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Several SE Texas teams in diamond rankings Van Wade The Orange Leader With the Texas high school softball season cranking up next week and the baseball season starting the following week, several Southeast Texas teams have landed in state preseason polls. In the Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association polls, three local squads are ranked, all in Class 3A. The Jasper Bulldogs are ranked No. 3 while the Orangefield Bobcats stand at No. 4 and defending District 21-3A champion Bridge City sits at No. 7. Giddings is the top-ranked team in Class 3A. Houston Bellaire drew the top ranking in Class 4A. The tradition-rich Brenham Cubs are ranked No. 1 in Class 4A. Bishop is No. 1 in Class 2A and Overton is tabbed No. 1 in Class 1A. In softball, five Southeast Texas teams nabbed rankings, three of them in Class 3A. The District 21-3A Bridge City Lady Cardinals are ranked No. 3 with District 22-3A powerhouses Splendora and Huffman ranked No. 5 and No. 9 respectively. Huffman knocked out Bridge City in the 3A Region III playoffs last season. Needville is ranked No. 1 in 3A with Celina coming in at No. 2. In Class 4A, New Braunfels Canyon is ranked No. 1 followed by defending District 20-4A champion Nederland at No. 2. In Class 1A, Grapeland is No. 1 with the Colmesneil Lady Bulldogs sitting at No. 2. Pearland drew the No. 1 ranking in Class 5A while Brock garnered Class 2A’s top spot. print this story    

Maybe so!!!!!! Bottom line is they should play.

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Tatum staff to coach THSCA All-Star Game The Tatum High School football coaching staff has been selected to coach the south team during the 2010 THSCA All-Star Game in late-July. The game will be played on Tuesday, July 20th at the Alamodome in San Antonio. Congratulations to head coach Andy Evans and his entire staff.

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2 teams just a few miles apart SHOULD PLAY!!!!!!!

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Complete schedules are finished and Nederland will travel to Vidor to open District...

20 4A Complete schedules are done! Should have them next week.

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Orange County Gold Tommy Mann, Jr. The Orange Leader NEDERLAND — Three Orange County swimmers brought home gold medals and the title of District Champion following Thursday night's District 20-4A Swim Meet in Nederland. Alex Dorman of Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School, center, won two gold medals in the Boys 200 Yard Freestyle and Boys 100 Yard Backstroke, while Vidor High School's Ashley Mann, at left, and Damian Mann, at right, struck gold with wins in the Girls 100 Yard Freestyle and Boys 500 Yard Freestyle, respectively. The trio, along with several other swimmers from Vidor, LC-M and West Orange-Stark, will travel to Magnolia next Friday for the Regional Swim Meet. See Sunday's edition of The Orange Leader sports for full results from Thursday's District Championship meet.

Jody, will BH handle Lee? :D

VAN WADE Folks, the Orange Bowl has been put to rest. That’s right, no LC-M vs. WO-S. That’s a game that always draws a tremendous gate. Guess WO-S can put away the trophy again for a few more years, maybe store it at the Godwin Auditorium and let it draw some dust. So what if the Bears have only defeated the Mustangs twice in nearly 25 tries, LC-M should still play that game. Both fan bases love attending that game because there are so many families and friends involved in the whole deal. I never see WO-S get upset when they fall to LC-M big in baseball, softball, golf, tennis or volleyball and they continue to play the Bears in those sports despite being in a lower UIL classification.

