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Friendswood edges Lamar Consol 4-3 to take Game 1 Win Friday sends Mustangs to state tournament The Friendswood Mustangs are now just one step away from making school history. By scratching out four runs against Lamar Consolidated ace Brady Rodgers and getting a solid pitching performance from their own hurler, senior Stefan Myers, the Mustangs were able to earn a 4-3 win in Game 1 of the Region III-4A championship series on Thursday at UH's Cougar Field. Friendswood (26-8) will look to sweep the series tonight and earn its first state baseball tournament berth. Lamar Consolidated (28-8) needs a win to avoid elimination. Game 2 is at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Cougar Field. "This is huge," catcher Matt McLaren said. "We were hoping Stefan could go up there and get us a win and he did. That gives us a lot of momentum heading into (tonight)." Friendswood was aggressive from the start. After McLaren was hit by a pitch, courtesy runner Jesse Flores stole second then scored after an errant throw by Lamar Consolidated third baseman Ryan Haas on an infield single by Cody Bergeson went into foul territory to make it 1-0 Friendswood. Lamar Consolidated tied it in the second after Myers issued a bases loaded walk to Eli Sepulveda, scoring Cody Robinson to make it 1-1. Friendswood reclaimed the lead in the third when Myers singled to left to score Flores to make it 2-1. The Mustangs added runs in the fifth on an error and in the sixth on an RBI single by McLaren for a 4-1 lead. "We knew coming into the game that we were going to have to get on (Rodgers)," McLaren said. "Once we did, he started getting a little rattled. We knew he pitched a lot last week so we were just trying to get him out of the game." Lamar Consolidated tried to rally in the seventh, picking up a pair after an RBI double by Haas and an RBI single by Cody Abraham. But Myers, who pitched all seven innings and allowed just four hits on the night, got his 10th strikeout of the night on Lamar's Brandon Hollek to end the threat and the game. "Stefan did a fantastic job on the mound," Taylor said. "He struggled at times with some of the things that he was doing but he did a good job keeping them off stride." For Rodgers (13-2) it was only his second loss of the season and the first time this postseason that Lamar Consolidated has dropped a Game 1 in a playoff series. That gives Friendswood a lot of momentum heading into Game 2 when they send Andrew Beasley (8-3) to the hill with a chance to clinch a state tournament berth. "It feels great - this is a great place to be right now," Taylor said. "Hopefully (tonight) we'll do our job. We don't want to take them for granted. Those guys came back against Brenham and we know there's no die in that group."

Dishon enjoying freshman season at LSU Gabe Pruett The Orange Leader BATON ROUGE — Bridge City graduate and Louisiana St. University freshman Johnny Dishon always had one goal when growing up. Winning 20 straight games and hosting a NCAA Regional Tournament this weekend certainly is beyond any dream Dishon could have imagined. “It is everything I could have ever dreamed of,†Dishon said on Thursday. “I have always heard even from Hunter Hays how much work college ball is and I always said it could not be that bad. It is like a job. You are there to win a starting position or sometimes you are not even playing. The competition you face on a game-by-game basis is unbelievable. The players you face are either just as good or way better than you.†So Dishon has said good-bye to pitchers hurling in the 80-miles-an-hour range on a consistent basis and said hello to seeing 90-miles-an-hour each at bat. “The closer for Georgia was hitting 99,†Dishon said. “Yeah, I struck out in that at-bat. I was just hoping the guy never threw inside. It was hard to react to that speed.†The Tigers (43-16-1) won the SEC Tournament this past weekend with a 8-2 victory over Ole Miss on Sunday. LSU was 18-11-1 in the SEC standings. Dishon has started 11 of 37 games as a freshman and has a .239 batting average with 17 runs, 11 hits, 10 RBI and three doubles. He also has two triples, a homer and five walks. Dishon has also stolen four out of five bases on the season. Seeking playing time is something way different Dishon ever had to experience in his days at Bridge City. The 2007 All-Orange Leader Baseball Team MVP never had to look at the starting lineup to know where he was batting or where he was going to play. “That is definitely,†Dishon said. “At Bridge City I never had to worry if I was going to start or not. Here they give me a chance and I try to produce. I can only give them everything I have. I always try to be the first person out to congratulate a teammate or pinch run whenever I am asked to.†Dishon has also been doing something from his past here recently at LSU. “I have also been doing some bullpen catching,†Dishon added. “That was surprising. I was a catcher when I was growing up and Coach (Billy) Bryant said I was too fast to do that in high school. Now ironically here I am back to catching. It was hard to get back into. I am starting to get better at it and I am always there when they need me.†While at Bridge City, postseason success was also not a problem when Dishon was a Cardinal. The Cardinals went to back-to-back when Dishon was starting as sophomore and junior and his senior season ended one win away in the regional finals. “I think about the Bridge City days everyday, even football,†Dishon said. “I can remember every game, every play and every outcome. You just don’t realize how fast it all goes by. I remember being a freshman and sophomore and then it was over. Now my college freshman year is flying by but it’s awesome. I am just trying to enjoy it all as much as possible.†Dishon still talks to former teammate Jeff Stringer who recently signed on with Panola Junior College after taking a year off of baseball. “He was trying to find the right school that fits,†Dishon said. “I am so happy he is with Panola because that guy needs to be playing some baseball. We are all playing on limited time.†While still taking time to reflect on the past, Dishon and the Tigers have hungry eyes on Texas Southern, today’s opponent at 1 p.m. in the regional tournament. “Of course we all want to make it to the College World Series,†Dishon said. “First we are playing Texas Southern who might be 16-32 and can still beat anyone. “Even just sitting in the dugout, I’m enjoying every moment. The experience is something not everyone gets. My dream was to get out of high school and do something positive. I can say I am doing just that.â€

