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Dunn, Nats agree to two-year deal The Washington Nationals and Adam Dunn have agreed to a two-year contract, according to ESPN.com's Amy K. Nelson. The deal is worth $20 million, ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney is reporting. It could be announced as early as Thursday, according to multiple reports. Dunn, 29, hit .236 with 40 home runs and 100 RBIs with the Arizona Diamondbacks and Cincinnati Reds last season. Dunn has hit at least 40 home runs each of the past five seasons. In 1,131 games, Dunn has 278 home runs. He has played in the outfield and first base during his eight-year career.

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Principal calls new coach ‘great fit’ for Lee By Dave Rogers Published February 11, 2009 Robert E. Lee’s new head football coach recalled that on one of his recent trips after applying to be the new Gander Commander he left Fort Worth in 40-degree weather, arrived to a balmy 70 degrees in Baytown, then returned home that night to an ice storm. The transition from coaching in urban Fort Worth to a suburb of Houston shouldn’t be nearly as extreme for Marvin Sedberry, Jr. According to figures contained in reports for the 2007-2008 school year published on the Texas Education Agency’s Web site, Sedberry’s old school, Fort Worth Polytechnic, had a student population that was 64 percent Hispanic, 32 percent African-American and 70.4 percent of its students were considered economically disadvantaged, which means they qualify for the state’s free or reduced lunch program. The same AEIS (Academic Excellence Indicator System) report for Robert E. Lee shows a student population that in 2007-2008 was 53 percent Hispanic, 21 percent African-American and 62.5 percent economically disadvantaged. “When you drive in the neighborhood there, it looks awfully similar to the neighborhood around Lee High School — without the refineries,†said Tom Ed Gooden, the Goose Creek athletic director who traveled to Fort Worth last week with others on the coaching selection committee to observe Sedberry at work. Monday night, the Goose Creek school board approved the hiring of Sedberry as Lee’s sixth head football coach since 1940. He succeeds Dick Olin, who resigned after 17 years in December to take a similar job at Lewisville High School. Sedberry becomes the GCCISD’s first African-American head football coach. “We were looking for the best person regardless of skin color,†Lee principal Bruce Davis, another member of the search committee, said. “We feel like he’s just a great fit. Certainly, at the school he’s been at, Fort Worth Poly, there are similar situations. We just feel like he’s got an excellent opportunity to take our kids to the next level. “We’re very excited. I’m extremely excited. I think he’s going to be a great role model for the kids. He’s very enthusiastic. He cares about the kids, which is obviously what we’re looking for.†For his first head coaching job, Sedberry took on the challenge of a Class 4A program that has struggled for decades. One Internet site went back as far as 1986 without showing a season in which Poly’s Parrots won more than they lost. Poly’s football teams had gone 2-8, 4-6, 0-10, 1-9 and 1-7 in the five years before Sedberry’s arrival in 2007, an average of 1.6 wins per season. His first team there was 3-6. He followed that with a 4-6 campaign last year, going 2-4 each year in District 7-4A games. “When I got there, there were 40 kids in the program,†he said. “I got it up to 100.†Participation in football – and all athletic programs – has declined at Lee in recent years faster than its overall decline in enrollment. With about 2,000 students – roughly twice the number at Poly – Lee has fewer than 100 players currently in its football program. The Ganders’ once-storied program has averaged just four wins a year the past five seasons. So how did Sedberry increase participation? “By showing the kids you genuinely care what they’re about and what they’re doing,†he said. Sedberry spent Tuesday on campus at Lee and met with the Gander athletes and their coaches at the Lee fieldhouse. As he still must be released from his contract in Fort Worth, the new coach hopes to be on the job full-time in a couple of weeks. He said he will “go through an evaluation process†before making any decisions on his coaching staff and he will tailor his offensive strategies to his new players’ abilities. “I’ve gone from the Wishbone to the wing-T to the spread,†he said, citing the offenses run at his last three coaching stops. “I want to assess the talent we have and do what gives us the best chance to be playing in the postseason.†Although Sedberry is only 30 years old and only has two years of experience as a head coach, no one who knows him sees that as a problem. “For a young coach, he has a lot of maturity,†Fort Worth athletic director Herb Stephens said Tuesday. “We’re excited for him and obviously sad to see him go. “He did a good job at Poly. They played well and his kids played hard. They played hard for the entire game.†Sedberry’s father, Marvin Sedberry Sr., is currently athletic director for the Alief school district. In 20 years as a head coach at Wilmer-Hutchins, Beaumont Central, Dallas Carter, Greenville and Bryan he had a record of 135-89-2. “He’s worked with some exceptional people,†Gooden said of the younger Sedberry. Prior to moving to Fort Worth, Sedberry was a student coach under his dad at Greenville, then spent six years in the Richardson school district, where he was originally hired by current Abilene ISD athletic director Jerry Gayden. He was promoted each year, starting as a junior high coach and ultimately landing the offensive coordinator’s job at Dallas Lake Highlands after former Odessa Permian coach Scott Smith took over there. “It says a lot about a coach when a new guy comes in and not only keeps him on staff but makes him a coordinator,†Gooden said. “That’s what coach Smith did when he came to Lake Highlands.â€

