November 3, 1997
For Immediate Release
Contact: Judy Willson, SID
505.562.4309 or 356-4755

Saturday, November 8
West Texas A&M University at Eastern New Mexico 1:00 pm (MT)
Wagon Wheel Trophy Game/Senior Day
Greyhound Stadium, Blackwater Draw, New Mexico

Halftime festivities...during the final part of halftime on Saturday, November 8 a special check presentation will be made by Burger King to Eastern New Mexico University. Earlier this season ENMU defensive end A.C. Cuellar (Weslaco, Texas) was selected as a Burger King Scholar Athlete of the Week. With the honor comes a $10,000 check from Burger King to the Eastern New Mexico University general scholarship fund.

Pre-game festivities...14 football players and one cheerleader will be participating in their final home football game on Saturday. All are scheduled to be introduced during pre-game activities on Saturday.
Football players:
Quarterback Andy Cavalier, 4-year player, Pampa, Texas
Kicker/punter Brian Cocking, 5-year player, Los Alamos, N.M.
Defensive end A.C. Cuellar, 4-year player, Welaco, Texas
Center Gary Davis, 4-year player, Palestine, Texas
Linebacker Mason Dool, 2-year player, Temecula, California
Halfback Isaiah Jackson, 4-year player, San Antonio, Texas
Linebacker Jason Jeffres, 4-year player, Albuquerque, N.M.
Defensive end Art Killette, 4-year player, Alamogordo, N.M.
Linebacker Brad Norquist, 4-year player, Corpus Christi, Texas
Linebacker Bart Notaro, 3-year player, Hobbs, N.M.
Halfback Charlie Ragle, 4-year player, Playas, N.M.
Quarterback Cam Sanders, 4-year player, Arlington, Texas
Free safety Jason Swindle, 4-year player, Albuquerque, N.M.
Offensive tackle Joey Thomas, 2-year player, Farmington, N.M.

Cheerleader:
Angie Dean, 4 years, Weslaco, Texas

Battle of the Wagon Wheel...Eastern New Mexico is currently 5-4 overall, 3-4 in the LSC and 2-3 in the LSC-South. ENMU lost a very tough game to Texas A&M-Kingsville on Saturday, 56- 14. West Texas A&M is currently 5-4 overall, 4-3 in the LSC and 2-3 in the LSC-South. They beat up on Midwestern State on Saturday, 51-7, in Canyon.
The winner of the Eastern New Mexico-West Texas A&M football game annually receives the traveling Wagon Wheel trophy. The annual showdown began in 1986 following a 41-year absence from the original meeting in 1945. Since 1986, ownership of the wheel has been contested every season except 1991 when West Texas did not compete in football. ENMU holds the series lead, 6-5, and has been the owner of the Wheel since 1994.

1945 WTAM, 57-6
1986 WTAM, 50-3
1987 WTAM, 29-7
1988 WTAM, 34-15
1989 ENM, 21-17
1990 ENM, 32-0
1991 No game played
1992 ENM, 56-0
1993 WTAM, 35-34
1994 ENM, 48-38
1995 ENM, 10-7
1996 ENM, 31-21

Against Texas A&M-Kingsville...the Greyhounds hit a buzzsaw in Kingsville, Texas as the nationally-ranked Javelinas ripped off 35 unanswered points in the first quarter. The Hounds were able to put together two scoring drives in the second quarter, but the Javelinas scored their sixth touchdown of the half to stop some of the Greyhound momentum going into the second half.
The Hounds scored early and late in the second quarter. Senior halfback Charlie Ragle (Playas) scored on a 30-yard run 45 seconds into the second quarter (14:15). Senior halfback Isaiah Jackson (San Antonio, Texas) scored on a 73-yard run with 1:37 left in the half. Jackson finished the evening with a career-high 105 yards rushing on 9 carries. Bruce Hatch (So., FB, Bloomfield) was the second leading rusher with 98 yards on 13 carries.
On defense, the highlights were few. Defensive back Brian Hulett (Jr., Earth, Texas) came up with his second interception of the season in the second quarter for a return of 23 yards. Senior defensive end A.C. Cuellar came up with 5 tackles, 3 for losses of 13 yards and 1 sack for a loss of 8 yards. Sophomore linebacker Michael Walton (Earth, Texas) was the top tackler for ENMU for the eighth game of the season with 9, 1 for a loss of 1 yard.

