KFDM COOP

Both i think!

That is strange!

COLD

Come on Mike, we need this one!!

A great player as well!

I think it will work out! I may be the only one who likes 4 teams going.

Good luck Seahawks

Former NFL Star From Newton County Dies in Traffic Accident Near Lumberton A former NFL star who lived in Newton County and won two Super Bowls with the Pittsburgh Steelers has died in a traffic accident, as KFDM News first reported early Friday morning. The Department of Public Safety tells KFDM News 59 year old Ernie Holmes was killed in a traffic accident Thursday night in Hardin County. The wreck happened on Highway 69 about a mile south of Colonial Drive, just outside of Lumberton. Investigators say he was traveling south, left the road, and his vehicle rolled several times. He was ejected. Investigators say he wasn't wearing a seat belt. Holmes was pronounced dead at 9:12 p.m. No other vehicle was involved in the accident. Ernie Holmes lived in Weirgate in Newton County. KFDM News interviewed him several times about civil rights issues in Southeast Texas. He played with the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1972 until 1977 and was part of the fames Steel Curtain defense featuring Holmes, "Mean" Joe Greene, L.C. Greenwood and Dwight White. PITTSBURGH (AP) - Pittsburgh Steelers Chairman Dan Rooney says the organization "is deeply saddened to learn of the sudden and untimely death of Ernie Holmes." The former member of the "Steel Curtain" defense of the Steelers' 1970s Super Bowl champion teams died last night in a single-vehicle traffic accident in Southeast Texas. He was 59. The Texas Department of Public Safety says Holmes was driving alone last night when his car left the roadway and rolled over several times near Lumberton. That's about 80 miles northeast of Houston in Southeast Texas. Rooney says the former defensive tackle "was one of the toughest players to ever wear a Steelers uniform." He says many who played against Holmes found him "almost impossible to block." Rooney says that Holmes, "at his best, he was an intimidating player who even the toughest of opponents did not want to play against." The two-time All Pro was a member of the famed Steel Curtain defense, winning two Super Bowls with Pittsburgh. He played there from 1972-77, and spent the 1978 season with New England.

Predictions?

