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WO-S grad Chavis part of Missouri Tigers rise to top spot Gabriel Pruett The Orange Leader There are not too many athletes during the course of the college football season which can call themselves No. 1. Former West Orange-Stark standout Tommy Chavis is one of them. Chavis, who is now a junior at Missouri University, is the starting defensive lineman for the Tigers who are headed to face the Oklahoma Sooners this Saturday in the Big 12 Championship. The Tigers polished off the Kansas Jayhawks last weekend to win the Big 12 North and moved into the No. 1 spot in the nation, just above the West Virginia Mountaineers. A win over Oklahoma and Missouri would be headed to the BCS National Championship. “It has been an exciting year,†Chavis said. “We have played hard all season long. It is just an awesome feeling right now. Kansas was the biggest game I have ever been a part of. We played at Arrowhead Stadium with 80,000 people. It was a great atmosphere and was crazy down there on the field.†The Tigers defeated the Jayhawks 36-28 while the Sooners downed the Oklahoma State Cowboys 49-17 to set up the match-up. “We knew they (Jayhawks) liked to control the time of possession,†Chavis said. “We came in wanting to stop the running game and they would have to rely on their quarterback. We wanted to force him into making a couple mistakes. We were able to do a pretty good job of that.†The Tigers did force a fumble and Kansas quarterback Todd Reesing into throwing two interceptions. Oklahoma defeated Missouri 41-31 earlier this season which is the Tigers’ only loss of the season. Missouri committed four turnovers and gave up 18 fourth-quarter points to the Sooners in the loss. Missouri’s victory over Kansas, coupled with then-No. 1 LSU’s 50-48 triple overtime loss to Arkansas last Friday, moved the Tigers to the top spot. Missouri, which has not been ranked No. 1 since it spent a week there in November 1960, had never led the BCS standings. “For me, I was never worried about our ranking,†Chavis said. “First I was focused on winning the Big 12 North and once we got that I am now focused on beating Oklahoma. We are rewriting history but I still have a hunger. A team can easily lose its focus, get beat and be right out of that top spot. Look at all the teams this year that have been No. 1 and been beat.†With his eyes on the Sooners, Chavis knows the Tigers will have to be at their best to beat one of the nation’s premier teams. “They are good offensively,†Chavis said. “They have several good backs and a great quarterback (Sam Bradford). We have to bring our ‘A’ game. We have to play as hard as we can and try to play a perfect game. Of course mistakes are going to happen but we have to try to adjust to them. “I am excited to play these guys again. I feel we really hurt ourselves in the loss. We just have to finish stronger this time around. They had a great crowd in Norman last time around.†Chavis’ road to Missouri University did not happen right out of West Orange-Stark High School. Chavis first made a stop at Kilgore Junior College before heading to Columbia, Mo. The 6’2-280 pound lineman has provided a nice stability at a position that saw Missouri lose both Brian Smith and Xzavie Jackson to graduation last year. Smith left as the No. 1 all-time career sacks leader in Tigers history while Jackson finished at No. 7. “I just was not given the opportunity right out of high school yet felt that I was good enough to end up DI,†Chavis said. “I went to Kilgore and stayed focused on my grades and then left after my first year. It is just a blessing because we are all family here at Missouri. During my sophomore season I already knew I made a great decision. It has been nothing but a great experience. We are No. 1 and we want the Big 12 title. Then later on we will hopefully start talking about the national championship. “At the start of the year it was difficult to see what kind of team we would have. Everyone from Day 1 was committed because we knew how good we were last year. Last year we lost three games in November and beat Kansas. The attitude this year has been a lot better. We are far from satisfied right now and are focused on Oklahoma.â€

From the 3A Board Poster eagle40 Rookie Registered: Dec 2006 Location: Fairfield, TX Posts: 6 Member #: 7107 I haven't had the opportunity to watch WO-S, but I have had the privelege of watching the pirates twice this season, including once in the playoffs. They play at a level of intensity that you only see in state contenders. I cannot accurately predict a score due o my lack of knowledge on WO-S but I do not expect to WO-S to win as easily as some you assume they will.

