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Livingston 42 LCM 29

Final

Silsbee 47 Bridge City 39

BH 64 GCM 30

Kountze 61 EC 33

Thanks, i haven't heard a score on this one.

47-38 Spurger after 3

66-34 Silsbee after 3

24-23 Spurger Half

Time to start running the stands!

Post a game thread

Dr. B told me there would only be 5 games away.

Interviews will start Monday, Feb. 9th and the hiring will be Thur. the 26th.

As Van Wade said in his article 'The Country Club Practice days are over".

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OC Baseball 2009; Top 10 OC Players Gabriel Pruett The Orange Leader Top 10 OC Baseball Players 1. Matt Hicks - Bridge City 2. Jacob Felts - Orangefield 3. Tim Barry - Little Cypress-Mauriceville 4. Jace Statum - Orangefield 5. Trae Hester - Vidor 6. Joe Robertson - Bridge City 7. Stefan Cloeren - Little Cypress-Mauriceville 8. Matt Johnson - Little Cypress-Mauriceville 9. Blake Hubbard - Bridge City 10. Jordan Darnell - West Orange-Stark To say Orange County is loaded with baseball talent in 2009 is a huge understatement. There will be a number of players who will shine on the baseball diamonds and there are several teams ready to start long playoff runs. District 20-4A The Little Cypress-Mauriceville Bears are back after a 24-10 season last year and a win in the bi-district round over the Huffman Falcons. The Bears would lose in the area around against Lamar Consolidated. The Bears, under the direction of Steve Griffith, Wayne Stephenson and John Martin, have made the playoffs for six straight seasons and this season should be no different. LC-M will be able to hit the ball in 2009, that is far from being a question. With guys like Stefan Cloeren, Tim Barry and Stefan Leger the hitting should never be a problem. What the Bears will be looking to do is receive better pitching performances in 2009. Shane Wadell has been talked a lot over the last few months and along with Dallas Brown and Matt Johnson could give the Bears a nice rotation. Another aspect of the Bears’ success will be the experienced coaching staff of Griffith and Stephenson. The Dynamic Duo has many years together and seem to be able to read each others’ minds. Vidor could also have a lot of success in 2009 after making the playoffs in back-to-back seasons. One of the major additions to the Pirates this season is the fact Kyle Green is still a Pirate. Green flirted with the idea of being the next coach of the Bridge City Cardinals yet he is back in Vidor. Vidor has one of the best starting pitchers in Southeast Texas in Trae Hester. Hester can beat any team at any point in District 20-4A. Players like Chaz Bruce and Chad Sims gives the Pirates a great defense and potent hitting capabilities. The race for the playoffs will also include Nederland and Port Neches-Groves with four teams making it to the postseason this year. Nederland is loaded with experience and PN-G could be the most talented team in the district. District 21-3A Three teams in 21-3A from Orange County have legitimate shots at making the playoffs in 2009. It all starts in Bridge City with the Cardinals who are the likely front-runners of the district. They went 26-7 overall a year ago and 13-1 in district play. They defeated Needville in the area round before losing to Jasper. Chad Landry, formerly of Hamshire-Fannett, is the new coach and inherited a team which lost only three key players from a season ago. The team will have to find a way to replace Jaden Dillon, Casey Jackson and Jason Clark. The talent level in Bridge City remains high with star juniors Matt Hicks and Joe Robertson leading the way. Seniors Dustin Breaux, Blake Hubbard and Blake Snyder give the Cardinals a ton of experience in key positions. The Orangefield Bobcats seem to be a trendy pick to make the playoffs in 2009 and rightfully so. The Bobcats have been young over the past few years yet the talent has been there. The Bobcats were 12-11-1 last year and 4-10 in the district race. Like the Cardinals, the Bobcats are led by two juniors in Jacob Felts and Jace Statum. Felts hit about .500 in district play in 2008 and was the first catcher to throw out Jasper standout Taylor Hart trying to steal a base. Statum is the ace of the pitching staff and can also play a great centerfield. There are also not many players who can match Statum’s speed on the basepads. Zach Peevey, Garrett Holmes and Derrick Evans give the Bobcats a core group of players behind Statum and Felts along with Chase Angelle and Josh Watson. The West Orange-Stark Mustangs are looking to be back in the mix this season after a couple of down years. Jesse Riojas is the new head coach and will be looking to light a fire under some very talented players. Jordan Darnell was a second team All-District selection a year ago and is joined by Justin Sparrow and Clayton Gearhart in a talented junior class. Taylor Bonnin, Cody Hodge and Kendal Veitch are the key seniors for the Mustangs looking to give Riojas a winning season in his first season as a head coach. One of the most exciting times for the Mustangs in 2009 will come early (March 5-7) as the Certan-Bearden Tournament is back at West Orange-Stark High School. WO-S was 2-17 overall and 2-12 in 21-3A in 2008. The Cardinals, Bobcats and Mustangs must also deal with a talented team at Hamshire-Fannett. The Longhorns return six starters to last years 11-13-1 team as Taylor Eaves, Jeremy Pinder and Hagan Dagle are the key players. Silsbee and Hardin-Jefferson seem to have lost a lot of talent from last year but the Hawks and Tigers can never be forgot about. Silsbee could have one of the district’s best pitchers in Josh Skinner, who will not play until the Tigers are knocked out of the basketball playoffs.