Man i miss the Dome

Clear but cold

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Bayou Bowl poised to go international By Dave Rogers Published January 18, 2008 Update your passport. The Bayou Bowl is going international. It could happen as early as this spring, Lee football coach Dick Olin told the Bayou Bowl steering committee at its monthly meeting Thursday. “I got a phone call from Canada and some people up there want us to bring the Bayou Bowl (Texas) team to Canada to play a team up there,†Olin said. The invitation, Olin said, came via a Texas rep for Riddell, a football helmet manufacturer and Bayou Bowl sponsor, who told Olin the Canadians were looking for a Texas team to travel north of the border. Olin, Baytown’s representative on the Greater Houston Football Coaches Association board that created and oversees the high school all-star game, had conversations with Canadian football officials to confirm that their interest is genuine. “They told me the biggest TV show in Canada is ‘Friday Night Lights’ and because of it, they’re all excited about Texas football,†Olin said. “Because ‘Friday Night Lights’ is so popular and because they saw the Bayou Bowl on TV (last summer’s delayed broadcasts on the NFL Network), they contacted us about playing.†The sixth annual Bayou Bowl between Texas and Louisiana all-star teams is scheduled for Saturday, June 7 at Baytown’s Stallworth Stadium. Olin says the Canadians want to play Friday, May 16, in Hamilton, Ontario, about 100 miles northwest of Buffalo, N.Y. “They want to fly us to Buffalo and we’d travel by bus to Hamilton,†said the Gander coach. “We’d play the Canadian all-stars in the (Canadian Football League’s) Hamilton Tiger-Cats Stadium.†Obviously, many special arrangements would need to be made for the Canadian trip to become a reality. For starters, school will still be in session. “This was totally unexpected,†Olin said, “but it appears do-able. I’d say it’s in the negotiating stage right now.†Olin may know a bit more about Canadian football today than a year ago. His son, Drew Tate, played in the CFL this past summer and fall. “Those kids come down to the States and they’ll play games against schools on the East Coast. They’ll go down to Florida,†Olin said of the Canadian high schoolers. “There’s a lot of Canadian kids who end up at places like Penn State and Rutgers. Their football is getting bigger all the time.†First thing on the to-do list is selecting the Texas all-stars. “We’ve got to get our kids in the Bayou Bowl,†Olin said, “and we’ll go from there.†The coach reported that most of the defensive picks had already been made by a group of coaches headed by Clear Creek head coach Darrell Warden and Clear Lake head coach Troy Aduddell. Former Spring Branch Memorial coach Wayne Hooks is heading up the offensive selection committee that is beginning to wrap up its work. Players and their high school coaches will be contacted and the first commitments are expected in the next few weeks. One who won’t be coming, Olin said, is Stratford quarterback Andrew Luck. He will be in Germany this summer, the coach said. There is interest in beefing up the Texas all-star roster in light of a three-year victory streak by the Louisiana team, which has been bringing all the top players from that state to Baytown each summer. Several other high school all-star games in Texas compete against the Bayou Bowl for players and some college coaches, notably the University of Texas’ Mack Brown, have not allowed their incoming freshmen to play in the Bayou Bowl. “Basically, we’re trying to get the best from Texas,†Olin said. “Most of our players come from the Greater Houston area, but we’re going to look outside the Houston area when we have needs.†Many college programs encourage their incoming freshmen to enroll in summer school before their freshman football season, but Olin says the Texas Legislature’s moving the start of public schools back a couple of weeks this year could work in the Bayou Bowl’s favor. “They can’t enroll in college if they haven’t graduated from high school,†he said. Would students still in high school be available for an all-star game. “Most seniors are exempt from final exams anyway,†Olin said. But he had no comeback for one of the latest trends in college football. “Three kids we’ve asked to play are already in college,†he said, meaning they had graduated early, so they could get a college spring training in before their freshman season. In other business, Fan Fest was set for 7 p.m. June 6 with the Bayou Bowl banquet set for noon June 7. The golf tournament has been moved up a week, to May 30. An update is expected soon for the game’s Web site, bayoubowl.org . Tom Ed Gooden, Goose Creek schools athletic director reported that renovations to Stallwoth Stadium, including a new press box, are scheduled to be complete May 1, in plenty of time for the Bayou Bowl. Committee chairman Pete Alfaro said there was an upside to the Texas team losing 31-15 last summer. “The way the Louisiana team won last year has really helped interest in the state of Louisiana,†he said. “They definitely want to come back.â€

Strong workout leads Silva to San Jac By Michael Pineda Baytown Sun Published January 18, 2008 Barbers Hill senior pitcher Hunter Silva went from the ranks of the relative unknown to an athlete in high demand with one strong workout and parleyed it into a full ride scholarship to San Jacinto Junior College. Silva settled on San Jacinto after entertaining offers from the junior college ranks as well as division one. “I kind of wanted to go the junior college route and San Jacinto is one of the top teams in the nation,†Silva said. “Being the number three pitcher last year I didn’t get that many innings. My most memorable game was against Vidor in game three of the bi-district playoffs. I threw a complete game and proved that I belonged.†In his limited action last season, Silva posted a 4-2 record with a 1.63 earned run average and 41 strikeouts. This summer, Silva increased his velocity and after an average tryout at Galveston College that netted him an offer, he took it to another level in the Baseball America tryouts. “Hunter has always thrown the ball hard,†Barbers Hill head coach Gil Stalbaum said. “He has increased his velocity over the summer and it got the attention of the pro scouts. One scout called me the Sunday afternoon after his tryout and told me that his velocity was by far the best at the workout. For two weeks my phone didn’t stop ringing.†Silva consistently hit between 89 to 91 miles per hour with his fastball in the workout and had is slider timed from 81 to 84 miles per hour. This season Silva will see time more time on the field as he takes over at third base for Jake Ponder who will move to catcher for Eagles, who are ranked number two in the state by Texas Baseball News going into the season. “It’s really exciting,†Silva said. “I didn’t get to play much at third base last season because Jake was there. Hopefully I will get some more innings in and help the team get to state. We have a lot of expectations this year.†Silva plans to continue playing baseball this summer, as he will join teammates Ross Hales and Kendall Thamm as well as future San Jacinto teammate Brett Marshall who is a senior at Sterling on the Texas Sun Devils based out of Beaumont. While attending San Jacinto, Silva plans on pursuing a degree in business.

