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Concordia went after Taylor so i assume he has a spot on their roster.

Spoke with Taylor last night and he was offered an academic scholarship to attend Concordia University in Austin. Taylor will join the soccer team this semester. Congrats to Taylor Granato on his chance to play soccer at the next level and have most of his school paid for.

Rob, you have done such a wonderful job at nederland and I have no doubts you will have the same success at Churchill. I wish nothing but the best for you and your family in San Antonio. Good Luck!

I wish him bad luck! :o Vidor was good without Wedel, now they are going to be really good.! Best of Luck to a great Coach and a good friend!

Hello SETX parents! Summer Football training sessions are now open for enrollment. My name is Chad Luttrull, and I am currently the Lumberton High School wide receivers coach. I would like to offer an opportunity for the youth of SETX to develop and improve their skills in the positions of quarterback and wide receiver. My expertise and experience will be focused on youth up to those in 6th grade. Any middle school or high school football players that do not conflict with our scheduling at Lumberton HS will also be able to benefit from this summer camp. Training will consist of: QB WR Proper Throwing Mechanics Footwork Drills Foot Drills Proper technique in catching football Three step drop Instruction in simple routes Sprint Out Speed and agility drills Shotgun Speed and Agility Training Training sessions will begin on June 8 and run through July 3rd. I am hoping to train each group of kids three to four times a week for an hour a day. I plan to have one group in the morning and one group in the evening. In order to provide personalized attention, I will limit my group sizes to 15 kids per group. Discounts will be given to those who refer others when they enroll in the training sessions. Classes will fill up quickly, so please contact me for pricing and registration ASAP. I can be reached at [email protected] or [email protected] or by cell phone 409-293-6520 Playing Experience: Lumberton HS Graduate 1996 3 year varisty QB Dallas Cowboy Training Camp 2001 WR (NFL) Kilgore Junior College - Starting QB 2 Years New York Dragons WR (AFL) Murray State University - WR 1999 Detroit Fury WR (AFL) Henderson State University - WR 2000 All American Beaumont Drillers WR/QB (NIFL) Edmonton Eskimo Traing Camp WR (CFL) Coaching Experience: SA Henderson State University WR 2001-2003 Kountze Middle School 2003 Kountze High School Offensive Cord. 2004 Lumberton High School JV WR 2005 Lumberton HS Varisty WR 2006-present

Awesome to see so many kids form SETX receiving recognition like this. Great Job and CONGRATULATIONS to the ALL State and ALL Region players!

Let me respond to Skippy about whether or not i can coach. I take pride in my work and do the absolute best that i can do. I played soccer growing up and played on state championship team when i was U12 (its hard to rember that far back). Soccer was always my first love but football paid the way for me to get an education. I am not as knowledgable in soccer as Coach Bledsoe is or Coach Lane is or any of the coaches that have been at this a long time and I will easily admit that. I am however, passionate hard working and addicted to success so I study the game and learn from the coaches I compete against as well as clinics etc..... To quote you, " I guess since this is Coach L's first Senior class we will find out for sure if he can really coach or if he chokes with his first graduating group". i guess a 54-14-5 record over three years and 3 consecutive district championships, 1 area championship and 2 area finalist is not enough proof. All for a guy who has only coached it for 3 years. Since you know who I am and what I do, may i ask what you do and who you are. Bledso said it best. There is nothing more pitiful than a coward who hides behind a screen name and attacks another man. Once again, if it's so easy: Get certified. Get a coaching job. Win state

i second blackcat ;D ;D

Great soccer player. Scored the goal that eliminated us from the playoffs :'( and propelled the Cubs to the state semifinals. Grats to this young man.