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The Cardinals signed a total of nine players during the early signing period. Nov. 28, 2007 BEAUMONT - Lamar University baseball coach Jim Gilligan announced the addition of six more players that have signed national letters-of-intent to continue their education and play baseball for the Cardinals, bringing the total number of early signees to nine for the 2008-09 season. Lamar, who already announced the signing of local players Kevin Angelle of Bridge City High School (San Jacinto JC), V.J. Bunner of Vidor HS and Eric Harrington of Port Neches-Groves HS, added six junior college pitchers that should bolster the staff for the 2009 season. Signing with the Cardinals were Guillermo Cienfuegos of Alvin College, Norm Wittkamp of Angelina College, Jamie Bagley of San Jacinto JC, Brandon Chambers of LSU-Eunice, Blake Ford of Northeast Texas College and Ryan Koenig of Eastfield College. "Coach (Jim) Ricklefsen, who is our recruiting coordinator, identified early that our need area for next season will be pitching, and I think we did a good job of signing some experienced pitchers during the early signing period," said Gilligan. "Looking ahead, we are going to have a lot of experienced position players returning next season, which will give us a good nucleus, so we targeted getting some good arms in to replenish the pitching staff." Cienfuegos, a 6-2, 220-pound right-handed pitcher, posted a 5-2 record with a 3.80 earned run average last season at Alvin College. He was invited to play in the Texas JUCO All-Star game. He was a three-time first-team all-district pitcher (2003-06) and was named first-team all-area in 2006 at Valley View HS. A 6-5, 215-pound right-handed pitcher, Ford posted a 5-2 record with a 3.91 ERA last season at Northeast Texas JC. He posted a 5-2 record with a 1.64 ERA as a senior at Lufkin HS. He struck out 62 in 85 innings pitched in earning all-district honors. "Guillermo is a big kid with a good arm," Gilligan said. "Ford's dad, Rusty, pitched in Beaumont for the San Diego Padres' Double AA team (Golden Gators), so I've known him for a long time. It's pretty special for me to have his son pitch for us. Blake is a big kid with a great body and has tremendous upside." A 6-3, 215-pound right-handed pitcher, Bagley was a relief pitcher at San Jacinto JC last season. He prepped at Huffman HS where he was named district MVP and a first-team all-district selection as a senior. He was drafted in the 25th round of the MLB Draft in 2006. Chambers, a 6-2, 225-pound left-handed pitcher, is pitching at LSU-Eunice this season after hurling at San Jacinto last season. He prepped at Silsbee HS. "Both Chambers and Bagley are weekend-type guys," said Gilligan. "Bagley is a hard thrower and it's nice to get Chambers, a local kid, to return to this area and play for us." Koenig, a 6-2, 195-pound left-handed pitcher, posted a 6-3 record with a 3.56 ERA last season at Eastfield JC. He was selected to pitch in the Texas JUCO All-Star game. He prepped at Cypress Springs HS. Wittkamp, a 6-2, 225-pound right-handed pitcher, posted a 4-3 with a 3.60 ERA last season at Angelina College. He posted an 8-1 record as a senior at Clear Creek HS. "Koenig is a lefty with good stuff and control. He pitched great this fall and we are certainly fortunate to get him. Wittkamp is another hard thrower with a good arm." Gilligan is pleased the what the Cardinals were able to sign during the early period and is excited about the future of the program. "This is the best set of arms we've signed in quite some time," said Gilligan. "Jimmy (Ricklefsen) should be very proud of the kids we signed, which I think is one of the best classes in recent memory." Lamar Baseball Early Signing Class for 2008-09 Kevin Angelle, RHP, 6-3, 200, Bridge City, Texas/Bridge City HS (San Jacinto JC) Jamie Bagley, RHP, 6-3, 215, Huffman, Texas/Huffman HS (San Jacinto JC) V.J. Bunner, IF, 5-10, 175, Vidor, Texas/Vidor HS Brandon Chambers, LHP, 6-2, 225, Silsbee, Texas/Silsbee HS (LSU-Eunice) Guillermo Cienfuegos, RHP, 6-2, 225, Hildago, Texas/Valley View HS (Alvin JC) Blake Ford, RHP, 6-5, 215, Lufkin, Texas/Lufkin HS (Northeastern Texas JC) Eric Harrington, RHP, 5-10, 175, Port Neches, Texas/Port Neches-Groves HS Ryan Koenig, LHP, 6-2, 195, Houston, Texas/Cypress Springs HS (Eastfield JC) Norm Wittkamp, RHP, 6-2, 225, Friendswood, Texas/Clear Creek HS (Angelina College)