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Lady Indians set to host tourney HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER By Tom Halliburton The Port Arthur News PORT NECHES -- These Port Neches-Groves Lady Indians might be the best little 1-3 high school girls soccer team in Texas. But do not be deceived by PN-G's record. First, PN-G is 1-0 in its all-important District 20-4A record following a 5-1 win at Silsbee on Tuesday night. Second, the Lady Indians participated last weekend in a most competitive tournament at The Woodlands, losing by reasonably competitive scores to Cypress Creek (5-1), Richardson Berkner (4-3) and Austin Westlake (4-0). Third, seventh-year head coach Aimee Bates is absent from school during January due to maternity leave. Fourth, returning senior forward Marisa Elam has returned to health from a knee injury. Fifth, returning senior midfielder Brittany Ansel is back this week after missing the weekend with upper respiratory congestion. So the Lady Indians embarked upon this weekend's 16-team PN-G soccer tournament with a goal to keep improving under the direction of acting boss Crystal Werkheiser. The 16-team tournament entries in the two-day event include PN-G and PN-G's B team, Kelly, Rosenberg Terry, Galveston Ball, Willis, Lumberton, Rosenberg Lamar Consolidated, Nederland, Richmond Foster, Clear Springs, Montgomery, Little Cypress-Mauriceville, Huntsville, Beaumont West Brook and Magnolia. The teams will be divided into four four-team pools. Today's "pool" games will not be considered wins or losses because they will contain only 20-minute halves. Two full matches will follow on Saturday with four teams playing for the Indian Cup, four for the Warrior Cup, four for the Brave Cup and four for the Tomahawk Cup. PN-G's assistant head coach Werkheiser has realized the benefit her group already has derived from The Woodlands tournament. "Absolutely," she said. "We saw what we needed to work on and that's going to help us to prepare for district." The same can apply to the Lady Indians' scrimmages. They received good-quality competition from Montgomery and West Brook in the pre-season. Plus, the subtraction of Elam and Ansel translated into the addition of freshmen forwards Corina Olua and Chloe Chaisson. "Both of those freshmen did really well up front against Berkner," Werkheiser said. "Elam and Ansel are back now and they're looking good in practice. It's been tough but it's going to help us in our district... The good competition has helped us to gain a lot of insight and valuable experience." Werkheiser already observed some benefit in the Lady Indians' 20-4A opener at Silsbee. Freshman midfielder Natalie Hager scored twice while freshman Olua, sophomore midfielder Alexis Harper and senior forward Elam added one goal apiece. Sophomore Tatum Crochet served as goalkeeper, limiting Silsbee to one goal.

