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I agree, i like it!

Congrats!!!!!!!!!

It puts teams together that are much closer in Enrollment, Closer to an equal playing field.

;D Like it or not it's coming Sooner than Later!

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[Hidden Content] Click Link and Classifications are on the top right.. 5A Division 2 District 7 Baytown Lee Baytown Sterling Beaumont West Brook Dickinson Galveston Ball La Porte LC Clear Springs Port Arthur Memorial 4A Division 1 District 9 Beaumont Central Conroe Caney Creek Humble Kingwood Park Huntsville Magnolia Magnolia West Montgomery Willis 4A Division 2 District 9 Beaumont Ozen Lumberton Nederland Orange Little Cypress-Mauriceville Port Neches-Groves Vidor 3A Division 1 District 10 Bryan Rudder Cleveland Huffman Hargrave Navasota Splendora 3A Division 1 District 11 Bridge City Jasper Liberty Silsbee Sour Lake Hardin-Jefferson West Orange-Stark 3A Division 2 District 10 Cleveland Tarkington Coldspring-Oakhurst Diboll Hamshire-Fannett Huntington Orangefield Shepherd 2A Division 1 District 11 Anahuac Buna Hardin Kirbyville Kountze Newton Winnie East Chambers 2A Division 1 District 13 Corrigan-Camden Elkhart Hemphill Trinity Warren Woodville 2A Division 2 District 12 Deweyville Garrison Groveton New Waverly San Augustine Shelbyville 1A Divsion 1 District 12 Colmesneil Hull-Daisetta Lovelady Pineland West Sabine Saratoga West Hardin 1A Division 2 District 12 Burkeville Chester Evadale High Island Sabine Pass

