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[Hidden Content] Spring game tonight for 'new-look' Indians By Tom Halliburton The Port Arthur News PORT NECHES -- In between this and that passing drill or a brief sermonette for his surrounding squad, Brandon Faircloth blurts an occasional, "I guess I've gotten lucky." Yet this would appear to resemble far more than luck around the steamy new Reservation's green carpet. Faircloth may be taking Port Neches-Groves football on a magic carpet ride with seven home games this fall. The new Indians' chief has directed more than voodoo, luck, or magic with his PN-G squad this spring, though. It's been a month dominated by hard work, just as Faircloth promised when he accepted his first head football coaching job in the winter. That work culminates tonight with about a 90-minute Purple and White spring game in Indian Stadium at 7:30. The No. 1 offense and No. 2 defense will compete on one team against the No. 2 offense and No. 1 defense. They will use a running clock and whack at each other for four 12-minute quarters. Faircloth has sprinkled in a word here or there such as "amazing" and "unbelievable" when he talked briefly about his personnel and team progress after Tuesday's workout. The Indians coaches truly have cultivated a solid familiarity and orientation with their 2009 football candidates during this off-season and spring practice. Faircloth and his new assistants have set the bar high all month. They like what they see, too. "This has really been amazing," Faircloth said, in an overview of the team. "They have done real well. Our coaching staff has been very pleased with our progress." To be sure, Brandon admitted some considerable apprehension to seeing the spring game. He acknowledged the mental and emotional contrast between working in the stadium in the afternoon and playing in front of a crowd tonight. "I'm looking forward to watching them under the lights," the new Indians' chief said. "It's one thing to watch them at 2 o'clock and another when the fans come and the lights go on." A crowd of purple and white faithful definitely will be curiosity seekers tonight, but a fair number of shadetree observers have dropped in frequently for the afternoon workouts. One of the frequent watchers has been former Indians football coach Ken Watson, who definitely likes what he sees from spring drills. Juniors Brennan Doty and Matt Desmond are working at quarterback and are showing the aptitude and desired work habits to impress Faircloth. "It's really been unbelievable at quarterback," Faircloth said. "We haven't put anything in different than the things we did at Odessa Permian. But these guys have gone above and beyond. They've studied film and they're smart kids and that makes a big difference." PN-G had to start over last season at the wide receiver positions. Guys such as Kyler Segura, Spencer DeRon, Blake Reyenga, Amir Jalali, Collin Gizzi, and Garrett Boudoin enable Faircloth to like his chances at wide-outs. Then there's a returning running back Caleb Harmon, who has made a favorable impression. "I think Caleb fits our offense perfectly," the young PN-G boss said. A vital and unique varsity staff member in this Tribe, running backs coach Kyle Segura is a close ally of previous Indians' chief Matt Burnett. Segura also coached the running backs on Burnett's staff. While the offense has experienced a few alterations, Segura noted one major constant in the 2008 Indians offense and the 2009 upcoming attack. "It's a different offense but it still has the power running game in it," Segura said. "I think our athletes are responding very well to coach Faircloth and our new staff. It helped them a lot because he got here early in our off-season program." New defensive coordinator Duane Kroeker also has some most interesting timing in that PN-G returns a nice complement of regulars on his platoon too. They include defensive lineman Dallas Davis, linebackers Christian Kerr and Kane Benoit, safety David St. Clair, and corners Dre' Dunbar and Aaron Brandom. Assistant head coach and offensive line chief Joe Dale Cary owns one of the more demanding chores of reshaping the Indians' blocking wall after losing several seniors to graduation. That does not mean Cary has lowered the bar any for his offensive line candidates. "I'm looking for guys to play with great effort," Cary said. "I want them to play with the techniques they've learned in the last two months. And play tough and physical."

Be sure to post this in the Lamar board as well. Alot of traffic there..

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It will be interesting to see!!

They lose the early game [Hidden Content]

Who knows lol

I'll be there!

Yea that's how all the State Qualfying Tourneys are.

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Wednesday Game One: No. 3 Texas-San Antonio 5, No. 6 Northwestern St. 4 Game Two: No. 7 Sam Houston 9, No. 2 Southeastern Louisiana 2 Game Three: No. 1 Texas-State-San Marcos 9, No. 8 Stephen F. Austin 2 Game Four: No. 4 Lamar 4 vs. No. 5 Texas-Arlington 3 Thursday Game Five: No. 6 Northwestern St. 7 vs. No. 2 Southeastern Louisiana 9 Game Six: No. 8 Stephen F. Austin 4 vs. No. 5 Texas-Arlington 7 Game Seven: No. 3 Texas-San Antonio 6 vs. No. 7 Sam Houston 8 Game Eight: No. 1 Texas State-San Marcos 10 vs. No. 4 Lamar 1 Friday Game Nine: No. 3 Texas-San Antonio vs. No. 2 Southeastern Louisianna Game Ten: No. 4 Lamar vs. No. 5 Texas-Arlington Game Eleven: No. 7 Sam Houston vs. No. 3 Texas-San Antonio/No. 2 Southeastern Louisianna Game Twelve: No. 1 Texas State-San Marcos vs. No. 4 Lamar/No. 5 Texas-Arlington

