HOWARD COLLEGE RODEO
KC Curtis (Monroe, Utah) in the Steer Wrestling
Ashley Davis (Reform, Alabama) in the Barrel Racing
RODEO captured the Men's Team Title at the Western Texas College Rodeo held in Snyder for their second straight team title. KC Curtis paved the way by winning the All-Around.
For complete results of the Western Texas College Rodeo click on the NIRA Southwest Region site:
http://www.collegerodeo.com/Rodeos/Rodeo_Results.asp?Rodeo=WTXC
For complete results of the Frank Phillips College Rodeo click on the NIRA Southwest Region site:
http://www.collegerodeo.com/Rodeos/Rodeo_Results.asp?Rodeo=FPC
For the complete NIRA Soutwest Region Team and Individual standings click on the following link:
http://www.collegerodeo.com/Rodeos/Regional_Standings.asp?Region=SW
BASEBALL (41-7, 17-7 in WJCAC) won 3 of 4 games over the weekend versus Midland College. On Friday, Howard split with Midland falling 14-8 in Game 1 before taking Game 2, 14-5. On Saturday, the Hawks swept Midland winning 24-5 and 17-9.
Howard travels to Snyder on Friday for a WJCAC doubleheader versus Western Texas College beginning at noon. The Hawks host Western on Saturday at Jack Barber Field beginning at noon.
Howard moved up two spots to #2 in the latest regular season NJCAA Division I Baseball Poll. Click below for the complete poll:
http://www.njcaa.org/sports.cfm?sid=7&divid=1&gender=m&slid=3&menu=2
The Hawks climbed four spots to #4 in the latest Baseball America JUCO Poll. Click below for the complete poll:
http://www.pgcrosschecker.com/juco/2008/teams/rankings/top25_41408.aspx
SOFTBALL (27-18, 19-13 in WJCAC) split a pair of doubleheaders with Midland College. The Hawks fell to Odessa College 8-0 and 5-2 in a pair of doubleheaders.
Howard returns home to host El Paso Community College on Friday and Saturday at Foundation Field in a pair of WJCAC doubleheaders beginning at 1 p.m. each day.
UPCOMING HOWARD COLLEGE HOME CONTESTS
4/17-4/19 HOWARD COLLEGE HOME RODEO
4/19 (Saturday) Baseball vs. Midland College @ 12 p.m. (Doubleheader)
4/25 (Friday) Softball vs. El Paso CC @ 1 p.m. (Doubleheader)
4/26 (Saturday) Baseball vs. Western Texas @ 12 p.m. (Doubleheader)
4/26 (Saturday) Softball vs. El Paso CC @ 1 p.m. (Doubleheader)
Howard College’s Breast Cancer Awareness Day
April 26, 2008
Jack Barber Field
Howard College will host its 1st annual Breast Cancer Awareness Day to honor all who have suffered from breast cancer. The 1 mile "Support Walk" will begin at 10:30 a.m. at Big Spring High School. There is a $5.00 entry fee to walk. Contact Lauren Lovett or Margaret Thomas for information; the emails are below. We encourage you to wear PINK for the walk and to the game. The Howard Hawks will play a ‘PINK' double - header against Western Texas starting at 12:00. We encourage you to stay and support our boys as they go to ‘Bat for the Girls!' All proceeds from this event will support the 3 Day-60 mile walkers in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure.
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By Richard Kinsey, Howard College Sports Medicine Student
SNYDER - Two in a row.
The Howard College men’s team has won back-to-back rodeos this spring after putting together a second straight winning performance in Snyder over the weekend.
The team gathered a total of 595 points to take the win, 195 points ahead of second-place Ranger College with 400.
“It is pretty amazing to win the team two weeks in a row. It has been a long time since Howard College rodeo has done that,” Head Rodeo Coach Greg Kernick said. “It is all coming together. We are performing well as individuals and the team points will take care of themselves.”
KC Curtis of Monroe, Utah, accounted for 305 of those points, winning the all-around title while competing in calf roping and team roping.