Grounded Hounds...junior fullback Todd Wallis (Lewisville, Texas) may be out for the final two games of the season with a injury to his ribs. Quarterback Cam Sanders (shoulder/wrist), kicker/punter Brian Cocking (ankle), offensive guard Nathan Mastin (ankle) and free safety Jason Swindle (knee) are probable for Saturday's game against West Texas A&M.

Roster changes...halfbacks Leroy Valdez (Jr., Portales) and Craig Williams (Sr., Yuma, Ariz.) left the team last week for personal reasons.

About West Texas A&M...the Buffs did in Midwestern State on Saturday, 51-7. West Texas scored 24 points in the first quarter to MSU's 7. Running back DeWayne Miles was the top rusher for the Buffs withh 161 yards and two touchdowns on 16 carries. Quarterback Craig Coleman was 17 of 27 passes for 229 yards and three touchdowns. Receiver Kory Jones made two catches for 73 yards and two touchdowns. Scott Boldvich had the other passing touchdown in his five receptions for 66 yards.

Quotes from Bud...About the Texas A&M-Kingsville game - "We got excellent performances from Isaiah Jackson and Bruce Hatch. Cam Sanders also had a great game."
"We got blitzed in the first quarter by a good team and never recovered. Our kicking team did not hold up, we got buried."

About West Texas A&M - "They will come in ready to play. They have had a successful offensive game this season. Their defense also has played very well."
"Our teams are fairly evenly matched. The Wagon Wheel makes it a special ball game."
"We need to get a solid performance out of our defensive team. We need to continue to make progress on ball security. We have to come out aggressively from the start of the ball game."

Coaches Awards for TAMUC Game...
Leader of the Pack (offense) - Isaiah Jackson, HB, Sr., San Antonio, Texas
Mean Green (defense) - Michael Walton, LB, So., Earth, Texas
Hungry Hound (special teams) - Brian Cocking, K/P, Sr., Los Alamos; Brian Hulett, DB, Jr., Earth, Texas
Hustler - Charlie Ragle, HB, Sr., Playas; Cam Sanders, QB, Sr., Arlington, Texas; A.C. Cuellar, DE, Sr., Weslaco, Texas; Eric Williams, DE, Jr., Odessa, Texas
Big Hit - Melvin Bedford, DT, So., Corpus Christi, Texas
Pride (scout team) - Jason Dudley, DL, Fr., Portales; Jermaine Shepard, LB, Fr., Houston, Texas; Neal Douglas, WR, So., Cloudcroft

Hounds on the Airwaves...107.5 KSMX-FM will carry all the Greyhound football games at home and on the road. Don Elder will call the play-by-play as the "Voice of the Greyhounds" for the 1997 season. He will be joined on home broadcasts by color man Travis Barger. Elder will also host the weekly Bud Elliott Show on Thursday evenings at 6:30 pm from Juanito's Restaurant in Portales. KSMX is a member of Bergman Broadcasting, Inc.

Hounds on the Tube...the weekly television sports show, Sports Look, will air every week on Thursdays at 9:00 pm on KENW-TV, Channel 3. Dallan Sanders will host the program that takes a look at all the college and high school sports action in the eastern portion of New Mexico.

Coming Up for the Hounds...ENMU will play their final game of the season on Saturday, November 15 at 1:00 pm in Wichita Falls, Texas against Midwestern State University. The Kappa Sigma fraternity will be running the football part way to Wichita Falls as a fundraiser.