The Yellow Jacket November 7, 2018 Howard Payne University . Brownwood, TX Volume 109, Issue 6

Angelica Ramirez is HPU’s 2018 Homecoming Queen.

She was crowned Home-coming Princess last year.

She is a biology major with minors in biomedical science and cross cultural studies.

Angelica serves as a chap-lain for Delta Chi Rho and Tri beta. She is the senior senator for the Student Government Association (SGA), as well as a member of the Social Work Club. She is a resident assistant for the Newbury apartments and is a college outreach intern for Coggin Baptist Church.

Angelica’s hometown is Aus-tin, but she became familiar with Howard Payne from watching her brother play football for the team the last four years.

Angelica plans on becom-ing a medical missionary in a foreign country. She wants to be able to help people both physically and spiritually.

“I love to serve,” Angelica said. “I have gone on several mission trips and it has been an awesome experience to able

to be God’s hands and feet in serving and loving his people.”

Angelica’s hobbies includ-ing painting and writing. Her favorite thing to do is fill journals with different ideas, thoughts, and dreams. At night, she enjoys looking at the stars and finding the different con-stellations, but her favorite memories come from being an RA in Veda Hodge Hall.

“I loved getting to spend time with my residents,” An-gelica said. “Being an RA taught me how to be intentional with people and how I can live life on mission. I will always cherish my memories with my coworkers, amazing RD Kelly, and all my residents.”

Over her years at How-ard Payne she has learned to trust God in every season.

“Whether I know the path

ahead of me or not, I have found that I have to be faith-ful to take the first step and trust that God’s plans are far better than my own and at the end of the day it’s for my own good and His glory,” she said.

During the Homecoming weekend, she got to partici-pate in the convocation cer-emony and be on the float during the parade. Being at the football game was her fa-vorite part and she also helped serve cobbler on campus.

“Being crowned queen, I felt honored to represent the school that I love so much,” Angelica said. “I love getting to see the community of Brownwood come together and watch the parade. This is always a fun time to meet Alumni and serve the community I love so much.”

Sarah Ramos is HPU’s 2018 Homecoming Princess. She is pursuing a major in busi-ness management. She is a member of Delta Chi Rho, a Jacket Ambassador, part of the Student Activities Commit-tee (SAC), a Jacket Journey leader, and is a student worker at the Office of Admissions.

“Being involved in so much is really fun,” Sarah said. “But it is also super exhausting. It’s really great way to meet new people. It’s nice being involved with all the different groups.”

At the Homecoming Con-vocation, she was escorted by her father, Eric Ramos. Anna Ramos, her mother and a 1990 HPU graduate, was also present for her crowning.

“As soon as I found out I had been nominated, I called my dad,” Sarah said. “He was su-per excited for me and immedi-ately asked off of work for it.”

Sarah believes her cam-paigning is the only reason she won princess this year.

“I would not have won without campaigning,” Sarah said. “I posted a picture en-couraging it every day, and my mom even made up a cheer about it and posted a video of it on Facebook.”

Along with campaign-ing, she helped with the Homecoming float, and participated in the parade.

“I was beyond excited to win,” Sarah said. “But I am re-lieved it is over. There was a lot going on this week, but I am re-ally happy to be a part of it all.”

Cara Ivy

Staff WRiter

From Homecoming Princess to Queen

Photo by HPU Media RelationsAngelica Ramirez (left) Homecoming queen, Karen Coppock Dodds (middle) the Coming home queen, Sarah Ramos (right) Homecoming Princess.

