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  5. SFA Rejects new facilities

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    The following was in the Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel today.

    By TYESHA BOUDREAUX

    The Daily Sentinel

    Tuesday, January 29, 2008

    The proposed Bo Pilgrim Ballpark struck out at Tuesday's SFA board of regents meeting when university President Dr. Baker Pattillo recommended that the facility should not be completed because of a lack of funding for the project.

    "I recommend that this project should not go any further," Pattillo said, while addressing the board.

    The estimated cost to build the ballpark is about $14 million, and 25 percent of that — $3.5 million — should have been raised through private donations during the fundraising months, which kicked off in November 2006 and ended in December 2007.

    At of the end of 2007, about $1.94 million in gifts and pledges for the ballpark had been raised, which is about $1.56 million less than what was originally projected as the goal for the private donations.

    Pattillo said he consulted numerous individuals, including "people in Austin," and he did not believe that the project would be approved in Austin (by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board) because of the lack of "dedicated revenue."

    "The athletic director (Robert Hill) will notify the coach, players and parents." Pattillo said.

    People who donated money to the ballpark will also be contacted, thanked for supporting the ballpark and offered refunds, Pattillo said.

    "At the time (the ballpark was approved) everyone felt like it would be successful," Pattillo said. " ... perhaps some time in the future."

    He also said that "work will begin" to see what can be done to improve the fields that both the SFA baseball and softball teams currently use, which is the Nacogdoches City Complex on West Loop 224.

    Hill said he will also work with the city of Nacogdoches and a local baseball association to see what can be done to improve the current facility.

    "Obviously anytime you have an ambitious project that you want to happen and then it doesn't, there's some disappointment to that," Hill said. "What we had, what we collected and what our goal was, we couldn't close the gap."

    Before Pattillo made his recommendation, Terry Lehmann, a parent of an SFA baseball player, addresses the board during the public hearing segment of the meeting.

    She said one of the main reasons her son committed to play baseball at SFA was because he was told that a stadium would be built in two years.

    She also said that "false promises" were made to the baseball players to get them to commit to SFA.

    "You (regents) can make a big step in the right direction by approving the ballpark," Lehmann said.

    Lehmann said she met with Pattillo in November and that "he emphasized that he was not consulted before baseball was brought back (to the university in 2004)."

    "That was a strong impression on how he felt about baseball," Lehmann said.

    After hearing Pattillo's recommendation, Lehmann said, "it would have been nice if they would have chose to honor their commitments."

    "SFA's integrity is at stake here," Lehmann said.

