Roadrunners Hosting Northeast Texas Community College Today

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“Growing pains.”

That’s how Angelina College head soccer coach described his team following another recent tough loss. Fielding a roster filled mostly with freshmen – only four of the 25 Roadrunners have even seen a collegiate field before this year – AC’s men are battling through inexperience while still trying to notch the program’s first-ever win. They’ve come close more than once: Three of their losses were by 2-1 scores. One of the bright spots of late for the ‘Runners has been the play of Enrique Acevedo, who scored twice – becoming the first Roadrunner soccer player with a multi-goal game – Friday night in Jacksonville.

Today, the Roadrunners will have an opportunity to notch that first “W” when the team plays host to Northeast Texas Community College. The game was originally scheduled for Sept. 10 but was postponed due to lightning in the area that night. The Eagles enter Tuesday with a 4-4- 1 record, having won two recent non-conference games.

Today’s match will kick off at 6 p.m. at Jase Magers Field at Lufkin High School.

 

Gary Stallard
Sports Information Director Gary Stallard, who also serves as a Liberal Arts Instructor, begins his eleventh season with Angelina College. Following a career as a U.S. Marine, Stallard completed his bachelor’s degree at Stephen F. Austin University, where he majored in English and Journalism. For more than 16 years, he has worked as a sports writer/columnist/photographer for the Lufkin Daily News; he continues to contribute free-lance articles on occasion. Stallard has won several awards for writing, including the Golden Hoops Award for basketball writing in 2003, Regional Sports Writer of the Year in 2004, and the Texas Press Association’s first-place award for column writing in 2007 and in 2014. He has also done basketball, football and baseball radio and live streaming play-by- play and color commentary for an ESPN affiliate. Currently Stallard serves as play-by-play broadcaster for AC basketball, baseball and softball games. Prior to arriving at Angelina College, Stallard taught English at Lufkin High School for four years. He currently teaches Developmental Writing classes at AC. He and his wife Susan live in Lufkin.

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