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I remember that game. Just to many mistakes. We broadcasted that game.

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Teen scores special bucket By KARIN SHAW ANDERSON / The Dallas Morning News [email protected] ROCKWALL – It sounded like Elvis was in the building. Mason Sevier sank the basketball neatly into the net Thursday, making the first basket of the game for the Cain Middle School Mustangs. Watching from the front row, his father's face flushed, and his eyes watered. "Everybody in there stood up and clapped and called his name," Cliff Sevier said. It was a moment he and his wife, Teresa, didn't think they'd see. "He's got Down syndrome," explained Mr. Sevier, a Rockwall City Council member. When Mason was born, doctors suggested putting him in an institution. Instead, his parents decided to raise him at home and send him to Rockwall schools, where he has been mainstreamed since kindergarten. His team's opponents were students he had known all through elementary school. Last year, he headed to Cain while his classmates moved on to Williams Middle School. "He knows more students than I do," said Mason's special education teacher, David Gasewicz. At Mr. Gasewicz's suggestion, Mason joined the school's "A" basketball team this season, suiting up for each home game but watching from the bench. He eagerly brings water to his thirsty peers and cheers them on. "On the bench, he's always asking, 'When do I get to go in?' " said Mr. Gasewicz, who sits with Mason at every home game. Coaches agreed before Thursday's game to let the 14-year-old eighth-grader make a layup to start the game. The points didn't go on the scoreboard, but it didn't matter. "It's all about being a part of" something, said Mrs. Sevier. "That's what he wants the most. "Before this all started, he saw kids out on the football field, and he said, 'Mom, I want to play,' " Mrs. Sevier remembered. "I started crying, because I had to tell him, 'No.' " She sent an e-mail to a few friends Thursday morning to let them know that Mason was going to play in the game. Those friends sent it to their friends, and by the time the game began, hundreds were shouting Mason's name. "It was amazing to see how things snowballed," Mrs. Sevier said. Members of the seventh-grade cheer team made a last-minute change to their schedule and arrived in uniform, taking their seats in the stands right behind the Seviers. Polly Redden had never met the Seviers, but she learned of them through friends after her son was born with Down syndrome. Mrs. Redden, a third-grade teacher at Rockwall's Springer Elementary School, brought 4-month-old Bennett to see Mason play. "It's such an inspiration for a child with a disability to see they can participate," Mrs. Redden said. "I could start crying." Mrs. Sevier said Mason will want to watch video replays every day for years, even though his Mustangs ultimately lost to the Williams Wildcats. Mason got a standing ovation from fans of both teams when he netted the ball, and that's what he'll remember, she said. Mason stayed humble through it all. "It's my team," he said. "My team." __________________

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La Marque Search Narrowed To Four Five finalists have been named for the La Marque athletic director/head coaching vacancy. Current interim La Marque AD Larry Walker, Lamar Consolidated head coach Lydell Wilson, Big Spring head coach Tim Holt, Refugio head coach Chris Jones and former Kempner head coach Michael Ferrell are the five finalists for the vacancy. • Lydell Wilson has been the head coach at Class 4A Lamar Consolidated since 2001. The program struggled the first three years under his watch, going 3-27; the last two seasons the Mustangs posted a 24-2 mark. • Michael Ferrell former head coach at Kempner from 2003-06. During those four seasons, the Cougars went 25-20. Kempner made three consecutive playoff appearances starting with a district championship in 2003. • Tim Holt - Current Big Spring head coach; has been a high school head coach since 1991, compiling a 100-74-5 record. He coached at Falfurrias from 1991-92 (5-12-3 record), George West from 1993-97 (45-15-2), Gregory-Portland from 1998-2000 (16-15) and Taylor from 2001-04 (27-16). • Chris Jones- Current Refugio head coach since 2003; his first head coaching position he’s compiled a 34-14 record.

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East Chambers-Kountze III tonight A coin-flip just wouldn't do. No, the Kountze and East Chambers boys basketball teams wanted to play for the No. 1 playoff seed in District 24-2A. Kountze (25-5) and East Chambers (29-7) ended the 24-2A season tied for first place with 11-1 records. "I don't think it was ever a question about flipping for the playoff spots," said East Chambers coach Hank Hargraves. "I think it was just understood that we would play it out." The Kountze and East Chambers contest will be the final game of a playoff preview scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. today at the Montagne Center. Hardin-Jefferson plays Newton at 6 p.m. today, while West Orange-Stark plays West Hardin in the second match up immediately following Game 1. "It's going to be a battle," said Kountze coach Duane Joubert. "I think East Chambers brings its best game when they face us. They look forward to the game, and they play harder when we play." This is not the first time Kountze and East Chambers have been in this predicament. The schools were co-district champions in 2005. The Bucs won the first district meeting at home, and the Lions won the second game. The schools played a district playoff game that year to determine the top two seeds. The Lions, who were the eventual Class 2A champions, won the district playoff game to receive a first-round bye. Kountze then beat East Chambers a couple of weeks later in the 2A, Region III finals in Tyler. "That was a big year for us," said Joubert, who was in his first season with the Lions. "I know some people doubted us after we lost to East Chambers, but we never gave up and we won the state championship that year." The victory against Kountze in 2005 was the only time the Bucs had beaten the Lions until this season. Kountze was on a five-game winning streak in the series before the Bucs handed the Lions a 65-60 loss on Jan. 5. East Chambers, which trailed by 15 points in the third quarter, outscored the Lions 14-9 in the fourth to force overtime. The Bucs went on an 11-6 run in overtime to beat Kountze in the first meeting. "We got the win because we contested every shot and boxed out," said Hargraves. "The win gave us a lot of confidence. It showed the guys that they could go out there and compete with the best of them." A few weeks later, Kountze beat East Chambers 71-67. The Lions made 7-of-10 free throws in the final minute of the game to hold off East Chambers. "We have been in this situation before," Joubert said. "We just have to take care of business like we did last time in the Montagne."

