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[Hidden Content] Bulldogs' football fate in hands of young pup Today, he's running the most popular show in town. Still shy of his 16th birthday, Bellow doesn't have a driver's license. Before long, he might actually need to shave once a week. And in his grand debut last week as the Bulldogs' quarterback, in the fourth quarter of a neck-and-neck game inside Reliant Stadium, he completed 0 of 3 passes for no yards. This is the youngster Larry Neumann trusts to take over the Nederland offense? Well, yes, actually. "He's a cool guy," Neumann said. "His demeanor is one that a coach would like his quarterback to have. If his stomach's turning on the inside, he's doing a good job of hiding it." In less than a week, Bellow, a sophomore, has gone from being a virtual unknown to having a virtual bull's-eye on his chest. The 6-foot, 170-pound left-hander was thrown into duty under circumstances that could have frayed anyone's nerves. It was only the season opener, only in an NFL stadium, only against Brenham, which reached the Class 4A state quarterfinals last winter. How much had he played until then? "I started playing quarterback since they put me on varsity," Bellow said. "I mean, I was the back-up quarterback." And in fall two-a-days, how many repetitions had he gotten? "Reps? I don't know. Like, 4-to-1. Four for Ryan (Sampere), one for me." Of course. Sampere was the senior, the starter. That was the way it should have been. But late in the third quarter, Sampere took off on a shotgun draw and sprinted to the 6-yard line, putting the Bulldogs in position to score what would have been a game-clinching touchdown. At the end of the play, near the right sideline, Sampere's right leg got twisted up underneath two Brenham defenders. He lay on the field for six minutes as trainers looked him over; eventually, the trainers helped Sampere off the field, keeping his right leg off the ground. It was a heartbreaking moment for anyone wearing Nederland colors. To that point, Sampere had been the star of the game, torching the Cubs' secondary on a series of deep throws. He completed 13 of 26 passes for 252 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions. What Nederland discovered later is Sampere suffered fractures in the tibia and fibia, two bones in the lower part of the leg. "Of course, initially, I was preoccupied with the game. Hopefully, we'll get (Sampere) back," Neumann said. "But it will be a number of weeks. It's safe to say a minimum of four weeks." The Bulldogs held on for a 29-28 upset of Brenham. But at 7:30 p.m. Friday, when they play on the road at Forest Brook, they'll start a quarterback who hasn't completed a pass. Bellow might have leapt from ninth-grade wideout to varsity back-up quarterback. But by last week, he was such a superstar that his name didn't appear anywhere in the game program. For the moment, Neumann has faith in his new starter because of what he didn't do last Friday against Brenham. Most importantly, he didn't blow it. Often, the telltale sign of a young, nervous quarterback is a dwindling play clock - if it's below 10 seconds and the team hasn't even broken the huddle, that usually means the quarterback is in over his head. Bellow went in the other direction. He entered the huddle, took stock of the situation and tried to put it in fast-forward, practically breaking the huddle before the players gathered together. Sometime during that first series, the older players told him to relax. "I just remember worrying too much, not thinking about what I should be doing," Bellow said. "I wasn't reading the defense. The first play I was in there, I was trying to rush things because I was so anxious. It all happened so fast." The good news: Now he has all week to figure it out.

