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Jones, Bears nip Hawks Gabe Pruett The Orange Leader LITTLE CYPRESS — Ben Jones made sure the Little Cypress-Mauriceville Battlin’ Bears were going to be winners Saturday afternoon. Jones belted a walk-off homer in the bottom of the sixth to down the Hardin-Jefferson Hawks at the Don Gibbens Classic. The win moved the Bears up to 5-0 on the young season, an impressive mark considering how young the team is. “We are definitely happy to be where we are right now,†LC-M Coach Steve Griffith said after his teams 9-8 win over H-J. “We have had some bright spots and we have also had some glaring miscues. We just have to keep getting better.†The walk-off homer was the second round-tripper of the game for Jones. Chris Hearn stayed hot at the plate by going 2-for-3 with three runs while Jake Rowell was 1-for-2 with a run. Chad Richard had a double in the victory. “This team is much improved since November, December and January,†Griffith said. “The part of this that is most surprising is the hitting. We have seen some fairly good left handed pitchers and we are putting the bat on the ball. That is what I am happiest about this early in the season.â€

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Released by MIF04 SETEXSPORTS.COM WEEK ONE – “TOP TEN†(February 25, 2007) As noted in our preseason poll, the early weeks are full of surprises. That’s why they play the games, right? Preseason #1 West Brook lost 3 times while unranked Vidor went 4-0, including a 14-2 spanking of #3 Silsbee. None of those compare, however, to the week Barbers Hill had…they lost starting SS/P Chase Barrera to a knee injury then started the season 3-1 including a 5-3 win over West Brook. Their only loss? A 9-8 extra inning loss to 5A #5 Flower Mound. After week one, we shook ‘em up and here’s what we get: 1. NEDERLAND Impressive first week for the ‘Dogs, including a very workman-like 5-1 win over #8 Huffman. Beau Helmke looked sharp and Aaron McFarland had a big hit as the ‘Dogs defeated Northland Christian in extra frames 8-7. This is a very solid team and the move up a notch to claim this week’s #1 ranking. Next up – Nederland hosts their own tourney and a Friday match up with Bridge City. 2. BARBERS HILL The Eagles may be #2 in our poll but they are #1 in our heart as they survived their first week without standout Chase Barrera to go 3-1. Ross Hales was sharp in 4 shutout innings vs. West Brook but the entire Eagles roster gets kudos for a job well done. Even their only loss (9-8 to #5 Flower Mound) gets our nod of approval. The Eagles host HJ this week and then jump right back in the fire in Houston’s always competitive Ewell Jackson tournament. 3. BRIDGE CITY The Cards remain undefeated although they did ‘suffer’ a 3-3 tie vs. Lufkin Hudson in Hudson’s own tournament. LHP Jeff Stringer reportedly hit 90 from the bump while jr. Troy Bolton tossed a ‘no no’ vs. Central Heights. BC was rained out on Saturday so we missed the Cards rumbling in the championship bracket. No problem – they get plenty of competition Friday with a date with #1 Nederland. 4. LCM Only 1 returning starter? No problem for the Battlin’ Bears as they run the table during week one, defeating WOS, Kelly, HJ (twice) and HF. Jake Rowell and crew (including hot hitters Ben Jones and Kris Hearn) are scoring runs in bunches, totaling 54 in 5 games. Granted, all their wins were vs. 3A squads but we’ll find out soon enough – the Bears make their annual trip to one of the state’s best events – the always tough Brenham Tournament. 5. WEST BROOK Not the best of weeks for our preseason #1. The Bruins score nearly 7 runs a game and still go 2-3. LHP Mark Serna is ‘off the hill’ indefinitely with a hurt shoulder and RHP Josiah Svoboda threw a total of 2 pitches all week. At this rate, the Bruins may need to score 17 runs a game. Brook has a Monday date vs. Central then hosts their own tournament with national power Lake Charles Barbe and other stiff competition such as Brazoswood, PNG , Lufkin and Victoria. 6. VIDOR Knocking on the door last week, Coach Kyle Green has a new facility, a new attitude and new results in Vidor. The Pirates went undefeated last week including a 14-2 shellacking of #3 Silsbee. All in all, “V†town outscored their opponents 49-7 last week, dominant by any definition. Up next for the Black n’ Gold? A trip to Woodville and the Eagles’ wood bat event. Waiting there will be Jasper and Silsbee, along with always tough Woodville. 7. OZEN Here’s another team with heart as big as Texas. The Panthers show up Monday night at West Brook with only 9 players. Of course, 2 of those players were DD Lott and Josh Gardiner who held the vaunted Bruins’ lineup to only 3 unearned runs as Ozen opened the season in fine form…a 7-3 win. Lott not only did the job on the hill…he bashed out 3 hits (including 2 doubles) as the Panthers end the week undefeated. With a pitching staff of Lott, Gardiner and James, this team is built to be in any game they play. 8. SILSBEE The Tigers throw ace Schooling and have to hang on to defeat Kelly 7-5. Then Vidor turns the Tigers into pussycats with a 14-2 whupping. They did ride RHP Kevin McDonald’s 9 K performance to a 4-2 vs. Lufkin Central but Silsbee’s sluggish start means a drop in the polls. They catch Lumberton early in the week and then travel to Woodville for a weekend tournament and a possible rematch (payback?) with Vidor. 9. HUFFMAN No shame in the 5-1 loss to Nederland along with dominant wins vs. Willis and Lumberton. We still like the Falcons, especially their starting pitching of Listi and Arnold. The offense needs to step up against quality pitching but we still think Huffman will be fine, even up in 4A. They host their own event this weekend and look for them to hoist the trophy by Saturday night. 10. JASPER These Bulldogs opened the season in less than impressive fashion, losing to Lufkin Central. They did get healthy with 3 wins in the Lufkin Hudson Coca Cola Classic (vs. Dibol, Hemphill and Livingston) and are hoping a trip east to Woodville continues that trend. Which is the real Bulldogs? Maybe we’ll know a week from now. STILL CLOSE, NOT AS CLOSE: PNG falls from our top ten, losing two lopsided games (12-4 and 13-1). Their only respite was Eric Harrington’s shutout vs. Texas City. Woodville remains on the bubble, thanks largely to the season opening loss to Crockett. The Longhorns from HF opened the season 3-2 while HJ was only 2-3, albeit one of those losses was a 1 run heartbreaker vs. LCM. Looking forward to a great Week 2 in SE Texas baseball !!!!

