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CONGRATS SHON. GLAD TO SEE YOU DREAM IS COMING TRUE. YOU HAVE WORKED HARD TO ACHIVE IT.

DEWEYVILLE'S SETH WILLIAMS WILL BE PLAYING, SATURDAY AT 3PM. HE WAS A SR. WAY TO GO MR. WILLIAMS. YOUR FANS WILL BE THERE TO WATCH YA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Our hearts and prayers go out to the families and community of these young men

Two UHV Jaguars named Second Team All-Americans Fri, May 29 - [baseball] Two University of Houston-Victoria Jaguars are part of the 2009 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Baseball All-Americans selected by the NAIA Baseball Coaches Association (BCA) All-America Selection Committee. Senior pitcher Ray Maldonado of Cuero and outfielder Zane Williams, who hails from Devil's Pocket, Texas, were honored as Second Team All-Americans. Maldonado, a right-hander, went 10-0 in 2009 with an earned run average of 2.43 in 14 starts. His win total tied him for third best in the NAIA. Maldonado stuck out 96 batters and walked only 32 in 78.1 innings. His 14 strikeouts in a win over Bacone on Feb. 7 set a new school record. In his two-year career at UHV, Maldonado went 19-2 with an ERA of 2.53. He pitched 142 innings, striking out 180 batters and walking 45. Williams' only season at UHV was impressive. He set several single-season school records, including home runs (17), RBIs (78) and slugging percentage (.799). Williams, a transfer from Southern Arkansas University, also batted .374 and was named NAIA Athlete of the Week for the week of March 16. The Jaguars are coached by former Houston Astros outfielder Terry Puhl and qualified for the opening round of the 2009 NAIA Baseball National Championships in the second year of UHV's athletics program. The All-America Teams consist of 17 members on the First Team, 17 on the Second Team and an Honorable Mention Team, which is limited to 34 players. The HM Team is not position-specific. The 2009 NAIA Coach of the Year will be announced in early January at the ABCA Coaches Convention. 2009 NAIA Baseball All-Americans First Team Player School Pos. Yr. Hometown Brent Weaver^ Oklahoma City 1B Sr. Midwest City, Okla. Brett Cook Wayland Baptist (Texas) 2B Sr. Kearney, Ariz. Jono Waugh Southern Poly (Ga.) SS Jr. Oxford, Ala. Ross Blondin Lubbock Christian (Texas) 3B Jr. Sonoma, Calif. Brice Cutspec Azusa Pacific (Calif.) INF Jr. Westminster, Calif. Andrew Brouillette LSU-Shreveport (La.) C So. Benton, La. Matt Powell Southern Nazarene (Okla.) C Sr. La Mesa, Calif. Will Stramp Lubbock Christian (Texas) OF Sr. Keller, Texas Julian Alvarez Lee (Tenn.) OF Sr. Boston, Mass. Sammy Lee Oklahoma City OF Sr. Ninnekah, Okla. Chris Schultz Purdue-North Central (Ind.) OF Sr. Elgin, Ill. Tim Dunn Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.) P Jr. Bardwell, Ky. Justin Zinkovich Embry-Riddle (Fla.) P Jr. Cocoa, Fla. Jayson Koehn St. Xavier (Ill.) P Jr. Beecher, Ill. Micah Spencer William Penn (Iowa) P Sr. Modesto, Calif. Billy Vopinek Biola (Calif.) RP Jr. Bellflower, Calif. Kevin Orso Mobile (Ala.) DH Sr. Satsuma, Ala. ^ NAIA Player of the Year Second Team Player School Pos. Yr. Hometown Brian Chase Campbellsville (Ky.) 1B Jr. San Jose, Calif. Ryson Mauricio Oregon Tech 2B Jr. Mililani, Hawaii Ryan Stovall Thomas (Ga.) SS Sr. Live Oak, Fla. Chris Curley Campbellsville (Ky.) 3B Jr. Ft. Mitchell, Ky. Josh Collazo Oklahoma Baptist INF Sr. Tampa Bay, Fla. Brian Burke Kansas Wesleyan C Jr. Lancaster, Calif. Matt Stanley Tennessee Wesleyan C Sr. Louisville, Ky. Kevin Leslie Faulkner (Ala.) OF Sr. Stone Mountain, Ga. Zane Williams Houston-Victoria (Texas) OF Sr. Devil's Pocket, Texas Cody Shields Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) OF Sr. Panama City, Fla. Sam Mercado Southern Nazarene (Okla.) OF Sr. Norwalk, Calif. R.L. Eisenbach Lubbock Christian (Texas) P Jr. Newark, Ohio Ray Maldonado Houston-Victoria (Texas) P Sr. Cuero, Texas Craig Westcott Belhaven (Miss.) P Sr. Chalmette, La. Ashur Tolliver Oklahoma City P Jr. Little Rock, Ark. Matt McCalley Berry (Ga.) RP Jr. Conyers, Ga. Nick Allaire Kansas Wesleyan DH Sr. Arvada, Colo.