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Dawkins Career-High Not Enough As Lamar Falls To SFA, 81-75 Cardinals return home to face Sam Houston on Saturday at 7 pm NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Kenny Dawkins scored 23 points but Lamar was unable to overcome a 19-point deficit in dropping an 81-75 Southland Conference decision to Stephen F. Austin at Johnson Coliseum Thursday night. Lamar (7-8, 1-1 SLC) trailed 47-28 with 17:42 left and fought back to cut the margin to three with 17 seconds left. But following a Preston Davis free throw that gave SFA a 79-74 lead, Darren Hopkins was stripped by Josh Alexander, who was fouled and made both free throws with 6.8 seconds to end the comeback. Dawkins tied his career-high and also had five steals, with 17 points and three thefts coming in the second half. Lamar Sanders was 5-of-8 for 12 points and a team-high six rebounds. Brandon McThay provided a spark off the bench as he made a pair of 3-pointers and scored all nine of his points in 15 second-half minutes. Lamar shot 46 percent from the floor but SFA finished at 53 percent. For SFA (14-2, 2-1 SLC), Alexander made six 3-pointers and led all players with a season-high 26 points. Both teams struggled from the free throw line. Lamar was 18-of-30 and SFA was 23-of-33. Lamar's 75 points were the most allowed by SFA all season. Lamar took its only lead of the half on a Matthew Barrow layup with 13:54 to play and led 13-11 30 seconds later on a pair of Tristan Worrell free throws. The teams traded baskets to tie the game at 15 before SFA went on an 8-0 run over a 2-minute stretch to take a 23-15 lead with 9:17 left. The Lumberjacks stretched their lead to 17 on a Gerald Fonzie 3-pointer with 26 tics remaining before Dawkins made a free throw and beat the buzzer with a driving layup to cut the deficit to 38-24 at the break. Lamar shot just 32 percent in the half, while SFA made 52 percent and was 5-of-9 from outside. SFA extended the margin to 47-28 on a Nick Shaw free throw. Lamar trimmed the margin to 11 points on three occasions during the half but never seemed to be able to get inside single digits. Then, with the Lumberjacks holding a 71-57 lead and 4:04 to play, the Cardinals went on a 17-8 run that was keyed by a five points from McThay and capped off by Dawkins' three that led to Davis' free throw. Lamar returns home to play host to Sam Houston State (14-2, 2-1 SLC) on Saturday night. Tip-off at the Montagne Center is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. CT.

Lady Cards Nip Stephen F. Austin 72-70 Lamar improves to 2-0 in SLC play Jan. 17, 2008 Box Score BEAUMONT - For the second straight game Nikki Williams had an explosive second half, propelling the Lamar University women's basketball team to a 72-70 win over the Stephen F. Austin Ladyjacks at the Montagne Center Thursday night. The Lady Cardinals improve to 9-6 on the year and 2-0 in Southland Conference play with the win while SFA drops to 5-10 on the season and 2-1 in conference play. Williams, who scored just three points and passed out one assist in the first half, came alive in the second half, scoring 14 points and passing out six assists. The junior guard helped hold off the Ladyjacks, who were on fire from behind the three point line. Leading by 10 with 16:51 to play in the game, the Lady Cards looked like they were going to pull away for an easy win, but Stephen F. Austin would not allow LU to relax. The Ladyjacks began to chip away at Lamar's lead, and cut the game to one point at 46-45 with 10:48 to play. With the lead gone, Williams began to take over, draining her first three pointer of the game to give Lamar a four point advantage with 10:23 to play. The triple set the tone for the final 10 minutes in which Williams would take over. Lamar built their lead back to seven points with 8:30 to play, but the Ladyjacks would not fold under Lamar's pressure. Stephen F. Austin made their final run at Lamar over the next six minutes, taking their first lead of the second half at 65-64 on a three pointer by Ebony Alexander with 2:38 to play. The Lady Cards however responded with a pair of big shots on their next to possessions, leaving SFA scrambling to get back in the game. Tamara Abalde stepped back after receiving a screen from Brittney Williams and responded to Alexander's 3-pointer by draining a three of her own to put LU back ahead with 2:17 to play. One possession later Nikki Williams put the nail in the coffin by knocking down a three from the top of the key to give LU a five point lead. With just two seconds remaining on the shot clock and SFA's Nikki Carr in her face, Williams pump faked and stepped to side of a leaping Carr and buried the shot. After Carr scored on a jumper with 1:09 to play the Lady Cards were able to run down the clock to 2.8 seconds before Nikki Williams sank a pair of free throws to seal the deal with a five point lead. SFA, who had been hot from beyond the arc in the second half going 7-11, finished the ballgame with their seventh three pointer of the half, as Alexander hit a shot from just inside half court as the buzzer sounded. In the first half the two teams played a very close game, with neither team able to hold more than a four point lead. Abalde gave Lamar their largest lead of the half with a three pointer with 23 seconds to play in the half, and LU went into the break leading 36-32. Abalde led the way for Lamar throughout the game, picking up game-highs in scoring and rebounding with 22 points and 15 rebounds on 9-14 shooting from the field. Nikki Williams finished the game with 17 points, passing out seven assists and grabbing six rebounds, while Brittney Williams added 16 points on 7-11 shooting. Aida Bakhos also came up big for LU, scoring 10 points. Stephen F. Austin was led by Jessica Gaines who scored 18 points, while Alexander added 14 points. Carr and Chantol Drennan also finished in double digits for the Ladyjacks, scoring 11 points apiece. As a team the Lady Cardinals shot 54.2 percent from the field, while holding SFA to 39.4 percent, while winning the battle on the boards 39 to 31. The Ladyjacks were able to stay in the game by winning the turnover battle as Lamar gave it away 18 times, while SFA only coughed it up five times. The Lady Cardinals will be in action again on Saturday afternoon when they take on Sam Houston State at 3:00 at Johnson Coliseum in Huntsville, Texas.