By Richard Kinsey, Howard College Sports Medicine Student
ODESSA - The Howard College men’s Rodeo team took first at the Odessa NIRA Rodeo this past weekend at the Ector County Coliseum.
"It is a pretty good way to start the spring semester," Rodeo Coach Greg Kernick said. "It all came together this week."
The men’s team managed to get 493.3 points overall this weekend to take first and the closest team to them was Western Texas College with 425 points.
Women's Basketball (25-7) defeated McLennan Community College 76-75 in the first round of the NJCAA Region V Tournament before falling in the semifinals to South Plains College, 69-62 to end the Hawks season. To view pictures from the Howard College versus South Plains College NJCAA Region V Tournament Semifinal game click below:
www.flickr.com/photos/tclaxton1/sets/72157604106308777/
Men's Basketball (25-8) fell in the NJCAA Region V Championship 80-72 to South Plains College to end the Hawks season.
To view pictures from the Howard College versus South Plains College NJCAA Region V Tournament Championship Game and Semifinal game versus Odessa College click below:
www.flickr.com/photos/tclaxton1/sets/72157604104609862/
www.flickr.com/photos/tclaxton1/sets/72157604100461244/
Perfection is hard to attain, but throughout the month of February the Howard College baseball team has been just that, perfect. The Hawks swept defending national runner-up New Mexico Junior College Friday at Jack Barber Field, 3-0 and 6-4 to improve to a perfect 16-0.
HOWARD MEN EARN REGION V BERTH WITH WIN
By JONATHAN HULL Big Spring Herald Sports Editor
It might not have been the prettiest win of the season for How ard College’s Hawks, but it was definitely important.
Howard held on to beat Western Junior College Athletic Conference’s last place New Mexico Military Institute Broncos, 67-57, Thursday night at Dorothy Garrett Coliseum.
Sean Watson finished with 24 points overall with seven rebounds. Corteze Isaac also had seven boards and added nine points. Devon Baker was the only other Hawks to reach double figures with 13 points.
To read the complete story click here.
HOWARD SPLITS TO OPEN WJCAC AT RIVAL MIDLAND
By JONATHAN HULL Big Spring Herald Sports Editor 
MIDLAND — There was only one thing consistent between the two games of a Western Junior College Athletic Conference softball doubleheader played by Howard College and Midland College Wednesday — the wind.
While the gusts consistently reached upwards of 20 miles per hour throughout the two contests, Howard and Midland found it difficult to find any groove at all in the field.
The Hawks knocked off the 4th-ranked Lady Chaparrals 8-6 in Game 1, holding on after jumping out to a 6-0 lead in the second inning. The role was reversed in Game 2 as Midland took a commanding 7-0 lead in the first inning only to see Howard equal that run production in the second inning. However, Midland never slowed down and added seven more runs for a 14-8 win. Click here for the complete story.
By JONATHAN HULL Big Spring Herald Sports Editor
 Howard College’s women’s basketball team came very close to experiencing a bad case of deja vu in its 76-66 double-overtime win over Western Texas College’s Lady Westerners Monday night at Dorothy Garrett Coliseum.
In the two squads’ previous meeting Jan. 10, Western Texas trailed by 2 with 14 seconds left to play. The Lady Westerners’ Iesha Everline grabbed an offensive rebound off of an initial WTC miss and laid it in as time expired, sending the game to overtime. Western Texas scored the first five points in the extra frame, securing a 52-48 victory.
A similar end to regulation occurred Monday. With 7.5 seconds left, Howard’s Monica Jones made one of two free throws, putting the Hawks up 53-51. Western Texas quickly inbounded the ball and missed its initial chance to tie the game, but Trikeyia East grabbed the offensive rebound and hit a runner in the lane, tying the game at 53.
However, the similarities between the two games ended there. It was Howard’s turn to overcome a small deficit with just seconds remaining in the first overtime period.
