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SCORES
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COMING ATTRACTIONS
Outdoors
Columnist Bink Grimes writes about
the hunting, fishing along the coast
Ouessperts
Panel of football prognosticators
give their picks for this week's game
winners.
PRO BASEBALL
Astros beat Reds; Central
Division all tied up
HOUSTON (AP) - The Houston
Astros won't, let go of their NL Central
title so easily.
Mike Hampton became the Nation-
al League’s first 21-game winner and
Daryle Ward hit a two-run homer
Wednesday night as the Astros beat
Cincinnati 4-1 and once again tied the
Reds for first place.
With three games remaining, the
Astros and Reds are both 95-64. In
the wild-card race, each is 1 1/2
games ahead of the New York Mets,
who stopped a seven-game losing
streak by beating Atlanta 9-2.
Houston closes with three games at
home against Los Angeles and
Cincinnati, which had its six-game
winning streak stopped, ends with
three games at Los Angeles.
Hampton ,(21-4) stranded at least
one runner in, scoring position in the
first three innings without allowing a
run. Cincinnati’s Steve Parris (11-3)
retired nine of the first 11 batters he
faced.
Houston, which had tost eight of 11
and scored six runs in its previous
three games, broke through in the
fourth inning after a tiling error by
shortstop Barry Larkin allowed Jeff
Bagwell to reach.
Carl Eyarett doubled and Ken
Caminiti drove in the game’s first run
with an RBI grounder. Ward followed
with a liner off the left-field facade for a
3-0 lead.
Pokey Reese hit an RBI single in
the sixth, but Houston got the run
back in the bottom half on Caminiti's
sacrifice fly.
Friday. Oct. 1
Football
Anahuac hosts Hardin, 7:30 p.m.
Barbers Hill at Ham.-Fannett, 7:30 p.m.
Dayton at C.E. King, 7:30 p.m.
Lee hosts Wiltowridge, 7:30 p.m.
Sterling at Katy, 7:30 p.m.
Volleyball
Lee hosts Humble, 7 p,m.
Sterling at Central, 7 p.m.
Saturday Qct. 2
Football
Crosby at Waftrip. 6 p.m.
Lee College at CCBC-Catonsville
Tournament, TBA
Sunday. Qct. 3
Volleyball
Lee College at CCBC-Catonsville
Tournament, TBA
Tuesday. Qct. 5
Tennis
Lee hosts Kingwood, 3:30 p.m.
Sterling hosts West Brook, 4 p.m.
Volleyball
Sterling hosts Lee, 7 p.m.
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Powerhouse Tigers loom for Ra
By JAMES BELTRAN
The Baytown Sun
The Sterling Rangers began the
season with a relatively light
schedule, but they’re ending
nondistrict action facing arguably
the best team in Texas.
Three state championship
appearances, one state title and a
94-26 record since 1990 have
built the Katy Tigers a tradition of
excellence that few Texas 5A
football programs can rival.
Sterling has the infamous task
of facing this powerhouse at 7:30
p.m. Friday at Rhodes Stadium in
Katy.
tackle Adrian Guerra (6-foot-1,
245 pounds), who collected 65
tackles, two fumble recoveries
and a blocked kick last year.
Defensive back Robby McDaniel,
a second-team all-state selection
and four-year starter, is also a
valuable asset. McDaniel gathered
118 tackles, three sacks, three
interceptions, three blocked punts
and a fumble recovery in 1998.
“Our secondary is good, and
I’m proud of our run defense,”
Johnston said, “especially when
you consider we lost two starting
tackles before the season started.”
back. I would like to get the edge,
even with our plowers. If we get
an edge, I think we’ll get some
positive yards. But we’ve neyer
had backs with great speed.”
That doesn’t mean Katy’s
offense isn’t dangerous. Running
backs Raul Dodd and Blake
Salem, who outgrew his original
cornerback position, will likely
carry the Tigers’ rushing attack.
‘The biggest spark we got was
moving (Salem) from cornerback
to fullback,” Johnston said. “He’s
taken to it like a duck to water.”
Brent Moses and Jared Kaspar
have platooned at quarterback.
Because Friday’s game is a non-
Will Coughlin and Tim Foster
have been effective replacements
Despite the Rangers’ first loss on the defensive line. They will district contest, both will play,
of the season last week, Sterling get help this week when defensive Johnston, though, is considering
, , ’ " ' ~ * '1 ’ ’ tackle Beau Davidson returns Fri-
day after six weeks of inactivity.
Sean Rogers remains sidelined.
“We need to make sure we
don’t have a lot of three-and-outs
because that keeps our defense on
the field,” Gandy said. “That will
wear you out, no matter who you
play.”
Elkins wore the Rangers Out
with 253 rushing yards last week
in its 20-7 win. Although John-
head coach Kyle Gandy said his
team is mentally prepared for the
challenge.
“We’ve had two of the better,
more intense practices of the sea-
son,” Gandy said.
