Stephen F Austin State University - Stone Fort Yearbook (Nacogdoches, TX)

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Jacks earn division title The Jacks closed out their 1985 season as champions of the Gulf Star Conference. SFA shares this title with Sam Houston State University. With a winning record 9-2, SFA clinched its first conference championship in 50 years. This is the first championship SFA has claimed since 1935 when the Lumber- jacks tied two other teams for the Lone Star Conference title. SFA also closed the season with impressive league standings. The Jacks placed first in five team statistical categories, and 25 individual SFA records were broken. These included James Noble setting six season and career records and place kicker Rick Wilson established four new career records. SFA ' s only two losses, both at home, were to Sam Houston State University, 28- 21, and Abilene Christian University, 22- 21. SFA has earned four straight years of winning records under the direction of Coach Jim Hess. The overall record for the past four years is 29-14-1 for a winning percentage of 67 percent. Hess, who took over a team with a 1-10 overall record in 1981 was named Gulf Star Conference Coach of the Year. Hess trails only Fred Akers of the University of Texas in winning percentage among all ac- tive head coaches in the state of Texas. With his coaching record from Angelo State University and SFA combined, Hess improved his overall winning percentage to 71.1 percent. He trails Akers by two-tenths of a percent. Under the direction of Hess, SFA has broken over 70 individual and team records. Through determination, hard work and persistence, the SFA Lumberjacks have grown to represent the excellence of SFA. f Right: Phil Sotolongo, Conroe McCullough senior, prepares to catch a catch despite ACU ' s defense. Gulf Star Conference -11

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The year in review January Peter Ueberroth, organizer of the XXIII Olympiad, is vot- ed Man of the Year. Geneva talks -- discussion over Star Wars. Reagan ' s Inauguration Donald Regan, Secretary of the Treasury and James Ba- ker, Chief of Staff, switch jobs. Abortion clinic bombings increase. February Reagan gives his State of the Union Speech. Farmers ' losses increase Shevchenko, top USSR defector, tells story of USSR life. March Star Wars technology tops $39.4 billion in military re- search projects. General William Westmoreland drops libel suit against CBS News. Earthquake in Chile leaves at least 150 dead. Body of murdered US narcotics agent found in Mexico. Konstartin Chernenko, USSR General Secretary, dies and is replaced by Mikhail Gorbachev. Labor Secretary Raymond Dono van resigns having to face trial for larceny and fraud. USA for Africa makes its recording. Americans are evacuated from Beirut after a bombing takes 75 lives. Iran Iraq war heats up again. April Iraq triumphs over Iran, but Persian Gulf Was continues. 12 A CBS cameraman is killed in Lebanon. President Reagan wins MX Missile vote. ABC is sold $3.5 billion. William E. Brock becomes the new Secretary of Labor. President Reagan stirs controversy when he flies to Germany to visit a West German cemetery where 47 SS men and 2,000 Nazi ' s were buried. May Coke changes its formula and creates a new Pepsi chal- lenge. Reagan accepts budget that slows his military build-up. Sikh terrorists unleash a new cycle of violence in India. Nigeria orders the mass expulsion of 700,000 illegal aliens. June TWA Flight 847 is seized by Palestinians. In Brazil, Josef Mengele, the Nazi doctor responsible for sending 400,000 to their deaths at Auschwitz, is proved to be dead. July Reagan has surgery to remove a concerous colon growth. West German, Boris Becker, 17, is the youngest man to win Wimbledon. August Rock Hudson is discovered to have AIDS. OPEC cuts the price of oil again. India reaches a settlement with the Sikhs. A boatload of Americans is hijacked in Nicaragua. Bishop Tutu defies the ban of mass funerals.