2/11/08 HOWARD RALLIES TO DOWN WTC
By JONATHAN HULL Big Spring Herald Sports Editor
One win away.
That’s how close Howard College’s Hawks are to clinching a return trip to the NJCAA Region V Tournament after defeating the Western Texas College Westerners, 63-57, Monday night at Dorothy Garrett Coliseum.
There was a huge contrast between Howard’s previous meeting with Western Texas Jan. 10 in Snyder and Monday’s contest. In the first game, Howard scored the first nine points and pushed that lead to 28-7 by the 10-minute mark of the first half. The Hawks carried a 46-26 lead at halftime and the Westerners never responded.
However, it was Howard that was forced to respond Monday.
The Westerners held a 27-23 advantage at intermission and opened the second half with a 7-0 run, extending their lead to 34-23 with 18:10 remaining in the game. Click here to read the entire story.
The Howard College Baseball team is off to a perfect 8-0 start with its second consecutive four game series sweep over the weekend. The Hawks finished off Vernon College Saturday afternoon with a pair of victories, winning 8-4 and 7-4 to maintain perfection at Jack Barber Field this season.
Howard College head coach Britt Smith attributes the Hawks success to their solid pitching.
“The pitching was really good all weekend, but we didn’t always make plays behind them,” Smith said. “They got four runs (in game two), but we booted a double play ball to start it off and that’s what got us in trouble, but it was good that we came back and answered and got the win.”
HC MEN FALL IN RECORD 5 OVERTIMES
LEVELLAND -- The Howard College men's basketball team came up short in a marathon game at #5 South Plains College falling 108-106 in five overtimes.
By JONATHAN HULL Herald Sports Editor
LEVELLAND — Everything was finally starting to mesh on the court. The Howard College women’s basketball team finally had its offense functioning late in the second half.
Sadly, it was too little, too late. South Plains College’s Lady Texans stood tall and had an answer for everything Howard tried to accomplish. The Lady Texans won, 63-54.
Howard was led by Danielle Cota and DeAndra Thomas, each scoring 10 points. Monica Jones finished with nine points and eight rebounds.
HOWARD DOWNS CLARENDON IN OVERTIME
The Howard College Men's Basketball team needed overtime to beat a pesky Clarendon College 84-70 Monday night to capture the lead in the Western Junior College Athletic Conference with a 6-1 conference record.
HAWKS DOWN CLARENDON COLLEGE
The Howard College Women's Basketball team earned a 78-55 win over visiting Clarendon College Monday night at the Dorothy Garrett Coliseum to improve to 18-4 overall and 4-2 in the Western Junior College Athletic Conference.
Howard was led by sophomore guard Candace Lambert with 20 points. A balanced scoring attack had a total of five players in double figures for the Hawks with Monica Jones adding 13 points, Jotosha McDonald 11 points, and 10 points apiece for DeAndra Thomas and Danielle Cota.
Jones had a double-double with 11 rebounds to go along with her 13 points. She also dished out four assists while recording three steals. Veronica Wilson led the Hawks with five assists while McDonald dished out four assists. Rachael Dryver cleaned the glass for eight rebounds while Lambert and Cota each had five boards.
The Howard College baseball team had five of its members sign NCAA Division I national letters of intent during the early signing period which runs from Nov. 14-21. Those five athletes, their positions, and which school they signed with are: (Left to Right) Colt Simon, left handed pitcher, University of Nebraska; Pedro Villarreal, right handed pitcher, University of Texas-Pan American; Matt Curry, first baseman, Texas Christian University; Tyler Landedorf, shortstop, University of Oklahoma and Cameron Monger, outfielder, University of New Mexico. Howard Head Coach Britt Smith is standing.
Howard head coach Britt Smith was happy to see three starting position players and a pair of pitchers signed NCAA Division I Scholarships for the 2008-2009 season.