Congrats to all. Way to go Seth Williams. Hope to see ya at the next level.

Congrats to all the players and coaches!!!! Way to go Seth, Keeton, Kane, Garrett, Ronnie, and Eric you guys along with all of you teammates represented your team, your school, your parents and your community well. We are very proud of all of you. AWESOME job Coach Fletcher. You and Coach McGee are great leaders. Congrats to everyone on the list.

Congrats Bucs on a great season. You guys represented our district well. You have also set a goal for next years Bucs to reach. Hold. your heads high. Best of luck to each and every senior. I wish you all continued success.

Pirates we are very proud of you. You guys had a great season. You accomplished alot. Bryce, Caden, Hunter, Kaine, Michael, Ronnie, Seth thanks for all you have done. We have enjoyed watching you guys play. We wish you all the best of luck in the future. Coach Fletcher, Coach Magee you guys have set a good example for your team. You both have displayed integrity, courage and confidence in your team, as well as in each individual. You guys have given them encouragement in the good times and the bad. We are looking forward to watching and supporting you guys and the rest of our pirates next year!!!!!!!!!

etbu no need in your negative comments. Good luck to both teams in the playoffs. Neither team really played to their full potential

CONGRATS TO Zane Williams and Tony Rothman. They were name UHV Jaguar Co-Players of the year. Zane finished the regular season with a .370 batting average, 19 doubles, 2 triples, 14 homeruns, 64 RBIs, 19 walks and 4 hbp's, .792 SLG% He added and additional 10 RBIs and 2 homeruns during their conference championship tournament. Congrats to Tony and the rest of the Jaguars. Including Austin Hitt and Ray Maldonado who shared Pitcher of the Year honors for UHV. Best of luck to Coach Terry Puhl(former Astro Player) and ALL the UHV JAGUARS!!!!!!!!!!!! This is just their second year for their baseball program. Their softball program also won their NAIA Conference Tourney. Best of Luck to the Lady Jaguars.

TONIGHT @ 6:30 I am going with my Pirates!!!!!!!!!Let's go BIG RED!! YOU CAN DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TODAY IS THE DAY!!!!PIRATES VS. COUGARS AT DEWEYVILLE AT 6:30. GO PIRATES GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yes it is. but unfortunately he has been sidelined by knee surgery

Monday May 11 Deweyville hosts Buna @ 6:30

They are supposed to go to Lubbock and play May 12-15 I believe. We will know for sure when the official brackett comes out May 8. The winner of this tourney goes to the Naia World Series tourney in Idaho.

If anyone can comeback early, it will be Shon. He has given 100% and then some ever since Little League. Shon, Zane Williams, The Milligan brothers and some other young men were fun to watch when they played together at Memorial and then for the Green Hornets summer league team. Glad to see Shon and Zane are still playing with intensity and excitement. They were a pleasure to watch. Wish them both continued success.

Just a little footnote to the original article After the game, UHV Rightfielder Zane Williams, with the two big 3-run homers Saturday was presented the Tournament's MVP... He hit .471 for the tourney with 10 RBIs and those two long balls... The jaguars also got their plaque for the tournament championship... Congrats to UHV for making it on to the NAIA National Tournament, which begins overall may 12th..

