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Lamar women's soccer program closer to fruition BEAUMONT - Matthew Dillon has something to say. It's not a long message, really; just short and to the point. To his wife, Gina, and to his son Zachary, he offers this up: thank you. It's for all those lost weekends that Dillon, the new women's soccer coach at Lamar University, has spent in Houston or Fort Worth or some other outpost, chasing down teenage girls, convincing them to play on the school's first team. It's for all the upcoming weekends this summer and fall, which Dillon will spend ordering shin guards and taking the team on its first set of road trips. "They're the best," Dillon said. "It takes a lot for them, for any family, to support a coach. So I try to tell them all the time how much I appreciate it." In two weeks, the Lamar soccer program will receive letters of intent from its first recruiting class - some from junior-college transfers, others from walk-ons already on campus, but mostly from high school seniors. Together, they'll try to create the kind of magic that happened 280 miles west of Beaumont on Interstate 10 last fall. There, Texas-San Antonio - in its first year of competitive women's soccer - finished second in the Southland Conference standings. It can be done, Dillon said, whether it's next season or shortly thereafter. But with the first game just seven months away, plenty of work remains. A rundown of everything that happens from here to there: å Recruiting. Regardless of sport or school, recruiting is the lifeblood of any college program, since no team wins without talented players. For a start-up program like the one at Lamar, however, recruiting has taken almost all of Dillon's time since the coach arrived here Aug. 1. Lamar will announce its first class of players on what is commonly referred to as national signing day, which is Feb. 7 this year. But this class will be different from any other in the Southland Conference because of sheer volume. In programs that are already up and running, teams might sign a half-dozen athletes each year. But Dillon has to bring them all in at once - and he can't bring in an entire class of freshmen. Dillon, who cannot talk about specific recruits because of NCAA rules, said he has about 15 commitments already, with the expectation of signing 18 to 24. Although he'd like to have a few more experienced players on the roster, Dillon said he expected about six junior-college transfers and about six students who are on campus already. The rest are freshmen. So how do you sell recruits on something that doesn't exist? "You've got to sell the kids, or talk to the kids, about potential," Dillon said. "Obviously at Lamar, the potential is in their education. None of these kids are coming here to become pro soccer players. There's no professional league anymore. The best they can aspire to is the national team, and it'd be great if they can get on the national team. But the bottom line is the kids come to school for education." å Finding an assistant coach. Until now, Dillon has done all the heavy lifting by himself. He'll have some help soon enough. Dillon has gotten the go-ahead to hire an assistant coach this spring, keeping in line with most of his competitors. While some Southland Conference schools have as many as three coaches, most programs have a head coach and an assistant. The model worked at Texas-San Antonio, where the administration hired Steve Ballard in 2005 and gave him more than a year to start up the program. "Ideally you want to have a coach on campus a year in advance of your first season," said Liz Dalton, associate athletics director and senior women's administrator at UTSA. "At first, when we added soccer we tried to play that very next year. But we ran into some problems ... and we just couldn't do it. So I think the way we did it, and the way Lamar looks like they're doing it, is the best way to go." Dillon said Lamar will likely post the position as early as next month, with the intent to hire an assistant coach in May or June. "Hiring an assistant is probably the biggest thing this spring," he said. å Equipment. As with players, established programs only need to update and replenish some equipment from year to year. With seven months before the regular season begins, Lamar has to buy it all. UTSA, anticipating the start of the program a year in advance, added extra money in its 2005-06 budget to buy soccer equipment. Otherwise, the soccer program wouldn't have the money until August - when the season begins. Dillon said Lamar has not yet bought most of the equipment it needs, but that bids and purchases will begin early this summer. He also expects that to be one of the first true logistical headaches of the program's first year. "Equipment, I'm sure that there's going to be some fires with that when we order things in June," Dillon said. "Oh, we couldn't get those shorts we needed, or they only come in guys' sizes - that kind of stuff. But at this point, there hasn't been a big fire to put out yet." å Facilities. Dillon went ahead and said it Monday afternoon: Lamar is discussing the possibility of a soccer-only facility. For the first season, however, the team will practice and play in Cardinal Stadium - whose field is a bit smaller than the standard college soccer field (120 yards long, 75 yards wide) but within NCAA regulations. "Cardinal Stadium will be a little bit tight on that, just because it was built for football and not for soccer," Dillon said. "But there is some talk about building a facility for us, hopefully for the '08 season, whether it be by baseball (Vincent-Beck Stadium) or even where the old football practice facility might be (behind J.B. Higgins Field House). We're not really sure yet, but the talking phase is kind of where we're at."

