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Kerry and Kevin Von Erich Sting Brett Hart

Sam Houston wins two of three in Central Arkansas series Bobby Verbick March 16-18, 2007 GAME THREE - Sam Houston 15, Central Arkansas 6 NCAA BOX SCORE, PLAY-BY-PLAY CONWAY, Ark.-- Junior designated hitter Bobby Verbick had five hits and eight RBIs in leading the Sam Houston State Bearkats to a 15-6 victory over the University of Central Arkansas Bears in their Southland Conference series finale. Verbick, who hit for the cycle Sunday and also had two home runs on Saturday, had four RBI in the first two innings as the Bearkats (15-8, 2-1) went up 5-0 after two innings. He had a two-run triple in the first and added a two-run double in the second. A two-run single in the fourth gave Verbick six RBI and keyed a six-run inning that gave SHSU an 11-0 lead. For the three-game series, Verbick went 7-for-11 for a .636 batting average and 12 runs batted in. The Bears, who managed only one hit through the first five innings, put up six runs in the sixth. Matt Warren doubled down the right-field line for the first run and Derrick Corso followed with a similar shot to the same spot for another. Payton Seelinger’s sacrifice fly to right brought in the third run and an infield single by Jonathan Ashworth scored the fourth. Tye Throneberry went the opposite way for an RBI single and a run-scoring single to left-center by Kevin Rawls closed the gap to 11-6. However, the Bears left the bases loaded in that inning and again in the seventh and eighth innings. For the game, UCA stranded 12 runners. Corso went 3 for 5 for the Bears, while Rawls, Warren, Ashworth and Craig Nyborg all had two hits. Rightfielder Todd Sebek was 3 for 4 with 2 RBI for the Bearkats. SHSU starter Tim Gray (2-1) went 5.2 innings and got the win. Gray struck out three, walked two, and gave up seven hits. Grant Gatlin (0-1) got the loss for the Bears. Sam Houston State plays host to Prairie View A&M Tuesday at 6 p.m. at Don Sanders Stadium in a makeup of last Tuesday's rainout. GAME TWO - Sam Houston 8, Central Arkansas 5 NCAA BOX SCORE, PLAY-BY-PLAY CONWAY, Ark.-- The Sam Houston State Bearkats got a pair of home runs from Bobby Verbick among their 13 hits and downed the University of Central Arkansas Bears 8-5 in Southland Conference play Saturday. The loss was the first of the season at home for the Bears (9-8,1-1). SHSU improved to 14-8 and 1-1. Verbick, a junior designated hitter, hit a two-run shot to right in the fifth and added another two-run homer to left in the seventh inning.He finished 2 for 3 with four RBI. SHSU starter Jacob Howard (4-2) went seven innings for the victory and left with a 7-4 lead. Jason Prihoda relieved him in the eighth after the first two UCA batters reached. He allowed an RBI single to Graham Martin but got out of the inning, stranding two. After the Bearkats added another insurance run in the top of the ninth, Prihoda struck out the side, all looking, in the bottom of the inning to close it out for his seventh save. For UCA, senior Matt Warren led off the fourth inning with a home run, his fourth of the season. He added another RBI on a groundout in the next inning. Kevin Rawls and Graham Martin both had two hits and an RBI apiece for UCA, which managed only eight hits for the game. The teams complete the series with a 1 p.m. start on Sunday. GAME ONE - Central Arkansas 6, Sam Houston 5 NCAA BOX SCORE, PLAY-BY-PLAY CONWAY, Ark. _ Senior Matt Warren doubled to left field in the bottom of the eighth inning to score Kevin Rawls with the game-winning run in a 6-5 victory over Sam Houston State on Friday at UCA Field. The Bears (9-7, 1-0) won their first-ever Southland Conference game behind a 13-hit offensive attack and a 10-strikeout performance from junior Matt Whitaker. Whitaker (2-2) and Bobby Pritchett held the Bearkats to five hits. Jeremy Holzbach led Sam Houston State the plate, going 2-for-4 with two RBIs. Five different Bears had at least two hits, with Warren contributing a game-high three RBI. Whitaker (2-2) went eight innings, allowing six hits and two earned runs. The Bears fell behind 4-0 after the Bearkats (13-8, 0-1) put up three runs in the fourth inning. Rightfielder Todd Sebek started the scoring for SHSU, singling up the middle, stealing second, then scoring on a single by Holzbach in the first inning. Karl Krailo singled in Keith Stein who got on base on an error; Bobby Verbick was hit by a pitch and later scored on an error; and Heath Puth's hit a sacrific fly to right field to score Krailo in the Kats' three-run fourth. UCA answered with a four-run fifth inning, sending eight batters to the plate. All four of the runs were unearned off starter Jesse Marshall because of a pair of errors. Warren had a two-run single to left and right fielder Derrick Corso doubled home two more. Sam Houston went back ahead 5-4 in the top of the sixth as another Holzbach single scored Austin Boggs who walked. but UCA tied it in the bottom of the frame with an RBI single by pinch-hitter Grant Gatlin. The Bearkats brought in reliever Luke Prihoda to start the eighth but Rawls greeted him with a leadoff single up the middle. A sacrifice bunt by Gatlin moved him to second. One out later, Warren laced a double to left for the game-winner. Pritchett came on to pitch the ninth, faced four batters and earned his first save. Warren, Dickson, Payton Seelinger, Jonathan Ashworth and Rawls all had two hits for the Bears. SHSU shortstop Jeremy Holzbach was the only Bearkat with multiple hits, finishing 2 for 4. Game 2 of the series will be played at 1 p.m. Saturday, followed by the series finale at 1 p.m. Sunday.