Texas high school baseball poll Associated Press COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — The Texas high school baseball poll for the week of May 21, as determined by the Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association: Class 5A 1. Houston Bellaire, 26-1; 2. Houston Memorial, 26-3; 3. Mission Sharyland, 27-2; 4. SA Reagan, 27-4; 5. EP Socorro, 25-3; 6. Odessa, 27 -5; 7. Laredo United, 27-5; 8. Brazoswood, 24-2; 9. The Woodlands College Park, 21-5; 10. Tyler Lee, 25-2. Class 4A 1. CC Moody, 30-1; 2. CC Calallen, 31-2; 3. Lake Travis, 29-3; 4. Mesquite Poteet, 24-3; 5. Texarkana Texas, 22-5; 6. Rosenberg Lamar, 21-3; 7. FW Arlington Heights, 23-6; 8. Magnolia, 22-7; 9. Brenham, 26-3; 10. Hallsville, 23-2. Class 3A 1. Longview Spring Hill, 26-2; 2. Taylor, 23-5; 3. Bridge City; 23-4; 4. Sinton, 23-7; 5, Robinson, 23-3; 6. Sweeny, 21-2; 7. Paris, 24-5; 8. Celina, 21-4; 9. Kennedale, 22-3; 10. Andrews, 18-7. Class 2A 1. Holliday, 23-1; 2. Rogers, 22-3; 3. Harleton, 20-4; 4. Shallowater, 23-3; 5. Peaster, 26-4; 6. Danbury, 21-4; 7. White Oak, 21-6; 8. Brock, 26-3; 9. Corsicana Mildred, 21-6; 10. San Angelo Grape Creek, 20-6. Class 1A 1. Price Carlisle, 24-0; 2. Windthorst, 26-5; 3. Maud, 22-2; 4. Blue Ridge, 22-1; 5. Bosqueville, 20-4; 6. Chester, 22-3; 7. Flatonia, 18-7; 8. Lockney, 20-6; 9. Evadale, 20-4; 10. Thorndale, 21-7.

Game Time!!!!!!!!!!!!

2 good teams!!

They didn't want to be in it.

No talk on this until next week. 8)

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Bobcats, Cards eager for Battle on the Bayou Gabriel Pruett The Orange Leader It is no secret the record Orangefield has had against Bridge City the last three seasons. The streak even goes beyond three years. Jeff Bennett has been head baseball coach of the Bobcats the past three seasons and is yet to get into the winning side of things when facing the Cardinals but two wins this weekend and the six losses will seem like a distant memory. The Bobcats (22-9) and Cardinals (23-4-1) will meet at 5 p.m. today at Vidor High School for Game 1 of the Class 3A Region III Regional Quarterfinals. Game 2 will be played shortly after Game 1 with Game 3, if necessary, at 7 p.m. Saturday. Orangefield had bye in the area round after sweeping Liberty in the bi-district round. Bridge City knocked off Cameron Yoe in the area round after a by in the bi-district round since it was champions of District 21-3A. “We knew going into the season there was a possibility we would be in this situation,†Bennett said. “When we found out where we fell in the bracket, we knew we would be facing the Cardinals in the third round. It is a challenge our kids look forward to.†Bridge City has certainly had to work to defeat Orangefield twice this season. The first time the two rivals met Bridge City left Orangefield with a 4-2 victory. The Cardinals then knocked off the Bobcats 9-1 in Bridge City. “We are a completely different team at this point in the year,†Bridge City coach Chad Landry said. “We have been playing with a lot more confidence and we are hitting the ball much better than the first two games. Hitting is contagious. It usually only takes one guy to get the ball rolling.†Landry said the Cardinals players have been talking about his series since they stepped on the bus Monday after defeating Cameron Yoe, 13-3, in Houston. “The guys are excited and ready to go,†Landry said. “There is always a little bit of nervousness going into such a big game but once the game gets here the nerves turn to excitement. I understand everyone in town is going so it is going to be a big one.†Bennett even admitted the Cardinals are playing at a different level as of late before the words came out of Landry’s mouth. “We knew once he (Landry) got the Bridge City job the Cardinals would be a formidable opponent,†Bennett said. “Chad does such a great job utilizing the talents his players have. Their confidence level is totally different right now. I told our players usually good teams have one or two letdowns a year. Bridge City has not had a letdown yet.†Bennett will be looking for the Bobcats to continue to put the ball in play like they have all season. Orangefield is batting .349 as a team with 240 runs and 15 homers. Jacob Felts is leading the way with a .489 batting average and 37 RBI. Jace Statum is hitting .463 while Zach Peevey is hitting .368. “Our kids have to have the mindset that we are going to go into these games and do things right,†Bennett added. “We have to play good defense, not strike out and put the ball in play. We have to make sure we make them beat us and not beat ourselves. Our kids cannot get wrapped up in the fact they are highly ranked. We need to worry about the Orangefield Bobcats.†Landry knows it will be a struggle facing a team his squad has a 2-0 record against this year. “It is difficult to go 4-0 against any team in a year, especially a ranked team,†Landry said. “That is going to be tough to do. At first we were worried about playing two series in one week but now that it is here, we are thrilled we didn’t have to wait so long.†Orangefield’s offense will be looking to score off a Bridge City pitching staff which boasts a 2.39 team ERA with 223 strike outs to just 74 walks. On top of the rotation is Matt Hicks with a 1.39 ERA with 117 strike outs to just 15 walks. Caleb Kellogg has a 3.50 ERA while Daniel Wallace is at 2.73 and Forrest Zoch is pitching at a 3.36 clip. The winner of this series will face Spring Hill or Robinson in next week’s regional semifinals.

Ratings were better this past year....I think it would be ok.

It's pretty darn close though.

Mine to!

Not that i know of.

It's real

The tournament will begin at 11. There will 4 pools and they will play round robin games and then be placed in a single elimination tournament.