From Old Coach Joe Lee Smith, Historian, Texas High School Football: Coaching Records *The Old Coach is honored to have his old friend Joe Lee Smith writing a weekly column for the Network site. COACHING RECORDS by Joe Lee Smith Historian, Texas High School Football In this first column for The Old Coach, this appears to be the appropriate occasion to recognize the historic achievements of the many great Texas high school football coaches. For the past 42 years, this author has exhaustingly researched and compiled records on University Interscholastic League football schools and coaches. Unfortunately, the collection is limited to U.I.L. institutions and does not include parochial, private, six or eight-man leagues or schools from the Prairie View Interscholastic League. There are many varying records floating around in this information age and that can be attributed to many factors. Our long established guidelines are: (1) record as a head coach at a U.I.L. school, (2) forfeits are not included one way or the other, and, (3) a tie is a tie. There was a time when penetrations were used to determine the outcome of a contest in a tie game but still doesn't alter the fact that it was still a tie. Unfortunately, the most controversial records are among the upper level leaders. One coach was thought to have more than 300 wins until it was discovered he went to another school just before the start of the season and went 0-10 instead of 7-2-1. The frenzied media credited G.A. Moore, Jr. with five wins in six-man competition and deleted eight forfeited games but this historian gives him his 407 triumphs in 11-man football. Gordon Wood's win total was reduced by two this summer after it was discovered that he was in the military when Roscoe won its opening two games in 1945 before he became the head coach. Following are the records compiled for head football coaches of U.I.L. schools including the opening two weeks of the 2007 season. Coaches shown in all caps are active this year. MOST WINS 407 - G.A. Moore, Jr. 394 - Gordon Wood *326 - PHIL DANAHER 315 - Charlie Johnston *294 - EDDY PEACH *293 - DENNIS ALEXANDER 293 - Ray Akins 293 - Tommy Watkins *291 - BOB SHELTON *286 - CURTIS BARBAY *278 - JIM STREETY 276 - Bob McQueen 272 - Monte Driskell 267 - Lucky Gamble 259 - Donald Godwin 253 - Larry Dippel 249 - John Reddell 247 - Bobby Davis 247 - Prince E. (Pete) Shotwell *246 - Randy Allen *242 - Joe G. Cartwright *242 - Dan Ray Hooks 240 - Joe Hedrick 238 - George (Red) Forehand 237 - Bill Smith 234 - Bruce Bush 234 - Scott Phillips 232 - Louis Kelley 231 - Bobby Stuart 229 - Jerry Hopkins 227 - Bob Mickler 225 - Andy Griffin 225 - W.T. Stapler 224 - Paul Tyson *223 - ALLEN SEPKOWITZ 222 - Bill Hunter 221 - Joe Clements 221 - Ron Poe 220 - Les Koenning *213 - ALLEN WILSON 207 - Leo Brittain 207 - Tom Ritchey 207 - L.G. Wilson 206 - William (Buster) Gilbreth 206 - J.E. (Red) Willis 205 - Jerry Jones 205 - Jack Murphy *204 - Roy Harper *204 - Johnny Tusa 201 - Robin Byrd 200 - Ronald Bickham 200 - Mike Johnston 200 - Dan Stallworth MOST YEARS AS A HEAD COACH *44 - BOB SHELTON 44 - Gordon Wood 42 - Tommy Watkins 41 - Bill Hunter 41 - G.A. Moore, Jr. 38 - Bobby Davis 38 - George (Red) Forehand *38 - EDDY PEACH 38 - John Reddell 37 - Ray Akins *36 - DENNIS ALEXANDER 36 - Joe Hedrick 35 - Larry Dippel 35 - Donald Godwin 35 - Charlie Johnston 35 - Bobby Stuart 35 - Clayton (Butch) Woolls *34 - PHIL DANAHER 34 - Les Koenning *34 - JIM STREETY *33 - CURTIS BARBAY 33 - Mal Fowler 33 - Lee Mitchell 33 - J. Murray Stephenson 33 - Joe Bob Tyler 32 - Monte Jack Driskell 32 - Mike Farda 32 - Andy Griffin *32 - MIKE HEDRICK 32 - Rodney Hess 32 - Les Johnson 32 - Bob McQueen *32 - RUSSELL ROBERTS 32 - Wendell Robinson *32 - ALLEN SEPKOWITZ 32 - Prince Elmer (Pete) Shotwell 32 - Carlin Wicker *31 - DON BROOKS *31 - JOE