I'm pulling for the Hawks in an upset.

Bobcats win.

HJ 12 Silsbee 11

Stupid program? That's funny you would say that, since you have TRIED to be a part of this "stupid program" for the last two years and you quit this year. The question is why did you quit? Let me guess, the coaches don't like you and you were going to play on one of the lower level teams instead of the varstiy. Yeah, I know, I'm right. Hey Kyle, If you want to talk trash about the Silsbee Baseball Program and Coach Trawhon, that's your right, but you could at least hide your email address so people wouldn't know who you are.

Sam Houston 9, Dallas Baptist 6 Heath Pugh March 6, 2007 BOX SCORE From THE HUNTSVILLE ITEM By Tom Waddill, Sports Editor These Bearkats have a little pep in their step. On Tuesday night at Don Sanders Stadium, Sam Houston State made the most of nine hits, two steals and five Dallas Baptist errors in a 9-6 victory over the Patriots. The Bearkats (11-6) didn't hit the ball that hard. In fact, all nine of their hits were singles, but they put together a five-run third inning to take a 6-1 lead. Then after Dallas Baptist roared back to tie the game at 6, SHSU tacked on two runs in the bottom of the fifth and added an insurance run in the eighth. “I've been really pleased with our guys,†Bearkats coach Mark Johnson said. “They continue to have quality at-bats. We had two productive at-bats, a high hopper to third base in the third inning that (Nick) Zaleski gets in play and Jeremy (Holzbach) hitting one up the middle with the bases loaded.†The Patriots (8-7) made errors on both plays. Three runs scored on Zaleski's slow roller to third, and the Bearkats took the lead for good when Dallas Baptist shortstop Austin Knight could not handle the bouncer up the middle off Holzbach's bat in the bottom of the fifth. “We're trying to get them to battle to the end of every at-bat,†Johnson said. “We gave up a comfortable lead tonight, but we didn't get down. We got some help from our opponents, but I felt good that we able to scrap through it and when we got opportunities, we responded.†Stephen Spaugh pitched 1 2/3 scoreless innings in relief of starter Stephen Price and picked up his first win. Closer Luke Prihoda pitched the ninth and notched his fifth save of the season. Catcher Heath Pugh led the Bearkats with a pair of hits and two RBIs. Todd Sebek and Zaleski also had two hits apiece, while Clint Mann, Bobby Verbick and Austin Boggs each added one hit. In the fifth, Boggs drew a one-out walk. Sebek singled to left and Pugh singled to right. With the bases loaded, Holzbach bounced a hot shot up the middle that ate up Knight. Two runs scored on Knight's error, and Spaugh, Jacob Howard and Prihoda pitched well enough to make that lead stand up in front of 196 fans. “I was pleased with our pitchers,†Johnson said. “Dallas Baptist is a very good offensive ballclub. Spaugh got hit around, but in a key situation (in the sixth, he gets out of a jam by striking out one of their best hitters. Price gives up an early home run, but he settled down and gave us a few good innings. “We're going to keep battling, scratching and believing.†The Bearkats added a single run in the eighth when Verbick lined a single into center to score Mann. Verbick continued swinging a sizzling bat. He brought a .478 batting average with 32 hits, eight doubles, four homers and 23 RBIs into Tuesday's game, the 17th of the season. As a team, the Bearkats are hitting .345. This weekend, SHSU hosts Louisiana Tech in a three-game series starting Friday at 6:30 p.m.

