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Board meeting is Monday Night!!

Board meeting is Monday Night 6:30 for the Official hiring!!

Good luck!!

These Rankings aren't very good!!! Carthage (3A State Champions) not even in the top 5 and their whole OL is back and alot on Defense.

5A 1. Allen 2. Euless Trinity 3. SA Madison 4. Cedar Hill 5. Westfield 4A 1. Longview 2. Ennis 3. Lake Travis 4. Cibolo Steele 5. Denison 3A 1. Gilmer 2. Giddings 3. Cuero 4. Liberty Hill 5. Bridgeport 2A 1. Daingerfield 2. Pilot Point 3. Cisco 4. Arp 5. New Waverly 1A 1. Cayuga 2. Canadian 3. Sundown 4. Ganado 5. Falls City That is the way they have them in DCTF's Winter Edition.

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How many are out with injuries? This was supposed to be a good year.

Getting good!

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It's going to take time at LC-M.

He starts Mon. Morning.

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New Gander coach set to take the helm From staff reports Baytown Sun Published February 10, 2009 - Updated 17 minutes ago Marvin Sedberry Jr. was chosen as the campus coordinator and head football coach for Robert E. Lee High School during the Feb. 9 meeting of the Goose Creek CISD Board of Trustees. Sedberry, 30, has served as athletic coordinator and head football coach at Polytechnic High School in Fort Worth since 2007. There, Coach Sedberry took over a football program that had won only two games in three years. Coach Sedberry increased the win total at Polytechnic in two seasons, totaling more than the previous six seasons combined. In 2008, Sedberry’s football team was 4-6. Even more remarkable, Coach Sedberry was able to reduce the football squad’s failure rate from 51 percent to 2 percent in just two seasons, while increasing participation in the football program, and promoting dual sport participation. Sedberry is entering his ninth year of teaching and coaching. Before arriving at Poly High School, Sedberry was the offensive coordinator at Lake Highlands High School in Richardson. He has worked his way up the ranks starting at the junior high level. He has coached football, powerlifting, basketball and track. Coach Sedberry Jr., has also served as a student coach and teacher at Greenville High School in Greenville. At both 4A Greenville and 5A Lake Highlands, Coach Sedberry was a member of coaching staffs that earned playoff berths in football. Sedberry said he was attracted to Baytown Lee because of its strong winning tradition and track record of having great athletes. “Robert E. Lee is a recognized program across the state of Texas with high standards which makes it my kind of atmosphere,†Sedberry said. “The town of Baytown is an awesome town with a great sense of community spirit and school pride. I am excited about this opportunity to carry on such rich traditions.†The new coach’s immediate goals are to: • “Re-establish the tradition of being a playoff contender every year, and • “Create an exciting atmosphere at all levels from junior high to high school about Lee football.†Sedberry is a graduate of Poteet High School in Mesquite. He attended the University of Texas A&M at Commerce where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology. Sedberry was on both the Dean’s List and the President’s List at Texas A&M Commerce. Sedberry is a product of a coaching family. His father, Marvin Sedberry Sr. has coached for 35 years at several Texas high schools and is currently the athletic director for the Alief ISD. “I have been around athletics all my life. Early on I knew I wanted to coach football because of the thrill of competition and being the best,†said Sedberry. “It has been a privilege to have such a great role model as my father. Watching his work ethic and meticulous preparation for opponents has instilled poise, pride, class and discipline in my own career.†Bruce Davis, principal of Robert E. Lee, said he believes that the Gander faithful will be very impressed with Coach Sedberry's professionalism and demeanor. “He will be a great role model for not only our athletes but for the entire student body,†said Davis. “His enthusiasm is terrific, and his caring spirit for both academics and athletics is very apparent.†Davis and Goose Creek CISD athletic director Tom Ed Gooden believe that Sedberry is the right person for the job. “Coach Sedberry is a high-energy coach who relates very well with today’s athletes. Everyone we talked to gave him extremely high marks regarding his ability to work with athletes, coaches, parents, fans and administration,†Gooden said. “During his short career, he has been mentored by some of the most respected coaches in the business. We are really excited that he will be a part of the Lee High School and Goose Creek CISD family,†Gooden said.

