat teams that were
considered in the lower tier of
conference and finished the
schedule 5-9 in the WJCAC. In
addition, SPC won only one home
conference game all season.
Scanlan had thought that his
team, filled entirely with freshman,
would struggle at times but
improve steadily as the season
went along. That didn’t happened,
especially after two key injuries to
starter’s Felton Freeman and Curtis
Nash.
Nash, who was averaging in
double figures in conference play,
suffered an ankle injury the day
before the Texans played Frank
Phillips College on the road. The
Texans lost that game and were
hampered again by the loss of
Freeman to an ankle injury in the
next game.
“Those injuries impacted our
team at a really bad time,” Scanlan
said.
The Texans would finish the
season 11-18. Freeman from
Abilene led the Texans in scoring
with a 10.7 points per game
average and also averaged 5.6
rebounds per game. Nash, who is
from Hurst, Texas, led the team in
three-point shooting, making 36.1
percent of his attempts.
Regie Brooks from Plainview
was third on the team in rebounds
(125), first in steals (64), first in
assists (69) and averaged 5.6
points per game.
kids a chance to perform. It is a fun
meet for all the kids,” said Barker.
The field events will begin at 9
a m. The final 3200 meter run will
be held at 10 a.m. The final track
events will begin at ,1:30 p.m. and
are scheduled to conclude around
3:50 p.m.
Teams competing at the SPC
Invite will be Frenship, Plainview,
Seminole, Levelland, Lamesa, Her-
eford, Brownfield, Denver City, and
Socorro.
“I am looking forward to it,”
said Barker.
The second place finish for the
Loboettes at the ABC Relays in
Wolfforth was one of the best per-
formances that the Levelland girls
track team has had in several years,
according to Barker.
The following are the results of the
Loboettes and Lobos from this past
weekend’s track meet.
Girls Division:
Team Totals: 1. Pampa 235.5, 2.
Levelland 121,3. Estacado 73, 4. San
Angelo Lakeview 65,5. Lamesa 60, 6.
Dumas 42.5, 7. Plainview 30, 8. Fren-
ship 19.
100 Dash: 1. Amber Rose 12.95;
2. Ashley Jackson 13.07
200 Dash: 2. Lavon Green 27.50;
4. Keelee Gresham 27.68
400 Dash: 4. Danielle Wilson
67.87
3200 Run: 5. Ke)li Blackshear
14:15.38; 6. Crystal Rendon 14:15.58
4X100 Relay: 2. 51.4 - Amber
Rose, Keelee Gresham, Katy Shannon,
fcavon Green
4X200 Relay: 2. 1:49.12 - Amber
Rose, Keelee Gresham, Ashley Jack-
son, Lavon Green
4X400 Relay: 5. 4:28.29 - Kelli
Blackshear, Tawanna Flowers, Katy
Shannon, Danielle Wilson
4X800 Relay: 2. 10:40.41 - Kelli
Blackshear, Kyna Martin, Danielle
Wilson, Crystal Rendon
Shot Put: 2. Mykisha Evans,
33'10.75"; 4. Theran Truelock 33*2"
Discus: 3. Theran TrueJock 107'2";
4. Mika Robertson 104'4"
High Jump: 3. Ashley Stephens
5'0"; 4. Katy Shannon 5'0"
Boys Division
100 Dash: 3. Curtis Dent 11:56
200 Dash. 6. Curtis Dent 24.45
400 Dash: Andrew Villarreal had
won a spot in the finals but became ill
before competition
800 Dash: Craig Alexander
2:17.47
1600 Run: Shane Whitfield
5:35.07
110 High Hurdles: 1. Jon Corder
15.48
300 Int. Hurdles: 4 Jon Corder
44.17
4X100 Relay: 2. Levelland 45.00 -
Jason Tezeno, Curtis Dent, Jon Corder,
Josh Landrum
Long Jump: 6. Jason Tezeno
19*9.50"; Lawrence Johnson 19*5.5";
Alston Graves 19'0"
Triple Jump: Lawrence Johnson
39*0.25"; Alston Graves 38*1.25"
Shot Put: 7. E.J. Montez 43'8.75"
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