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That was from Coach Green.

May be one in late April, not sure yet.

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You hear all kinds of things.

kogt Orangefield's Jason Bourgeois is in his first year as head baseball coach of the Joshua Owls and he has the Hooters in a first place tie with Cleburne in District 8-4A at 3-0 after beating Stephenville Tuesday. Joshua is currently on a 7-game win streak after winning the FW Northside Tournament. Bourgeois was also an assistant coach at LC-M.

kogt Callie Orebo has stepped down as head girls basketball coach at WOS after two straight trips to the Regional Tournament. Asst. Coach Bonnie Perry also resigned her position

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Kahne: NASCAR appeals have no shot of success Asked Wednesday his take on NASCAR's appeals process, Kasey Kahne took the atypical approach of skipping the politics and stabbing straight to the core. "My take is you don't have a shot when you go in," he said, stone-faced, other than a slight grin at the corner of his mouth. He isn't kidding. Kahne felt Evernham Motorsports carried a solid argument into the March 5 appeals hearing for the unapproved aerodynamic devices found on his No. 9 Dodge during pre-qualifying inspection for the Daytona 500, which resulted in hefty sanctions by NASCAR. NASCAR penalized Kahne 50 driver points, docked team owner Ray Evernham 50 owner points, fined the team $50,000 and sent crew chief and team director Kenny Francis home for a month. That penalty was upheld at the appeal hearing. What was the reasoning given for upholding the penalties? "There was no answer [why]," Kahne said. "I did talk to a few people that were part of that [appeal], and they said you basically have a losing cause. If you're not going to take the best case in the world you're not going to win." Told of Kahne's comments, NASCAR spokesman Ramsey Poston defended the appeals process and the people running it. "The NASCAR commission is independent, and they operate with a three-person panel to hear all sides of the argument," Poston said. "They make the best judgment they can based on the evidence, and have in the past overturned NASCAR rulings." One such instance came two years ago, when the National Stock Car Commission overturned suspensions for Hendrick Motorsports crew chiefs Chad Knaus and Alan Gustafson. This was a significant decision, as NASCAR doesn't often get overruled. At the time, veteran motorsports crew chief-turned-FOX analyst Jeff Hammond wrote on foxsports.com: "Everybody always used to say that that board was going to do exactly what the competition director instructed them to do. But I applaud them for reviewing the evidence and making a good decision using common sense. "The commission is there for teams to dispute penalties. It's one that we think is very important for the team and industry to have," Poston added. "Look at list of commission members. These are inviduals that are well-respeted and known for their integrity." According to the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup rule book, the 32-person list includes the likes of former Cup star Buddy Baker, Martinsville Speedway president Clay Campbell, ESPN analyst Brad Daugherty, former Cup star Harry Gant, Talladega Superspeedway president Grant Lynch, former Cup Series owner Bud Moore, former NASCAR vice president of competition Les Richter and Lowe's Motor Speedway president Humpy Wheeler. Evernham told ESPN prior to the hearing that today's climate makes points entirely too precious, and that's all he sought to recoup in the appeal. Kahne backed that up Wednesday. "We took a great case," Kahne said. "Everything was right there. Ray was asking for points. He wasn't asking for everything. The money? He gave it away. He was just trying to get some of those points back and try to figure out why they took so much from us for such a little deal." From the outset of the season, NASCAR officials said the sanctioning body would continue to ratchet up penalties until teams got the message. No question, points penalties send the message. But in this instance, given precedence, Kahne said the penalty was entirely too harsh. "Points get your attention. That's a good thing," he said. "But when you look at what we did and what other teams did in the past, and you see that they got a $5,000 penalty and that's it, and we have a huge penalty and huge points and lost a crew chief for four weeks, you go, 'Wow over a piece of tape that NASCAR had us put over it, that flew off?' That's wrong." The penalties were upheld, and thus are part of the reason Kahne is on the brink of top-35 purgatory. "It comes down to [the penalty] -- it's not good, but it comes down to our performances, our finishes," he said. "It rubs me a lot rawer that we haven't had Kenny Francis for four weeks over something so stupid as the reason we don't have him."

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Jordan fined for Durant comments March 20, 2007 CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- The NBA fined Charlotte Bobcats part-owner Michael Jordan $15,000 for discussing Texas freshman Kevin Durant during an interview last week. Team coaches and executives are barred from talking about underclassmen who have yet to declare for the NBA draft. But in an interview with The Charlotte Observer last Tuesday, Jordan said he was interested in versatile players and added, "The kid who may present that is the kid in Texas. (He) may have that because he has all the right signs." A Bobcats spokesman Tuesday confirmed the fine, which is at least the second in a week for an NBA team involving Durant, the 6-foot-10 forward who is expected to be the first or second overall pick if he declares for the draft. The Boston Celtics were fined $30,000 after general manager Danny Ainge sat next to Durant's mother during the Big 12 tournament.

Hard to say. I would guess 2-4 weeks.