I agree with you. Silsbee stranded 10 runners.

What a game. Great pitching performances by Schooling and Stringer. Schooling: 6 hits 3 walks 11 K's 2 runs Stringer: 5 hits 3 walks 15 K's 1 run

No, they did go to prehistoric animals. They stayed with modern farm animals.

There was a team in the Woodville tournament, Woden I think, that made all types of farm animal noises. One inning it was quacking like a duck and the other it was mooing like a cow. One of the most annoying things (nothing beats softball chants) that I have ever heard.

Every win is exciting!!!

Schooling doesn't throw a slider.

The Hawks win by 3.

SHSU 5 Texas Southern 4. Chalk up another victory for the Bearkats.

The catcher (#20 Steinhagan) for Kelly is a very good ball player. He went 2-3 with a 2B, 2 walks, and a 3-run HR.

Ken Griffey Jr.

Your right, I don't remember. That's why I said that I'm not sure about Huffman. Meaning that I don't know enough about Huffman to give an opinion.

POOL A: (Played at Hudson) Hudson Whitehouse Central Heights Bridge City POOL B: (Played at Lufkin) Vidor Silsbee Central Northeast Christian Academy POOL C: (Played at Diboll) Diboll Jasper Livingston Hemphill Thursday: 5:00 Whitehouse vs Central Heights; Vidor vs Silsbee; Hemphill vs Livingston 7:30 Hudson vs BC; NCA vs Central; Jasper vs Diboll Friday: 12:00 Hudson vs Central Heights; Silsbee vs Central; Livingston vs Diboll 2:30 BC vs Central Heights; NCA vs Silsbee; Livingston vs Jasper 5:00 BC vs Whitehouse; NCA vs Vidor; Hemphill vs Jasper 7:30 Hudson vs Whitehouse; Vidor vs Central; Hemphill vs Diboll Saturday: (Single Elimination) (Hudson) 1st place from each pool 11:00 Seed 2 vs Seed 3 1:30 Seed 1 vs Wildcard 1 4:00 W1 vs W2 (Championship game) (Lufkin) 2nd place from each pool 11:00 Seed 2 vs Wildcard 2 1:30 Seed 1 vs Wildcard 3 4:00 W1 vs W2 (3rd & 4th place) (Diboll) 11:00 Wildcard 4 vs Wildcard 5 1:30 Seed 1 vs Wildcard 6 4:00 W1 vs W2

Thursday: 7:30 Hudson vs BC (at Hudson) Friday: 2:30 BC vs Central Heights (at Hudson) 5:00 BC vs Whitehouse (at Hudson) Saturday: TBA

