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Barbers Hill out to prove itself By Michael Pineda Baytown Sun Published November 2, 2007 Barbers Hill head coach John Chancellor does not compare himself to Aristotle but he does preach philosophy over program. The results have been impressive. The Lady Eagles won their second district championship in a row under Chancellor last season, advancing to the regional quarterfinals, where they fell to state runner-up Dickinson. This season, new pieces will be fed into the lineup. Barbers Hill will have three new starters on the court for its Tuesday season opener at St. Agnes. “My program is always evolving and that is one of the main gripes of the middle school coaches,†Chancellor said. “What we do have is a philosophy of hard work, fun and enthusiasm. I want my kids to look forward to coming to practice.†The Lady Eagles will replace four seniors from last year, three of whom were starters. Of the returning players, only three have significant varsity experience. Chancellor’s team will have a lot of inexperience, but that does little to derail his enthusiasm for the upcoming season. “We will be very inexperienced, but I think that will make us very hungry,†Chancellor said. “We’re on a mission to prove ourselves. “Because of our youth, we will be very aggressive and very determined. We have to search for our roles and identity. We are pretty athletic, but not very tall.†Senior Keely Rivera and sophomore Paris Carter are the two returning starters for the Lady Eagles. Rivera, a small forward, battled a nagging injury throughout volleyball and is not 100 percent healthy. “Her injury is not a concern,†Chancellor said. “We’re going to turn her loose and not hold her back. I want her to have a good time and make her senior year a positive experience.†Paris Carter gives Barbers Hill a scoring threat at guard. Carter has good range on her shot and also is strong enough to take the ball to the basket. “I expect to see her mature as a player and come into her own,†Chancellor said. “I think her overall game will explode this year. In fact, we have four or five kids that I think will have breakout seasons.†One of those also expected to have a breakout season is senior Shannon Mudd. Mudd came in off the bench for Kassi Sylvia last season and gave the Lady Eagles a strong presence in the post. “Mudd is going to surprise a lot of people with how strong she is,†Chancellor said. “We will also have 5-11 sophomore Jasmine Carter, who is very quick and athletic.†Junior Cirby Manchaca and senior Lauren Sadler bring varsity experience on the wing for the Lady Eagles. One player that will bring a lot of potential to the program is junior Erica Carter, who Chancellor feels could be a great player in the program. Seniors Toya Peters and Rebecca Fisher will challenge for court time as will junior Britney Gibbs, who did not play last year because of a knee injury. Sophomores Jordan Cobb and Jill Coon were both members of the junior varsity last season and will be looked on for sparks off of the bench. “They provide depth that we have been lacking,†Chancellor said. “We expect to go deeper this year in our lineup. One of the biggest advantages that we have is coach Sharlene Barnett and coach Hannah Wells. They do a great job. “This team is a lot of fun to coach, a lot of fun to teach. They have taken ownership of this team and want it to succeed. I have never had a team that is so unselfish.†Barbers Hill will be among those favored to battle for the District 21-4A crown this season along with Smiley, Crosby, New Caney and Galena Park. We’re going to be in the hunt,†Chancellor said. “We will be able to compete.â€