2018 Princess

It all starts at 9:30 a.m., the time we must be at the Brownwood Coliseum to line up for the Howard Payne University Home-coming parade. Even though parade marching isn’t the easiest, the look on spectators’ faces as we go by is one of the reasons it’s totally worth it. After the parade, it’s time for the HPU Marching Band’s exhibition, which happens where we practice on campus next to Mims Auditorium. This is where we perform our halftime show for the upcoming football game for the past band members and parents of current members. Don’t get me wrong, I love being in the band, but when your marching the right way, it really gets hard. During the show, you don’t think about things like, ‘Wow, there are so many people here,’ unless you ac-tually stop to think about it. After the performance, you notice all the smiles and happy faces because that’s exactly what you’re looking for with our Homecoming halftime performance. It’s good to see the satisfaction of past band members and

current band directors – to show that we didn’t let them down as a whole. The rest of our day is un-like the rest for I am in the sorority of the band, Delta Upsilon of Tau Beta Sigma. I get to hang around for the band alumni reception and show everyone the things we have done, as a sorority, this past semester. Last but certainly not least, is the Homecoming foot-ball game. The band has to present at least 30 minutes before the game initially starts, which was 4 p.m. this year. When it comes to the game, even more sweat has accumulated than the parade and exhibition com-bined. No matter, perform-ing for the Homecoming

game crowd and just know-ing that they are happy and exhilarated by watching us out on the field is the best part, no doubt. Homecoming is a crazy

busy time, but it is worthevery second.

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Homecoming/NewsNews Briefs

CampusThe Howard Payne offices and campus will be closed Nov. 21-23 for the Thanks-giving holidays. The resi-dence halls will close at 6 p.m. Nov. 20. The campus will reopen on Monday, Nov. 26.

LocalLisa Tipton, Brownwood area TxDOT Information Officer, announced construction of U.S. Highway 84/183 from Early to Zephyr will con-tinue through late December. Tipton did not give a reason for the most recent delay of the $12 million project, which was originally scheduled to be completed last May, but did state it would have a comple-tion date of Dec. 19 with weather permitting.

Since August 2016, TxDOT worked to conclude a four-phase, $12.4 million railroad bridge construction project at U.S. Highways 84/83. In its previous state, the bridge required the popular, four-lane highway, which reaches a speed limit of 75 miles per hour in some section, to bottleneck to two lanes. Once completed, TxDOT will expand highway 183 to five lanes, including a turn lane.

stateA newlywed couple died in a helicopter crash late Sat-urday in Texas, shortly after their wedding ceremony. Will Byler, of Bellville, and Bailee Ackerman, of Orangefield, were killed “as they flew off in the family helicopter,” a family friend wrote in a Facebook post. The pilot also reportedly died. The wedding took place at a family ranch, the groom’s grandfather. The crash unfolded about an hour and a half later.

What’s the Buzz?To submit items and events to this HPU campus calendar, email mlee@hputx.edu.

Nov. 8: Resume Workshop, Mabee Center Bullion Suites, 11 a.m.Nov. 12: Research Party, Walker Memorial Library, 7 p.m.Nov. 12-30: Senior Comprehensive Art Show, Doakie Day Art Center, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.Nov. 13: Free Lunch at the Hub, 11:30 a.m.Nov. 15: Jazz Ensemble Concert, Mims, 7:30 p.m.Nov. 16: Thanksgiving Luncheon for students, faculty and staff, Beadel Dining Hall, 11:30 a.m.Nov. 17: FCA Turkey Bowl, Intramural Fields, 8 a.m.Nov. 17: Fall Fling Street Dance, Wilson Walkway, 9 p.m.Nov. 20: Free Lunch at the Hub, 11:30 a.m.Nov. 21-23: Thanksgiving holidays.

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Staff Writer

Photos by Audrey BinionThe HPU Marching Band in this year’s Homecoming parade.

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Homecoming Band

Photos by Audrey Binion

Parade full of color and a life-size elephant

On Saturday morning, How-ard Payne continued its Home-coming weekend festivities with the annual parade through downtown Brownwood and finishing at the HPU campus.

HPU students and alumni came together with their floats to create this year’s carnival-themed parade. Many alumni and Brownwood citizens lined the streets on the cool, windy

morning to see their university display some of its most val-ued teams and organizations.

