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Bears down Raiders, 10-6 Gabriel Pruett The Orange Leader LITTLE CYPRESS — First it was Little Cypress-Mauriceville rolling, then it was Lumberton and finally the Bears got the hard-fought win. LC-M jumped out to a 9-0 lead after the first three innings only to watch as Lumberton fought back. LC-M (19-11, 10-3) defeated Lumberton (11-15-2, 5-8) 10-6 on Senior Night which celebrated the efforts of 11 players. The Bears win also gave Vidor a reason to smile as the Pirates clinched the fourth playoff spot in District 20-4A even after losing to Nederland on Monday, 9-0. LC-M was up 4-0 after two innings and then erupted for five runs in the bottom of the third. After Brandon Landry drove in Taylor Thompson on a sacrifice fly, Tim Barry later had a three-run blast to deep center field scoring Wade Estes and Scott Vaughn. Stefan Leger, who walked, later came in to score when Matt Johnson had his second RBI double of the night. Johnson’s first RBI double came in the first inning and put LC-M up 1-0 when Barry scored. Johnson cross home plate to make it 2-0 in the bottom of the first when Thompson hit a RBI single to right field. Two more Bears scored in the bottom of the second to make it 4-0 LC-M. Vaughn led off by getting hit by a pitch and Dallas Brown followed that up with a walk. Leger plated both runners with a two-run singled to left field. The Raiders were not done playing baseball as Lumberton scored four runs in the top of the fourth. West Bingham led the inning off with a solo home run. Tyler Wilson made it 9-2 when he scored as Corey Lemaire was hit by a pitch. Trace Freeman then crossed home when Skylar Stampley was issued a walk and Ryan Hughes picked up a RBI fielder’s choice to score Ty Choate to make it 9-4. Bingham would score again in the top of the fifth as Parker Harris hit a RBI double to center. Barry scored for the third time for LC-M in the bottom of the fifth after leading off with a single to left. Johnson picked up his third RBI of the night with a single to right to score Barry. Wilson plated Lumberton’s final run of the night with a RBI single to center in the top of the sixth to score Tyler Erickson. Thompson worked two different times on the mound for LC-M and allowed one run in 3 1/3 innings and gave up four hits with two strike outs. Barry went three innings for LC-M and struck out five with three hits and one run. Wilson did a nice job in relief for Lumberton as he worked the final two innings and kept silenced the LC-M bats. He gave up two hits and struck out five of the six batters he faced. LC-M will finish the district schedule Friday when it travels to face Beaumont Ozen.

UIL rules BC/HF game is final Gabriel Pruett The Orange Leader BRIDGE CITY — It is a final, no matter how much Bridge City fans do not agree. The UIL handed down the decision Monday that the Hamshire-Fannett Longhorns will be credited with a 14-11 win over the Cardinals after last Friday’s game was suspended in the bottom of the fifth due to rain. Bridge City will head into the playoffs as the No. 1 seed out of District 21-3A with a 9-1 mark while Hamshire-Fannett is No. 2 with a 7-3 mark. The Orangefield Bobcats will enter the playoffs with a 6-4 district record as the third place team. Mark Cousins, policy director at the UIL, said the UIL policy on completed games falls under rules set by the National Federation of High School Association. “District policy cannot override the National Federation of State High School Associations rules and that is whose playing rules we follow,†Cousins said. “If the game was suspended under the circumstances you described, the game is over. National Federation rules prevail. Once a game reaches regulation status, it is a game.†Mike Gentry, the District 21-3A chairman, said parties involved in the game checked with the UIL and went with their rules. “The UIL said we had to go with the National Federation rules,†Gentry said. “The games last week, it would not have made a difference in the standings. With the Orangefield/Silsbee game, Orangefield was up anyway. I am only glad we got it right and everybody is on board. The teams involved can now move on and represent District 21-3A in an efficient way.†Bridge City Athletic Director Cris Stump said the Cardinals still have the option to appeal the UIL decision yet will not drag the process out any longer. “We have said lets move on and that is where we are at,†Stump said. “Another part is the umpires called the game, they did not suspend it. That was another nail in the coffin. We as a district need to look at this and spell it out clearly. Those games last week really clouded this situation. It worked out to where in the best interest of all involved, we did what we did.†Stump said some of the problem becomes the wording in the rules which deals with if a game is called suspended or if the game is called complete. Walt Mangan, Hamshire-Fannett athletic director, said he took no pride or pleasure the Longhorns won the game this way and was only pleased the right call was made. “I only wanted to make sure we got it right,†Mangan said. “This was too big for us. The UIL states if the game goes five innings, the game is final. It should have been dealt with last week. If this would have been the other way around and we were losing after five innings, I would not be arguing any different. There was a rule written and I wanted to make sure we followed it.†Mangan said the rules describing suspended games were misinterpreted last week when several games were picked up on last Monday due to bad weather. “It became a difficult thing once you misinterpret something and you do things one way one week and another way the next week,†Mangan added. The game not only put a loss on the Cardinals because the end result also decided where the Orangefield Bobcats will be placed in the playoff bracket. If the game had been finished and Bridge City was to come back and win, the Bobcats and Longhorns would have been tied for second place. Orangefield coach Jeff Bennett said he is not bitter towards either side and is now only worried about his team and their route through the post-season. “My personal opinion is the game should have been finished,†Bennett said. “The only problem I had was I did not want to have to wait until Thursday or Friday to find out where our team stood in the bracket. I am glad I now know today where I’m at.â€