Ranking the top 10 freshmen hoopsters in NCAA Cut to the chase By Chase Hidalgo, Sports Writer Everyone knows I’m a huge college football guy, but when November hits I get just as excited for hoops season. That’s right, college basketball is on the horizon and that can only mean one thing — it means I get to hear one of the greatest voices on television, Mr. Dick Vitale. If you know Dicky V, then you know what he always likes to talk about — Diaper Dandies! And with all the great young talent coming onto the college basketball scene this year, this gives me a great chance to rank the top 10 freshman of the 2007-08 season. These are kids who won’t be riding the pine for a year or two but the kids will make an immediate impact in the basketball world. Remember Kevin Durant and Greg Oden. 10. Patrick Patterson, PF, Kentucky This kid will be huge help for Billy Gillispie’s Wildcats. The Kentucky backcourt is already stacked with talent, but the frontcourt needed some help, enter Mr. Patterson. Patterson had the college basketball world on the edge of their seats while he waited until the final day of the recruiting process to make a commitment, but now that he has a home in Lexington, he will have Wildcat fans very pleased. 9. Kosta Koufas, C, Ohio State This talented center made a huge commotion on the International scene this year playing for Greece at the Under-18 championships in Spain. Koufas was named tournament MVP after averaging a whopping 26.5 points, 13 boards and 3.5 blocks per game. With the recent departure of phenom Greg Oden to the NBA, this youngster will provide fans in Columbus with a little closure. 8. Donte Green, SF, Syracuse This kid tore it up in last year’s McDonald’s All-American game making SU fans very eager to start the season. It’s not fair to compare him to Carmello Anthony, but he certainly has All-American talent. With Green and incoming freshman point guard Johnny Flynn (who was also a McDonald’s All-American) coming to Syracuse, the Big East will be a cakewalk for several years. 7. Kyle Singler, SF, Duke This kid already has ACC Rookie of the Year honors sown up. Singler is a great perimeter shooter and will remind the Blue Devil nation of a certain Dukie that roamed Cameron Indoor Stadium, ala Mike Dunleavy Jr. Singler is also a good defender because of his long wingspan, and is a perfect fit for Coach K’s group. 6. DeAndre Jordan, C, Texas A&M I got a chance to see this 7-footer play in Nederland at the Bulldog Classic last year and let me tell you, he’s nothing nice! Probably the best center in the class of ’07, Jordan chose to remain an Aggie even after Gillispie left for greener pastures at Kentucky. New head coach Mark Turgeon comes in and finds gold, as he inherits Jordan and veteran Joseph Jones. These two playing beside one another will be the reason A&M could win the Big12 title. 5. Derrick Rose, PG, Memphis The Tigers just keep getting stronger while C-USA keeps getting weaker. Rose will come in and start immediately for the Tigers at the point, but some say only for one year. Some project Rose to only for one of the top three picks in the NBA Draft in 2008. This Chicago born phenom could turn out to be the best player in the nation, not just the C-USA. 4. Eric Gordon, SG, Indiana This is about as talented a young man as your going to find. Gordon averaged 28 points per game over the Hoosier’s Labor Day-weekend trip to the Bahamas, and will be the main reason Indian could win the Big Ten. Some believe with the commitment of Gordon, comes Final Four appearances. I won’t disagree. 3. Kevin Love, C, UCLA Talented, fundamentally sound and smart…that’s what is commonly used to describe Kevin Love, who is the best recruit to fall in the hands of Ben Howland since his arrival at UCLA. 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Bonds says he'll boycott Hall if record-setting ball has asterisk NEW YORK -- Barry Bonds would boycott Cooperstown if the Hall of Fame displays his record-breaking home run ball with an asterisk. That includes skipping his potential induction ceremony. "I won't go. I won't be part of it," Bonds said in an interview with MSNBC that aired Thursday night. "You can call me, but I won't be there." The ball Bonds hit for home run No. 756 this season will be branded with an asterisk and sent to the Hall. Fashion designer Marc Ecko bought the ball in an online auction and set up a Web site for fans to vote on its fate. In late September, he announced fans voted to send the ball to Cooperstown with an asterisk. Of course, the asterisk suggests Bonds' record is tainted by alleged steroid use. The slugger has denied knowingly using performance-enhancing drugs. Fans brought signs with asterisks to ballparks this season as he neared Hank Aaron's career home run mark. Bonds has called Ecko "an idiot." "I don't think you can put an asterisk in the game of baseball, and I don't think that the Hall of Fame can accept an asterisk," Bonds said. "You cannot give people the freedom, the right to alter history. You can't do it. There's no such thing as an asterisk in baseball." Hall of Fame vice president Jeff Idelson declined to comment Thursday night. Hall president Dale Petroskey has said accepting the ball doesn't mean the museum endorses the viewpoint that Bonds used illegal substances. He said the museum would be "delighted" to have the ball. "It's a historic piece of baseball history," Petroskey said in September. So, if the Hall goes through with the asterisk display? "I will never be in the Hall of Fame. Never," Bonds said. "Barry Bonds will not be there. "That's my emotions now. That's how I feel now. When I decide to retire five years from now, we'll see where they are at that moment," he added. "We'll see where they are at that time, and maybe I'll reconsider. But it's their position and where their position will be will be the determination of what my decision will be at that time." Giants general manager Brian Sabean reiterated Thursday that the team won't bring back Bonds next season. The seven-time NL MVP, who has spent 15 of his 22 major league seasons in San Francisco, was asked whether he will retire as a Giant. "Yeah, it's my house. No matter what that's my house, no one's going to take that away, no one ever," Bonds answered. "No one's going to take the love of that city of me away, ever." Bonds, who has 762 homers, broke Aaron's record with a shot into the right-center seats off Washington Nationals pitcher Mike Bacsik at San Francisco on Aug. 7. Matt Murphy, a 21-year-old student and construction supervisor from New York, emerged from a scuffle holding the ball. He said he decided to sell it because he couldn't afford to pay the taxes required to keep it. Bonds told MSNBC he hoped to reach 764 homers because he was born in July 1964. He said he's been working out and still is considering whether to play next season. "I may hit two home runs so I can go home. I just think that I have a lot of game left. I think that I can help a team with a championship," Bonds said. "I'm a hell of a part-time player, too." Bonds said he won't talk to George Mitchell's staff looking into steroids use in baseball while he is under investigation in the BALCO case. A grand jury has been investigating whether Bonds committed perjury when he testified he never knowingly took performance-enhancing drugs. "I know it ends in January, so a couple more months. But I haven't been keeping up with it. Not at all," Bonds said. "I have nothing to hide. I have said that before and I will say it now and I will look you in the face. I have nothing to hide, nothing. So look all you want to." Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press