Hunter kills dual-sex 'devil deer' Brady Aymond [email protected] When Youngsville's Craig Lewis set out to hunt on an either-sex deer day at Tony's Ranch in Ringgold, he never knew it would literallly be an either-sex day. Lewis set up in his stand at 5:30 a.m. and around 7 a.m. spotted a small deer near his feeder. As he battled through the mist and the rain to spot the deer in his scope, another deer moved into sight. This one was much bigger than its companion. "When I looked up, all I could see was the body," Lewis said. "It was big, like a horse. But its head was down, so I couldn't tell if it was a buck or not. But with it being an either-sex day, I knew I had to take the shot. "I hit it and it ran maybe five feet, then jumped into the woods." Lewis exited his stand in search of the deer. What he found stopped him in his tracks. "I get to the deer and I call out to my friend Perry," Lewis said. "He gets there and the first thing he says is 'What the hell is that?' "I noticed it had a rack, but it was really fat and covered with velvet. The first thing I could think of was 'My only buck has cancer in the head.'" Upon further examination of the deer, Lewis realized his head wasn't the only problem. "Well, he had male organs, but no testicles," Lewis said. "So, I knew he was a boy, but something wasn't adding up." It wasn't until Lewis brought the head to a local taxidermist that his thoughts were confirmed. He had killed a buck...and a doe. "The taxidermist said it looked like the deer was born a buck, but developed doe features somewhere down the road," Lewis said. "It was just the weirdest thing, because from the eyes down, it looks like a doe. But it's got a rack and was built like a buck. "To be honest, I still don't know what I killed." The rack had only three developed points, but Lewis said the deer had approximately 50 tines. "The antler was so big you could barely close your hand around it," Lewis said. All told, the buck/doe weighed a robust 239 pounds. Lewis said the deer produced pretty meat, but he or his friends have yet to taste it. "My friends are tripping out big-time," Lewis said. "They call it the 'Devil Deer.' Some of them don't even want any meat. I'm kind of skeptical about eating it myself. "We're going to have a little cookout one day and I'll get someone to try the meat." Lewis' deer's head will be on display at the February 10 Beast Fest in Coushatta, an annual event held in the small North Louisiana town. The deer will also be featured in the March edition of Louisiana Sportsman's Magazine. "It's been a lot of fun," Lewis said. "Everybody's calling to talk about the deer. It's just a crazy deer, that's all it is. I consider myself fortunate because I've only been hunting for two years and people spend a lifetime without getting a kill like this." for a Picture heres a link [Hidden Content]

First off Bon Mot, Kelly Soccer does not recruit at all, are school gives us no money for scholarships and doesnt give us any respect at all. Every starter with the exception of our goalie grew up in a private school and are going to a private high school because thats where they wanted to go... But lets talk about Stockie the keeper and the only starter not to go to private school there whole life. IF you ask him the reason he came to kelly is because he heard bad things about other area coaches and decided he wanted to win and play for an amazing soccer program not because a coach came and talked to him. So if you saying Kelly recruits soccer players is honestly one of the stupidest things that ive read on these forums. Second off, i agree a rematch with lumberton would be a better game but im still gonna put the Dawgs as the winners of that match, but im not saying that with any disrespect to Lumberton the they are a great team and easily the number 2 team in this area

It is only possible if both teams make it to the regional finals. If it were to happen talk about a battle.

lol the guy posted stuff about his own self........and made up his own screen name so people can talk about him.........I stupid is that......and of course its coming from somebody thats from Lumberton has to make up there own sn and talk about his self on here........

SO DO YOU (talk to much), I really felt like I was though with this, decideing some people just don't get it! BUT YOU JUST WON"T GO AWAY! Why does it matter to you so much? You must not be involved in enough sports of your own to have all this time to belittle someone from a town you're not even from! Go practice whatever it is you do, leave this kid alone AND Lumberton also. Except for being proud of their school and their athletes, what have they really done? Nothing, now we all know what "some" Lumberton people get on here and say over and over......who cares, like you said, it all comes out in the wash. Just because they may not have ENOUGH athletes (or whatever the problem is) to win in this district, doesn't mean they don't have any at all! You are doing the same thing on this board that you accuse Lumberton of doing (except in a negative way)! Why don't you tell us a liitle about what you have accomplished! It must be a laundry list of accolades, for you to be able to stand tall above everyone else and degrade them.......come on let's here it! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE LATELY! (besides run your mouth)

Like I said i'm happy for kenny....but lumberton fans always have answers why this kid and that kid didnt play it was the coaches fault.......well it looks like he went to blinn and then had to transfer becasue he didn't play there....oh and wait let me guess the coaches didn't give him a chance there either.....then he went to texas A&M commerce....oh wait let me guess the coaches didn't play him there either becasue maybe you got better athletes at those schools....Lumberton needs to realize they need athletes to winnnnn...........y'all don't have athletes right now like y'all use too to have in the past.......that showed when they played in the district this year they got dominated.....but then again there saying there going to make the playoffs this year....stop talking and saying your going to be this and that.....thats what wrong with lumberton they talk to way to much........ THE BROOK

they are doing pretty good... not sure about their exact record... they came in like 2nd or 3rd i think in the PNG tournament... the lost to LCM recently but they beat Central last night... the girls coach is my english teacher... lol... we talk about soccer in there alot...