Should have the 1A results on the voting of this in a week or so.

Very true! One thing Katy has going for them is Numbers (Depth), they have 2nd and 3rd stringers that are as good as the first string their Coach said.

8) Heard they looked good though.

Fuller: Faircloth 'terrific young coach' By Tom Halliburton The Port Arthur News Leon Fuller is happy to tell his fellow Golden Triangle football lovers that Port Neches-Groves can rejoice over its selection of Brandon Faircloth as head football coach. Serving in his second school year as Executive Athletic Director for Odessa’s Ector County Independent School District, Fuller has had the chance to become close with the 31-year-old Faircloth, who received PN-GISD's board approval on Tuesday night. Faircloth will receive a two-year contract to start next week at an annual salary of $83,500. To hear Fuller's take on the newest Indians' chief, Faircloth may be worth every penny. "He is a terrific young coach," Fuller told The News by telephone late Thursday afternoon. "He's done wonders here for us. He's had a different quarterback step in at Permian for each of the last three years and they have broken records year after year... He has a tremendous rapport with the young men and I think everybody in Port Neches is going to really like him." Fuller’s credibility to make such an evaluation encompasses having one of Southeast Texas’ great football resumes. Leon, as his friends know, played high school football for Bum Phillips at Nederland, was an undersized terror for Bear Bryant at Alabama, coached under Wade Phillips with the Denver Broncos, served as Colorado State's head football coach and was a long-time University of Texas defensive coordinator. "We've gotten to know each other pretty well," Fuller said of his relationship with Faircloth. "You're getting a mighty good one from us here. I tried to tell him this morning that it will be a little different from here over there, but I think he's ready for this kind of an opportunity." Fuller doubted that Faircloth's age (only 31) would work against him at PN-G because of his extensive and vast background at Austin Westlake, Dallas Highland Park and Odessa Permian. A Brownwood native, Brandon is the son of Brownwood High School principal Bill Faircloth. He's been right on the shirt sleeves of school and education throughout his life in Texas high schools. The News attempted unsuccessfully to reach Faircloth on Thursday at Permian to discuss assistant coaches, but Fuller indicated Faircloth did not intend any massive house cleaning within the Indians' veteran coaching staff. "He (Faircloth) said that he's planning on giving everyone (on PN-G's staff) a chance to stay there if they want to be a part of the new staff, and if it fits well," Fuller said. "I've talked with Matt Burnett, who's done a good job there for more than 15 years, and I'm glad that Matt is going to be around there to help in any way that he can." PN-GISD schools superintendent Dr. Lani Randall said Faircloth figured to work closely with high school principal Marc Keith regarding personnel and coaching selection decisions. "There are not any defined parameters on how many coaches that coach Faircloth is permitted to bring in," Dr. Randall said. "He will be allowed to evaluate his program and make recommendations and I'm sure that some of that will take weeks." PN-GISD's search committee appeared to hit a home run in its community with its selection and hiring of Faircloth who did not have the head coaching resume of Calallen's Phil Danaher and Liberty Hill's Jerry Vance, but was regarded as arguably a top three choice by many area football experts. Danaher and Vance both withdrew their names from consideration during the process. When Brandon said yes to PN-G, the purple people received a welcome bonus, too. The PN-G timetable for the new coach's start date was Mar. 3. Faircloth will start next week. "We're very pleased about that," Dr. Randall said. "We have heard a lot of positive comments throughout the community about him." Area coaches and fans often have publicly praised the efforts of Burnett's staff, although many of Matt's assistants understandably feel antsy regarding their career futures right now. Dan Welch and Carl Broussard have been successful on their respective jobs as offensive and defensive coordinator. Welch has shouldered the double duty of offensive coordinator as well as offensive line coach the past four years since Mike Long accepted the head coaching job at Beaumont Kelly. Welch's changes early in 2007 placed the Indians on a roll for a seven-game win streak and a share of the 20-4A championship. Broussard has served as defensive coordinator the past two years. His 2008 defense contained no returning starters but steadily improved by the end of the season. Jay Stone has been regarded among the area's premier high school baseball coaches for more than a decade, along with assistant Mark Brevell. Kyle Segura and Terry Cobb have served lengthy and effective tenures in PN-G's track and field program. To lose any of those assistants would represent significant losses to a veteran staff. If you buy Leon Fuller's assessment, the new Indians' chief will work wonders real soon with most of those assistants on the New Reservation.... new in more ways than facilities.

