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Yes, and it looks like we still may play at Driller. If we are tied after Hudson makes up their game with Rusk tomorrow night, then we will be playing Hudson Saturday. As of now it looks like the game would be played Saturday night in Kilgore @ Driller Park at 7pm. That could change, but it looks that way at this time.

Thursday May 7 - Carthage @ Huntington 7:00pm Saturday May 9 (If needed) - Lufkin Hudson Vs Carthage time & site TBA

ALL these districts ignorned the advice of the CDC. The CDC stated that school districts and large businesses should strongly consider closing if there is a documented or suspected case of swine flu. The one thing I can guarantee you is that there was NEVER intended to be any sort of racial component to my orginal post. I am TRULY sorry that you took it as such. When a border district closes its doors after 3 straight days of no deaths in Mexico, and many experts predicting that the swine flu may not be as great a threat as once believed why would you shut down? Why would you shut down when there are no cases in your district? Why would you shut down when the CDC has told you not to do so unless there is reported or suspected cases? It makes no sense, and in the long run you may be putting your district and the citizens in your community at a much greater risk. One final take and I'm done with this. When I posted this in NO way was their any racial or prejudical intent. Epidemiologists state for a fact that all diseases have a starting point. They try to trace a disease to a starting point or a group of people that is infected. In doing so they hope to stop the spread of the disease or find out the facts of what might have caused it. The starting point or orgin for the swine flu was Mexico. It could have just as easily been the US, Japan, Canada whatever, but it wasnt it was Mexico. The World Health Organization stated that all unnecessary travel to Mexico was not a good idea and not advised. The CDC stated that schools and large businesses should NOT close down unless they have or suspect someone is infected. Yet Laredo ISD choses to shut down. This grants frredom to literally thousands of teenagers. What do they do for 2 + weeks? They are close to Mexico, border Mexico is party town, and most kids whereever they are from love to party. This has been a fact since the beginning of time. Many teens regardless of race religion or whatever feel invincible, nothing bad can happen to them, they are made of steel. Now every night for 2 weeks is going to be a Saturday night. How stupid was this move? They are living next to ground zero pertaining to swine flu. How am I being a racist by these factual comments? Then, you call me to the mat on this. I am sure you are a good guy, but you stated you read my take over and over and felt it was racially motivated. I only had to read your last take once and now I may feel the same about you. You made a blatant put down of all people that live in Oklahoma. You made this as a joke. Then again, many of truths are told in jest. Could it be that you have race issues?? P.S. So what are these closed school districts going to do now since we are to start playing again tomorrow?

Explain to me how this is racial? The CDC reccommended districts close down IF they have any reported or suspected cases of Swine Flu. On the front of the Laredo website it states that they are closing down until May 14, but they have NO reported cases on swine flu. Laredo is a border town. They are literally blocks from Mexico. Do you honestly believe some students or adults will not venture into Mexico given a 2 week vacation? You must be joking. If this was Duluth Minnesota and ground zero for swine flu or SARS was Canada it would be the exact same situation. This has nothing to do with race. It just happens that the breakout orginated in Mexico. I am TRULY sorry for that. Our government advised against going to Mexico, until this passes. Yet we will give kids bordering Mexico 2 weeks off of school. Why?? Again there with no reported casesin Laredo ISD. So why would you give the people you are trying to protect total freedom?? Wouldnt it be better to keep an eye on these students, watch over these students and protect them. When in school you know where they are. If Oklahoma was ground zero, would it be smart to close a school district that bordered Oklahoma for two weeks if there were no reported cases in that district?? I promise you this post had NOTHING to do with race. It has to do with stupidity. Stupidity by adults. I did not mean to offend you or any other Hispanic American. I just believe that this was a TOTALLY stupid move. And if you are TRULY trying to protect our youth this is the opposite of what should of been done based on the fact that there were NO reported cases in Laredo ISD.

Monday May 11- Carthage @ Huntington 7pm * If Carthage and Hudson end up in a tie for District 18AAA title playoff we be either Friday May 15 @ 7pm or Saturday May 16 @ 12pm. Game site will be either Kilgore or Nacogdoches.

I just read where Laredo ISD has closed ALL of their campuses until May 18. This has to be the dumbest shi t I have ever heard. This is a border town with well over 100,000 students. The borders are still open. Where do you think many of these kids will go with their 2 plus weeks of freedom??? Isnt Mexico ground zero in regards to Swine flu?? If we are truly trying to protect our kids and our society from a pandemic wouldnt we keep them in school longer, including weekends so we know where they are, what they are doing, and whom they are in contact with?? We have now just given them the TOTAL freedom to go whereever they want to with no tabs being kept on them. It appears to me that there is a whole bunch of adults that want a little R&R and want to look good in the eyes of the uninformed. This could be one of the dumbest moves ever if this flu is truly as bad as some officials say it is. Now all these young people from 9 different 5A districts can gather at malls, parties and cross the border to party or visit friends & family with no tabs. Brilliant!!!

Winner to the Top with Taylor, Jasper, Bullard, etc... 2nd Place to bottom with Bridge City, Robinson, Spring Hill etc...

District 18AAA wraps up their regular season on Friday night May 1. If Lufkin Hudson (12-1) and Carthage (12-1) are still tied for first place at the conclusion of regular district play they will face off Saturday May 2 at 12pm at Driller Park in Kilgore.

Carthage 4 Lufkin Hudson 0

Carthage 4 Hudson 0

18AAA Friday April 24 Lufkin Hudson 20-5-1 (12-0) @ Carthage 16-5-1 (11-1) - 7:30pm

Carthage 11 Rusk 1

District 18AAA Monday April 20 Carthage @ Center 7pm Tuesday April 21 Carthage @ Rusk 6:30 pm * game will be played at Rusk because Rusk went to Carthage in first round

Carthage 13 Diboll 0

18AAA Standings District Overall 1. Lufkin Hudson 9-0 (17-5 1) 2. Carthage 8-1 (13-5-1) 3. Jasper 5-4 (12-6) 3. Diboll 5-4 (11-5) 5. Huntington 4-5 (9-11) 6. Central 3-6 (11-9) 7. Center 2-7 (6-11) 8. Rusk 0-9 (6-13)

Carthage 3 Huntington 2

Lufkin Hudson 5 Carthage 4

District 18AAA Lufkin Hudson 5-0 Carthage 5-0 Jasper 3-2 Center 2-3 Huntington 2-3 Diboll 2-3 Central 1-4 Rusk 0-5

Monday Makeup game Rusk @ Carthage Carthage 10 Rusk 0 6innings WP Crispin Stanley throws a no hitter. Misses perfect game with BB in 5th inning.

Rusk @ Carthage tonight at 6pm. Gametime was switched because Rusk does not have a JV for today.

Rusk VS Carthage has been postponed for Friday night. The game will be played Monday night in Carthage @ 7pm.

Rusk and Carthage are switching sites because of the weather Rusk will play at Carthage 6pm Friday night. Carthage concluded their game with Center winning 9-1.

Game suspended in bottom of 3rd with Carthage leading 2-1. The game will be picked up from that point whenever the weather allows it.

The 3-24 09 Center VS Carthage baseball game has changed their start time to 5pm.

Carthage 2 Diboll 1