The Tigers defeated Sterling
45-3 last season in Baytown, and
their 4-0 start in 1999 indicates
they should present a similar test
for the Rangers this year.
“These kids have been in the
playoffs and they’ve been in the
big games,” Katy head coach
Mike Johnston said. “They’re
pretty well assured of them-
selves.”
Katy has outscored its oppo-
nents 111-41 and allowed 184.5
yards a game, despite surrender-
ing 277 against Fort Bend Austin
last wefekft?a38-20 win.'
giving Kaspar more time in dis-
trict play. . :
“Jared has established himself
as the top guy, but Brent Mdses
has ability,” Johnston said. “(Kas-
par) has earned the job.”
Katy has five returning
receivers, including Jonathan
Chipman, Austin Garrison and
Ricky Cronin. Its top receiver,
Jamel Branch, is academically
ineligible and will miss at least
ston thinks his team’s running two games,
style differs from Elkins, he said “We have experienced route
the Tigers are also capable of hav-
ing that type of success on the
ground.
“(Elkins running back Jimmy)
Clay was able to get on the out-
side edge against them,” Johnston
said. “But we don’t have a Clay.
We have some plow horses, and
Katy’s defense is led by nose they can’t imitate that type of Hutchins.
runners,” Johnston said. “They’ve
been there, done that. The way
Kaspar has come along has also
been pleasing.”
Sterling’s injuries include
defensive back and receiver Carl
McGaskey, and second-team all-
district offensive guard Craig
Willowridge wants to reach potential against
By JAMES BELTRAN
The Baytown Sun
The Willowridge Eagles entered the sea-
son with confident intentions of qualifying
for the playoffs.
A 1-3 start, though, has cast a shadow on
that hope.
With only the Lee Ganders standing
between the Eagles and the beginning of the
district season, Willowridge head coach
David Suggs realizes it’s time for his team to
reach its potential.
“It’s really important (to win) because we
need an emotional boost heading into dis-
trict,” Suggs said. “The most important part
is that we go into district with a positive
frame of mind.”
The Eagles are coming off a 24-14 loss to
Katy Taylor, but Suggs is encouraged by the
return of senior offensive linemen Richard
Chandler (6-0, 320 pounds) and Keldrick
Tubbs. The offense has struggled this sea-
son, and Suggs attributes that to inexperi-
enced replacements on the line.
“We’ve had injuries, and we’ve had to
play some young players that we didn’t
anticipate playing,” Suggs said. ‘It messed
with our continuity of where we were last
year.
“Our major problem was offensive execu-
tion and completing plays. We needed
seniors in there. We had two sophomores
and a junior playing (on die offensive line),
and that made it really tough.”
Lee enjoyed a 27-21 overtime win over
Kempner last week, and will play Wil-
lowridge in its first home game in four
weeks Friday night at Stallworth Stadium.
Gary Allen will be highly sought after by the Katy TTgi
day night as the Sterling Rangers travel to play the
Defensive lineman Robert i
backer Jonathan Baldwin and
Marques Rucker are major reasoi
lowridge’s success against die nut.
Lee may find the Eagles vulnerable ! '*
air after they allowed 222 passii
Katy Taylor last week. With:,
defensive back Justin Lemon bade;!
injury, though, Suggs isn’t overly cot ^ M
about the pass defense.
If the Eagles are able to stop 1
force Lee to rely on freshman qu
Drew Tate, he said his Eagles should I
better chance to win.
mi
H* photo by David Moor
Jason Howe (No. 65) and DuJuan Harris warm up before a recent home game. The
Ganders face Willowridge at home at 7:30 p.m. Friday.
“Anyone hoping to be a i
team knows they have to stop an i
running game first,” Suggs said. w
been working hard on that” ;/ .•fsIfL
The load of Willowridge^ baMca
offense is shared by i _
Goode, tailback Joseph Wbst ahd l_,._
Adrian Byrd
West rushed for 902 yards last;
two touchdowns, and Byrd'^
lowridge a powerful face up the middled ,
“From a speed standpoint, the
cent because they have some guyswhO can
take it to the house,” Olin said Y/ - ' ’-
“They’ll bang it up in that. That 1
(Byrd) will bang it inside, and o
“I don’t know how much of a high we’re
on,” Lee head coach Dick Olin said “We’re
excited about the win. But that was last
week. We have a game this week we need to
think about”
Robert Carr rushed for 267 yards and two
touchdowns on 42 carries against Kempner,
including the game-winning 13-yard rush in
overtime.
Willowridge poses a bigger obstacle than
the Cougars, according to Olin.
“We’re not going to be able to go with
doubles (tight ends) toe whole night and run
toe ball against this team,” Olin said “They
have some big guys. We’ll have to throw toe
football ifwe want to move the ball.”
breaks the line of scrimmage hfct
go- ;
Goode possesses athleticism* a * '
and good rushing skills, i
But the experience of senior q
Troy Howard has locked (Goode) to a pla-
toon situation for most of toe season WTien
district starts next week, Suggsmayname
Goode the full-time quarterback.
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