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What a comeback!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Sumo wrestler has to take pay cut after hitting apprentice with ladle TOKYO -- A veteran sumo wrestler who attacked a junior grappler with a cooking instrument has been ordered to take a salary cut for his violent outburst. Toyozakura, whose ladle-wielding assault left the 18-year-old victim bleeding and needing eight stitches, will take a 30 percent pay cut for three months, Japanese sumo officials said on Thursday. The same punishment was meted out to gym chief Magaki for beating a junior wrestler with a bamboo sword in the latest in a series of incidents that has tarnished sumo's image. Toyozakura, 34, apologized after admitting he used a ladle to hit the apprentice on the head. "I asked him to do something, which I don't remember exactly, but he couldn't do it," Toyozakura said, according to Agence France-Presse. Sumo dates back some 2,000 years and retains many Shinto religious overtones, but the sport has been plagued by scandal in recent months. Violent hazing, or beating during training, has long been seen as customary, contributing to the sport's struggle to attract new recruits. But there was a public outcry over the death last year of a teenage apprentice who was beaten with a beer bottle and a baseball bat. Japan's government has weighed in on the issue, ordering sumo officials to clean up their act.

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as for Dayton, no espanol lol in Non District. 91 Days

Wednesday June 4th at 4:30 at Central's practice field.

I'm waiting a call back from Coach Stowers! 8)

Hits the stands June 12th. 8)

He is!

Game will be broadcasted here on the site!!!

Girl, 12, whips up on boys on Oregon courts Funny how some people behave when the shoe is on the other foot. Young girls were kept off playing fields far too long because they weren't supposed to be tough enough, then denied a chance to play against boys because they weren't supposed to be good enough. Those who still don't believe times have changed should check out the video of glamour girl Danica Patrick's near-dust up with rival driver Ryan Briscoe after he knocked her car out of the Indy 500 last weekend. And then there's a much less-publicized item from earlier this month: 12-year-old Jaime Nared was barred from playing in a boys' league in Beaverton, Ore., because she was simply too good. "She's still playing and practicing and she doesn't talk about it much," her mother, Reiko Williams, said Tuesday. "But Jaime's teammates have been supporting her. She gets a ton of text messages from the boys saying, 'Wish U were here." Small wonder. Jaime stands 6-1 and has been wearing out the competition everywhere she plays. Not long ago, Jaime dropped 30 points on a league opponent, prompting complaints from some parents that Jaime go back to playing against girls her own age. Jaime's coach, Michael Abraham, tried that and didn't see the point. 90-7 score "We beat one team 90-7," he told the Oregonian newspaper recently. "At her level, it's like having Shaq on a high school team." Just like Shaq, Jamie has been asked to produce a birth certificate on more than one occasion, and it explains a lot. Her father, Greg Nared, played basketball for Maryland two decades ago and her older sister, Jacklin, 17, will play for the women's team there next fall after leading all scorers in Oregon's Class 6A high schools. Jaime wound up on the sidelines when Greg volunteered to coach Jacklin's select girls team in seventh grade, and it didn't take long for the couple, who have since divorced, to realize they had another special player on their hands. "She could have jumped rope, or drawn pictures, or done some of the other things we think girls should do, but she just held onto a basketball and imitated everything she saw, every drill, over and over," Williams recalled. "She was only five, but after that, she was never without a ball in her hand. Let me tell you, she broke lots of things around the house. "For the longest while, I always pleaded, 'Put the ball down.' But not anymore." Neal Franzer, who's in charge at The Hoop, a private basketball facility in Beaverton where Abraham's teams have been competing for years, did not return a call seeking comment on Jaime's dismissal from the boys team. He denied pressure from opposing parents prompted the decision, instead telling the newspaper that new management at the gym decided to enforce a rule barring mixed-gender teams that's been on the books for some time — even though it wasn't invoked in previous years. Franzer contended the boys played "differently against her because she was a girl. They'd been taught to not push a girl, so they weren't fouling her hard." Abraham laughed that explanation off. Jaime has played on his boys team since second grade without it ever being a problem. "If she were 4-feet-9 and no good, we wouldn't be having this discussion," he said in the same interview. "To appease a small minority of parents, in this day and age, is stupid. This is a decision that really targets her. ... "I can't think of one boy that we've played against that's had a problem with her. Maybe their dads do." Williams knows Jaime's days of playing competitively against boys — let alone dominating the games — are limited. Tennessee coach Pat Summit, who runs one of the premier women's college programs, regularly has her team scrimmage against men to raise their game — which is all that Jaime wanted in the first place. "We're taught boys are stronger and faster and if you compare them at just about any age, that's true," Williams said. "But it's not until 13 or so that the difference in strength and speed makes competing unfair. "They recommended we have her play against high-school girls, but we don't want her playing on the road unless her dad or I can be there," she added. Looking for a league In the meantime, Jaime practices with her sister or on her own. She's back playing with a sixth-grade girls team and high schoolers when the game don't require travel, but her parents plan to put Jaime back in a boys league as soon as they find one that will accommodate her. "One difference between men and women is that men are always telling women what they can't, or shouldn't be doing. But somebody has to blaze trails sometimes," Williams added. "If every woman bought into the idea there's a ceiling on how high they can go, Jackie wouldn't be going to school on a basketball scholarship and Jaime wouldn't have her heart set on following her."

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