Start budgeting now for UIL non-district football encounters Van Wade The Orange Leader The realignment cloud has settled. No real major changes for our local districts with the exception of Deweyville, but there are still plenty of questions I have for the University Interscholastic League and football programs around the area as well. Of course, in District 20-4A most schools are still upset that the Livingston Lions are still in the loop. There’s nothing like traveling from Little Cypress-Mauriceville to Livingston on a basketball or baseball Tuesday night. Many thought Livingston would move back towards the district they played in before that included the likes of New Caney and Huntsville. But all of a sudden there’s a couple new 4A schools in New Caney Porter and Humble Summer Creek. That district has eight teams. The Lions couldn’t have shifted to 19-4A because Baytown Lee made that district an eight-team league by dropping down. Unfortunately, the Lions were caught in that middle-ground trap. It’s a tough deal, but all eight 20-4A teams have grown accustomed to making those trips the last two years. We’ll see what happens in 2012. In the new Class 3A breakdown, I really was stunned that Kirbyville moved back up to the 3A ranks. The Wildcats had to have been one of the preseason favorites to win the Class 2A Division I football title next year after falling just short in title games the last two seasons. If Kirbyville moved back up, I just knew that the Wildcats, along with Jasper, would return to the District 21-3A again like it was two years ago, re-joining Bridge City, Orangefield, West Orange-Stark, Silsbee, Hardin-Jefferson and Hamshire-Fannett. Instead, Kirbyville and Jasper stayed north in District 18-3A, joining the likes of Center, Diboll, Huntington, Lufkin Hudson and Pollok Central. The “kicker” there is that Hudson and Pollok Central don’t play football. That means just five teams in the football district with three, that’s right, three, making the playoffs. I’m sure all five of them have been having fun trying to find six non-district football games. Good news for area football fans though, both Carthage and Gilmer, who both won 3A state football titles from Region III last year, have bolted to Region II. Both will be in District 16-3A. Talk about a rivalry starting up there. I know the UIL was seeking more competitive balance in football in Class 2A but evidently travel plans were not involved. It amazes me what the UIL does at times. Don’t even get me started on four teams making the playoffs in 5A and 4A and three in 3A on down. It ould be two, period. Most of your 2A schools are the ones with a lot less cash flow. So, let’s make them travel all over the country. Just ask Deweyville ISD about that. The Pirates will compete in the 2A Division II football bracket in District 10-2A against the likes of Corrigan-Camden, Groveton, Hemphill, New Waverly and San Augustine. Deweyville’s closest district trip will be to Hemphill (90 miles) and its longest will be New Waverly (126 miles). Deweyville fans certainly remember a few years back when New Waverly was in their district before. Trust me, there will be a lot of Red Bull involved when it comes to Pirate fans. I can just hear New Waverly fans griping right now how they have to travel all the way to the Sabine River for a game. Well, Bulldog fans, you can make a long night of it. Try out Delta Downs, it’s open 24-7. At least the Pirates will remain somewhat close to home in all other sports in a District 24-2A that will still include the likes of Anahuac, Buna, Hardin, Kountze, Warren and East Chambers. Even though the long trip to Anahuac is no bargain. The other fun item about realignment is talking to coaches as they get together their non-district football schedules. Sure, we still see a lot of those old familiar games from the past and yet again, there are those things that simply don’t make sense. Folks, the economy is not in a hurry to improve fast any time soon. Gas prices aren’t exactly low. A lot of folks don’t have the extra cash flow to just hop in a car and haul their family to Katy, Texas City and Texarkana. How about those fans that have to be at work at 6 a.m. the next day? Games that I’ve attended like that in the last several years, the crowds are about half of what they would be if the game was more local. Our Orange County 3A and 4A schools shouldn’t have such names as Friendswood, Texas City, Crosby, Giddings or Texas High, even though I love Barry Norton, on their schedules. It has to be an expensive venture. As tight as athletic budgets are these days, how much money you think they’ll clear playing in such far-away locations. All we hear in the media all year long is how “strapped” most school districts are for money in Southeast Texas. Both LC-M and Nederland have turned away bond issues in recent years. Then realignment comes and money must be popping up everywhere. Me, I see big gates that could have been. Here are a few interesting tilts that could have been and I’m talking major gate receipts involved. How about Port Neches-Groves and Nederland both playing Port Arthur Memorial just like Beaumont Central and Beaumont Ozen always play Beaumont West Brook? Instead of the three Port Arthur-area schools playing each other, Memorial is playing Pasadena South Houston and Aldine. Nederland has Goose Creek Memorial and Barbers Hill and PN-G has Gregory-Portland, Crosby and Texas City. Go figure! Then there is maybe Vidor vs. West Orange-Stark or Vidor vs. Memorial or West Brook? The Pirates are going to play Texas High out of Texarkana. I know WO-S and West Brook are top-notch programs but trust me, Texarkana is on that same level and maybe, arguably, even better. Pirates could get the same level of competition by staying close to home with a 20-mile trip to Orange and an even shorter trip to the West End of Beaumont. [b]Folks, the Orange Bowl has been put to rest. That’s right, no LC-M vs. WO-S. That’s a game that always draws a tremendous gate. Guess WO-S can put away the trophy again for a few more years, maybe store it at the Godwin Auditorium and let it draw some dust. So what if the Bears have only defeated the Mustangs twice in nearly 25 tries, LC-M should still play that game. Both fan bases love attending that game because there are so many families and friends involved in the whole deal. I never see WO-S get upset when they fall to LC-M big in baseball, softball, golf, tennis or volleyball and they continue to play the Bears in those sports despite being in a lower UIL classification. [/b] Instead, let the Bears go to Goose Creek Memorial or Conroe on the same night the Mustangs are in Friendswood or playing Giddings in Katy. Sometimes when you add 2 + 2 you get 5. Some things simply don’t add up. Honestly, if I wasn’t a sports editor of if I didn’t have a kid playing, I wouldn’t be hauling it to Texas City via a ferry or Highway 146, or fighting the Katy Freeway or zipping to the Arkansas-Texas border to watch a non-district football game. Just wouldn’t happen. Most people I talk to feel the same exact way. I know some schedules can’t be helped with some schools being in an eight-team league and some being in a six-team one. Some look for five non-district games while some seek three. But seriously, we can make it a lot more local and that makes for a better atmosphere all the way around, not just in the pocket book. I know head coaches aren’t the only ones involved in the scheduling process. There are higher-ups on the school ladder that nip and tug as well and people need to understand that before they start chewing on the gentlemen that run their programs. P.S. to LC-M, Vidor and WO-S: When I do go to these exotic destinations, think your school districts can pick up the tab. I’ll just charge .55 cents a mile and maybe a Burger King receipt or two. No, let’s make it Olive Garden! After all, ya'll seem to have a lot of extra cash flow floating around. print this story    