Jag soccer team blends culture, school pride The Port Arthur News Having been head football coach at Fonville Middle School in Houston, where the student population is 90 percent Hispanic, Tony Cox felt he was ready two years ago when he asked for and received the job as coach of Beaumont Central’s largely Hispanic soccer team. Well, he’s a lot more ready now. Cox, a Beaumont French grad, has led Central’s Jaguars to the playoffs for the first time in 19 years. Until Lumberton’s 2-1 win in the District 20-4A championship match Tuesday night, the Jaguars hadn’t lost this season. They carry an 18-1 record into the playoffs this weekend, a postseason that will be without the Nederland boys for the first time in 17 years. “I think when people relate soccer, they related it to Port Neches, Lumberton and Nederland,†said Cox, 42. “Vidor had a great team last year. But Central’s known for football and basketball. “The 1988-89 year was the only time Central ever went to the playoffs in soccer. I think it’s been a while since they had a guy that really cared about the kids, that really saw what these kids were capable of.†In the last couple of months, I’ve had several coaches in other sports tell me about the Central soccer team. “They’re the story of the year in sports,†they say for the way they’ve beaten the traditional Mid-County and Hardin County powers. But I haven’t seen that sentiment reflected in news coverage emanating from Central’s hometown. Cox tells me that KBTV Channel 4’s James Ware has been the exception. “These kids deserve a lot more recognition than they’ve gotten,†Cox said Tuesday evening. As someone whose work assignments cover seemingly every sport but soccer, I had never heard Cox’s name until Tuesday afternoon. That’s when I called Memorial girls’ soccer coach Phillip Mattingly and asked about Central’s team. This year, Mattingly coached Memorial’s girls to their best season ever, an 8-12 campaign. And first-year Memorial boys’ coach Brian Morgan has high hopes for his young squad, which went 2-11-1 in tough District 21-5A. Both Port Arthur soccer teams are, like Central, largely Hispanic. Which makes sense. Hispanics make up 33.5 percent of students in Port Arthur and 12.8 percent of students in Beaumont. Cox says soccer has replaced baseball as the sport of choice for Hispanic boys. “Even though you’ve got Hispanic guys, you’ve got to put together a club to beat the Nederlands and Port Necheses, which he has done,†Mattingly says, lauding Cox. “You’ve got to do a little coaching.†Mattingly says he’s had to overcome some cultural differences to get his Lady Titans’ program going.

Wildcatters sign veteran forward for playoff push Another clue is in an ECHL record book that lists the 32-year-old among all-time leaders in several statistical categories. The newest and eldest member of the Texas Wildcatters, Sirois will play in a 681st league game Friday when the team opens a two-game home series against Gwinnett. "I see the talent on this team," said Sirois, signed to give the Wildcatters another veteran player for their playoff push. "With two good goalies, all-around defensemen, good forwards, you can write up any lineup you want. I'm really excited to have a chance." The 6-foot-1 forward arrived in Beaumont at around 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, practiced later in the morning and has hopes of eventually hoisting the league's championship trophy for the first time in a 12-year career. Sirois joins a team that is third in the South Division points race with 81, two fewer than Gwinnett and one less than Florida. Texas follows this weekend's series against Gwinnett with two home games against Florida. Sirois played two road games with the Wildcatters in January when coach Malcolm Cameron needed an extra forward. This time around, Sirois said he hopes to be with Texas until June, when the Kelly Cup championship series ends. With seven regular season games left, Sirois will play more than the five needed to be eligible for the team's playoff roster. Sirois is third all-time in games played, eighth in points with 591, 11th in goals with 248 and 13th in assists with 566. "He's been in a lot of games, so he's not going to panic out there on the ice by any stretch," Cameron said. Until now, Sirois had played most of this season in the Southern Professional Hockey League. He is that league's fourth-leading scorer with 78 points (30 goals, 48 assists) in 53 games for the Pee Dee Cyclones. Eliminated from playoff contention with three games left, the Cyclones let Sirois out of a contract to join the Wildcatters. He'll spend at least few weeks away from a wife and 3-year-old daughter in Florence, S.C., to be with the team. "I'm really excited that (Cameron) asked me to join the team for the playoffs and have a shot at a championship," said Sirois, the second player to join the team within the last week. Ben Thomson, 24, was assigned to Texas by the American Hockey League's Houston Aeros. He scored three goals in his first game with the Wildcatters, a 6-4 victory Friday against Augusta. Cameron said the Aeros sent Thomson to the Wildcatters to gain playoff experience. Sirois has playoff experience, just not the kind he wants. Sirois said he last played on an ECHL title-contending team in 1999 with the Pee Dee Pride, which won a then-record 51 games but flamed out in a 4-1 series loss to Mississippi in the Southern Conference finals. "We won the first couple of rounds," said Sirois, a first-team all-ECHL player that season. "And in the third round, we got hit a little hard. Guys weren't as committed as I thought they were and we ended up losing. "It kind of hurt, because after that I was thinking, 'I've got plenty of years to play.' I've never had a team since then that was that good."

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What about the Wooster days?

Category 3 Sprain. Worst kind of sprain possible.