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Texas prep athletes could get more credits 06:33 PM CDT on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 Associated Press AUSTIN -- Texas high school athletes could receive twice as much credit toward graduation for playing sports under a proposal before the state Board of Education. The board is expected to discuss the plan tomorrow. The idea to allow four years of sports to count toward graduation, instead of two, was brought to the board by a coach from Brenham High School. Craig Agnew says new graduation requirements that took effect with freshmen last year discriminate against athletes by cutting the time available for participation in athletics. In all, the number of credits needed to get a diploma will increase from 24 to 26 starting with 2011 graduates. Agnew told The Dallas Morning News that the new standards allow students to get four years of credit for activities such as band, choir, dance team, theater and Junior ROTC—but not football, basketball, baseball and other sports. Students can now get up to two years of credit for participation in sports, which meets the current requirement of 1 ½ years of physical education and also a half-year toward elective course requirements. One credit is equal to one year of instruction in a subject.

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8) Send em!

True.

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Good hire!

[Hidden Content] Confessed drug supplier Kirk Radomski has provided documentary evidence to the government showing that he shipped drugs to the Texas home of Roger Clemens, who is under investigation for perjury after telling Congress he never used steroids or human growth hormone. According to sources with close knowledge of the investigation, Radomski has discovered shipping receipts for a package of two kits of human growth hormone that he sent in late 2002 or 2003 to Clemens at the pitcher's palatial mansion in Houston. Radomski is believed to have also provided the government with new information and receipts for drug shipments to other players. Radomski, who received a five-year probation sentence in February after cooperating with government investigators, recently informed the feds about the materials. The Justice Department is continuing its investigation in New York as well as in Texas and Florida. The Clemens package was addressed to William Roger Clemens, in care of Brian McNamee, according to the sources, who said that McNamee did not sign for the package. According to the sources, the timing of the shipment to Clemens' home coincides roughly with the dates when Clemens' wife, Debbie, used human growth hormone in preparation for her participation in a pictorial in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. They also expect the evidence to corroborate McNamee's claims that Clemens was behind his wife's use and was present when McNamee injected her just after the drugs arrived at the couple's home. Clemens has denied under oath using human growth hormone, or having any prior knowledge that his wife was going to use HGH. The Daily News was the first to report in February that Debbie Clemens received at least one injection of the drug from McNamee. Reached Tuesday by The News, Clemens' lawyer, Rusty Hardin, said he wasn't aware the government had been informed of new shipping receipts. "I can't imagine that there's any truth to that at all," said Hardin. "We'll find out one day Roger never received or took the stuff." Matthew Parrella, an Assistant U.S. Attorney from San Francisco declined comment last night when contacted about the receipts. McNamee was identified in the Mitchell Report as a "possible sub-distributor" of drugs that came from Radomski, a former Mets clubhouse attendant. McNamee later testified that he gave drugs to Clemens, Andy Pettitte and Chuck Knoblauch. Clemens and McNamee both testified to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform about the injection to Debbie Clemens - which took place in the master bedroom of Clemens' home - but had dramatically contradictory interpretations of the episode. How the drugs arrived at the Clemens household in the first place was one of the unsolved mysteries of the Mitchell Report saga. __________________

Former MMA champ 'Rampage' booked after truck incident COSTA MESA, Calif. -- Former mixed martial arts light heavyweight champion Quinton "Rampage" Jackson has been arrested after a series of collisions allegedly involving the pickup truck he was driving in Orange County. Police say Jackson was booked for investigation of felony evading, hit and run and reckless driving. Bail was set at $25,000. Police received a report of an accident on the 55 Freeway near 19th Street in Costa Mesa involving a large pickup truck that had struck other vehicles and fled the scene. A Costa Mesa officer spotted the pickup getting involved in another collision and fleeing toward Newport Beach. The pickup, which had a tire disabled in the collisions, was pulled over in Newport Beach. Police say Jackson was taken into custody without incident. No one was hurt.

3-3 in the 13th

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14-3 BC Advances!!

Good one going!

Classic!

10 year olds...Bridge City beat Jasper 5-3 to force a deciding game in the Sectional Tournament Tuesday night between the two teams.

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Brian Mayper Named Assistant Head Coach At Lamar Lance Edwards BEAUMONT, Texas - Lamar head football coach Ray Woodard has announced that Brian Mayper will join the LU staff as assistant head coach, the same post he held for Woodard at Navarro College last season. Mayper brings 17 years of coaching experience and has extensive recruiting ties throughout Texas with particular strengths in the Greater Houston area - including Sugar Land, Katy Alief and Fort Bend. "I'm excited about having Brian Mayper come on board," Woodard said. "He was invaluable to our success at Navarro College last season and I know he will be an instrumental asset for us at Lamar." "This is a wonderful opportunity and a chance for me to get back into the Southland Conference," Mayper said. "We have a great opportunity to get things started here at Lamar and compete in one of the best conferences in the country." Mayper, 37, was also the special teams coach at Navarro where the Bulldogs went 9-3 and claimed a 24-21 win over Georgia Military in the Pilgrim's Pride Bowl to finish the year ranked fourth in the NJCAA national poll. Navarro ranked third nationally in total offense (444.6 ypg), fourth in rushing offense (250.5 ypg) and 16th in passing offense (194.2 ypg), while scoring a school-record 428 points (35.7 ppg) in 2007. Offensive lineman JaMarcus Webb and linebacker Donald Booker were each named first team All-America by the NJCAA. Booker led the nation in both solo tackles (107) and total tackles (161). Running back Tyrone Ross ranked 13th in the nation in rushing with 1,079 yards and eighth in touchdowns with 12. Quarterback Jeremy Sanders passed for more than 1,500 yards and rushed for 480 in a run-oriented offense that passed just enough to keep defenses honest. Another standout for the Bulldogs was defensive back Ryan Clark, who tied for fifth in the nation with seven interceptions. He spent two seasons as the offensive coordinator and special teams coach at Frisco (Texas) High School when he helped lead the Raccoons to the district and bi-district championships in 2006. From 1996-2005 Mayper was the co-offensive coordinator and special teams coach at Howard Payne University in Brownwood, Texas. During his nine seasons he recruited six all-America selections and coached five of them personally, while turning out an average of seven all-conference selections. Mayper coached some of the top offensive players in HPU history, including the school all-time leading passer (Adam King), top running back (Richard Green), place kicker (Drew McMaster) and return specialist (Tyrone Brown), in addition to the No. 2 all-time receiver Walter Hays, who has spent time playing arena football. The Yellow Jackets ranked first in the nation among Division III teams in punt returns in 1997 and fifth nationally in kickoff returns in 2002. Adam King led the nation in total offense in 2002 and 2004 as HPU was rated fifth and third in the country, respectively. Prior to his stint at HPU, Mayper coached wide receivers and specialists at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia, Ark., from 1994-96. Mayper received his bachelor's degree in kinesiology and mathematics from Sam Houston State University in 1994 and his master's of education in kinesiology from Southern Arkansas in 1995. He was a wide receiver and punter at Sam Houston before a knee injury cut short his career, leading to a position as a graduate assistant under retired Bearkat coach Ron Randleman. Mayper was a three-sport letterwinner in football, soccer and track at Elsik High School in Houston, where he graduated from in 1989. He and his wife Theresa have been married for 13 years and have two daughters, Myka and Mia.

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8) Good luck guys!