I like the old gyms. They have character. As far as for everyone being above HD's court, it allows for better vision and if the bleachers were on the floor, you would lose capacity. I have been to alot of the gyms mentioned. Just because they are new and fancy, does not mean they have the history that the old gyms do. You want to talk about being above the floor, look at Liberty, they did not even pull out the bottom bleachers. That was playing in a pit. My $.02.

It's simple....B.C. will find the best man for the job.....it doesn't matter what any of us think. We can applaud who we think is good, and talk about those who we think aren't , but it's all just a matter if opinion---which is wrong because who are we too judge. Good luck to the Cardinals....you will get a great coach!!!

all im saying is it gets old about lumberton if your going to talk about somone talk about clay buccholz thats living the dream...........theres so many schools out there that you can go play at......at the div 2 div 3 or naia level.........but people realize its time to move on with there life and not play at that level..........I mean hes at southeastern oklahoma im happy for him but whos heard of that school lol........if it was UT,baylor, or a div 1 then hell yeah I give him props but come on.........

The two favorites for 223A has to be Tarkington and Splendora, Tarkington has a lot coming back, but from what I am told so does Splendora, the Catcher they have now may be better than the one thay had last year......Crony, you might want to not talk so much noise with a user name that has Tarkingtons head baseball coaches name in it. If He is how I think he is he would not want you talking smack on here about how good they are. I pretty sure no one will go 10-0 in this district

I like this guy. The more i talk with him, he knows football and hopefully we'll turn us around.

prob the reason he didn't play football at the college level becasue hes 5ft9 and 175 pounds.........also he didn't build any programs he's not even in the top 20 best athletes to ever come out of lumberton so give me a break....and I am not from lumberton i'm from beaumont just wanted to make this sn becasue all the lumberton fans need to realize what kind of players they have and stop thinking they got all these stud players....i've been hearing for the last 10 years lumbertons going to make the playoffs in football this and that and it doesnt happen..it gets old..........yeah congra to kenny I hope he does well but why post it on here, no reason to the only people that might care are the lumberton fans becasue we don't......80 percent of these people that are on here never have heard of kenny hare......and thats why he's playing div 2 baseball .........and thats why he played div 2 football....but don't say he help buid a program........he was a descent athlete not a great one........by the way if kenny wants to talk to me my sn is brookfan96..........

Kenny has been workin hard through college, first playin football which the coaches did not give him a shot, and now is focusing his mind on a better thing good luck bro in the future and ltownbaseball9 if you wanna talk about your alum like that im sure Kenny would be gald to come down and you can say it to him cause he was one of the people to build this program up with a lot of other great players in the past...

Heck, that's easy !! The Lady Raiders take care of business on the floor and they win ALWAYS ! They don't have to talk about it.

All I am saying is that I was expecting alot more from him. The way you people talk about Waldrup you make him sound like hes going to be the next Ronaldinho. Kirby on the other hand does live up to the expectations set by this message board. I mean, come on, Kirby has a hat trick and is out of the game before the half is even over. He is the best player in SETX hands down.

Thank you--I really wanted to know--all I see on this site from Lumberton fans is a lot of talk--I just wanted to know if that is all it was or were they good at something

What was the biggest upset you were ever involved in? Talk about your miracle upset win, or your unexpected upset loss, that wasn't supposed to happen.

Hes talkinbg about 3 people on here talking crap and they dont even play they are putting alot on our shoulders...so if we dont turn out to be as good as they talk us up to be then the season is gonna be a dissapointment.

Rub-a-Dub said u say that nobody will talk mess to his face.... well then if he is so big and bad why is a girl sticking up for him and he isnt?? first off she isnt taking up for me she is just telling everyone how she feels about baseball and wos. Second I'm not saying anything because I don't care what people say about me. I'm not going to let it bother me because I'm not the type of person to get all upset about some immature people talking mess on me. If thats what they wanna do then fine by me. I'm just sitting back and seeing what everyone writes about me so i can build it up and take it in because its going to make me more motivated and when baseball comes i will show them what I can do on the field and off of it. So i dont have to take up for myself because i know what im capable of doing and none of yall people do so just keep talking mess. You all people will see come jan 29.

u say that nobody will talk mess to his face.... well then if he is so big and bad why is a girl sticking up for him and he isnt??

Silsbee was probably glad it got canceled. They knew what was coming, that can of whoop A$$. Whoop there it is. Just kidding all you tiger faithful. You know Its not becoming of me to talk smack. On a serious side, I can't believe they postponed this game. Its is not bad outside. I was so geared up to watch two really good teams get after one another. I guess I will have to have a drink and calm down till tomorrow. I think I can wait one more day.

Mr. Reality, For your info NO I am not a kid, I am a proud oiler fan and parent and I am just giving a prediction I know my boys can do... talk about Reality dont think Daisetta will be so high up with Big Sandy.... H-D can play but if #33 gets the fouls called on him like he should with being over the back then H-D will not have as many points as you say