Sam Houston sweeps Saturday doubleheader 16-3 and 6-3 after falling Friday night 5-2 Don Sanders Stadium LIVE STATS FOR SATURDAY'S GAME NCAA BOX SCORE: Sam Houston 16, Army 3 NCAA BOX SCORE: Sam Houston 6, Army 3 HUNTSVILLE -- Bobby Verbick hit a three-run home run and Nick Zeleski added a two-run homer to sparke an 11-run fifth inning as Sam Houston State defeated Army 16-3 in the first game of a Saturday doubleheader at Don Sanders Stadium. Clint Mann batted in runs in the third and sixth innings and Todd Sebek and Stephen Spaugh added run scoring singles to lead the Bearkats to a 6-3 victory in the nightcap. Sam Houston (3-4) took two of the three games in the series with Army (1-2). In the first game, the Bearkats produced 16 runs off 13 hits, three Army errors, and three hit batsmen. Jesse Marshall (1-1) gave up only eight hits in seven innings to pick up the victory. Cole White (0-1) was the loser. Zac Baker pitched the final two innings in relief for Sam Houston, allowing only one hit. Zaleski went three for four and Verbick, Karl Krailo, and Aaron Cook each had two hits. The 11-run fourth inning marked the biggest inning for the Kats since Sam Houston State scored 12 runs in the second inning of a victory over Texas-San Antonio at Holleman Field in 1996. The school record for runs in an inning is 18 against Saint Thomas in 1968. The 11 runs Saturday stands fourth in the Bearkat record books. Tim Gray (1-0) got the victory as the starter in the second game, striking out three and giving up only three hits in five innings. Luke Prihoda pitched the final four innings for the save. GAME ONE Sam Houston State 16, Army 3 (Feb 17, 2007 at Huntsville, TX) (Game 1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Army................ 000 10 2 000 - 3 9 3 (1-1) Sam Houston State... 001 1(11)2 01X - 16 13 0 (2-4) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Pitchers: Army - White; Anderegg(5); Fouch(5). Sam Houston State - Marshall; Baker(8). Win-Marshall(1-1) Loss-White(0-1) T-2:56 A-316 HR ARMY - Simmons. HR SHSU - Verbick; Zaleski. GAME TWO Sam Houston State 6, Army 3 (Feb 17, 2007 at Huntsville TX) (Game 2) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Army................ 002 000 001 - 3 7 3 (1-2) Sam Houston State... 002 103 00X - 6 8 1 (3-4) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Pitchers: Army - Mayhew; Clothier(6). Sam Houston State - Gray; Prihoda(6). Win-Gray(1-0) Save-Prihoda(1) Loss-Mayhew(0-1) T-2:35 A-263 NCAA BOX SCORE: Army 5, Sam Houston 2 February 17, 2007 By Tom Waddill, Huntsville Item Kyle Scogin and Tony Capozzi each hit run-scoring singles and J P Polchinski accounted for another run in a three-run sixth inning to power Army to a 5-2 victory over Sam Houston State in the season opener for the Black Knights Friday night at Don Sanders Stadium. Black Knights left-hander Nick Hill combined with three relievers to pretty much silence Sam Houston State in a 5-2 win for Army. SHSU junior Bobby Verbick collected two hits, including a first-inning double, but Army's pitchers shut out the Kats (1-4) for eight innings before the home team finally scratched two runs in their final at-bat. The two teams play a doubleheader today starting at 2 p.m. on Military Appreciation Day in Huntsville. “Their left-hander (Hill) was pretty good,†SHSU coach Mark Johnson said after his team managed just six hits. “We didn't put the ball in play as well as we should have.†Sophomore righty Jacob Howard (1-1) suffered the loss for SHSU, which has dropped three straight decisions. Howard battled, but Army hung three runs on the board in the sixth. The Black Knights (1-0) didn't hit Howard hard, but they did get five hits in the frame to break open a scoreless contest. SHSU could have escaped Army's biggest inning allowing only one run, but the Bearkats botched a squeeze bunt play with one out when no one covered first base. After the Black Knights scored their second run on a sacrifice fly, they pushed another run across when Tony Capozzi singled to right. On a two-run single by Cole White, Army added two more runs in the seventh off SHSU reliever Matt Fry. Johnson said he was again pleased with Howard's performance. Last weekend, the sophomore from West Columbia fired six shutout innings in the Kats' 8-0 win over Brigham Young. On Friday, Howard gave up six hits, three runs and three walks, while striking out four. “Jacob gave us a chance to win the ballgame,†Johnson said. “He gave us a chance to take the lead and win.†SHSU simply didn't capitalize on a couple of early scoring opportunities, and their ninth-inning rally came up a tad short. Lefty Drew Clothier pitched Army out of a bases-loaded jam in the bottom of the ninth to get a save. “In Friday night games, you've typically got to get your bunt plays down and do the little things right,†Johnson said. “I was pleased with Jacob's performance, but give Army credit. They did the little things right tonight. I'll be disappointed if we don't come back and give them a better challenge tomorrow.†Johnson said senior left-hander Jesse Marshall will start today's first game. Senior righty Timothy Gray will pitch the nightcap for SHSU.

I'm not sure about Huffman, but it sounds like BH has quality pitching. I can see BH going 3-4 rounds in the playoffs.

Orangefield wins by 4.

I'll go with the Hawks by 8.

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