"I thought it was good to have that many kids sign early. We’re excited to have them and we are certainly happy for them." Smith stated. "We have been in a position the last four years where almost every good freshman we have had we have lost to a four-year school. We would of lost Matt and certainly would of lost Tyler, but they weren’t qualifiers out of high school so we got those guys back or we would have been in the same boat we were in the last couple of years - having really talented players, but we can’t ever keep our guys long enough to see the fruits of our labor."
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HOWARD HAS SIX NCAA DIVISION I SIGNEES
BASEBALL
MATT CURRY, First Baseman - Texas Christian University
COLT SIMON, Pitcher - University of Nebraska
CAMERON MONGER, Outfielder - University of New Mexico
PEDRO VILLARREAL, Pitcher - University of Texas-Pan American
TYLER LADENDORF, Shortstop - Oklahoma University
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
MONICA JONES, Guard/Forward - Robert Morris University
(Abilene) - The Howard College women's basketball team relied on the nation's top ranked defense to overcome a poor shooting performance en route to a 58-51 victory over host Abilene Christian University's Junior Varsity at Moody Coliseum Tuesday afternoon. Click here to read the entire story.
By JONATHAN HULL, Big Spring Herald Sports Editor
Real tests are coming, but until then, the Howard College women are content with continuous preparation for a loaded conference schedule. The Hawks continued their dominant preseason Monday night by improving their record to 7-1 with a 92-37 victory over Hardin-Simmons University's junior varsity squad.
Candace Lambert led all scorers with 19 points as five total Hawks scored in double figures. Danielle Cota added 13 points and Aqueelah Watkins, Jotosha McDonald and Veronica Wilson each chipped in 10. Click here for the complete story.
The Howard College men's basketball team held a 56-27 halftime lead and cruised to a 98-66 victory over Stephen F. Austin's Club Team in the friendly confines of the Dorothy Garrett Coliseum Sunday afternoon.
With the win, the Hawks improve to a perfect 8-0 on the season while scoring 92 or more points in seven of those victories. The exception was an 85-70 win over Grayson County College on Nov. 10. For the complete story click here.
HOWARD MEN'S BASKETBALL PERFECT ON THE SEASON
The Howard College Men's Basketball Team has a perfect 6-0 record as the Hawks more than doubled up Abilene Christian University's Junior Varsity Monday night, winning 137-56.
Friday Howard defeated Southwest Texas Junior College 107-74 and Saturday downed Grayson College 85-70 to go undefeated at the Western Texas College Classic.
The Howard College Women's Basketball Team defeated Wayland Baptist University's Junior Varsity Tuesday night 88-20 at the Dorothy Garrett Coliseum thanks largely in part to the nation's top defense. The Hawks lead the NJCAA in defensive average allowing only 37.1 points per game. Click here to read the complete story.
(Garden City, Kan.) - The Howard College Women's Basketball Team (5-1) went 2-1 at Garden City Community College's Pepsi Classic recently. The Hawks defeated Sterling College's Junior Varsity and Garden City on back-to-back nights before falling to no. 18 ranked Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College (NEO) on the final day. Click here to read the entire story.
(Plainview) -- The Howard College Women's Basketball Team ran away with an 83-20 road victory over Wayland Baptist University's JV Tuesday night to improve to a perfect 3-0 on the season.
Currently the Hawks are ranked number one in the nation in team defensive average. Howard has only allowed 102 points in three games for an average of 34 points per game which is tops in the National Junior College Athletic Association.
Howard's no. 1 ranked defense was more than evident in the second half as Wayland Baptist's JV was held scoreless until 8:27 remaining in the game. Overall, the Hawks outscored their opponent, 41-4 in the second half to arrive at the 63-point victory. Click here to read the entire story.
The Howard College Women's basketball team picked up a pair of victories to start the season. Thursday the Hawks defeated Abilene Christian University's JV 72-41 and Saturday downed Lubbock Christian University's JV 76-41. Click here to read the complete story.
The Howard College Men's basketball team started the season with three impressive victories over the weekend.