Is baseball the toughest physically to coach? By Dave Rogers Published February 8, 2009 If the investments are tanking, speculators might be wise to look into analgesics and icemakers this time of year. The market for relieving sore shoulders and elbows should be spiking again with the start of high school baseball and softball practice. And not just for the players. What of the adult coaches? It’s not the young-uns who throw endless hours of batting practice and hit untold thousands of grounders and fly balls to help the players with their fundamentals. These are grownups, many of whom are beyond the usual age of playing in rec leagues, 40- and 50-something folks who may require a tube of Ben-Gay or some long hot baths to get through their seasonal coaching regimens. And the work for baseball and softball coaches doesn’t end there. Many of them take responsibility for grooming their fields as well, cutting the grass, dragging the infield and chalking the base lines. Which begs a question: is baseball and/or softball coaching the toughest of the high school coaching jobs? If not, which job is the toughest? (I’d like area coaches to email their answers, alternatives and explanations to me for a follow-up story or several. Please forward your thoughts to dave.rogers(at)baytownsun.com and be sure to put COACH in the subject line.) Based on decades of behind-the-scenes observation, I’d say that football takes the prize for being the most time-intensive sport. Football coaches routinely work long into the night at school watching videotapes and drawing up plays only to spend their free weekend time doing the same things. Preparation for one game starts the minute another one ends. And their off-seasons are getting more and more busy with powerlifting teams in the winter, spring training and summer 7-on-7 competitions. Sure, there are time-consuming jobs for coaches in most all sports like entering stats into computers, scouting opponents and laundering uniforms. Except maybe golf. That’s widely acknowledged as the best/easiest job in all of coachdom. Often, it’s also one of the most sought after, too. But basketball coaches don’t normally shoot jumpers and run the court or varnish their gym floors. Just like football coaches don’t actually do any “live†blocking and tackling and these days striping the fields is usually left to the maintenance departments. So when it comes to “getting physical†and actually doing activities performed by their players, coaches who swing fungo bats and throw batting practice have my vote. ••• In case you missed it, Sports Illustrated has reported that Alex Rodriguez tested positive for steroids in 2003. First, who cares? Even though Major League Baseball outlawed steroids a decade earlier, it did not begin testing for steroids until after A-Rod gave his sample as part of a MLB test that was supposed to be anonymous. As I’ve said before, I don’t think the use of performance-enhancing drugs in baseball’s so-called “steroid era†should disqualify anyone from Hall of Fame consideration, or be that big a deal. You know the big sluggers faced juiced-up pitchers and vice versa. Whether or not they violated the “sanctity†of record books is irrelevant to me because, how “sacred†can the record book be considering changes in ballparks, conditioning, lifestyles and travel schedules since records began being kept in the 19th century? Here’s what I care about concerning the A-Rod steroid revelation – as well as prosecutors using samples from the same test against Barry Bonds: They were never supposed to be revealed. By all rights, those records should have been destroyed before they could be seized by over-reaching government agents intent on prosecuting Bonds.

Byrd still humming for BH hitters By Dave Rogers Published February 8, 2009 Barbers Hill is reconstructing its pitching staff this spring after having four of last year’s hurlers sign college scholarships. But maybe the Eagles’ most important pitcher is back for his 15th season, assistant coach Jackie Byrd. Every day at practice, Byrd pitches an hour of batting practice to Eagle hitters and he does it an age – 61 -- when most of his peers have retired to the sofa. “I don’t know,†he said when asked the secret to his longevity. “I’ve just been blessed. There’s probably nothing in my arm to hurt. “But since I was a kid I’ve just always liked to throw. My wife figured out once that I’ve thrown 10,000 pitches a year.†Byrd, a part-time teacher and coach at Barbers Hill, is in his 39th year of coaching, having taught baseball, basketball and football. He was the defensive coordinator and secondary coach for the Eagles’ football team for many years until recently shifting to coach the defensive line. He is a former Baytown Lee coach who was an assistant there to longtime Ganders baseball coach Gary Herrington. “I’ve been throwing batting practice for probably 25 years,†he said. “I missed one year in all that time, when I was at Lee and I had something wrong with my upper arm and couldn’t throw at all that year. “My son played baseball in high school and college and I threw year-round then. The last three or four years, I didn’t throw year-round, but as a secondary coach, I’d throw a football all the time.†Byrd’s right arm is a valuable part of Barbers Hill’s traditionally strong baseball program. Especially since the Eagles’ younger head coach Gil Stalbaum has been unable to pitch BP. “I’ve had a frozen shoulder the last two years,†Stalbaum said. “I think some time this year I’ll be able to throw BP again.†Every high school baseball program has one electric pitching machine – and often several more -- at its disposal. But Stalbaum, like most coaches, believes hitters need to learn to follow the ball released from a pitcher’s hand, to time their swings by observing a pitcher’s arm motion. “We only use the machine to throw curveballs in the cages,†Stalbaum said, referring to Barbers Hill’s covered hitting tunnels. Paul Lindig, another AARP-eligible part-time coach at 58, has been helping Byrd with the batting practice hurling for the past six years. “I watched the Major League home run hitting contest a while back and there was some guy out there throwing that was 72,†Lindig said. “I figure if that guy can still do it ...†Lindig and Byrd started throwing a baseball around right after Thanksgiving to get their arms in shape for the season. The Eagles head coach likes their stuff. “If they ever decided to retire, my first priority would be to get a guy that could throw a bunch of batting practice,†Stalbaum said. “They are an integral part of my program.†Over the years, Byrd says, he has made allowances for his age. “I started throwing from the mound in 1974,†he said. “Now I’ve moved up about halfway. “And what’s kept me out here is this,†he said, reaching out and tapping the tall “L screen†protective netting that all BP pitchers employ for safety these days. “When I started, they didn’t have this and I got hit in the stomach with a line drive one day. I also got hit in the head once and they say that’s what’s wrong with me now.†Lindig says there are two rules to be a successful batting practice pitcher. “You’ve got to be able to throw strikes,†he said, “and you’ve got to be able to duck.†Jake Ponder, the Eagles’ senior catcher, said he and his teammates consider the coaches who pitch their batting practice special. “When we see other teams, we see 30- and 40-year-olds throwing BP to them, and when their kids see us taking BP from 60- and 58-year-olds, they think it’s funny. “It’s pretty neat to us. It shows us how much they love the game and how much they like being around us.†It must be love that causes Stalbaum to issue Byrd a new jersey number each year. It’s his age. Last year, Byrd wore No. 60. When he breaks out the new duds this year, it will be No. 61. Byrd doesn’t mind. “I hope he gets to keep changing it,†he said.

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Congrats!

1A voting results will be in soon according to Dr. B.

What's Utah Valley's record?

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