One of the most anticipated floats every year is the Home-coming queen and princess float, which includes all six members of the Homecom-ing court. This year the float carried the 2018 Homecom-ing Queen Angelica Ramirez and Homecoming Princess Sarah Ramos. Along with the queen and princess were queen nominees Sabrina Mar-tinez and Gabrielle Roque, and princess nominees Aman-

da Collins and Jada Jones.The floats were decorated

with bright colors of red and yellow, along with our beloved blue and gold. The different organizations were able to bring carnivals to life. Along with the beautiful floats, many students dressed as ani-mals to complete the theme.

Student organizations and alumni weren’t the only ones who had Yellow Jacket spirit and got involved in the parade this year. The football, softball, baseball and basketball teams walked the streets and greeted

the HPU supporters lined from downtown to campus. The kids were especially excited to see athletes in person and be able to interact with them.

Along with the parade, the float competition proved to be one of the most competitive in years. Each organization that participated put together well-crafted floats that wowed the crowds. Alpha Psi Omega won the float competition with their life-size elephant puppet that was truly one of the highlights of homecoming weekend.

Chi Alpha Omega placed

second with their creative ti-ger cage and cheery members dressed as animals and dif-ferent carnival characters. Fi-nally, Delta Chi Rho landed third place with a sweet trib-ute to their 50th year on cam-pus, which included alumni on the float who founded their organization in 1968.

As another HPU Home-coming has entered the his-tory books, students and alumni can reflect proud-ly on their alma mater.

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Homecoming Parade

Jaime Dodson

Guest WRiter

Photos by Jarvis GreenAlpha Psi Omega’s first place float.

Photos by Audrey Binion and Brianne DavisChi Alpha Omega’s second place float

Photos by Audrey Binion and Brianne DavisDelta Chi Rho’s third place float

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Homecoming Parade

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homecoming Game

Photos by Brianne Davis &

Audrey Binion

Homecoming Football

Jackets fall to Southwestern;McClanahan breaks record

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Sports

The Howard Payne football team dropped its seventh straight American Southwest Conference game as the Yellow Jackets fell to Southwestern University Pi-rates 54-17 Saturday on a beau-tiful Homecoming afternoon.

HPU quarterback Gage McClana-han completed 39 passes to break the single-game school record. Despite gaining 417 total yards of offense and picking up 25 first downs, HPU was only able to produce 17 points.

The Yellow Jackets’ defense did not help the cause, giving up 628 yards to the Pirates’ offense – with 407 of those yards coming on the ground as a Southwestern offense that ran the triple option to perfection.

The Yellow Jackets scored first when freshman kicker Cristian Gon-zales hit a 32-yard field goal with 10:36 left in the first quarter. South-western got the ball and never looked back, as the Pirates put together four consecutive scoring drives to take a 20-3 lead after the first quarter.

Southwestern quarterback Fred-erick Hover captained the triple option attack on four consecutive scoring plays – runs of 3 yards by Hoover, 86 yards by Markell Hen-derson, and 91 yards by David Brandenburg, plus a 60-yard pass play from Hover to Anfernee Ste-phens. The Pirates’ offense finished the first quarter with 240 yards.

The Yellow Jackets scored their first touchdown on a 1-yard run by Stephen Willis on fourth-and-goal with 7:40 left in the first half. South-western came back and scored two more touchdowns on a 2-yard run by Hoover, and a 19-yard run by Aus-tin Castilleja to take a 40-10 lead.

HPU freshman Connor Day picked off Hoover in the final minute of the first half to set up a

Jackets’ touchdown. DunTayviun Gross caught a pass from McCla-nahan, where he shook off a de-fender and took it to the end zone for a 33-yard score. The Jackets headed to halftime trailing 40-17.

