{"id":1479,"date":"2018-11-27T18:12:37","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T18:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/?p=1479"},"modified":"2018-11-27T18:12:37","modified_gmt":"2018-11-27T18:12:37","slug":"javelinas-upset-visiting-falcons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/index.php\/2018\/11\/27\/javelinas-upset-visiting-falcons\/","title":{"rendered":"Javelinas Upset visiting Falcons"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Texas A&M University-Kingsville Javelinas took on the University of Texas Permian-Basin Falcons Saturday at Javelina Stadium, 24-21. The Javelinas held onto the win on their home field against the visiting Falcons for the Senior Night Game. Moments prior to the game, families and friends stretched across the end zone with their Javelina football players. The game was the last game of the season for the Hogs and forever for the seniors wearing blue and gold.<\/p>\n

The team will be losing star players like Jeff Carr, Sean Landez, Brandon Jones, Torrey Thomas, Nick Pelrean and Julio De La Garza. The upperclassmen fought hard in their last game. Head coach Daren Wilkinson commented with his final thoughts and feelings as the Hogs went into their last game of the 2018 season. \u201cObviously we are all disappointed in concern of our cumulative record. This week we had a good week of practice and I think it\u2019s encouraging that through it all we\u2019ve played hard. We\u2019ve just found ways to lose at opportune times. Sometimes it was offense, defense, or special teams but throughout the whole game we are not playing bad, that\u2019s the encouraging and also discouraging part of it. We haven\u2019t found ways to fix those,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The Javelinas finished the season with an overall record 4-7 and a conference record of 2-6. Key moments were when Devonte Williams intercepted and put the Hogs on track to get a touchdown. Then, quarterback Koy Detmer threw two solid touchdown passes which helped with the overall victory of the team. Later, defensive lineman Brandon Jones sacked the Falcon quarterback. Senior and defensive back, Sean Landez stood on the field flailing his arms to pump up the crowd for his last game as he made several tackles.<\/p>\n

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The Hogs going toe-to-toe with MSU.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Then, Tyler Wilson caught a long pass from Detmer and ran it all the way to the touchdown. Fans will remember when Aaron Dilworth put a touchdown on the scoreboard for the Javelinas at a little over 14 minutes in the game. In honor of Senior Night, Wilkinson went on to thank his seniors for their dedication while being Javelina football players. \u201cThis is the very first group of kids I recruited when I got here. You know Nick Pelrean, Torrey Thomas, all the seniors\u2026 They are all guys that\u2019ll mean a little something to me for the rest of my life because they are the first group that I recruited as the head coach.<\/p>\n

So, I appreciate the hard work that they put in and the countless hours in the offseason,\u201d he said. \u201cThrough it all, they worked hard and stayed out of trouble off the field. They are all going to graduate and that what it\u2019s all about. We\u2019ll be disappointed because we didn\u2019t win a lot of games, but we will talk about is them graduating. They\u2019ll go on to be successful.\u201d Pelrean was confident going into his final game as a Javelina. \u201c[I haven\u2019t done anything] different in preparing for this game that I haven\u2019t in other games. Every game is 100 percent. [Then] I\u2019m on to better things. I\u2019m grateful and just want to end on a good note. Being on the football team has taught me self-discipline, self-efficacy and self-development,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Thomas shared what he cherished the most before he went in for his last ride as a Hog. \u201cMy goals for this game are to shine and make everyone that\u2019s coming out here proud,\u201d he said before the game. \u201cI\u2019m trying to get a win my last game. [In this game I want to] do my best and leave it all out on the field. Being a Javelina has taught me self-discipline, hard work, tradition and brotherhood.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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