Lightning/Eagle

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.

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

Capable, yes but they also have to catch a few breaks along the way. You never know when the injury bug will bite. And you can not turn the ball over in the playoffs, especially as you get closer to the title game.

I'll take Dickinson 24 - 20

I think they do, and maybe even more than a month. For example Woden in 2A has a tradition of showing up in Tyler at the regional tournament.

New Caney and LCM will match up at 3:00 Saturday in Barbers Hill.

Lumberton Jasper West Brook Memorial Barbers Hill Huffman Nederland Central Dayton WOS BC Kirbyville Liberty Coldspring Splendora Newton Woodville Buna East Chambers Deweyville Evadale West Hardin Baytown Christian

I got to go with the hill because they are at home. 21-14

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.

Nederland Buna West Brook Memorial New Caney Smiley Lumberton Dayton LCM Jasper Kirbyville Silsbee WOS Splendora Coldspring Shepherd Corrigan Woodville East Chambers Hardin Evadale HullDaisetta Kelly

I think Lumberton will stay undefeated for another week. Lumberton 28 Central 21

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.

Mike Mosely - Humble Loyd Archie - Huntsville Chip Ambres - Beaumont Reggie Mcneil - Lufkin Donald Moore - Splendora

New Caney 24 Lumberton 14

14-11 for the first week.

West Brook Liberty Nederland Crosby New Caney Vidor WOS Dayton Barbers Hill Huffman Silsbee East Chambers HJ Kirbyville Coldspring Diboll Corrigan Newton Splendora Groveton West Hardin Buna Deweyville Anahuac Hull- Daisetta Sabine Pass Baytown Christian Kelly Lutheran North Memorial

Dayton Vinton La Marque Huffman Baytown Lee Caney Creek Livingston Bridge City Buna Anahuac Kirbyville Splendora Coldspring Hardin East Chambers Huntington Kelly Groveton Tenaha Colmesneil Westbury Christian Sabine Pass O'Connell Barbers Hill

Nil

Splendora 20 HF 7

Caney Creek 24 LCM 14

Livingston 27 Jasper 13