  6. ***2008 BASEBALL SCHEDULES HERE***

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    New Caney Eagles

    2008 Varsity Baseball Schedule

    Day         Date   Opponent                           Site    Time

    Tuesday Feb. 5 Kingwood/Cy Falls (scrimmage) Away TBA

    Saturday Feb. 9     Nederland (scrimmage)        Away TBA

    Tuesday Feb. 12    South Houston (scrimmage)  Home TBA

    Saturday Feb. 16 Montgomery (scrimmage) Away TBA

    Tuesday Feb. 19 Eisenhower                   Home 7:00

    Thursday Feb. 21 Oak Ridge Tournament Away TBA

    Friday         Feb. 22 Oak Ridge Tournament Away TBA

    Saturday Feb. 23 Oak Ridge Tournament Away TBA

    Tuesday Feb. 26 Caney Creek                   Home 6:00

    Thursday Feb. 28 Brenham Tournament Away TBA

    Friday         Feb. 29 Brenham Tournament Away TBA

    Saturday Mar. 1         Brenham Tournament Away TBA

    Thursday Mar. 6         New Caney Tournament Home TBA

    Friday         Mar. 7         New Caney Tournament Home TBA

    Saturday Mar. 8         New Caney Tournament Home TBA

    Tuesday Mar. 11 * Huffman                   Home 6:00

    Friday         Mar. 14 * Smiley                   Away 6:00

    Tuesday Mar. 18 * Barbers Hill         Home 6:00

    Thursday Mar. 20 * C. E. King                   Away 6:00

    Tuesday Mar. 25 * Galena Park         Home 6:00

    Friday         Mar. 28 * Forest Brook         Away 6:00

    Tuesday Apr. 1         * Crosby                   Home 6:00

    Friday         Apr. 4 * Huffman                   Away 6:00

    Monday Apr. 7         * Smiley                   Home 6:00

    Friday         Apr. 11 * Barbers Hill         Away 6:00

    Tuesday Apr. 15 * C. E. King                   Home 6:00

    Friday         Apr. 18 * Galena Park         Away 6:00

    Tuesday Apr. 22 * Forest Brook         Home 6:00

    Friday Apr. 25 * Crosby                   Away 6:00

  10. *Ok It''s that Time! MAKE YOUR RELIGNMENT PREDICTIONS FOR EACH CLASS

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    4A

    Kingwood (new School)

    Dayton

    Crosby

    Sheldon King

    Huffman Hargrave

    North Forest Smiley

    North Forest Forest Brook

    New Caney

    Vidor

    Little Cypress-Mauriceville

    Port Neches-Groves

    Lumberton

    Nederland

    Beaumont Central

    Beaumont Ozen

    Barbers Hill

    Baytown Lee

    That's possible but I think rather than a nine team district New Caney will most likely go west and play in the district with Caney Creek, Willis, Livingston, Waller, Brenham, Montgomery, Huntsville.

    Then Baytown Lee will play in what is currently 22 4A and Barbers Hill will stay in with Dayton and Crosby. I did hear that Huffman might drop back down. If that happens then New Caney will probably stay in the east.

  11. *Ok It''s that Time! MAKE YOUR RELIGNMENT PREDICTIONS FOR EACH CLASS

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    5A

    Beaumont West Brook

    Port Arthur Memorial

    Channelview

    Humble

    Humble Atascocita

    Humble Kingwood

    North Shore

    Baytown Sterling

    4A

    Baytown Lee

    Dayton

    Crosby

    Sheldon King

    Huffman Hargrave

    North Forest Smiley

    North Forest Forest Brook

    New Caney

    Vidor

    Little Cypress-Mauriceville

    Port Neches-Groves

    Lumberton

    Nederland

    Beaumont Central

    Beaumont Ozen

    Barbers Hill

    3A

    West Orange-Stark

    Jasper

    Silsbee

    Kirbyville

    Hamshire-Fannett

    Orangefield

    Bridge City

    Hardin-Jefferson

    Liberty

    Coldspring

    Tarkington

    Cleveland

    Splendora

    Shepherd

    Baytown Memorial

    2A

    Hardin

    East Chambers

    Anahuac

    Buna

    Kountze

    Deweyville

    Warren

    Woodville

    Newton

    1A

    Hull-Daisetta

    West Hardin

    Sabine Pass

    High Island

    Evadale

    Colmesneil

    Where do you think the new Kingwood high school will be? I hear ther have 4A numbers. I believe it is Kingwood Park and they are supposed to have a varsity program starting next season.

  15. buck or duck which is more fun

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    I really like both. But it's hard to beat a good duck hunt with the comradarie of a couple of buddies in the blind. The perfect day would be watching the sun come up from the duck blind, a couple of hours of fishing around noon and a evening sitting in the deer stand thinking about what a great day its been. Man, I'm gonna have to do that soon.

  19. New Caney 41-14 Huffman

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    That's exactly right Gringo. They were then able to pass a little bit after they established the run. I was totally surprised when they opened up in the I formation the first play from scrimmage. They also changed some players positions which better suited their abilities. New Caney still doesn't have the speed to play with alot of teams though. But if the coach will stay with a power run game plan they should be able to eat some clock and stay competitive.

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