Hey, sports fans,
We are officially off and running for the 2024-2025 academics and athletics year at Angelina College.
This past week marked the return to campus for AC athletes and staff, we held the 17th Annual Guy Davis Golf Tournament and Kickoff Banquet over the weekend (with the legendary Coach Davis himself making an appearance) and we gathered our soccer teams for our annual Media Day on Friday (official team photos are attached to this message).
This coming week marks the first week of classes, and on Saturday our Roadrunner soccer team will host its first home scrimmage.
Good thing we’re Roadrunners. Nothing else is fast enough to keep up with all this.
Here’s a quick rundown of what’s coming up:
Guy Davis Golf Tournament Draws Crowd
The 17th Annual Guy Davis Golf Tournament, hosted by the Roadrunner Foundation, wrapped up on Saturday following Friday evening’s Kickoff Dinner, and the entire weekend proved a success as the biggest fund-raiser for Angelina College Athletics programs.
More than 200 golfers hit the links for Saturday’s tournament in support of AC’s student-athletes, with some of those players traveling from out of state to keep the date.
With AC athletes working the tournament as scorekeepers, cart drivers, hole monitors and other roles, the event also provided the golfers an opportunity to meet and mix with the Lady Roadrunners and Roadrunners. Coach Davis and his wife Dorothy also made appearances at both the dinner and the tournament, where many of the coach’s former players returned for a visit with their mentor.
Saturday’s on-course competition was competitive, as usual, with just one stroke separating the first and second-place teams. Texas Timberjack posted the overall low score of 54 (-18); the team consisted of Marshall Hensley, Reid Hensley, Brandon Williams, Roy Zenor and Steve Bradley.
The “Can’t Handicap” team (Jack Kennedy, Cragg Todd, Ryan Self, Josh Zeleskey and Matt Courtney) carded a 55 (-17); the Joe Hancock Insurance team (Reid Hensley, Chase Luce, Max McCarty, Tyler Sullivan and Jaylon Mark finished with a 14-under 58; the Greenway Carriers, LLC team (Jake Stephens, Mike Terrell, Chris Covarrubias, Greg Stephens and Elijah Terrell) carded a 59 (-13); and teams H&E Equipment (Joey Ray, Clayton Ray, Randy Crawford, Clark Chandler and Michael Johnson) and Double T&S Home (Scott Hinkelman, Micah Montes, Blake Diebold, Zach Weidinger and Randy Lindley) each came in at 12-under (60) to cap off the leaders.
This year’s golfing took place at the Neches Pines Golf Course in Diboll while the usual site – Crown Colony Country Club – continues its renovations.
AC Soccer Teams Release 2024 Schedules:
AC’s beautiful soccer complex is about to get busy.
Both the Lady Roadrunners and Roadrunners have released their schedules for the upcoming 2024 season, and the teams will combine for at least 12 home dates with at least six home doubleheaders, with more home matches possible according to postseason seedings.
Both the women’s and men’s schedules now are posted on the AC Athletics web site (www.angelinaathletics.com).
Women’s schedule link: https://angelina.prestosports.com/sports/msoc/2024-25/schedule
Men’s schedule link: https://angelina.prestosports.com/sports/msoc/2024-25/schedule
Any changes to the current schedules will show up immediately on the Angelina College website first, and any other announcements will show up on social media (Angelina College Athletics Facebook page and on “X” (the artist formerly known as “Twitter”) at @ACAthletics.
The Lady ‘Runners’ first home match is the regular-season opener scheduled for Friday, August 30 starting at 5 p.m. against Northeast Texas Community College as part of a women’s/men’s home doubleheader.
The men’s first home action features back-to-back pre-season matches against Texas A&M-San Antonio (4 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 24) and Western Texas (6 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 27). The ‘Runners kick off their regular season on Friday, August 30 against NTCC.
All AC Soccer regular-season home games will be live streamed on TSBN Sports (a free streaming service for fans), with most of the conference road games also available for streaming.
Once TSBN posts its schedules, AC fans simply need to visit the AC Athletics web site, look at the scrolling schedule on the right and click the blue “Video” link.
TSBN also offers an app great for smart phones, devices and smart TVs. (You’ve GOT to see those matches and games on the big screen.)
Reminder: Admission to ALL Angelina College Athletics sporting events is free.
Meet the Lady Roadrunner/Roadrunner Soccer Teams
The 2024 rosters for both the Lady Roadrunners and Roadrunners are now available for viewing on the AC Athletics web site (www.angelinaathletics.com).
AC Softball, Baseball Post Fall Schedules
A new year brings new days for all our sports, and now the Angelina College Lady Roadrunner softball and Roadrunner baseball teams are showing they’re ready to roll.
Both softball and baseball have posted their “Fall Ball” schedules for the next few months.
Click the links for each sport to view the schedules:
Lady Roadrunner Softball: https://angelina.prestosports.com/sports/sball/2024-25/schedule
Roadrunner Baseball: https://angelina.prestosports.com/sports/bsb/2024-25/schedule
Changes, Upgrades Coming to AC Athletics Web Site, Social Media
We’re gonna need a bigger website.
Angelina College Athletics’ official website (www.angelinaathletics.com) and all related social media have been getting much-needed overhauls throughout this summer. Joining our staff are some true website and graphics wizards, and they’re going to help with the redesign and upkeep of all our forms of internet and social media presence going forward.
Our tentative launch date for all the new-look website is mid-September. That’s when we’re hoping to reveal the new website, along with all the revamped (and possibly reborn) social media sites. For now, the “old” website will continue to post information.
In the meantime, we’ll be posting on all those sites to make everyone aware of the coming changes. Some of the current sites need only a little updating, while others may have to disappear completely in order to make room for the new version.
As always, we’ll keep you updated all the way up until the big launch date.
For any other information, contact Gary Stallard at gstallard@angelina.edu.
We’ll see you at the games.
Gary Stallard
Email: gstallard@angelina.edu.
Phone: (936) 465-4614