The Hawks defeated Lackland Air Force Base Thursday night at San Antonio by 21 points in a come from behind effort. Early the Hawks trailed 22-6 before sophomore guards Corey Allmond (Oxon Hill, Mary.) and Sean Watson (Brooklyn, N.Y.) rallied the Hawks scoring 27 and 23 points respectively to lead Howard to a 46-37 halftime lead.
Watson, an NJCAA Pre-Season Honorable Mention All-American averaged 13.1 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 2.1 assists per game last season, pulled down six rebounds while shooting eight-for-12 from the field and seven-for-eight from the charity stripe. Freshman guard Devon Baker (Bronx, N.Y.) added 11 points and Corteze Isaac (Germantown, Mary.) scored eight. Click here to read the entire story.
The Howard College Rodeo team concluded the first half of competition at the Texas Tech University Rodeo in Lubbock as both the men's and women's teams finished in eighth place. The Howard men are 10th in the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association's Southwest Region standings with 735 points, while the women are sixth halfway through the season with 540 points.
Individually for Howard at Texas Tech, Jamon Turner of Aurora, Colo. tied for fourth in the bull riding with a 79. Teammate Cody Samora of Cortez, Colo. was sixth with a 77.
In the region standings, Samora is third with 250 points, only 55 points out of second place. Another Colorado native, Lonny Graham of Ault, is ninth with 135 points, just five points ahead of Turner.
By RICHARD KINSEY, Howard College Student Athletic Trainer
Howard College traveled to Vernon, Texas for their fifth college rodeo of the fall season. The women's team finished fifth in the team standings while the men were 12th.
For the women, the top finisher was Ashley Davis with a time of 8.2 seconds in the goat tying which split third in the average. Davis managed an 8.6 run in the short-go to finish sixth in the average with a 16.8 overall. Click here to read the entire story.
By RICHARD KINSEY, Howard College Student Athletic Trainer
Ogden takes top in barrels, while Brevick and Curtis take team roping title
Howard College finished on the top of their game this past weekend at their third National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association rodeo of the season in Alpine. Both teams finished second overall with the men scoring 520 points just 30 behind Western Texas College and the women finished with 200 points, 85 back of Texas Tech University.
"We have not had a finish like that in a couple years," head rodeo coach Greg Kernick, said. "It is good to be back in the chase."
By Richard Kinsey, Howard College Student Athletic Trainer
(WEATHERFORD, Tex.) - Howard College landed four into Saturday night's short-go at the second college rodeo of the year held in Weatherford, TX and hosted by Weatherford and Ranger College.
Howard's best finish came from sophomore Ashley Davis of Reform, Alabama, who was able to return to the short-go in the barrels and missed returning in breakaway roping by a only a tenth of a second. Davis was able to claim the fifth position in the short-go with a time of 17.29 seconds in the long-go and ran a 17.18 in the short go to split second overall with a total time of 34.47 seconds.
(PORTALES, NM) - The Howard College Rodeo team started the season off with some good performances at the Eastern New Mexico University rodeo held this past weekend in Portales, New Mexico according to Howard College head coach Greg Kernick.
"I was very pleased with the way we performed all weekend," Kernick stated. "Portales is usually the first rodeo of the year and compared to past performances I thought we did really well for the first outing of the season."
The Howard College head coach Greg Kernick begins his ninth season in charge of the Hawks, optimistic that they will be able to send a handful of athletes to the College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR) at the end of the season.
The Howard College women's basketball team was named a National Junior College Athletic Association Academic Team-of-the-Year for 2006-2007 with a cumulative team grade point average of 3.32. Howard had the fifth highest team GPA for NJCAA Division I women's basketball teams in the nation according to the special academic issue of the NJCAA JUCO Review.
The Howard College baseball team was named a National Junior College Athletic Association Academic Team-of-the-Year for 2006-2007 with a cumulative team grade point average of 3.32. Howard had the third highest GPA in the nation among baseball teams with Daytona Beach Community College of Florida and Mississippi Delta Community College finishing first and second respectively with GPA's of 3.49 and 3.40 according to the special academic issue of the NJCAA JUCO Review.
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