By Mike Forman • Saturday, May 2, 2009 One moment Zane Williams wanted to kick the dirt and in an instant he felt like he could touch the sky. Williams thought his fly ball to left-center field in the bottom of the seventh inning had been caught only to discover it had cleared the fence for a three-run home run in the University of Houston-Victoria's 6-2 win over Lambuth University in the decisive game of the Association of Independent Institutions Baseball Championship on Saturday at Riverside Stadium. "I hit it and I thought it's got a chance," Williams said. "I saw the guy jump up and I saw him come down and I looked at the umpire and he called out and I thought, 'Man he caught that ball.' He didn't come up and show the ball so I kept running and the umpire finally went out there and saw he didn't catch it. I was just glad it finally got over." The Jaguars were able to celebrate clinching their first NAIA playoff berth in their second year of existence after a long afternoon of baseball that began with a 16-11 loss to Lambuth. UHV will take 33-20 record into a first-round World Series tournament. The Jaguars may not learn their destination until Friday, but are likely headed to Lubbock. "I knew this could be my last chance to play with this great group of guys," said Williams, who also hit a three-run homer in the first game and was named the tournament's most outstanding player. "I just knew I had to fight and help them and they were going to help me. We just fought through it and actually get to play some more games." The Jaguars played one more game than they wanted because Lambuth (35-20), who made the trip from Jackson, Tenn., battered seven UHV pitchers for 21 hits in the first game. UHV starter Bobby Gomez pitched to only two batters before leaving the game after hurting his back while running to cover first base. Derrick Green had five hits for the Eagles, who batted around twice and scored three runs or more in four different innings. The Jaguars battled back from an 11-4 deficit to tie the game on Williams' home run. But they had only two hits over the final four innings. UHV's frustration continued into the second game when it didn't get a hit off of Lambuth starter Kory Bates through four innings. "I think in this game you get tired mentally," UHV coach Terry Puhl said. "I was walking up and down the bench telling the guys on the bench to keep the guys encouraged. Those guys out there were a little bit physically tired, but they were more mentally tired." UHV got the lift it needed in the pivotal game from pitchers Ray Maldonado and Austin Hitt. Maldonado, who pitched in Thursday night's 8-6 win over Lambuth, started and worked five innings. He was relieved by Hitt, who pitched in Friday afternoon's win over LSU-Alexandria. Maldonado and Hitt combined to limit Lambuth to six hits, striking out eight without issuing a walk. "I have to tip my cap to Ray and Austin, the leadership they provided," Puhl said. "More importantly, giving up with their bodies to come back on such short notice to pitch again. The reason I went to Ray in the second game is I'm going to lose with my best." The Jaguars were not about to lose, even if it took all day, which it did. "Before the game I told him (Puhl) I'm ready," Maldonado said. "I know I threw a lot of pitches the last game. I told him I had to do this. This is my last year there are a lot of teammates and it's their senior year so I'm going to gut it out even though my arm was a little tight. I had to go out there and do it. I had no choice." Lambuth 353 000 410 -- 16 21 1 UHV 130 160 000 -- 11 14 3 Turner Cripps, Matt Fike (6), Erin Keel (8) and Matt Bird. Bobby Gomez, Casey Newman (1), Rex Garner (3), Darrel Stevens (4), Colter Zoch (6), Mike Arevealo (7), Chris Neiser (8) and Tank Peterson. W: Fike (3-2). L: Zoch (2-2). Highlights: (L) Bryan Willsey 4-for-5, 2 2B,, 3 runs, 2 RBI; Mike Davis 2-for-4, 2-run HR, 3 runs, 2 RBI; Bart White 2-for-5, 2B, 2 RBI; Derrick Green 4-for-5, 2B, 4 RBI; Bird 4-for-5. (UHV) Zane Williams 3-for-5, 3-run HR, 2B, 5 RBI; John West 3-for-5; James Green 1-for-3, 3B, 4 runs, 3 SB; Tank Peterson 2-for-5, 2B, 3 RBI. --- Lambuth 000 100 000 -- 2 6 1 UHV 000 011 31x -- 6 10 1 Kory Bates, Erin Keel (6), Matt Fike (6), Matt Riley (7), Dylan McCurry (8) and Matt Bird. Ray Maldonado, Austin Hitt (6) and Josh Darnell. W: Hitt (8-2). L: Riley (3-2). Highlights: (L) Bart White 2-for-4, solo HR; Derrick Green 1-for-4, 2B, RBI. (UHV) Zane Williams 1-for-3, 3-run HR; Tony Rothman 2-for-4, 2B, RBI; Josh Bromberg 2-for-3; Maldonado 5 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 5 SO; Hitt 4 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 3 SO. Records: Lambuth 35-20; UHV 33-14.

