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| 1st Place at Meet.... Isaiah Marin (right) won 1st Place in the Freshmen Division at last weekends Loretta/Cathedral Cross Country Meet in El Paso. Pictured with him is fellow cross country runner, Roman Corrales. The Cross Country team is coached by Michael McBirnie and they will be competing in a meet in EL Paso again this weekend. |
- The Van Horn Eagles, and their coaching staff, invaded Tornillo Coyote territory last Friday evening. It was Tornillo’s homecoming and the Eagles had high hopes of putting a damper on their activities.
And, that is just what they did. The Eagle, early in the first quarter, punched the ball into the Tornillo end zone to take an early 6 to 0 lead. And, on the next possession by Tornillo, the Eagles downed the ball carrier in the end zone for a 2 point safety.
Throughout the rest of the first half and on into the second half, the Eagles controlled the ball game, both offensively and defensively. The Eagles amassed over 300 yards of offensive on the ground while the defense held the Coyotes to no points and little yardage.
Head coach Joe Salinas remarked, “Our offensive punch was such that we had four different offensive backs score during the game. It shows that our offense is beginning to ‘jell’ at last while our defense gets better with each game.”
End the end, the Eagles won the contest by a score of 47 to 0 and now owns a 2-2 season record heading into Friday’s contest against the Jal Panthers.
Eagles face "salty" Jal Panthers at home tomorrow night
Van Horn Eagle head coach Joe Salinas reported this week that, “His charges will tackle a fisty, salty Jal Panther team that looks and plays a lot like the team we saw in Kermit.”
Salinas went on to note, “While they are a sound football team, they are not as big as Kermit was.”
Salinas told the Advocate “that practice sessions this week are going well. We’ve worked with our kids to remind them that we don’t rest on what we did last week. We must work and be prepared for Jal.”
He went on to say, “We still had some problems last week with fumbled snaps and unnecessary penalties and we’re working hard to correct these situations.” And he noted, “Our offense continues to get better. We’ve seen evidence this week as it seems to operate regardless of which backs we put in.”
The Eagles will host the Jal Panthers here tomorrow evening with kick off set for 7:30 p.m. Coach Salinas concluded by stating, “Jal is a New Mexico school and there rules are slightly different than Texas rules, but since we’re playing here, we’ll be playing by Texas rules.”
Eagle fans are urged to come on out and support the Van Horn Eagles!
Sul Ross gets grant to study Montezuma Quail
Sul Ross State University has received a $111,870 grant from the
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to conduct a three-year study on the ecology of Montezuma quail in the Davis Mountains.
Dr. Louis Harveson, professor of Natural Resource Management and David Holdermann, TPWD Wildlife Diversity biologist, will head the study.
Project goals are to determine population characteristics, including sex and age composition, survival rates, causes of mortality and density; to
determine habitat use; and describe reproductive strategies and nesting
ecology.
Montezuma quail will be trapped with nets and fitted with small backpack radio-transmitters to monitor their movement and activity. Research will be conducted in the Davis Mountains Preserve, owned by the Nature
Conservancy of Texas. The project began Sept. 1 and will continue through Aug. 31, 2011.
Montezuma quail, one of four quail species in Texas, have been
protected from hunting for more than 30 years. “Montezuma have been adopted as a flagship species for the ecotourism industry in the Davis Mountains,” Harveson said.
“Private and public lands are marketed for Montezuma quail, resulting in thousands of
birdwatchers and dollars being generated in the Davis Mountains on an annual basis.”
Harveson said that only two studies have been published on using radiotelemetry, and knowledge on Montezuma quail life history presently depends on anecdotal observations, some dating to the 1950s.
“This study will be the first to document reproductive strategies,
nest success, covey dynamics and movements,” he said.
“Regardless of the future status of Montezuma quail - either as open to hunting or continuing as a protected species - data is needed to better understand this bird. This project will determine current population trends, as well as provide needed information to construct management schemes to
improve, maintain or even reintroduce viable populations.”
For more information, contact Harveson, (432) 837-8488 or
harveson@sulross.edu