Grapevine baseball player dies 10:39 PM CST on Saturday, February 24, 2007 From Staff Reports Chris Gavora, a 17-year-old varsity baseball player at Grapevine High School, died Saturday, two days after a baseball struck him in the head during warm-ups. "This is a tremendous loss for our entire school," Grapevine High School Principal Jerry Hollingsworth said in a written statement. "We grieve and hurt with the Gavora family.†The rare combination of missing safety netting and a line drive in a batting cage led to the injury Thursday. Officials were investigating the cause of the accident and reviewing safety procedures. According to a statement from the Grapevine-Colleyville school district, Chris was pitching to a teammate in one of the school's batting cages. He was standing behind the L-shaped pitcher's net designed to protect pitchers throwing batting practice. "Preliminary findings indicate that secondary protective screen netting was not in place," the statement said. "A teammate in [another] cage hit a line drive that went through an opening in the net, across an open area, and through the other batting cage's opening." Chris received first aid at the scene and was transported by ambulance to the hospital. He underwent surgery at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas on Thursday. His family has declined to comment through the school. Funeral arrangements were pending, according to the school district. A crisis counseling team was at Grapevine High School to help students and staff cope. Counselors will remain on hand as long as necessary, the district said. "This is an incredibly difficult time for all involved," Superintendent Kay Waggoner said in a written statement Saturday, "and I want to extend our deepest sympathies on behalf of the GCISD family.â€

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Walker, Yaws on target, Johnson shocks WO-S meet ORANGEFIELD -- Neither rain, nor wind, nor more wind, nor much more wind could stop Nederlanders Brock Walker and Chelsea Yaws from accomplishing their normal tasks. Yet in the case of one Port Neches-Groves athlete, this Saturday turned into a far different experience at a high school track and field meet. But this was not your normal meet to begin with, because Orangefield's track facility served as interim host for West Orange-Stark's 16th annual Mustang Relays. It was the neighborly Orange County thing to do. Two dozen track teams had to wonder which of those school districts decided to be in charge of the ferocious southwestern wind which howled and swirled and performed all sorts of heavy swaggers near the hurdles. That's why Nederland senior hurdler Walker deserved a badge of courage of trying the 300-meter hurdles for the first time all season. Walker smacked a few early hurdles with the top of left knee and departed with a bruise but still claimed a pair of gold medals. His most impressive work was a 14.8 into the wind on the 110-meter high hurdles. That time does not provide anything close to an accurate barometer of how low Brock can go for several reasons. First, Walker sprinted right into the wind in a speed race. Second, he can't really say his starting blocks had been nailed down properly. Third, the elongated winter weather has limited the real conditioning process to evolve in a hotter weather climate. In layman's terms, it was freezing cold last week when Walker was timed at the Bulldog Relays in 15.19. "I think I could have run 14.5 or 14.4 today if the wind hadn't been like it was," Walker said. "When I was in the blocks, I had them set but they weren't set right. I didn't get a good push off." Walker had room to spare in winning his heat of the 300-meter hurdles but his performance suggested hard work remained in store to improve technique and stamina in the coming weeks. "I was proud of myself but I need to work at it a lot more," he said. "This is the first time I've run the 300s and I just need to get my steps down." The steps are just part of the challenge for veteran distance runner Yaws, who ran a winning 1,600 meters in 5:44.36 and cut her time from the Bulldog Relays but more than three seconds. While Walker and Yaws prospered with more predictable numbers, the WO-S meet may have served as a much more unexpected coming-out party for another Mid-County name. PN-G junior Matt Johnson started seriously inspecting his skills in the long jump about a week ago. He's good in other events but Johnson leaped 21-8 1/2 on his last attempt to edge West Brook's Joe Chaisson at 21-6 1/2 for the gold medal. Due to the weather conditions, jumpers were allowed only four attempts without separate prelims and finals. Johnson had to go 21-8 1/2 on the fourth and last try in order to win the meet. "The first time I even did the long jump was about three days ago," Johnson said. "But I got over 21 (feet) on Wednesday in practice." Remarkably enough, the versatile Indians athlete shocked his coach Kyle Segura by going 21-4, 21-5 and 21-8 1/2 during Saturday's competition.

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75-71 Lamar Final.

Anyone reading ROC's lips when Davis fouled out??

Nice site!

Predictions? This game will be Tuesday Night at Barber's Hill.

Kelly-41 S.A. Antonian-58 CONGRATS KELLY ON A GREAT SEASON!

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I'll call the Warren Coach and see..

Yes.

That's what the Coach called me and told me.

30-29 Lamar 2nd Half.

Should be a good one with Lovelady.

That's correct! They will switch teams this year. PN-G/LaMarque Nederland/Brenham

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Lamar Consolidated-52 Central-51 CONGRATS CENTRAL ON A GREAT SEASON!

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Congrats Warriors on a great season!!!!

Congrats Horns