BC’s Angelle called up to help young team Gabriel Pruett The Orange Leader BRIDGE CITY — Bridge City sports fans have grown accustomed to seeing a familiar face all season long for the past four years. Along with her twin sister Jenna, senior Lauren Angelle is a main-stay in just about every sport. After being a central part of the Lady Cardinals reaching the regional tournament in volleyball, it did not take long for Angelle to hit the hardwood and pick up a basketball. First-year head coach Allen Ashworth was certainly waiting. “Some of the game we have won this season are solely because of her,†Ashworth said. “I truly believe Lauren is good enough to play small-college basketball. She simply can’t spend 12 months a year in the basketball court like some of the other players in the district. If she did, I promise she would be just as good as anybody. If we didn’t have her, we would maybe have three wins right now. As Lauren goes, that is where Bridge City goes.†Angelle has learned to just have fun this season as the Lady Cardinals have struggled to a 2-4 mark in District 21-3A play. With teams like Orangefield, Hardin-Jefferson and Silsbee around, wins come at a premium in Southeast Texas. “This is a very tough district,†Angelle said. “It can be very frustrating at times because those teams are so good. It is hard because I really like to win and sometimes it is hard with teams like that in your district. We go in every game working and trying to get a win, sometimes it just does not work out for us.†Winning is something Angelle is very used to. The Lady Cardinals had a very successful volleyball season by winning the district championship and having the opportunity to play in College Station at the regional tournament. Then there is the approaching softball season in which the Lady Cardinals are closing in on 80-straight district wins. “I do let her go out and play softball even during this basketball season,†Ashworth said. “She could be out there doing other things but she is still here a part of this team and taking a beating for her team. The thing about her and Jenna is they basically have given up their senior year to help a group of younger players. In three or four years, we will look back and see exactly how much those two meant to this program. We owe a lot to Lauren. She has grown up a lot this year.†Angelle admitted to being nervous at the start of the basketball season in having to learn what Ashworth was like. “I really did not know what to expect,†Angelle said. “I really like him a lot. He is very positive and never has anything negative to say about this team. We do a lot more conditioning this season and at the same time he makes it fun. It does not feel like we are just out there running all day.†So while the Lady Cardinals have struggled, Angelle and her teammates have found ways to have fun this season. “It really has been a fun year,†Angelle said. “I enjoy all the players on the teams. We may not be the best team but I think we are certainly the most fun team out there. We have team dinners and are all pretty close even off the court. We seem to go out to eat a lot.â€

Hopefully a big crowd!!!