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kogt The STJFL (Southeast Texas Junior Football League) will be holding our semi-final games at Dan R. Hooks Stadium Saturday, Nov. 3. The STJFL is made up of associations from Little Cypress, WO-S, Bridge City, Orangefield, Nederland, PN-G, Lumberton, Kountze and Woodville [Hidden Content]

[Hidden Content] Sterling aims to spoil Titans’ season By Dave Rogers Published November 2, 2007 Great expectations often yield big disappointments and Port Arthur Memorial’s so-far disappointing season qualifies as one of the biggest surprises in District 21-5A this season. With two games remaining to play, the Titans are on the outside hoping to get into the playoff picture. Heading into tonight’s 7:30 game against Sterling in Port Arthur’s Memorial Stadium, Memorial needs to win its final two games and get a lot of help to reach the playoffs. “Up and down,†was the short description of his team’s season offered Thursday by Port Arthur coach Ronnie Thompson, the passing game pioneer who led the Titans to a tie for the league title in his first year at Memorial. “We’ve been in games this year,†he said. “We won several. We lost more.†Folks expected more from Thompson’s team this year, what with his players having more time to learn the nuances of his yardage-gobbling, no-huddle spread offense. But the Titans have stumbled, dropping three in a row to Kingwood, Lee and West Brook. Memorial’s record is now 2-3 in district, good for a three-way tie for fourth with Kingwood and Channelview. “Every year is a brand new year; you start off with a new group,†said the fellow who led Port Arthur Jefferson to the 1980 state championship game before departing his hometown to coach at the University of Texas and South Garland High. “I think we’ve played better in some areas this year, but worse in others. We lost that (control of their playoff) ‘destiny’ last week. We’re in the ‘need help department’ now.†Sterling could end all the uncertainty for the Titans by becoming the second team in four weeks to earn its first win of the season in Port Arthur. Kingwood did it Oct. 5. Could Memorial get caught looking past Sterling to next week’s game at Humble? “I don’t think so,†Thompson said. “I don’t think that’s a possibility.†The Rangers will be locked and loaded for Memorial. “They’re very athletic and we’ll have to play extremely well to win,†Rangers coach Herb Minyard said. “So far this year we seem to play better on the road. Hopefully, we’ll perform to our expectations.†The Rangers are coming off a 34-14 loss to Atascocita, a game in which the Eagles picked up their first district win in two years of varsity competition. Sterling quarterback Jerrod Doucet passed for 148 yards and ran for 88 more against Atascocita, but four interceptions by Doucet and backup Keagan Kogut, a couple of fumbles and some untimely penalties figured in the Rangers’ demise. The Titans have also been guilty of some untimely mistakes, which was the case when they blew leads and lost to Kingwood and Lee. But their offense, ranked third in 21-5A with 339 yards per game, has allowed them to compensate. With quarterback Harry Brown and receiver Freddie King leading the way, the Titans are passing for 243 yards per game, tops in the league. “They’re going to throw the football 70 percent of the time and the other 30 percent, they’ll hand it to No. 3 (running back Patterson Clay),†Minyard said. Sterling’s offense ranks sixth in 21-5A offense, with just under 250 yards per game. “When you look at that West Brook film, they played their tails off,†Thompson said of Sterling’s game against the Bruins, in which the Rangers led most of the first half before losing 47-21. “They were throwing and moving the football. You can’t take that lightly.†Sterling’s defense has been better than the Titans, according to league stats that have the Rangers ranked fifth, allowing 241 yards per game, and Memorial seventh, yielding 318 per outing. “We’ve played some explosive teams who have happened to explode the night we played them,†said the Memorial coach. The Rangers would love to pop Port Arthur’s balloon. Directions to Memorial Stadium: Take I-10 east approximately 25 miles to Winnie, take Texas 73/Port Arthur exit southeast approximately 30 miles to FM 347 (Twin City Highway/Jefferson Drive). Turn right (south) on FM 347 and go approximately 1.5 miles; stadium is on the left.