Williams earns All-Conference at Houston-Victoria Van Wade The Orange Leader HOUSTON — Former Deweyville standout Zane Williams continues to rack up honors as a senior baseballer at The University of Houston-Victoria. Williams, who was The Orange Leader’s Male Athlete of the Year, was named to the All-Conference NAIA Association of Independent Institutions Team Wednesday. Williams, an outfielder, has had a superb season for the Jaguars (30-14), who opened AAI Baseball Championship Tournament last night against Lambuth University at Riverside Stadium. Williams finished the regular season batting .370, which is second on the squad. He leads the Jaguars in all power numbers, including home runs (14), runs batted in (64) and doubles (19). He also carries an on-base percentage of .442. and has scored 46 runs. Williams was one of six Jaguars named to the elite unit. Ray Maldonado and Austin Hitt were selected as starting pitchers, James Green were picked in the outfield, Tony Rothman was chosen as the extra infielder, and David Baker was selected as the designated hitter.

CONGRATS BIG RED. WE ARE PROUD OF OUR PIRATES!!!!!!

Buna COMES TO Deweyville The Pirates can beat Buna. Lets go Pirates. I say Pirates 3 Buna 2. CONGRATS PIRATES ON MAKING THE PLAYOFFS. WE ARE PROUD OF YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ZANE WILLIAMS & UHV JAGS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Mike Forman • Wednesday, April 15, 2009 Zane Williams knows his job on the University of Houston-Victoria baseball team is to produce runs and he has done more than his share. Williams hit two home runs and a double, and drove in six runs to help the Jaguars sweep a doubleheader from Huston-Tillotson on Wednesday at Riverside Stadium. UHV won the first game 14-2 and cruised to an 11-1 win in the second game while improving to 26-13. Both games were stopped early because of the 10-run mercy rule. Williams hit a three-run home run in the first inning of the first game before adding an RBI double. He added a two-run shot in the second game to improve his team-leading totals to 13 home runs, 18 doubles and 60 RBI. "I'm seeing the ball pretty well and swinging it really good," said Williams, who transferred to UHV from Southern Arkansas. "Coach (Terry) Puhl talked to me. I was rushing my swing. He just told me to sit back and work on the things I need to work on and it's starting to pay off." Williams hit both of his home runs to the opposite field. His first was a line drive that cleared the top of the fence in left-center field and his second went over the scoreboard. "Zane has really zeroed in in that fourth slot," Puhl said. "He got some real big hits for us and the long ball hits." The Jaguars had 20 hits and scored in eight of the nine innings they batted. Puhl was just as pleased with starting pitchers Ray Maldonado and Bobby Gomez. Maldonado surrendered two runs in four innings while improving to 9-0 and Gomez yielded one run in five innings to even his record at 4-4. "I've been working on my velocity. It's been my problem since the beginning," said Gomez, who had nine strikeouts. "I didn't have confidence with that fastball, but today I felt a little bit better and I felt my velocity was coming back from my last outing so I just wanted to pound the zone." The Jaguars swept four games from the Rams (13-33) by a combined total of 51-9. Leo Garcia and Josh Darnell each hit two-run home runs in the first game and David Baker added a solo homer. Jon McDonald hit a solo home run in the second game. UHV 14-11, Huston-Tillotson 2-1 Zack Potts and Jonathan Rodriguez. Ray Maldonado, Rex Garner (5) and Tank Peterson. W: Maldonado (9-0). L: Potts (1-2). Highlights: (HT) Ben Alaniz 3-for-3, 2B, run. (UHV) Zane Williams 2-for-3, 3-run HR, 2B, 2 runs, 4 RBI; Leo Garcia 2-for-3, 2-run HR, 2 RBI; David Baker 1-for-2 solo HR; Josh Darnell 1-for-3, 2-run HR, 4 RBI; Jon McDonald 2-for-3, run, RBI, SB; James Green 2 runs, 3 SB. --- Two outs when game-ending run scored. Austin Cook, Chad Simpson (4) and Jonathan Rodriguez. Bobby Gomez and Josh Darnell. W: Gomez (4-4). L: Cook (0-1). Highlights: (HT) Pat Sherek 3-for-3, RBI. (UHV) Zane Williams 1-for-1, 2-run HR, 3 runs, 2 RBI; Jon McDonald 1-for-3 solo HR, 2 runs, RBI; Darnell 2-for-3, RBI; James Green 2-for-4, 2 runs, RBI, SB, John West 2-for-2, 3B, 2 runs, RBI. Records: Huston-Tillotson 13-33; UHV 26-13.

