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Yes, this was the list the day it was sent out. I'm sure there will be more Applicants applying by Monday.

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Old news from the Enterprise!!! The Attorney General said late yesterday they have to release it.

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Area swimmers get in another tune-up in preparation for district Tommy Mann, Jr. The Orange Leader LAKE JACKSON, TX. — Orange County high school swimmers participated in one of the largest swim meets of the season this past Saturday as the district meet looms ahead. Eight swimmers from the Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School and Vidor High School swim teams took part in the Brazoswood Invitational at Brazoswood High School last Saturday as dozens of swimmers from nearly 20 schools participated. Alex Dorman again paced the LC-M team as he made a strong showing in the Boys 200 Yard Freestyle with a 12th place finish in a time of 2:05.95, which was more than three seconds better than his personal best. Dorman, 15, also placed 16th in the Boys 100 Yard Butterfly with a time of 1:09.39, which is 3.49 seconds faster than his previous personal best. Vidor swimmer Jarrett Cameron participated in his first ever 200 Yard Intermediate Medley, which requires the competitor to swim 50 Yard intervals of the butterfly stroke, backstroke, breast stroke and freestyle. He placed 19th with a time of 2:40.01. Cameron, 16, also showcased his speed in the Boys 100 Yard Freestyle as he improved his personal best time by 1.38 seconds with a 24th place finish of 1:02.15 in a field of 44 contestants. Ashley Mann set a new personal record with 17th place finish in the Girls 200 Yard Intermediate Medley with a time of 3:06.59, an improvement of 6.55 seconds. Mann, 16, also improved her time in the Girls 50 Yard Freestyle by 0.18 seconds with a time of 32.61 seconds in a 40th place finish in largest girls field of the day. LC-M’s Chasity Chapman finished with a time of 40.69 and was closely followed by Jessica Cameron of Vidor, who improved her best time by 2.4 seconds with a time of 42.38 seconds. The race was won by Krystan Morrell of Beaumont West Brook in a time of 25.31 seconds. Chapman placed 38th in the Girls 100 Yard Freestyle with a finish of 1:33.34, while Stephani Dyess of Vidor set a personal best time of 1:54.21 by chopping off nearly five seconds in Saturday’s contest. Jessica Cameron, 15, finished in 32nd place with a time of 1:52.53 in the Girls 100 Yard Backstroke, and was trailed right behind by Hannah McLendon of LC-M who finished in 1:55.95. Dyess of Vidor improved her time by more than 11 seconds with a new personal best time of 2:26.05. McLendon, 15, also competed in the Girls 100 Yard Breaststroke for the first time and finished 35th with a time of 2:12.35. LC-M swimmer Dmitri LaCour, 14, finished in 22nd place in the Boys 100 Yard Backstroke with a time of 1:32.15, but was one of two swimmers disqualified due to a judges decision. Vidor and Little Cypress-Mauriceville swimmers will now focus on the district swim meet, which will be held on Feb. 5 at Central Middle School in Nederland.