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PORT ARTHUR NEWS GAME OF THE WEEK: DAYTON AT NEDERLAND Broncos, Dogs eye big plays By Tom Halliburton The Port Arthur News NEDERLAND -- For two teams without their intended starting quarterbacks, these Dayton and Nederland teams certainly have still managed to position themselves into their customary big games. None have been any bigger for the Broncos (5-3 and 4-1) and the Bulldogs (7-1 and 4-1) than tonight's 22-4A showdown in Bulldog Stadium at 7 p.m. Tonight's winner stays alive for a 4A playoff trip and a possible share of the district championship. Tonight's loser finds both of those season-long goals suddenly in serious jeopardy. "We told our kids 'we earned the right to be in this kind of game and they have too'," Nederland's Larry Neumann said. "There's nobody disillusioned by the impact of this game." Since league leader Port Neches-Groves (6-2 and 4-1) and upstart challenger Lumberton (7-1 and 4-1) have their own serious playoff designs, the win will not clinch anything for either Dayton or Nederland as it did last year. Coach Jerry Stewart's Broncos clinched the 22-4A title a year ago, convincingly defeating Nederland 35-7 on a chilly night in Bronco Stadium. Such a trophy will be unavailable to claim in this rematch. That's because Nederland goes to Lumberton and PN-G comes to Dayton next week for the regular-season finales. If Neumann or Stewart would prefer to see one particular element from his team tonight, each would love to witness a flawless performance from its defense. That's exactly why many Southeast Texas forecasters and state-wide experts predict the Broncos to prevail tonight. Many of their fellow 22-4A coaching cohorts think so too. Dayton has shut out three of its last four opponents, including a 20-0 spanking of talented Beaumont Central last Friday at Dayton. The Broncos stick three elusive and tenacious pass rushers on the defensive line and play about seven to eight defenders a good bit off the ball. That's deceptive because Dayton's closing speed enables Stewart's pursuit posse to shut lanes off quickly and prevent big plays. None of Dayton's defenders are any more dependable than alert safety Ford Smesny and gritty nose guard Brent Kimmy. "Our kids just played awesome on defense last week," said Stewart, whose Broncos have allowed 230 yards a game (third-best in 22-4A). "They just played a great game... We're just so little. At first they (Central's blockers) were giving our defensive line some problems but we finally adjusted a couple of things and got after 'em." Dayton planned to defend its 22-4A title rather smoothly before highly touted quarterback Cody Green sustained an early-season ankle fracture. The Broncos' deadliest weapon -- slot receiver A.J. Dugat -- received the second shot at quarterback before versatile senior Gregory Charles moved into the spot after an 8-7 district opening loss at Lumberton. Behind Charles' guidance, Dayton is 4-0 with three shutouts. Charles may take the snap and distribute the ball but Dugat basically must be contained and handled every single second. He's the guy that Dravannti Johnson, Chris Gutierrez and the Nederland defenders must keep under control. A speed-burner with an extra gear below 4.5 in the 40, Dugat generally lines up as the inside receiver and often serves as the motion man. The Broncos often line up with three receivers, overloading one side of the field. Give the guy any space and Dugat delivers a Jamaal Charles-octane. "Dugat is special," Nederland's Neumann said. "He's got something different. He has special skills and we will have to be aware of him all night."

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I'll be there and i want some Chili.

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In my opinion WOS would win. Like i said maybe they'll play next year.

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