By Mike Forman • Wednesday, April 15, 2009 Zane Williams knows his job on the University of Houston-Victoria baseball team is to produce runs and he has done more than his share. Williams hit two home runs and a double, and drove in six runs to help the Jaguars sweep a doubleheader from Huston-Tillotson on Wednesday at Riverside Stadium. UHV won the first game 14-2 and cruised to an 11-1 win in the second game while improving to 26-13. Both games were stopped early because of the 10-run mercy rule. Williams hit a three-run home run in the first inning of the first game before adding an RBI double. He added a two-run shot in the second game to improve his team-leading totals to 13 home runs, 18 doubles and 60 RBI. "I'm seeing the ball pretty well and swinging it really good," said Williams, who transferred to UHV from Southern Arkansas. "Coach (Terry) Puhl talked to me. I was rushing my swing. He just told me to sit back and work on the things I need to work on and it's starting to pay off." Williams hit both of his home runs to the opposite field. His first was a line drive that cleared the top of the fence in left-center field and his second went over the scoreboard. "Zane has really zeroed in in that fourth slot," Puhl said. "He got some real big hits for us and the long ball hits." The Jaguars had 20 hits and scored in eight of the nine innings they batted. Puhl was just as pleased with starting pitchers Ray Maldonado and Bobby Gomez. Maldonado surrendered two runs in four innings while improving to 9-0 and Gomez yielded one run in five innings to even his record at 4-4. "I've been working on my velocity. It's been my problem since the beginning," said Gomez, who had nine strikeouts. "I didn't have confidence with that fastball, but today I felt a little bit better and I felt my velocity was coming back from my last outing so I just wanted to pound the zone." The Jaguars swept four games from the Rams (13-33) by a combined total of 51-9. Leo Garcia and Josh Darnell each hit two-run home runs in the first game and David Baker added a solo homer. Jon McDonald hit a solo home run in the second game. UHV 14-11, Huston-Tillotson 2-1 Zack Potts and Jonathan Rodriguez. Ray Maldonado, Rex Garner (5) and Tank Peterson. W: Maldonado (9-0). L: Potts (1-2). Highlights: (HT) Ben Alaniz 3-for-3, 2B, run. (UHV) Zane Williams 2-for-3, 3-run HR, 2B, 2 runs, 4 RBI; Leo Garcia 2-for-3, 2-run HR, 2 RBI; David Baker 1-for-2 solo HR; Josh Darnell 1-for-3, 2-run HR, 4 RBI; Jon McDonald 2-for-3, run, RBI, SB; James Green 2 runs, 3 SB. --- Two outs when game-ending run scored. Austin Cook, Chad Simpson (4) and Jonathan Rodriguez. Bobby Gomez and Josh Darnell. W: Gomez (4-4). L: Cook (0-1). Highlights: (HT) Pat Sherek 3-for-3, RBI. (UHV) Zane Williams 1-for-1, 2-run HR, 3 runs, 2 RBI; Jon McDonald 1-for-3 solo HR, 2 runs, RBI; Darnell 2-for-3, RBI; James Green 2-for-4, 2 runs, RBI, SB, John West 2-for-2, 3B, 2 runs, RBI. Records: Huston-Tillotson 13-33; UHV 26-13.

WAY TO GO PIRATES! WAY TO DIG DEEP AND COME AWAY WITH THE WIN.

Good Job Pirates, way to keep working and come away with the win.