Southwestern added two more touchdowns in third quarter, both on runs by Hoover of 7 and 9 yards, making the score 54-17. The Jackets would not be able to put any more points in the ball game.

McClanahan broke the single-game school completions record by finishing 39-of-61 for 318 yards and one touchdown. The previous record was previously 38 held by Adam King versus Hardin-Sim-mons in 2004 and Zach Hubbard versus Louisiana College in 2009.

Heading into the game the Jacket offense knew Southwestern was going to load the box and play man-to-man defense. The plan go-ing into the game was to throw the ball and attack the man defense.

“We had a lot of responsibil-ity to give the quarterback time,” said right guard Cameron Guti-errez. “It was a very physical game at the line of scrimmage.”

Gross had a big day as he

was the leading receiver for the Jackets, catching 13 pass-es for 151 yards and a score.

“We watched film all week, so we knew what coverages we would mostly be getting,” said Gross. “A receiver’s dream is to get man cov-erage across the board and that what Southwestern was giving us here and there through the course of the game”

Jordan Bryant hauled in 11 pass-es for 94 yards, and Eric Haver-stock had eight receptions for 32 yards. Brett Martinez led the way for HPU on the ground as he racked up 47 yards. Willis add-ed the only rushing touchdown.

Southwestern quarterback Hoover finished 8-of-15 passing with 221 yards and one touchdown. He also rushed for 120 yards and four scores, giving him five total touch-downs. Markell Henderson finished with 121 yards rushing and a score.

Austin Kilgore and Anthony Lindsey both finished with seven tackles for the HPU defense. Tevin Dawson finished with six and Connor Day had an interception.

The Yellow Jackets will play at Lousiana College 12 p.m. Saturday.

HPU SPORTS UPDATE

FootballRecord: 1-8, 1-7 in ASCNov. 3: Southwestern 54, HPU 17Nov. 10: HPU at Louisiana Col., 12 p.m.END OF REGULAR SEASON

Women’s Soccer Six Howard Payne players earned mention on the All-American Southwest Conference Women’s Soccer Team. Delaney Castor was voted to the second team after ending the season with 122 saves to lead the ASC. Lesley Garcia was voted to the third after finishing with 26 shots and 12 shots on goal. Four Lady Jackets made the honorable mention list – Jayde Miyamoto, Kaitlyn Har-rison, Dayane Gutierrrez and Megan Jakubi-sin. Harrison, a three-time All-ASC honoree, ended her senior season with 32 shots and 12 shots on goal.

Volleyball Record: 6-21, 2-14 in ASCOct. 19: Concordia 3, HPU 0Oct. 20: UMHB 3, HPU 0Oct. 23: HPU 3, TLU 2Oct. 30: HPU 3, Univ. SW 2

2 Lady Jackets on ASC team HPU placed two players on the All-Amer-ican Southwest Conference volleyball team. Zhartezia Bradley and Kailey Doering were named to the honorable mention team. Bradley finished the season ranked No. 6 in the ASC with 81 blocks and No. 9 in kills with 242. The three-time All-ASC selection finished in the top 10 in school history in at-tackpPercentage at .305. Doering finished the season with 168 kills and a .122 attack percentage.

Women’s BasketballRecord: 0-0, 0-0 in ASCNov. 9: HPU at Austin College, 6 p.m.Nov. 15: HPU at ACU, 11 a.m.Nov. 17: HPU at Southwestern, 2 p.m.Nov. 21: HPU at Houston Bapt., 7 p.m.

Men’s Basketball Record: 0-0, 0-0 in ASCNov. 7: HPU at A&M-CC, 7 p.m.Nov. 9: HPU at Austin College, 8 p.m.Nov. 13: HPU at Dallas Bapt., 3:30 p.m.Nov. 17: HPU at Southwestern, 4 p.m.

Stephen Featherston

Sports Writer

Gage McClanahan Britt Boler

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Homecoming Snapshots

Photos by Brianne Davis & Genesis Arreola