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Crouch slated to head up LC-M sports Gabriel Pruett The Orange Leader LITTLE CYPRESS — The Little Cypress-Mauriceville Battlin’ Bears did not have to look far to find their new athletic director/head football coach. Randy Crouch was right down the road at West Orange-Stark High School serving as offensive coordinator. Dr. Pauline Hargrove, superintendent with the Little Cypress-Mauriceville Consolidated ISD, will recommend to the LC-M CISD Board of Trustees the hire of Crouch at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 9 in the LC-M High School auditorium when the board meets. Hargrove praised Crouch as a man of integrity and high character. “We put out a survey to our residents for their input and he aligned with that survey,†Hargrove said. “People wanted someone with ties to this community and he is well respected as an individual and a coach. Every group he has been with has been successful.†Crouch has been with the Mustangs since 1998 where WO-S has went undefeated in the regular season five times. The Mustangs have seven district titles since that time, including five in a row. “I am very excited and happy,†Crouch said. “This is a real great opportunity and I am real excited about getting the chance. I have been in coaching long enough to know you don’t take jobs just to get a title. My wife (DeWanna) and I prayed about this when the job came open and we decided together this was something we would try to do. The Lord opens opportunities and sometimes you do not understand them. I am just real excited because this is the Lord’s will.†Crouch’s former head coach, Dan Hooks at WO-S, said he was sad to see Crouch leave yet was excited for a guy he considers a friend first. “Randy is a very good friend since we have been together for 11 years,†Hooks said. “He is the type of guy if you call him at 10:30 p.m. with a flat on the highway in Vidor, he will come get you. We had some real good years since he has been here. He definitely contributed to that success and we wish him all the luck. The good thing is he did not move off to Forth Worth or Dallas. I will still stay in close contact with him and only one time a year, the second week of the season, we will be enemies. After that game, we are back to being friends.†Crouch has also served as offensive coordinator at LC-M from 1994 to 1997. The team was district runner-up in 1995 and reached the regional finals in 1997, the farthest any LC-M team has ever reached. Crouch has twice been a head coach, once at Sulphur, La. High School from 1988 to 1990 and at DeQuincy High School from 1987 to 1988. “I think it is always the more you know is better,†Crouch said. “I will try to use my experience to the best of my ability. This is not about me. This is about the kids at LC-M. I want to give them the best opportunity we can and that is what it is all about. I want to help make them successful so they can graduate and become great citizens.†Crouch admitted leaving the Mustangs was not an easy decision. “I have been there for 11 years,†Crouch added. “I had some great experiences there. We had success there and were able to do some things. I will always be indebted to people at West Orange-Stark. I don’t have enough time to thank them all.†Vicki Castino, the head volleyball coach at LC-M, said she is excited over Crouch’s hire and ready to begin a fresh start at the school. Castino has been at LC-M since 1988 and has worked for five other athletic directors. “I have worked with him before and he is a great guy to communicate with,†Castino said. “He is very knowledgeable of football and I know that is the sport they are trying to turn around but I am sure Coach Crouch will take care of all the other sports. We wanted an AD who is going to take care of all the sports and been seen at a number of events and I think he will be that person. Change is good because it refreshes you.†Hargrove reported 62 people responded to the vacant position at LC-M with 61 who actually applied. A panel of nine screened all the applications and then narrowed the field down to 25 interested parties. From there the committee trimmed the list down to seven finalists and two would eventually pull out during the interview process. “We did feel his (Crouch) knowledge of the school and of the community would benefit us,†Hargrove said. “He already knows so many people he will work for and the students. It will give us a heads up in the process. Coach Crouch also has a history here and it was at a time LC-M was very successful.†Hargrove called the hiring process a long procedure. “We were very delighted with all the fantastic candidates,†Hargrove added. “You start to wish you had more jobs to offer some of these fine men. We recognized the importance of this position and we believe he is the person who is best for the job.†Hooks believes with proper staff, Crouch could be the turning point for the LC-M program. “I think they made a good choice,†Hooks said. “He knows what to do. As a head coach you have to surround yourself with people who are on the same page as you.†Crouch will have his work cut out for him in trying to turn around the Battlin’ Bears. LC-M was 8-28 under former coach Todd Moody in four years and was 0-8 in 2008. LC-M was outscored 337-71 for the season. Opponents averaged 399.0 yards a game on offense while the Bears averaged 189.0. The Bears finished 1-9 in 2007 with a team high picked by The Orange Leader in its pre-season rankings. The Bears were outscored 278-132 that season. Crouch is now ready to get the approval from the board and get to work on turning around the Bears’ program. “At LC-M there are talented people there,†Crouch said. “I will pull from everyone possible. It’s to make it the very best we can make it and lead all sports in the right direction. I really look forward to the opportunity.†Crouch joined Brandon Faircloth, the offensive coordinator at Odessa Perriman, as the two newest coaches to join District 20-4A. Faircloth will soon be recommend to the Port Neches-Groves board to become the Indians’ new athletic director/head football coach. Central, Jasper and Port Arthur Memorial are still without a head football coach.

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The School ADMIN office is sending press release on it soon!

Stay tuned for the Press Release!

I was told it wouldn't happen!

He's a good one to start with though.

May take him some time or then again it may not. They have a good one in Faircloth who can certainly run an Offense. I saw some Highlights of one of the spreads he runs and Defenses couldn't stop it.

So far, so good for Anahuac hoops squad By Robert Chambliss Correspondent Published February 2, 2009 ANAHUAC – The Anahuac Panthers’ 2008-09 basketball season has been near perfect so far. Led by second-year head coach Ben West, the Panthers have posted a 17-7 overall record, and a 6-1 record in District 23-2A, good for second place. Tuesday night, the Panthers make their bid for first place when they host district leader and longtime basketball powerhouse Kountze at 7:30 p.m. An overflow crowd is expected, so fans should plan on coming early. This year has marked a big turnaround for the Panthers, who were 9-12 a year ago. The Panthers have had to work extra hard to keep up with Kountze. The first meeting between the two was a five-point victory for Kountze; however, the Panthers are eager to take their shot at winning at home. “Kountze is a very good squad,†West said. “They beat us at their place the first time, but our team is ready for them come round two.†The Panthers’ recent past has been rocky. They have had three coaches in the past four years, and the expectations of the fans have dropped off the charts. “When I got here there was no structure,†West said. “There were a lot of kids with a lot of talent, but they were lost without a coach.†In his second year, West has already met the expectations of his parents, increased the Panthers’ overall record, and filled the stands with fans. “Our defense has really led us this year,†West said. “We are a fast team that likes to play a fast break style of basketball. We pressure the ball, cause a lot of turnovers, and score easy baskets off other teams’ mistakes.†With Kountze scheduled for Tuesday, the players are getting pumped up, especially seniors Robert Boykins and Anthony Rivon. Both Rivon and Boykins agreed they deserve to be in first place. “I’m excited to play them again,†Boykins said. “We have been waiting for this moment all year, and I think that all our hard work will pay off, and we will beat them at home.†Rivon said beating Kountze was a stepping stone to a bigger goal. “We have been preparing for this (Kountze game) all year,†he said. “However, we have also been preparing for another thing — the state playoffs.†The last time the Panthers made the playoffs was in 2003. With a couple of more wins, they will clinch a playoff spot, which will be a first for everyone on the team. “I think the hunger is growing,†West said. “They can taste the playoffs, they know it’s close. One team, one dream.â€