The Kelly boys soccer team can reach the TAPPS Division I state tournament by winning its first playoff game Saturday. The Bulldogs play at Fort Worth Nolan Catholic at 11 a.m. Saturday. The winner advances to the four-team state tournament Feb. 23-24 at Baylor University in Waco.

Wrestlers at state Three West Brook wrestlers will compete Feb. 23-24 at the UIL Class 5A state championships in Austin. Senior Jacob Rice (171 pounds), junior Gerald Moulton (189) and senior Michael Zoch (285) qualified from the Region 3 tournament Saturday.

Hall heads list of talented returnees HIGH SCHOOL OUTDOOR TRACK SEASON OPENS TODAY By Tom Halliburton The Port Arthur News NEDERLAND -- By the middle of last May, Derrick Hall even had surprised himself as a long jumper extraordinaire. That's at the very end of the Beaumont Central wizard's sophomore year. It may be wise for the speedy and acrobatic Hall to keep his talents under wraps on this chilly Friday. It also may prove a most pathetic climate for this opening day of the Golden Triangle outdoor track and field season at the 43rd Nederland Bulldog Relays. Many members of the adjacent list of talented high school track returnees would use prudent judgment to hold off on extending their gifted limbs for another warmer day. That's unfortunate for Nederland because coaches Steven Beagle and Dale Dial have corraled their best-ever field of 33 teams for the annual meet which frequently kicks off the area's outdoor high school season. Hall and Little Cypress-Mauriceville distance star Drew Bean should rank among this area's most dazzling track athletes. "I'll tell you what, he's the most talented athlete that I've ever coached," Beaumont Central's athletic director and head grid boss Donald Stowers has said. If Hall, seniors Charles and Morris Thomas can add a fourth, Central may position itself to be thinking of state meet opportunities in the two shorter UIL-sanctioned relays. Those three athletes helped to bring the Jaguars regional bronze medals in the 400- and 800-meter relay events last April. It all culminates May 10-12 when the University Interscholastic League hosts its 96th annual state track and field championships. And it all has to come together by April 10th or 12th when most of the area's districts host their backyard eliminators. But the weather will improve much more than this in March... perhaps even later this month. One strange item in the early schedule should occur next Saturday when Orangefield will host West Orange-Stark's annual Mustang Relays. Hey, the WO-S track needs time to be in shape for hosting a meet, but the Mustang Relays can still go on anyway. Competition begins around Bulldog Stadium at noon, but it figures to run deep into the cold night because the large number of entered schools will force officials to use several heats in most individual races. TOP AREA TRACK RETURNEES Derrick Hall, Beaumont Central, Junior, 2006 4A state long jump bronze medalist, 24-1 1/4.

Huge soccer night in Mid-County By Tom Halliburton The Port Arthur News PORT NECHES -- Once upon a time these Port Neches-Groves girls soccer players tended to run scared when it came to play Julie Johnson's Nederland empire. That was then ... like about five or six years back when Aimee Bates arrived on The Reservation. Five years of coping with these Lady Bulldogs has more than educated the PN-G girls soccer coach that this Mid-County Madness has contained a special, unique flavor to it. If you're on the outside of it, you just can't quite absorb it the same way. Hey look, Nederland boys mentor Rob Bledsoe does not have that same difficulty. He's a Nederland graduate. It will be hard for Bledsoe's face to display any smiles before the end of tonight's game. That is, if his Nederland team (6-6 and 6-2) can beat first-year coach Don Sandell's PN-G team (7-3-2 and 6-2) in the Indian Stadium early contest at 5:30 p.m. These Mid-County boys might be playing for a post-season survival of any kind because they would enter tonight in a tie for third place in District 20-4A. Bates and Johnson's squads have a different sort of tie to untangle. PN-G's Lady Indians (10-1 and 7-0) and Nederland's Lady Bulldogs (10-1 and 7-0) are fighting to discover a new 20-4A league leader tonight at 7 p.m. Who knows how important the girls soccer rivalry between the Mid-County schools shall become before the end of this season? It may be even more significant to neighborhood supremacy than Hillary Clinton's current role in the Democratic Party. Look, Hillary, can wait until next year. This is it for 14 seniors who run and hustle their way up and down muddy soccer fields for Nederland. Try to tell Evan Austin or Erin Binagia that Hillary Clinton is that important this year. And this is it for 11 seniors who do the same at Port Neches-Groves. Emily Pacetti, Michelle Morgan and Brittney Fruge will tell you Hillary's politics can wait for another day. Even Mid-County Madness football-style becomes secondary right now for these girls. This really says a lot about the new neighborhood queens of Mid-County. Outsiders just can't possibly understand. Bates would know. She played high school at Little Cypress-Mauriceville and college at Lamar. Then she got here in the fall of 2000. She didn't know. "When I first got here, I didn't understand the Nederland rivalry," the PN-G girls coach said. Bates realized she had to change the culture of her soccer program. The Lady Indians could not fear this game any more. Her coaching counterpart, Johnson, has had a terrific amount to do with that. The 16-year Nederland head coach has compiled 226 head coaching victories. That total allowed Julie to enter the season 15th among the state's winningest soccer coaches. Bates has respected and appreciated Johnson's accomplishments. She's just tried to establish the same kind of success on her side of the tracks. But it did not happen overnight.

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