Rock-a-noos rally for big win over Bears By Cody Pastorella The Port Arthur News The Port Neches-Groves Indians overcame a 2-0 deficit in their 3-2 win over the Little Cypress-Mauriceville Battlin’ Bears at the Reservation on Tuesday night. Christine Sticktich set the pace early for the Bears by picking up 12 of her 22 kills in the first two games of the match. Just a sophomore, Sticktich led all players with kills and also added two aces and a pair of blocks for LC-M. Sticktich was not enough down the stretch as the Indians took Game 3 25-15, narrowed out a 25-23 win in Game 4 and then slammed the door in Game 5 by making quick work with the Bears with a score of 15-6. PN-G head coach Barbara Comeaux said coming back like her team did was very emotional for her to watch. “I kept telling them not to quit and they didn’t,†she said. “We were playing so tight in those first two games but whenever we started putting some pressure on them, we loosened up and started to play with more confidence.†After the Indians ran away with Game 3, Game 4 proved to be the turning point for the match. PN-G was up 7-1 before LC-M stormed back to tie things up at 7-7. The Indians then went on another run, scoring eight of the next 10 points to build a 15-9 lead. The Bears fought back again, however. They clawed back to an 18-18 tie. A few moments later, after Sticktich slammed home a kill, the score was 21-19 in the Bears favor. But the Indians scored six of the final eight points with much thanks to Kayla Prasnicki, who had 18 kills and four blocks on the night. Sami Jo William’s led the Indians with 15 points and Brandi Guidry had 42 assists on the night. The Indians, who finished second in the Santa Fe Tournament over the weekend, improved to 10-6 overall and 2-0 in district, while the Bears fall to 8-9 overall and 1-1 in district play. In other volleyball action, District 21-3A started league play Tuesday night. Bridge City picked up a win over Hardin Jefferson to improve to 7-8 overall and 1-0 in district. HJ fell to 6-6 overall and 0-1 in district. Silsbee beat Orangefield to improve to 8-9 overall and 1-0 in district. With the loss, Orangefield falls to 6-9 overall and 0-1 in district play. The Memorial Titans will be in action Thursday during the YMBL Tournament at Ozen in Beaumont. The Titans will face Crosby at 9 a.m. to start the tournament. The Titans will also be in action on Friday when they host Channel View at home for their first district game.

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Silsbee topples Lady Bobcats in 21-3A volleyball opener Van Wade The Orange Leader ORANGEFIELD — Don’t let the Silsbee Lady Tigers’ non-district volleyball record fool you, they’re still the team to beat in District 21-3A again this year. After posting an 8-9 record in their non-district tuneups, with seven of their losses coming against Class 5A competition in tournaments around the Houston area, the Lady Tigers got back to their Class 3A “business†at Bobcat Gym Tuesday night. The defending 21-3A champion Lady Tigers used booming serves and a powerful display by top hitter Brittany Henry as Silsbee cruised by an injury-riddled Orangefield squad 25-11, 25-12, 25-19 in the 21-3A opener for both teams. The gritty Lady Bobcats (6-9, 0-1) put forth a tremendous effort against Silsbee, despite the Lady Tigers dominating the match. Jessica Maas powered the Lady Bobcat attack with nine kills. Aimee Scales put together seven kills while Laura Riddick had six. Orangefield was without the services of top setter Kaylin Little, who is nursing a bad ankle sprain that she suffered in the Buna Tournament last weekend. “Aimee (Scales) really stepped up and had a tremendous match,†said Lady Bobcat head coach Linda Riddick. “She just continues to improve. Jessica (Maas) really had a ‘killer’ night at the net. I thought our kids gave a tremendous effort.†It’s still a “wait and see†situation with Little, who was also the Lady Bobcats’ top scorer during basketball season last year. “It is a pretty tough sprain and we’re monitoring it closely,†Riddick said. “We really missed her tonight setting things up for us. I thought Kayla Moore and Jessica Weldon filled in nicely. We has people playing in different positions tonight against a Silsbee team that is very capable of winning the district again.†Henry blitzed her way to 13 kills to pace the Lady Tiger attack. Kalynn Drake posted six kills and Demetriss Rhone had five. Silsbee did most of its damage with its service game, posting 12 aces. Drake led the way with 14 service points. Caitlin Callicutt tallied nine points and a whopping five aces. Rhone finished with seven points and three aces while Henry also contributed two aces. Allie Beach, Jessica Worthy and Olivia Wagner all racked up six service points apiece for the Lady Bobcats as Beach collected three aces and Worthy added two. In Game One, the Lady Bobcats were right in the thick of things in a 7-7 game but the Lady Tigers went on a 14-2 spurt to pull away for the win. The Lady Tigers tallied the first six points of Game Two. Orangefield got as close as 9-6 but the Lady Tigers used a 16-6 spurt to stroll to the win. The Lady Bobcats started Game Three on fire, scoring the first five points as Beach put up all three of her aces in the spark. Silsbee continued to whittle away at the lead took command at 17-10. Behind a strong effort by Scales and Maas, the Lady Bobcats got as close as 17-15 before the Lady Tigers erupted with eight of the final 12 points. “The kids are really excited about the start of district and all,†said Silsbee head coach Dana Thornton. “We had so many tough matches against big-time Houston schools to get us ready. We lost a lot of close matches in non-district, which frustrated the kids a little, but it certainly got us prepared for district play.†The Lady Bobcats return to action Thursday and Saturday at the YMBL Tournament in Beaumont. They return to 21-3A action Tuesday when they visit the Jasper Lady Bulldogs.