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Playoff bound LC-M wins, gets help from Livingston buzzer-beater Gabriel Pruett The Orange Leader LITTLE CYPRESS — Basketball fans will not hear Amanda Ellerbee and the Little Cypress-Mauriceville Lady Bears complain about four playoff teams in 4A for a long time. Thanks to a buzzer beater from the Livingston Lady Lions, the Lady Bears are headed to the playoffs for the first time under Ellerbee’s direction. “In a way to start the year I thought it was silly,†Ellerbee said of four playoff teams qualifying for the playoffs. “I am not saying that now. I’m its biggest fan. I really feel bad for Nederland, they deserve it just as much as anyone else. I know they beat us twice in district.†Ellerbee was proud for her seniors who were freshman when she took over the Lady Bears’ program. “I am happy for the girls,†Ellerbee said. “I have grown up with them. I am so glad they will get the experience of being in the playoffs. It feels like this is two years in the making. This is the same team from a year ago that only beat Vidor in district. They wanted it this year and they worked at it.†Ellerbee heard Nederland was up three points with a minute to go right before she pulled up into Bulldog Gym after her team defeated Vidor, 45-25, Tuesday. When she walked in the gym the two teams were tied at 44. The Lady Lions took a shot and missed and then with two seconds left got an offensive rebound and a bucket to win the game. “There is nothing worse than someone else controlling your destiny,†Ellerbee said. “We were jumping up and down after the shot. Everything we had worked for came together.†The Lady Bears did their part by first beating Vidor. LC-M ends the district race at 7-7 while Nederland finished 6-8. Amber Soileau led the Lady Bears with nine points, six steals and three assists while Brittney Hale added eight points. Ellen Williams finished the night with eight points and Katie Harrell added seven points, eight rebounds and two assists. Maci Wilcox finished with four points. The Lady Bears struggled through the first three periods as LC-M was up 31-22 heading into the fourth. LC-M’s defense came alive in the fourth, holding the visiting Lady Pirates to just three points in the game’s final eight minutes. The final score was far from how the Lady Bears were looking in the first half. LC-M was up 13-9 after the first period and then took a 21-19 lead into the break. The Lady Bears did a better job in the second half of protecting the ball.

Mustangs rush past Cardinals, 73-51 Tommy Mann, Jr. The Orange Leader WEST ORANGE — West Orange-Stark head coach Zack Quinn watched all 11 of his Mustangs score Tuesday night as they ran past the Bridge City Cardinals 73-51 in District 21-3A action at Mustang Gym. Marquest Watson led a very balanced Mustang attack with 15 points. The Mustangs (21-9, 5-3) maintained their third-place position in the 21-3A race, holding a two-game lead over fourth-place Orangefield with two games to go. The Mustang win offset a strong performance by Cardinal post Tanner Girouard, who led the Cardinals (15-18, 0-8) with 24 points while adding five rebounds. WO-S forced the Cardinals into 25 turnovers and guard Darius Rubin was the main thorn in BC’s side as he ran off with eight steals. The Mustangs led 10-5 at the end of the first period. The Cardinals got to within 10-9 but the Mustangs went on to score 18 unanswered points to stroll to the win. WO-S led 28-11 at intermission. After totaling just 39 points in the first 16 minutes, the teams combined for 85 in the second half. Post Darius Davis had 11 points and pulled down six boards for the Mustangs, who out-rebounded the Cardinals 40-29. Terrance Noble, Justin Francis and Donte Green each contributed eight points to the WO-S cause. Noble had a team-high seven rebounds while Francis had five. Kendrick Budwine added seven points while JaKenan Cotton added six points and five boards. The Cardinals received 10 points and a game-high 12 rebounds from Nate McAnelly while Tyler Hyde had six points on two three-pointers in the fourth period. The Mustangs committed just eight turnovers for the night. WO-S went just 7-of-18 from the free-throw line while the Cardinals made just 10-of-23. The Mustangs will venture to second-place Hardin-Jefferson Friday while the Cardinals visit Orange County rival Orangefield. .

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Faircloth arrives on Reservation ready for work The Port Arthur News PORT NECHES -- Port Neches-Groves head football coach Brandon Faircloth has stepped into his first head coaching position this week, communicating immediately with the Indians' coaches and players. The 31-year-old Brownwood native reported to his somewhat vacant office area in PN-G's fieldhouse and addressed the varsity and junior varsity football players on Monday. Faircloth continued by speaking to his varsity coaching staff Tuesday morning, as well as talking to the freshman football squad. The former Odessa Permian offensive coordinator has planned to hold individual meetings in the upcoming days with members of PN-G's varsity coaching staff. Faircloth was hired unanimously last week at a called meeting of the PN-GISD board of trustees. A former assistant at Permian, Highland Park and Austin Westlake, the new Indians' chief told the Odessa American newspaper that the opportunity to lead PN-G back to prominence was too hard to pass up. "It's the history of Port Neches-Groves," Faircloth said. "It's a program with high expectations, high academic standards, and a program with a lot of tradition." Faircloth said he will be in the Golden Triangle by himself for the rest of the current school year. His wife, Emily, is completing her work toward a masters degree in the Odessa-Midland area at the University of Texas-Permian Basin. She will not move to this area until June. — TOM HALLIBURTON

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