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22-3A Cleveland at Coldspring 7pm Huffman at Shepherd 7pm................Postponed Liberty at Tarkington 7pm

Final

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BS/Evadale will play Thur due to Rain!!

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kogt.com After seven years as West Orange-Stark High School Principal, Mike Mason is being relieved of his duties. “I have decided that the best interest of the District will be served if we seek new leadership at the WO-S High School,†said Supt. Dr. O. Taylor Collins. “We are currently receiving applications for Principal of our high school.†Collins said Mason will have an opportunity to take another position in the district. Mason says that nothing has been decided at this time. Another principal position is open at the Middle School. Anitrea Goodwin has been named to the central office position of Executive Director of Federal Programs and Special Initiatives. “I am pleased that Mrs. Goodwin will be leading federal programs and some special instructional initiatives. With the influx of new federal dollars in the stimulus package, there will be much added work in these important programs,†said Dr. Collins. She will begin her new duties July 1. Collins will also have a decision to make at Oates Elementary. Bill Conway was brought out of retirement and signed to a one year contract to be the principal there. Collins said a decision will be made soon on whether Conway will be back. Collins is hoping to have Sheila Perry back as principal at North. Perry has been ill and Paul Hardin has been serving as interim principal. Bennie Smith is expected to return to Anderson Elementary next year according to Collins. "Mr. Smith has done an excellent job at Anderson," Collins said.

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[Hidden Content],2933,517877,00.html SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The father of a south-central Missouri baseball player who died after being hit by a wild throw said Friday that he doesn't blame the pitcher. Mike Clegg said he hugged the Lebanon High School player whose pitch hit 16-year-old Patrick Clegg and told him it was an "absolute aberration" and a freak accident and he shouldn't hold himself responsible. "I hope that that leads to him believing that he is going the right direction and get back out there and play the game, because that is what my son would tell him to do if he had the opportunity," Mike Clegg said. Patrick Clegg, a Waynesville High School junior, was batting Tuesday at Lebanon when he turned to avoid being hit by a pitch. The baseball hit him just below his helmet and he collapsed. Doctors at St. John's Hospital in Springfield declared Patrick brain dead Thursday. He was taken off a respirator and his organs were donated Friday. His father, who had returned in March from eight months in Iraq, said Patrick had been receiving letters from colleges interested in recruiting him. "He was exactly where he wanted to be in life," Mike Clegg said. "He was in the process of getting letters from colleges for baseball. We saw nothing but hope for his future at the collegiate level and hopefully beyond." Services for Patrick Clegg will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday.

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