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[quote name="KFDM COOP" post="754703" timestamp="1265231750"] 2010 LAMAR UNIVERSITY SIGNING DAY FOOTBALL RECRUITS Name                          Pos.  Ht.   Wt.   Hometown (High School/College) Chad Allen                   ATH 5-10 175    Coldspring, Texas (Coldspring HS) Kwabena Asante          RB    6-1   210    Westbury, N.Y. (Hicksville HS/Hofstra) Caleb Berry                  QB   6-2   180     Needville, Texas (Needville HS) Kameron Edwards       OL   6-3    280     Sacramento, Calif. (San Mateo CC) Cameron Epple            OG   6-3   293    Granbury, Texas (Blinn College) Kye Hildreth                QB   6-1   170      Navasota, Texas (Navasota HS) William Jones               LB   6-0   215     Beaumont (Central HS) Kollin Kahler                P/K 6-2   190      Waco, Texas (Waco HS) Chris Maikranz             DS   6-3   225      Sugar Land, Texas (Lamar Consolidated) Stephone Mercer          CB   5-11 180      Austin, Texas (LBJ HS/Navarro College) Payton Ploch                QB   6-1   205       Dayton, Texas (Dayton HS) Josh Powdrill                WR  5-9   170     Beaumont (West Brook HS/Navarro College) Justin Stout                   K     6-0   180      Mesquite, Texas (West Mesquite HS) Tyler Tokar                 OL   6-4    280      Richardson, Texas (Berkner HS) Michael Venson            RB   5-10  170    Katy, Texas (Morton Ranch HS/Blinn JC) 2009 LAMAR UNIVERSITY DECEMBER FOOTBALL RECRUITS Name                          Pos.     Ht.       Wt.      College                 High School Michael Allen               DB       5-10     180      College of Sequoias   San Marcos HS Ryan Clark                   DB       6-0       205      Navarro College         Beaumont Ozen Jordan Garrett              DB       5-11     194      Tulane       Beaumont West Brook J.J. Hayes                     WR      6-3       210      Navarro College         Diboll Darby Jackson             DE       6-3       235      Navarro College        Humble Marcus Jackson           WR      6-1       190      Navarro College      Tyler Lee Steven Murray-Sesay   CB       5-10     165      Northeastern Fort Washington, Md. [/quote] Bump