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BC, Buna, West Sabine get Top 10 nods Van Wade The Orange Leader The Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association recently released their Top 10 polls in each classification and there are plenty of usual “suspectsâ€, including several Southeast Texas teams. In Class 3A the Bridge City Cardinals, who went 26-7 and a near perfect 13-1 to win District 21-3A last season, nabbed down the No. 6 spot in Class 3A. Cuero was tabbed No. 1 in 3A. In Class 2A, defending District 23-2A champion Buna (22-6) earned the No. 1 spot. The Cougars, who have a slew of starters returning to the diamond, stormed all the way to the 2A State Tournament last season, falling to Corsicana Mildred 7-5 in a nail-biting state semifinal. San Angelo Grape Creek, which also lost in the 2A state semifinals against eventual state champion Salado, is ranked right behind the Cougars. The other Southeast Texas team ranked are the West Sabine Tigers, who checked in at No. 10 in the Class 1A poll. The Tigers (27-6) cruised to the state semifinals last year where they fell to state champion Bosqueville. Bosqueville goes into this season ranked No. 1 as well. Class 4A has the usual powers at the top. Defending state champion Corpus Christi Calallen (40-1) is in the top spot. The other three teams from last year’s 4A State Tournament are in the top five including North Richland Hills Birdville (No. 2), Friendswood (No. 3) and Waxahachie (No. 5). Two other teams from a tough Region III that are there include Lamar Consolidated (No. 4) and Brenham (No. 10). In Class 5A, Coppell captured the top spot. Defending 5A state champion Plano West is ranked No. 7. THSBA Poll Here is the Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association 2009 Preseason high school Baseball Poll: CLASS 5A: 1. Coppell 2. Houston Bellaire 3. Flower Mound 4. Southlake Carroll 5. Klein 6. Laredo United 7. Plano West 8. San Antonio Reagan 9. Spring Branch Memorial 10. Katy CLASS 4A: 1. Corpus Christi Calallen 2. North Richland Hills Birdville 3. Friendswood 4. Lamar Consolidated 5. Waxahachie 6. Waco Midway 7. Austin Lake Travis 8. Corpus Christi Moody 9. Highland Park 10. Brenham CLASS 3A: 1. Cuero 2. Taylor 3. Giddings 4. Robstown 5. Pittsburg 6. Bridge City 7. Bullard 8. Pleasant Grove 9. Bellville 10. Andrews CLASS 2A: 1. Buna 2. San Angelo Grape Creek 3. Hallettsville 4. Riviera Kaufer 5. Rogers 6. White Oak 7. Holliday 8. Palmer 9. Grandview 10. Rosebud Lott CLASS 1A: 1. Bosqueville 2. Flatonia 3. Maud 4. Follett 5. Malakoff Cross Roads 6. Archer City 7. Granger 8. Seymour 9. New Deal 10. West Sabine

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