Baseball field’s still feeling Ike’s wrath By Dave Rogers Published February 2, 2009 Last week’s email from Anahuac baseball coach Curtis Penn struck a chord: The Panthers had been forced to amend their 2009 high school baseball schedule because they couldn’t promise to play night games at their ballpark at Fort Anahuac Park. Four and a half months after Hurricane Ike hit the upper Gulf Coast, the light poles and their fixtures have still not been repaired. And the folks at Anahuac are not alone. Preseason high school baseball practice officially began Friday. At Baytown’s Sterling High School, some things were noticeably different than in past seasons. For one, the press box was missing from atop the bleachers behind home plate. For another, the wooden outfield fence had given way to a chain-link replacement. At Goose Creek Memorial, the 100-mph winds generated by the Category 2 hurricane blew down the new scoreboard at the softball field last Sept. 13. Robert E. Lee’s Gary Herrington Park, home to the Ganders’ baseball team, has newly repaired dugouts, fences and a patched-up press box. While Ike is a distant memory for many who live in the Baytown area, its effects will live on for years. And when it came to repairing the storm’s damages, school districts understandably last fall put spring sports facilities on the back burner. But most of the repairs are complete. “The things that haven’t been repaired to this point are on the hot plate right now,†is the way Tom Ed Gooden, Goose Creek school district athletic, put it recently. For Sterling’s Kluch Field, that means opening preseason practice with two batting cages instead of three and doing without a press box until sometime early in the season. Anahuac athletic director Darrell Barbay is hopeful that the Panthers will fix their lighting problem soon. “Some of the poles turned and moved some of the fixtures,â€Barbay said Sunday. “The winds blew some of the wires and stuff. “I think we’re going to get them taken care of. I talked to the (Chambers County) commissioner yesterday. He’s going to try to do some stuff, but we’ve got to go ahead and prepare just in case.†For the Panthers, that means moving varsity game times 7 p.m. to 4 p.m. and moving junior varsity games to different days. For now. “I don’t think it’s that big of a job,†Barbay said of the lighting repairs, “but I can’t do it.†Paul Tadlock, Sterling’s head baseball coach since 1998, said he’s been told to expect a new press box sometime this month. “We’re just waiting,†he said. “Our last cage is going up, we haven’t gotten a wind screen up (on the outfield fences). The press box will be pre-fab and they just have to drop it in. But they haven’t started building on the base of it yet.†The biggest change for Sterling’s ballpark will be the outfield fence. “I guess the biggest disappointment to us was we had that big monster wooden fence,†Tadlock said. “It made our park unique. Now we don’t have that. I guess that’s the way life goes when you have a disaster.†The wooden fence had been built with money raised by the baseball team’s booster club. Ironically, the booster club had been raising money before the hurricane to replace Sterling’s wooden dugouts with some built with cinder blocks. The hurricane blew down the wooden dugouts and the school district rebuilt them, this time using cinder blocks. So the fence is the thing at Sterling. “We went to a cyclone fence, to have a fence that would withstand that type of thing,†Tadlock said, meaning a hurricane. “But if a hurricane wants something, it’ll take it.â€

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