Well lets see.... I really dont like to make assumptions about who will this or who wil win that because nothings is ever for sure in sports. I was merely saying that we were returning 8 starters off of a team who lost by one goal to Brenham in the playoffs. Let me remind you that Brenham won Region 3 and were state finalist. Can my team compete with Houston schools? I would definately say yes we can compete with them just as we competed with this years regional champ. Its unfortunate here at Lumberton that we only have 35-40 kids come out for soccer. Unlike the Houston schools , we dont have the luxury of the number of kids nor the number of kids involved with club soccer. With that said Lumberton has done pretty good over the last few years considering we were knocked out in 2007 to Palestine 2-0 (state semifinalist), nacogdoches in 2008 (lost to brenham in Regional championship) and then this years lost to Brenham 2-1. Might I ask why you say we will need more than 8 returning starters just to win our district? We have won 3 straight district championships here and have some very talented players coming back next year. Scott Poole (all region player and probable div.1 player), Wes Brackin and Caleb Schexnider have all been outstanding underclassmen and wil be seniors next year. Really Skippy, I would say we were pretty good and will be very good next year as well! What team do you stand behind? Who do you think will win the region?

Lumberton returns 8 starters ;D

Just got an email from Erik Lane at brenham..... Region III and some Region II players will merge into two groups and play each ther in Brenham on Saturday May 16. The girls will play at 10:00 followed by the boys and 12:00.

Just spoke with Coach Smith at Westbrook and he informed me that the Annual Senior Showcase that was to be held in San Antonio has been postponed due to the swine flu. Hopefully this game will be rescheduled and moved to allow those seniors the opportunity to play in the game.

LOL we (Lumberton coaches) have the silsbee cops at 9:00. Anyone have a scouting report

Joubert is a hell of a coach. I could see Ozen winning a few more state championships under him. Great guy and great role model for the kids at ozen.

Congratulations to three Southeast Texas soccer players for being selected to play in the annual Senior Showcase representing both 4A and 5A teams from Region III. Ryan Washburn - Nederland Sam Gurski - Westbrook Taylor Granato - Lumberton The Men's Senior Showcase will be held in San Antonio on May 2nd at 1:00 pm. The game will be played at the Blossom Athletic Complex. The team will be coached by Elgin (4A) coach daryl Faulks whose team played in the regional quarterfinals and the Katy (5A) coach, David Crockett whose team played in the State Semifinals.

as most of you know I am already a little whiney :o but i would be just as upset as shark and bon mot if we would have been under-represented on the SuperGold Team. I can totally see where you are coming from. Two very very good teams with loads of talent. I myslef did not get to see Kelly play this year but as for Nederland they gave us all we could handle and were as BonMot said UNDEFEATED which in that district is not an easy task. I think Mr. Clark is trying to get more exposure for soccer by the enterprise (and we thank him) but I also feel there should be a little more involved in the process than just one man's opinion. Maybe even something like form a commitee to do the selections. Im just brainstorming here but maybe a few sports writers from the enterprise and possibly a coach from each district we r represented by (37, 38, Kelly and the 5As) would esnsure the deserving players make the list.

In my opinion, Caleb had a really great season and is deserving of his super gold selection. He only allowed 17 goals all season and 7 of them in district play. 3 of which he gave up to a red hot Vidor team while playing with 10 stitches above his left eye. (Big collison the Friday before in Jasper). Had he not been hurt the outcome may have been different Vidor played great and not taking anything at all away from them but take that game out and he gave up only 4 in district play. As i said before the Ned keeper had a heck of a season as well, so I am sure it was a tough choice.

Caleb is a pretty good keeper there shark. Im sure Vidrine would argue that he has just as much stake to it as our guys do. And if it makes you feel better I wasnt asked about players either. :-\

Lets just hope they fix the playoff brackets next year.

5 minutes till half lady raiders down 1-0

GOOD LUCK to the LADY RAIDERS from all of SETX!

Scott Poole (#8 for Lumberton) will once again be competing in the Dallas Cup for the Dallas Texans Houston Division 92 Red.

errr. the Nation! :o

Girls Soccer 2009 Quarter Finals Tuesday March 31st Waco Mid-Way Lady Panthers (HOME) vs Lady Raiders (VISITORS) Woodforest Bank Stadium on Hwy 45 at 6:00 pm *Only one side of the stadium will be open for seating.