Lady Cards cruise past H-J in three Gabriel Pruett The Orange Leader BRIDGE CITY — Bridge City Coach Becca Mathews told the Lady Cardinals before the game only half the teams in District 21-3A would be 1-0 Wednesday morning. Good morning Lady Cardinals, you are in the top half after sweeping past Hardin-Jefferson. The Lady Cardinals never let the Lady Hawks hang around Tuesday night in Cardinals’ Gym as Bridge City won 25-16, 25-14 and 25-14. Bridge City (7-8, 1-0) got a match-high 15 kills from senior Audrey Myers who also pumped in 11 assists and four aces. Lady Cardinals sophomore Emily Kosh had a match-high 22 assists. Senior Lauren Angelle added 10 kills, an ace and two assists. “The girls looked much better than the last home game,†Mathews said of Bridge City’s five-game win over Beaumont West Brook last week. Bridge City started out of the gates in a hurry against Hardin-Jefferson (6-6, 0-1) as the Lady Cardinals jumped out to a 9-2 lead. Myers led the run with a string of five straight service points which included two aces. After the Lady Hawks clawed back to within 11-6, Jenna Angelle, who had 20 digs, hit for three straight services points with two aces. Bridge City never went on another run in the first game but did cruise to the 25-16. The second game was tight early on until Bridge City started to pull away after the score was 15-11. Kosh hit for four straight points pushing the Bridge City lead up to 19-11. The Lady Hawks could never get back into the mix as Bridge City went on for the easy 25-14 win. The final game was all Bridge City as Kosh started her serve with a 1-0 lead. The sophomore poured in five straight service points which included two aces. Hardin-Jefferson could never recover and Bridge City’s Kayla Fullerton, who had four kills and two aces, struck for three straight points giving the Lady Cardinals a 21-11 lead. Jenna Angelle ended the match with an ace giving the Lady Cardinals a 25-14. “I told the girls going into Tuesday everyone would be 0-0,†Mathews. “Now I am just happy we are in that top half. It is going to be tough to stay in those winning ways. The girls have been playing better.†The Lady Cardinals will participate in the Dickinson Tournament Thursday and Saturday. Friday Bridge City will travel to face Little Cypress-Mauriceville.

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Dayton hosts season's 1st cross-country meet By: MIKE GEORGE, EDITOR08/28/2007 Email to a friendPost a CommentPrinter-friendly The Dayton Broncos and Lady Broncos played host this past Saturday to the area's first cross-country meet involving teams from in and out of district, both 5-A and 4-A classifications. In the varsity boy's division, the Broncos were not able to field enough runners to make a qualifying team, so each runner ran individually, with Mason Cornelius finishing among the top 31 runners. Advertisement In that race, Deer Park claimed first place with runners finishing first, second, fourth, sixth and seventh to garner 20 points. Nederland took second place with runners finishing in the fifth, ninth, tenth, twelfth and fourteenth spots. Huffman was awarded third with runners finishing in third, eighth, eleventh, thirteenth and fifteenth. Both teams finished with 50 points. In the varsity girls' race the Lady Broncos did enter a qualifying team with Senior Team Captain Katie Scott finishing in 11th place, Hannah Stouffer at 12th, Ana Rangel at 21st, Cassie Morrison at 24th, and Yvette Denaro at 25th. Juanita Medrano also ran for the Lady Broncos. This gave the Lady Broncos a total of 93 points and a fifth place, overall finish. In that girls' race, it was the Deer from Deer Park again taking first place taking first, second, third, sixth, seventh, and 10th, although only the first five counted for the team's 19 points. Nederland came in second place with finishers at eighth, ninth, 10th, 13th, and 17th and 57 points. In third place was Huffman with runners finishing fourth, fifth, 16th, 18th, and 28th. That gave the Lady Falcons 63 points. Coming in fourth and fifth, each with a total of 93 points were Caney Creek and Dayton. "We'll travel to Bridge City this weekend for our second meet," said cross-country coach Patricia Wilson. "Unfortunately, with only three male runners we won't be able to produce a qualifying team for the varsity boy's race, but are good to go with our girls."

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