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WO-S' Robinson, WB's Michael winners of Smith Awards Van Wade The Orange Leader BEAUMONT — West Orange-Stark defensive end Kevin Robinson won the Defensive Award and Beaumont West Brook running back Christine Michael won the Offensive Award at the 17th annual Willie Ray Smith Sr. Awards Banquet Thursday night at the Elegante Hotel, honoring Southeast Texas' top high school players from this past season. Robinson, The Orange Leader’s Defensive Player of the Year and First Team Class 3A All-State pick, was a dominant force up front for the Mustangs. He was elated when he accepted the award. "I really would like to thank the Lord for giving me such a wonderful opportunity to play football," said Robinson. "I feel truly blessed to win this award because everyone nominated were deserving." Robinson became the first Mustang defensive end to lead the squad in tackles in the program's storied defensive history. Not bad for a 5-8, 165-pound defensive end. "I may not be the biggest but I have a lot of heart thanks to my Mom," said Robinson. "At West Orange-Stark, you don't have to be the biggest all the time. We always count on our team speed and flying to the football." Mustang head coach Dan Hooks was thrilled about Robinson being the fifth Mustang defensive player to earn the award. "Kevin came on strong for us late in the season when he was a junior and we knew we had something special going into his senior year," said Hooks. "He's dynamite in a small package. He's the type of kid that pushed himself hard every single workout. He's an overachiever, forget about his size, he was a tremendous football player for us." Defensive coordinator Cornel Thompson echoed the same sentiments. "Kevin epitomizes what West Orange football is all about," said Thompson. "He has such tremendous heart in that little body and he will line up and go after it. He made so many big plays for us. He was there for a sack. He was there with big tackles for losses. He was so huge on special teams. What an awesome young man. We're proud of him." Robinson would love to play ball on the next level as well. "I don't know what my future holds right now except that I know I want to play some ball somewhere and I think I'll get that opportunity," said Robinson. "To play ball and to continue my education, that's what it's all about." Robinson notched 107 tackles, 16 of them for losses. He also caused four fumbles and recovered two and recorded seven sacks and 10 more pressures. Robinson didn't stop there. On special teams, he blocked five kicks. Defensive finalists that joined Robinson included Beaumont Ozen linebacker Justin Isadore, Kirbyville linebacker Broderick Jackson, and Central linebacker William Jones. Michael rushed for more than 1,300 yards to lead Class 5A West Brook to the playoffs. Michael has verbally committed to Texas A&M University. Joining Michael on the offensive finalist list included WO-S quarterback Ortavious Hypolite, Kirbyville quarterback Aaron Hazelwood and Lumberton running back Jacob Hanna. The guest speaker was Lamar University head football coach Ray Woodard, who is solidly building a foundation in starting the Cardinals' football program back up. A panel of area sportswriters and sportscasters were asked to review a list of area school nominees submitted by area coaches. The media members picked four offensive and four defensive finalists in early December. Those same news media representatives were required to vote a second time to choose a winner from the four offensive and defensive finalists. The Smith Awards are in honor of legendary Southeast Texas coach Willie Ray Smith, Sr. (1911-1992). Smith began his coaching career in 1942 at Dunbar High School in Lufkin. After coaching for four years, Smith came to Orange where he led Wallace High School up to 1957. In 1957, Smith began an 18-year coaching stint at Beaumont Charlton-Pollard High School. Smith captured 235 games in his career, accomplishing amazing feats with stern discipline. He took over ill-equipped programs and turned each one of them into consistent winners. Smith's sons, Tody and Bubba, who both starred in the National Football League, are among more than 20 players he helped send on to pro football. SMITH WINNERS Here are the past Willie Ray Smith Award winners: 1993: Offense: Dexter Hebert, Kelly; Defense: Frank Middleton 1994: Offense: Jay McGuire, Silsbee; Shaun Horn, Jasper 1995: Offense: Jeffery Spikes, Burkeville; Tyseski Adoin, West Brook 1996: Offense: Elijah Burkins, Thomas Jefferson; T.J. Light, Lumberton 1997: Offense: Bryan Bock, Bridge City; Fred Wright, Kountze 1998: Offense: Chip Ambres, West Brook; Defense: Charles Sias, WO-S 1999: Offense: Beaux Daville, Orangefield; Defense: Rod Gulley, Newton 2000: Offense: Dustin Long, PN-G; Defense: Gayron Allen, WO-S 2001: Offense: Sean Yoder, Nederland; Defense: Jermaine Hope, WO-S 2002: Offense: Tony Eckert, Lumberton; Defense: Ricky Wilson, Lincoln 2003: Offense: Matt Peebles, Bridge City; Defense: William Bryant, Jasper 2004: Offense: Jamaal Charles, P.A. Memorial; Defense: William Morrissey, Silsbee 2005: Offense: Jamaal Charles, P.A. Memorial; Defense: Brain West, Ozen 2006: Offense: Kenneth Beasley, WO-S; Defense: Sean Weatherspoon, Jasper 2007: Offense: Micah Mosley, Nederland; Defense: Earl Thomas, WO-S 2008: Offense: Cody Hussey, Lumberton; Defense: Tramain Thomas, East Chambers 2009: Offense: Christine Michael, West Brook Defense: Kevin Robinson, WO-S

Offense Christine Michael......WB Aaron Hazelwood......Kirbyville Ortavious Hypolite....WO-S Jacon Hanna...........Lumberton Defense Justin Isadore Broderick Jackson Kevin Robinson William Jones

There will be more applicants from when this list was posted!

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Congrats to these young men and all the Players nominated!

I'll have to do some Research.

Games to be played to conclusion Associated Press PARADISE VALLEY, Ariz. -- All postseason games will be played to their conclusion under a change to the major league rules approved Thursday by baseball owners. Owners also voted to use head-to-head records to replace coin flips when determining home-field advantage for tiebreaker games in division and wild-card races. Games would be suspended if they are called, regardless of how many innings have been played or the score at the time. A suspended game is resumed and played to completion at the same site. The change also applies to tiebreaker games but not to the All-Star Game. Owners approved the change three months after Game 5 of the World Series was suspended with Philadelphia and Tampa Bay tied 2-2 after 5½ innings. That night, commissioner Bud Selig declared that the game would not be cut short, no matter how long it took. Play was resumed two days later, and the Phillies finished off the Rays 4-3 in the final three innings. "I'm delighted," Selig said. "Given my experience there before Game 5 in Philadelphia, it's important to have the rule clarified. The rule is now clarified the way I had interpreted it anyway."

Hayes at Teague has really turned them around!

Na, i see full lists across Texas from different sites.

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From smoaky Tyler Chapter of Baseball Officials Vote to not work U.I.L. member games... KTBB Sports confirmed tonight a vote by the Tyler Chapter of Baseball Officials to not work any baseball games of U.I.L. member schools until a statewide pay issue is settled with the University Interscholastic League. One source told David Smoak, "we have a group of eight people attending a meeting in Houston on Saturday, and we will make very clear our concerns with the UIL pay structure for 2009." The source also added, "The Tyler Chapter isn't the only Chapter upset, just read the ongoing thread on your own website, Smoaky.com." (Link to thread listed at bottom) They added, "we've been told by the U.I.L games will be played whether we're involved, or not." Mark Cousins, the U.I.L. Director of Baseball will be in attendance at the meeting on Saturday in Houston, and email contact tonight has not been returned. The U.I.L. put a new pay-rate into affect for the 2009 season, $45 per game, plus gate and .58 1/2/cents per mile for travel, compared to the $75 flat rate in 2008. Some high school baseball officials and umpires have told Smoak recently, "the problem with using gate is most high school programs don't charge to watch their games." KTBB Sports has learned other Chapters are discussing their plans this week, and waiting for news from the meeting in Houston this weekend. The source also told KTBB Sports, "If a change in the pay-scale changes this weekend, we'll be happy to be involved in U.I.L. events this season." We will try and get a response from the Mark Cousins and the U.I.L. on Thursday. Smoaky.com UIL/Baseball Umpires Pay Dispute . U.I.L. Baseball Umpire Pay .