G. CARTWRIGHT 31 - Joel Edwards *31 - ROY HARPER 31 - Rufus Hyde 31 - Louis Kelley 31 - A.D. Shaver 31 - Paul Tyson 31 - J.E. (Red) Willis 30 - Ben Bloomer 30 - Phillip Holt 30 - Jerry Hopkins 30 - Jimmie Keeling 30 - Robert (Red) Lowrance 30 - Ray Overton 30 - Ron Poe 30 - Jerry Sadler 30 - W.T. Stapler 30 - L.G. Wilson MOST YEARS AS HEAD COACH AT ONE SCHOOL *40 - Bob Shelton, Buda Hays *38 - Eddy Peach, Arlington Lamar 36 - Joe Hedrick, Franklin 35 - Charlie Johnston, Childress 35 - Clayton (Butch) Woolls, D'hanis *33 - CURTIS BARBAY, Newton *32 - ALLEN SEPKOWITZ, El Paso Andress *31 - DON BROOKS, El Paso Coronado *31 - JOE G. CARTWRIGHT, Boyd 31 - Larry Dippel, Amarillo 31 - Donald Godwin, Rogers 30 - Rufus Hyde, North Dallas 30 - Carlin Wicker, Fredericksburg 30 - Ron Poe, McKinney ON THE FAST TRACK The following active coaches are on fast tracks in their careers. Wins Years Avg. Coach (current school) 187 16 11.7 Ron Schroeder (Bastrop) 159 15 10.4 George Harris (Gregory-Portland) 157 14 11.2 Steve Lineweaver (Euless Trinity) 148 15 9.9 Mark Reeve (Cuero) 135 13 10.4 Joey Florence (Denton Ryan) 134 13 10.3 Bill Green (Windthorst) 122 12 10.2 Bryan Erwin (Flower Mound Marcus) FATHER AND SONS Probably the most prolific coaching clan is the Etheredge family. Father Orville won 182 games in 27 seasons at Uvalde and LaMarque before dying suddenly at the age of 53 in 1970. Sons Lynn (152 wins in 20 years) and Bobby (127 wins in 22 campaigns and a state championship at Killeen) combined with Orville for a total of 461 victories.

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St. Thomas basketball hands Strake Jesuit first loss of season One of the best boy's basketball rivalries in the area completed another chapter Tuesday night, and in the end, it was the biggest player on the court that wrote the final paragraph. St. Thomas center Antuan Bootle's three-point play with 2:45 remaining in the game gave the Eagles the cushion they needed to finally hold off Strake Jesuit 58-47 in a contest that saw the 6-7 senior, who committed to Sam Houston State earlier this month, finish with 21 points. "We were just looking to run some time off the clock," said Eagles head coach Neil Laminack, whose team improved to 5-2 overall. "We hadn't been getting our big man the ball, and anytime he touches it, he's either going to the basket or drawing a foul." It was the first points of the quarter for St. Thomas, which had let a 43-32 third quarter lead shrink to 46-44 when Tim Frazier drove in for a layup with 3:37 left. Strake Jesuit was unable to draw closer, as the Eagles connected on eight free throws in the final 1:55. The standing room only crowd at St. Thomas was treated to an entertaining clash between Bootle, who also added 13 rebounds and a blocked shot, and Crusaders junior forward Joey Brooks. Brooks matched his Eagles counterpart with 21 points, including a explosive second quarter that saw him score 15 points on a dazzling display of three-point shooting that was capped off with a dunk which helped Strake go into intermission down 30-26. The difference in the game was St. Thomas' ability to slow down the Crusaders' long-range duo of Tulane University-bound Trent Rogers and Austin Claunch. Rogers was held to just one trey and finished with only seven points on the night, while Claunch was limited to just one three-pointer, his only score of the night. The Eagles also did a good job of finally slowing down Brooks, who was held scoreless in the final eight minutes. "We were worried about their outside scoring," said Laminack of the Crusaders. "Trent is one of the best shooters in the Houston area, and Claunch is as good as it gets." St. Thomas countered with a long range barrage of its own, as guard Cody Hill hit three of the Eagles' six three-pointers, finishing with 13 points. The 5-7 Hill also got one of the biggest ovations of the night when he rose up and blocked the shot of the 6-1 Rogers late in the fourth quarter. "We're a team through and through," said Bootle. "When we come together, we're tough to beat. That's how we roll."

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